Active Directory Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 48 67 53
Rank change year-on-year +19 -14 +5
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 181 206 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.34% 4.08% 5.16%
As % of the System Software category 40.86% 25.94% 32.12%
Number of salaries quoted 122 135 169
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,323 £28,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,556 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +1.59% -6.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,375 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,250 £58,750 £54,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £41,156 £39,500
% change year-on-year +2.05% +4.19% -4.82%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 443 794 744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 15.52% 15.73% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 317 491 519
10th Percentile £27,323 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £41,227 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +12.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £72,433 £67,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,715 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,536 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.97% +0.98% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Scotland

Active Directory
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
Glasgow +41 86 £40,000 -13.98% 18
Edinburgh -6 48 £41,250 +17.86% 18
Aberdeen +27 27 £55,000 +61.76% 4
Dumfries and Galloway +1 5 £27,645 -7.85% 1
Renfrewshire +9 3 - - 1
Dundee +4 2 £38,500 +47.52%
Dunbartonshire - 2 £40,764 - 1
Perthshire - 2 - - 1
Lanarkshire +27 1 £23,000 - 6
Fife +21 1 £55,000 -8.33% 1
Midlothian +5 1 £28,000 -30.00% 1
Perth and Kinross +4 1 £42,500 +6.25%
Highlands - 1 - -
Scottish Borders - 1 £34,000 -
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 16 (8.84%) MS Exchange
2 13 (7.18%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.97%) IIS
4 5 (2.76%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (1.66%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.10%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.55%) Confluence
7 1 (0.55%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 38 (20.99%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 74 (40.88%) Microsoft 365
2 67 (37.02%) Azure
3 35 (19.34%) Entra ID
4 18 (9.94%) AWS
5 11 (6.08%) SaaS
6 10 (5.52%) IaaS
6 10 (5.52%) PaaS
7 9 (4.97%) OneDrive
8 7 (3.87%) GCP
9 6 (3.31%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.66%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 2 (1.10%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.55%) GitHub
13 1 (0.55%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (19.34%) Firewall
2 32 (17.68%) LAN
3 29 (16.02%) DNS
4 28 (15.47%) WAN
5 25 (13.81%) DHCP
6 22 (12.15%) Network Security
7 21 (11.60%) TCP/IP
8 14 (7.73%) VPN
9 9 (4.97%) Wireless
10 5 (2.76%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (2.21%) SNMP
11 4 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.66%) Internet
12 3 (1.66%) Intranet
12 3 (1.66%) VoIP
13 2 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (1.10%) SAN
13 2 (1.10%) Skype
13 2 (1.10%) SMTP
13 2 (1.10%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.15%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.10%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.10%) Power BI
5 1 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.55%) GIS
5 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.31%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.21%) JIRA
3 2 (1.10%) NUnit
3 2 (1.10%) Postman
4 1 (0.55%) Git
4 1 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 63 (34.81%) Social Skills
2 20 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (9.94%) Games
4 13 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.97%) Marketing
6 8 (4.42%) Finance
6 8 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.87%) Law
8 6 (3.31%) Back Office
9 5 (2.76%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.76%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.10%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.10%) Aviation
11 2 (1.10%) Legal
11 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.10%) Military
11 2 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (25.41%) Analyst
2 45 (24.86%) Senior
3 27 (14.92%) IT Support
4 26 (14.36%) Support Engineer
5 21 (11.60%) 2nd Line Support
6 20 (11.05%) Support Analyst
7 18 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (9.39%) IT Engineer
8 17 (9.39%) Security Analyst
9 16 (8.84%) Operations Analyst
9 16 (8.84%) Security Operations Analyst
10 15 (8.29%) IT Analyst
10 15 (8.29%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (7.73%) Senior Operations Analyst
11 14 (7.73%) Senior Security Analyst
12 12 (6.63%) Applications Support
12 12 (6.63%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (6.63%) IT Support Analyst
12 12 (6.63%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (5.52%) Senior Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.42%) LDAP
2 4 (2.21%) .NET
3 3 (1.66%) HTML
3 3 (1.66%) JSON
3 3 (1.66%) REST
4 2 (1.10%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.10%) Blazor
4 2 (1.10%) CSS
4 2 (1.10%) JSON Schema
4 2 (1.10%) JWT
4 2 (1.10%) OpenID
4 2 (1.10%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (1.10%) WebAssembly
5 1 (0.55%) .NET Remoting
5 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.55%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.55%) Web Services
5 1 (0.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.29%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.08%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.42%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.87%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.87%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.10%) SCADA
7 1 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.55%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.55%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.55%) IPTV
7 1 (0.55%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.55%) PKI
7 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.55%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 128 (70.72%) Windows
2 82 (45.30%) Windows Server
3 24 (13.26%) Windows 10
4 22 (12.15%) Unix
5 18 (9.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (8.84%) Linux
7 13 (7.18%) Mac OS
8 12 (6.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (5.52%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (5.52%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (3.31%) Ubuntu
11 5 (2.76%) Android
12 4 (2.21%) Apple iOS
12 4 (2.21%) Windows 7
13 3 (1.66%) CentOS
13 3 (1.66%) Windows 8
14 2 (1.10%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (19.34%) Customer Service
3 34 (18.78%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (16.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 25 (13.81%) SIEM
6 20 (11.05%) ITIL
7 19 (10.50%) Actionable Insight
8 18 (9.94%) DevOps
9 16 (8.84%) Change Management
10 15 (8.29%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (7.18%) Mentoring
12 12 (6.63%) Technical Analysis
13 11 (6.08%) Problem Management
14 10 (5.52%) Agile
14 10 (5.52%) Information Security
15 9 (4.97%) API Integration
15 9 (4.97%) CRM
15 9 (4.97%) Infrastructure as Code
15 9 (4.97%) Runbook
16 8 (4.42%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 35 (19.34%) SQL
2 30 (16.57%) PowerShell
3 13 (7.18%) Python
4 9 (4.97%) Bash
5 6 (3.31%) Java
5 6 (3.31%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.10%) C#
6 2 (1.10%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.55%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (16.02%) Degree
2 27 (14.92%) Security Cleared
3 23 (12.71%) CCNA
3 23 (12.71%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (9.39%) DV Cleared
5 13 (7.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (6.63%) SC Cleared
7 9 (4.97%) Azure Certification
8 6 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.76%) A+ Certification
10 4 (2.21%) CISM
10 4 (2.21%) CISSP
11 3 (1.66%) MCITP
11 3 (1.66%) MCSA
11 3 (1.66%) MCSE
12 2 (1.10%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.10%) MCDST
13 1 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.55%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.31%) NIST
3 4 (2.21%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.21%) GDPR
4 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.55%) SLA
5 1 (0.55%) SOC 1
5 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (7.18%) Hyper-V
1 13 (7.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.31%) Docker
3 5 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (1.10%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.10%) vSphere
6 1 (0.55%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.55%) Firmware
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 22 (12.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (8.84%) Ansible
3 12 (6.63%) Kubernetes
4 10 (5.52%) SCCM
5 9 (4.97%) Terraform
6 6 (3.31%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (3.31%) Puppet
7 3 (1.66%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (1.66%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.10%) CASB
8 2 (1.10%) MIIS
8 2 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.10%) vMotion
8 2 (1.10%) WSUS
9 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.55%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.55%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.55%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 85 (46.96%) Microsoft
2 41 (22.65%) VMware
3 21 (11.60%) Citrix
4 16 (8.84%) Acronis
4 16 (8.84%) Symantec
5 13 (7.18%) Cisco
6 10 (5.52%) Oracle
7 8 (4.42%) Apple
8 6 (3.31%) Splunk
8 6 (3.31%) Zscaler
9 5 (2.76%) Dell
10 4 (2.21%) Adobe
11 3 (1.66%) Meraki
11 3 (1.66%) SAP
11 3 (1.66%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.66%) Veeam
12 2 (1.10%) Ariba
12 2 (1.10%) CyberArk
12 2 (1.10%) Fortinet
12 2 (1.10%) Rockwell