Active Directory Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Active Directory
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 39 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 -27 +22
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 25 40 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 3.20% 5.40% 9.95%
As % of the System Software category 47.17% 63.49% 58.33%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 39
10th Percentile £26,400 £31,100 £24,963
25th Percentile £28,500 £33,875 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £36,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +10.77% -21.72%
75th Percentile £29,500 £46,311 £41,149
90th Percentile £45,250 £46,548 £52,500
North East median annual salary £31,000 £37,500 £32,750
% change year-on-year -17.33% +14.50% -12.67%

All System Software Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 53 63 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 6.79% 8.50% 17.06%
Number of salaries quoted 35 32 65
10th Percentile - £32,550 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £35,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,274 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.29% +6.68% -30.76%
75th Percentile £60,750 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,000 £69,825 £63,250
North East median annual salary £43,750 £52,500 £42,155
% change year-on-year -16.67% +24.54% -17.34%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Tyne and Wear

Active Directory
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -8 16 £29,000 -21.09% 11
Gateshead - 8 - -
Active Directory
North East

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 11 (44.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (52.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (76.00%) TCP/IP
2 11 (44.00%) Firewall
3 10 (40.00%) VLAN
3 10 (40.00%) Wireless
4 9 (36.00%) DNS
5 8 (32.00%) VPN
5 8 (32.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (4.00%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (40.00%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (32.00%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Marketing
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Support Engineer
1 10 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
1 10 (40.00%) Technical Support
1 10 (40.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Coordinator
3 2 (8.00%) Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Help Desk Technician
4 1 (4.00%) IT Technician
4 1 (4.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Senior
4 1 (4.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 12 (48.00%) Windows
2 8 (32.00%) Linux
2 8 (32.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.00%) Android
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Customer Service
2 10 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 10 (40.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (32.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (8.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (8.00%) ITIL
6 1 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.00%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (4.00%) Incident Response
6 1 (4.00%) Information Security
6 1 (4.00%) Patch Management
6 1 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.00%) Security Operations
6 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.00%) SIEM
6 1 (4.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.00%) Task Automation
6 1 (4.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (4.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Degree
1 8 (32.00%) HNC
1 8 (32.00%) HND
2 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (44.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (40.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (40.00%) FortiGate
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (88.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (44.00%) VMware
3 10 (40.00%) Cisco
3 10 (40.00%) SonicWALL
3 10 (40.00%) Veeam
3 10 (40.00%) WatchGuard
4 1 (4.00%) Citrix
4 1 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.00%) Qualys
4 1 (4.00%) Zscaler