Active Directory Job Trends in Poole

Microsoft Active Directory
Dorset > Poole

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Poole requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 5 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +32
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 21 10 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Poole 14.00% 20.83% 4.49%
As % of the System Software category 91.30% 45.45% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16 6 4
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,375 £34,375
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £36,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,750 £41,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% -16.77% -35.77%
75th Percentile £39,625 £37,000 £47,250
90th Percentile £40,000 £40,625 -
Dorset median annual salary £35,000 £37,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year -5.41% -16.85% +4.71%

All System Software Skills
Poole

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 Poole.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 23 22 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Poole 15.33% 45.83% 34.83%
Number of salaries quoted 18 15 30
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £45,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £40,000 £51,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £64,125
Dorset median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Poole

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Poole

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Poole

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Poole citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Poole citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Poole 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 11 (52.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (47.62%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (57.14%) Azure
3 10 (47.62%) Entra ID
3 10 (47.62%) OneDrive
4 3 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (47.62%) DNS
2 8 (38.10%) VPN
3 6 (28.57%) Firewall
4 5 (23.81%) DHCP
4 5 (23.81%) LAN
4 5 (23.81%) VoIP
4 5 (23.81%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (23.81%) Wireless
5 3 (14.29%) NAS
5 3 (14.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (23.81%) Advertising
2 3 (14.29%) Legal
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) 2nd Line Support
2 9 (42.86%) ICT Support
2 9 (42.86%) ICT Support Technician
2 9 (42.86%) ICT Technician
2 9 (42.86%) Support Technician
3 6 (28.57%) IT Support
4 5 (23.81%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 5 (23.81%) Analyst
4 5 (23.81%) Support Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (14.29%) Administrator
5 3 (14.29%) IT Administrator
6 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 6 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (23.81%) Android
4 5 (23.81%) Apple iOS
4 5 (23.81%) Mac OS
4 5 (23.81%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (23.81%) Asset Management
2 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
2 5 (23.81%) CRM
2 5 (23.81%) ITSM
2 5 (23.81%) Line Management
2 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
3 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Server Patching
4 3 (14.29%) Service Desk Management
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (4.76%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (52.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (28.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (76.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (23.81%) Autotask
3 3 (14.29%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (52.38%) VMware
3 6 (28.57%) Cisco
3 6 (28.57%) Datto
4 5 (23.81%) Meraki