Active Directory Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Active Directory
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 27 28
Rank change year-on-year -49 +1 +38
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 142 432 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.90% 6.41% 7.77%
As % of the System Software category 40.92% 49.54% 45.50%
Number of salaries quoted 113 369 351
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,043 £24,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year - +21.21% -12.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £51,925
90th Percentile £70,000 £56,325 £60,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% -6.67%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 347 872 866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.53% 12.93% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 227 721 603
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £48,750 £47,500 £49,182
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.42% -1.64%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the Thames Valley

Active Directory
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Berkshire -60 57 £37,500 -23.35% 33
Buckinghamshire +1 47 £37,500 -1.32% 27
Oxfordshire -3 38 £41,500 +3.75% 23
Active Directory
South East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 57 (40.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (17.61%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.23%) IBM Domino
4 2 (1.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.82%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.70%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 93 (65.49%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (61.27%) Azure
3 40 (28.17%) Entra ID
4 26 (18.31%) AWS
5 8 (5.63%) GCP
6 6 (4.23%) IaaS
7 5 (3.52%) Amazon S3
7 5 (3.52%) AWS KMS
7 5 (3.52%) Serverless
7 5 (3.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.82%) Mimecast
9 3 (2.11%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (2.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 3 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.41%) Amazon ELB
10 2 (1.41%) Amazon Glacier
10 2 (1.41%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.41%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 45 (31.69%) Firewall
2 43 (30.28%) DNS
3 35 (24.65%) DHCP
4 19 (13.38%) SAN
5 14 (9.86%) VLAN
6 13 (9.15%) Remote Desktop
6 13 (9.15%) WAN
7 11 (7.75%) IP Telephony
8 10 (7.04%) LAN
9 9 (6.34%) TCP/IP
9 9 (6.34%) VPN
9 9 (6.34%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (5.63%) iSCSI
10 8 (5.63%) SMTP
10 8 (5.63%) VoIP
11 7 (4.93%) Wireless
12 6 (4.23%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (3.52%) Network Security
14 3 (2.11%) SD-WAN
14 3 (2.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (18.31%) SQL Server
2 14 (9.86%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (5.63%) MySQL
3 8 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.52%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.11%) Bitbucket Server
2 3 (2.11%) Git
3 2 (1.41%) JIRA
3 2 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.41%) Vagrant
4 1 (0.70%) Selenium
4 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (42.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (3.52%) Finance
5 2 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.70%) Legal
6 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (27.46%) Support Engineer
2 21 (14.79%) Technical Support
3 18 (12.68%) IT Engineer
3 18 (12.68%) IT Support
4 17 (11.97%) Senior
5 15 (10.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (9.15%) IT Support Engineer
7 12 (8.45%) Platform Engineer
7 12 (8.45%) Support Technician
8 10 (7.04%) 3rd Line Support
8 10 (7.04%) Infrastructure Support
9 9 (6.34%) Analyst
9 9 (6.34%) IT Manager
10 8 (5.63%) Linux Engineer
10 8 (5.63%) Platform Support Engineer
10 8 (5.63%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 7 (4.93%) Lead
11 7 (4.93%) Technical Engineer
12 6 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support
12 6 (4.23%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.52%) SAML
2 2 (1.41%) Node.js
3 1 (0.70%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.70%) CSS
3 1 (0.70%) HTML
3 1 (0.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.27%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.45%) Management Information System
3 10 (7.04%) PKI
4 8 (5.63%) Cloud Native
5 7 (4.93%) Driving Licence
5 7 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (4.23%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (3.52%) NHS
7 5 (3.52%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (2.82%) CCTV
8 4 (2.82%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.41%) Replication
9 2 (1.41%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.41%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.70%) Life Science
10 1 (0.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 111 (78.17%) Windows
2 65 (45.77%) Windows Server
3 37 (26.06%) Mac OS
4 25 (17.61%) Linux
5 19 (13.38%) Windows 10
6 13 (9.15%) Android
7 12 (8.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (6.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (5.63%) Apple iOS
10 6 (4.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (2.82%) Ubuntu
11 4 (2.82%) Unix
12 3 (2.11%) Mac OS X
13 2 (1.41%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (1.41%) VMS
14 1 (0.70%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.70%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (36.62%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (26.06%) Customer Service
3 31 (21.83%) ITIL
4 26 (18.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (14.79%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (10.56%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (10.56%) Mentoring
7 13 (9.15%) Agile
7 13 (9.15%) Service Delivery
8 11 (7.75%) Project Management
8 11 (7.75%) Server Management
9 10 (7.04%) CRM
9 10 (7.04%) Incident Management
10 9 (6.34%) Coaching
10 9 (6.34%) Project Delivery
11 8 (5.63%) DevOps
11 8 (5.63%) ITSM
11 8 (5.63%) Patch Management
11 8 (5.63%) Platform Engineering
11 8 (5.63%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (21.13%) PowerShell
2 10 (7.04%) Bash
2 10 (7.04%) Python
3 8 (5.63%) Korn
4 6 (4.23%) SQL
5 3 (2.11%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.41%) Groovy
6 2 (1.41%) Java
6 2 (1.41%) Perl
7 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.70%) PHP
7 1 (0.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (22.54%) Degree
2 19 (13.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (10.56%) Security Cleared
4 13 (9.15%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.63%) A+ Certification
5 8 (5.63%) Azure Certification
5 8 (5.63%) DBS Check
5 8 (5.63%) MCSA
6 7 (4.93%) MCP
6 7 (4.93%) MCSE
7 6 (4.23%) CCNA
7 6 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (4.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (3.52%) CCNP
8 5 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.41%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.70%) CISSP
10 1 (0.70%) MCITP
10 1 (0.70%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.52%) NIST
2 5 (3.52%) SLA
3 4 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.70%) GDPR
4 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.70%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (30.99%) Hyper-V
2 35 (24.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (14.08%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (9.86%) Docker
5 11 (7.75%) Terminal Services
6 8 (5.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 7 (4.93%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (1.41%) DFS Replication
11 2 (1.41%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (1.41%) vSphere
12 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (18.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.75%) SCCM
3 9 (6.34%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.34%) Terraform
4 8 (5.63%) WSUS
5 6 (4.23%) Ansible
5 6 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (4.23%) vCenter Server
6 3 (2.11%) Nessus
6 3 (2.11%) Proxmox
7 2 (1.41%) Grafana
7 2 (1.41%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.41%) ZENworks
8 1 (0.70%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.70%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.70%) SCOM
8 1 (0.70%) vRealize
8 1 (0.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 119 (83.80%) Microsoft
2 46 (32.39%) VMware
3 25 (17.61%) Apple
4 14 (9.86%) Cisco
5 11 (7.75%) Citrix
5 11 (7.75%) Sophos
6 10 (7.04%) Dell
7 9 (6.34%) Red Hat
8 8 (5.63%) Splunk
9 7 (4.93%) Juniper
9 7 (4.93%) ServiceNow
9 7 (4.93%) Ubiquiti
9 7 (4.93%) Veeam
10 6 (4.23%) Google
10 6 (4.23%) Palo Alto
11 5 (3.52%) Meraki
11 5 (3.52%) SolarWinds
12 4 (2.82%) SAP
13 3 (2.11%) SonicWALL
14 2 (1.41%) HP