Active Directory Jobs in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 26 37
Rank change year-on-year -20 +11 +18
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 31 115 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 4.46% 6.37% 7.00%
As % of the System Software category 47.69% 59.90% 50.75%
Number of salaries quoted 28 114 99
10th Percentile - £23,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £25,750 £31,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% +23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £54,063 £43,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £83,125 £52,850 £54,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -

All System Software Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 65 192 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 9.35% 10.64% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 48 182 162
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,779 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,938 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -1.18% -15.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £54,500 £56,875
90th Percentile £79,375 £67,125 £71,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -3.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Oxfordshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Oxfordshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Oxfordshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Oxford +6 9 £75,000 +87.50% 4
Banbury +23 8 £27,500 -50.00%
Abingdon +10 2 £29,500 -26.25% 4
Kidlington +4 2 £40,000 -7.49% 3
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (74.19%) Azure
2 14 (45.16%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (35.48%) Entra ID
4 10 (32.26%) AWS
4 10 (32.26%) GCP
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (6.45%) Mimecast
6 1 (3.23%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.81%) DNS
2 7 (22.58%) DHCP
2 7 (22.58%) TCP/IP
3 5 (16.13%) Firewall
4 4 (12.90%) WAN
4 4 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (9.68%) SD-WAN
5 3 (9.68%) Wireless
6 2 (6.45%) SAN
7 1 (3.23%) LAN
7 1 (3.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Support Engineer
2 11 (35.48%) IT Support
3 10 (32.26%) IT Engineer
3 10 (32.26%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Lead
5 3 (9.68%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) 1st Line Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (6.45%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Support
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Junior
7 1 (3.23%) Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Desktop Support
7 1 (3.23%) Software Support Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Greenfield Project
1 5 (16.13%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.45%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (3.23%) NHS
3 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (64.52%) Windows
2 6 (19.35%) Windows 10
3 5 (16.13%) Linux
3 5 (16.13%) Mac OS
3 5 (16.13%) Windows Server
4 3 (9.68%) Apple iOS
4 3 (9.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (6.45%) Android
5 2 (6.45%) Mac OS X
5 2 (6.45%) Unix
5 2 (6.45%) Windows 7
5 2 (6.45%) Windows 8
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (22.58%) ITIL
4 6 (19.35%) Security Operations
5 5 (16.13%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (12.90%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (9.68%) Customer Service
7 3 (9.68%) ITSM
7 3 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery
7 3 (9.68%) SIEM
8 2 (6.45%) Agile
8 2 (6.45%) Identity Management
8 2 (6.45%) Incident Management
8 2 (6.45%) Information Security
8 2 (6.45%) Patch Management
8 2 (6.45%) Risk Management
8 2 (6.45%) Service Management
8 2 (6.45%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
1 3 (9.68%) Python
2 2 (6.45%) Bash
3 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (25.81%) A+ Certification
3 7 (22.58%) MCP
4 2 (6.45%) Degree
5 1 (3.23%) CCNA
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.23%) MCSE
5 1 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) NIST
2 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (29.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (19.35%) Hyper-V
3 3 (9.68%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (9.68%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) SCCM
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.45%) Ansible
3 2 (6.45%) Terraform
3 2 (6.45%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 26 (83.87%) Microsoft
2 9 (29.03%) VMware
3 7 (22.58%) Google
4 5 (16.13%) Apple
5 4 (12.90%) Meraki
6 3 (9.68%) Citrix
6 3 (9.68%) SolarWinds
7 2 (6.45%) Cisco
7 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
7 2 (6.45%) Sophos
8 1 (3.23%) NETGEAR
8 1 (3.23%) Snow
8 1 (3.23%) Ubiquiti