Active Directory Job Trends in London

Microsoft Active Directory
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London 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 76 55 41
Rank change year-on-year -21 -14 0
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 619 649 1,278
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.78% 5.17% 5.48%
As % of the System Software category 44.09% 40.59% 48.69%
Number of salaries quoted 438 523 887
10th Percentile £30,774 £31,250 £30,250
25th Percentile £35,813 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £83,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +1.32% -5.00%

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 1,404 1,599 2,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.31% 12.74% 11.25%
Number of salaries quoted 917 1,144 1,906
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £48,250 £45,469 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £107,500
England median annual salary £52,750 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% +2.04% -10.91%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in London

Active Directory
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in London

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

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 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
Central London -18 124 £62,500 +25.00% 28
West London -11 27 £55,000 +76.00% 8
South London +18 26 £35,500 -31.07% 5
North London +6 9 £42,500 - 1
East London -6 2 £75,000 +120.59% 6
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
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:

Application Platforms
1 172 (27.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 130 (21.00%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.78%) Confluence
4 10 (1.62%) IIS
5 4 (0.65%) Apache
5 4 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.65%) SAS
6 3 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.48%) JBoss
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.16%) Site Server
Applications
1 84 (13.57%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.16%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 432 (69.79%) Azure
2 391 (63.17%) Microsoft 365
3 302 (48.79%) Entra ID
4 69 (11.15%) AWS
5 62 (10.02%) OneDrive
6 51 (8.24%) SaaS
7 40 (6.46%) PaaS
8 34 (5.49%) IaaS
9 27 (4.36%) GCP
9 27 (4.36%) Google Workspace
10 23 (3.72%) Azure Sentinel
11 22 (3.55%) Datadog
11 22 (3.55%) Mimecast
12 19 (3.07%) Power Platform
13 17 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (2.10%) GitHub
15 12 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (1.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 167 (26.98%) DNS
2 158 (25.53%) Firewall
3 145 (23.42%) DHCP
4 120 (19.39%) VPN
5 89 (14.38%) Wi-Fi
6 70 (11.31%) TCP/IP
7 67 (10.82%) WAN
8 61 (9.85%) VLAN
9 59 (9.53%) LAN
10 54 (8.72%) SAN
11 33 (5.33%) Network Security
12 28 (4.52%) Kerberos
13 27 (4.36%) VoIP
14 22 (3.55%) Wireless
15 12 (1.94%) Broadband
15 12 (1.94%) SD-WAN
16 9 (1.45%) Internet
17 8 (1.29%) Software-Defined Networking
18 7 (1.13%) VSAN
19 6 (0.97%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.29%) Power BI
3 7 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.65%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.65%) MySQL
6 2 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.16%) Big Data
7 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.16%) Sybase ASE
7 1 (0.16%) Trino
Development Applications
1 35 (5.65%) Git
2 33 (5.33%) JIRA
3 17 (2.75%) Chocolatey
4 15 (2.42%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.78%) GitLab
6 9 (1.45%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 214 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 147 (23.75%) Finance
3 57 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (7.27%) Banking
5 41 (6.62%) Legal
6 34 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (4.68%) Law
7 29 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.78%) Retail
11 9 (1.45%) Advertising
12 8 (1.29%) Public Sector
12 8 (1.29%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.81%) Front Office
14 4 (0.65%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.65%) Automotive
14 4 (0.65%) Electronics
14 4 (0.65%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.48%) Games
Job Titles
1 126 (20.36%) Support Engineer
2 121 (19.55%) IT Support
3 119 (19.22%) IT Engineer
4 91 (14.70%) Senior
5 82 (13.25%) IT Support Engineer
6 79 (12.76%) Analyst
7 66 (10.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 61 (9.85%) Azure Engineer
9 45 (7.27%) Support Analyst
10 39 (6.30%) Lead
11 38 (6.14%) 2nd Line Support
11 38 (6.14%) Architect
12 37 (5.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 34 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 34 (5.49%) IT Analyst
14 29 (4.68%) Systems Engineer
15 28 (4.52%) Desktop Support
16 27 (4.36%) 1st Line Support
16 27 (4.36%) Consultant
17 26 (4.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (7.59%) SAML
2 43 (6.95%) OAuth
3 40 (6.46%) LDAP
4 39 (6.30%) OpenID
5 34 (5.49%) REST
6 15 (2.42%) GraphQL
7 14 (2.26%) HTML
7 14 (2.26%) SOAP
8 12 (1.94%) ADO
8 12 (1.94%) CSS
9 10 (1.62%) ARM Templates
9 10 (1.62%) Web Services
10 9 (1.45%) SailPoint
11 8 (1.29%) YAML
12 7 (1.13%) .NET
12 7 (1.13%) RESTful
13 3 (0.48%) ASP.NET
13 3 (0.48%) Node.js
13 3 (0.48%) SAP Basis
14 2 (0.32%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.46%) Onboarding
2 36 (5.82%) Security Posture
3 31 (5.01%) Cyber Threat
4 26 (4.20%) Data Centre
5 24 (3.88%) Management Information System
6 23 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (3.07%) CMDB
7 19 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (2.75%) Cloud Native
9 16 (2.58%) Cyberattack
10 15 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (2.10%) Video Conferencing
12 12 (1.94%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.62%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.45%) iPhone
14 9 (1.45%) PKI
14 9 (1.45%) Public Cloud
15 8 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 7 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 421 (68.01%) Windows
2 194 (31.34%) Windows Server
3 94 (15.19%) Linux
4 88 (14.22%) Windows 10
5 41 (6.62%) Mac OS
6 30 (4.85%) Apple iOS
6 30 (4.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (2.26%) VMS
9 13 (2.10%) Android
9 13 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (1.29%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.81%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.32%) CentOS
13 1 (0.16%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.16%) Unix
13 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
2 133 (21.49%) ITIL
3 123 (19.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 106 (17.12%) Cybersecurity
5 100 (16.16%) ITSM
6 86 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
7 84 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 78 (12.60%) Customer Service
9 77 (12.44%) Roadmaps
10 72 (11.63%) Migration
11 65 (10.50%) Identity Access Management
12 63 (10.18%) Incident Management
13 60 (9.69%) Mentoring
14 57 (9.21%) Infrastructure as Code
15 54 (8.72%) Change Management
15 54 (8.72%) DevOps
16 53 (8.56%) Service Delivery
17 49 (7.92%) RBAC
18 46 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
18 46 (7.43%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 181 (29.24%) PowerShell
2 52 (8.40%) SQL
3 46 (7.43%) Python
4 29 (4.68%) Bash
5 19 (3.07%) T-SQL
6 12 (1.94%) Java
7 11 (1.78%) Bicep
7 11 (1.78%) C#
8 7 (1.13%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.13%) VBA
8 7 (1.13%) VBScript
9 5 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.65%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.16%) C
11 1 (0.16%) C++
11 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (14.38%) Degree
2 58 (9.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 52 (8.40%) Azure Certification
4 49 (7.92%) Security Cleared
5 39 (6.30%) Cisco Certification
6 38 (6.14%) CISSP
7 23 (3.72%) CCNA
8 20 (3.23%) CCNP
9 19 (3.07%) SC Cleared
10 18 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (2.42%) DV Cleared
12 13 (2.10%) DBS Check
13 10 (1.62%) OSCP
14 9 (1.45%) MCSE
15 8 (1.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (1.29%) CCSP
15 8 (1.29%) CISM
15 8 (1.29%) GIAC
16 7 (1.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.97%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (10.99%) SLA
2 51 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (5.82%) NIST
4 21 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (3.07%) GDPR
6 10 (1.62%) NCSC
7 8 (1.29%) SOC 2
8 7 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.13%) QA
9 5 (0.81%) COBIT
10 4 (0.65%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.65%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.65%) PMO
10 4 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.48%) RMADS
12 2 (0.32%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.16%) TickIT
System Software
1 105 (16.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 44 (7.11%) Hyper-V
3 36 (5.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 31 (5.01%) vSphere
5 19 (3.07%) Docker
6 14 (2.26%) BitLocker
7 13 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (1.13%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.65%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 4 (0.65%) Squid
11 3 (0.48%) Firmware
11 3 (0.48%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.16%) Xen
12 1 (0.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 196 (31.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 69 (11.15%) SCCM
3 59 (9.53%) Terraform
4 42 (6.79%) Kubernetes
5 41 (6.62%) Ansible
6 36 (5.82%) Single Sign-On
7 19 (3.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (2.58%) Jamf Pro
9 14 (2.26%) WSUS
10 10 (1.62%) Packer
11 8 (1.29%) VxRail
12 6 (0.97%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.81%) Control-M
14 4 (0.65%) Argo
14 4 (0.65%) Grafana
14 4 (0.65%) Istio
14 4 (0.65%) Mesos
14 4 (0.65%) Prometheus
14 4 (0.65%) SCOM
14 4 (0.65%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 484 (78.19%) Microsoft
2 149 (24.07%) VMware
3 52 (8.40%) ServiceNow
4 40 (6.46%) Cisco
5 35 (5.65%) Tenable
6 33 (5.33%) Citrix
7 25 (4.04%) Google
8 24 (3.88%) Apple
9 21 (3.39%) Dell
10 19 (3.07%) iManage
11 17 (2.75%) AppDynamics
11 17 (2.75%) Dynatrace
11 17 (2.75%) Splunk
12 16 (2.58%) Okta
13 14 (2.26%) Meraki
13 14 (2.26%) Oracle
13 14 (2.26%) Red Hat
13 14 (2.26%) Zscaler
14 13 (2.10%) CyberArk
15 11 (1.78%) Palo Alto