Active Directory Job Trends in Northampton

Microsoft Active Directory
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 22 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 -6
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 19 9 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 7.31% 3.78% 7.24%
As % of the System Software category 79.17% 27.27% 48.48%
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 15
10th Percentile - - £24,300
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £27,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -45.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £32,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £34,550 £63,100
Northamptonshire median annual salary £35,000 £34,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -9.33% +13.64%

All System Software Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 24 33 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 9.23% 13.87% 14.93%
Number of salaries quoted 20 17 29
10th Percentile - £27,600 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £58,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.66% +16.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £80,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £64,625 - £64,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £37,500 £46,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -18.92% -19.57% +74.24%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Northampton

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Northampton over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Northampton

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (89.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (63.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (68.42%) Azure
3 8 (42.11%) Entra ID
4 5 (26.32%) OneDrive
5 4 (21.05%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (10.53%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) DHCP
1 4 (21.05%) DNS
1 4 (21.05%) VPN
2 2 (10.53%) LAN
2 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
2 2 (10.53%) WAN
2 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (73.68%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Support Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) IT Manager
2 5 (26.32%) IT Operations Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Operations Manager
3 4 (21.05%) Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Applications Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Applications Support
3 4 (21.05%) Applications Support Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Applications Support Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Support
3 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) IT Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) IT Support
3 4 (21.05%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Support Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
4 3 (15.79%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Replication
2 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Mac OS
2 4 (21.05%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) CRM
1 12 (63.16%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (36.84%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (31.58%) ITIL
3 6 (31.58%) Process Improvement
3 6 (31.58%) Service Management
4 5 (26.32%) Business Continuity
4 5 (26.32%) IT Strategy
5 4 (21.05%) Agile
5 4 (21.05%) Client Onboarding
5 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
5 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
5 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (21.05%) Scrum
6 3 (15.79%) Data Security
6 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (15.79%) Security Operations
7 2 (10.53%) Server Virtualisation
7 2 (10.53%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
1 4 (21.05%) MCP
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (47.37%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (47.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (10.53%) ISO 22301
3 2 (10.53%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Autotask
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 8 (42.11%) HubSpot
2 8 (42.11%) Salesforce
2 8 (42.11%) Zoho
3 3 (15.79%) VMware