Active Directory Job Trends in the UK excluding London
Microsoft Active Directory
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 55 | 35 | 35 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -20 | 0 | -11 |
| Permanent jobs citing Active Directory | 2,271 | 1,884 | 2,464 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 2.60% | 5.52% | 4.95% |
| As % of the System Software category | 48.85% | 49.02% | 47.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,596 | 1,383 | 1,422 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £26,179 | £26,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £30,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £38,000 | £35,000 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.57% | -12.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £50,443 | £48,750 | £53,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,000 | £63,680 | £62,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £40,000 | £37,500 | £42,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -11.76% | +5.46% |
All System Software Skills
UK excluding London
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 UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 4,649 | 3,843 | 5,139 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 5.33% | 11.27% | 10.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,304 | 2,243 | 2,888 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £26,500 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £30,500 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £42,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | -15.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £76,250 | £77,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £55,000 | £49,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.24% | -10.91% | - |
Active Directory Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Active Directory Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Active Directory.
Active Directory Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
Active Directory Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | -15 | 537 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 148 |
| South East | -21 | 533 | £42,500 | +13.33% | 173 |
| Midlands | -30 | 377 | £42,000 | +20.00% | 120 |
| North West | +58 | 297 | £35,000 | - | 84 |
| South West | -36 | 297 | £39,000 | +20.00% | 102 |
| East of England | -5 | 256 | £35,000 | +4.48% | 78 |
| West Midlands | -30 | 198 | £42,500 | -5.56% | 67 |
| East Midlands | -10 | 179 | £38,600 | +28.67% | 53 |
| Yorkshire | -27 | 169 | £32,500 | +6.56% | 48 |
| Scotland | +35 | 113 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 44 |
| Northern Ireland | -7 | 111 | £38,500 | -30.00% | 21 |
| North East | -67 | 71 | £37,500 | +20.97% | 20 |
| Wales | -54 | 56 | £36,250 | -4.84% | 13 |
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Active Directory Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
System Software
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyper-V | 22.4% | 509 |
| 2 | VMware Infrastructure | 18.1% | 410 |
| 3 | vSphere | 3.8% | 86 |
| 4 | Virtual Desktop | 3.7% | 83 |
| 5 | Terminal Server | 3.2% | 72 |
| 6 | Virtual Machines | 2.9% | 65 |
| 7 | VMware ESXi | 1.5% | 33 |
| 8 | Virtual Servers | 1.1% | 26 |
| 9 | Firmware | 1.1% | 24 |
| 10 | Docker | 0.9% | 20 |
| 11 | Microsoft Virtual Server | 0.6% | 14 |
| 12 | BitLocker | 0.4% | 10 |
| 12 | NDS | 0.4% | 10 |
| 14 | VMware NSX | 0.4% | 8 |
| 15 | DFS Replication | 0.3% | 6 |
| 16 | Citrix Hypervisor | 0.2% | 5 |
| 17 | Squid | 0.2% | 4 |
| 18 | NFS | 0.1% | 3 |
| 18 | Slurm Workload Manager | 0.1% | 3 |
| 18 | VMware Server | 0.1% | 3 |