Active Directory Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 24 26
Rank change year-on-year -44 +2 +24
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 296 379 768
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.25% 7.41% 6.44%
As % of the System Software category 64.35% 58.67% 56.06%
Number of salaries quoted 243 317 663
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,875 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £32,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -2.99% -8.22%
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,875
90th Percentile £62,208 £53,495 £52,500
England median annual salary £39,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +1.28% +4.00% -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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 460 646 1,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.50% 12.62% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 357 470 1,174
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £56,000
90th Percentile £68,950 £68,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £53,688 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +7.38% -9.09%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend 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 21 May 2026.

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 21 May 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 -5 155 £32,500 +3.17% 26
West Midlands -63 140 £35,000 - 32
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
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 69 (23.31%) SharePoint
2 63 (21.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.69%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.34%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (9.12%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.35%) Exchequer
2 4 (1.35%) Primavera
3 3 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.68%) Shopify
5 1 (0.34%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.34%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 234 (79.05%) Microsoft 365
2 144 (48.65%) Azure
3 125 (42.23%) Entra ID
4 21 (7.09%) OneDrive
5 18 (6.08%) IaaS
5 18 (6.08%) Power Platform
6 16 (5.41%) PaaS
7 11 (3.72%) AWS
8 10 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (3.04%) Google Workspace
10 8 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.70%) Mimecast
11 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (2.03%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.03%) SaaS
13 3 (1.01%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
15 1 (0.34%) Azure Storage
15 1 (0.34%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 73 (24.66%) DNS
2 68 (22.97%) DHCP
3 60 (20.27%) Firewall
4 38 (12.84%) VPN
5 29 (9.80%) TCP/IP
6 25 (8.45%) VoIP
7 24 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (7.43%) LAN
8 22 (7.43%) WAN
9 21 (7.09%) Network Security
10 18 (6.08%) Internet
11 15 (5.07%) VLAN
11 15 (5.07%) Wireless
12 11 (3.72%) SAN
13 5 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (1.69%) IP Telephony
13 5 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.69%) Skype
14 4 (1.35%) Broadband
14 4 (1.35%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.77%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.70%) GIS
3 3 (1.01%) MySQL
3 3 (1.01%) Neo4j
3 3 (1.01%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.35%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.34%) Metasploit
General
1 87 (29.39%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.46%) Finance
3 20 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (6.08%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (5.74%) Legal
5 17 (5.74%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.38%) Retail
8 9 (3.04%) Law
9 7 (2.36%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.69%) Local Government
10 5 (1.69%) Marketing
10 5 (1.69%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.35%) Dutch Language
11 4 (1.35%) Portuguese Language
11 4 (1.35%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.68%) French Language
13 1 (0.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 114 (38.51%) IT Support
2 82 (27.70%) IT Engineer
3 69 (23.31%) Support Engineer
4 62 (20.95%) IT Support Engineer
5 58 (19.59%) Analyst
6 41 (13.85%) Support Analyst
7 24 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (8.11%) IT Analyst
8 21 (7.09%) 1st Line Support
8 21 (7.09%) Support Technician
9 20 (6.76%) IT Support Analyst
10 19 (6.42%) 2nd Line Support
11 18 (6.08%) IT Technician
12 16 (5.41%) Architect
12 16 (5.41%) IT Support Technician
13 15 (5.07%) Administrator
13 15 (5.07%) Systems Administrator
14 14 (4.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 14 (4.73%) Senior
15 13 (4.39%) IT Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.68%) GraphQL
1 2 (0.68%) LDAP
1 2 (0.68%) Middleware
1 2 (0.68%) OAuth
1 2 (0.68%) OpenID
1 2 (0.68%) REST
1 2 (0.68%) SAML
1 2 (0.68%) SOAP
2 1 (0.34%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.53%) Driving Licence
2 26 (8.78%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.73%) Clustering
4 13 (4.39%) CCTV
5 12 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (3.04%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.04%) Replication
8 7 (2.36%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.36%) FMCG
8 7 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.69%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.69%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.35%) iPad
10 4 (1.35%) PMI
11 3 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.01%) IoT
11 3 (1.01%) iSeries
11 3 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.01%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 190 (64.19%) Windows
2 92 (31.08%) Windows Server
3 57 (19.26%) Windows 10
4 20 (6.76%) Linux
5 19 (6.42%) Mac OS
6 16 (5.41%) Android
7 15 (5.07%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.35%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.01%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (34.80%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (28.04%) ITIL
3 67 (22.64%) Customer Service
4 39 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (12.16%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (12.16%) ITSM
6 29 (9.80%) Roadmaps
7 27 (9.12%) CRM
7 27 (9.12%) Service Delivery
8 26 (8.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 21 (7.09%) Project Delivery
9 21 (7.09%) Time Management
10 19 (6.42%) Mobile Device Management
10 19 (6.42%) Service Management
11 17 (5.74%) ERP
11 17 (5.74%) Patch Management
12 16 (5.41%) Mentoring
13 15 (5.07%) Case Management
13 15 (5.07%) Identity Access Management
14 14 (4.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.53%) PowerShell
2 36 (12.16%) SQL
3 5 (1.69%) Bash
3 5 (1.69%) Python
4 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.68%) VBA
5 1 (0.34%) Bicep
5 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 40 (13.51%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (11.49%) Degree
3 22 (7.43%) DBS Check
4 21 (7.09%) SC Cleared
4 21 (7.09%) Security Cleared
5 14 (4.73%) A+ Certification
6 8 (2.70%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (2.36%) MCSA
7 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 6 (2.03%) MCITP
9 5 (1.69%) CTC Cleared
9 5 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.69%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.35%) HNC
11 2 (0.68%) CCNA
11 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.68%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.68%) MCSE
11 2 (0.68%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 28 (9.46%) SLA
3 23 (7.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (3.72%) GDPR
6 7 (2.36%) NIST
7 6 (2.03%) QA
8 5 (1.69%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.35%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.68%) NCSC
11 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.34%) GRC
System Software
1 49 (16.55%) Hyper-V
2 36 (12.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.05%) vSphere
4 5 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.35%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.68%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 64 (21.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.39%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.35%) SCCM
4 4 (1.35%) WSUS
5 3 (1.01%) Galera Cluster
5 3 (1.01%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.68%) Autotask
7 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.34%) Ansible
7 1 (0.34%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.34%) Nessus
7 1 (0.34%) Nmap
7 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 196 (66.22%) Microsoft
2 55 (18.58%) VMware
3 23 (7.77%) ServiceNow
4 20 (6.76%) Veeam
5 15 (5.07%) Apple
5 15 (5.07%) Cisco
6 13 (4.39%) HP
7 10 (3.38%) Dell
8 8 (2.70%) Logitech
8 8 (2.70%) SonicWALL
8 8 (2.70%) Yealink
9 7 (2.36%) Google
10 6 (2.03%) Citrix
10 6 (2.03%) McAfee
10 6 (2.03%) Meraki
10 6 (2.03%) Sophos
11 5 (1.69%) Juniper
12 4 (1.35%) Kaseya
12 4 (1.35%) Sage
12 4 (1.35%) Salesforce