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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 27 51
Rank change year-on-year -13 +24 -20
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 376 775 516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.53% 6.15% 5.77%
As % of the System Software category 58.75% 55.76% 41.38%
Number of salaries quoted 314 665 436
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,125 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% -8.22% +3.55%
75th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £53,250 £60,000
England median annual salary £39,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +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 640 1,390 1,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.41% 11.03% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 462 1,184 737
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.65% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

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 28 May 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 28 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -10 221 £35,000 +1.82% 87
East Midlands -23 155 £31,500 -3.08% 77
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 96 (25.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (19.15%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.66%) Confluence
4 7 (1.86%) IIS
5 2 (0.53%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 71 (18.88%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.06%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 6 (1.60%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (1.60%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.27%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 248 (65.96%) Microsoft 365
2 199 (52.93%) Azure
3 87 (23.14%) Entra ID
4 33 (8.78%) AWS
4 33 (8.78%) OneDrive
5 17 (4.52%) Amazon EC2
5 17 (4.52%) Google Workspace
6 14 (3.72%) Amazon S3
6 14 (3.72%) AWS KMS
6 14 (3.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 13 (3.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 13 (3.46%) Amazon ELB
7 13 (3.46%) Amazon Glacier
8 11 (2.93%) IaaS
8 11 (2.93%) Power Automate
9 8 (2.13%) Mimecast
10 7 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.60%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 110 (29.26%) Firewall
2 88 (23.40%) WAN
3 81 (21.54%) LAN
4 59 (15.69%) DHCP
4 59 (15.69%) DNS
5 53 (14.10%) VoIP
6 43 (11.44%) TCP/IP
7 38 (10.11%) VPN
8 30 (7.98%) VLAN
9 23 (6.12%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (5.32%) Remote Desktop
11 16 (4.26%) Network Security
12 15 (3.99%) SAN
13 13 (3.46%) BGP
14 12 (3.19%) OSPF
14 12 (3.19%) WLAN
15 10 (2.66%) 3G
15 10 (2.66%) 4G
15 10 (2.66%) ADSL
15 10 (2.66%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.71%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.46%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.33%) Power BI
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (3.72%) JIRA
2 13 (3.46%) Jenkins
2 13 (3.46%) Vagrant
3 10 (2.66%) Git
4 4 (1.06%) Bitbucket Server
4 4 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 163 (43.35%) Social Skills
2 47 (12.50%) Retail
3 26 (6.91%) Public Sector
4 25 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (6.12%) Law
6 18 (4.79%) Legal
7 14 (3.72%) Finance
8 13 (3.46%) Automotive
8 13 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.13%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.86%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.33%) Games
12 3 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.53%) Billing
13 2 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.53%) Marketing
13 2 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.27%) Advertising
14 1 (0.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 141 (37.50%) IT Support
2 66 (17.55%) Support Engineer
3 61 (16.22%) 2nd Line Support
4 48 (12.77%) Analyst
5 47 (12.50%) Support Specialist
6 45 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 42 (11.17%) IT Support Specialist
8 40 (10.64%) 1st Line Support
9 39 (10.37%) IT Engineer
10 29 (7.71%) Support Analyst
11 28 (7.45%) Infrastructure Support
12 27 (7.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 26 (6.91%) 3rd Line Support
14 21 (5.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 20 (5.32%) IT Analyst
15 20 (5.32%) Support Technician
16 19 (5.05%) Lead
17 18 (4.79%) 1st/2nd Line Support
17 18 (4.79%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
17 18 (4.79%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.27%) OAuth
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.27%) SAML
1 1 (0.27%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.57%) Driving Licence
2 30 (7.98%) CCTV
3 27 (7.18%) Onboarding
4 20 (5.32%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.19%) Smartphone
6 7 (1.86%) Replication
7 6 (1.60%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.33%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.06%) Clustering
9 4 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.06%) iPhone
9 4 (1.06%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.06%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.80%) EPoS
10 3 (0.80%) iPad
10 3 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.53%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.53%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 297 (78.99%) Windows
2 145 (38.56%) Windows Server
3 89 (23.67%) Windows 10
4 42 (11.17%) Linux
5 40 (10.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 38 (10.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (7.71%) Mac OS
8 27 (7.18%) Apple iOS
9 20 (5.32%) Android
10 18 (4.79%) Ubuntu
11 14 (3.72%) Windows 7
12 13 (3.46%) VMS
13 12 (3.19%) Mac OS X
14 6 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (1.33%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.53%) CentOS
16 2 (0.53%) Rocky
16 2 (0.53%) Unix
16 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (26.33%) Customer Service
2 86 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (18.62%) Cybersecurity
4 53 (14.10%) ITIL
5 45 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 36 (9.57%) Mentoring
7 27 (7.18%) Mobile Device Management
8 25 (6.65%) ITSM
9 23 (6.12%) Migration
10 22 (5.85%) Data Security
10 22 (5.85%) DevOps
11 21 (5.59%) Asset Management
11 21 (5.59%) Infrastructure Management
12 20 (5.32%) Change Management
12 20 (5.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (4.79%) Project Management
14 17 (4.52%) Incident Management
14 17 (4.52%) Logistics
15 16 (4.26%) Configuration Management
15 16 (4.26%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 83 (22.07%) PowerShell
2 33 (8.78%) SQL
3 16 (4.26%) Python
4 12 (3.19%) Groovy
5 8 (2.13%) Java
5 8 (2.13%) Perl
6 6 (1.60%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.80%) Ruby
8 1 (0.27%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 76 (20.21%) Degree
2 45 (11.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 26 (6.91%) Security Cleared
4 23 (6.12%) MCSE
5 22 (5.85%) A+ Certification
5 22 (5.85%) SC Cleared
6 21 (5.59%) MCSA
7 17 (4.52%) MCP
8 16 (4.26%) Azure Certification
9 13 (3.46%) CCNA
9 13 (3.46%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (3.19%) HNC
10 12 (3.19%) HND
11 11 (2.93%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.86%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.86%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.33%) CISSP
14 5 (1.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.59%) SLA
2 17 (4.52%) GDPR
3 10 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.06%) NIST
6 2 (0.53%) COBIT
6 2 (0.53%) GRC
6 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (13.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (9.31%) Hyper-V
3 15 (3.99%) XenApp
4 13 (3.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (2.39%) Docker
5 9 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.39%) vSphere
6 6 (1.60%) DFS Replication
6 6 (1.60%) Terminal Services
7 4 (1.06%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.80%) Firmware
9 2 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 65 (17.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.85%) SCCM
3 16 (4.26%) Terraform
4 12 (3.19%) Ansible
5 10 (2.66%) Grafana
5 10 (2.66%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.60%) AirWatch
6 6 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.33%) Nessus
7 5 (1.33%) SCOM
8 4 (1.06%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.80%) Autotask
9 3 (0.80%) Nagios
10 2 (0.53%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.53%) SCSM
10 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.53%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.53%) WSUS
11 1 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 260 (69.15%) Microsoft
2 67 (17.82%) VMware
3 59 (15.69%) Cisco
4 37 (9.84%) Meraki
5 36 (9.57%) Apple
6 26 (6.91%) ServiceNow
7 20 (5.32%) Citrix
8 19 (5.05%) HP
9 18 (4.79%) Dell
10 17 (4.52%) Google
11 15 (3.99%) CheckPoint
11 15 (3.99%) SonicWALL
12 13 (3.46%) Ubiquiti
13 12 (3.19%) Fortinet
14 11 (2.93%) Sage
15 9 (2.39%) Juniper
16 8 (2.13%) SAP
16 8 (2.13%) Sophos
16 8 (2.13%) Veeam
17 7 (1.86%) NetApp