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

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 33 52
Rank change year-on-year -21 +19 +6
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 168 534 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.68% 5.75% 5.28%
As % of the System Software category 44.33% 44.76% 31.09%
Number of salaries quoted 140 472 301
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,025 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,938 £29,290 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +4.17% +2.86%
75th Percentile £42,813 £51,750 £46,250
90th Percentile £50,125 £57,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

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 379 1,193 1,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.57% 12.85% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 271 967 714
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,338 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,125 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -0.90%

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 11 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 11 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 +6 37 £31,500 -21.25% 21
Dorset +30 33 £30,000 -18.92% 13
Somerset -8 29 £40,000 +18.52% 11
Wiltshire -6 24 £33,500 -31.63% 15
Bristol -22 24 £47,500 +26.67% 32
Gloucestershire -27 15 £37,500 -9.64% 42
Cornwall +8 6 £40,250 +34.17% 4
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 50 (29.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (10.71%) SharePoint
3 11 (6.55%) IIS
4 1 (0.60%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.60%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 31 (18.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (7.74%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 131 (77.98%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (64.88%) Azure
3 55 (32.74%) Entra ID
4 27 (16.07%) OneDrive
5 13 (7.74%) AWS
6 8 (4.76%) SaaS
7 6 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (3.57%) PaaS
8 5 (2.98%) IaaS
9 4 (2.38%) Serverless
10 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.60%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.60%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 73 (43.45%) Firewall
2 54 (32.14%) DNS
3 44 (26.19%) VLAN
4 35 (20.83%) DHCP
5 28 (16.67%) VPN
6 26 (15.48%) VoIP
7 25 (14.88%) WAN
8 23 (13.69%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (12.50%) SAN
10 20 (11.90%) LAN
11 10 (5.95%) ADSL
11 10 (5.95%) MPLS
12 8 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (4.17%) SD-WAN
13 7 (4.17%) TCP/IP
14 5 (2.98%) IPsec
14 5 (2.98%) Wireless
15 4 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
15 4 (2.38%) Network Security
16 3 (1.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.93%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 64 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.50%) Legal
2 21 (12.50%) Retail
3 20 (11.90%) Manufacturing
4 17 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.93%) Finance
6 6 (3.57%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.38%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.79%) Automotive
8 3 (1.79%) Electronics
8 3 (1.79%) Local Government
9 2 (1.19%) Advertising
9 2 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.60%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.60%) Police
10 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (36.90%) IT Support
2 50 (29.76%) 2nd Line Support
3 30 (17.86%) Analyst
4 26 (15.48%) Support Technician
5 23 (13.69%) IT Engineer
5 23 (13.69%) Support Engineer
6 20 (11.90%) IT Analyst
7 18 (10.71%) IT Support Analyst
7 18 (10.71%) IT Support Engineer
7 18 (10.71%) Support Analyst
8 16 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 16 (9.52%) 3rd Line Support
9 14 (8.33%) Technical Support
10 13 (7.74%) Coordinator
10 13 (7.74%) Help Desk Coordinator
11 10 (5.95%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
11 10 (5.95%) Senior
12 9 (5.36%) Service Analyst
13 8 (4.76%) IT Technician
13 8 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 20 (11.90%) Video Conferencing
3 13 (7.74%) CCTV
4 7 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.98%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.79%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.79%) FMCG
7 3 (1.79%) IoT
7 3 (1.79%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.79%) Replication
8 2 (1.19%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.19%) PKI
8 2 (1.19%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.60%) Apple TV
9 1 (0.60%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 121 (72.02%) Windows
2 77 (45.83%) Windows Server
3 23 (13.69%) Linux
4 22 (13.10%) Windows 10
5 16 (9.52%) Mac OS
6 11 (6.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (4.17%) Apple iOS
8 6 (3.57%) Android
8 6 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.79%) Unix
9 3 (1.79%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.79%) Windows 8
9 3 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.60%) AIX
10 1 (0.60%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (46.43%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (33.93%) Customer Service
3 44 (26.19%) ITIL
4 32 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
5 27 (16.07%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (10.12%) Time Management
7 13 (7.74%) Business Continuity
7 13 (7.74%) ERP
7 13 (7.74%) Virtual Environments
8 10 (5.95%) Migration
9 9 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (5.36%) Service Management
10 8 (4.76%) Agile
10 8 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (4.76%) Project Delivery
11 7 (4.17%) Analytics
11 7 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (4.17%) Infrastructure Management
11 7 (4.17%) Risk Management
11 7 (4.17%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.86%) PowerShell
2 25 (14.88%) SQL
3 4 (2.38%) VB
4 3 (1.79%) Bash
4 3 (1.79%) Python
5 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (23.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (14.88%) Network+ Certification
3 18 (10.71%) A+ Certification
4 16 (9.52%) Security Cleared
5 14 (8.33%) Degree
5 14 (8.33%) MCITP
6 10 (5.95%) SC Cleared
7 9 (5.36%) MCP
8 6 (3.57%) DBS Check
8 6 (3.57%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.98%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.38%) MCSA
10 4 (2.38%) MCSE
11 3 (1.79%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.79%) CCNA
11 3 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.19%) CCA
12 2 (1.19%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.36%) GDPR
1 9 (5.36%) SLA
2 5 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.79%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.19%) NIST
5 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.60%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 48 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (10.71%) Hyper-V
3 10 (5.95%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.79%) XenApp
6 2 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.19%) vSphere
6 2 (1.19%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.60%) Docker
7 1 (0.60%) LXC
7 1 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.60%) Samba
Systems Management
1 61 (36.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (9.52%) SCCM
3 3 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (1.79%) Backup Exec
3 3 (1.79%) Iperf
3 3 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.79%) WMI
4 2 (1.19%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (1.19%) SmoothWall
4 2 (1.19%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.60%) Ansible
5 1 (0.60%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.60%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 113 (67.26%) Microsoft
2 57 (33.93%) VMware
3 16 (9.52%) Veeam
4 12 (7.14%) ServiceNow
5 11 (6.55%) Cisco
6 10 (5.95%) Fortinet
7 8 (4.76%) Citrix
8 5 (2.98%) Aruba
8 5 (2.98%) Okta
9 4 (2.38%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.38%) Symantec
10 3 (1.79%) Apple
10 3 (1.79%) Google
10 3 (1.79%) Remedy
10 3 (1.79%) Ruckus Wireless
10 3 (1.79%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.79%) SonicWALL
10 3 (1.79%) Veritas
11 2 (1.19%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (1.19%) Ubiquiti