Active Directory Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 52 47
Rank change year-on-year +13 -5 -11
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 497 497 615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.13% 6.21% 6.54%
As % of the System Software category 50.97% 41.56% 37.48%
Number of salaries quoted 445 417 532
10th Percentile £22,850 £23,500 £22,050
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £33,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +18.52% -15.63%
75th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £63,000 £56,750 £63,625
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

All System Software Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 975 1,196 1,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.06% 14.93% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 842 820 1,094
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,420 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,290 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -1.42% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Manchester +8 212 £40,000 -5.88% 49
Cheshire -3 142 £30,500 -18.67% 28
Lancashire +28 65 £50,000 +81.82% 17
Merseyside +2 65 £32,500 -18.75% 11
Cumbria -23 12 £36,500 -18.89% 5
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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
1 120 (24.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (9.86%) SharePoint
3 20 (4.02%) IIS
4 4 (0.80%) CMS
4 4 (0.80%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.40%) Confluence
6 1 (0.20%) Site Server
Applications
1 56 (11.27%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.80%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.20%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 354 (71.23%) Microsoft 365
2 243 (48.89%) Azure
3 118 (23.74%) Entra ID
4 69 (13.88%) AWS
5 23 (4.63%) Power Platform
6 21 (4.23%) SaaS
7 17 (3.42%) GCP
8 16 (3.22%) OneDrive
9 14 (2.82%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.61%) IaaS
10 8 (1.61%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.41%) AWS KMS
11 7 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (1.41%) Google Workspace
11 7 (1.41%) PaaS
12 5 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.60%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.40%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 125 (25.15%) DNS
2 101 (20.32%) DHCP
3 90 (18.11%) Firewall
4 72 (14.49%) WAN
5 62 (12.47%) LAN
6 38 (7.65%) TCP/IP
7 32 (6.44%) VPN
8 26 (5.23%) VoIP
9 24 (4.83%) SAN
10 21 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (3.62%) Internet
11 18 (3.62%) Wireless
12 15 (3.02%) SD-WAN
13 14 (2.82%) WLAN
14 13 (2.62%) SSL
15 12 (2.41%) iSCSI
16 11 (2.21%) Broadband
17 10 (2.01%) NAS
18 9 (1.81%) VLAN
19 8 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.85%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.21%) MySQL
3 10 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.01%) MaxDB
4 5 (1.01%) Power BI
4 5 (1.01%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.60%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.20%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.40%) JIRA
1 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.20%) MSI
General
1 165 (33.20%) Social Skills
2 60 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (11.87%) Retail
4 48 (9.66%) Finance
5 28 (5.63%) Law
6 20 (4.02%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (3.42%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.82%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.41%) Legal
11 6 (1.21%) Local Government
12 5 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.80%) Military
13 4 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.40%) Billing
15 1 (0.20%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.20%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 114 (22.94%) Analyst
2 98 (19.72%) IT Support
3 91 (18.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 81 (16.30%) IT Engineer
5 66 (13.28%) Support Engineer
6 56 (11.27%) Service Analyst
7 55 (11.07%) IT Support Engineer
8 52 (10.46%) Service Desk Analyst
9 48 (9.66%) Senior
10 37 (7.44%) 2nd Line Support
10 37 (7.44%) IT Analyst
11 30 (6.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 30 (6.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 29 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
13 28 (5.63%) IT Technician
14 27 (5.43%) IT Manager
14 27 (5.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (5.03%) Support Technician
16 24 (4.83%) Support Analyst
17 22 (4.43%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.22%) OLE
2 6 (1.21%) LDAP
3 5 (1.01%) BREW
3 5 (1.01%) SAP Basis
3 5 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (0.80%) CSS
4 4 (0.80%) HTML
5 3 (0.60%) .NET
6 1 (0.20%) Classic ASP
6 1 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.46%) Driving Licence
2 27 (5.43%) Onboarding
2 27 (5.43%) Smartphone
3 24 (4.83%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.42%) Public Cloud
5 14 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.41%) PMI
8 10 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.01%) EPoS
9 9 (1.81%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.81%) Replication
10 8 (1.61%) Cyberattack
11 7 (1.41%) FMCG
11 7 (1.41%) PKI
12 6 (1.21%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.21%) Fat Client
12 6 (1.21%) Thin Client
13 5 (1.01%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 280 (56.34%) Windows
2 116 (23.34%) Windows Server
3 81 (16.30%) Windows 10
4 59 (11.87%) Linux
5 34 (6.84%) Windows Server 2012
6 28 (5.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (3.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (2.41%) Mac OS
9 8 (1.61%) Android
9 8 (1.61%) Apple iOS
10 7 (1.41%) VMS
11 4 (0.80%) Debian
11 4 (0.80%) Windows Vista
12 3 (0.60%) Unix
12 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.40%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.40%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.20%) CentOS
14 1 (0.20%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (24.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 119 (23.94%) ITIL
3 102 (20.52%) Customer Service
4 94 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (14.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 56 (11.27%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (9.26%) ITSM
8 40 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (7.65%) Project Management
9 38 (7.65%) Time Management
10 37 (7.44%) ERP
11 36 (7.24%) Capacity Planning
12 35 (7.04%) Service Management
13 31 (6.24%) Migration
14 30 (6.04%) Server Management
15 26 (5.23%) Mentoring
15 26 (5.23%) Presales
16 25 (5.03%) Incident Management
17 24 (4.83%) Roadmaps
18 23 (4.63%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 62 (12.47%) PowerShell
2 59 (11.87%) SQL
3 16 (3.22%) R
4 13 (2.62%) Python
5 9 (1.81%) Bash
6 6 (1.21%) Java
7 5 (1.01%) ABAP
7 5 (1.01%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.80%) C#
9 2 (0.40%) VB
10 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 61 (12.27%) Degree
2 48 (9.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (4.23%) MCP
4 17 (3.42%) A+ Certification
5 14 (2.82%) DBS Check
6 13 (2.62%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.41%) PMI Certification
8 11 (2.21%) Security Cleared
9 9 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 8 (1.61%) SC Cleared
11 7 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.01%) CCNA
12 5 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.80%) MCSA
13 4 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
14 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.40%) GIAC
14 2 (0.40%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.44%) SLA
2 22 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.20%) GDPR
5 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 80 (16.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 66 (13.28%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.21%) vSphere
6 4 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.80%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.40%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.20%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.20%) Docker
9 1 (0.20%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.20%) Postfix
9 1 (0.20%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 86 (17.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.43%) SCCM
3 18 (3.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (2.41%) Opsgenie
4 12 (2.41%) VxRail
4 12 (2.41%) ZABBIX
5 10 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.41%) CA Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.21%) WSUS
8 4 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.80%) Terraform
9 3 (0.60%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.40%) CASB
10 2 (0.40%) Grafana
10 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.40%) Nessus
10 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.40%) vRealize
11 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 328 (66.00%) Microsoft
2 124 (24.95%) VMware
3 45 (9.05%) Citrix
4 43 (8.65%) Cisco
5 30 (6.04%) Apple
6 26 (5.23%) Veeam
7 21 (4.23%) Fortinet
8 17 (3.42%) SolarWinds
9 16 (3.22%) Adobe
9 16 (3.22%) NetApp
9 16 (3.22%) ServiceNow
10 15 (3.02%) Dell
11 13 (2.62%) Sophos
12 12 (2.41%) CA
13 11 (2.21%) Virgin Media
14 9 (1.81%) Aruba
15 7 (1.41%) CyberArk
15 7 (1.41%) F5
15 7 (1.41%) Meraki
16 6 (1.21%) iManage