Active Directory Jobs in Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Active Directory Scotland / Edinburgh
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	42	46	53
Rank change year-on-year	+4	+7
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory	63	51	50
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh	5.08%	4.24%	3.62%
As % of the System Software category	58.33%	50.00%	50.51%
Number of salaries quoted	34	35	37
Median salary	£40,000	£36,000	£32,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+11.11%	+10.76%
90% offered a salary of more than	£24,000	£26,400	£17,900
10% offered a salary of more than	£63,500	£66,500	£52,000
UK excluding London median salary	£32,500	£32,500	£33,500
% change year-on-year	-	-2.98%

Active Directory is in the system software skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for system software skills.

System Software Skills Edinburgh
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills	108	102	99
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh	8.72%	8.47%	7.17%
Number of salaries quoted	64	59	57
Median salary	£44,000	£36,000	£37,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+22.22%	-2.70%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£28,500	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£72,500	£62,500	£55,500
UK excluding London median salary	£38,000	£38,500	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-1.29%	+2.66%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Edinburgh citing Active Directory as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the System Software category.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Edinburgh

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Edinburgh

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Active Directory in Edinburgh over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Edinburgh

Active Directory
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT jobs citing Active Directory also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Edinburgh region with a requirement for Active Directory.

1	71 (78.02%)	Windows
2	56 (61.54%)	Microsoft
3	52 (57.14%)	Windows Server
4	42 (46.15%)	PowerShell
5	40 (43.96%)	VMware
6	36 (39.56%)	ITIL
7	32 (35.16%)	Windows Server 2012
8	31 (34.07%)	MS Exchange
9	28 (30.77%)	Office 365
10	26 (28.57%)	SCCM
11	25 (27.47%)	VMware Infrastructure
11	25 (27.47%)	Finance
11	25 (27.47%)	Opscode Chef
12	24 (26.37%)	Exchange Server 2010
12	24 (26.37%)	Microsoft Azure

13	22 (24.18%)	Windows Server 2008
13	22 (24.18%)	SAN
13	22 (24.18%)	SQL
14	21 (23.08%)	Linux
15	20 (21.98%)	DNS
15	20 (21.98%)	Cisco
15	20 (21.98%)	Puppet
16	19 (20.88%)	Citrix
16	19 (20.88%)	LAN
16	19 (20.88%)	DHCP
17	18 (19.78%)	WAN
17	18 (19.78%)	SQL Server
17	18 (19.78%)	Skype for Business
17	18 (19.78%)	Hyper-V
18	17 (18.68%)	Data Centre

Active Directory
Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	31 (34.07%)	MS Exchange
2	24 (26.37%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	18 (19.78%)	Skype for Business
4	15 (16.48%)	IIS
5	7 (7.69%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
6	6 (6.59%)	Apache
6	6 (6.59%)	Tomcat
7	5 (5.49%)	SharePoint
8	4 (4.40%)	JBoss
9	3 (3.30%)	FileNet
10	2 (2.20%)	Confluence
10	2 (2.20%)	IBM Domino
11	1 (1.10%)	CMS
11	1 (1.10%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	16 (17.58%)	Microsoft Office
2	1 (1.10%)	Microsoft Excel
2	1 (1.10%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	3 (3.30%)	Dynamics CRM
1	3 (3.30%)	iTrent
1	3 (3.30%)	ResourceLink

Cloud Services
1	28 (30.77%)	Office 365
2	24 (26.37%)	Microsoft Azure
3	13 (14.29%)	Amazon AWS
4	7 (7.69%)	Azure Active Directory
5	4 (4.40%)	Cloud Computing
6	3 (3.30%)	Oracle Service Cloud
7	2 (2.20%)	Mimecast
8	1 (1.10%)	Amazon EC2
8	1 (1.10%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8	1 (1.10%)	IaaS
8	1 (1.10%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	22 (24.18%)	SAN
2	20 (21.98%)	DNS
3	19 (20.88%)	DHCP
3	19 (20.88%)	LAN
4	18 (19.78%)	WAN
5	11 (12.09%)	Skype
6	8 (8.79%)	NAS
7	6 (6.59%)	TCP/IP
8	5 (5.49%)	Firewall
8	5 (5.49%)	VPN
9	4 (4.40%)	Internet
9	4 (4.40%)	Unified Communications
10	3 (3.30%)	iSCSI
10	3 (3.30%)	Remote Desktop
10	3 (3.30%)	VoIP
10	3 (3.30%)	Wi-Fi
11	2 (2.20%)	IP Telephony
11	2 (2.20%)	WLAN
12	1 (1.10%)	FTP
12	1 (1.10%)	Network Security

