Active Directory Jobs in Sheffield

Microsoft Active Directory
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 36 10
Rank change year-on-year +17 -26 +44
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Active Directory 30 39 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 7.43% 4.12% 18.62%
As % of the System Software category 44.12% 46.99% 78.74%
Number of salaries quoted 30 26 89
10th Percentile - £21,750 £20,000
25th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £24,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,000 £27,600
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +15.94% +4.15%
75th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £37,000
90th Percentile £59,600 £53,125 -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £32,500 £27,600
% change year-on-year -6.15% +17.75% +4.15%

All System Software Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 68 83 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 16.83% 8.77% 23.65%
Number of salaries quoted 58 59 109
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £21,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £24,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £46,000 £32,200
Median % change year-on-year -29.35% +42.86% -35.60%
75th Percentile £49,000 £54,375 £37,000
90th Percentile £66,500 £62,950 £58,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £46,000 £32,200
% change year-on-year -29.35% +42.86% -32.21%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Sheffield

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Sheffield over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Sheffield

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 14 (46.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (76.67%) Azure
3 13 (43.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.67%) Power Automate
4 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) DHCP
1 4 (13.33%) DNS
1 4 (13.33%) VoIP
2 1 (3.33%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) NetScaler
2 1 (3.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 12 (40.00%) Law
3 4 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Analyst
2 11 (36.67%) Support Analyst
3 10 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 7 (23.33%) IT Support
5 6 (20.00%) IT Analyst
5 6 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
6 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (10.00%) Head of IT
7 3 (10.00%) IT Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) 1st Line Support
8 2 (6.67%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 2 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Applications Support
8 2 (6.67%) Applications Support Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) IT Manager
8 2 (6.67%) Power Apps Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Operations Manager
9 1 (3.33%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Life Science
2 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 16 (53.33%) Windows
2 7 (23.33%) Windows Server
3 5 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (30.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (16.67%) ITIL
3 5 (16.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.67%) Data Modelling
6 2 (6.67%) Line Management
6 2 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (6.67%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (6.67%) Platform Engineering
6 2 (6.67%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.67%) Release Management
7 1 (3.33%) Change Management
7 1 (3.33%) Incident Management
7 1 (3.33%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Degree
3 1 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.33%) XenApp
2 1 (3.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Datto
3 2 (6.67%) VMware
4 1 (3.33%) Citrix
4 1 (3.33%) Commvault
4 1 (3.33%) Fortinet