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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 26 27
Rank change year-on-year -37 +1 +26
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 368 1,181 1,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.92% 7.04% 7.34%
As % of the System Software category 39.87% 48.88% 44.38%
Number of salaries quoted 264 1,016 891
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,375 £27,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £51,563 £50,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £59,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -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 923 2,416 2,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.83% 14.41% 16.53%
Number of salaries quoted 643 1,938 1,641
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 14 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 14 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 -43 117 £40,250 +0.63% 98
Hampshire -12 99 £55,000 +52.78% 59
Surrey +4 83 £40,000 - 32
Berkshire -44 54 £37,500 -24.62% 41
Oxfordshire -24 33 £40,000 - 26
Kent -17 32 £35,000 +2.94% 24
Buckinghamshire -17 30 £45,000 +18.42% 35
West Sussex -1 18 £46,500 +32.86% 28
Middlesex -29 9 - - 2
Sussex +18 5 £35,000 - 12
East Sussex -25 5 £27,500 -8.33% 11
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
1 104 (28.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (10.87%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.72%) IBM Domino
4 3 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.82%) IIS
5 2 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.54%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (0.54%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (0.54%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.27%) Confluence
6 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.27%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 40 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.09%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.09%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.27%) assyst
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 162 (44.02%) Microsoft 365
2 146 (39.67%) Azure
3 87 (23.64%) Entra ID
4 45 (12.23%) AWS
5 20 (5.43%) GCP
6 11 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (2.72%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.17%) Serverless
9 6 (1.63%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.09%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (1.09%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 4 (1.09%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.09%) AWS KMS
11 4 (1.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.09%) Azure Functions
11 4 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.09%) IaaS
11 4 (1.09%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 79 (21.47%) DNS
2 78 (21.20%) Firewall
3 67 (18.21%) DHCP
4 36 (9.78%) SAN
5 30 (8.15%) NAS
6 28 (7.61%) Broadband
7 24 (6.52%) TCP/IP
7 24 (6.52%) WAN
8 23 (6.25%) VoIP
9 22 (5.98%) LAN
9 22 (5.98%) VLAN
10 20 (5.43%) VPN
11 18 (4.89%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
13 14 (3.80%) Network Security
14 12 (3.26%) SSL
14 12 (3.26%) Wireless
15 11 (2.99%) SMTP
16 9 (2.45%) Cisco IOS
17 8 (2.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.16%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.09%) Power BI
5 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.09%) Bitbucket Server
1 4 (1.09%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.82%) Git
3 2 (0.54%) JIRA
4 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 123 (33.42%) Social Skills
2 22 (5.98%) Telecoms
3 17 (4.62%) Finance
4 16 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (1.36%) Games
6 5 (1.36%) German Language
6 5 (1.36%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.09%) Law
7 4 (1.09%) Legal
7 4 (1.09%) Retail
8 2 (0.54%) Advertising
8 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.54%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.27%) Automotive
9 1 (0.27%) Banking
9 1 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (32.07%) Support Engineer
2 72 (19.57%) IT Support
3 54 (14.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (12.23%) IT Engineer
5 44 (11.96%) Analyst
6 40 (10.87%) IT Support Engineer
7 34 (9.24%) Infrastructure Support
8 32 (8.70%) IT Analyst
9 27 (7.34%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 26 (7.07%) Support Analyst
11 25 (6.79%) Architect
11 25 (6.79%) IT Support Analyst
11 25 (6.79%) Senior
12 22 (5.98%) 2nd Line Support
13 18 (4.89%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 15 (4.08%) Technical Support
16 14 (3.80%) Desktop Support
16 14 (3.80%) Technology Specialist
17 13 (3.53%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.36%) SailPoint
2 3 (0.82%) React
2 3 (0.82%) SAML
3 2 (0.54%) CSS
3 2 (0.54%) HTML
3 2 (0.54%) Node.js
3 2 (0.54%) Web Services
4 1 (0.27%) .NET
4 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.88%) Clustering
2 18 (4.89%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.80%) NHS
3 14 (3.80%) PKI
4 13 (3.53%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.72%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.45%) Replication
7 8 (2.17%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.90%) CCTV
9 6 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.36%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.09%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.82%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.82%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.82%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
13 2 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.54%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 258 (70.11%) Windows
2 94 (25.54%) Windows Server
3 63 (17.12%) Windows 10
4 40 (10.87%) Mac OS
5 31 (8.42%) Linux
5 31 (8.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 19 (5.16%) Apple iOS
7 14 (3.80%) Android
7 14 (3.80%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (3.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.63%) Mac OS X
9 6 (1.63%) Windows 7
10 5 (1.36%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.36%) VMS
11 4 (1.09%) Unix
11 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.54%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.27%) CentOS
14 1 (0.27%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (17.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 58 (15.76%) Customer Service
4 55 (14.95%) ITIL
5 37 (10.05%) Coaching
6 36 (9.78%) High Availability
7 32 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (8.42%) Identity Access Management
9 27 (7.34%) Proactive Monitoring
10 25 (6.79%) Broadcast Engineering
10 25 (6.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery
10 25 (6.79%) Mentoring
10 25 (6.79%) Post-Production
10 25 (6.79%) Proactive Maintenance
10 25 (6.79%) Procure-to-Pay
11 23 (6.25%) Identity Management
11 23 (6.25%) Virtual Environments
12 21 (5.71%) Incident Management
12 21 (5.71%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 79 (21.47%) PowerShell
2 19 (5.16%) Python
3 9 (2.45%) SQL
4 4 (1.09%) Shell Script
5 3 (0.82%) Bash
6 2 (0.54%) C#
6 2 (0.54%) Go
7 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.27%) Korn
7 1 (0.27%) PHP
7 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (25.00%) Degree
2 66 (17.93%) Security Cleared
3 49 (13.32%) DV Cleared
4 38 (10.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (5.71%) DBS Check
6 18 (4.89%) SC Cleared
7 13 (3.53%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.26%) A+ Certification
9 10 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.72%) MCP
9 10 (2.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (2.45%) HND
11 8 (2.17%) MCSA
11 8 (2.17%) MCSE
12 6 (1.63%) CCNA
12 6 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.82%) CCNP
14 3 (0.82%) CISSP
14 3 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.89%) GDPR
2 14 (3.80%) SLA
3 11 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.36%) NIST
5 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 98 (26.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 72 (19.57%) Hyper-V
3 33 (8.97%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (5.71%) Docker
5 19 (5.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 18 (4.89%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (3.80%) vSphere
8 13 (3.53%) Terminal Services
9 10 (2.72%) BitLocker
10 8 (2.17%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.82%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.54%) ISA Server
12 2 (0.54%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.27%) KVM
13 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.27%) XenApp
13 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 40 (10.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (6.79%) vCenter Server
3 20 (5.43%) Ansible
4 15 (4.08%) Kubernetes
4 15 (4.08%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (3.80%) vMotion
6 13 (3.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 12 (3.26%) Puppet
7 12 (3.26%) SCCM
8 11 (2.99%) Terraform
9 7 (1.90%) PowerCLI
9 7 (1.90%) vRealize
9 7 (1.90%) WSUS
10 6 (1.63%) Nagios
11 4 (1.09%) Nessus
11 4 (1.09%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.54%) Graylog
13 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.54%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 251 (68.21%) Microsoft
2 123 (33.42%) VMware
3 43 (11.68%) Cisco
4 41 (11.14%) Citrix
5 33 (8.97%) Apple
6 32 (8.70%) Veeam
7 26 (7.07%) Sun
8 22 (5.98%) Meraki
9 21 (5.71%) Google
10 14 (3.80%) HP
11 13 (3.53%) Dell
11 13 (3.53%) SAP
12 9 (2.45%) Progress
13 7 (1.90%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.90%) Sophos
13 7 (1.90%) Symantec
14 6 (1.63%) Aruba
14 6 (1.63%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.63%) Sage
14 6 (1.63%) Ubiquiti