Database & Business Intelligence
1	18 (19.78%)	SQL Server
2	7 (7.69%)	SQL Server 2005
2	7 (7.69%)	SQL Server 2014
3	2 (2.20%)	MySQL
3	2 (2.20%)	NoSQL
4	1 (1.10%)	Crystal Reports
4	1 (1.10%)	Relational Database
4	1 (1.10%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	6 (6.59%)	Git (software)
2	5 (5.49%)	JIRA
3	4 (4.40%)	Bitbucket
3	4 (4.40%)	GCC
3	4 (4.40%)	Jenkins
3	4 (4.40%)	Maven
3	4 (4.40%)	MSI
3	4 (4.40%)	NuGet
3	4 (4.40%)	Sonatype Nexus
3	4 (4.40%)	Team Foundation Server
4	2 (2.20%)	Subversion
5	1 (1.10%)	NetBeans
5	1 (1.10%)	SpecFlow
5	1 (1.10%)	Visual Studio

General
1	25 (27.47%)	Finance
2	3 (3.30%)	Legal
3	2 (2.20%)	Back Office
3	2 (2.20%)	Games
3	2 (2.20%)	Retail
4	1 (1.10%)	Financial Institution
4	1 (1.10%)	German Language
4	1 (1.10%)	Law

Job Titles
1	25 (27.47%)	Analyst
2	18 (19.78%)	Infrastructure Engineer
3	15 (16.48%)	IT Analyst
4	11 (12.09%)	Consultant
4	11 (12.09%)	Systems Analyst
5	9 (9.89%)	Senior Analyst
5	9 (9.89%)	Support Analyst
6	8 (8.79%)	Senior Systems Analyst
6	8 (8.79%)	Support Engineer
7	7 (7.69%)	IT Engineer
7	7 (7.69%)	IT Support
7	7 (7.69%)	Linux Consultant
7	7 (7.69%)	Unix Consultant
8	6 (6.59%)	Administrator
8	6 (6.59%)	IT Support Analyst
8	6 (6.59%)	Systems Administrator
8	6 (6.59%)	Systems Engineer
9	5 (5.49%)	Infrastructure Analyst
9	5 (5.49%)	Windows Administrator
9	5 (5.49%)	Windows Systems Administrator

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	6 (6.59%)	.NET
2	5 (5.49%)	Web Services
3	3 (3.30%)	CSS
4	2 (2.20%)	HTML
4	2 (2.20%)	LAMP
5	1 (1.10%)	Middleware
5	1 (1.10%)	Software Packaging
5	1 (1.10%)	WebSphere MQ
5	1 (1.10%)	XML

Miscellaneous
1	17 (18.68%)	Data Centre
2	11 (12.09%)	Replication
3	10 (10.99%)	Blackberry
4	7 (7.69%)	Clustering
5	5 (5.49%)	Fat Client
5	5 (5.49%)	Thin Client
5	5 (5.49%)	Virtual Team
6	3 (3.30%)	EMC VNX
6	3 (3.30%)	IVR
7	2 (2.20%)	Driving Licence
7	2 (2.20%)	Enterprise Storage
7	2 (2.20%)	Hybrid Cloud
8	1 (1.10%)	Analytical Skills
8	1 (1.10%)	Computer Science
8	1 (1.10%)	Management Information System
8	1 (1.10%)	Mobile Computing
8	1 (1.10%)	Private Cloud
8	1 (1.10%)	RSA SecurID
8	1 (1.10%)	Tandem
8	1 (1.10%)	Video Conferencing

Operating Systems
1	71 (78.02%)	Windows
2	52 (57.14%)	Windows Server
3	32 (35.16%)	Windows Server 2012
4	22 (24.18%)	Windows Server 2008
5	21 (23.08%)	Linux
6	9 (9.89%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	9 (9.89%)	Ubuntu
6	9 (9.89%)	Unix
6	9 (9.89%)	Windows 7
7	7 (7.69%)	AIX
8	4 (4.40%)	Windows 10
9	3 (3.30%)	Windows Server 2003
10	2 (2.20%)	Windows XP
11	1 (1.10%)	Android
11	1 (1.10%)	Apple iOS
11	1 (1.10%)	Windows Mobile

Processes & Methodologies
1	36 (39.56%)	ITIL
2	13 (14.29%)	Configuration Management
2	13 (14.29%)	Disaster Recovery
3	12 (13.19%)	High Availability
3	12 (13.19%)	ITIL V3
3	12 (13.19%)	Root Cause Analysis
4	10 (10.99%)	Mentoring
4	10 (10.99%)	Mobile Device Management
5	8 (8.79%)	Change Management
5	8 (8.79%)	DevOps
5	8 (8.79%)	IT Strategy
6	7 (7.69%)	Asset Management
6	7 (7.69%)	Identity Management
6	7 (7.69%)	Programme Delivery
7	6 (6.59%)	Investment Management
7	6 (6.59%)	Translating Business Requirements
8	5 (5.49%)	Agile Software Development
8	5 (5.49%)	Business Continuity
8	5 (5.49%)	Line Management
8	5 (5.49%)	Performance Tuning

Programming Languages
1	42 (46.15%)	PowerShell
2	22 (24.18%)	SQL
3	13 (14.29%)	Python
4	11 (12.09%)	Perl
5	9 (9.89%)	PHP
6	8 (8.79%)	Bash Shell
6	8 (8.79%)	C
7	6 (6.59%)	Java
8	5 (5.49%)	VBScript
9	2 (2.20%)	C#
9	2 (2.20%)	JavaScript
9	2 (2.20%)	VB.NET

Qualifications
1	11 (12.09%)	Microsoft Certification
2	9 (9.89%)	MCP
2	9 (9.89%)	MCSE
3	7 (7.69%)	Degree
4	5 (5.49%)	Security Cleared
5	4 (4.40%)	CCNA
5	4 (4.40%)	Cisco Certification
5	4 (4.40%)	MCSA
5	4 (4.40%)	SC Cleared
6	3 (3.30%)	HND
7	2 (2.20%)	CCNP
7	2 (2.20%)	Computer Science Degree
7	2 (2.20%)	DBS Check
7	2 (2.20%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8	1 (1.10%)	ITIL Certification
8	1 (1.10%)	MBA
8	1 (1.10%)	Postgraduate

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	5 (5.49%)	SLA
2	2 (2.20%)	ISO/IEC 27001

System Software
1	25 (27.47%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	18 (19.78%)	Hyper-V
3	16 (17.58%)	VMware ESXi
4	12 (13.19%)	Microsoft App-V
5	11 (12.09%)	XenApp
5	11 (12.09%)	XenDesktop
6	10 (10.99%)	vSphere
7	7 (7.69%)	RHEV
8	3 (3.30%)	BitLocker
8	3 (3.30%)	DFS Replication
9	2 (2.20%)	Firmware
9	2 (2.20%)	Terminal Services
9	2 (2.20%)	Virtual Machines
10	1 (1.10%)	ISA Server
10	1 (1.10%)	KVM
10	1 (1.10%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	26 (28.57%)	SCCM
2	25 (27.47%)	Opscode Chef
3	20 (21.98%)	Puppet
4	14 (15.38%)	SCOM
5	11 (12.09%)	Ansible
6	10 (10.99%)	Microsoft Intune
7	9 (9.89%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
8	7 (7.69%)	Control-M
8	7 (7.69%)	Rundeck
8	7 (7.69%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
8	7 (7.69%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
9	5 (5.49%)	Nagios
9	5 (5.49%)	WSUS
10	4 (4.40%)	Capistrano
10	4 (4.40%)	Microsoft Clustering
10	4 (4.40%)	PowerCLI
10	4 (4.40%)	yum
11	2 (2.20%)	DameWare
11	2 (2.20%)	McAfee ePO
11	2 (2.20%)	SCVMM

Vendors
1	56 (61.54%)	Microsoft
2	40 (43.96%)	VMware
3	20 (21.98%)	Cisco
4	19 (20.88%)	Citrix
5	12 (13.19%)	EMC
6	11 (12.09%)	Symantec
7	9 (9.89%)	F5
8	7 (7.69%)	CA
8	7 (7.69%)	Red Hat
8	7 (7.69%)	Varonis
9	6 (6.59%)	HP
9	6 (6.59%)	Perforce
9	6 (6.59%)	Splunk
10	5 (5.49%)	Atlassian
10	5 (5.49%)	Oracle
11	3 (3.30%)	McAfee
11	3 (3.30%)	Northgate
12	2 (2.20%)	Dell
12	2 (2.20%)	Lotus
12	2 (2.20%)	Sophos