Active Directory Jobs in Edinburgh

Microsoft Active Directory
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 55 91
Rank change year-on-year -25 +36 -14
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 8 49 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.92% 3.29% 2.70%
As % of the System Software category 12.50% 30.43% 16.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8 44 42
10th Percentile £37,625 £21,863 £26,250
25th Percentile £48,926 £26,250 £26,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,457 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +64.48% -23.53% +11.84%
75th Percentile £69,688 £44,313 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £62,325 -
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £33,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +49.25% -10.67% +10.29%

All System Software Skills
Edinburgh

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 64 161 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.33% 10.80% 15.94%
Number of salaries quoted 53 141 159
10th Percentile £44,750 £26,250 £31,100
25th Percentile £51,068 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,870 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.26% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £146,300 £85,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £62,500 £48,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +28.87% -11.82% -4.35%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Edinburgh

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Edinburgh

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Edinburgh

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (12.50%) IIS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Stack
4 1 (12.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (12.50%) IaaS
4 1 (12.50%) PaaS
4 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DHCP
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (12.50%) Advertising
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Data Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) PySpark
2 1 (12.50%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) VMS
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Analytics
1 2 (25.00%) Architectural Design
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Management
1 2 (25.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (12.50%) Data Security
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (12.50%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Dell
2 1 (12.50%) VMware