Active Directory Job Trends in Surrey

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 54 22
Rank change year-on-year +25 -32 +17
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 83 48 90
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 5.05% 3.99% 8.19%
As % of the System Software category 81.37% 30.97% 47.87%
Number of salaries quoted 65 21 83
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,050 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +13.10% +27.95%
75th Percentile £40,500 £58,750 £54,375
90th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £63,750
South East median annual salary £36,000 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -15.29% +3.66% +17.14%

All System Software Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 102 155 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 6.21% 12.90% 17.11%
Number of salaries quoted 81 69 160
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £47,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £73,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £82,500 £63,875
South East median annual salary £37,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -34.78% +15.00% +5.26%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Surrey

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Surrey over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Surrey

Active Directory
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Guildford +8 16 £27,000 -53.04% 2
Epsom +33 14 £37,750 +0.67%
Reigate - 12 £37,500 - 2
Godstone - 6 £36,000 -
Redhill -15 4 £38,500 +50.98%
Horley - 4 £45,000 -
Farnham - 3 £29,500 -
Caterham - 2 £41,000 -
Staines - 2 £82,500 -
Warlingham - 2 £41,000 -
Chertsey 0 1 £45,000 -5.26%
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 19 (22.89%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 34 (40.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 69 (83.13%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (30.12%) Azure
3 21 (25.30%) Entra ID
4 6 (7.23%) OneDrive
5 5 (6.02%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.02%) PowerApps
6 3 (3.61%) AWS
6 3 (3.61%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.61%) SaaS
7 1 (1.20%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 19 (22.89%) Firewall
2 16 (19.28%) TCP/IP
3 15 (18.07%) DHCP
3 15 (18.07%) DNS
4 8 (9.64%) Wireless
5 5 (6.02%) VPN
6 4 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (3.61%) Unified Communications
8 2 (2.41%) LAN
8 2 (2.41%) WAN
9 1 (1.20%) Broadband
9 1 (1.20%) Internet
9 1 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (1.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.23%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.20%) FileMaker
General
1 36 (43.37%) Social Skills
2 20 (24.10%) Documentation Skills
3 10 (12.05%) Retail
4 8 (9.64%) Law
5 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.61%) Finance
6 3 (3.61%) Legal
6 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.41%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 35 (42.17%) IT Support
2 21 (25.30%) Analyst
3 15 (18.07%) IT Engineer
3 15 (18.07%) IT Support Engineer
3 15 (18.07%) Support Engineer
4 14 (16.87%) Service Analyst
4 14 (16.87%) Service Desk Analyst
5 10 (12.05%) 2nd Line Support
6 9 (10.84%) 1st Line Support
7 8 (9.64%) Administrator
7 8 (9.64%) IT Administrator
8 7 (8.43%) 1st Line Engineer
8 7 (8.43%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 7 (8.43%) Service Desk Support
8 7 (8.43%) Support Analyst
9 6 (7.23%) Support Technician
10 5 (6.02%) Active Directory Support
10 5 (6.02%) Help Desk Support
10 5 (6.02%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (6.02%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.02%) OAuth
1 5 (6.02%) OpenID
1 5 (6.02%) SAML
2 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (4.82%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.20%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.20%) LDAP
3 1 (1.20%) REST
3 1 (1.20%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.07%) Driving Licence
2 13 (15.66%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.61%) PMI
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.20%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 57 (68.67%) Windows
2 28 (33.73%) Windows Server
3 17 (20.48%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.41%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.41%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (28.92%) Customer Service
3 22 (26.51%) Asset Management
4 20 (24.10%) ITIL
5 9 (10.84%) Client Onboarding
5 9 (10.84%) Mentoring
6 8 (9.64%) ITSM
7 6 (7.23%) Process Improvement
7 6 (7.23%) Service Delivery
8 5 (6.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.02%) Service Management
9 4 (4.82%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (4.82%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (4.82%) IT Asset Management
9 4 (4.82%) Zero Trust
10 3 (3.61%) Customer Experience
10 3 (3.61%) Project Delivery
10 3 (3.61%) Regulatory Compliance
10 3 (3.61%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.66%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.23%) Python
3 1 (1.20%) Bash
3 1 (1.20%) SQL
3 1 (1.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.23%) Degree
2 3 (3.61%) PMI Certification
2 3 (3.61%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.41%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.20%) APMP
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (21.69%) SLA
2 8 (9.64%) GDPR
3 2 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.20%) NCSC
4 1 (1.20%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (13.25%) Hyper-V
2 9 (10.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (25.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (19.28%) SCCM
3 2 (2.41%) Ansible
3 2 (2.41%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.41%) Terraform
3 2 (2.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 67 (80.72%) Microsoft
2 17 (20.48%) VMware
3 9 (10.84%) Citrix
4 8 (9.64%) Veeam
5 2 (2.41%) Apple
5 2 (2.41%) HP