Active Directory Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 29 52
Rank change year-on-year -22 +23 -11
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 16 4 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.68% 1.69% 2.03%
As % of the System Software category 64.00% 28.57% 24.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 9
10th Percentile £29,900 £46,625 £32,996
25th Percentile - £47,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £51,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.56% +36.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £44,500 £53,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £45,550 - £52,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +3.90% +2.67% -6.25%

All System Software Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 25 14 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.62% 5.93% 8.29%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 27
10th Percentile £32,000 £46,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £49,375 £32,996
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% +37.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,125 - £95,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Northern Ireland

Active Directory
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. 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
County Antrim -15 15 £32,000 -37.56% 8
County Londonderry - 1 - -
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (68.75%) AWS
1 11 (68.75%) Azure
2 8 (50.00%) Nutanix
3 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (50.00%) DHCP
2 8 (50.00%) DNS
3 3 (18.75%) Firewall
4 1 (6.25%) 4G
4 1 (6.25%) LAN
4 1 (6.25%) VLAN
4 1 (6.25%) VoIP
4 1 (6.25%) VPN
General
1 15 (93.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Games
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Service Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Deskside Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Deskside Support
4 2 (12.50%) Deskside Support Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support
4 2 (12.50%) Security Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Security Incident Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) ICT Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 8 (50.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.25%) Smartphone
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (56.25%) Windows Server
3 2 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (6.25%) Android
4 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) ITIL
2 10 (62.50%) Mentoring
3 9 (56.25%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 8 (50.00%) Business Continuity
4 8 (50.00%) Business Strategy
4 8 (50.00%) Change Management
4 8 (50.00%) Coaching
4 8 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (50.00%) High Availability
4 8 (50.00%) ITSM
4 8 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 8 (50.00%) Server Management
4 8 (50.00%) Storage Management
5 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (12.50%) Blue Team
6 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security
6 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
6 2 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) A+ Certification
1 2 (12.50%) AWS Certification
1 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
1 2 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) GCFA
1 2 (12.50%) GCIA
1 2 (12.50%) GCIH
1 2 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) CEH
2 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (6.25%) ECIH
2 1 (6.25%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (62.50%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 8 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (12.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Dell
1 8 (50.00%) Dell Compellent
1 8 (50.00%) HP
1 8 (50.00%) Nimble Storage
1 8 (50.00%) VMware
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 3 (18.75%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (12.50%) Splunk
5 1 (6.25%) Apple
5 1 (6.25%) Intel
5 1 (6.25%) Wyse