Active Directory Support Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer salary in the Midlands is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 221 -
Rank change year-on-year -34 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Support Engineer 6 8 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.046% 0.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.16% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £42,750 -
90th Percentile - £52,500 -
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -21.05% +90.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 12,483 5,068 12,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 90.92% 94.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,700 3,190 8,707
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,688 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,688 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

Active Directory Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Active Directory Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Active Directory Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory Support Engineer in the Midlands

Active Directory Support Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Support Engineer within the Midlands 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
East Midlands -30 6 £52,500 +61.54% 2
Active Directory Support Engineer
England

Active Directory Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 July 2026, Active Directory Support Engineer 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 Midlands region featuring Active Directory Support Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) IIS
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
3 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (16.67%) LDAP
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP

Active Directory Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft