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

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 59 56
Rank change year-on-year +28 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 548 368 415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.99% 5.23% 5.25%
As % of the System Software category 45.25% 31.24% 30.23%
Number of salaries quoted 485 310 281
10th Percentile £25,100 £25,492 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,440 £28,563 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,250 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +2.17% -1.43%
75th Percentile £52,500 £46,127 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,375 £67,500
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

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 1,211 1,178 1,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.24% 16.74% 17.37%
Number of salaries quoted 987 733 867
10th Percentile £27,435 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,625 £35,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £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 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 25 April 2024.

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 25 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
Gloucestershire +46 156 £41,500 +20.29% 11
Bristol +26 115 £37,500 +25.00% 24
Wiltshire +2 95 £49,000 +16.67% 19
Somerset +18 65 £33,500 -7.59% 14
Devon 0 60 £40,000 +14.29% 6
Dorset -16 42 £37,000 -7.50% 8
Cornwall -7 12 £30,000 -11.76% 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
1 147 (26.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 99 (18.07%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.64%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (1.64%) SharePoint 2013
4 6 (1.09%) IIS
5 3 (0.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.55%) GlassFish
5 3 (0.55%) JBoss
5 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.36%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.18%) Moodle
Applications
1 71 (12.96%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 298 (54.38%) Microsoft 365
2 249 (45.44%) Azure
3 122 (22.26%) Entra ID
4 52 (9.49%) OneDrive
5 51 (9.31%) AWS
6 27 (4.93%) GCP
7 19 (3.47%) Power Platform
8 18 (3.28%) IaaS
9 17 (3.10%) PaaS
10 12 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.82%) SaaS
12 8 (1.46%) Nutanix
12 8 (1.46%) Power Automate
12 8 (1.46%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.28%) Mimecast
13 7 (1.28%) WhatsApp
14 5 (0.91%) OpenShift
15 3 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 94 (17.15%) DNS
2 84 (15.33%) LAN
3 79 (14.42%) DHCP
4 75 (13.69%) Firewall
4 75 (13.69%) WAN
5 67 (12.23%) TCP/IP
6 52 (9.49%) VPN
7 42 (7.66%) SAN
8 38 (6.93%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (6.57%) Wireless
10 25 (4.56%) VLAN
11 17 (3.10%) NAS
11 17 (3.10%) Network Security
12 16 (2.92%) Remote Desktop
13 12 (2.19%) IPsec
13 12 (2.19%) VoIP
13 12 (2.19%) VSAN
13 12 (2.19%) WLAN
14 10 (1.82%) Internet
14 10 (1.82%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.29%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.46%) MySQL
2 8 (1.46%) Power BI
3 5 (0.91%) RDBMS
3 5 (0.91%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.73%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.55%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.36%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 3 (0.55%) GitLab
2 2 (0.36%) JIRA
2 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.18%) Git
3 1 (0.18%) MSI
3 1 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 173 (31.57%) Social Skills
2 41 (7.48%) Finance
3 38 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
4 37 (6.75%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (4.20%) Law
7 19 (3.47%) Legal
8 18 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.74%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.55%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.01%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.64%) Automotive
13 7 (1.28%) Marketing
13 7 (1.28%) Military
14 5 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.91%) Fire and Rescue
15 4 (0.73%) Banking
15 4 (0.73%) Publishing
16 3 (0.55%) Retail
17 2 (0.36%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 132 (24.09%) Support Engineer
2 99 (18.07%) IT Engineer
2 99 (18.07%) IT Support
3 86 (15.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 79 (14.42%) Senior
5 78 (14.23%) Analyst
6 52 (9.49%) IT Support Engineer
7 48 (8.76%) 2nd Line Support
8 43 (7.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 40 (7.30%) IT Technician
10 39 (7.12%) Field Engineer
11 38 (6.93%) Wintel Engineer
12 36 (6.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 35 (6.39%) Senior Wintel Engineer
14 33 (6.02%) Service Analyst
15 32 (5.84%) Support Technician
16 31 (5.66%) Desktop Support
17 29 (5.29%) Service Desk Analyst
18 28 (5.11%) IT Support Technician
19 26 (4.74%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.01%) JSON
2 7 (1.28%) ARM Templates
3 6 (1.09%) EJB
4 5 (0.91%) SAML
5 3 (0.55%) LDAP
5 3 (0.55%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.18%) OAuth
6 1 (0.18%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 83 (15.15%) Driving Licence
2 47 (8.58%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (4.38%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.28%) Clustering
5 16 (2.92%) iPhone
6 13 (2.37%) Smartphone
7 12 (2.19%) PKI
8 11 (2.01%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.01%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.01%) Replication
9 9 (1.64%) Fat Client
9 9 (1.64%) Thin Client
10 7 (1.28%) CMDB
10 7 (1.28%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.91%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.91%) EMC VNX
12 5 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.73%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.73%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 421 (76.82%) Windows
2 232 (42.34%) Windows Server
3 137 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 64 (11.68%) Linux
5 51 (9.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 46 (8.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 40 (7.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (5.47%) Mac OS
9 29 (5.29%) Windows 7
10 19 (3.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 16 (2.92%) AIX
12 11 (2.01%) Android
12 11 (2.01%) Apple iOS
12 11 (2.01%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.73%) Unix
13 4 (0.73%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.73%) Windows XP
14 3 (0.55%) Solaris
15 2 (0.36%) Windows 2000
16 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (22.81%) ITIL
2 111 (20.26%) Customer Service
3 96 (17.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 85 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (10.40%) Incident Management
6 51 (9.31%) Service Management
7 45 (8.21%) ITSM
8 43 (7.85%) Service Delivery
9 42 (7.66%) Time Management
10 39 (7.12%) Change Management
11 38 (6.93%) Mentoring
12 32 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (5.84%) Cybersecurity
13 31 (5.66%) Project Delivery
14 27 (4.93%) Mobile Device Management
15 26 (4.74%) Information Security
16 22 (4.01%) Configuration Management
17 21 (3.83%) Customer Requirements
17 21 (3.83%) DevOps
17 21 (3.83%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 126 (22.99%) PowerShell
2 56 (10.22%) SQL
3 24 (4.38%) Python
4 19 (3.47%) Bash
5 8 (1.46%) Java
6 5 (0.91%) C#
7 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.18%) Go
8 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 146 (26.64%) Security Cleared
2 104 (18.98%) SC Cleared
3 70 (12.77%) DV Cleared
4 54 (9.85%) Degree
5 49 (8.94%) DBS Check
6 42 (7.66%) A+ Certification
7 37 (6.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (4.74%) ITIL Certification
9 22 (4.01%) MCP
10 16 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (2.37%) MCSE
12 11 (2.01%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (1.64%) MCITP
14 6 (1.09%) GIAC
14 6 (1.09%) MCSA
15 4 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
16 3 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.55%) CCNA
16 3 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
17 2 (0.36%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.58%) SLA
2 21 (3.83%) GDPR
3 9 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
System Software
1 132 (24.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 102 (18.61%) Hyper-V
3 24 (4.38%) vSphere
4 18 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (2.37%) XenApp
5 13 (2.37%) XenDesktop
6 10 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.28%) VMware Workstation
8 5 (0.91%) Docker
9 4 (0.73%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.55%) Forefront TMG
11 2 (0.36%) Firmware
11 2 (0.36%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 120 (21.90%) SCCM
2 91 (16.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (3.28%) WSUS
4 13 (2.37%) vCenter Server
5 12 (2.19%) Backup Exec
5 12 (2.19%) NetBackup
6 10 (1.82%) McAfee ePO
6 10 (1.82%) Nagios
7 8 (1.46%) Kubernetes
7 8 (1.46%) SCVMM
8 6 (1.09%) Icinga
9 5 (0.91%) Ansible
9 5 (0.91%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (0.91%) OfficeScan
9 5 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 4 (0.73%) SCOM
10 4 (0.73%) Terraform
Vendors
1 378 (68.98%) Microsoft
2 172 (31.39%) VMware
3 49 (8.94%) Cisco
4 48 (8.76%) Citrix
5 39 (7.12%) HP
6 29 (5.29%) Google
7 26 (4.74%) SolarWinds
7 26 (4.74%) Veeam
8 25 (4.56%) Oracle
9 22 (4.01%) ServiceNow
10 21 (3.83%) Red Hat
11 18 (3.28%) McAfee
12 16 (2.92%) Dell
13 14 (2.55%) Aruba
14 13 (2.37%) Hitachi
14 13 (2.37%) NetApp
15 12 (2.19%) Snow
15 12 (2.19%) Veritas
16 11 (2.01%) iManage
16 11 (2.01%) Sophos