Active Directory Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 27 56 46
Rank change year-on-year +29 -10 -8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 394 449 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.33% 5.55% 6.00%
As % of the System Software category 40.70% 34.41% 35.78%
Number of salaries quoted 350 361 368
10th Percentile £25,500 £22,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £26,000 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +11.29% -11.43%
75th Percentile £51,500 £44,096 £43,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £52,500
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 West

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 West with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 968 1,305 1,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 20.47% 16.13% 16.76%
Number of salaries quoted 730 855 846
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £29,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £49,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.01% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £66,438 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,588 £75,000
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 West

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the South West.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the South West over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol +18 108 £40,000 +7.38% 39
Wiltshire +12 82 £37,500 +20.97% 24
Gloucestershire +16 66 £40,000 +23.08% 24
Devon +3 49 £37,500 -7.48% 8
Somerset +49 36 £33,500 +13.56% 34
Dorset +19 23 £37,000 -12.94% 10
Cornwall +15 8 £31,000 +29.17% 10
Avon - 3 £32,500 - 8
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (22.59%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.08%) MS Exchange
3 4 (1.02%) IIS
4 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.25%) Site Server
Applications
1 30 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.51%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.25%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 260 (65.99%) Microsoft 365
2 236 (59.90%) Azure
3 122 (30.96%) Entra ID
4 41 (10.41%) AWS
5 36 (9.14%) OneDrive
6 23 (5.84%) Power Automate
7 20 (5.08%) Power Platform
8 18 (4.57%) WhatsApp
9 17 (4.31%) PowerApps
10 15 (3.81%) IaaS
11 14 (3.55%) GCP
12 12 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (3.05%) PaaS
13 8 (2.03%) SaaS
14 7 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.78%) Nutanix
15 6 (1.52%) Rubrik
15 6 (1.52%) Serverless
16 5 (1.27%) Google Workspace
17 4 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 83 (21.07%) DNS
2 76 (19.29%) Firewall
3 67 (17.01%) DHCP
4 65 (16.50%) WAN
5 60 (15.23%) LAN
6 57 (14.47%) VPN
7 47 (11.93%) VLAN
8 33 (8.38%) Wireless
9 31 (7.87%) TCP/IP
10 27 (6.85%) Wi-Fi
11 25 (6.35%) SAN
12 19 (4.82%) IPsec
13 11 (2.79%) NAS
13 11 (2.79%) SD-WAN
13 11 (2.79%) VoIP
14 10 (2.54%) Skype
15 8 (2.03%) BGP
15 8 (2.03%) NetScaler
15 8 (2.03%) Network Security
16 6 (1.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.87%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.79%) Power BI
3 9 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.76%) Metadata
6 3 (0.76%) MySQL
7 2 (0.51%) SQLPlus
8 1 (0.25%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.25%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (2.79%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.54%) GitLab
3 6 (1.52%) Artifactory
3 6 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (1.27%) Git
5 3 (0.76%) JIRA
5 3 (0.76%) Subversion
General
1 51 (12.94%) Social Skills
2 29 (7.36%) Finance
3 27 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
4 22 (5.58%) Legal
4 22 (5.58%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.06%) Law
6 14 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.05%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.05%) Military
7 12 (3.05%) Retail
8 9 (2.28%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.03%) Marketing
10 7 (1.78%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.02%) Aviation
11 4 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.02%) Electronics
12 3 (0.76%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.76%) Automotive
13 2 (0.51%) Local Government
14 1 (0.25%) French Language
Job Titles
1 99 (25.13%) Support Engineer
2 76 (19.29%) Senior
3 65 (16.50%) IT Support
4 63 (15.99%) IT Engineer
5 61 (15.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 45 (11.42%) IT Support Engineer
7 41 (10.41%) Analyst
8 39 (9.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 38 (9.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 35 (8.88%) Wintel Engineer
11 34 (8.63%) Senior Wintel Engineer
12 32 (8.12%) 2nd Line Support
13 26 (6.60%) 3rd Line Support
14 23 (5.84%) 1st Line Support
14 23 (5.84%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 22 (5.58%) Administrator
15 22 (5.58%) IT Analyst
16 21 (5.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 20 (5.08%) 1st Line Engineer
18 19 (4.82%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.06%) JSON
2 7 (1.78%) OAuth
3 6 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.27%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.02%) SAML
6 3 (0.76%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.51%) LDAP
7 2 (0.51%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.25%) .NET
8 1 (0.25%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.25%) FIDO
8 1 (0.25%) iOS SDK
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.25%) Middleware
8 1 (0.25%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.25%) OpenID
8 1 (0.25%) Regular Expression
8 1 (0.25%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.42%) Driving Licence
2 18 (4.57%) iPhone
2 18 (4.57%) PKI
3 15 (3.81%) Clustering
4 12 (3.05%) Fat Client
4 12 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.05%) Thin Client
5 10 (2.54%) Replication
6 9 (2.28%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.28%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.03%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.78%) Operational Technology
8 7 (1.78%) SCADA
9 6 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.52%) Smartphone
10 5 (1.27%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.27%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.02%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 273 (69.29%) Windows
2 170 (43.15%) Windows Server
3 63 (15.99%) Windows 10
4 46 (11.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 44 (11.17%) Linux
6 43 (10.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 40 (10.15%) Windows Server 2012
8 24 (6.09%) Android
9 10 (2.54%) Apple iOS
10 8 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (2.03%) Windows 7
11 5 (1.27%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.76%) CentOS
12 3 (0.76%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.76%) Windows Mobile
12 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.76%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (22.34%) Customer Service
2 87 (22.08%) ITIL
3 79 (20.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 59 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (12.69%) Incident Management
6 39 (9.90%) Time Management
7 35 (8.88%) DevOps
8 29 (7.36%) Migration
9 28 (7.11%) Agile
10 25 (6.35%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (5.33%) Data Security
12 19 (4.82%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (4.57%) Information Security
14 17 (4.31%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (4.31%) ITSM
14 17 (4.31%) Mentoring
15 16 (4.06%) Patch Management
15 16 (4.06%) Service Delivery
16 15 (3.81%) Business Continuity
16 15 (3.81%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 104 (26.40%) PowerShell
2 42 (10.66%) SQL
3 17 (4.31%) Python
4 13 (3.30%) Bash
5 9 (2.28%) T-SQL
6 8 (2.03%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.76%) Perl
8 2 (0.51%) C#
9 1 (0.25%) C++
9 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 97 (24.62%) Security Cleared
2 68 (17.26%) SC Cleared
3 59 (14.97%) DV Cleared
4 39 (9.90%) Degree
5 27 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (6.35%) DBS Check
7 23 (5.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (5.33%) A+ Certification
9 15 (3.81%) ITIL Certification
9 15 (3.81%) MCSE
10 12 (3.05%) CCNA
10 12 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (3.05%) MCP
11 7 (1.78%) CCSAS
11 7 (1.78%) CHECK Team Leader
11 7 (1.78%) CREST Certified
11 7 (1.78%) MCSA
12 5 (1.27%) CCNP
12 5 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.02%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.54%) SLA
4 7 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 4 (1.02%) QA
7 3 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.76%) GDPR
8 2 (0.51%) COBIT
8 2 (0.51%) PMO
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 104 (26.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 95 (24.11%) Hyper-V
3 27 (6.85%) vSphere
4 21 (5.33%) VMware NSX
5 15 (3.81%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (2.28%) Docker
8 8 (2.03%) XenDesktop
9 6 (1.52%) XenApp
10 5 (1.27%) Firmware
10 5 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.76%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 87 (22.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (18.78%) SCCM
3 21 (5.33%) Terraform
4 15 (3.81%) Kubernetes
5 14 (3.55%) Microsoft Clustering
6 12 (3.05%) Failover Clustering
6 12 (3.05%) vCenter Server
7 11 (2.79%) Ansible
7 11 (2.79%) FortiGate
7 11 (2.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 7 (1.78%) SCOM
9 6 (1.52%) Grafana
9 6 (1.52%) Packer
9 6 (1.52%) Prometheus
10 4 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.76%) EdgeSight
11 3 (0.76%) McAfee ePO
11 3 (0.76%) Nessus
11 3 (0.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 226 (57.36%) Microsoft
2 148 (37.56%) VMware
3 39 (9.90%) Cisco
4 29 (7.36%) Citrix
5 28 (7.11%) Dell
6 24 (6.09%) ServiceNow
7 17 (4.31%) Google
8 16 (4.06%) HP
9 14 (3.55%) Apple
9 14 (3.55%) Meraki
10 10 (2.54%) SolarWinds
11 8 (2.03%) Avaya
11 8 (2.03%) SAP
11 8 (2.03%) SonicWALL
11 8 (2.03%) Veeam
12 7 (1.78%) Aruba
12 7 (1.78%) Oracle
13 6 (1.52%) CheckPoint
13 6 (1.52%) Fortinet
14 5 (1.27%) Red Hat