Active Directory Jobs in Staffordshire

Microsoft Active Directory
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 18 8
Rank change year-on-year -11 -10 0
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 39 87 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 6.44% 8.58% 15.02%
As % of the System Software category 55.71% 62.14% 71.82%
Number of salaries quoted 34 65 75
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £25,250 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +4.84%
75th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £43,000
90th Percentile £39,500 £52,500 £45,375
West Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £34,750 £38,125
% change year-on-year +0.72% -8.85% -2.24%

All System Software Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 70 140 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 11.55% 13.81% 20.91%
Number of salaries quoted 46 105 84
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £25,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £39,375
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +7.94% +0.96%
75th Percentile £45,147 £52,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £51,108
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Staffordshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Staffordshire.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Staffordshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Staffordshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Stoke-on-Trent +5 31 £35,000 +16.67% 8
Tamworth +3 6 £27,500 -6.78% 6
Leek - 1 £51,447 - 1
Active Directory
West Midlands

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (61.54%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (35.90%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (35.90%) Google Workspace
3 10 (25.64%) Azure
4 5 (12.82%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.13%) Power Automate
5 2 (5.13%) SaaS
6 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (46.15%) Firewall
2 15 (38.46%) DHCP
2 15 (38.46%) DNS
2 15 (38.46%) VLAN
3 14 (35.90%) BGP
3 14 (35.90%) OSPF
3 14 (35.90%) TCP/IP
3 14 (35.90%) WLAN
4 7 (17.95%) LAN
4 7 (17.95%) WAN
5 3 (7.69%) SAN
6 1 (2.56%) NAS
6 1 (2.56%) Network Security
6 1 (2.56%) PBX
6 1 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (64.10%) Social Skills
2 14 (35.90%) Automotive
2 14 (35.90%) Retail
3 8 (20.51%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.56%) Advertising
4 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Law
4 1 (2.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) IT Engineer
2 14 (35.90%) Systems Engineer
3 11 (28.21%) Infrastructure Support
4 10 (25.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (20.51%) Support Engineer
6 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 6 (15.38%) IT Support
8 5 (12.82%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (12.82%) IT Technician
8 5 (12.82%) Support Technician
9 4 (10.26%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Support Technician
9 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Technician
10 2 (5.13%) Active Directory Engineer
11 1 (2.56%) Active Directory Support
11 1 (2.56%) Active Directory Support Engineer
11 1 (2.56%) IT Analyst
11 1 (2.56%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 1 (2.56%) IT Systems Administrator
11 1 (2.56%) Senior IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (43.59%) Management Information System
2 14 (35.90%) Smartphone
3 5 (12.82%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 35 (89.74%) Windows
2 28 (71.79%) Windows Server
3 20 (51.28%) Linux
3 20 (51.28%) Windows 10
4 16 (41.03%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (41.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (35.90%) Mac OS X
5 14 (35.90%) Ubuntu
6 5 (12.82%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Business Case
1 14 (35.90%) Computer Science
1 14 (35.90%) Performance Tuning
1 14 (35.90%) Systems Engineering
2 10 (25.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (7.69%) Incident Management
4 3 (7.69%) Information Security
5 2 (5.13%) Change Management
5 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (5.13%) ITIL
5 2 (5.13%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (5.13%) Server Management
5 2 (5.13%) SIEM
6 1 (2.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (2.56%) DevOps
6 1 (2.56%) E-Discovery
6 1 (2.56%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (2.56%) User Experience
6 1 (2.56%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (56.41%) SQL
2 17 (43.59%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (56.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (53.85%) MCSE
3 17 (43.59%) Degree
4 14 (35.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (35.90%) HNC
4 14 (35.90%) HND
5 8 (20.51%) MCP
6 7 (17.95%) A+ Certification
6 7 (17.95%) MCSA
7 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certified Master
7 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.13%) NIST
2 1 (2.56%) COBIT
2 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (17.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.69%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Nessus
1 1 (2.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (87.18%) Microsoft
2 15 (38.46%) Cisco
2 15 (38.46%) Ubiquiti
3 14 (35.90%) Apple
3 14 (35.90%) Dell
3 14 (35.90%) Fortinet
3 14 (35.90%) Google
4 9 (23.08%) VMware
5 1 (2.56%) Acronis
5 1 (2.56%) HP
5 1 (2.56%) NetApp
5 1 (2.56%) Netskope
5 1 (2.56%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (2.56%) Veeam