Active Directory Jobs in Somerset

Microsoft Active Directory
South West > Somerset

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

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 13 37
Rank change year-on-year -11 +24 +7
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 28 63 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 7.41% 8.34% 5.32%
As % of the System Software category 84.85% 66.32% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 26 53 27
10th Percentile £31,250 £23,750 £26,150
25th Percentile £33,750 £28,500 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £29,605 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.11% -27.79% +36.67%
75th Percentile £43,438 £56,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £57,000 £58,750
South West median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +2.74% +4.29%

All System Software Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 33 95 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 8.73% 12.58% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 30 82 65
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,275 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £29,290 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -24.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £46,813 £57,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £56,325 £65,000 £77,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Somerset

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Somerset

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Somerset

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Somerset

Active Directory
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. 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
Frome - 17 £40,000 -
Portishead +3 3 £45,000 +18.42% 5
Shepton Mallet +8 2 £27,000 -
Bath +11 1 £35,000 +38.61% 6
Clevedon - 1 - - 1
Active Directory
South West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 11 (39.29%) IIS
2 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 24 (85.71%) Azure
1 24 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 3 (10.71%) AWS
4 2 (7.14%) SaaS
5 1 (3.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (3.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (78.57%) Firewall
2 20 (71.43%) DNS
3 19 (67.86%) DHCP
3 19 (67.86%) VLAN
4 17 (60.71%) VPN
5 11 (39.29%) VoIP
6 10 (35.71%) ADSL
7 5 (17.86%) WAN
8 4 (14.29%) LAN
9 3 (10.71%) SAN
10 2 (7.14%) DMZ
10 2 (7.14%) Wireshark
11 1 (3.57%) IPsec
11 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
11 1 (3.57%) SSH
11 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
11 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (53.57%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Database
General
1 3 (10.71%) Local Government
2 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
2 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Finance
3 1 (3.57%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Police
3 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) IT Support
2 16 (57.14%) Analyst
2 16 (57.14%) IT Analyst
2 16 (57.14%) IT Support Analyst
2 16 (57.14%) Support Analyst
3 11 (39.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 10 (35.71%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 6 (21.43%) Support Engineer
6 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (10.71%) IT Engineer
7 3 (10.71%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (7.14%) Senior
8 2 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (7.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 2 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
9 1 (3.57%) Junior IT Engineer
9 1 (3.57%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Driving Licence
2 2 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.57%) Clustering
3 1 (3.57%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (85.71%) Windows Server
3 16 (57.14%) Linux
4 3 (10.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (7.14%) Android
5 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
5 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.57%) AIX
6 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
6 1 (3.57%) Solaris
6 1 (3.57%) Unix
6 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (75.00%) ITIL
2 20 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (60.71%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
5 5 (17.86%) Project Planning
6 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (10.71%) Server Management
7 2 (7.14%) Analytics
7 2 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (7.14%) Business Continuity
7 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.14%) Customer Service
7 2 (7.14%) Decision Intelligence
7 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (7.14%) Migration
7 2 (7.14%) Network Architecture
7 2 (7.14%) Risk Management
7 2 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (46.43%) PowerShell
2 12 (42.86%) SQL
3 1 (3.57%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) A+ Certification
1 10 (35.71%) Network+ Certification
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (7.14%) AWS Certification
3 2 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 2 (7.14%) CCNA
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.14%) DBS Check
3 2 (7.14%) MCP
3 2 (7.14%) MCSA
3 2 (7.14%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (3.57%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) ISO 14001
1 1 (3.57%) ISO 9001
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.57%) Docker
3 1 (3.57%) LXC
3 1 (3.57%) Samba
Systems Management
1 22 (78.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.14%) Iperf
2 2 (7.14%) SmoothWall
3 1 (3.57%) Backup Exec
3 1 (3.57%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 25 (89.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.00%) VMware
3 4 (14.29%) Cisco
4 2 (7.14%) EMC
4 2 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.14%) Google
4 2 (7.14%) Oracle
4 2 (7.14%) Palo Alto
4 2 (7.14%) Ruckus Wireless
4 2 (7.14%) SonicWALL
5 1 (3.57%) Hitachi
5 1 (3.57%) IBM
5 1 (3.57%) NetApp
5 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.57%) Snow
5 1 (3.57%) Veritas