Active Directory Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft Active Directory
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 62 55
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 -8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 212 264 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.16% 5.22% 5.73%
As % of the System Software category 41.41% 35.48% 33.44%
Number of salaries quoted 191 228 285
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,850 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,188 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £36,298
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +17.09% -15.59%
75th Percentile £47,250 £53,096 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,968 £59,125 £65,600
North West median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year -6.25% +18.52% -15.63%

All System Software Skills
Manchester

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 512 744 972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 10.05% 14.72% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 438 526 750
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,625 £40,063 £36,527
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,688 £70,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,050
North West median annual salary £45,000 £49,290 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -1.42% +5.26%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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
Salford +24 10 £72,500 +38.10% 4
Bury - 10 £41,250 -
Oldham +35 8 £42,500 +7.59%
Stockport +35 8 £29,250 +6.36% 1
Bolton +10 4 £45,000 -10.00%
Sale - 3 £25,000 - 1
Rochdale +18 2 £46,250 +21.71%
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 51 (24.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (15.09%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.66%) IIS
4 4 (1.89%) CMS
4 4 (1.89%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.47%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (10.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.36%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.47%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 166 (78.30%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (46.23%) Azure
3 59 (27.83%) Entra ID
4 23 (10.85%) AWS
5 15 (7.08%) OneDrive
6 14 (6.60%) GCP
7 13 (6.13%) Power Platform
7 13 (6.13%) PowerApps
8 7 (3.30%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.42%) AWS KMS
9 3 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.42%) SaaS
10 2 (0.94%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.94%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 59 (27.83%) DNS
2 45 (21.23%) Firewall
3 42 (19.81%) DHCP
4 31 (14.62%) WAN
5 22 (10.38%) LAN
5 22 (10.38%) VPN
6 20 (9.43%) SAN
7 15 (7.08%) Wireless
8 14 (6.60%) SD-WAN
9 12 (5.66%) iSCSI
9 12 (5.66%) SSL
9 12 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (4.25%) VLAN
10 9 (4.25%) VoIP
11 7 (3.30%) Network Security
11 7 (3.30%) TCP/IP
11 7 (3.30%) WLAN
12 6 (2.83%) NAS
13 5 (2.36%) IPsec
14 4 (1.89%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.02%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.36%) MaxDB
2 5 (2.36%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.94%) MySQL
5 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
General
1 68 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 33 (15.57%) Finance
3 28 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.49%) Law
5 12 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.25%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.30%) Retail
8 6 (2.83%) Legal
9 5 (2.36%) Local Government
10 4 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 49 (23.11%) IT Support
2 46 (21.70%) IT Engineer
3 35 (16.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (15.57%) Support Engineer
5 30 (14.15%) IT Support Engineer
6 25 (11.79%) 2nd Line Support
6 25 (11.79%) Senior
7 24 (11.32%) Analyst
8 22 (10.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 22 (10.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 17 (8.02%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 16 (7.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (7.08%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
11 15 (7.08%) Administrator
11 15 (7.08%) Support Technician
12 14 (6.60%) Field Engineer
12 14 (6.60%) Systems Administrator
13 12 (5.66%) Infrastructure Manager
13 12 (5.66%) IT Administrator
13 12 (5.66%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.83%) LDAP
2 5 (2.36%) BREW
2 5 (2.36%) SAP Basis
2 5 (2.36%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (1.89%) CSS
3 4 (1.89%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.91%) Data Centre
2 20 (9.43%) Onboarding
3 14 (6.60%) Driving Licence
4 13 (6.13%) Public Cloud
5 12 (5.66%) PMI
6 10 (4.72%) EPoS
7 9 (4.25%) Private Cloud
8 8 (3.77%) Replication
9 7 (3.30%) Management Information System
10 5 (2.36%) CCTV
11 4 (1.89%) FMCG
12 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.42%) Mainframe
12 3 (1.42%) PKI
13 1 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
13 1 (0.47%) Cyberattack
13 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.47%) IoT
13 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 124 (58.49%) Windows
2 57 (26.89%) Windows Server
3 45 (21.23%) Windows 10
4 37 (17.45%) Linux
5 18 (8.49%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (8.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (5.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.83%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.89%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.94%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.94%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.47%) Android
11 1 (0.47%) CentOS
11 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.47%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (23.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (19.34%) Customer Service
3 39 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (17.92%) ITIL
5 32 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
6 27 (12.74%) Project Management
7 26 (12.26%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (11.32%) Migration
9 22 (10.38%) Service Management
10 18 (8.49%) Capacity Planning
10 18 (8.49%) Mentoring
11 17 (8.02%) Server Management
12 16 (7.55%) Presales
12 16 (7.55%) Software Licensing
13 12 (5.66%) Agile
13 12 (5.66%) Line Management
14 11 (5.19%) Roadmaps
15 10 (4.72%) Coaching
16 9 (4.25%) High Availability
17 8 (3.77%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.32%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.30%) SQL
3 6 (2.83%) Java
4 5 (2.36%) ABAP
4 5 (2.36%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.47%) Bash
5 1 (0.47%) Perl
5 1 (0.47%) Python
5 1 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 32 (15.09%) Degree
2 22 (10.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (5.66%) PMI Certification
4 9 (4.25%) MCP
5 6 (2.83%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.89%) CCNA
6 4 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (1.89%) MCSA
7 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.42%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.94%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.94%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.47%) CCA
9 1 (0.47%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.47%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.60%) SLA
2 9 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.42%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (19.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (10.38%) Hyper-V
3 8 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.89%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.94%) vSphere
6 1 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.47%) Docker
6 1 (0.47%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.47%) Postfix
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (24.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (8.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 14 (6.60%) SCCM
4 12 (5.66%) Opsgenie
4 12 (5.66%) VxRail
4 12 (5.66%) ZABBIX
5 6 (2.83%) WSUS
6 4 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.42%) CA Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.94%) CASB
8 2 (0.94%) Grafana
8 2 (0.94%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.94%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.47%) Ansible
9 1 (0.47%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.47%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.47%) Terraform
9 1 (0.47%) WMI
Vendors
1 123 (58.02%) Microsoft
2 64 (30.19%) VMware
3 37 (17.45%) Cisco
4 25 (11.79%) Apple
5 21 (9.91%) Fortinet
6 18 (8.49%) Citrix
7 16 (7.55%) Adobe
7 16 (7.55%) NetApp
8 14 (6.60%) Dell
8 14 (6.60%) SolarWinds
9 10 (4.72%) Veeam
10 7 (3.30%) Aruba
10 7 (3.30%) F5
10 7 (3.30%) Meraki
11 6 (2.83%) Extreme Networks
12 5 (2.36%) iManage
12 5 (2.36%) SAP
12 5 (2.36%) ServiceNow
12 5 (2.36%) Sophos
12 5 (2.36%) Sybase