Active Directory Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 34 31
Rank change year-on-year +13 -3 +6
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Active Directory 437 550 480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.42% 5.04% 7.24%
As % of the System Software category 59.46% 53.14% 49.79%
Number of salaries quoted 398 422 422
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% -9.64%
75th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £53,478
90th Percentile £70,250 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 735 1,035 964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.48% 9.49% 14.53%
Number of salaries quoted 547 778 684
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £42,500 £44,680
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% -4.88% -1.80%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,000 £68,375
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,948 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.77% -7.37% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +11 235 £38,000 +5.56% 36
East Midlands +12 202 £30,000 -14.29% 46
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 122 (27.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 84 (19.22%) SharePoint
3 32 (7.32%) Confluence
4 7 (1.60%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.92%) IIS
6 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 54 (12.36%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.92%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 18 (4.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.60%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.37%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.23%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 287 (65.68%) Microsoft 365
2 217 (49.66%) Azure
3 121 (27.69%) Entra ID
4 59 (13.50%) AWS
5 39 (8.92%) OneDrive
6 38 (8.70%) Amazon EC2
7 36 (8.24%) Amazon S3
7 36 (8.24%) AWS KMS
7 36 (8.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 35 (8.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 35 (8.01%) Amazon ELB
8 35 (8.01%) Amazon Glacier
9 17 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (2.52%) Azure Sentinel
10 11 (2.52%) Mimecast
10 11 (2.52%) Power Automate
11 10 (2.29%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.83%) Azure Stack
13 7 (1.60%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.37%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 136 (31.12%) Firewall
2 88 (20.14%) DNS
3 72 (16.48%) DHCP
4 62 (14.19%) WAN
5 51 (11.67%) LAN
6 50 (11.44%) VPN
7 43 (9.84%) TCP/IP
8 31 (7.09%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (5.03%) SAN
9 22 (5.03%) VLAN
10 21 (4.81%) Remote Desktop
11 19 (4.35%) VoIP
12 17 (3.89%) FTP
12 17 (3.89%) HTTP
12 17 (3.89%) SMTP
12 17 (3.89%) SSH
13 15 (3.43%) 3G
13 15 (3.43%) 4G
13 15 (3.43%) ADSL
14 10 (2.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.24%) Amazon RDS
2 21 (4.81%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.83%) Power BI
4 5 (1.14%) DTS
5 1 (0.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 36 (8.24%) JIRA
2 35 (8.01%) Jenkins
2 35 (8.01%) Vagrant
3 32 (7.32%) Git
4 9 (2.06%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.92%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 162 (37.07%) Social Skills
2 51 (11.67%) Public Sector
3 33 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (4.81%) Law
5 19 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 15 (3.43%) Finance
6 15 (3.43%) Retail
7 11 (2.52%) Legal
8 8 (1.83%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.14%) Back Office
10 5 (1.14%) Billing
10 5 (1.14%) Games
10 5 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.69%) Publishing
12 2 (0.46%) Local Government
13 1 (0.23%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 162 (37.07%) IT Support
2 115 (26.32%) Support Engineer
3 80 (18.31%) 2nd Line Support
4 79 (18.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 60 (13.73%) IT Engineer
6 55 (12.59%) Analyst
7 53 (12.13%) Infrastructure Support
8 46 (10.53%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 44 (10.07%) Support Analyst
10 42 (9.61%) 1st Line Support
11 38 (8.70%) IT Support Engineer
12 27 (6.18%) IT Analyst
13 26 (5.95%) IT Support Analyst
14 20 (4.58%) 3rd Line Support
14 20 (4.58%) Support Technician
15 19 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 19 (4.35%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (4.35%) Support Specialist
16 18 (4.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 16 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.60%) EDI
