Active Directory Engineer Jobs in England

Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Active Directory Engineer salary in England is £51,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 804 879 1091
Rank change year-on-year +75 +212 -334
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Engineer 35 39 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.043% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.047% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 22 28 59
10th Percentile £25,025 - £32,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £24,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -13.64% +37.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £60,675 £60,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £51,750 £52,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year -1.43% -6.67% +40.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 81,157 82,189 127,880
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.48% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 60,579 52,238 74,819
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Active Directory Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Active Directory Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Engineer in England

Active Directory Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Active Directory Engineer in England

Active Directory Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Engineer in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory Engineer in England

Active Directory Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +121 16 £55,000 +0.46% 1
Midlands -2 9 £47,500 -15.18%
West Midlands +18 8 £47,500 -15.18%
East of England +26 7 £42,500 -
North of England +41 3 £25,500 -53.64%
North West +7 3 £25,500 -53.64%
East Midlands -20 1 £44,000 -
Active Directory Engineer
UK

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Active Directory Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Active Directory Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 20 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (51.43%) Windows
4 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
5 12 (34.29%) Azure
5 12 (34.29%) Windows Server
5 12 (34.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (31.43%) Hyper-V
6 11 (31.43%) VMware
7 9 (25.71%) ServiceNow
8 8 (22.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
8 8 (22.86%) Degree
9 6 (17.14%) Finance
9 6 (17.14%) DNS
9 6 (17.14%) ITIL
9 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (17.14%) Windows 10
9 6 (17.14%) Customer Service
10 5 (14.29%) Master's Degree
10 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
10 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (14.29%) Entra ID
10 5 (14.29%) SCCM
10 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
10 5 (14.29%) PowerShell
10 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
10 5 (14.29%) VPN

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Simulink
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (34.29%) Azure
3 5 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.71%) Mimecast
4 2 (5.71%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.86%) IaaS
5 1 (2.86%) SaaS
5 1 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) DNS
2 5 (14.29%) Firewall
2 5 (14.29%) VPN
3 3 (8.57%) DHCP
4 2 (5.71%) SAN
4 2 (5.71%) VLAN
5 1 (2.86%) NAS
5 1 (2.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (34.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (17.14%) Finance
3 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.71%) Automotive
5 2 (5.71%) Retail
6 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) ADSI
1 1 (2.86%) OAuth
1 1 (2.86%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Replication
1 3 (8.57%) Virtual Team
2 2 (5.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (51.43%) Windows
2 12 (34.29%) Windows Server
3 6 (17.14%) Windows 10
4 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (8.57%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.14%) Customer Service
1 6 (17.14%) ITIL
2 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (14.29%) Validation
3 4 (11.43%) Project Management
4 3 (8.57%) Application Packaging
4 3 (8.57%) Migration
4 3 (8.57%) Requirements Management
4 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery
4 3 (8.57%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (5.71%) CI/CD
5 2 (5.71%) Computer Science
5 2 (5.71%) Data Acquisition
5 2 (5.71%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 2 (5.71%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (5.71%) Project Delivery
5 2 (5.71%) Server Virtualisation
5 2 (5.71%) Ticket Management
5 2 (5.71%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.71%) C
2 2 (5.71%) MATLAB
2 2 (5.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Degree
2 5 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (5.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.86%) CCNA
4 1 (2.86%) CISSP
4 1 (2.86%) MCSA
4 1 (2.86%) MCSE
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 11 (31.43%) Hyper-V
3 8 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (8.57%) vSphere
5 2 (5.71%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (14.29%) SCCM
3 2 (5.71%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 11 (31.43%) VMware
3 9 (25.71%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.71%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.71%) SonicWALL
4 2 (5.71%) Sophos
4 2 (5.71%) Veeam
5 1 (2.86%) Agilent
5 1 (2.86%) Aruba
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco
5 1 (2.86%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.86%) HP
5 1 (2.86%) N-able
5 1 (2.86%) Oracle
5 1 (2.86%) Sun
5 1 (2.86%) Workday