Active Directory Job Trends in Richmond upon Thames

Microsoft Active Directory
West London > Richmond upon Thames

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Richmond upon Thames requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 +14
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 2 13 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Richmond upon Thames 2.56% 19.70% 12.82%
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 81.25% 71.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £55,793 £46,342
25th Percentile £32,750 £56,606 £51,464
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £58,425 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.66% -2.63% +95.12%
75th Percentile £34,250 £60,456 £65,000
90th Percentile - £61,398 £68,000
West London median annual salary £38,000 £61,350 £37,500
% change year-on-year -38.06% +63.60% -27.88%

All System Software Skills
Richmond upon Thames

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 Richmond upon Thames.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2 16 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Richmond upon Thames 2.56% 24.24% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 5
10th Percentile - £57,420 £39,671
25th Percentile £32,750 £60,675 £42,927
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% +22.73% +78.86%
75th Percentile £34,250 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile - - £66,000
West London median annual salary £44,000 £55,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.72% +38.75% -23.08%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Richmond upon Thames

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Richmond upon Thames

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Richmond upon Thames

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Richmond upon Thames citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Richmond upon Thames citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Job Locations in Richmond upon Thames

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Richmond upon Thames region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
Twickenham 0 2 £33,500 -42.66% 1
Active Directory
West London

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Richmond upon Thames 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Dell Certification
1 1 (50.00%) MCSA
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) Fujitsu
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat