Active Directory Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 32 54
Rank change year-on-year -20 +22 +5
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 167 540 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.74% 5.53% 5.14%
As % of the System Software category 46.39% 44.23% 29.49%
Number of salaries quoted 132 468 287
10th Percentile £27,825 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,833 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +1.35% +5.71%
75th Percentile £42,500 £51,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £39,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -6.25% -

All System Software Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 360 1,221 1,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.23% 12.50% 17.42%
Number of salaries quoted 243 964 686
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,375 £61,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £77,125 £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 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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
Devon +8 41 £31,500 -21.25% 48
Dorset +31 40 £30,000 -18.92% 25
Somerset -15 27 £40,000 +35.11% 43
Gloucestershire -19 19 £37,500 -5.66% 58
Bristol -37 19 £47,500 +26.67% 41
Wiltshire -8 18 £34,000 -30.61% 35
Cornwall +3 3 £50,000 +75.44% 1
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 52 (31.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (10.78%) SharePoint
3 11 (6.59%) IIS
4 1 (0.60%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 24 (14.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (8.98%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 130 (77.84%) Microsoft 365
2 102 (61.08%) Azure
3 53 (31.74%) Entra ID
4 27 (16.17%) OneDrive
5 15 (8.98%) AWS
6 6 (3.59%) SaaS
7 5 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.40%) PaaS
8 4 (2.40%) Serverless
9 3 (1.80%) IaaS
10 2 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.60%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 74 (44.31%) Firewall
2 52 (31.14%) DNS
3 41 (24.55%) VLAN
4 34 (20.36%) DHCP
5 27 (16.17%) VPN
6 26 (15.57%) VoIP
6 26 (15.57%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (13.77%) LAN
7 23 (13.77%) WAN
8 21 (12.57%) SAN
9 10 (5.99%) ADSL
9 10 (5.99%) MPLS
10 8 (4.79%) Broadband
11 7 (4.19%) SD-WAN
12 6 (3.59%) Wireless
13 5 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (2.99%) IPsec
13 5 (2.99%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (2.99%) SSL
14 4 (2.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.58%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.80%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.80%) JIRA
General
1 73 (43.71%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.37%) Manufacturing
3 22 (13.17%) Legal
4 21 (12.57%) Retail
5 16 (9.58%) Finance
6 11 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.99%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.99%) Local Government
8 4 (2.40%) Advertising
8 4 (2.40%) Automotive
8 4 (2.40%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.80%) Electronics
10 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.60%) Police
11 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 71 (42.51%) IT Support
2 50 (29.94%) 2nd Line Support
3 36 (21.56%) Support Engineer
4 26 (15.57%) Analyst
5 25 (14.97%) IT Engineer
6 24 (14.37%) Support Technician
7 22 (13.17%) Support Analyst
8 20 (11.98%) IT Analyst
8 20 (11.98%) IT Support Analyst
8 20 (11.98%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (10.78%) Technical Support
10 16 (9.58%) 3rd Line Support
11 15 (8.98%) Coordinator
11 15 (8.98%) Help Desk Coordinator
12 14 (8.38%) 2nd Line Support Technician
13 10 (5.99%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
14 9 (5.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 7 (4.19%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 7 (4.19%) Administrator
15 7 (4.19%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.20%) RESTful
1 2 (1.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.57%) Driving Licence
2 20 (11.98%) Video Conferencing
3 12 (7.19%) CCTV
4 8 (4.79%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.99%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.40%) PKI
7 3 (1.80%) FMCG
7 3 (1.80%) IoT
7 3 (1.80%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.80%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.20%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.20%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.20%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.20%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.60%) Clustering
9 1 (0.60%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 118 (70.66%) Windows
2 72 (43.11%) Windows Server
3 20 (11.98%) Windows 10
4 19 (11.38%) Linux
5 17 (10.18%) Mac OS
6 9 (5.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (4.79%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (3.59%) Apple iOS
9 5 (2.99%) Android
9 5 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (1.20%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.60%) AIX
11 1 (0.60%) Solaris
11 1 (0.60%) Unix
11 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (46.11%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (30.54%) Customer Service
3 33 (19.76%) ITIL
4 29 (17.37%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (16.17%) Disaster Recovery
6 19 (11.38%) Time Management
7 15 (8.98%) ERP
7 15 (8.98%) Virtual Environments
8 9 (5.39%) Business Continuity
8 9 (5.39%) Infrastructure Management
9 8 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (4.79%) Migration
10 7 (4.19%) Mentoring
10 7 (4.19%) Server Management
10 7 (4.19%) Service Management
11 6 (3.59%) Broadcast Engineering
11 6 (3.59%) Coaching
11 6 (3.59%) Collaborative Working
11 6 (3.59%) Proactive Monitoring
11 6 (3.59%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.57%) PowerShell
2 25 (14.97%) SQL
3 3 (1.80%) Python
4 2 (1.20%) VB
5 1 (0.60%) Bash
5 1 (0.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (22.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (15.57%) Network+ Certification
3 20 (11.98%) A+ Certification
4 18 (10.78%) Degree
5 15 (8.98%) MCITP
6 12 (7.19%) Security Cleared
7 8 (4.79%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.99%) MCP
9 4 (2.40%) DBS Check
9 4 (2.40%) MCSA
10 3 (1.80%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.80%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.80%) CCNA
10 3 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.80%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.20%) MCSE
11 2 (1.20%) NVQ Level 3
12 1 (0.60%) CISM
12 1 (0.60%) CISSP
12 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.99%) GDPR
1 5 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.40%) NIST
2 4 (2.40%) SLA
3 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.60%) NCSC
4 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 47 (28.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (8.38%) Hyper-V
3 10 (5.99%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.20%) XenApp
5 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.60%) Docker
5 1 (0.60%) LXC
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.60%) Samba
5 1 (0.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (35.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (7.19%) SCCM
3 3 (1.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (1.80%) Iperf
3 3 (1.80%) Terraform
4 2 (1.20%) Autotask
4 2 (1.20%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (1.20%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.60%) Ansible
5 1 (0.60%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.60%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.60%) WMI
Vendors
1 117 (70.06%) Microsoft
2 52 (31.14%) VMware
3 11 (6.59%) Cisco
3 11 (6.59%) Veeam
4 8 (4.79%) Fortinet
5 6 (3.59%) Sun
6 5 (2.99%) Aruba
6 5 (2.99%) Citrix
6 5 (2.99%) Okta
6 5 (2.99%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.40%) Apple
8 3 (1.80%) Google
8 3 (1.80%) Meraki
8 3 (1.80%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.80%) Ruckus Wireless
8 3 (1.80%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.80%) Thales
9 2 (1.20%) EMC
9 2 (1.20%) Oracle
9 2 (1.20%) Remedy