Active Directory Jobs in Hampshire

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 27 26
Rank change year-on-year -11 -1 +29
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 96 286 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 4.85% 6.77% 8.10%
As % of the System Software category 39.34% 47.99% 39.41%
Number of salaries quoted 71 270 198
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £27,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £36,000 £32,700
Median % change year-on-year +59.72% +10.09% -6.57%
75th Percentile £76,375 £49,970 £50,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £63,750 £71,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -4.11%

All System Software Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 244 596 576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.33% 14.10% 20.56%
Number of salaries quoted 161 479 446
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £83,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,850
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.76% -2.30%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Hampshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Hampshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Hampshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Hampshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Basingstoke +9 50 £57,500 - 34
Southampton -5 14 £30,000 -6.98% 33
Portsmouth -19 12 £77,500 +93.75% 23
Winchester - 5 £29,000 -
Ringwood +3 4 - -
Farnborough +6 3 £27,500 - 2
Fareham +10 2 £26,000 -5.45%
Hook +2 2 £47,500 +63.79% 1
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 19 (19.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.17%) IBM Domino
2 4 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.13%) Apache
3 3 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (3.13%) IIS
3 3 (3.13%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (3.13%) Skype for Business
4 2 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.08%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.04%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 11 (11.46%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 31 (32.29%) Azure
2 21 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (20.83%) Entra ID
4 17 (17.71%) AWS
5 8 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (6.25%) GCP
6 6 (6.25%) OpenShift
7 3 (3.13%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.04%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.04%) SaaS
8 1 (1.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (25.00%) DNS
2 20 (20.83%) DHCP
3 12 (12.50%) SAN
4 11 (11.46%) Firewall
4 11 (11.46%) SMTP
5 10 (10.42%) NAS
6 7 (7.29%) Network Security
6 7 (7.29%) Remote Desktop
6 7 (7.29%) VSAN
7 5 (5.21%) Broadband
7 5 (5.21%) iSCSI
7 5 (5.21%) VPN
8 3 (3.13%) LAN
8 3 (3.13%) SSL
8 3 (3.13%) VLAN
8 3 (3.13%) WAN
8 3 (3.13%) Wireless
9 2 (2.08%) SNMP
9 2 (2.08%) VoIP
9 2 (2.08%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.04%) JIRA
1 1 (1.04%) Subversion
General
1 23 (23.96%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (10.42%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.13%) Finance
6 2 (2.08%) Advertising
7 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.04%) German Language
7 1 (1.04%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (31.25%) Support Engineer
2 18 (18.75%) Architect
2 18 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (16.67%) IT Support
4 13 (13.54%) Analyst
5 8 (8.33%) IT Analyst
5 8 (8.33%) IT Support Analyst
5 8 (8.33%) Support Analyst
6 7 (7.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 7 (7.29%) Infrastructure Support
6 7 (7.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) 1st Line Support
7 6 (6.25%) Senior
7 6 (6.25%) Support Specialist
7 6 (6.25%) Virtualisation Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Virtualisation Specialist
7 6 (6.25%) VMware Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) VMware Specialist
7 6 (6.25%) VMware Support Engineer
8 5 (5.21%) Active Directory Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.13%) Web Services
1 3 (3.13%) YAML
2 1 (1.04%) RESTful
2 1 (1.04%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.67%) PKI
2 15 (15.63%) Clustering
3 7 (7.29%) Replication
4 6 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.13%) NHS
6 2 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.04%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.04%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.04%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.04%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.04%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.04%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.04%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (56.25%) Windows
2 32 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 13 (13.54%) Windows 10
4 12 (12.50%) Linux
5 5 (5.21%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (4.17%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.13%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.08%) Windows 7
8 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.04%) Android
9 1 (1.04%) CentOS
9 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
3 15 (15.63%) High Availability
4 13 (13.54%) Incident Management
5 12 (12.50%) Task Automation
6 8 (8.33%) ITIL
7 7 (7.29%) Agile
7 7 (7.29%) Customer Service
7 7 (7.29%) Identity Management
7 7 (7.29%) RBAC
8 6 (6.25%) Application Virtualisation
8 6 (6.25%) Configuration Management
8 6 (6.25%) DevOps
8 6 (6.25%) Disk Encryption
8 6 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (6.25%) Security Hardening
8 6 (6.25%) Server Building
8 6 (6.25%) Virtual Environments
8 6 (6.25%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 5 (5.21%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 22 (22.92%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.08%) SQL
3 1 (1.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 45 (46.88%) DV Cleared
3 12 (12.50%) Degree
4 10 (10.42%) SC Cleared
5 6 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.13%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.08%) CISM
7 2 (2.08%) CISSP
7 2 (2.08%) ISTQB
7 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.04%) CCNA
8 1 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.04%) GDPR
1 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.04%) NIST
1 1 (1.04%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (39.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 20 (20.83%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (12.50%) Docker
4 12 (12.50%) vSphere
5 8 (8.33%) BitLocker
5 8 (8.33%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (8.33%) Terminal Services
6 3 (3.13%) ISA Server
7 2 (2.08%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.04%) KVM
8 1 (1.04%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 15 (15.63%) Ansible
1 15 (15.63%) vCenter Server
2 14 (14.58%) vMotion
3 12 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 12 (12.50%) Puppet
4 11 (11.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 11 (11.46%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (6.25%) Nagios
5 6 (6.25%) PowerCLI
5 6 (6.25%) vRealize
6 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (3.13%) SCCM
7 3 (3.13%) SCOM
8 1 (1.04%) AirWatch
8 1 (1.04%) Terraform
8 1 (1.04%) WMI
Vendors
1 46 (47.92%) Microsoft
2 44 (45.83%) VMware
3 14 (14.58%) Citrix
4 12 (12.50%) HP
5 10 (10.42%) Veeam
6 6 (6.25%) Google
6 6 (6.25%) Symantec
7 5 (5.21%) Cisco
8 4 (4.17%) IBM
9 3 (3.13%) Apple
9 3 (3.13%) ServiceNow
9 3 (3.13%) Thales
10 2 (2.08%) Okta
10 2 (2.08%) Sun
11 1 (1.04%) Dell
11 1 (1.04%) Juniper
11 1 (1.04%) McAfee
11 1 (1.04%) Meraki
11 1 (1.04%) Salesforce
11 1 (1.04%) Samsung