Active Directory Jobs in Essex

Microsoft Active Directory
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 18 25
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +17
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 63 76 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 12.45% 8.40% 9.72%
As % of the System Software category 64.95% 59.84% 47.59%
Number of salaries quoted 29 67 72
10th Percentile - £22,650 £25,000
25th Percentile £21,250 £25,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -16.67% -5.71%
75th Percentile £38,750 £39,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £78,125
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £31,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +4.84% -17.33% -1.32%

All System Software Skills
Essex

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 97 127 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 19.17% 14.03% 20.42%
Number of salaries quoted 47 117 113
10th Percentile £21,250 £22,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -20.99% +5.19%
75th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £81,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -13.98% +3.33%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Essex

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Essex

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Essex over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Essex

Active Directory
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Essex region over the 6 months to 31 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
Grays +3 6 £45,000 +73.08%
Chelmsford +5 4 £38,750 -3.22% 2
Buckhurst Hill - 4 - -
Harlow +6 3 £32,500 +38.30% 2
Billericay +7 2 - - 1
Brentwood +5 2 - -
Basildon -3 2 - -
Braintree - 2 - - 2
Canvey Island - 2 - -
Colchester +12 1 - -
Waltham Abbey - 1 - -
Chigwell - 1 - -
Benfleet - 1 - -
Active Directory
East of England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.59%) IIS
2 1 (1.59%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 30 (47.62%) Azure
2 26 (41.27%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (36.51%) Entra ID
4 6 (9.52%) Azure Storage
4 6 (9.52%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.76%) AWS
5 3 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.76%) Serverless
6 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.46%) Broadband
2 6 (9.52%) DHCP
2 6 (9.52%) DNS
2 6 (9.52%) Firewall
2 6 (9.52%) TCP/IP
2 6 (9.52%) Wireless
2 6 (9.52%) Wireless Security
3 5 (7.94%) LAN
3 5 (7.94%) VLAN
3 5 (7.94%) VPN
3 5 (7.94%) WAN
4 3 (4.76%) SSH
4 3 (4.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 17 (26.98%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (7.94%) German Language
2 5 (7.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (39.68%) Support Engineer
2 17 (26.98%) Technology Specialist
3 16 (25.40%) IT Support
4 12 (19.05%) IT Engineer
5 11 (17.46%) Desktop Engineer
5 11 (17.46%) Desktop Support
5 11 (17.46%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 11 (17.46%) IT Support Engineer
5 11 (17.46%) Junior
5 11 (17.46%) Junior Desktop Engineer
5 11 (17.46%) Junior Desktop Support
5 11 (17.46%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
5 11 (17.46%) Junior IT Engineer
5 11 (17.46%) Junior IT Support
5 11 (17.46%) Junior Support Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (9.52%) Systems Administrator
6 6 (9.52%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) Systems Support
6 6 (9.52%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.94%) SailPoint
2 3 (4.76%) EDI
2 3 (4.76%) RESTful
2 3 (4.76%) Web Services
3 1 (1.59%) .NET
3 1 (1.59%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.59%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.98%) NHS
2 11 (17.46%) Driving Licence
3 8 (12.70%) Management Information System
4 5 (7.94%) Virtual Team
5 3 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.76%) Cyberattack
5 3 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (38.10%) Windows
2 13 (20.63%) Windows Server
3 8 (12.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (9.52%) VMS
5 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.92%) Identity Management
1 22 (34.92%) ITIL
2 13 (20.63%) Proactive Maintenance
3 8 (12.70%) Broadcast Engineering
3 8 (12.70%) Coaching
3 8 (12.70%) Post-Production
3 8 (12.70%) Proactive Monitoring
3 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (12.70%) Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (11.11%) ITSM
5 6 (9.52%) Network Virtualisation
5 6 (9.52%) Project Management
5 6 (9.52%) Storage Management
6 5 (7.94%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (7.94%) ERP
6 5 (7.94%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (7.94%) Information Security
6 5 (7.94%) Mentoring
6 5 (7.94%) Risk Assessment
6 5 (7.94%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.76%) Python
2 3 (4.76%) SQL
3 1 (1.59%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (47.62%) Degree
2 17 (26.98%) DBS Check
3 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.59%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.76%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (7.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.76%) Terraform
3 1 (1.59%) SCCM
3 1 (1.59%) SCOM
3 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (79.37%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) Sun
3 6 (9.52%) Okta
4 5 (7.94%) Palo Alto
4 5 (7.94%) Salesforce
4 5 (7.94%) WatchGuard
5 3 (4.76%) Thales
6 1 (1.59%) F5
6 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow