Active Directory Jobs in Stoke-on-Trent

Microsoft Active Directory
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 27 42 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 25.96% 11.41% 17.73%
As % of the System Software category 87.10% 56.00% 62.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23 36 35
10th Percentile - - £23,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £23,500 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +14.04%
75th Percentile £37,500 £40,203 £38,313
90th Percentile - £52,500 £42,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £35,000 £30,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.45% +8.06%

All System Software Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 31 75 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 29.81% 20.38% 28.18%
Number of salaries quoted 24 63 40
10th Percentile - £23,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +23.08% +6.56%
75th Percentile £37,500 £52,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £38,900 £60,500 £58,750
Staffordshire median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% +5.96%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Stoke-on-Trent

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Stoke-on-Trent.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Stoke-on-Trent

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Applications
1 17 (62.96%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Google Workspace
2 8 (29.63%) Azure
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (51.85%) Firewall
2 12 (44.44%) BGP
2 12 (44.44%) DHCP
2 12 (44.44%) DNS
2 12 (44.44%) OSPF
2 12 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 12 (44.44%) VLAN
2 12 (44.44%) WLAN
3 8 (29.63%) LAN
3 8 (29.63%) WAN
General
1 17 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 12 (44.44%) Automotive
2 12 (44.44%) Retail
3 8 (29.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Infrastructure Support
1 12 (44.44%) IT Engineer
1 12 (44.44%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 8 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (29.63%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) IT Support
4 5 (18.52%) IT Support Technician
4 5 (18.52%) IT Technician
4 5 (18.52%) Support Technician
5 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Support Technician
5 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Technician
6 2 (7.41%) Active Directory Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Active Directory Support
7 1 (3.70%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Information Security Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (51.85%) Management Information System
2 12 (44.44%) Smartphone
3 5 (18.52%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 25 (92.59%) Windows
2 24 (88.89%) Windows Server
3 17 (62.96%) Linux
3 17 (62.96%) Windows 10
4 12 (44.44%) Mac OS X
4 12 (44.44%) Ubuntu
4 12 (44.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (44.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (18.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Business Case
1 12 (44.44%) Computer Science
1 12 (44.44%) Performance Tuning
1 12 (44.44%) Systems Engineering
2 8 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (7.41%) Incident Management
4 2 (7.41%) Information Security
4 2 (7.41%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (7.41%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 20 (74.07%) SQL
2 12 (44.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (74.07%) MCSE
1 20 (74.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (51.85%) Degree
3 12 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (44.44%) HNC
3 12 (44.44%) HND
4 8 (29.63%) A+ Certification
4 8 (29.63%) MCP
4 8 (29.63%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.41%) NIST
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 25 (92.59%) Microsoft
2 12 (44.44%) Apple
2 12 (44.44%) Cisco
2 12 (44.44%) Dell
2 12 (44.44%) Fortinet
2 12 (44.44%) Google
2 12 (44.44%) Ubiquiti
3 5 (18.52%) VMware