Active Directory Architect Job Trends in London

Microsoft Active Directory Architect
England > London

The median Microsoft Active Directory Architect salary in London is £140,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 - 473
Rank change year-on-year - - +342
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Architect 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.025% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% - 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
England median annual salary £140,000 - £85,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 10,740 16,778 19,172
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 95.21% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,992 10,461 15,700
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +5.63%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £119,071 £115,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -

Active Directory Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Active Directory Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Active Directory Architect job vacancy trend in London

Active Directory Architect
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Active Directory Architect job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Active Directory Architect job vacancies in London

Active Directory Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Active Directory Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Active Directory Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (100.00%) Kerberos
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 3 (100.00%) OAuth
1 3 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 3 (100.00%) OpenID
1 3 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) RBAC
1 3 (100.00%) SAML
1 3 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Planning

Active Directory Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Kerberos
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) OAuth
1 3 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 3 (100.00%) OpenID
1 3 (100.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 3 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) RBAC
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft