Active Directory Jobs in Leeds

Microsoft Active Directory
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 41 68
Rank change year-on-year +2 +27 -20
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 41 113 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 5.17% 4.94% 4.35%
As % of the System Software category 42.71% 45.75% 28.54%
Number of salaries quoted 37 94 95
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,975 £25,600
25th Percentile £26,750 £33,250 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £33,750 £61,625 £56,438
90th Percentile £64,500 £65,625 £67,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £35,225 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.41% -6.07% +15.38%

All System Software Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 96 247 445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 12.11% 10.80% 15.23%
Number of salaries quoted 80 206 246
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £31,625
25th Percentile £29,563 £41,140 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £82,563 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,626 £69,500 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £53,000 £49,500 £54,882
% change year-on-year +7.07% -9.81% +9.76%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Leeds

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Leeds

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Leeds over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Leeds

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 15 (36.59%) SharePoint
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (29.27%) Azure
3 5 (12.20%) Entra ID
4 4 (9.76%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.88%) AWS
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.44%) IaaS
6 1 (2.44%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.44%) PaaS
6 1 (2.44%) Rubrik
6 1 (2.44%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (46.34%) Cisco IOS
2 10 (24.39%) Wireless
3 6 (14.63%) DNS
4 5 (12.20%) Firewall
5 4 (9.76%) LAN
5 4 (9.76%) VPN
5 4 (9.76%) WAN
6 3 (7.32%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 19 (46.34%) Law
2 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Local Government
4 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.44%) Legal
4 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (53.66%) Analyst
2 17 (41.46%) 2nd Line Support
2 17 (41.46%) Support Analyst
3 16 (39.02%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 13 (31.71%) IT Support
5 12 (29.27%) IT Analyst
6 9 (21.95%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (9.76%) IT Engineer
9 3 (7.32%) Help Desk Analyst
9 3 (7.32%) Identity Management Specialist
9 3 (7.32%) Senior
9 3 (7.32%) Service Analyst
9 3 (7.32%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (7.32%) Technology Specialist
10 2 (4.88%) Support Consultant
10 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
10 2 (4.88%) Technical Consultant
10 2 (4.88%) Technical Support
10 2 (4.88%) Technical Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Middleware
2 1 (2.44%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (7.32%) NHS
2 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (73.17%) Windows
2 24 (58.54%) Linux
3 19 (46.34%) Mac OS X
4 15 (36.59%) Windows Server
5 11 (26.83%) Windows 10
6 2 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Service Delivery
2 10 (24.39%) ITIL
3 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (9.76%) Customer Service
5 4 (9.76%) Identity Management
6 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (7.32%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (4.88%) Containerisation
7 2 (4.88%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (4.88%) Migration
7 2 (4.88%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (4.88%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (4.88%) Security Patching
7 2 (4.88%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 1 (2.44%) Network Virtualisation
8 1 (2.44%) Runbook
8 1 (2.44%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (51.22%) Python
2 12 (29.27%) SQL
3 4 (9.76%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.44%) Bash
4 1 (2.44%) Bicep
4 1 (2.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Degree
2 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (24.39%) CCNP
3 10 (24.39%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (24.39%) MCSA
4 3 (7.32%) DBS Check
5 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Hyper-V
2 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.44%) NFS
3 1 (2.44%) pfSense
3 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (12.20%) SCCM
3 3 (7.32%) Ansible
3 3 (7.32%) Backup Exec
3 3 (7.32%) WSUS
4 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (4.88%) SCOM
4 2 (4.88%) Terraform
5 1 (2.44%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (51.22%) Cisco
2 15 (36.59%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.76%) Oracle
3 4 (9.76%) VMware
4 3 (7.32%) Veritas
5 2 (4.88%) Red Hat
5 2 (4.88%) Veeam
6 1 (2.44%) Citrix
6 1 (2.44%) Commvault
6 1 (2.44%) NetApp
6 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds