Active Directory Jobs in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 37 52 87
Rank change year-on-year +15 +35 -40
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 34 68 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 6.32% 6.57% 1.89%
As % of the System Software category 53.97% 23.61% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 25 48 13
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,250 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +61.11% -57.14%
75th Percentile £46,250 £51,563 £40,000
90th Percentile £51,000 £65,000 £64,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £41,156 £39,500
% change year-on-year +2.05% +4.19% -4.82%

All System Software Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 63 288 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 11.71% 27.83% 11.82%
Number of salaries quoted 38 88 49
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,125 £21,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -26.79% +33.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,500 £68,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,536 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.97% +0.98% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Northern Ireland

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Northern Ireland

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 +18 30 £37,500 - 11
County Londonderry +11 1 - - 2
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.88%) MS Exchange
3 1 (2.94%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (55.88%) Azure
2 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (26.47%) AWS
4 7 (20.59%) Entra ID
5 5 (14.71%) IaaS
5 5 (14.71%) SaaS
6 4 (11.76%) OneDrive
6 4 (11.76%) PaaS
7 3 (8.82%) GCP
8 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.94%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (44.12%) Firewall
2 9 (26.47%) DHCP
2 9 (26.47%) DNS
3 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
3 6 (17.65%) WAN
4 5 (14.71%) HTTP
4 5 (14.71%) LAN
5 4 (11.76%) SAN
5 4 (11.76%) VPN
5 4 (11.76%) Wireless
6 3 (8.82%) VoIP
7 2 (5.88%) IP Telephony
7 2 (5.88%) PBX
8 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
8 1 (2.94%) ISDN
8 1 (2.94%) MPLS
8 1 (2.94%) NAS
8 1 (2.94%) Network Security
8 1 (2.94%) VLAN
8 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (20.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.94%) Metasploit
General
1 16 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.82%) Retail
4 1 (2.94%) Automotive
4 1 (2.94%) Finance
4 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.94%) Marketing
4 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Senior
2 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) IT Support
3 5 (14.71%) Lead
3 5 (14.71%) Team Leader
4 4 (11.76%) Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) DevOps Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) IT Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Support Specialist
6 2 (5.88%) IT Security Officer
6 2 (5.88%) Security Officer
6 2 (5.88%) Senior IT Support
6 2 (5.88%) Support Officer
6 2 (5.88%) Technical Support
7 1 (2.94%) IT Technician
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (14.71%) Cyberattack
2 4 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (11.76%) Virtual Team
3 3 (8.82%) Driving Licence
3 3 (8.82%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.94%) CCTV
5 1 (2.94%) EPoS
5 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.94%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 22 (64.71%) Windows
2 11 (32.35%) Windows Server
3 6 (17.65%) Linux
3 6 (17.65%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.82%) Android
4 3 (8.82%) Apple iOS
5 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.94%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.94%) Windows 8
6 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (20.59%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (17.65%) Customer Service
4 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (14.71%) DRM
5 5 (14.71%) Security Operations
5 5 (14.71%) Service Delivery
5 5 (14.71%) SIEM
5 5 (14.71%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (11.76%) Security Management
6 4 (11.76%) TOGAF
7 3 (8.82%) Containerisation
7 3 (8.82%) DevOps
7 3 (8.82%) DevSecOps
7 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (8.82%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (8.82%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) SQL
2 3 (8.82%) Bash
2 3 (8.82%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.88%) HND
5 1 (2.94%) CREST Certified
5 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.94%) MCP
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.94%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.88%) SLA
3 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.94%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.82%) Ansible
2 3 (8.82%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.82%) Terraform
3 1 (2.94%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.94%) Nessus
3 1 (2.94%) Nmap
3 1 (2.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) VMware
3 3 (8.82%) Cisco
3 3 (8.82%) Oracle
4 2 (5.88%) Citrix
5 1 (2.94%) Dell
5 1 (2.94%) Sage
5 1 (2.94%) Ubiquiti