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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 29 26
Rank change year-on-year -33 -3 +35
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 393 1,205 987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.09% 6.46% 7.44%
As % of the System Software category 43.04% 49.65% 44.84%
Number of salaries quoted 275 1,002 838
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £23,925
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,813 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% -6.04%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,125
90th Percentile £75,050 £59,000 £62,000
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +2.67% -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 913 2,427 2,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.50% 13.02% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 585 1,888 1,558
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 £48,925
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.91% -2.15%
75th Percentile £73,250 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -43 128 £37,500 -6.25% 189
Surrey +14 97 £40,000 -3.61% 32
Hampshire -11 92 £57,500 +53.33% 48
Berkshire -45 56 £34,000 -30.91% 117
Kent -9 42 £36,250 +3.57% 32
Buckinghamshire -10 38 £37,500 -1.32% 48
Oxfordshire -7 34 £40,500 +1.25% 25
West Sussex +2 19 £46,500 +32.86% 24
Middlesex -26 9 - - 2
East Sussex -32 5 £27,500 -8.33% 11
Sussex +15 1 £35,000 - 5
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
1 120 (30.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (10.43%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.54%) IBM Domino
4 4 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (1.02%) Office Communications Server
4 4 (1.02%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.76%) Apache
5 3 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.76%) IIS
5 3 (0.76%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.25%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 42 (10.69%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.02%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.25%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.25%) assyst
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.25%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 166 (42.24%) Microsoft 365
2 154 (39.19%) Azure
3 88 (22.39%) Entra ID
4 56 (14.25%) AWS
5 17 (4.33%) Serverless
6 16 (4.07%) GCP
7 15 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (2.54%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.53%) IaaS
9 6 (1.53%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.02%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 4 (1.02%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.02%) AWS KMS
10 4 (1.02%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.02%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.02%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.02%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 93 (23.66%) Firewall
2 84 (21.37%) DNS
3 67 (17.05%) DHCP
4 50 (12.72%) SAN
5 36 (9.16%) Broadband
6 34 (8.65%) NAS
7 24 (6.11%) TCP/IP
8 22 (5.60%) SSL
8 22 (5.60%) VoIP
8 22 (5.60%) WAN
9 21 (5.34%) VLAN
10 20 (5.09%) LAN
11 19 (4.83%) VPN
11 19 (4.83%) Wi-Fi
12 18 (4.58%) Remote Desktop
13 17 (4.33%) SMTP
14 14 (3.56%) IP Telephony
14 14 (3.56%) Wireless
15 13 (3.31%) Network Security
16 11 (2.80%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.62%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.07%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.02%) MySQL
5 3 (0.76%) Power BI
6 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Bitbucket Server
1 4 (1.02%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.51%) JIRA
3 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.25%) Git
3 1 (0.25%) Selenium
3 1 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.25%) Subversion
3 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 154 (39.19%) Social Skills
2 19 (4.83%) Telecoms
3 18 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (4.33%) Finance
5 13 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (1.27%) Games
6 5 (1.27%) Legal
6 5 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.02%) German Language
7 4 (1.02%) Law
8 3 (0.76%) Advertising
8 3 (0.76%) Retail
9 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.51%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.25%) Automotive
10 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (31.81%) Support Engineer
2 78 (19.85%) IT Support
3 65 (16.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 55 (13.99%) IT Engineer
5 48 (12.21%) IT Support Engineer
6 47 (11.96%) Infrastructure Support
7 40 (10.18%) Analyst
8 39 (9.92%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 30 (7.63%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 30 (7.63%) Senior
10 28 (7.12%) IT Analyst
11 25 (6.36%) Support Analyst
12 23 (5.85%) 2nd Line Support
12 23 (5.85%) Technical Support
13 22 (5.60%) IT Support Analyst
14 20 (5.09%) Architect
15 17 (4.33%) 3rd Line Support
16 16 (4.07%) Support Technician
17 15 (3.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 15 (3.82%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.56%) Web Services
2 11 (2.80%) RESTful
3 5 (1.27%) SAML
4 4 (1.02%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.76%) YAML
6 2 (0.51%) CSS
6 2 (0.51%) HTML
6 2 (0.51%) Node.js
7 1 (0.25%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.25%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.67%) PKI
2 34 (8.65%) Onboarding
3 26 (6.62%) Clustering
4 23 (5.85%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.56%) NHS
6 13 (3.31%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.80%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.80%) Cyberattack
8 9 (2.29%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.04%) CCTV
9 8 (2.04%) Replication
10 6 (1.53%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.27%) Blackberry
11 5 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.27%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.02%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 273 (69.47%) Windows
2 112 (28.50%) Windows Server
3 57 (14.50%) Windows 10
4 44 (11.20%) Mac OS
5 36 (9.16%) Linux
6 34 (8.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 21 (5.34%) Apple iOS
8 19 (4.83%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (3.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (3.31%) Android
11 8 (2.04%) Unix
12 6 (1.53%) Mac OS X
12 6 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (1.27%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.76%) VMS
15 1 (0.25%) CentOS
15 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.25%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (20.10%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (19.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 63 (16.03%) Customer Service
4 57 (14.50%) ITIL
5 48 (12.21%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (9.92%) Coaching
7 37 (9.41%) High Availability
8 36 (9.16%) Disaster Recovery
9 31 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (7.89%) Virtual Environments
10 28 (7.12%) Mentoring
11 25 (6.36%) Broadcast Engineering
11 25 (6.36%) Identity Access Management
11 25 (6.36%) Post-Production
11 25 (6.36%) Proactive Maintenance
11 25 (6.36%) Proactive Monitoring
11 25 (6.36%) Procure-to-Pay
12 24 (6.11%) Agile
12 24 (6.11%) DevOps
12 24 (6.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 82 (20.87%) PowerShell
2 27 (6.87%) Python
3 13 (3.31%) SQL
4 6 (1.53%) Bash
5 4 (1.02%) Korn
5 4 (1.02%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.25%) Go
6 1 (0.25%) Groovy
6 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.25%) PHP
6 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 100 (25.45%) Degree
2 79 (20.10%) Security Cleared
3 60 (15.27%) DV Cleared
4 35 (8.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (5.85%) SC Cleared
6 21 (5.34%) DBS Check
7 16 (4.07%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.05%) A+ Certification
8 12 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (3.05%) HND
8 12 (3.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 10 (2.54%) MCP
10 8 (2.04%) CCNA
10 8 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (2.04%) MCSA
11 7 (1.78%) MCSE
12 5 (1.27%) CCNP
13 3 (0.76%) CISSP
13 3 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.83%) GDPR
3 17 (4.33%) NIST
4 14 (3.56%) SLA
5 4 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 109 (27.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 83 (21.12%) Hyper-V
3 39 (9.92%) VMware ESXi
4 23 (5.85%) Docker
5 17 (4.33%) Terminal Services
5 17 (4.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (3.56%) vSphere
7 8 (2.04%) BitLocker
7 8 (2.04%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (1.02%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (1.02%) ISA Server
9 3 (0.76%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.25%) KVM
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.25%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 48 (12.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (5.85%) vCenter Server
3 22 (5.60%) Ansible
3 22 (5.60%) Terraform
4 18 (4.58%) Kubernetes
5 17 (4.33%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (3.82%) SCCM
7 14 (3.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 14 (3.56%) vMotion
8 12 (3.05%) Puppet
9 8 (2.04%) WSUS
10 7 (1.78%) PowerCLI
10 7 (1.78%) vRealize
11 6 (1.53%) Nagios
12 4 (1.02%) Nessus
12 4 (1.02%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.76%) SCOM
14 2 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.51%) ZENworks
15 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 279 (70.99%) Microsoft
2 141 (35.88%) VMware
3 43 (10.94%) Citrix
4 38 (9.67%) Apple
5 37 (9.41%) Cisco
5 37 (9.41%) Veeam
6 25 (6.36%) Sun
7 20 (5.09%) Meraki
8 18 (4.58%) Google
9 15 (3.82%) Dell
10 14 (3.56%) HP
10 14 (3.56%) Thales
11 13 (3.31%) SAP
12 11 (2.80%) Sophos
13 9 (2.29%) Progress
13 9 (2.29%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.78%) Fortinet
14 7 (1.78%) Sage
15 6 (1.53%) Juniper
15 6 (1.53%) Symantec