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.23%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.23%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.73%) Driving Licence
2 50 (11.44%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.58%) Replication
4 18 (4.12%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (2.06%) Operational Technology
5 9 (2.06%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.83%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.37%) e-Learning
8 5 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.14%) Clustering
8 5 (1.14%) CMDB
8 5 (1.14%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (1.14%) FMCG
8 5 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.92%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.69%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 305 (69.79%) Windows
2 144 (32.95%) Windows Server
3 62 (14.19%) Windows 10
4 57 (13.04%) Linux
5 40 (9.15%) Mac OS
6 36 (8.24%) VMS
7 31 (7.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 26 (5.95%) Windows Server 2016
9 20 (4.58%) Apple iOS
10 17 (3.89%) Amazon Linux
11 13 (2.97%) Android
12 10 (2.29%) Rocky
13 7 (1.60%) Windows 7
13 7 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (1.37%) Ubuntu
14 6 (1.37%) Unix
14 6 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.46%) CentOS
15 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (33.64%) Problem-Solving
2 135 (30.89%) Customer Service
3 85 (19.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 67 (15.33%) Cybersecurity
5 56 (12.81%) ITIL
6 39 (8.92%) Change Management
6 39 (8.92%) Cloud Security
7 36 (8.24%) DevOps
8 35 (8.01%) Configuration Management
9 30 (6.86%) Mentoring
9 30 (6.86%) Migration
10 28 (6.41%) CRM
11 26 (5.95%) Patch Management
12 25 (5.72%) ITSM
13 24 (5.49%) Data Security
14 23 (5.26%) Infrastructure Management
15 22 (5.03%) Logistics
15 22 (5.03%) Mobile Device Management
16 21 (4.81%) Incident Management
17 19 (4.35%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 101 (23.11%) PowerShell
2 41 (9.38%) Python
3 36 (8.24%) SQL
4 35 (8.01%) Groovy
5 20 (4.58%) Java
5 20 (4.58%) Perl
6 4 (0.92%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.69%) Ruby
8 2 (0.46%) Bash
9 1 (0.23%) Bicep
9 1 (0.23%) Go
9 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.23%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 55 (12.59%) Security Cleared
2 52 (11.90%) Degree
3 48 (10.98%) SC Cleared
4 45 (10.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (6.64%) A+ Certification
6 27 (6.18%) Azure Certification
7 26 (5.95%) MCP
8 24 (5.49%) MCSA
9 17 (3.89%) CCNA
9 17 (3.89%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (3.66%) MCSE
10 16 (3.66%) Network+ Certification
11 13 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (2.97%) DV Cleared
11 13 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (2.52%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.60%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.92%) CISSP
15 3 (0.69%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.64%) GDPR
2 19 (4.35%) SLA
3 13 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.14%) NIST
6 2 (0.46%) COBIT
6 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 59 (13.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 46 (10.53%) Hyper-V
3 21 (4.81%) Docker
4 20 (4.58%) DFS Replication
5 16 (3.66%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.83%) vSphere
7 8 (1.83%) XenApp
8 7 (1.60%) Firmware
9 6 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.92%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 81 (18.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (8.92%) Terraform
3 32 (7.32%) Grafana
3 32 (7.32%) Prometheus
4 21 (4.81%) Ansible
5 18 (4.12%) SCCM
6 8 (1.83%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.83%) Nagios
7 7 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (1.37%) Autotask
8 6 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.14%) ZABBIX
10 4 (0.92%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.92%) Nessus
10 4 (0.92%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.69%) SCOM
12 2 (0.46%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.46%) SCSM
12 2 (0.46%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 275 (62.93%) Microsoft
2 64 (14.65%) VMware
3 56 (12.81%) Cisco
4 41 (9.38%) ServiceNow
5 30 (6.86%) Meraki
6 21 (4.81%) Juniper
7 18 (4.12%) Apple
8 17 (3.89%) Citrix
9 16 (3.66%) HP
9 16 (3.66%) Zoho
10 14 (3.20%) Dell
11 13 (2.97%) SAP
12 12 (2.75%) Sage
12 12 (2.75%) Veeam
13 10 (2.29%) Google
13 10 (2.29%) HubSpot
13 10 (2.29%) Salesforce
14 9 (2.06%) SonicWALL
14 9 (2.06%) Sophos
15 8 (1.83%) CheckPoint