Active Directory Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 63 40
Rank change year-on-year +35 -23 -12
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,067 954 1,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.17% 5.46% 6.90%
As % of the System Software category 54.66% 38.75% 37.42%
Number of salaries quoted 917 795 1,050
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £26,468 £27,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £38,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +15.15% -12.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,000 £46,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £58,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,952 2,462 3,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.28% 14.08% 18.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,665 1,622 2,424
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,563 £34,000 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% -5.05% +4.21%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,070 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,500 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 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
North West +8 490 £37,500 -6.25% 105
Yorkshire +44 389 £32,500 -9.72% 65
North East +27 188 £33,000 -8.33% 26
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
1 286 (26.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 149 (13.96%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.25%) IIS
4 9 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (0.47%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.37%) CMS
7 2 (0.19%) Confluence
7 2 (0.19%) Resin
8 1 (0.094%) Site Server
Applications
1 174 (16.31%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.47%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.37%) Epicor Tropos
3 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 707 (66.26%) Microsoft 365
2 559 (52.39%) Azure
3 298 (27.93%) Entra ID
4 107 (10.03%) AWS
5 64 (6.00%) OneDrive
6 42 (3.94%) Power Platform
7 28 (2.62%) PowerApps
8 27 (2.53%) Power Automate
9 26 (2.44%) SaaS
10 18 (1.69%) GCP
11 17 (1.59%) IaaS
12 14 (1.31%) Azure Key Vault
12 14 (1.31%) Mimecast
13 13 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.22%) PaaS
14 12 (1.12%) AWS KMS
15 9 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
17 7 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
17 7 (0.66%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 245 (22.96%) DNS
2 225 (21.09%) Firewall
3 214 (20.06%) DHCP
4 183 (17.15%) WAN
5 164 (15.37%) LAN
6 108 (10.12%) VPN
7 94 (8.81%) SAN
8 87 (8.15%) TCP/IP
9 76 (7.12%) VoIP
10 62 (5.81%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (4.03%) WLAN
12 42 (3.94%) Wireless
13 41 (3.84%) VLAN
14 36 (3.37%) NAS
15 31 (2.91%) Internet
15 31 (2.91%) Network Security
16 22 (2.06%) SD-WAN
17 19 (1.78%) SSL
18 16 (1.50%) Remote Desktop
19 13 (1.22%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (7.78%) SQL Server
2 24 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (1.59%) Power BI
4 9 (0.84%) MySQL
5 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.47%) MaxDB
6 5 (0.47%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.47%) Redis
6 5 (0.47%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.19%) DB2
9 1 (0.094%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.094%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.094%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.28%) JIRA
3 2 (0.19%) Moq
3 2 (0.19%) MSTest
3 2 (0.19%) Postman
3 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.19%) webpack
4 1 (0.094%) MSI
General
1 393 (36.83%) Social Skills
2 118 (11.06%) Finance
3 94 (8.81%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (8.62%) Law
5 76 (7.12%) Retail
6 51 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
7 44 (4.12%) Manufacturing
8 43 (4.03%) Public Sector
9 19 (1.78%) Legal
9 19 (1.78%) Telecoms
10 9 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (0.75%) Local Government
12 6 (0.56%) French Language
12 6 (0.56%) German Language
12 6 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.56%) Italian Language
12 6 (0.56%) Portuguese Language
12 6 (0.56%) Spanish Language
12 6 (0.56%) Swedish Language
12 6 (0.56%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 223 (20.90%) IT Support
2 213 (19.96%) Analyst
3 168 (15.75%) Support Engineer
4 165 (15.46%) IT Engineer
5 157 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 117 (10.97%) IT Support Engineer
7 92 (8.62%) Service Analyst
8 89 (8.34%) 2nd Line Support
9 88 (8.25%) Service Desk Analyst
10 76 (7.12%) IT Analyst
10 76 (7.12%) Senior
11 71 (6.65%) IT Technician
12 62 (5.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 58 (5.44%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 54 (5.06%) Support Analyst
15 52 (4.87%) 1st Line Support
15 52 (4.87%) IT Manager
16 50 (4.69%) Infrastructure Specialist
17 44 (4.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 44 (4.12%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.50%) OLE
2 13 (1.22%) .NET
3 8 (0.75%) OAuth
3 8 (0.75%) RESTful
4 6 (0.56%) CSS
4 6 (0.56%) LDAP
4 6 (0.56%) Middleware
5 5 (0.47%) BREW
5 5 (0.47%) SAP Basis
5 5 (0.47%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (0.37%) HTML
7 3 (0.28%) REST
7 3 (0.28%) Web Services
8 2 (0.19%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.19%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.19%) Jest
8 2 (0.19%) Node.js
8 2 (0.19%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.19%) React
8 2 (0.19%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 103 (9.65%) Driving Licence
2 53 (4.97%) Data Centre
3 52 (4.87%) Management Information System
4 39 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 34 (3.19%) Public Cloud
6 31 (2.91%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (2.53%) Smartphone
8 23 (2.16%) Clustering
8 23 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (1.78%) PMI
10 18 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.69%) Fat Client
10 18 (1.69%) Thin Client
11 17 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (1.59%) PKI
11 17 (1.59%) Replication
12 14 (1.31%) Cyberattack
13 13 (1.22%) EPoS
14 12 (1.12%) Private Cloud
15 9 (0.84%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 672 (62.98%) Windows
2 365 (34.21%) Windows Server
3 187 (17.53%) Windows 10
4 96 (9.00%) Linux
5 66 (6.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 65 (6.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 60 (5.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 42 (3.94%) Mac OS
9 30 (2.81%) Android
10 27 (2.53%) Apple iOS
11 20 (1.87%) Windows Server 2008
12 18 (1.69%) Windows 7
13 11 (1.03%) Unix
14 10 (0.94%) VMS
14 10 (0.94%) Windows 8
15 9 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.37%) Debian
17 4 (0.37%) Windows Vista
18 3 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (24.65%) ITIL
2 233 (21.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 225 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
4 222 (20.81%) Customer Service
5 106 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
6 101 (9.47%) Disaster Recovery
7 90 (8.43%) Migration
8 75 (7.03%) Incident Management
9 74 (6.94%) Service Management
10 69 (6.47%) ITSM
11 63 (5.90%) Mentoring
12 61 (5.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 61 (5.72%) Project Management
13 54 (5.06%) ERP
14 53 (4.97%) Agile
15 50 (4.69%) Time Management
16 49 (4.59%) Server Management
17 48 (4.50%) Roadmaps
18 45 (4.22%) Service Delivery
19 42 (3.94%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 134 (12.56%) PowerShell
2 119 (11.15%) SQL
3 27 (2.53%) Python
4 17 (1.59%) Bash
5 16 (1.50%) R
6 13 (1.22%) VBScript
7 10 (0.94%) C#
8 8 (0.75%) Java
9 7 (0.66%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.47%) ABAP
11 4 (0.37%) VB
12 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.094%) Perl
Qualifications
1 137 (12.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 107 (10.03%) Degree
3 61 (5.72%) Azure Certification
4 36 (3.37%) MCP
5 31 (2.91%) A+ Certification
6 25 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 22 (2.06%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.78%) MCSA
9 19 (1.78%) PMI Certification
10 18 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (1.59%) MCSE
11 17 (1.59%) Security Cleared
12 14 (1.31%) CCNA
13 12 (1.12%) CISSP
13 12 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (0.94%) SC Cleared
15 8 (0.75%) GIAC
16 7 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.56%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (7.87%) SLA
2 37 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.22%) NIST
5 5 (0.47%) GDPR
6 3 (0.28%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.19%) QA
7 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.094%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.094%) NCSC
8 1 (0.094%) PMO
8 1 (0.094%) SOC 2
System Software
1 186 (17.43%) Hyper-V
2 176 (16.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (4.03%) VMware ESXi
4 31 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
5 29 (2.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 21 (1.97%) vSphere
7 11 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.75%) XenApp
9 7 (0.66%) VMware Server
9 7 (0.66%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.37%) Firmware
10 4 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.094%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.094%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.094%) Docker
13 1 (0.094%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.094%) Postfix
13 1 (0.094%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 198 (18.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (7.78%) SCCM
3 27 (2.53%) SCOM
4 24 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (2.25%) WSUS
5 22 (2.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (2.06%) vCenter Server
6 20 (1.87%) Failover Clustering
7 14 (1.31%) ZABBIX
8 13 (1.22%) FortiGate
9 12 (1.12%) CA Single Sign-On
9 12 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (1.12%) Opsgenie
9 12 (1.12%) VxRail
10 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 9 (0.84%) Autotask
11 9 (0.84%) Kubernetes
12 7 (0.66%) Ansible
12 7 (0.66%) Grafana
12 7 (0.66%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 723 (67.76%) Microsoft
2 313 (29.33%) VMware
3 110 (10.31%) Cisco
4 89 (8.34%) Citrix
5 60 (5.62%) Veeam
6 43 (4.03%) Apple
7 37 (3.47%) ServiceNow
7 37 (3.47%) SolarWinds
8 31 (2.91%) NetApp
9 30 (2.81%) Dell
10 28 (2.62%) Fortinet
11 21 (1.97%) Aruba
11 21 (1.97%) CA
11 21 (1.97%) Sophos
12 19 (1.78%) HP
13 17 (1.59%) Epicor
13 17 (1.59%) SAP
14 16 (1.50%) Adobe
15 14 (1.31%) Oracle
16 13 (1.22%) Commvault