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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 53 28
Rank change year-on-year +27 -25 -4
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 765 539 861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.52% 5.82% 7.91%
As % of the System Software category 55.43% 42.74% 53.02%
Number of salaries quoted 666 455 749
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,150 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £46,438 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -5.88%

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 1,380 1,261 1,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.76% 13.60% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,181 767 1,296
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £78,125
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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 +28 465 £35,000 -12.50% 98
East Midlands +19 294 £32,500 -10.96% 85
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
1 217 (28.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (18.43%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.61%) IIS
4 5 (0.65%) Confluence
5 4 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.52%) IBM Notes
6 3 (0.39%) Apache
6 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.39%) nginx
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 144 (18.82%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.26%) CATIA
5 2 (0.26%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.65%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.26%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) Sage 300 ERP
3 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 528 (69.02%) Microsoft 365
2 375 (49.02%) Azure
3 231 (30.20%) Entra ID
4 44 (5.75%) AWS
5 39 (5.10%) OneDrive
6 23 (3.01%) Google Workspace
7 19 (2.48%) Power Platform
8 14 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
9 13 (1.70%) Mimecast
10 10 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (1.31%) GCP
10 10 (1.31%) IaaS
10 10 (1.31%) SaaS
11 9 (1.18%) Nutanix
12 7 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (0.78%) WhatsApp
14 5 (0.65%) ChatGPT
14 5 (0.65%) PaaS
14 5 (0.65%) Power Automate
15 3 (0.39%) DigitalOcean
Communications & Networking
1 244 (31.90%) DNS
2 212 (27.71%) Firewall
3 210 (27.45%) DHCP
4 108 (14.12%) TCP/IP
5 101 (13.20%) WAN
6 96 (12.55%) LAN
7 80 (10.46%) VLAN
8 76 (9.93%) SAN
9 75 (9.80%) VPN
10 59 (7.71%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (3.53%) Wireless
12 21 (2.75%) Internet
12 21 (2.75%) VoIP
13 19 (2.48%) Network Security
14 18 (2.35%) PBX
15 15 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
16 13 (1.70%) SD-WAN
16 13 (1.70%) SMTP
17 12 (1.57%) SNMP
17 12 (1.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.62%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (2.22%) Power BI
4 9 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.92%) MySQL
6 6 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.39%) Redis
9 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.26%) CouchDB
9 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.26%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.26%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 258 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 61 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (6.67%) Law
4 48 (6.27%) Finance
5 43 (5.62%) Retail
6 41 (5.36%) Manufacturing
7 32 (4.18%) Telecoms
8 29 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (2.48%) Legal
11 14 (1.83%) Local Government
12 10 (1.31%) German Language
12 10 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.92%) Police
14 5 (0.65%) Games
15 4 (0.52%) Automotive
15 4 (0.52%) Aviation
15 4 (0.52%) Avionics
15 4 (0.52%) Back Office
16 3 (0.39%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 199 (26.01%) IT Support
2 160 (20.92%) Support Engineer
3 158 (20.65%) IT Engineer
4 104 (13.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 99 (12.94%) IT Support Engineer
6 97 (12.68%) Analyst
7 74 (9.67%) IT Technician
8 63 (8.24%) 2nd Line Support
9 59 (7.71%) Senior
10 55 (7.19%) Support Technician
11 50 (6.54%) IT Support Technician
12 46 (6.01%) IT Analyst
13 42 (5.49%) 1st Line Support
14 39 (5.10%) IT Manager
15 38 (4.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 38 (4.97%) Support Analyst
16 37 (4.84%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 37 (4.84%) IT Support Analyst
17 36 (4.71%) Administrator
18 33 (4.31%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.05%) 802.1X
2 5 (0.65%) .NET
3 3 (0.39%) .NET Core
3 3 (0.39%) LDAP
4 2 (0.26%) LAMP
4 2 (0.26%) SAML
4 2 (0.26%) ServiceStack
4 2 (0.26%) V-Ray
5 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 73 (9.54%) Driving Licence
2 61 (7.97%) Data Centre
