Active Directory Jobs in Suffolk

Microsoft Active Directory
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 45 10 16
Rank change year-on-year -35 +6 +8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 25 54 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 4.63% 10.21% 7.78%
As % of the System Software category 64.10% 90.00% 76.92%
Number of salaries quoted 18 46 19
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,625 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £29,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +13.46% -5.45%
75th Percentile £32,313 £49,000 £26,500
90th Percentile £33,700 £53,750 £28,564
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £31,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +4.84% -17.33% -1.32%

All System Software Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 39 60 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 7.22% 11.34% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 25 49 23
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £21,863
25th Percentile £25,625 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £31,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.35% +21.15% -21.21%
75th Percentile £33,750 £50,750 £28,478
90th Percentile £41,450 £57,500 £49,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -13.98% +3.33%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Suffolk

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Suffolk

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Suffolk

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Suffolk

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Suffolk over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Suffolk

Active Directory
Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 28 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
Ipswich -1 22 £26,250 -16.67% 5
Active Directory
East of England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (84.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (4.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.00%) Broadband
2 3 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (8.00%) DNS
3 2 (8.00%) LAN
4 1 (4.00%) DHCP
4 1 (4.00%) Internet
4 1 (4.00%) SAN
4 1 (4.00%) SSH
4 1 (4.00%) SSL
4 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.00%) VLAN
4 1 (4.00%) WAN
General
1 23 (92.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (44.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Analyst
2 13 (52.00%) Support Analyst
3 10 (40.00%) 1st Line Support
3 10 (40.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 8 (32.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (16.00%) Support Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) IT Support
8 1 (4.00%) 3rd Line Support
8 1 (4.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) IT Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) IT Manager
8 1 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) IT Support Manager
8 1 (4.00%) Service Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) RESTful
1 1 (4.00%) Web Services
1 1 (4.00%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) PKI
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (64.00%) Customer Service
3 10 (40.00%) Service Management
4 8 (32.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (24.00%) ITIL
5 6 (24.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (12.00%) Client Onboarding
6 3 (12.00%) IT Strategy
6 3 (12.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (12.00%) Proactive Maintenance
7 2 (8.00%) Broadcast Engineering
7 2 (8.00%) Coaching
7 2 (8.00%) Post-Production
7 2 (8.00%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (8.00%) Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (8.00%) Time Management
8 1 (4.00%) DevOps
8 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Management
8 1 (4.00%) Performance Monitoring
8 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.00%) Python
1 1 (4.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (40.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (8.00%) Degree
4 1 (4.00%) MCITP
4 1 (4.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.00%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (96.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (8.00%) Sun
4 1 (4.00%) Mitel
4 1 (4.00%) Thales