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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 28 47
Rank change year-on-year +5 +19 -10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,249 1,110 1,096
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.53% 7.30% 5.58%
As % of the System Software category 49.88% 44.92% 32.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,074 939 955
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,700 £24,000
25th Percentile £27,813 £27,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £52,250 £49,250 £49,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £60,000 £64,500
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

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 2,504 2,471 3,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.09% 16.25% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,011 1,704 2,343
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,188 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +5 479 £40,000 +23.08% 72
Hampshire +9 322 £36,500 +11.62% 60
Berkshire +34 249 £44,400 +40.95% 23
Surrey +25 161 £40,000 +19.40% 13
Oxfordshire +14 123 £40,000 +25.00% 25
Kent -13 111 £34,000 -15.00% 19
Buckinghamshire -30 107 £38,250 +17.69% 24
East Sussex +14 87 £30,000 -45.45% 5
West Sussex +45 60 £35,000 -6.67% 17
Middlesex - 31 £32,500 - 1
Sussex - 7 £35,000 -
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
1 327 (26.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 192 (15.37%) SharePoint
3 44 (3.52%) IIS
4 12 (0.96%) OpenStack
5 10 (0.80%) WordPress
6 6 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.24%) CMS
8 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.080%) Apache
9 1 (0.080%) nginx
9 1 (0.080%) WebSphere
Applications
1 216 (17.29%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.24%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.080%) 1Password
6 1 (0.080%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.080%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.080%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.32%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.24%) assyst
3 1 (0.080%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 743 (59.49%) Microsoft 365
2 605 (48.44%) Azure
3 311 (24.90%) Entra ID
4 119 (9.53%) OneDrive
5 53 (4.24%) AWS
6 43 (3.44%) IaaS
7 27 (2.16%) Power Platform
7 27 (2.16%) SaaS
8 25 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (1.76%) Azure Storage
10 20 (1.60%) Mimecast
11 18 (1.44%) PaaS
12 17 (1.36%) Google Workspace
12 17 (1.36%) Power Automate
13 16 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (1.28%) Nutanix
14 15 (1.20%) WhatsApp
15 13 (1.04%) OCI
16 12 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (0.96%) iTunes
Communications & Networking
1 360 (28.82%) Firewall
2 307 (24.58%) DNS
3 209 (16.73%) DHCP
4 117 (9.37%) VPN
5 104 (8.33%) TCP/IP
6 91 (7.29%) WAN
7 89 (7.13%) VoIP
8 85 (6.81%) Broadband
9 77 (6.16%) 5G
9 77 (6.16%) LAN
9 77 (6.16%) Wireless
10 72 (5.76%) SAN
11 57 (4.56%) Wi-Fi
12 50 (4.00%) VLAN
13 37 (2.96%) NAS
13 37 (2.96%) Network Security
14 24 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
15 23 (1.84%) SD-WAN
16 20 (1.60%) SNMP
17 18 (1.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (6.16%) SQL Server
2 28 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
3 27 (2.16%) Power BI
4 14 (1.12%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.04%) MySQL
6 10 (0.80%) Oracle Database
6 10 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.48%) InfluxDB
9 6 (0.48%) MariaDB
9 6 (0.48%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.24%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.080%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.080%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 21 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 20 (1.60%) Git
3 17 (1.36%) JIRA
4 10 (0.80%) Trac
5 9 (0.72%) MSI
6 7 (0.56%) GitLab
7 6 (0.48%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.32%) AdminStudio
8 4 (0.32%) Hudson
8 4 (0.32%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.080%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.080%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.080%) Maven
General
1 343 (27.46%) Social Skills
2 147 (11.77%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (5.52%) Finance
5 61 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (2.96%) Telecoms
8 28 (2.24%) Legal
9 27 (2.16%) Law
10 21 (1.68%) Retail
11 19 (1.52%) Manufacturing
12 12 (0.96%) Games
13 11 (0.88%) Back Office
13 11 (0.88%) Marketing
13 11 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (0.72%) Digital Economy
14 9 (0.72%) Public Sector
15 8 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.48%) Advertising
17 5 (0.40%) Banking
Job Titles
1 233 (18.65%) Support Engineer
2 225 (18.01%) IT Support
3 184 (14.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 177 (14.17%) IT Engineer
5 173 (13.85%) Analyst
6 142 (11.37%) Senior
7 131 (10.49%) IT Support Engineer
8 105 (8.41%) 2nd Line Support
9 91 (7.29%) 1st Line Support
10 89 (7.13%) 3rd Line Support
11 74 (5.92%) Support Analyst
12 71 (5.68%) IT Analyst
13 70 (5.60%) Technical Specialist
14 67 (5.36%) IT Technician
14 67 (5.36%) Lead
14 67 (5.36%) Linux Specialist
15 66 (5.28%) Infrastructure Support
16 65 (5.20%) Systems Engineer
17 60 (4.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 57 (4.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.12%) ARM Templates
2 11 (0.88%) .NET
2 11 (0.88%) LDAP
3 7 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (0.48%) CSS
4 6 (0.48%) HTML
4 6 (0.48%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.32%) Keycloak
5 4 (0.32%) LAMP
6 3 (0.24%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.24%) Azure Blueprints
6 3 (0.24%) FIDO
6 3 (0.24%) jQuery
6 3 (0.24%) OAuth
6 3 (0.24%) OpenID
6 3 (0.24%) React
6 3 (0.24%) SAML
6 3 (0.24%) WebAuthn
7 2 (0.16%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.080%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.36%) Social Media
2 64 (5.12%) Driving Licence
3 62 (4.96%) Data Centre
4 59 (4.72%) PKI
4 59 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (3.52%) Management Information System
6 42 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 27 (2.16%) Replication
8 21 (1.68%) CMDB
9 20 (1.60%) Clustering
10 17 (1.36%) NHS
10 17 (1.36%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.28%) IoT
12 10 (0.80%) BYOD
12 10 (0.80%) Private Cloud
12 10 (0.80%) Smartphone
13 9 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (0.64%) CCTV
14 8 (0.64%) Client/Server
15 5 (0.40%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 950 (76.06%) Windows
2 537 (42.99%) Windows Server
3 303 (24.26%) Windows 10
4 203 (16.25%) Linux
5 132 (10.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 131 (10.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 95 (7.61%) Windows Server 2012
8 84 (6.73%) Windows 7
9 72 (5.76%) Ubuntu
10 59 (4.72%) Windows 8
11 40 (3.20%) Apple iOS
12 30 (2.40%) Mac OS
13 22 (1.76%) Android
14 17 (1.36%) Windows XP
15 16 (1.28%) VMS
16 14 (1.12%) Windows NT
17 13 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
18 11 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 10 (0.80%) CentOS
19 10 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (22.90%) ITIL
2 269 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
3 248 (19.86%) Customer Service
4 225 (18.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 211 (16.89%) Cybersecurity
6 90 (7.21%) Service Management
7 83 (6.65%) DevOps
8 80 (6.41%) CRM
9 78 (6.24%) Project Management
10 77 (6.16%) IT Strategy
11 75 (6.00%) Artificial Intelligence
12 67 (5.36%) Problem Management
12 67 (5.36%) Technology Strategy
13 63 (5.04%) Change Management
14 62 (4.96%) Agile
15 60 (4.80%) Incident Management
16 59 (4.72%) Mentoring
17 57 (4.56%) Disaster Recovery
18 54 (4.32%) Service Delivery
19 43 (3.44%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 196 (15.69%) PowerShell
2 176 (14.09%) SQL
3 115 (9.21%) Bash
4 84 (6.73%) Python
5 34 (2.72%) VB
6 32 (2.56%) C#
7 22 (1.76%) Perl
8 21 (1.68%) VBScript
9 14 (1.12%) Bicep
10 10 (0.80%) ActionScript
11 8 (0.64%) JavaScript
11 8 (0.64%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.40%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.40%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.24%) PHP
14 1 (0.080%) Java
14 1 (0.080%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 225 (18.01%) Security Cleared
2 177 (14.17%) Degree
3 146 (11.69%) SC Cleared
4 115 (9.21%) DV Cleared
5 92 (7.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 72 (5.76%) Cisco Certification
7 56 (4.48%) CCNA
8 46 (3.68%) MCP
9 36 (2.88%) A+ Certification
10 26 (2.08%) CCNP
11 25 (2.00%) MCSE
12 22 (1.76%) DBS Check
13 20 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 17 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
15 16 (1.28%) Azure Certification
15 16 (1.28%) HNC
16 15 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
17 14 (1.12%) MCSA
18 12 (0.96%) AWS Certification
19 9 (0.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (11.05%) SLA
2 30 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (2.08%) GDPR
4 21 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.28%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.16%) NIST
7 2 (0.16%) QA
8 1 (0.080%) GRC
8 1 (0.080%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.080%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.080%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.080%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.080%) NCSC
8 1 (0.080%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 313 (25.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 263 (21.06%) Hyper-V
3 66 (5.28%) XenApp
4 61 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
5 55 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
6 50 (4.00%) XenDesktop
7 47 (3.76%) VirtualBox
8 44 (3.52%) vSphere
9 37 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
10 30 (2.40%) Firmware
11 28 (2.24%) Docker
12 11 (0.88%) NFS
13 10 (0.80%) OpenSSH
13 10 (0.80%) pfSense
14 9 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
15 8 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 5 (0.40%) Terminal Services
16 5 (0.40%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
17 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 234 (18.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 135 (10.81%) SCCM
3 81 (6.49%) WSUS
4 69 (5.52%) Jamf Pro
5 59 (4.72%) SCOM
6 52 (4.16%) vCenter Server
7 33 (2.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 33 (2.64%) Kubernetes
8 26 (2.08%) Ansible
9 19 (1.52%) EMC NetWorker
9 19 (1.52%) NetBackup
10 17 (1.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 17 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (1.36%) Terraform
11 16 (1.28%) SCDPM
12 15 (1.20%) FortiGate
12 15 (1.20%) Nessus
13 14 (1.12%) Sysprep
14 12 (0.96%) Grafana
14 12 (0.96%) IBM BigFix
Vendors
1 863 (69.10%) Microsoft
2 423 (33.87%) VMware
3 131 (10.49%) Citrix
4 123 (9.85%) Cisco
5 78 (6.24%) Veeam
6 67 (5.36%) CyberArk
6 67 (5.36%) Tanium
7 48 (3.84%) Apple
8 40 (3.20%) Juniper
9 39 (3.12%) Dell
10 32 (2.56%) Google
11 30 (2.40%) ServiceNow
12 28 (2.24%) Oracle
13 27 (2.16%) Fortinet
13 27 (2.16%) Palo Alto
14 25 (2.00%) HP
15 24 (1.92%) Draytek
16 21 (1.68%) Adobe
16 21 (1.68%) Sophos
17 20 (1.60%) McAfee