Active Directory Support Jobs in England

Microsoft Active Directory Support
UK > England

The median Microsoft Active Directory Support salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 July 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 687 738 785
Rank change year-on-year +51 +47 +321
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Support 12 55 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.023% 0.070% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.074% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 12 35 34
10th Percentile £30,500 £33,700 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,063 £40,000 £25,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £55,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +83.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £48,750 £59,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £52,500 - £40,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £55,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -40.91% +83.33% -16.67%

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 47,757 74,409 64,833
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.71% 91.74%
Number of salaries quoted 26,609 51,620 46,145
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Active Directory Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Support in England

Active Directory Support
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Active Directory Support in England

Active Directory Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Support in England over the 6 months to 29 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory Support in England

Active Directory Support
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 29 July 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 +53 7 £32,500 -4.41%
East Midlands +42 6 £32,500 -4.41%
South East +13 3 £31,000 -45.16% 1
London +70 2 £48,750 -3.47%
West Midlands - 1 £39,500 -
Active Directory Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 July 2025, Active Directory Support 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 in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (83.33%) Windows
3 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (66.67%) Windows Server
4 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (33.33%) CCNA
6 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
7 3 (25.00%) DNS
7 3 (25.00%) DHCP
7 3 (25.00%) Firewall
8 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
8 2 (16.67%) Hyper-V
8 2 (16.67%) Azure
8 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (16.67%) Document Management
8 2 (16.67%) Wireless
8 2 (16.67%) Practice Management
8 2 (16.67%) VMware
8 2 (16.67%) Law
8 2 (16.67%) Legal
8 2 (16.67%) VPN
8 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
8 2 (16.67%) SLA
8 2 (16.67%) LAN
8 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 2 (16.67%) IIS
8 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office

Active Directory Support 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (8.33%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) DHCP
1 3 (25.00%) DNS
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (16.67%) SAN
2 2 (16.67%) VPN
2 2 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (8.33%) VoIP
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (16.67%) Law
2 2 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) iPhone
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (8.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (16.67%) Document Management
1 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (16.67%) Practice Management
2 1 (8.33%) Change Management
2 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (8.33%) Information Security
2 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (8.33%) Service Management
2 1 (8.33%) SIEM
2 1 (8.33%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CCNA
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Citrix
2 2 (16.67%) Dell
2 2 (16.67%) HP
2 2 (16.67%) iManage
2 2 (16.67%) NetApp
2 2 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) DocuSign
3 1 (8.33%) Intapp
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow