Active Directory Job Trends in Taunton

Microsoft Active Directory
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring Active Directory skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 9 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 4 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Taunton 7.69% 9.68% -
As % of the System Software category 100.00% 37.50% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £42,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.35% - -
75th Percentile £34,250 £43,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median annual salary £33,500 £36,500 £37,261
% change year-on-year -8.22% -2.04% +35.49%

All System Software Skills
Taunton

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 Taunton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4 8 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Taunton 7.69% 25.81% 11.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile - - £34,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £35,336
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.35% +6.25% +56.14%
75th Percentile £34,250 £43,750 £60,875
90th Percentile - - £79,000
Somerset median annual salary £40,000 £51,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -21.57% +20.00% -22.73%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Taunton

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Taunton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Taunton 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DKIM
1 4 (100.00%) DMARC
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (50.00%) IT Support
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft