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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 26 50
Rank change year-on-year +3 +24 -12
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,218 1,091 1,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.30% 7.31% 5.56%
As % of the System Software category 49.35% 44.93% 32.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,046 915 967
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,750 £24,575
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,250 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -2.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £49,361
90th Percentile £59,000 £60,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -5.88%

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 2,468 2,428 3,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.79% 16.27% 17.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,979 1,663 2,372
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +4 467 £40,000 +23.08% 69
Hampshire +5 307 £36,000 +10.51% 51
Berkshire +31 245 £44,400 +36.62% 28
Surrey +23 150 £39,500 +16.18% 10
Oxfordshire +16 121 £40,000 +26.98% 19
Kent -14 115 £35,000 -12.50% 33
Buckinghamshire -30 101 £38,000 +16.92% 22
East Sussex +11 88 £30,000 -45.45% 11
West Sussex +41 61 £35,000 -12.50% 22
Middlesex - 31 £32,500 -
Sussex - 7 £35,000 - 1
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
1 318 (26.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 196 (16.09%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.45%) IIS
4 13 (1.07%) OpenStack
5 10 (0.82%) WordPress
6 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.25%) CMS
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.082%) Apache
9 1 (0.082%) nginx
9 1 (0.082%) WebSphere
Applications
1 214 (17.57%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.25%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.082%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.082%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.082%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.33%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.16%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 734 (60.26%) Microsoft 365
2 600 (49.26%) Azure
3 312 (25.62%) Entra ID
4 125 (10.26%) OneDrive
5 53 (4.35%) AWS
6 41 (3.37%) IaaS
7 30 (2.46%) Power Platform
8 28 (2.30%) SaaS
9 25 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
10 22 (1.81%) Azure Storage
11 19 (1.56%) Mimecast
11 19 (1.56%) Power Automate
12 17 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
12 17 (1.40%) Google Workspace
12 17 (1.40%) PaaS
13 16 (1.31%) WhatsApp
14 15 (1.23%) Nutanix
15 14 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (1.07%) OCI
17 12 (0.99%) iTunes
Communications & Networking
1 352 (28.90%) Firewall
2 301 (24.71%) DNS
3 204 (16.75%) DHCP
4 116 (9.52%) VPN
5 106 (8.70%) TCP/IP
6 91 (7.47%) WAN
7 89 (7.31%) VoIP
8 85 (6.98%) Broadband
9 79 (6.49%) Wireless
10 77 (6.32%) 5G
11 76 (6.24%) LAN
12 71 (5.83%) SAN
13 59 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
14 50 (4.11%) VLAN
15 37 (3.04%) Network Security
16 36 (2.96%) NAS
17 24 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
17 24 (1.97%) SD-WAN
18 19 (1.56%) SSL
19 18 (1.48%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.24%) SQL Server
2 30 (2.46%) Power BI
3 29 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (1.07%) MySQL
5 11 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (0.82%) MongoDB
7 9 (0.74%) Oracle Database
7 9 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.49%) InfluxDB
9 6 (0.49%) MariaDB
9 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.49%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.16%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.082%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 21 (1.72%) Git
2 20 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.31%) JIRA
4 10 (0.82%) Trac
5 9 (0.74%) MSI
6 6 (0.49%) GitLab
6 6 (0.49%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.33%) AdminStudio
7 4 (0.33%) Hudson
7 4 (0.33%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.082%) Chocolatey
General
1 343 (28.16%) Social Skills
2 145 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 90 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (5.67%) Finance
5 62 (5.09%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.12%) Telecoms
8 31 (2.55%) Legal
9 28 (2.30%) Law
10 23 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 19 (1.56%) Retail
12 13 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (0.99%) Games
14 11 (0.90%) Back Office
14 11 (0.90%) Marketing
15 9 (0.74%) Digital Economy
16 8 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.66%) Public Sector
17 6 (0.49%) Advertising
18 5 (0.41%) Banking
Job Titles
1 226 (18.56%) Support Engineer
2 224 (18.39%) IT Support
3 175 (14.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 172 (14.12%) IT Engineer
5 170 (13.96%) Analyst
6 134 (11.00%) Senior
7 128 (10.51%) IT Support Engineer
8 105 (8.62%) 2nd Line Support
9 90 (7.39%) 1st Line Support
10 89 (7.31%) 3rd Line Support
11 75 (6.16%) Support Analyst
12 73 (5.99%) IT Analyst
13 70 (5.75%) Lead
13 70 (5.75%) Technical Specialist
14 69 (5.67%) IT Technician
15 67 (5.50%) Linux Specialist
16 63 (5.17%) Infrastructure Support
16 63 (5.17%) Systems Engineer
17 59 (4.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 56 (4.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.15%) ARM Templates
2 11 (0.90%) .NET
2 11 (0.90%) LDAP
3 7 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (0.49%) CSS
4 6 (0.49%) HTML
4 6 (0.49%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.33%) Keycloak
5 4 (0.33%) LAMP
6 3 (0.25%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.25%) Azure Blueprints
6 3 (0.25%) FIDO
6 3 (0.25%) jQuery
6 3 (0.25%) OAuth
6 3 (0.25%) OpenID
6 3 (0.25%) React
6 3 (0.25%) SAML
6 3 (0.25%) WebAuthn
7 1 (0.082%) JSON
7 1 (0.082%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.50%) Social Media
2 64 (5.25%) Driving Licence
3 63 (5.17%) Data Centre
4 60 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (4.43%) PKI
6 42 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 40 (3.28%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.22%) Replication
9 19 (1.56%) CMDB
10 18 (1.48%) Clustering
11 17 (1.40%) NHS
11 17 (1.40%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.23%) IoT
13 13 (1.07%) Smartphone
14 10 (0.82%) BYOD
15 9 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (0.74%) Private Cloud
16 8 (0.66%) CCTV
16 8 (0.66%) Client/Server
17 5 (0.41%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 925 (75.94%) Windows
2 514 (42.20%) Windows Server
3 303 (24.88%) Windows 10
4 196 (16.09%) Linux
5 129 (10.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 127 (10.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 93 (7.64%) Windows Server 2012
8 84 (6.90%) Windows 7
9 73 (5.99%) Ubuntu
10 58 (4.76%) Windows 8
11 43 (3.53%) Apple iOS
12 32 (2.63%) Mac OS
13 27 (2.22%) Android
14 17 (1.40%) Windows XP
15 16 (1.31%) VMS
16 13 (1.07%) Windows NT
17 10 (0.82%) CentOS
17 10 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 10 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
18 9 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (23.48%) ITIL
2 264 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
3 243 (19.95%) Customer Service
4 214 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 213 (17.49%) Cybersecurity
6 88 (7.22%) Service Management
7 81 (6.65%) DevOps
8 80 (6.57%) CRM
9 78 (6.40%) Project Management
10 75 (6.16%) Artificial Intelligence
10 75 (6.16%) IT Strategy
11 67 (5.50%) Technology Strategy
12 62 (5.09%) Agile
13 61 (5.01%) Change Management
14 60 (4.93%) Mentoring
14 60 (4.93%) Problem Management
15 56 (4.60%) Disaster Recovery
15 56 (4.60%) Service Delivery
16 55 (4.52%) Incident Management
17 41 (3.37%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 182 (14.94%) PowerShell
2 168 (13.79%) SQL
3 110 (9.03%) Bash
4 72 (5.91%) Python
5 34 (2.79%) VB
6 32 (2.63%) C#
7 21 (1.72%) VBScript
8 20 (1.64%) Perl
9 14 (1.15%) Bicep
10 10 (0.82%) ActionScript
11 8 (0.66%) JavaScript
11 8 (0.66%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.41%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.41%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.25%) PHP
14 1 (0.082%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 205 (16.83%) Security Cleared
2 173 (14.20%) Degree
3 127 (10.43%) SC Cleared
4 107 (8.78%) DV Cleared
5 94 (7.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 69 (5.67%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (4.27%) CCNA
8 46 (3.78%) MCP
9 36 (2.96%) A+ Certification
10 27 (2.22%) CCNP
11 26 (2.13%) MCSE
12 22 (1.81%) DBS Check
13 20 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 18 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
15 16 (1.31%) HNC
16 15 (1.23%) Azure Certification
16 15 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
17 14 (1.15%) MCSA
18 12 (0.99%) AWS Certification
19 11 (0.90%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (11.25%) SLA
2 28 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (2.13%) GDPR
4 19 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.23%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.16%) NIST
8 1 (0.082%) GRC
8 1 (0.082%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.082%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.082%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.082%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.082%) NCSC
8 1 (0.082%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.082%) QA
System Software
1 298 (24.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 259 (21.26%) Hyper-V
3 66 (5.42%) XenApp
4 58 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
5 55 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
6 50 (4.11%) XenDesktop
7 47 (3.86%) VirtualBox
8 44 (3.61%) vSphere
9 38 (3.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 29 (2.38%) Firmware
11 27 (2.22%) Docker
12 11 (0.90%) NFS
13 10 (0.82%) OpenSSH
13 10 (0.82%) pfSense
14 9 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
15 8 (0.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 5 (0.41%) Terminal Services
16 5 (0.41%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
17 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 232 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 131 (10.76%) SCCM
3 80 (6.57%) WSUS
4 69 (5.67%) Jamf Pro
5 56 (4.60%) SCOM
6 50 (4.11%) vCenter Server
7 33 (2.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 33 (2.71%) Kubernetes
8 25 (2.05%) Ansible
9 19 (1.56%) EMC NetWorker
9 19 (1.56%) NetBackup
10 16 (1.31%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 16 (1.31%) SCDPM
10 16 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
11 15 (1.23%) FortiGate
11 15 (1.23%) Terraform
12 13 (1.07%) Sysprep
13 12 (0.99%) Grafana
13 12 (0.99%) IBM BigFix
13 12 (0.99%) Nessus
Vendors
1 836 (68.64%) Microsoft
2 408 (33.50%) VMware
3 135 (11.08%) Citrix
4 119 (9.77%) Cisco
5 79 (6.49%) Veeam
6 67 (5.50%) CyberArk
6 67 (5.50%) Tanium
7 48 (3.94%) Apple
8 40 (3.28%) Juniper
9 39 (3.20%) Dell
10 32 (2.63%) Google
11 30 (2.46%) ServiceNow
12 27 (2.22%) Fortinet
12 27 (2.22%) Oracle
12 27 (2.22%) Palo Alto
13 24 (1.97%) Draytek
13 24 (1.97%) HP
14 21 (1.72%) Adobe
15 20 (1.64%) McAfee
15 20 (1.64%) Sophos