Active Directory Jobs in the North East

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 14 44
Rank change year-on-year -16 +30 -10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 51 187 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 6.71% 10.05% 5.99%
As % of the System Software category 68.00% 69.52% 42.94%
Number of salaries quoted 19 153 61
10th Percentile £25,300 £23,800 £23,250
25th Percentile £30,049 £26,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £33,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £38,125 £43,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £41,500 £52,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

All System Software Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 75 269 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 9.87% 14.46% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 37 230 108
10th Percentile £27,900 £25,500 £26,425
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,000 £32,559
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.21% +4.44%
75th Percentile £64,000 £52,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,258 £62,500 £75,713
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North East

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the North East

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the North East over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the North East

Active Directory
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the North East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Durham -12 23 £32,000 -1.54% 11
Tyne and Wear -19 21 £33,198 +2.15% 27
Northumberland +8 6 £37,500 +38.89%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (15.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (88.24%) Azure
2 33 (64.71%) Entra ID
3 20 (39.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (25.49%) Firewall
2 8 (15.69%) VPN
3 7 (13.73%) DHCP
3 7 (13.73%) DNS
4 3 (5.88%) VoIP
4 3 (5.88%) WAN
5 2 (3.92%) Internet
5 2 (3.92%) Unified Communications
5 2 (3.92%) VLAN
5 2 (3.92%) Wireless
6 1 (1.96%) LAN
6 1 (1.96%) NAS
6 1 (1.96%) SAN
6 1 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) EDMS
2 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (21.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.88%) Finance
3 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.92%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Law
Job Titles
1 30 (58.82%) Identity Management Specialist
1 30 (58.82%) Technology Specialist
2 7 (13.73%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (9.80%) Analyst
3 5 (9.80%) IT Analyst
4 3 (5.88%) IT Engineer
4 3 (5.88%) IT Support
5 2 (3.92%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 2 (3.92%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) Applications Support
5 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (3.92%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) IT Technician
5 2 (3.92%) Senior
5 2 (3.92%) Senior IT Technician
5 2 (3.92%) Senior Technician
5 2 (3.92%) Service Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 30 (58.82%) NHS
2 2 (3.92%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 17 (33.33%) Windows
2 14 (27.45%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (5.88%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.88%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (66.67%) ITIL
2 30 (58.82%) Identity Management
3 7 (13.73%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (11.76%) Customer Service
4 6 (11.76%) Process Improvement
5 5 (9.80%) Patch Management
6 4 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (5.88%) Project Management
8 2 (3.92%) Asset Management
8 2 (3.92%) Change Control
8 2 (3.92%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (3.92%) IT Strategy
8 2 (3.92%) Server Management
8 2 (3.92%) Trend Analysis
8 2 (3.92%) Virtual Environments
9 1 (1.96%) Mobile Device Management
9 1 (1.96%) Software Deployment
9 1 (1.96%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.84%) SQL
2 3 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.92%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 30 (58.82%) DBS Check
1 30 (58.82%) Degree
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.92%) CCNA
3 2 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.92%) MCSA
3 2 (3.92%) MCSE
3 2 (3.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 11 (21.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (17.65%) Hyper-V
3 5 (9.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (86.27%) Microsoft
2 12 (23.53%) VMware
3 2 (3.92%) Capita
3 2 (3.92%) Cisco
3 2 (3.92%) Progress
3 2 (3.92%) Sun
3 2 (3.92%) Veeam