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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 22 35
Rank change year-on-year -15 +13 -5
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 92 92 135
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 4.04% 7.94% 6.59%
As % of the System Software category 52.27% 46.70% 59.21%
Number of salaries quoted 78 71 73
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £23,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £58,750 £42,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £59,875 £45,000 £63,750
South East median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -3.61% +10.67%

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 176 197 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 7.73% 17.00% 11.13%
Number of salaries quoted 149 152 144
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,775 £25,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,375 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -22.73% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,813 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -10.00% -

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 10 August 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 10 August 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
Woking +8 34 £57,500 -1.71%
Guildford -23 7 £42,500 +33.86% 1
Camberley -2 4 £37,500 -16.67% 1
Redhill -14 4 £38,500 -3.75% 1
Godalming - 4 £29,000 -
Oxted - 3 £40,000 -
Caterham 0 2 £32,500 -20.73% 1
Warlingham 0 2 £32,500 -20.73%
Epsom -6 2 - -
Farnham - 2 - -
Chertsey - 2 £47,500 -
Egham -9 1 £50,000 +81.82% 1
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 43 (46.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (42.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (15.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 80 (86.96%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (70.65%) Azure
3 60 (65.22%) Entra ID
4 31 (33.70%) SaaS
5 29 (31.52%) Mimecast
6 10 (10.87%) Power Platform
7 7 (7.61%) PowerApps
8 4 (4.35%) AWS
8 4 (4.35%) OneDrive
9 3 (3.26%) Google Workspace
10 2 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (2.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.22%) TCP/IP
2 13 (14.13%) DNS
3 12 (13.04%) Firewall
4 10 (10.87%) DHCP
5 9 (9.78%) Wireless
6 4 (4.35%) VPN
7 3 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.17%) Network Security
8 2 (2.17%) SAN
8 2 (2.17%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (1.09%) NAS
9 1 (1.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.26%) Power BI
3 1 (1.09%) MySQL
3 1 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (33.70%) JIRA
General
1 37 (40.22%) Social Skills
2 29 (31.52%) Legal
3 9 (9.78%) Finance
4 5 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.35%) Retail
6 3 (3.26%) Local Government
7 2 (2.17%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.09%) Law
8 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (45.65%) IT Support
2 41 (44.57%) Support Engineer
3 36 (39.13%) IT Engineer
4 34 (36.96%) IT Support Engineer
5 24 (26.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 24 (26.09%) 3rd Line Support
5 24 (26.09%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 22 (23.91%) Analyst
7 13 (14.13%) Senior
7 13 (14.13%) Systems Engineer
8 12 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (11.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (11.96%) Systems Support
9 11 (11.96%) Systems Support Engineer
10 9 (9.78%) Service Analyst
10 9 (9.78%) Service Desk Analyst
10 9 (9.78%) Support Analyst
11 8 (8.70%) Senior IT Engineer
11 8 (8.70%) Senior IT Support
11 8 (8.70%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.09%) JSON
1 1 (1.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.74%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.09%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 52 (56.52%) Windows
2 30 (32.61%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.52%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.17%) Linux
4 2 (2.17%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (42.39%) Change Management
2 37 (40.22%) Incident Management
3 33 (35.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 30 (32.61%) Technical Leadership
5 29 (31.52%) Identity Management
5 29 (31.52%) Workflow
6 24 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (23.91%) Customer Service
8 15 (16.30%) ITIL
9 12 (13.04%) ITSM
9 12 (13.04%) Project Delivery
10 9 (9.78%) Asset Management
10 9 (9.78%) Mentoring
11 8 (8.70%) Problem Management
11 8 (8.70%) Project Management
12 7 (7.61%) Application Packaging
12 7 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (7.61%) Knowledge Management
12 7 (7.61%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (31.52%) R
2 3 (3.26%) SQL
3 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.09%) Python
3 1 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (11.96%) Degree
2 3 (3.26%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (36.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (11.96%) SLA
3 3 (3.26%) GDPR
4 2 (2.17%) ITGC
4 2 (2.17%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.09%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (1.09%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.09%) GxP
5 1 (1.09%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 7 (7.61%) Hyper-V
1 7 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (59.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (14.13%) SCCM
3 2 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 67 (72.83%) Microsoft
2 29 (31.52%) CrowdStrike
3 9 (9.78%) Palo Alto
3 9 (9.78%) ServiceNow
4 7 (7.61%) Qualys
4 7 (7.61%) VMware
5 6 (6.52%) Meraki
5 6 (6.52%) Ubiquiti
5 6 (6.52%) Veeam
6 4 (4.35%) Citrix
7 3 (3.26%) Google
8 1 (1.09%) Apple
8 1 (1.09%) Cisco
8 1 (1.09%) Juniper
8 1 (1.09%) QNAP
8 1 (1.09%) Synology