Active Directory Job Trends in Lancaster

Microsoft Active Directory
Lancashire > Lancaster

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancaster requiring Active Directory skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 9 17
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 4 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancaster 8.51% 10.77% 1.72%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 31.82% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile - £32,388 -
25th Percentile - £39,720 £100,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £61,500 £100,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -38.81% -
75th Percentile - £62,250 £100,750
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +51.12%

All System Software Skills
Lancaster

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 Lancaster.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4 22 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancaster 8.51% 33.85% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 5
10th Percentile - £44,832 £44,250
25th Percentile - £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -21.43%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £62,250 £83,450
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.89% -8.18% +46.67%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancaster

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Lancaster

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Lancaster

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancaster citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancaster citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancaster 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Support Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Support
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Support Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) IT Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) IT Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Server Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Sage
1 4 (100.00%) VMware