Active Directory Engineer Jobs in England

Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Active Directory Engineer salary in England is £39,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 671 795 887
Rank change year-on-year +124 +92 +193
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Engineer 19 34 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.039% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.042% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 19 21 29
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 -
25th Percentile £31,625 £40,000 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £48,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,250 £60,750 £63,000
UK median annual salary £40,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.00% -4.76% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 45,023 81,588 81,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 94.56% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,443 60,779 51,494
10th Percentile £29,913 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 17 May 2025.

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 17 May 2025. 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
Midlands +62 10 £37,500 -21.05%
East Midlands +26 7 £32,500 -26.14%
West Midlands +51 3 £39,500 -16.84%
London +98 2 £59,500 +8.18% 1
East of England +42 2 £66,000 +55.29%
South East - 2 £32,000 -
South West - 2 £47,000 -
Active Directory Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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 18 (94.74%) Active Directory
2 14 (73.68%) Windows
3 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
4 10 (52.63%) Entra ID
4 10 (52.63%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (47.37%) Firewall
6 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (42.11%) Windows Server
7 7 (36.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (36.84%) Azure
7 7 (36.84%) DNS
8 6 (31.58%) DHCP
9 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
9 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
10 4 (21.05%) CCNA
10 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
10 4 (21.05%) PKI
10 4 (21.05%) Hyper-V
11 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (15.79%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (15.79%) RBAC
11 3 (15.79%) VMware
11 3 (15.79%) SCCM
11 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
11 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
11 3 (15.79%) IIS
11 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
12 2 (10.53%) HP

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 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (15.79%) IIS
2 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.26%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) Entra ID
1 10 (52.63%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (36.84%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) SaaS
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.26%) Mimecast
4 1 (5.26%) Nutanix
4 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (47.37%) Firewall
2 7 (36.84%) DNS
3 6 (31.58%) DHCP
4 2 (10.53%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (10.53%) SAN
5 1 (5.26%) Kerberos
5 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (36.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) OAuth
1 1 (5.26%) OpenID
1 1 (5.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) PKI
2 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (10.53%) Driving Licence
3 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (73.68%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) RBAC
2 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (10.53%) Incident Management
2 2 (10.53%) Information Security
2 2 (10.53%) Migration
2 2 (10.53%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (10.53%) Principle of Least Privilege
2 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (10.53%) SIEM
3 1 (5.26%) Agile
3 1 (5.26%) Data Analysis
3 1 (5.26%) Identity Management
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL
3 1 (5.26%) ITSM
3 1 (5.26%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.26%) Server Building
3 1 (5.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) CCNA
1 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (94.74%) Active Directory
2 4 (21.05%) Hyper-V
3 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (10.53%) Terminal Services
4 2 (10.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) SCCM
1 3 (15.79%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (10.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (5.26%) Ansible
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) VMware
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) Dell
3 2 (10.53%) HP
3 2 (10.53%) NetApp
4 1 (5.26%) Meraki
4 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds