Active Directory Job Trends in Salisbury

Microsoft Active Directory
Wiltshire > Salisbury

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 15 37
Rank change year-on-year +8 +22 -
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 9 21 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Salisbury 13.24% 14.58% 1.74%
As % of the System Software category 81.82% 84.00% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 2
10th Percentile £31,000 £33,000 £30,150
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £47,500 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +33.80% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £48,750 £38,875
90th Percentile £84,500 £51,500 £40,450
Wiltshire median annual salary £33,000 £47,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year -30.53% +8.57% +33.59%

All System Software Skills
Salisbury

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 Salisbury.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11 25 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Salisbury 16.18% 17.36% 5.22%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 6
10th Percentile - - £29,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £39,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -4.46% -31.74%
75th Percentile £63,750 £48,750 £43,938
90th Percentile £81,250 - £57,375
Wiltshire median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +17.89% +25.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Salisbury

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Salisbury

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Salisbury citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Salisbury citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Salisbury

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Salisbury over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Salisbury

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury 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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (11.11%) Azure AKS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (11.11%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (44.44%) LAN
2 4 (44.44%) VLAN
2 4 (44.44%) WAN
3 2 (22.22%) DNS
3 2 (22.22%) SMTP
4 1 (11.11%) DHCP
4 1 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) NAS
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) SAN
4 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) IT Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) IT Systems Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ARM Templates
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) VMS
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Disk Encryption
1 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (11.11%) High Availability
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) ITSM
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) RBAC
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) BitLocker
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) SCCM
2 2 (22.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (11.11%) SCVMM
3 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds