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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 27 63
Rank change year-on-year -70 +36 -25
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 321 1,075 955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.93% 6.22% 5.49%
As % of the System Software category 28.74% 54.54% 38.74%
Number of salaries quoted 291 923 796
10th Percentile £25,480 £23,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,484 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -13.16% +15.15%
75th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £48,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £58,375
England median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

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 1,117 1,971 2,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.20% 11.41% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 617 1,680 1,630
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £42,500 £46,899
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -9.38% -6.20%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £93,778 £69,550 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -1.79%

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 1 May 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 1 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
North West -88 155 £39,500 +5.33% 101
Yorkshire -12 142 £30,000 -7.69% 63
North East -31 24 £32,599 -1.22% 31
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 82 (25.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (16.82%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.80%) IIS
4 3 (0.93%) nginx
5 2 (0.62%) Confluence
5 2 (0.62%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.62%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.62%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 32 (9.97%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (8.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.93%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 194 (60.44%) Microsoft 365
2 150 (46.73%) Azure
3 72 (22.43%) Entra ID
4 27 (8.41%) AWS
5 15 (4.67%) OneDrive
5 15 (4.67%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.12%) Mimecast
7 8 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.18%) Nutanix
9 6 (1.87%) IaaS
9 6 (1.87%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.87%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.87%) SaaS
10 5 (1.56%) GCP
11 3 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.93%) GitHub
11 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.93%) PaaS
12 2 (0.62%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 92 (28.66%) Firewall
2 82 (25.55%) DNS
3 71 (22.12%) DHCP
4 47 (14.64%) LAN
4 47 (14.64%) WAN
5 39 (12.15%) VPN
6 28 (8.72%) Wireless
7 24 (7.48%) Cisco IOS
8 19 (5.92%) VoIP
9 18 (5.61%) TCP/IP
10 15 (4.67%) VLAN
11 12 (3.74%) SD-WAN
12 10 (3.12%) SAN
13 9 (2.80%) Internet
13 9 (2.80%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (2.18%) IPv4
14 7 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (1.87%) BGP
15 6 (1.87%) MPLS
15 6 (1.87%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.67%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.12%) Power BI
3 4 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.62%) EDMS
4 2 (0.62%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (2.49%) JIRA
2 4 (1.25%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 122 (38.01%) Social Skills
2 41 (12.77%) Law
3 24 (7.48%) Finance
4 17 (5.30%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.67%) Legal
7 13 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (4.05%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.74%) Automotive
8 12 (3.74%) Retail
9 8 (2.49%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.56%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.62%) Banking
11 2 (0.62%) Games
11 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.62%) Local Government
11 2 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Marketing
12 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (26.79%) Analyst
2 66 (20.56%) IT Support
3 46 (14.33%) Support Analyst
4 43 (13.40%) IT Engineer
5 39 (12.15%) 2nd Line Support
6 37 (11.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 37 (11.53%) IT Analyst
7 33 (10.28%) Support Engineer
8 31 (9.66%) Senior
9 25 (7.79%) Administrator
10 23 (7.17%) IT Support Analyst
10 23 (7.17%) Service Analyst
11 22 (6.85%) Desktop Support
11 22 (6.85%) IT Administrator
11 22 (6.85%) Service Desk Analyst
12 19 (5.92%) Technical Support
13 18 (5.61%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
13 18 (5.61%) IT Support Engineer
14 15 (4.67%) IT Technician
14 15 (4.67%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.87%) LDAP
2 4 (1.25%) Middleware
2 4 (1.25%) SAML
3 3 (0.93%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.62%) .NET
5 1 (0.31%) JSON
5 1 (0.31%) LAMP
5 1 (0.31%) REST
5 1 (0.31%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.30%) Data Protection Act
2 16 (4.98%) Replication
2 16 (4.98%) Social Media
3 13 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.43%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.12%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.80%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.18%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.18%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.87%) Life Science
9 5 (1.56%) Clustering
10 4 (1.25%) Anti-Spyware
11 3 (0.93%) CCTV
11 3 (0.93%) EPoS
11 3 (0.93%) Fat Client
11 3 (0.93%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.93%) Thin Client
12 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 237 (73.83%) Windows
2 120 (37.38%) Windows Server
3 59 (18.38%) Linux
4 53 (16.51%) Windows 10
5 26 (8.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 24 (7.48%) Android
6 24 (7.48%) Mac OS X
7 21 (6.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 18 (5.61%) Mac OS
9 10 (3.12%) Windows 7
10 9 (2.80%) Unix
11 6 (1.87%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (1.56%) CentOS
12 5 (1.56%) Windows 8
13 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
13 4 (1.25%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.62%) Solaris
15 1 (0.31%) Debian
15 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (30.53%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (28.66%) Customer Service
3 64 (19.94%) ITIL
4 46 (14.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 39 (12.15%) Disaster Recovery
6 34 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
7 32 (9.97%) Service Delivery
8 27 (8.41%) Line Management
9 25 (7.79%) Asset Management
9 25 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (7.79%) ITSM
10 24 (7.48%) Incident Management
10 24 (7.48%) Process Improvement
11 23 (7.17%) Data Protection
12 19 (5.92%) High Availability
13 18 (5.61%) Project Delivery
14 16 (4.98%) Infrastructure Management
14 16 (4.98%) Migration
14 16 (4.98%) Patch Management
15 15 (4.67%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (16.82%) PowerShell
2 43 (13.40%) SQL
3 27 (8.41%) Python
4 8 (2.49%) Bash
5 4 (1.25%) Java
6 3 (0.93%) Bicep
6 3 (0.93%) Progress 4GL
7 1 (0.31%) Perl
7 1 (0.31%) PHP
7 1 (0.31%) VB
7 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 47 (14.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (9.03%) Degree
3 21 (6.54%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.54%) Security Cleared
4 19 (5.92%) MCSA
5 18 (5.61%) DBS Check
6 15 (4.67%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.12%) Azure Certification
7 10 (3.12%) CCNP
8 8 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (2.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (2.18%) AWS Certification
9 7 (2.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.87%) MCSE
11 5 (1.56%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.56%) ACSP
11 5 (1.56%) CCNA
11 5 (1.56%) HP AIS
12 3 (0.93%) Linux+ Certification
12 3 (0.93%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.33%) SLA
2 10 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.87%) GDPR
4 3 (0.93%) HIPAA
4 3 (0.93%) ISO 14001
4 3 (0.93%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.93%) PMO
5 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 56 (17.45%) Hyper-V
2 51 (15.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.98%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (4.05%) vSphere
5 12 (3.74%) DFS Replication
6 11 (3.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.87%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.93%) Docker
8 3 (0.93%) Dovecot
8 3 (0.93%) NFS
8 3 (0.93%) Postfix
8 3 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.62%) KVM
9 2 (0.62%) SRDF
9 2 (0.62%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.62%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.62%) Xen
10 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.31%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 47 (14.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (8.10%) SCCM
3 14 (4.36%) Ansible
4 13 (4.05%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.80%) WSUS
6 8 (2.49%) FortiGate
6 8 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.56%) AirWatch
7 5 (1.56%) Terraform
8 4 (1.25%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.62%) Puppet
10 2 (0.62%) SCOM
11 1 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.31%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 189 (58.88%) Microsoft
2 102 (31.78%) VMware
3 60 (18.69%) Cisco
4 31 (9.66%) Veeam
5 26 (8.10%) Apple
6 14 (4.36%) Meraki
7 13 (4.05%) ServiceNow
8 11 (3.43%) SonicWALL
9 10 (3.12%) Fortinet
10 9 (2.80%) Citrix
10 9 (2.80%) WatchGuard
11 8 (2.49%) iManage
11 8 (2.49%) Sophos
12 7 (2.18%) HP
12 7 (2.18%) Okta
13 6 (1.87%) Oracle
13 6 (1.87%) Ubiquiti
14 5 (1.56%) Draytek
14 5 (1.56%) Kaseya
14 5 (1.56%) Red Hat