Active Directory Jobs in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Active Directory
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 16 12
Rank change year-on-year -32 -4 +2
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 33 75 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 3.95% 8.99% 11.61%
As % of the System Software category 53.23% 63.56% 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 32 64 51
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,719 £25,500 £26,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -34.74% +69.64%
75th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £53,125
90th Percentile - £52,500 £57,500
East Midlands median annual salary £31,500 £32,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% -10.96% +28.07%

All System Software Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 62 118 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 7.43% 14.15% 20.31%
Number of salaries quoted 34 103 60
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,242 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,406 £25,500 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -31.58% +49.61%
75th Percentile £51,563 £49,375 £54,063
90th Percentile £52,500 £53,500 £64,000
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +6.25%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Northamptonshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Northamptonshire.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Northamptonshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Northamptonshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Northampton -16 26 £32,500 - 5
Wellingborough - 2 £50,000 -
Active Directory
East Midlands

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 22 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (39.39%) SharePoint
3 6 (18.18%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 14 (42.42%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (39.39%) Azure
3 7 (21.21%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.06%) AWS
4 2 (6.06%) Cloudflare
4 2 (6.06%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (39.39%) Remote Desktop
2 12 (36.36%) DHCP
2 12 (36.36%) DNS
3 10 (30.30%) Firewall
4 7 (21.21%) Ethernet
5 6 (18.18%) SAN
6 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
6 2 (6.06%) VPN
7 1 (3.03%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Support Engineer
2 9 (27.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) 1st Line Support
3 6 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support
3 6 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Active Directory Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Active Directory Support
3 6 (18.18%) Active Directory Support Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Support
3 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Support Technician
3 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Technician
3 6 (18.18%) Support Technician
4 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (15.15%) First Line Help Desk Support
4 5 (15.15%) Help Desk Support
4 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Storage Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Storage Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
1 2 (6.06%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 33 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (96.97%) Windows Server
3 4 (12.12%) Linux
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (6.06%) CentOS
4 2 (6.06%) Rocky
4 2 (6.06%) Ubuntu
4 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) Customer Service
1 7 (21.21%) Data Protection
2 4 (12.12%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (12.12%) Virtual Environments
3 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.06%) Time Management
4 1 (3.03%) Broadcast Engineering
4 1 (3.03%) Coaching
4 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (3.03%) Post-Production
4 1 (3.03%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (3.03%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (3.03%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) SQL
2 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) CCNA
1 4 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) MCP
2 2 (6.06%) MCSA
2 2 (6.06%) MCSE
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (45.45%) Hyper-V
2 10 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (27.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (18.18%) Terminal Services
4 6 (18.18%) vSphere
5 2 (6.06%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Ansible
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (6.06%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (84.85%) Microsoft
2 12 (36.36%) VMware
3 7 (21.21%) Meraki
4 6 (18.18%) Dell
4 6 (18.18%) HP
4 6 (18.18%) NetApp
5 2 (6.06%) arcserve
5 2 (6.06%) Cisco
5 2 (6.06%) Google
5 2 (6.06%) Imperva
6 1 (3.03%) Sun