Active Directory Job Trends in Nottingham

Microsoft Active Directory
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 50 35
Rank change year-on-year +15 -15 +4
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 14 13 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 2.76% 2.52% 3.56%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 18.31% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 11
10th Percentile - £29,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £42,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.52% -23.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £28,750 £50,000 £60,625
90th Percentile £30,800 £53,750 £63,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £27,500 £42,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -34.52% -23.64% +35.80%

All System Software Skills
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 14 71 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 2.76% 13.79% 17.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9 33 56
10th Percentile - £34,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% -8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £28,750 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £30,800 £67,500 £81,250
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £27,750 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -49.55% -4.35% -4.17%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (7.14%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) DHCP
1 6 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 5 (35.71%) DNS
3 4 (28.57%) Firewall
3 4 (28.57%) PBX
3 4 (28.57%) VoIP
4 1 (7.14%) VLAN
4 1 (7.14%) VPN
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Law
2 1 (7.14%) Marketing
2 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) IT Support
2 5 (35.71%) Technical Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) IT Assistant
3 4 (28.57%) IT Support Assistant
3 4 (28.57%) Support Assistant
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) IT Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (7.14%) IT Technician
5 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Support Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Support Technician
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Support
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows 10
3 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) ITIL
2 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (35.71%) Service Delivery
3 4 (28.57%) Service Management
3 4 (28.57%) Time Management
4 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Asset Management
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (7.14%) ERP
5 1 (7.14%) Information Security
5 1 (7.14%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (7.14%) ITSM
5 1 (7.14%) Logistics
5 1 (7.14%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) SLA
2 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow