Active Directory Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 40 47
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 3,561 3,209 4,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.46% 6.67% 5.83%
As % of the System Software category 51.21% 40.13% 36.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,779 2,707 3,868
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,370 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,600 £26,726
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £36,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.37% - -2.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £62,500 £61,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 6,954 7,997 12,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.65% 16.61% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,246 5,183 8,566
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,769 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the UK excluding London

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the UK excluding London

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the UK excluding London

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 26 July 2024. 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
South East -4 983 £40,000 +12.68% 148
North of England +22 860 £37,500 +4.17% 170
Midlands +17 638 £35,000 -3.45% 79
South West +19 453 £37,000 - 93
North West +10 413 £38,000 -8.43% 76
West Midlands +11 388 £36,000 +1.77% 54
East of England +6 343 £32,000 -8.57% 53
Yorkshire +16 323 £35,225 +8.38% 63
East Midlands +2 246 £35,000 -6.67% 25
Scotland -46 201 £35,500 -5.33% 36
North East +15 124 £35,750 -8.94% 36
Wales +21 75 £31,500 -19.75% 7
Northern Ireland -18 8 £37,500 -16.67% 28
Channel Islands -4 2 £85,000 +25.93%
Isle of Man -15 1 £36,000 -50.34% 1
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 910 (25.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 601 (16.88%) SharePoint
3 62 (1.74%) IIS
4 26 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2013
5 19 (0.53%) OpenStack
6 12 (0.34%) SharePoint 2010
6 12 (0.34%) SharePoint 2013
7 11 (0.31%) Confluence
8 8 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
9 7 (0.20%) Skype for Business
9 7 (0.20%) WordPress
10 6 (0.17%) CMS
10 6 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
11 5 (0.14%) Apache
12 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2000
12 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
12 4 (0.11%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.084%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 3 (0.084%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.084%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 557 (15.64%) Microsoft Office
2 112 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.028%) CATIA
7 1 (0.028%) NASTRAN
7 1 (0.028%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.14%) Sage 200
3 5 (0.14%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.084%) iTrent
4 3 (0.084%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.056%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.028%) assyst
6 1 (0.028%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.028%) Epicor Tropos
6 1 (0.028%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.028%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 2,172 (60.99%) Microsoft 365
2 1,720 (48.30%) Azure
3 1,025 (28.78%) Entra ID
4 267 (7.50%) OneDrive
5 247 (6.94%) AWS
6 86 (2.42%) Power Platform
7 73 (2.05%) IaaS
8 71 (1.99%) SaaS
9 68 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
10 61 (1.71%) GCP
10 61 (1.71%) Mimecast
11 54 (1.52%) PowerApps
12 52 (1.46%) Power Automate
13 47 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
13 47 (1.32%) Azure Storage
14 45 (1.26%) Google Workspace
15 44 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
16 43 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
17 42 (1.18%) Nutanix
18 35 (0.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 784 (22.02%) DNS
2 752 (21.12%) Firewall
3 604 (16.96%) DHCP
4 438 (12.30%) WAN
5 415 (11.65%) LAN
6 341 (9.58%) TCP/IP
7 326 (9.15%) VPN
8 272 (7.64%) SAN
9 207 (5.81%) VLAN
10 198 (5.56%) Wireless
11 189 (5.31%) Wi-Fi
12 158 (4.44%) VoIP
13 119 (3.34%) Network Security
14 104 (2.92%) NAS
15 101 (2.84%) Internet
16 93 (2.61%) Broadband
17 82 (2.30%) Remote Desktop
18 78 (2.19%) WLAN
19 76 (2.13%) 5G
20 61 (1.71%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 84 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
3 62 (1.74%) Power BI
4 44 (1.24%) Metadata
5 40 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (0.90%) MySQL
7 18 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (0.42%) Relational Database
9 11 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.28%) Oracle Database
10 10 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.25%) RDBMS
11 9 (0.25%) Redis
12 7 (0.20%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.14%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.14%) MariaDB
14 5 (0.14%) MaxDB
14 5 (0.14%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 87 (2.44%) Git
2 66 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 47 (1.32%) Bitbucket
4 44 (1.24%) Artifactory
5 41 (1.15%) JIRA
6 20 (0.56%) MSI
7 13 (0.37%) AdminStudio
7 13 (0.37%) InstallShield
8 9 (0.25%) Trac
9 8 (0.22%) GitLab
9 8 (0.22%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (0.17%) Robot Framework
10 6 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.11%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.084%) Axure RP
13 2 (0.056%) Hudson
13 2 (0.056%) Moq
13 2 (0.056%) MSTest
13 2 (0.056%) SpecFlow
General
1 1,092 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 431 (12.10%) Finance
3 364 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
4 196 (5.50%) Law
5 168 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 134 (3.76%) Legal
7 129 (3.62%) Manufacturing
8 128 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
9 106 (2.98%) Retail
10 102 (2.86%) Telecoms
11 87 (2.44%) Public Sector
12 71 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
13 60 (1.68%) Marketing
14 51 (1.43%) Banking
15 35 (0.98%) Games
16 24 (0.67%) Advertising
16 24 (0.67%) Local Government
17 22 (0.62%) Automotive
18 20 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
18 20 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 641 (18.00%) IT Support
2 623 (17.50%) Support Engineer
3 601 (16.88%) Analyst
4 501 (14.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 499 (14.01%) IT Engineer
6 389 (10.92%) Senior
7 311 (8.73%) IT Support Engineer
8 296 (8.31%) 2nd Line Support
9 249 (6.99%) IT Technician
10 228 (6.40%) IT Analyst
11 225 (6.32%) Service Analyst
12 211 (5.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 210 (5.90%) Service Desk Analyst
14 205 (5.76%) Lead
15 196 (5.50%) Support Analyst
16 171 (4.80%) Support Technician
17 169 (4.75%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 144 (4.04%) IT Manager
19 139 (3.90%) 1st Line Support
19 139 (3.90%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (2.11%) LDAP
2 62 (1.74%) SAML
3 58 (1.63%) Web Services
4 56 (1.57%) RESTful
5 53 (1.49%) OpenID
6 49 (1.38%) XML
7 48 (1.35%) JSON
8 44 (1.24%) JSON-LD
9 35 (0.98%) ARM Templates
10 21 (0.59%) .NET
10 21 (0.59%) YAML
11 15 (0.42%) REST
12 14 (0.39%) HTML
12 14 (0.39%) OLE
13 12 (0.34%) SailPoint
14 11 (0.31%) OAuth
15 9 (0.25%) CSS
16 7 (0.20%) Loki
16 7 (0.20%) React
17 6 (0.17%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 238 (6.68%) Driving Licence
2 223 (6.26%) Management Information System
3 182 (5.11%) Data Centre
4 152 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
5 111 (3.12%) PKI
6 98 (2.75%) Replication
7 96 (2.70%) Clustering
7 96 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 68 (1.91%) Social Media
9 67 (1.88%) Public Cloud
9 67 (1.88%) Smartphone
10 59 (1.66%) Enterprise Cloud
11 45 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
12 44 (1.24%) Reference Data
13 37 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
14 36 (1.01%) Private Cloud
15 34 (0.95%) Fat Client
15 34 (0.95%) Thin Client
16 31 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
17 30 (0.84%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 2,433 (68.32%) Windows
2 1,295 (36.37%) Windows Server
3 714 (20.05%) Windows 10
4 409 (11.49%) Linux
5 258 (7.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 243 (6.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 215 (6.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 143 (4.02%) Android
9 138 (3.88%) Mac OS
10 116 (3.26%) Apple iOS
11 106 (2.98%) Windows 7
12 102 (2.86%) Ubuntu
13 55 (1.54%) Windows Server 2008
14 40 (1.12%) VMS
15 30 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 29 (0.81%) Windows 8
17 27 (0.76%) CentOS
17 27 (0.76%) Mac OS X
18 21 (0.59%) Unix
19 15 (0.42%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 776 (21.79%) ITIL
2 718 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
3 700 (19.66%) Customer Service
4 605 (16.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 506 (14.21%) Cybersecurity
6 288 (8.09%) Service Management
7 239 (6.71%) Agile
8 220 (6.18%) Service Delivery
9 217 (6.09%) Disaster Recovery
10 214 (6.01%) Roadmaps
11 190 (5.34%) ITSM
12 187 (5.25%) Change Management
13 184 (5.17%) Mentoring
14 177 (4.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 171 (4.80%) Incident Management
16 167 (4.69%) Project Management
17 161 (4.52%) Migration
18 156 (4.38%) Identity Access Management
19 154 (4.32%) DevOps
20 147 (4.13%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 520 (14.60%) PowerShell
2 406 (11.40%) SQL
3 132 (3.71%) Bash
4 88 (2.47%) Python
5 55 (1.54%) VB
6 47 (1.32%) Go
7 46 (1.29%) C#
8 44 (1.24%) Prolog
8 44 (1.24%) SPARQL
9 36 (1.01%) Bicep
10 28 (0.79%) VBScript
11 20 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 18 (0.51%) ActionScript
12 18 (0.51%) Java
12 18 (0.51%) JavaScript
12 18 (0.51%) R
13 17 (0.48%) Perl
14 8 (0.22%) PHP
14 8 (0.22%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 477 (13.40%) Degree
2 360 (10.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 353 (9.91%) Security Cleared
4 237 (6.66%) SC Cleared
5 150 (4.21%) DV Cleared
6 117 (3.29%) A+ Certification
7 116 (3.26%) MCP
8 115 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
9 102 (2.86%) DBS Check
10 97 (2.72%) Azure Certification
11 96 (2.70%) MCSE
12 94 (2.64%) CCNA
13 81 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
14 66 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
15 52 (1.46%) MCSA
16 43 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 37 (1.04%) MCITP
18 32 (0.90%) CCNP
18 32 (0.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 21 (0.59%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 279 (7.83%) SLA
2 97 (2.72%) GDPR
3 70 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 60 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.45%) QA
6 13 (0.37%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (0.34%) Data Quality
7 12 (0.34%) NIST
7 12 (0.34%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.28%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.22%) HIPAA
9 8 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.084%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.084%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.084%) NCSC
11 1 (0.028%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.028%) GRC
11 1 (0.028%) GxP
11 1 (0.028%) SOC 2
System Software
1 759 (21.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 622 (17.47%) Hyper-V
3 172 (4.83%) VMware ESXi
4 154 (4.32%) vSphere
5 141 (3.96%) Virtual Machines
6 103 (2.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 72 (2.02%) XenApp
8 58 (1.63%) XenDesktop
9 44 (1.24%) RACF
10 43 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
11 34 (0.95%) Docker
12 22 (0.62%) Firmware
13 20 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 19 (0.53%) VMware Workstation
15 18 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
16 17 (0.48%) OpenSSH
17 16 (0.45%) pfSense
18 15 (0.42%) Terminal Services
18 15 (0.42%) VMware NSX
19 13 (0.37%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 661 (18.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 384 (10.78%) SCCM
3 128 (3.59%) WSUS
4 100 (2.81%) Jamf Pro
4 100 (2.81%) vCenter Server
5 93 (2.61%) SCOM
6 79 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 69 (1.94%) Terraform
8 67 (1.88%) Kubernetes
9 60 (1.68%) Ansible
10 55 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
11 41 (1.15%) Failover Clustering
12 32 (0.90%) ZABBIX
13 28 (0.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 25 (0.70%) Backup Exec
15 19 (0.53%) FortiGate
16 18 (0.51%) Grafana
16 18 (0.51%) IBM BigFix
16 18 (0.51%) Microsoft Clustering
16 18 (0.51%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 2,377 (66.75%) Microsoft
2 1,127 (31.65%) VMware
3 365 (10.25%) Cisco
4 272 (7.64%) Veeam
5 268 (7.53%) Citrix
6 153 (4.30%) Dell
7 138 (3.88%) Apple
8 130 (3.65%) CyberArk
9 127 (3.57%) HP
10 120 (3.37%) ServiceNow
11 97 (2.72%) Meraki
12 85 (2.39%) Google
13 80 (2.25%) Fortinet
14 67 (1.88%) Tanium
15 64 (1.80%) Sophos
16 60 (1.68%) Oracle
17 59 (1.66%) IBM
18 55 (1.54%) SolarWinds
19 49 (1.38%) Adobe
20 47 (1.32%) NetApp