Active Directory Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 20 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 29 47
Rank change year-on-year -28 +18 -12
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 451 678 1,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.66% 6.72% 6.14%
As % of the System Software category 51.37% 47.41% 40.10%
Number of salaries quoted 262 597 855
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,210 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,625 £27,000 £26,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% -10.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £47,683 £46,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,250 £58,750 £59,900
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,895 £40,907
% change year-on-year +3.92% -0.03% +6.25%

All System Software Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 878 1,430 2,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.13% 14.17% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 541 1,161 1,776
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.61% -3.16% -
75th Percentile £64,250 £62,833 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -3.51%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 20 January 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
North West -40 229 £41,367 +10.31% 86
Yorkshire -20 161 £33,000 +2.33% 45
North East -21 59 £36,000 +9.92% 17
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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
1 114 (25.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (10.42%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.33%) IIS
4 3 (0.67%) nginx
5 2 (0.44%) Apache
5 2 (0.44%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.22%) Confluence
6 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.22%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 56 (12.42%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.77%) CATIA
2 8 (1.77%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.67%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.22%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 288 (63.86%) Microsoft 365
2 220 (48.78%) Azure
3 141 (31.26%) Entra ID
4 49 (10.86%) AWS
5 23 (5.10%) OneDrive
6 18 (3.99%) Azure Storage
7 13 (2.88%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (1.77%) GCP
9 8 (1.77%) SaaS
10 7 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.55%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (1.11%) Azure AKS
12 5 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.11%) Azure Functions
12 5 (1.11%) IaaS
12 5 (1.11%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.11%) Serverless
12 5 (1.11%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 117 (25.94%) DNS
2 108 (23.95%) DHCP
3 99 (21.95%) Firewall
4 72 (15.96%) WAN
5 68 (15.08%) LAN
6 54 (11.97%) VPN
7 47 (10.42%) TCP/IP
8 34 (7.54%) VLAN
9 29 (6.43%) Wireless
10 24 (5.32%) SAN
11 22 (4.88%) VoIP
12 18 (3.99%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (3.33%) Internet
13 15 (3.33%) WLAN
14 14 (3.10%) Network Security
15 12 (2.66%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (2.44%) IPv4
16 11 (2.44%) SD-WAN
17 10 (2.22%) NAS
18 6 (1.33%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.43%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.00%) Power BI
3 7 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (1.55%) Oracle Database
4 4 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.67%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.22%) MySQL
7 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (0.89%) Git
1 4 (0.89%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 142 (31.49%) Social Skills
2 45 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (9.76%) Law
4 39 (8.65%) Finance
5 23 (5.10%) Telecoms
6 14 (3.10%) Retail
7 13 (2.88%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.66%) Legal
8 12 (2.66%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.22%) Local Government
9 10 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.89%) Automotive
10 4 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.89%) Police
11 2 (0.44%) Back Office
11 2 (0.44%) Banking
11 2 (0.44%) French Language
11 2 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.44%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 87 (19.29%) Analyst
2 71 (15.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 69 (15.30%) IT Support
4 64 (14.19%) IT Engineer
5 48 (10.64%) Service Analyst
6 47 (10.42%) Service Desk Analyst
7 43 (9.53%) Senior
7 43 (9.53%) Support Engineer
8 32 (7.10%) IT Analyst
9 30 (6.65%) Support Analyst
10 29 (6.43%) Cloud Engineer
11 27 (5.99%) Azure Engineer
12 26 (5.76%) IT Technician
13 23 (5.10%) 1st Line Support
13 23 (5.10%) IT Support Engineer
14 21 (4.66%) 2nd Line Support
15 20 (4.43%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 19 (4.21%) Lead
17 15 (3.33%) 3rd Line Support
17 15 (3.33%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.22%) ARM Templates
2 8 (1.77%) Middleware
2 8 (1.77%) SAML
3 5 (1.11%) .NET
4 3 (0.67%) LDAP
4 3 (0.67%) OAuth
4 3 (0.67%) REST
4 3 (0.67%) SailPoint
