Active Directory Job Trends in Kent

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 18 18
Rank change year-on-year -24 0 -3
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 51 54 155
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 3.43% 7.37% 9.83%
As % of the System Software category 54.84% 69.23% 68.89%
Number of salaries quoted 36 49 128
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,063 £27,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £31,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.92% -16.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £38,750 £45,250
90th Percentile £50,000 £44,500 £64,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% +5.26% +7.95%

All System Software Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 93 78 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 6.25% 10.64% 14.27%
Number of salaries quoted 74 66 191
10th Percentile £29,720 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £33,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -17.50% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £39,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £65,500 £67,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.35% +3.16% -3.06%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Kent

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Kent over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Kent

Active Directory
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Kent region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
Sittingbourne +9 6 £34,500 -10.97%
Whitstable - 3 £42,500 -
Sevenoaks - 3 £45,000 -
Maidstone -10 2 £42,500 +60.38% 1
Aylesford - 1 £31,200 -
Folkestone - 1 £27,500 -
Gravesend - 1 £45,000 -
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (23.53%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.92%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 37 (72.55%) Azure
2 35 (68.63%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (35.29%) Entra ID
4 12 (23.53%) AWS
5 8 (15.69%) Nutanix
6 6 (11.76%) GCP
7 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (56.86%) DHCP
1 29 (56.86%) DNS
2 25 (49.02%) Firewall
3 22 (43.14%) VPN
4 14 (27.45%) VLAN
5 13 (25.49%) TCP/IP
5 13 (25.49%) WAN
6 11 (21.57%) LAN
7 5 (9.80%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (9.80%) Wireless
8 4 (7.84%) BGP
8 4 (7.84%) IPsec
8 4 (7.84%) SAN
9 2 (3.92%) NAS
9 2 (3.92%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 18 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.80%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.96%) Advertising
5 1 (1.96%) Finance
5 1 (1.96%) Legal
5 1 (1.96%) Local Government
5 1 (1.96%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) IT Support
2 13 (25.49%) Support Engineer
3 12 (23.53%) Infrastructure Support
4 10 (19.61%) 3rd Line Support
4 10 (19.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (17.65%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 8 (15.69%) Analyst
6 8 (15.69%) Support Analyst
7 7 (13.73%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 7 (13.73%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
7 7 (13.73%) Support Specialist
8 6 (11.76%) IT Engineer
8 6 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (11.76%) Senior
9 5 (9.80%) Cloud Engineer
10 4 (7.84%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
10 4 (7.84%) IT Support Specialist
10 4 (7.84%) Lead
10 4 (7.84%) Team Leader
11 3 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.80%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (9.80%) Public Cloud
3 4 (7.84%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 45 (88.24%) Windows
2 26 (50.98%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.84%) Linux
4 1 (1.96%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 17 (33.33%) ITIL
2 14 (27.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (25.49%) Mentoring
4 12 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (21.57%) Business Continuity
5 11 (21.57%) Coaching
6 10 (19.61%) Server Management
7 9 (17.65%) ITSM
7 9 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (17.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 7 (13.73%) Storage Management
9 6 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (11.76%) Process Improvement
9 6 (11.76%) Project Delivery
10 5 (9.80%) Change Management
10 5 (9.80%) High Availability
10 5 (9.80%) Knowledge Transfer
10 5 (9.80%) Server Building
10 5 (9.80%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.69%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.80%) C#
3 3 (5.88%) SQL
4 1 (1.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (13.73%) Degree
2 6 (11.76%) CCNA
2 6 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.88%) MCSE
3 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.92%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) SLA
2 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.96%) GDPR
System Software
1 32 (62.75%) Hyper-V
2 20 (39.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (17.65%) Backup Exec
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.92%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 42 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 22 (43.14%) VMware
3 12 (23.53%) Veeam
4 8 (15.69%) Cisco
5 7 (13.73%) Dell
6 6 (11.76%) Citrix
6 6 (11.76%) Google
6 6 (11.76%) HP
6 6 (11.76%) Meraki
7 5 (9.80%) Dell Compellent
7 5 (9.80%) Nimble Storage
7 5 (9.80%) WatchGuard
8 2 (3.92%) Commvault
8 2 (3.92%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.92%) Zerto
9 1 (1.96%) Apple
9 1 (1.96%) Sophos