Active Directory Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 19 42 45
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 -14
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 767 1,128 1,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.89% 6.48% 6.17%
As % of the System Software category 53.67% 42.12% 35.42%
Number of salaries quoted 684 1,006 851
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -6.67% +4.02%
75th Percentile £53,750 £51,500 £52,938
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £41,500 £41,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +1.22% +5.13% -6.02%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,429 2,678 3,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 18.43% 15.38% 17.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,170 1,935 2,232
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,000 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 1 December 2023.

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 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
Thames Valley +19 322 £42,500 +30.77% 110
Berkshire +40 188 £52,500 +9.38% 50
Hampshire +23 165 £38,500 +10.00% 53
Surrey +32 114 £42,500 +28.21% 39
Buckinghamshire +7 75 £32,500 +8.33% 26
Oxfordshire +16 59 £41,000 +30.16% 34
East Sussex +17 54 £45,000 +5.88% 16
West Sussex +48 51 £39,000 +20.00% 24
Kent -4 47 £40,000 - 45
Middlesex +16 1 £38,500 +20.31%
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 89 (11.60%) SharePoint
2 88 (11.47%) MS Exchange
3 52 (6.78%) IIS
4 9 (1.17%) Apache
4 9 (1.17%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.52%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.39%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2000
8 1 (0.13%) Moodle
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 99 (12.91%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.17%) AutoCAD
4 9 (1.17%) PTC Creo
4 9 (1.17%) SOLIDWORKS
5 5 (0.65%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.39%) 1Password
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.52%) assyst
2 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 391 (50.98%) Microsoft 365
2 374 (48.76%) Azure
3 155 (20.21%) Entra ID
4 49 (6.39%) AWS
5 34 (4.43%) IaaS
6 24 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
7 23 (3.00%) Azure Storage
7 23 (3.00%) OneDrive
8 22 (2.87%) PaaS
9 21 (2.74%) SaaS
10 17 (2.22%) Mimecast
11 11 (1.43%) GCP
11 11 (1.43%) WhatsApp
12 10 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (0.91%) Power Platform
14 6 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (0.78%) Nutanix
15 5 (0.65%) Amazon EKS
16 4 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 192 (25.03%) Firewall
2 179 (23.34%) DNS
3 144 (18.77%) DHCP
4 83 (10.82%) VPN
5 82 (10.69%) LAN
6 81 (10.56%) WAN
7 64 (8.34%) SAN
8 54 (7.04%) TCP/IP
9 49 (6.39%) VoIP
10 43 (5.61%) Wireless
11 32 (4.17%) VLAN
12 31 (4.04%) SNMP
13 28 (3.65%) Internet
14 25 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
15 19 (2.48%) NAS
16 14 (1.83%) WLAN
17 13 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
18 12 (1.56%) Structured Cabling
19 11 (1.43%) iSCSI
20 10 (1.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (10.56%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.65%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (1.83%) MongoDB
4 13 (1.69%) SAP HANA
5 11 (1.43%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.91%) MySQL
7 7 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.65%) Power BI
9 4 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.26%) InfluxDB
10 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.26%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.13%) DTS
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle ODI
11 1 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (3.00%) MSI
2 17 (2.22%) AdminStudio
2 17 (2.22%) InstallShield
3 15 (1.96%) Git
4 14 (1.83%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.43%) Axure RP
6 10 (1.30%) JIRA
7 9 (1.17%) Chocolatey
8 8 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.65%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.52%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.52%) GitLab
10 4 (0.52%) Maven
11 2 (0.26%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.13%) MSTest
12 1 (0.13%) NUnit
12 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 196 (25.55%) Social Skills
2 46 (6.00%) Finance
3 43 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
4 41 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (4.04%) Legal
6 24 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 20 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (2.48%) Telecoms
9 15 (1.96%) Retail
10 14 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.17%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.78%) Law
13 5 (0.65%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.52%) Automotive
14 4 (0.52%) Military
15 3 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.26%) Digital Healthcare
16 2 (0.26%) Marketing
17 1 (0.13%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 169 (22.03%) Support Engineer
2 145 (18.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 102 (13.30%) Analyst
4 92 (11.99%) IT Support
5 87 (11.34%) IT Engineer
6 82 (10.69%) 2nd Line Support
7 77 (10.04%) Senior
8 68 (8.87%) 3rd Line Support
9 63 (8.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 54 (7.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 54 (7.04%) Support Analyst
11 51 (6.65%) Infrastructure Support
12 47 (6.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 44 (5.74%) IT Support Engineer
13 44 (5.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 42 (5.48%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 42 (5.48%) IT Analyst
15 32 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
16 31 (4.04%) Service Analyst
16 31 (4.04%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (1.69%) ARM Templates
3 10 (1.30%) XML
4 9 (1.17%) .NET
4 9 (1.17%) YAML
5 8 (1.04%) LDAP
6 6 (0.78%) Web Services
7 5 (0.65%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.52%) Akka.NET
8 4 (0.52%) REST
9 2 (0.26%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.26%) FIDO
9 2 (0.26%) OAuth
9 2 (0.26%) OpenID
9 2 (0.26%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.26%) SAML
9 2 (0.26%) WebAuthn
10 1 (0.13%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.13%) HTML
10 1 (0.13%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.65%) PKI
2 48 (6.26%) Self-Motivation
3 39 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 36 (4.69%) Data Centre
5 32 (4.17%) Driving Licence
6 31 (4.04%) CMDB
7 26 (3.39%) Clustering
8 25 (3.26%) Public Cloud
9 17 (2.22%) Shadow IT
10 14 (1.83%) Replication
11 12 (1.56%) Smartphone
12 11 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.43%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.17%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.04%) Fat Client
14 8 (1.04%) IoT
14 8 (1.04%) Mainframe
14 8 (1.04%) NHS
14 8 (1.04%) Thin Client
15 7 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 595 (77.57%) Windows
2 337 (43.94%) Windows Server
3 166 (21.64%) Windows 10
4 108 (14.08%) Linux
5 99 (12.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 85 (11.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 67 (8.74%) Windows Server 2012
8 42 (5.48%) Windows 7
9 26 (3.39%) Windows 8
10 25 (3.26%) Android
11 24 (3.13%) Windows Server 2003
12 21 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 19 (2.48%) Apple iOS
13 19 (2.48%) Mac OS
14 14 (1.83%) Windows NT
15 11 (1.43%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (1.30%) Unix
17 8 (1.04%) VMS
18 7 (0.91%) Windows Mobile
19 6 (0.78%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (25.29%) Customer Service
2 191 (24.90%) ITIL
3 168 (21.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 129 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (13.17%) Agile
6 80 (10.43%) Service Management
7 58 (7.56%) Problem Management
8 56 (7.30%) DevOps
9 49 (6.39%) Project Management
10 48 (6.26%) Release Management
11 44 (5.74%) ITSM
11 44 (5.74%) Waterfall
12 42 (5.48%) Migration
13 40 (5.22%) Mentoring
14 37 (4.82%) Information Security
15 36 (4.69%) Disaster Recovery
16 35 (4.56%) Mobile Device Management
17 34 (4.43%) ERP
18 32 (4.17%) Change Management
19 31 (4.04%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 218 (28.42%) PowerShell
2 122 (15.91%) SQL
3 67 (8.74%) Python
4 51 (6.65%) C#
5 43 (5.61%) VB
6 39 (5.08%) Bash
7 24 (3.13%) VBScript
8 13 (1.69%) Bicep
9 11 (1.43%) Perl
10 9 (1.17%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.52%) Java
12 2 (0.26%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 250 (32.59%) Security Cleared
2 195 (25.42%) SC Cleared
3 137 (17.86%) Degree
4 126 (16.43%) DV Cleared
5 55 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (4.82%) Azure Certification
7 30 (3.91%) MCSE
8 29 (3.78%) CCNA
8 29 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
9 28 (3.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 12 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.56%) MCSA
11 10 (1.30%) A+ Certification
11 10 (1.30%) HNC
12 8 (1.04%) MCP
13 7 (0.91%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.91%) MCITP
14 6 (0.78%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (10.69%) SLA
2 13 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.04%) QA
4 6 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.65%) GDPR
6 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.26%) NIST
8 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) GLP
9 1 (0.13%) GMP
9 1 (0.13%) GxP
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 223 (29.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 123 (16.04%) Hyper-V
3 51 (6.65%) VMware ESXi
4 36 (4.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 32 (4.17%) Firmware
5 32 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
6 29 (3.78%) vSphere
7 17 (2.22%) Microsoft App-V
8 12 (1.56%) XenApp
9 10 (1.30%) Terminal Server
10 8 (1.04%) Docker
10 8 (1.04%) Terminal Services
11 6 (0.78%) VirtualBox
11 6 (0.78%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.52%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
15 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 143 (18.64%) SCCM
2 119 (15.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 82 (10.69%) SCOM
4 75 (9.78%) WSUS
5 39 (5.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 37 (4.82%) Kubernetes
7 32 (4.17%) Terraform
8 29 (3.78%) Ansible
9 26 (3.39%) vCenter Server
10 15 (1.96%) Nessus
11 14 (1.83%) Microsoft Clustering
11 14 (1.83%) Puppet
11 14 (1.83%) Sysprep
12 12 (1.56%) NetBackup
13 10 (1.30%) Red Hat Satellite
13 10 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (1.30%) Tivoli
13 10 (1.30%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 8 (1.04%) SCSM
15 7 (0.91%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 502 (65.45%) Microsoft
2 284 (37.03%) VMware
3 72 (9.39%) Cisco
4 49 (6.39%) Citrix
5 43 (5.61%) ServiceNow
6 38 (4.95%) Veeam
7 37 (4.82%) HP
8 33 (4.30%) Oracle
9 26 (3.39%) Dynatrace
9 26 (3.39%) Red Hat
10 19 (2.48%) Autodesk
11 17 (2.22%) Dell
11 17 (2.22%) Juniper
12 15 (1.96%) SAP
12 15 (1.96%) Veritas
12 15 (1.96%) Zerto
13 14 (1.83%) Mitel
13 14 (1.83%) Nimble Storage
13 14 (1.83%) Remedy
14 13 (1.69%) Sophos