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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 25 59
Rank change year-on-year -4 +34 -10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 983 928 1,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.51% 8.01% 5.39%
As % of the System Software category 51.44% 45.94% 32.85%
Number of salaries quoted 752 816 1,028
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,875 £25,646
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,500 £37,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.68% -4.70% -6.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,875 £65,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

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 1,911 2,020 3,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.66% 17.43% 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,458 1,475 2,423
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,734 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +2 369 £40,000 +19.40% 37
Hampshire -10 210 £42,500 +25.00% 40
Berkshire +17 193 £48,925 +38.21% 16
Surrey +1 147 £40,000 +8.84% 18
Kent +1 135 £37,500 -6.25% 24
Oxfordshire -9 93 £41,750 +12.84% 9
Buckinghamshire -16 83 £38,000 +16.92% 12
East Sussex +9 58 £37,500 -21.05% 7
West Sussex +7 34 £35,000 +9.38% 8
Middlesex +3 30 - - 1
Sussex - 3 £35,000 - 1
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
1 237 (24.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 183 (18.62%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.24%) IIS
4 11 (1.12%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.51%) WordPress
7 4 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2000
7 4 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
Applications
1 151 (15.36%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.10%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 567 (57.68%) Microsoft 365
2 509 (51.78%) Azure
3 299 (30.42%) Entra ID
4 107 (10.89%) OneDrive
5 54 (5.49%) AWS
6 35 (3.56%) IaaS
7 31 (3.15%) Azure Monitor
7 31 (3.15%) SaaS
8 25 (2.54%) Power Platform
9 24 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (2.03%) Azure Storage
11 17 (1.73%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.63%) Power Automate
13 14 (1.42%) PaaS
14 13 (1.32%) iTunes
14 13 (1.32%) WhatsApp
15 12 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (1.22%) Nutanix
16 11 (1.12%) ShareGate
17 10 (1.02%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 241 (24.52%) Firewall
2 226 (22.99%) DNS
3 146 (14.85%) DHCP
4 90 (9.16%) VPN
5 79 (8.04%) TCP/IP
6 78 (7.93%) Broadband
6 78 (7.93%) Wireless
7 76 (7.73%) 5G
8 72 (7.32%) WAN
9 70 (7.12%) LAN
10 57 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
11 55 (5.60%) SAN
12 51 (5.19%) VoIP
13 38 (3.87%) VLAN
14 34 (3.46%) NAS
15 32 (3.26%) Network Security
16 21 (2.14%) Internet
17 20 (2.03%) WLAN
18 19 (1.93%) iSCSI
19 16 (1.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (7.02%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.76%) Amazon RDS
3 22 (2.24%) Power BI
4 16 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (0.92%) MySQL
6 6 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (0.51%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.51%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.41%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.41%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (2.24%) Git
2 19 (1.93%) Jenkins
2 19 (1.93%) MSI
3 13 (1.32%) AdminStudio
3 13 (1.32%) InstallShield
4 9 (0.92%) JIRA
4 9 (0.92%) Trac
5 7 (0.71%) GitLab
6 6 (0.61%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.41%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.20%) Hudson
General
1 270 (27.47%) Social Skills
2 132 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
3 93 (9.46%) Finance
4 85 (8.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 44 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (3.76%) Legal
7 34 (3.46%) Manufacturing
8 33 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
9 30 (3.05%) Telecoms
10 24 (2.44%) Law
11 15 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (0.92%) Games
14 7 (0.71%) Advertising
15 6 (0.61%) Retail
16 5 (0.51%) Digital Economy
16 5 (0.51%) Marketing
17 4 (0.41%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.41%) Local Government
18 3 (0.31%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 171 (17.40%) Support Engineer
2 148 (15.06%) Analyst
3 141 (14.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 140 (14.24%) IT Support
5 115 (11.70%) IT Engineer
6 110 (11.19%) Senior
7 85 (8.65%) 2nd Line Support
8 77 (7.83%) IT Support Engineer
9 73 (7.43%) Support Analyst
10 68 (6.92%) Technical Specialist
11 67 (6.82%) Linux Specialist
12 61 (6.21%) IT Technician
13 59 (6.00%) 1st Line Support
13 59 (6.00%) Lead
14 57 (5.80%) 3rd Line Support
15 56 (5.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 55 (5.60%) IT Analyst
17 48 (4.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 46 (4.68%) Infrastructure Support
19 42 (4.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.63%) ARM Templates
2 10 (1.02%) LDAP
3 7 (0.71%) .NET
4 6 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (0.61%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.51%) Keycloak
5 5 (0.51%) React
6 4 (0.41%) CSS
6 4 (0.41%) HTML
6 4 (0.41%) LAMP
7 3 (0.31%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.31%) Azure Blueprints
7 3 (0.31%) FIDO
7 3 (0.31%) jQuery
7 3 (0.31%) OAuth
7 3 (0.31%) OpenID
7 3 (0.31%) SAML
7 3 (0.31%) WebAuthn
8 1 (0.10%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.10%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 67 (6.82%) Social Media
2 64 (6.51%) Self-Motivation
3 55 (5.60%) PKI
4 48 (4.88%) Data Centre
5 42 (4.27%) Driving Licence
6 30 (3.05%) Clustering
7 24 (2.44%) Replication
8 22 (2.24%) Management Information System
9 19 (1.93%) Smartphone
10 15 (1.53%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.53%) Public Cloud
11 13 (1.32%) Shadow IT
12 11 (1.12%) Blackberry
12 11 (1.12%) BYOD
12 11 (1.12%) IoT
13 9 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.92%) Private Cloud
13 9 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
14 7 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.61%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 709 (72.13%) Windows
2 383 (38.96%) Windows Server
3 237 (24.11%) Windows 10
4 167 (16.99%) Linux
5 90 (9.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 85 (8.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 74 (7.53%) Ubuntu
8 73 (7.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 48 (4.88%) Windows 7
10 42 (4.27%) Apple iOS
11 32 (3.26%) Android
12 22 (2.24%) Mac OS
13 20 (2.03%) Windows 8
14 13 (1.32%) VMS
15 12 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
16 9 (0.92%) CentOS
16 9 (0.92%) Windows NT
17 7 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 6 (0.61%) Windows XP
19 5 (0.51%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (24.21%) ITIL
2 206 (20.96%) Customer Service
3 198 (20.14%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (18.82%) Cybersecurity
5 161 (16.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 83 (8.44%) Service Management
7 81 (8.24%) CRM
8 78 (7.93%) Service Delivery
9 73 (7.43%) Project Management
10 72 (7.32%) Artificial Intelligence
11 69 (7.02%) IT Strategy
12 68 (6.92%) DevOps
13 67 (6.82%) Agile
13 67 (6.82%) Technology Strategy
14 63 (6.41%) Change Management
15 48 (4.88%) Disaster Recovery
15 48 (4.88%) Mentoring
16 46 (4.68%) Change Control
17 43 (4.37%) Release Management
18 42 (4.27%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 150 (15.26%) PowerShell
2 93 (9.46%) SQL
3 91 (9.26%) Bash
4 50 (5.09%) VB
5 41 (4.17%) Python
6 37 (3.76%) C#
7 20 (2.03%) VBScript
8 17 (1.73%) ActionScript
9 16 (1.63%) Bicep
9 16 (1.63%) Perl
10 5 (0.51%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.41%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.20%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.10%) PHP
13 1 (0.10%) R
Qualifications
1 162 (16.48%) Degree
2 149 (15.16%) Security Cleared
3 89 (9.05%) SC Cleared
4 81 (8.24%) DV Cleared
5 68 (6.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (3.15%) MCP
8 25 (2.54%) CCNA
9 22 (2.24%) A+ Certification
9 22 (2.24%) DBS Check
10 20 (2.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 18 (1.83%) CCNP
11 18 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (1.12%) Azure Certification
12 11 (1.12%) HNC
12 11 (1.12%) HND
12 11 (1.12%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.12%) MCSE
12 11 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (0.92%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (9.56%) SLA
2 27 (2.75%) GDPR
3 22 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.12%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.02%) QA
7 6 (0.61%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.41%) NIST
9 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.10%) GRC
10 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.10%) NCSC
System Software
1 224 (22.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 159 (16.17%) Hyper-V
3 60 (6.10%) Virtual Machines
4 47 (4.78%) VMware ESXi
5 46 (4.68%) vSphere
6 37 (3.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 37 (3.76%) XenApp
7 19 (1.93%) Docker
8 17 (1.73%) OpenSSH
9 16 (1.63%) XenDesktop
10 15 (1.53%) Firmware
11 14 (1.42%) Microsoft App-V
12 13 (1.32%) VirtualBox
13 10 (1.02%) pfSense
14 9 (0.92%) NFS
15 8 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
16 5 (0.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
18 2 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 204 (20.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 102 (10.38%) SCCM
3 69 (7.02%) Jamf Pro
4 63 (6.41%) WSUS
5 46 (4.68%) vCenter Server
6 34 (3.46%) SCOM
7 33 (3.36%) Kubernetes
8 28 (2.85%) Ansible
9 27 (2.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (1.93%) Terraform
11 18 (1.83%) IBM BigFix
12 17 (1.73%) PowerCLI
13 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 15 (1.53%) SCDPM
14 12 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
15 10 (1.02%) EMC NetWorker
16 9 (0.92%) Grafana
16 9 (0.92%) Sysprep
16 9 (0.92%) ZABBIX
17 7 (0.71%) Puppet
Vendors
1 677 (68.87%) Microsoft
2 333 (33.88%) VMware
3 94 (9.56%) Citrix
4 76 (7.73%) Cisco
5 73 (7.43%) Veeam
6 67 (6.82%) CyberArk
6 67 (6.82%) Tanium
7 35 (3.56%) Apple
8 30 (3.05%) ServiceNow
9 28 (2.85%) IBM
10 27 (2.75%) Dell
11 25 (2.54%) Palo Alto
12 22 (2.24%) Fortinet
12 22 (2.24%) McAfee
13 20 (2.03%) Google
13 20 (2.03%) Juniper
14 18 (1.83%) Adobe
15 17 (1.73%) Meraki
16 16 (1.63%) HP
17 14 (1.42%) Oracle