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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 32 46
Rank change year-on-year -30 +14 -4
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,631 4,429 3,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.14% 5.94% 6.12%
As % of the System Software category 39.20% 50.03% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,187 3,654 2,913
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,700 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.41% +5.71%
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,716 £50,625
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £39,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -6.25% -

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 4,161 8,853 9,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.57% 11.87% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,330 6,985 5,661
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,875 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.75% -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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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
North of England -69 407 £31,000 -11.43% 517
South East -38 383 £40,000 +6.67% 732
Midlands -11 382 £32,500 -2.99% 420
East of England -22 246 £32,500 +4.84% 346
West Midlands -10 225 £35,000 - 208
Yorkshire -1 222 £30,000 -7.69% 206
South West -20 167 £32,500 -13.33% 294
East Midlands -22 157 £31,500 -3.08% 185
North West -134 134 £37,500 - 239
North East -12 51 £32,000 -3.03% 78
Scotland -36 26 £50,000 +51.52% 106
Wales -19 15 £38,094 +34.66% 70
Northern Ireland +36 5 £51,250 +36.67% 22
Isle of Man +12 2 £34,500 -19.77%
Channel Islands -4 1 £45,000 -47.06% 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
1 397 (24.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 250 (15.33%) SharePoint
3 50 (3.07%) IIS
4 16 (0.98%) Confluence
5 13 (0.80%) Tomcat
6 11 (0.67%) IBM Domino
7 9 (0.55%) Apache
7 9 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2013
7 9 (0.55%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.31%) nginx
8 5 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.18%) Office Communications Server
11 2 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.12%) JOnAS
11 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.061%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.061%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 182 (11.16%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.43%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 3 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.061%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (1.35%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.43%) SAP Business One
2 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.18%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.061%) assyst
5 1 (0.061%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.061%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.061%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.061%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.061%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 891 (54.63%) Microsoft 365
2 758 (46.47%) Azure
3 420 (25.75%) Entra ID
4 155 (9.50%) AWS
5 112 (6.87%) OneDrive
6 39 (2.39%) Serverless
7 36 (2.21%) IaaS
8 33 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
9 32 (1.96%) Power Platform
10 29 (1.78%) Mimecast
11 28 (1.72%) Power Automate
11 28 (1.72%) SaaS
12 24 (1.47%) Google Workspace
12 24 (1.47%) PaaS
13 23 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
14 22 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
14 22 (1.35%) GCP
15 20 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.16%) Amazon S3
16 19 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 477 (29.25%) Firewall
2 313 (19.19%) DNS
3 253 (15.51%) DHCP
4 205 (12.57%) WAN
5 190 (11.65%) LAN
6 146 (8.95%) VPN
7 128 (7.85%) VoIP
8 125 (7.66%) VLAN
9 117 (7.17%) TCP/IP
10 102 (6.25%) SAN
11 93 (5.70%) Broadband
12 81 (4.97%) Wi-Fi
13 61 (3.74%) Wireless
14 51 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
14 51 (3.13%) SSL
15 44 (2.70%) NAS
16 43 (2.64%) Network Security
17 37 (2.27%) SSH
18 35 (2.15%) Cisco IOS
18 35 (2.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (6.01%) SQL Server
2 48 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (1.47%) Power BI
4 15 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.31%) MySQL
6 5 (0.31%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.12%) EDMS
7 2 (0.12%) MS Access
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.12%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.061%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.061%) DB2
8 1 (0.061%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.061%) QlikView
8 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.061%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (2.15%) JIRA
2 24 (1.47%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.16%) Git
4 15 (0.92%) Vagrant
5 10 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (0.43%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.25%) GitLab
8 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.061%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.061%) Selenium
9 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.061%) Subversion
9 1 (0.061%) Visual Studio
General
1 660 (40.47%) Social Skills
2 95 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (5.40%) Retail
4 84 (5.15%) Finance
5 68 (4.17%) Law
6 62 (3.80%) Legal
7 59 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 58 (3.56%) Manufacturing
9 54 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
10 49 (3.00%) Public Sector
11 33 (2.02%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.66%) Automotive
13 16 (0.98%) Advertising
14 15 (0.92%) German Language
15 12 (0.74%) Games
15 12 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (0.67%) Aerospace
16 11 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.55%) Czech Language
18 8 (0.49%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 416 (25.51%) IT Support
2 330 (20.23%) Support Engineer
3 260 (15.94%) Analyst
4 216 (13.24%) IT Engineer
5 200 (12.26%) 2nd Line Support
6 165 (10.12%) Support Analyst
7 158 (9.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 128 (7.85%) IT Analyst
9 116 (7.11%) IT Support Engineer
10 93 (5.70%) IT Support Analyst
11 88 (5.40%) 1st Line Support
12 82 (5.03%) Senior
13 81 (4.97%) Infrastructure Support
14 80 (4.90%) Support Technician
15 77 (4.72%) 3rd Line Support
16 72 (4.41%) Administrator
17 70 (4.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 70 (4.29%) Technical Support
17 70 (4.29%) Technology Specialist
18 69 (4.23%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.72%) Web Services
2 26 (1.59%) RESTful
3 15 (0.92%) SailPoint
4 11 (0.67%) JSON
5 10 (0.61%) LDAP
6 9 (0.55%) REST
6 9 (0.55%) SAML
6 9 (0.55%) SOAP
6 9 (0.55%) XML
7 6 (0.37%) .NET
8 5 (0.31%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.18%) EDI
9 3 (0.18%) React
9 3 (0.18%) YAML
10 2 (0.12%) CSS
10 2 (0.12%) HTML
10 2 (0.12%) Middleware
10 2 (0.12%) Node.js
10 2 (0.12%) PySpark
11 1 (0.061%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.42%) Driving Licence
2 89 (5.46%) Management Information System
2 89 (5.46%) Onboarding
3 71 (4.35%) NHS
4 68 (4.17%) Operational Technology
5 61 (3.74%) PKI
6 52 (3.19%) CCTV
7 43 (2.64%) Data Centre
8 39 (2.39%) Clustering
9 33 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
10 28 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
11 26 (1.59%) Cyberattack
11 26 (1.59%) Social Media
12 24 (1.47%) Replication
13 21 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.10%) Virtual Team
15 15 (0.92%) Smartphone
16 13 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,157 (70.94%) Windows
2 532 (32.62%) Windows Server
3 239 (14.65%) Windows 10
4 179 (10.97%) Linux
5 120 (7.36%) Mac OS
6 85 (5.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 84 (5.15%) Windows Server 2012
8 77 (4.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 69 (4.23%) Android
10 61 (3.74%) Apple iOS
11 39 (2.39%) Mac OS X
12 32 (1.96%) Windows 7
13 31 (1.90%) VMS
14 25 (1.53%) Ubuntu
15 24 (1.47%) Unix
16 10 (0.61%) Windows 8
17 9 (0.55%) CentOS
17 9 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 7 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
19 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
2 360 (22.07%) Customer Service
3 304 (18.64%) ITIL
4 277 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
5 186 (11.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 119 (7.30%) Identity Management
7 97 (5.95%) Disaster Recovery
8 96 (5.89%) Mentoring
9 90 (5.52%) Coaching
10 86 (5.27%) Proactive Monitoring
11 85 (5.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 84 (5.15%) DevOps
12 84 (5.15%) ITSM
12 84 (5.15%) Proactive Maintenance
13 81 (4.97%) Incident Management
14 79 (4.84%) Network Design
14 79 (4.84%) Service Delivery
15 72 (4.41%) Network Management
15 72 (4.41%) Roadmaps
16 65 (3.99%) Broadcast Engineering
Programming Languages
1 291 (17.84%) PowerShell
2 135 (8.28%) SQL
3 96 (5.89%) Python
4 24 (1.47%) Bash
5 22 (1.35%) Java
6 14 (0.86%) Groovy
7 10 (0.61%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.61%) Shell Script
7 10 (0.61%) VBA
8 9 (0.55%) Perl
9 4 (0.25%) Bicep
10 3 (0.18%) Progress 4GL
10 3 (0.18%) Ruby
10 3 (0.18%) VBScript
11 2 (0.12%) Korn
11 2 (0.12%) VB
12 1 (0.061%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.061%) PHP
12 1 (0.061%) RPG IV
12 1 (0.061%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 332 (20.36%) Degree
2 204 (12.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 146 (8.95%) Security Cleared
4 125 (7.66%) DBS Check
5 82 (5.03%) SC Cleared
6 72 (4.41%) A+ Certification
7 69 (4.23%) DV Cleared
8 60 (3.68%) MCSA
9 59 (3.62%) Azure Certification
10 45 (2.76%) MCSE
11 42 (2.58%) Network+ Certification
12 40 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
13 34 (2.08%) MCP
14 30 (1.84%) CCNA
15 29 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
16 24 (1.47%) HND
17 20 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 17 (1.04%) AWS Certification
18 17 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
18 17 (1.04%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (6.01%) SLA
2 74 (4.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (3.19%) GDPR
4 42 (2.58%) NIST
5 29 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (0.43%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.18%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.12%) COBIT
10 2 (0.12%) GRC
10 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.12%) NCSC
10 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.061%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.061%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 271 (16.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 202 (12.39%) Hyper-V
3 64 (3.92%) Virtual Servers
4 63 (3.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 57 (3.49%) VMware ESXi
6 43 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (2.45%) vSphere
8 36 (2.21%) Docker
9 27 (1.66%) Terminal Services
10 20 (1.23%) XenApp
11 14 (0.86%) BitLocker
12 9 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (0.49%) DFS Replication
14 5 (0.31%) Firmware
14 5 (0.31%) VMware NSX
15 3 (0.18%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.18%) ISA Server
15 3 (0.18%) KVM
15 3 (0.18%) NFS
15 3 (0.18%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 292 (17.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (4.54%) SCCM
3 64 (3.92%) Terraform
4 60 (3.68%) Ansible
5 38 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
6 32 (1.96%) Kubernetes
7 27 (1.66%) vCenter Server
8 26 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
9 25 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 19 (1.16%) WSUS
11 17 (1.04%) Puppet
12 14 (0.86%) vMotion
13 12 (0.74%) AirWatch
13 12 (0.74%) Grafana
13 12 (0.74%) Nagios
13 12 (0.74%) Prometheus
13 12 (0.74%) SCOM
14 10 (0.61%) Nessus
15 9 (0.55%) FortiGate
15 9 (0.55%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 1,063 (65.17%) Microsoft
2 380 (23.30%) VMware
3 192 (11.77%) Cisco
4 100 (6.13%) Apple
5 89 (5.46%) Citrix
6 84 (5.15%) Meraki
7 82 (5.03%) Veeam
8 70 (4.29%) Sun
9 61 (3.74%) ServiceNow
10 49 (3.00%) Google
11 38 (2.33%) HP
12 36 (2.21%) Dell
13 35 (2.15%) Fortinet
13 35 (2.15%) SonicWALL
14 32 (1.96%) Okta
15 29 (1.78%) Thales
16 27 (1.66%) Sophos
17 26 (1.59%) Ubiquiti
18 25 (1.53%) SAP
19 23 (1.41%) Sage