Active Directory Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Active Directory
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 27 36
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 +7
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 37 65 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 4.79% 5.97% 5.56%
As % of the System Software category 74.00% 73.03% 42.70%
Number of salaries quoted 23 56 34
10th Percentile £25,300 - £21,100
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £37,500 £39,258
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% -4.48% +17.19%
75th Percentile £35,148 £46,311 £47,672
90th Percentile £35,500 £52,500 £62,500
North East median annual salary £32,000 £37,500 £39,563
% change year-on-year -14.67% -5.21% +18.10%

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 50 89 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 6.47% 8.17% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 31 77 69
10th Percentile £25,300 £31,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,198 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.01% -20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £59,000 £85,000
North East median annual salary £33,198 £40,000 £47,672
% change year-on-year -17.01% -16.09% -9.20%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Tyne and Wear

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Tyne and Wear

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 3 August 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 3 August 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 -4 28 £29,000 -18.31% 11
Sunderland +7 3 - -
Gateshead -1 3 - - 2
South Shields - 3 - -
Active Directory
North East

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 11 (29.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (94.59%) Azure
2 18 (48.65%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (37.84%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) Firewall
1 12 (32.43%) Wireless
2 9 (24.32%) TCP/IP
2 9 (24.32%) VLAN
3 2 (5.41%) Internet
3 2 (5.41%) Unified Communications
3 2 (5.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (24.32%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.41%) EDMS
General
1 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Identity Management Specialist
1 13 (35.14%) Technology Specialist
2 9 (24.32%) Support Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Technical Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Technical Support
2 9 (24.32%) Technical Support Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Analyst
4 6 (16.22%) IT Analyst
5 5 (13.51%) Help Desk Technician
5 5 (13.51%) IT Support
5 5 (13.51%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (13.51%) IT Technician
5 5 (13.51%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Applications Support
7 1 (2.70%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Field Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Security Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Service Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (35.14%) NHS
2 2 (5.41%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (32.43%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Customer Service
1 14 (37.84%) ITIL
2 13 (35.14%) Identity Management
3 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (24.32%) Collaborative Working
4 9 (24.32%) Customer-Centricity
5 5 (13.51%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.41%) Change Control
7 2 (5.41%) IT Strategy
7 2 (5.41%) Project Management
7 2 (5.41%) Trend Analysis
8 1 (2.70%) Coaching
8 1 (2.70%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (2.70%) Incident Response
8 1 (2.70%) Mentoring
8 1 (2.70%) Security Operations
8 1 (2.70%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.70%) Time Management
8 1 (2.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.41%) Progress 4GL
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) DBS Check
1 13 (35.14%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (27.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (24.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (24.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 28 (75.68%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.03%) VMware
3 9 (24.32%) Cisco
3 9 (24.32%) SonicWALL
3 9 (24.32%) Veeam
3 9 (24.32%) WatchGuard
4 2 (5.41%) Capita
4 2 (5.41%) Progress
4 2 (5.41%) Sun
5 1 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.70%) Qualys
5 1 (2.70%) Zscaler