Active Directory Jobs in England

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 47 71
Rank change year-on-year +20 +24 -28
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 5,556 5,207 6,688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.48% 5.76% 5.02%
As % of the System Software category 51.42% 37.40% 27.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,522 4,370 5,545
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,363 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,175
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -4.76%

All System Software Skills
England

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10,806 13,921 24,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.59% 15.39% 18.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,746 9,458 13,892
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,484
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 +27 1,495 £52,500 +5.00% 255
South East +2 1,187 £37,500 +8.70% 218
North of England +35 1,076 £33,250 -12.50% 193
Midlands +27 768 £33,500 -10.67% 158
South West +19 531 £37,500 +4.17% 106
North West +10 495 £37,500 -6.25% 109
East of England +13 476 £31,000 -17.33% 118
West Midlands +30 467 £35,000 -12.50% 99
Yorkshire +43 393 £32,500 -9.72% 64
East Midlands +21 295 £33,000 -9.59% 59
North East +28 188 £32,750 -9.03% 23
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
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 1,573 (28.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 890 (16.02%) SharePoint
3 144 (2.59%) IIS
4 47 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
5 31 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
6 26 (0.47%) Confluence
7 25 (0.45%) Skype for Business
8 22 (0.40%) OpenStack
9 18 (0.32%) WordPress
10 17 (0.31%) CMS
11 16 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
12 14 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
13 12 (0.22%) Tomcat
14 11 (0.20%) Apache
14 11 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
15 8 (0.14%) SAS
16 6 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2000
17 5 (0.090%) SharePoint Server
18 4 (0.072%) Exchange Server 2003
18 4 (0.072%) Site Server
Applications
1 890 (16.02%) Microsoft Office
2 126 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 50 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.090%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.072%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.054%) SPSS
10 2 (0.036%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.036%) CATIA
10 2 (0.036%) InCopy
10 2 (0.036%) InDesign
10 2 (0.036%) NASTRAN
11 1 (0.018%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.018%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.018%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.018%) Weka
Business Applications
1 28 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 11 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.13%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.090%) Adaptiv
7 5 (0.090%) Sage 200
8 4 (0.072%) Eikon
8 4 (0.072%) Epicor Tropos
8 4 (0.072%) Sage X3
9 3 (0.054%) assyst
9 3 (0.054%) iTrent
9 3 (0.054%) Teamcenter
10 2 (0.036%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.036%) SAP S/4HANA
11 1 (0.018%) Carpe Diem
11 1 (0.018%) MIS ActiveH
11 1 (0.018%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 1 (0.018%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 3,434 (61.81%) Microsoft 365
2 2,750 (49.50%) Azure
3 1,507 (27.12%) Entra ID
4 438 (7.88%) AWS
5 389 (7.00%) OneDrive
6 155 (2.79%) Power Platform
7 154 (2.77%) IaaS
8 140 (2.52%) SaaS
9 119 (2.14%) Mimecast
10 117 (2.11%) PaaS
11 95 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
12 94 (1.69%) GCP
13 87 (1.57%) Power Automate
14 81 (1.46%) Google Workspace
15 69 (1.24%) PowerApps
16 68 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
16 68 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
16 68 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
17 60 (1.08%) Nutanix
18 49 (0.88%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 1,235 (22.23%) Firewall
2 1,232 (22.17%) DNS
3 947 (17.04%) DHCP
4 790 (14.22%) WAN
5 665 (11.97%) LAN
6 569 (10.24%) VPN
7 493 (8.87%) TCP/IP
8 417 (7.51%) SAN
9 378 (6.80%) Wireless
10 339 (6.10%) Wi-Fi
11 293 (5.27%) VLAN
12 262 (4.72%) Broadband
13 253 (4.55%) VoIP
14 220 (3.96%) 5G
15 214 (3.85%) SD-WAN
16 165 (2.97%) Internet
17 155 (2.79%) Network Security
18 134 (2.41%) NAS
19 127 (2.29%) Remote Desktop
20 120 (2.16%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 370 (6.66%) SQL Server
2 96 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
3 91 (1.64%) Power BI
4 65 (1.17%) MySQL
5 50 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
6 47 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 29 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 28 (0.50%) Relational Database
10 20 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 18 (0.32%) Oracle Database
12 16 (0.29%) Redis
13 13 (0.23%) MariaDB
14 12 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.22%) RDBMS
15 11 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
15 11 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (0.18%) NoSQL
17 7 (0.13%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.13%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 74 (1.33%) JIRA
2 42 (0.76%) Jenkins
3 33 (0.59%) Git
4 25 (0.45%) GitLab
5 18 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 11 (0.20%) MSI
7 10 (0.18%) Trac
7 10 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.13%) Katalon Studio
9 6 (0.11%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.072%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.072%) Hudson
10 4 (0.072%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.072%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.072%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.054%) Moq
11 3 (0.054%) Postman
11 3 (0.054%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.054%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,830 (32.94%) Social Skills
2 684 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
3 574 (10.33%) Finance
4 341 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 293 (5.27%) Law
6 209 (3.76%) Retail
7 199 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
8 168 (3.02%) Legal
9 153 (2.75%) Manufacturing
10 122 (2.20%) Telecoms
11 115 (2.07%) Public Sector
12 105 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
13 86 (1.55%) Banking
14 45 (0.81%) Games
14 45 (0.81%) Local Government
15 41 (0.74%) Back Office
16 34 (0.61%) Marketing
17 30 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
18 28 (0.50%) Aerospace
19 24 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,149 (20.68%) IT Support
2 975 (17.55%) Support Engineer
3 903 (16.25%) Analyst
4 786 (14.15%) IT Engineer
5 709 (12.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 650 (11.70%) Senior
7 536 (9.65%) IT Support Engineer
8 435 (7.83%) 2nd Line Support
9 349 (6.28%) IT Analyst
10 330 (5.94%) IT Technician
11 327 (5.89%) Support Analyst
12 301 (5.42%) Service Analyst
13 298 (5.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 280 (5.04%) Service Desk Analyst
15 251 (4.52%) 1st Line Support
16 244 (4.39%) Lead
17 236 (4.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 234 (4.21%) Technical Specialist
19 230 (4.14%) Support Technician
20 210 (3.78%) Linux Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (1.31%) .NET
2 52 (0.94%) ARM Templates
3 44 (0.79%) LDAP
4 30 (0.54%) HTML
5 29 (0.52%) SAML
6 26 (0.47%) OAuth
7 24 (0.43%) JSON
8 23 (0.41%) CSS
9 21 (0.38%) 802.1X
10 20 (0.36%) .NET Core
11 17 (0.31%) React
12 16 (0.29%) OLE
12 16 (0.29%) REST
12 16 (0.29%) YAML
13 15 (0.27%) Web Services
14 14 (0.25%) LAMP
14 14 (0.25%) RESTful
14 14 (0.25%) SailPoint
15 12 (0.22%) EJB
16 11 (0.20%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 368 (6.62%) Driving Licence
2 303 (5.45%) Data Centre
3 253 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 218 (3.92%) Social Media
5 186 (3.35%) Management Information System
6 159 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 145 (2.61%) Replication
8 142 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
9 129 (2.32%) PKI
10 123 (2.21%) Public Cloud
11 109 (1.96%) Clustering
12 100 (1.80%) Wiki
13 91 (1.64%) Smartphone
14 60 (1.08%) iPad
15 59 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
16 57 (1.03%) iPhone
17 47 (0.85%) Private Cloud
18 46 (0.83%) Security Posture
19 45 (0.81%) Fat Client
19 45 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3,936 (70.84%) Windows
2 2,024 (36.43%) Windows Server
3 1,204 (21.67%) Windows 10
4 792 (14.25%) Linux
5 376 (6.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 349 (6.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 343 (6.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 293 (5.27%) Ubuntu
9 256 (4.61%) Android
10 215 (3.87%) Mac OS
11 180 (3.24%) Windows 7
12 142 (2.56%) Apple iOS
13 92 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
14 84 (1.51%) VMS
15 80 (1.44%) Windows 8
16 66 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 47 (0.85%) Unix
18 40 (0.72%) Mac OS X
19 32 (0.58%) CentOS
20 30 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,162 (20.91%) ITIL
2 1,082 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
3 976 (17.57%) Customer Service
4 912 (16.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 798 (14.36%) Cybersecurity
6 363 (6.53%) Service Management
7 350 (6.30%) Disaster Recovery
8 339 (6.10%) ITSM
9 301 (5.42%) CRM
10 300 (5.40%) Agile
11 298 (5.36%) IT Strategy
12 296 (5.33%) Mentoring
13 285 (5.13%) DevOps
13 285 (5.13%) Migration
14 284 (5.11%) Service Delivery
15 277 (4.99%) Project Management
16 271 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
17 262 (4.72%) Incident Management
18 242 (4.36%) Artificial Intelligence
19 236 (4.25%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 875 (15.75%) PowerShell
2 574 (10.33%) SQL
3 340 (6.12%) Bash
4 148 (2.66%) Python
5 103 (1.85%) C#
6 45 (0.81%) VB
7 42 (0.76%) T-SQL
8 39 (0.70%) Bicep
9 35 (0.63%) VBScript
10 33 (0.59%) JavaScript
11 31 (0.56%) Perl
12 29 (0.52%) Java
13 28 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 19 (0.34%) R
15 13 (0.23%) Ruby
15 13 (0.23%) TypeScript
16 10 (0.18%) ActionScript
17 9 (0.16%) VB.NET
18 8 (0.14%) Korn
19 7 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 757 (13.62%) Degree
2 512 (9.22%) Security Cleared
3 470 (8.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 293 (5.27%) SC Cleared
5 247 (4.45%) DV Cleared
6 181 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
7 177 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 166 (2.99%) A+ Certification
9 157 (2.83%) DBS Check
10 150 (2.70%) MCP
11 149 (2.68%) Azure Certification
12 140 (2.52%) CCNA
13 138 (2.48%) MCSE
14 113 (2.03%) Master's Degree
15 100 (1.80%) MCSA
16 88 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
17 72 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 51 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
19 48 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
20 43 (0.77%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 456 (8.21%) SLA
2 106 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 105 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 91 (1.64%) GDPR
5 29 (0.52%) NIST
6 27 (0.49%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (0.23%) Data Quality
9 12 (0.22%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.20%) PMO
10 11 (0.20%) QA
11 8 (0.14%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.13%) GRC
13 6 (0.11%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.072%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.072%) NCSC
14 4 (0.072%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.054%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.036%) ITGC
17 1 (0.018%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1,114 (20.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 905 (16.29%) Hyper-V
3 356 (6.41%) VMware ESXi
4 208 (3.74%) XenApp
5 194 (3.49%) vSphere
6 183 (3.29%) XenDesktop
7 151 (2.72%) Virtual Desktop
8 136 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
9 104 (1.87%) Microsoft App-V
10 76 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
11 68 (1.22%) Docker
12 45 (0.81%) VirtualBox
13 38 (0.68%) Firmware
14 26 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
15 25 (0.45%) Terminal Services
16 22 (0.40%) VMware Server
17 18 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 18 (0.32%) NFS
17 18 (0.32%) pfSense
18 14 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 1,109 (19.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 655 (11.79%) SCCM
3 264 (4.75%) Jamf Pro
4 181 (3.26%) WSUS
5 153 (2.75%) vCenter Server
6 125 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
7 122 (2.20%) Terraform
8 115 (2.07%) SCOM
9 112 (2.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 110 (1.98%) Ansible
11 105 (1.89%) AirWatch
12 94 (1.69%) Kubernetes
13 44 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
14 43 (0.77%) FortiGate
15 42 (0.76%) NetBackup
16 34 (0.61%) Backup Exec
16 34 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
17 32 (0.58%) ZABBIX
18 28 (0.50%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
19 24 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 3,770 (67.85%) Microsoft
2 1,659 (29.86%) VMware
3 635 (11.43%) Cisco
4 574 (10.33%) Citrix
5 384 (6.91%) Veeam
6 232 (4.18%) CyberArk
7 227 (4.09%) Apple
8 210 (3.78%) Tanium
9 205 (3.69%) HP
10 194 (3.49%) ServiceNow
11 179 (3.22%) Dell
12 158 (2.84%) Google
13 128 (2.30%) Meraki
14 111 (2.00%) SolarWinds
15 99 (1.78%) NetApp
16 94 (1.69%) Sophos
17 92 (1.66%) Fortinet
17 92 (1.66%) Oracle
18 78 (1.40%) Red Hat
19 75 (1.35%) Commvault