Active Directory Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 18 39 29
Rank change year-on-year +21 -10 +2
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 462 729 808
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.10% 6.50% 7.45%
As % of the System Software category 54.35% 52.41% 43.53%
Number of salaries quoted 424 611 729
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,000 £21,700
25th Percentile £29,563 £28,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +8.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £60,000 £54,000
England median annual salary £41,500 £41,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +1.22% +5.13% -6.02%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 850 1,391 1,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.75% 12.39% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 712 1,069 1,512
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £31,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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
West Midlands +29 337 £40,503 -4.70% 156
East Midlands +6 124 £37,500 +7.14% 90
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 61 (13.20%) MS Exchange
2 51 (11.04%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (0.43%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.22%) CMS
4 1 (0.22%) Drupal
4 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 24 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.22%) Misys Equation
Cloud Services
1 298 (64.50%) Microsoft 365
2 282 (61.04%) Azure
3 147 (31.82%) Entra ID
4 79 (17.10%) AWS
5 23 (4.98%) OneDrive
6 22 (4.76%) GCP
7 16 (3.46%) IaaS
8 14 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 14 (3.03%) Power Platform
9 13 (2.81%) SaaS
10 12 (2.60%) Mimecast
11 10 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (2.16%) Nutanix
12 9 (1.95%) PaaS
13 7 (1.52%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.30%) WhatsApp
15 5 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
15 5 (1.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 5 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (1.08%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 171 (37.01%) DNS
2 164 (35.50%) DHCP
3 113 (24.46%) Firewall
4 74 (16.02%) TCP/IP
4 74 (16.02%) WAN
5 65 (14.07%) LAN
6 51 (11.04%) SAN
6 51 (11.04%) Wireless
7 46 (9.96%) Wi-Fi
8 42 (9.09%) VLAN
8 42 (9.09%) VPN
9 29 (6.28%) FTP
10 28 (6.06%) SMTP
11 27 (5.84%) SSL
12 26 (5.63%) Internet
12 26 (5.63%) SSH
13 25 (5.41%) SNMP
14 24 (5.19%) HTTP
14 24 (5.19%) Telnet
15 17 (3.68%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 23 (4.98%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.52%) Power BI
4 4 (0.87%) MySQL
4 4 (0.87%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.22%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.22%) MS Access
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Git
2 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 127 (27.49%) Social Skills
2 38 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 35 (7.58%) Telecoms
4 31 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (6.49%) Retail
6 27 (5.84%) Finance
7 22 (4.76%) Law
8 12 (2.60%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.16%) Legal
10 10 (2.16%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.95%) Local Government
12 8 (1.73%) Banking
13 7 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.08%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.08%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.43%) Police
16 1 (0.22%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.22%) Billing
Job Titles
1 98 (21.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 69 (14.94%) Support Engineer
3 66 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 61 (13.20%) IT Support
5 59 (12.77%) Analyst
6 54 (11.69%) Senior
7 33 (7.14%) Support Analyst
8 29 (6.28%) IT Support Engineer
9 28 (6.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (5.63%) 2nd Line Support
11 24 (5.19%) Administrator
12 23 (4.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 21 (4.55%) Desktop Support
14 20 (4.33%) Lead
14 20 (4.33%) Support Technician
15 19 (4.11%) 3rd Line Support
15 19 (4.11%) Systems Administrator
16 17 (3.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 17 (3.68%) IT Analyst
16 17 (3.68%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.87%) Web Services
2 3 (0.65%) REST
2 3 (0.65%) YAML
3 2 (0.43%) .NET
3 2 (0.43%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.43%) LDAP
3 2 (0.43%) SAML
3 2 (0.43%) XML
4 1 (0.22%) Akka.NET
4 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 67 (14.50%) Data Centre
2 28 (6.06%) Driving Licence
3 26 (5.63%) Management Information System
4 25 (5.41%) Replication
5 24 (5.19%) EFT
6 20 (4.33%) Virtual Team
7 13 (2.81%) Clustering
8 12 (2.60%) PKI
8 12 (2.60%) Security Operations Centre
9 11 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.30%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.08%) iPhone
11 5 (1.08%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.87%) iPad
12 4 (0.87%) Mobile Computing
13 3 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.65%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 345 (74.68%) Windows
2 224 (48.48%) Windows Server
3 74 (16.02%) Windows 10
4 46 (9.96%) Windows Server 2016
4 46 (9.96%) Windows Server 2019
5 36 (7.79%) Apple iOS
6 35 (7.58%) Windows Server 2012
7 29 (6.28%) Android
8 22 (4.76%) Mac OS
9 21 (4.55%) Linux
10 12 (2.60%) Windows 7
11 10 (2.16%) Windows Server 2003
11 10 (2.16%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (1.30%) Unix
13 5 (1.08%) Windows 2000
14 4 (0.87%) CentOS
14 4 (0.87%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 3 (0.65%) Windows Mobile
16 2 (0.43%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (24.24%) ITIL
2 109 (23.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 83 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (11.69%) Customer Service
5 33 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 32 (6.93%) Disaster Recovery
7 28 (6.06%) High Availability
7 28 (6.06%) Problem Management
8 26 (5.63%) DevOps
8 26 (5.63%) Project Delivery
8 26 (5.63%) Server Patching
8 26 (5.63%) Service Delivery
9 25 (5.41%) Incident Management
10 23 (4.98%) ITSM
11 22 (4.76%) Migration
12 21 (4.55%) Change Management
13 19 (4.11%) ERP
13 19 (4.11%) Roadmaps
13 19 (4.11%) Server Management
14 18 (3.90%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (25.97%) PowerShell
2 39 (8.44%) SQL
3 5 (1.08%) Bash
4 3 (0.65%) Python
4 3 (0.65%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.43%) C#
6 1 (0.22%) Bicep
6 1 (0.22%) C++
6 1 (0.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 69 (14.94%) Degree
2 49 (10.61%) Security Cleared
3 45 (9.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (8.23%) SC Cleared
5 25 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (4.55%) MCSE
7 19 (4.11%) CCNA
8 16 (3.46%) Azure Certification
8 16 (3.46%) MCSA
9 15 (3.25%) DV Cleared
10 13 (2.81%) DBS Check
11 12 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
11 12 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (2.16%) MCP
13 8 (1.73%) A+ Certification
13 8 (1.73%) CCNP
14 7 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.65%) CWDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.41%) SLA
2 24 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.73%) NIST
5 5 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (1.08%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (1.08%) RMADS
6 3 (0.65%) GDPR
6 3 (0.65%) NCSC
7 2 (0.43%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 122 (26.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 82 (17.75%) Hyper-V
3 58 (12.55%) VMware ESXi
4 19 (4.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (2.81%) vSphere
6 12 (2.60%) BitLocker
7 11 (2.38%) Firmware
8 9 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (1.52%) XenApp
10 6 (1.30%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (1.30%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.87%) Docker
11 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.87%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.65%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.43%) NFS
14 1 (0.22%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 115 (24.89%) SCCM
2 106 (22.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 37 (8.01%) vCenter Server
4 19 (4.11%) WSUS
5 17 (3.68%) AirWatch
6 11 (2.38%) Kubernetes
7 10 (2.16%) Ansible
7 10 (2.16%) Jamf Pro
7 10 (2.16%) Terraform
8 8 (1.73%) Failover Clustering
9 7 (1.52%) McAfee ePO
10 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (1.30%) PaperCut
10 6 (1.30%) SCOM
10 6 (1.30%) SmoothWall
11 5 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (1.08%) EdgeSight
11 5 (1.08%) Nessus
12 3 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.43%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 288 (62.34%) Microsoft
2 201 (43.51%) VMware
3 71 (15.37%) Cisco
4 69 (14.94%) Citrix
5 44 (9.52%) HP
6 41 (8.87%) Veeam
7 29 (6.28%) Meraki
8 28 (6.06%) Apple
9 24 (5.19%) Globalscape
9 24 (5.19%) ServiceNow
10 22 (4.76%) Google
11 19 (4.11%) SolarWinds
12 17 (3.68%) Nimble Storage
13 16 (3.46%) Dell
14 14 (3.03%) Mitel
15 13 (2.81%) Symantec
15 13 (2.81%) Zerto
16 10 (2.16%) Oracle
16 10 (2.16%) Palo Alto
17 9 (1.95%) Remedy