Active Directory Jobs in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Active Directory
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 33 56
Rank change year-on-year -15 +23 +26
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 25 143 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 4.52% 7.63% 5.20%
As % of the System Software category 28.74% 36.95% 20.39%
Number of salaries quoted 17 124 50
10th Percentile £27,650 £26,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £26,458
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +14.93% +1.52%
75th Percentile £38,750 £53,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £55,250 £57,500 £53,750
South West median annual salary £32,500 £37,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year -12.16% - +5.71%

All System Software Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 87 387 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 15.73% 20.66% 25.50%
Number of salaries quoted 46 268 146
10th Percentile - £29,440 £26,805
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,906 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,438 £62,500 £78,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £84,500
South West median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% - -4.76%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Gloucestershire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Gloucestershire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Gloucestershire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Gloucester +29 4 £80,000 +101.26% 4
Filton -15 2 - - 2
Cirencester +3 1 £28,000 -1.75%
Stroud -3 1 - - 1
Active Directory
South West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (76.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (24.00%) Azure
3 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.00%) Azure Stack
4 2 (8.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (4.00%) AWS
5 1 (4.00%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (4.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (12.00%) Broadband
3 2 (8.00%) DNS
3 2 (8.00%) LAN
3 2 (8.00%) WAN
4 1 (4.00%) Firewall
4 1 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (4.00%) SSH
4 1 (4.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (44.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (8.00%) Automotive
4 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 11 (44.00%) IT Support
2 5 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support
5 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Architect
6 1 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) ICT Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Support
6 1 (4.00%) IT Technician
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Senior IT Technician
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Technician
6 1 (4.00%) Wintel Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) RESTful
1 1 (4.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (44.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (12.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.00%) Apple TV
5 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
5 1 (4.00%) PKI
5 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 22 (88.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (12.00%) Mac OS
3 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (8.00%) Linux
4 2 (8.00%) Rocky
4 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (4.00%) Android
5 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.00%) Windows 8
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (8.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (8.00%) Broadcast Engineering
3 2 (8.00%) Coaching
3 2 (8.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (8.00%) ITIL
3 2 (8.00%) Post-Production
3 2 (8.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 2 (8.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (8.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (8.00%) Server Management
3 2 (8.00%) Use Case
4 1 (4.00%) Agile
4 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (4.00%) Time Management
4 1 (4.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) VB
2 1 (4.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (4.00%) MCP
4 1 (4.00%) MCSA
4 1 (4.00%) MCSE
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) NCSC
2 1 (4.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.00%) BitLocker
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (8.00%) SCCM
2 1 (4.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Apple
2 2 (8.00%) Cognizant
2 2 (8.00%) Dell
2 2 (8.00%) Sun
2 2 (8.00%) VMware
3 1 (4.00%) Adobe
3 1 (4.00%) McAfee
3 1 (4.00%) Symantec
3 1 (4.00%) Thales