Active Directory Support Engineer Jobs in England

Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer salary in England is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 683 836 918
Rank change year-on-year +153 +82 +209
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Support Engineer 12 11 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.024% 0.013% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.014% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 14
10th Percentile - £34,000 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% +76.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £40,188 £57,500 £39,500
90th Percentile £51,475 - £40,700
UK median annual salary £37,500 £44,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -14.77% +76.00% -28.06%

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 44,533 81,192 82,548
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 94.49% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,433 60,582 52,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,355 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Active Directory Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Support Engineer in England

Active Directory Support Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Active Directory Support Engineer in England

Active Directory Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory Support Engineer in England

Active Directory Support 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 Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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 +79 9 £37,500 -14.77%
East Midlands +40 7 £32,500 -26.14%
West Midlands - 2 £38,500 -
London +92 1 £41,500 -24.55%
South East - 1 £30,000 -
Active Directory Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Active Directory Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (83.33%) Windows
3 8 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (58.33%) Firewall
4 7 (58.33%) Windows Server
4 7 (58.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
6 4 (33.33%) CCNA
6 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
7 3 (25.00%) Azure
7 3 (25.00%) SCCM
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (25.00%) DHCP
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (25.00%) DNS
7 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 2 (16.67%) IIS
8 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
8 2 (16.67%) SAN
8 2 (16.67%) NetApp
8 2 (16.67%) Terminal Services
8 2 (16.67%) HP
8 2 (16.67%) Dell
8 2 (16.67%) VMware
8 2 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
8 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure

Active Directory Support 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 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (16.67%) IIS
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 3 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) DHCP
2 3 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (16.67%) SAN
4 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (58.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (8.33%) Information Security
1 1 (8.33%) ITSM
1 1 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (8.33%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CCNA
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (16.67%) Terminal Services
2 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Dell
2 2 (16.67%) HP
2 2 (16.67%) NetApp
2 2 (16.67%) VMware