Active Directory Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft Active Directory
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 86 59 58
Rank change year-on-year -27 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 68 219 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.02% 3.87% 5.81%
As % of the System Software category 20.86% 43.98% 35.15%
Number of salaries quoted 58 193 224
10th Percentile £25,480 £25,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,375 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.56% -11.11% +28.57%
75th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £67,124 £67,500
North West median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -11.76% +31.78%

All System Software Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 326 498 754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 14.48% 8.81% 16.53%
Number of salaries quoted 188 416 525
10th Percentile £26,100 £26,063 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,583 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,758 £72,500 £80,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -11.76% +7.37%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Manchester

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Manchester

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Manchester

Active Directory
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Manchester 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
Bolton -2 21 £25,480 -43.38% 4
Oldham -3 5 £26,500 -37.65%
Salford +8 1 £57,500 -20.69% 2
Rochdale +7 1 £40,000 -13.51%
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 11 (16.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (11.76%) SharePoint
3 6 (8.82%) IIS
4 2 (2.94%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 53 (77.94%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (42.65%) Azure
3 17 (25.00%) AWS
3 17 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.82%) Nutanix
5 4 (5.88%) OneDrive
5 4 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.41%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.47%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.47%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.47%) GCP
7 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.53%) DNS
2 15 (22.06%) Firewall
3 11 (16.18%) DHCP
4 7 (10.29%) WAN
5 5 (7.35%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (5.88%) HTTP
6 4 (5.88%) SSH
6 4 (5.88%) VPN
7 3 (4.41%) LAN
7 3 (4.41%) VLAN
8 2 (2.94%) NAS
8 2 (2.94%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (2.94%) SAN
8 2 (2.94%) VoIP
9 1 (1.47%) Network Security
9 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.94%) Power BI
3 1 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Git
1 4 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 40 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.76%) Finance
3 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.88%) Retail
5 3 (4.41%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.41%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.94%) Automotive
6 2 (2.94%) Games
6 2 (2.94%) Legal
7 1 (1.47%) Banking
7 1 (1.47%) Law
7 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (30.88%) Administrator
2 20 (29.41%) IT Administrator
3 10 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (14.71%) Senior
4 8 (11.76%) IT Support
5 6 (8.82%) IT Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Help Desk Support
7 4 (5.88%) Help Desk Support Technician
7 4 (5.88%) Help Desk Technician
7 4 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Service Desk Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Support Technician
8 3 (4.41%) Analyst
8 3 (4.41%) IT Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.41%) IT Technician
8 3 (4.41%) Senior IT Technician
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Technician
8 3 (4.41%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) LDAP
2 2 (2.94%) .NET
3 1 (1.47%) JSON
3 1 (1.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (30.88%) Social Media
2 16 (23.53%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (7.35%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.88%) Anti-Spyware
4 4 (5.88%) Clustering
4 4 (5.88%) Driving Licence
5 3 (4.41%) EPoS
6 2 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.94%) Life Science
6 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.47%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.47%) CMDB
7 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.47%) PKI
7 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (52.94%) Windows
2 25 (36.76%) Windows Server
3 13 (19.12%) Linux
4 7 (10.29%) CentOS
4 7 (10.29%) Windows 10
5 5 (7.35%) Android
6 4 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (4.41%) Mac OS X
7 3 (4.41%) Ubuntu
7 3 (4.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.94%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.47%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.47%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (47.06%) Customer Service
2 19 (27.94%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (25.00%) Line Management
5 16 (23.53%) Asset Management
5 16 (23.53%) Data Protection
5 16 (23.53%) Process Improvement
6 14 (20.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (17.65%) ITIL
8 9 (13.24%) Identity Management
8 9 (13.24%) ITSM
8 9 (13.24%) Service Management
9 7 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (10.29%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (10.29%) Server Management
10 6 (8.82%) CI/CD
10 6 (8.82%) DevOps
10 6 (8.82%) Project Delivery
10 6 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (7.35%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.35%) SQL
3 3 (4.41%) Bash
4 2 (2.94%) Java
4 2 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (30.88%) DBS Check
2 13 (19.12%) Degree
3 5 (7.35%) AWS Certification
3 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.88%) MCSA
5 3 (4.41%) ACSP
5 3 (4.41%) HP AIS
5 3 (4.41%) Linux+ Certification
5 3 (4.41%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (4.41%) RHCE
5 3 (4.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.47%) CEH
7 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (29.41%) SLA
2 6 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.41%) GDPR
3 3 (4.41%) HIPAA
4 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 13 (19.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.82%) Hyper-V
3 5 (7.35%) vSphere
4 3 (4.41%) Docker
4 3 (4.41%) Dovecot
4 3 (4.41%) Postfix
5 2 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.94%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.47%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 14 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (10.29%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (7.35%) SCCM
3 5 (7.35%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (5.88%) Ansible
5 3 (4.41%) Kubernetes
6 2 (2.94%) SmoothWall
7 1 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.47%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 51 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (32.35%) VMware
3 13 (19.12%) Cisco
4 12 (17.65%) Veeam
5 7 (10.29%) Okta
6 5 (7.35%) Apple
6 5 (7.35%) Meraki
7 4 (5.88%) Perforce
7 4 (5.88%) ServiceNow
8 3 (4.41%) HP
8 3 (4.41%) MobileIron
8 3 (4.41%) Ping Identity
8 3 (4.41%) Red Hat
9 2 (2.94%) Aruba
9 2 (2.94%) ESET
9 2 (2.94%) Hitachi
9 2 (2.94%) IBM
9 2 (2.94%) Sophos
10 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.47%) Ubiquiti