Active Directory Jobs in London

Microsoft Active Directory
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 35 50
Rank change year-on-year -15 +15 +70
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 709 1,396 1,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 5.59% 5.78% 5.49%
As % of the System Software category 42.03% 49.42% 35.74%
Number of salaries quoted 489 945 1,504
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,250 £30,150
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +2.67% -6.25% -

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,687 2,825 4,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.30% 11.69% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,100 2,075 3,679
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £67,500 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -0.74% -2.86%
75th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,691 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.65% -9.65% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in London over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in London

Active Directory
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the London region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
Central London -4 174 £47,500 -5.00% 37
South London -1 51 £44,250 +7.93% 11
West London -12 45 £31,250 -6.72% 111
East London -20 20 £52,500 +31.25% 6
North London -4 16 £42,500 +9.68% 1
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 174 (24.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 118 (16.64%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.97%) IIS
4 5 (0.71%) Liferay
5 4 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.42%) WordPress
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.28%) Confluence
7 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 105 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.13%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.99%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.56%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 2 (0.28%) Acrobat
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.28%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (0.85%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.56%) Carpe Diem
2 4 (0.56%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.28%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.28%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.14%) Eikon
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 370 (52.19%) Microsoft 365
2 357 (50.35%) Azure
3 207 (29.20%) Entra ID
4 103 (14.53%) AWS
5 54 (7.62%) OneDrive
6 33 (4.65%) Mimecast
7 30 (4.23%) Serverless
8 26 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (3.10%) SaaS
10 19 (2.68%) Google Workspace
11 18 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (2.26%) PaaS
12 16 (2.26%) Power Platform
13 14 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (1.97%) IaaS
14 12 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (1.69%) GCP
15 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (1.41%) GitHub
17 9 (1.27%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 141 (19.89%) DNS
2 109 (15.37%) Firewall
3 102 (14.39%) DHCP
4 92 (12.98%) VPN
5 89 (12.55%) Broadband
6 81 (11.42%) LAN
6 81 (11.42%) WAN
7 65 (9.17%) TCP/IP
8 52 (7.33%) VLAN
9 37 (5.22%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (4.94%) SSL
11 34 (4.80%) Network Security
12 27 (3.81%) Structured Cabling
12 27 (3.81%) Wireless
13 22 (3.10%) SSH
14 21 (2.96%) VoIP
15 17 (2.40%) SAN
16 16 (2.26%) WebEx
17 14 (1.97%) PBX
18 12 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.71%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.56%) Metadata
5 4 (0.56%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.42%) Power BI
7 2 (0.28%) HDInsight
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.28%) Tableau
8 1 (0.14%) Big Data
8 1 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.14%) Redis
8 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (2.12%) JIRA
2 8 (1.13%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.71%) GitLab
4 4 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (0.56%) Bitbucket Server
4 4 (0.56%) Git
5 3 (0.42%) Artifactory
5 3 (0.42%) Spinnaker
5 3 (0.42%) YouTrack
6 2 (0.28%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.14%) TestRail
7 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 311 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 154 (21.72%) Finance
3 69 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 59 (8.32%) Law
5 37 (5.22%) Banking
6 30 (4.23%) Legal
7 16 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (1.97%) Retail
9 12 (1.69%) Marketing
10 9 (1.27%) Games
11 6 (0.85%) Back Office
12 5 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.71%) Front Office
12 5 (0.71%) German Language
12 5 (0.71%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.42%) Advertising
13 3 (0.42%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 167 (23.55%) Support Engineer
2 154 (21.72%) Analyst
3 117 (16.50%) IT Support
4 86 (12.13%) Support Analyst
5 82 (11.57%) Senior
6 76 (10.72%) Desktop Support
7 74 (10.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 53 (7.48%) IT Engineer
9 49 (6.91%) IT Analyst
10 48 (6.77%) Service Analyst
11 46 (6.49%) Service Desk Analyst
12 41 (5.78%) IT Support Analyst
12 41 (5.78%) Lead
13 39 (5.50%) IT Support Engineer
14 34 (4.80%) Cloud Engineer
15 33 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
16 32 (4.51%) Desktop Engineer
17 30 (4.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
18 25 (3.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 25 (3.53%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.24%) Web Services
2 22 (3.10%) RESTful
3 12 (1.69%) SailPoint
3 12 (1.69%) SAML
4 11 (1.55%) LDAP
5 9 (1.27%) YAML
6 6 (0.85%) OAuth
7 5 (0.71%) CSS
7 5 (0.71%) HTML
7 5 (0.71%) OpenID
7 5 (0.71%) React
8 4 (0.56%) 802.1X
8 4 (0.56%) EDI
8 4 (0.56%) JSON
9 3 (0.42%) Django
9 3 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.42%) Flask
9 3 (0.42%) REST
10 2 (0.28%) .NET
10 2 (0.28%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.19%) Onboarding
2 42 (5.92%) Management Information System
3 33 (4.65%) PKI
4 27 (3.81%) Data Centre
4 27 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (3.67%) iPhone
6 24 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
7 22 (3.10%) Cyberattack
8 21 (2.96%) Video Conferencing
9 14 (1.97%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.69%) Fat Client
10 12 (1.69%) Thin Client
11 11 (1.55%) Clustering
11 11 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.41%) Hedge funds
12 10 (1.41%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.27%) Driving Licence
14 8 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.99%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 531 (74.89%) Windows
2 214 (30.18%) Windows Server
3 159 (22.43%) Windows 10
4 106 (14.95%) Windows Server 2012
5 74 (10.44%) Linux
6 55 (7.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 40 (5.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 30 (4.23%) Mac OS
9 21 (2.96%) Android
9 21 (2.96%) Apple iOS
10 9 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (1.13%) Windows 7
12 6 (0.85%) AIX
12 6 (0.85%) Mac OS X
12 6 (0.85%) VMS
13 5 (0.71%) Unix
14 4 (0.56%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (22.28%) ITIL
2 152 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (16.22%) Customer Service
4 97 (13.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 80 (11.28%) Coaching
6 74 (10.44%) Proactive Monitoring
7 69 (9.73%) Proactive Maintenance
8 67 (9.45%) Broadcast Engineering
8 67 (9.45%) Post-Production
8 67 (9.45%) Procure-to-Pay
9 58 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (7.90%) ITSM
11 54 (7.62%) Incident Management
12 53 (7.48%) DevOps
12 53 (7.48%) Mentoring
13 51 (7.19%) Cybersecurity
14 49 (6.91%) Disaster Recovery
15 41 (5.78%) Agile
15 41 (5.78%) Identity Access Management
16 40 (5.64%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 149 (21.02%) PowerShell
2 80 (11.28%) Python
3 44 (6.21%) SQL
4 15 (2.12%) Bash
5 9 (1.27%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.85%) Shell Script
7 4 (0.56%) C#
8 3 (0.42%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.28%) Java
9 2 (0.28%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.28%) VB
10 1 (0.14%) Bicep
10 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 177 (24.96%) Degree
2 65 (9.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (6.63%) Cisco Certification
4 41 (5.78%) Azure Certification
5 39 (5.50%) CCNA
6 23 (3.24%) CCNP
6 23 (3.24%) Security Cleared
7 18 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (2.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 14 (1.97%) MCSE
10 12 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 11 (1.55%) A+ Certification
12 10 (1.41%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.27%) CISSP
13 9 (1.27%) DV Cleared
13 9 (1.27%) MCSA
13 9 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (1.27%) SC Cleared
14 7 (0.99%) CISM
14 7 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (13.26%) SLA
2 40 (5.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (4.80%) NIST
4 13 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.69%) GDPR
6 8 (1.13%) QA
7 7 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.71%) Software Quality Assurance
9 4 (0.56%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.28%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 112 (15.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 54 (7.62%) Hyper-V
3 32 (4.51%) VMware ESXi
4 25 (3.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.97%) Docker
5 14 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.83%) Virtual Servers
7 12 (1.69%) vSphere
7 12 (1.69%) XenApp
8 4 (0.56%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.56%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.42%) Firmware
9 3 (0.42%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.14%) Forefront TMG
11 1 (0.14%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 184 (25.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (12.83%) SCCM
3 69 (9.73%) Terraform
4 39 (5.50%) Single Sign-On
5 30 (4.23%) Ansible
6 25 (3.53%) Kubernetes
7 24 (3.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (2.26%) SCOM
9 14 (1.97%) NetBackup
9 14 (1.97%) WSUS
10 10 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (1.13%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.71%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.71%) QRadar
13 4 (0.56%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.56%) Nessus
13 4 (0.56%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.56%) Puppet
13 4 (0.56%) VxRail
14 3 (0.42%) Salt
Vendors
1 478 (67.42%) Microsoft
2 137 (19.32%) VMware
3 109 (15.37%) Cisco
4 81 (11.42%) Citrix
5 70 (9.87%) Sun
6 58 (8.18%) ServiceNow
7 46 (6.49%) Meraki
8 44 (6.21%) Apple
9 36 (5.08%) Veeam
10 31 (4.37%) HP
11 27 (3.81%) Okta
12 23 (3.24%) SolarWinds
13 22 (3.10%) Thales
14 21 (2.96%) Dell
15 20 (2.82%) Google
16 16 (2.26%) Zscaler
17 14 (1.97%) iManage
17 14 (1.97%) Sophos
18 13 (1.83%) Fortinet
18 13 (1.83%) Palo Alto