Active Directory Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 28 27
Rank change year-on-year -38 -1 +30
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 383 1,174 1,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.98% 6.69% 7.34%
As % of the System Software category 42.18% 49.04% 43.84%
Number of salaries quoted 266 994 858
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -4.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,406
90th Percentile £77,500 £59,000 £62,000
England median annual salary £39,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -6.25% -

All System Software Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 908 2,394 2,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.42% 13.65% 16.75%
Number of salaries quoted 592 1,897 1,591
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,850
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.76% -2.30%
75th Percentile £73,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the South East.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley -38 123 £40,000 - 273
Hampshire -11 96 £57,500 +59.72% 103
Surrey +12 94 £40,000 - 55
Berkshire -45 59 £36,250 -27.50% 147
Kent -17 37 £37,500 +10.29% 62
Buckinghamshire -15 33 £37,500 -1.32% 81
Oxfordshire -18 31 £40,250 +0.63% 45
West Sussex +2 19 £46,500 +32.86% 36
Middlesex -29 9 - -
East Sussex -34 4 £27,500 -8.33% 20
Sussex +14 1 £35,000 - 3
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 111 (28.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (10.18%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.61%) IBM Domino
4 4 (1.04%) IIS
5 3 (0.78%) Apache
5 3 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.78%) Office Communications Server
5 3 (0.78%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.52%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.26%) Confluence
7 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 40 (10.44%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.04%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.26%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.04%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.26%) assyst
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.26%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 158 (41.25%) Microsoft 365
2 148 (38.64%) Azure
3 88 (22.98%) Entra ID
4 55 (14.36%) AWS
5 19 (4.96%) Serverless
6 16 (4.18%) GCP
7 15 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.35%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.57%) IaaS
10 6 (1.57%) OpenShift
10 6 (1.57%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (1.04%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 4 (1.04%) AWS KMS
12 4 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.04%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.04%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 84 (21.93%) Firewall
2 79 (20.63%) DNS
3 65 (16.97%) DHCP
4 46 (12.01%) SAN
5 38 (9.92%) Broadband
6 34 (8.88%) NAS
7 23 (6.01%) TCP/IP
7 23 (6.01%) VoIP
8 22 (5.74%) WAN
9 21 (5.48%) SSL
10 20 (5.22%) LAN
10 20 (5.22%) VLAN
11 18 (4.70%) VPN
11 18 (4.70%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (4.18%) Remote Desktop
12 16 (4.18%) SMTP
13 13 (3.39%) Network Security
13 13 (3.39%) Wireless
14 12 (3.13%) IP Telephony
15 11 (2.87%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.53%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.31%) Power BI
5 3 (0.78%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.52%) MySQL
7 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.04%) Bitbucket Server
1 4 (1.04%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.78%) Git
3 2 (0.52%) JIRA
4 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
4 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.26%) Subversion
4 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 142 (37.08%) Social Skills
2 20 (5.22%) Telecoms
3 17 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (4.18%) Finance
5 14 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (1.31%) Games
6 5 (1.31%) Legal
7 4 (1.04%) German Language
7 4 (1.04%) Law
7 4 (1.04%) Retail
8 3 (0.78%) Advertising
9 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.52%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.26%) Automotive
10 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (32.64%) Support Engineer
2 75 (19.58%) IT Support
3 62 (16.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 52 (13.58%) IT Engineer
5 46 (12.01%) IT Support Engineer
6 43 (11.23%) Infrastructure Support
7 37 (9.66%) Analyst
8 35 (9.14%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 28 (7.31%) IT Analyst
9 28 (7.31%) Senior
10 26 (6.79%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 23 (6.01%) 2nd Line Support
11 23 (6.01%) Support Analyst
12 22 (5.74%) Architect
12 22 (5.74%) IT Support Analyst
13 18 (4.70%) Technical Support
14 16 (4.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 15 (3.92%) 3rd Line Support
15 15 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
16 14 (3.66%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.39%) Web Services
2 11 (2.87%) RESTful
3 5 (1.31%) SAML
4 4 (1.04%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.78%) React
5 3 (0.78%) YAML
6 2 (0.52%) CSS
6 2 (0.52%) HTML
6 2 (0.52%) Node.js
7 1 (0.26%) .NET
7 1 (0.26%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.26%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.14%) PKI
2 32 (8.36%) Onboarding
3 27 (7.05%) Clustering
4 21 (5.48%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.66%) NHS
6 13 (3.39%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.87%) Cyberattack
8 9 (2.35%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.09%) Replication
10 7 (1.83%) CCTV
11 6 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.31%) Blackberry
12 5 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.31%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.04%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.04%) Operational Technology
14 3 (0.78%) Product Ownership
14 3 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 260 (67.89%) Windows
2 101 (26.37%) Windows Server
3 58 (15.14%) Windows 10
4 41 (10.70%) Mac OS
5 33 (8.62%) Windows Server 2012
6 32 (8.36%) Linux
7 20 (5.22%) Apple iOS
8 17 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (3.39%) Android
11 6 (1.57%) Mac OS X
11 6 (1.57%) Unix
12 5 (1.31%) Ubuntu
12 5 (1.31%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (1.04%) VMS
13 4 (1.04%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.52%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.26%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (19.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 60 (15.67%) Customer Service
4 52 (13.58%) ITIL
5 42 (10.97%) Cybersecurity
6 38 (9.92%) High Availability
7 37 (9.66%) Coaching
8 32 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (8.09%) Disaster Recovery
10 28 (7.31%) Identity Access Management
10 28 (7.31%) Virtual Environments
11 27 (7.05%) DevOps
11 27 (7.05%) Proactive Monitoring
12 25 (6.53%) Broadcast Engineering
12 25 (6.53%) Mentoring
12 25 (6.53%) Post-Production
12 25 (6.53%) Proactive Maintenance
12 25 (6.53%) Procure-to-Pay
13 24 (6.27%) Agile
14 23 (6.01%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 81 (21.15%) PowerShell
2 28 (7.31%) Python
3 11 (2.87%) SQL
4 4 (1.04%) Bash
4 4 (1.04%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.52%) Korn
6 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.26%) PHP
6 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 95 (24.80%) Degree
2 78 (20.37%) Security Cleared
3 57 (14.88%) DV Cleared
4 36 (9.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (6.53%) SC Cleared
6 21 (5.48%) DBS Check
7 15 (3.92%) Azure Certification
8 13 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (3.13%) A+ Certification
9 12 (3.13%) HND
9 12 (3.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (2.61%) MCP
11 8 (2.09%) CCNA
11 8 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.09%) MCSA
12 6 (1.57%) MCSE
13 5 (1.31%) CCNP
14 3 (0.78%) CISSP
14 3 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.70%) GDPR
3 16 (4.18%) NIST
4 15 (3.92%) SLA
5 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 104 (27.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 76 (19.84%) Hyper-V
3 38 (9.92%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (5.48%) Docker
5 18 (4.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (4.70%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (3.92%) Terminal Services
7 14 (3.66%) vSphere
8 8 (2.09%) BitLocker
8 8 (2.09%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.78%) ISA Server
9 3 (0.78%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.26%) KVM
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.26%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.26%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 45 (11.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (6.27%) vCenter Server
3 22 (5.74%) Ansible
4 21 (5.48%) Terraform
5 17 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (4.18%) Kubernetes
7 14 (3.66%) vMotion
8 13 (3.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 13 (3.39%) SCCM
9 12 (3.13%) Puppet
10 8 (2.09%) WSUS
11 7 (1.83%) PowerCLI
11 7 (1.83%) vRealize
12 6 (1.57%) Nagios
13 4 (1.04%) Nessus
13 4 (1.04%) Proxmox
14 3 (0.78%) SCOM
15 2 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
15 2 (0.52%) ZENworks
16 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 263 (68.67%) Microsoft
2 135 (35.25%) VMware
3 41 (10.70%) Citrix
4 38 (9.92%) Cisco
5 37 (9.66%) Veeam
6 34 (8.88%) Apple
7 25 (6.53%) Sun
8 20 (5.22%) Meraki
9 18 (4.70%) Google
10 13 (3.39%) Dell
10 13 (3.39%) HP
10 13 (3.39%) SAP
10 13 (3.39%) Thales
11 9 (2.35%) Progress
11 9 (2.35%) ServiceNow
12 8 (2.09%) Sophos
13 7 (1.83%) Sage
14 6 (1.57%) Fortinet
14 6 (1.57%) McAfee
14 6 (1.57%) Symantec