3 43 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (4.58%) Replication
5 29 (3.79%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.27%) PKI
7 23 (3.01%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.48%) Clustering
9 15 (1.96%) CCTV
10 11 (1.44%) Fat Client
10 11 (1.44%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.44%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.44%) Thin Client
11 9 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
11 9 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.05%) EFT
12 8 (1.05%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.78%) Cyberattack
13 6 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.65%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 593 (77.52%) Windows
2 359 (46.93%) Windows Server
3 117 (15.29%) Windows 10
4 76 (9.93%) Linux
5 62 (8.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 58 (7.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 51 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
8 33 (4.31%) Mac OS
9 16 (2.09%) Windows 7
10 15 (1.96%) CentOS
11 14 (1.83%) Android
12 11 (1.44%) Ubuntu
12 11 (1.44%) Unix
13 10 (1.31%) Apple iOS
14 9 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (0.92%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.78%) Mac OS X
16 6 (0.78%) VMS
17 5 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 4 (0.52%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
2 156 (20.39%) ITIL
3 144 (18.82%) Customer Service
4 128 (16.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 119 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
6 61 (7.97%) Service Management
7 57 (7.45%) Disaster Recovery
8 51 (6.67%) Mentoring
9 49 (6.41%) Project Delivery
10 48 (6.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (6.14%) Migration
12 44 (5.75%) ITSM
13 42 (5.49%) Service Delivery
14 41 (5.36%) Change Management
15 40 (5.23%) Agile
16 34 (4.44%) Server Management
17 33 (4.31%) ERP
18 31 (4.05%) Kalman Filter
19 28 (3.66%) Asset Management
20 26 (3.40%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 111 (14.51%) PowerShell
2 48 (6.27%) SQL
3 6 (0.78%) Bash
3 6 (0.78%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.39%) Bicep
4 3 (0.39%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.39%) PL/SQL
4 3 (0.39%) Python
4 3 (0.39%) R
5 2 (0.26%) Java
6 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (12.03%) Degree
2 78 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 39 (5.10%) Security Cleared
4 36 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
5 32 (4.18%) CCNA
5 32 (4.18%) MCP
6 31 (4.05%) DBS Check
7 27 (3.53%) A+ Certification
7 27 (3.53%) SC Cleared
8 21 (2.75%) MCSE
9 20 (2.61%) Azure Certification
10 16 (2.09%) MCSA
11 14 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (1.83%) DV Cleared
11 14 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (1.44%) CCNP
13 10 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (0.78%) CCA
14 6 (0.78%) Citrix Certification
14 6 (0.78%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.58%) SLA
2 20 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (2.48%) GDPR
4 8 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.52%) NIST
7 3 (0.39%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 191 (24.97%) Hyper-V
2 182 (23.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (5.23%) VMware ESXi
4 23 (3.01%) vSphere
5 20 (2.61%) Virtual Servers
6 19 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 9 (1.18%) Docker
10 8 (1.05%) pfSense
10 8 (1.05%) Terminal Services
10 8 (1.05%) VMware Server
10 8 (1.05%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.65%) NFS
11 5 (0.65%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.26%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.26%) XenApp
12 2 (0.26%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 158 (20.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (11.90%) SCCM
3 15 (1.96%) SCOM
4 14 (1.83%) SmoothWall
5 13 (1.70%) vCenter Server
6 12 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
6 12 (1.57%) Terraform
6 12 (1.57%) WSUS
7 11 (1.44%) AirWatch
8 10 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.92%) Kubernetes
10 6 (0.78%) Backup Exec
10 6 (0.78%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.65%) Autotask
12 3 (0.39%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.39%) SCOrch
12 3 (0.39%) vMotion
13 2 (0.26%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 513 (67.06%) Microsoft
2 256 (33.46%) VMware
3 113 (14.77%) Veeam
4 101 (13.20%) Cisco
5 53 (6.93%) Dell
6 50 (6.54%) HP
7 48 (6.27%) Citrix
8 42 (5.49%) Apple
9 29 (3.79%) ServiceNow
10 28 (3.66%) Meraki
11 27 (3.53%) Google
12 24 (3.14%) Nimble Storage
13 22 (2.88%) Sophos
14 21 (2.75%) Fortinet
15 18 (2.35%) Acronis
16 17 (2.22%) Adobe
17 15 (1.96%) SonicWALL
17 15 (1.96%) Ubiquiti
18 14 (1.83%) Sage
19 13 (1.70%) Aruba