4 3 (0.67%) YAML
5 2 (0.44%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.44%) CSS
5 2 (0.44%) HTML
5 2 (0.44%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.22%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.22%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.22%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.22%) Blazor
6 1 (0.22%) Classic ASP
6 1 (0.22%) LAMP
6 1 (0.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (5.10%) Driving Licence
3 20 (4.43%) Data Centre
4 18 (3.99%) Replication
5 14 (3.10%) Public Cloud
6 13 (2.88%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.22%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.55%) IoT
9 7 (1.55%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.33%) CCTV
10 6 (1.33%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.11%) Mainframe
12 4 (0.89%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.67%) Digital Media
13 3 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.67%) Fat Client
13 3 (0.67%) Thin Client
13 3 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 315 (69.84%) Windows
2 158 (35.03%) Windows Server
3 85 (18.85%) Windows 10
4 49 (10.86%) Linux
5 40 (8.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 37 (8.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (4.21%) Android
8 13 (2.88%) Unix
9 10 (2.22%) Apple iOS
10 9 (2.00%) Mac OS
11 7 (1.55%) Mac OS X
12 6 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (1.11%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.67%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.44%) CentOS
15 2 (0.44%) Debian
15 2 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (28.60%) Problem-Solving
2 118 (26.16%) ITIL
3 112 (24.83%) Customer Service
4 98 (21.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 62 (13.75%) Disaster Recovery
6 50 (11.09%) Incident Management
7 44 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (9.31%) Service Management
9 34 (7.54%) Cybersecurity
9 34 (7.54%) Project Delivery
10 30 (6.65%) Mentoring
11 28 (6.21%) Migration
12 27 (5.99%) Proactive Monitoring
13 25 (5.54%) Capacity Planning
14 24 (5.32%) ITSM
15 23 (5.10%) High Availability
16 22 (4.88%) Service Delivery
17 21 (4.66%) User Experience
18 20 (4.43%) Change Management
19 18 (3.99%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 66 (14.63%) PowerShell
2 34 (7.54%) SQL
3 15 (3.33%) Bash
4 12 (2.66%) Python
5 8 (1.77%) Bicep
6 5 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.67%) Java
7 3 (0.67%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.44%) C#
8 2 (0.44%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.22%) PHP
9 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 52 (11.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (7.76%) Degree
3 20 (4.43%) SC Cleared
3 20 (4.43%) Security Cleared
4 15 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 11 (2.44%) MCSE
7 8 (1.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (1.55%) A+ Certification
8 7 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.33%) MCSA
10 5 (1.11%) ACSP
10 5 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.11%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.11%) HP AIS
11 4 (0.89%) CCNA
11 4 (0.89%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.67%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.67%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (11.53%) SLA
2 12 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.55%) GDPR
4 4 (0.89%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.67%) NIST
5 3 (0.67%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (16.41%) Hyper-V
1 74 (16.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (5.54%) Virtual Machines
3 19 (4.21%) VMware ESXi
4 17 (3.77%) vSphere
5 15 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (2.66%) DFS Replication
6 12 (2.66%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.67%) KVM
9 2 (0.44%) Ceph
9 2 (0.44%) Firmware
9 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.22%) NFS
10 1 (0.22%) SRDF
10 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.22%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 99 (21.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (8.20%) SCCM
3 26 (5.76%) WSUS
4 19 (4.21%) vCenter Server
5 11 (2.44%) Terraform
6 7 (1.55%) Backup Exec
7 6 (1.33%) Ansible
7 6 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.11%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.89%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.67%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.67%) Nessus
10 3 (0.67%) Puppet
11 2 (0.44%) N-central
12 1 (0.22%) SCOM
12 1 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 303 (67.18%) Microsoft
2 142 (31.49%) VMware
3 54 (11.97%) Veeam
4 37 (8.20%) Citrix
5 33 (7.32%) Apple
6 31 (6.87%) Cisco
7 12 (2.66%) Oracle
8 8 (1.77%) Meraki
8 8 (1.77%) Siemens
8 8 (1.77%) Veritas
9 7 (1.55%) HP
9 7 (1.55%) Remedy
9 7 (1.55%) Sophos
10 6 (1.33%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.33%) SolarWinds
11 5 (1.11%) BMC
11 5 (1.11%) Dell
11 5 (1.11%) IBM
12 4 (0.89%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.89%) Lotus