Active Directory Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 25 47 38
Rank change year-on-year +22 -9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 2,729 4,112 4,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.59% 6.16% 6.78%
As % of the System Software category 48.26% 40.44% 38.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,376 3,460 3,632
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,750 £22,235
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +5.71% -
75th Percentile £51,500 £50,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £58,750
UK median annual salary £42,000 £41,156 £39,500
% change year-on-year +2.05% +4.19% -4.82%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 5,655 10,168 11,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.80% 15.24% 17.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,435 7,020 8,602
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,557 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,536 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.97% +0.98% -

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 +23 767 £41,000 +17.14% 329
North of England +14 622 £33,500 -8.99% 318
Midlands +21 462 £40,000 -1.23% 246
South West +29 394 £37,500 +8.70% 153
West Midlands +29 337 £40,503 -4.70% 156
North West +18 291 £37,500 +3.45% 161
Yorkshire +12 276 £32,500 -10.96% 114
East of England +17 217 £35,000 -12.50% 143
Scotland +19 181 £40,000 +12.50% 53
East Midlands +6 124 £37,500 +7.14% 90
Wales -7 61 £39,750 -9.14% 22
North East +31 56 £33,000 -16.68% 48
Northern Ireland +15 34 £37,500 +3.45% 15
Isle of Man - 2 £72,500 - 1
Channel Islands +6 1 £45,000 -10.00%
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
1 366 (13.41%) SharePoint
2 237 (8.68%) MS Exchange
3 89 (3.26%) IIS
4 14 (0.51%) Skype for Business
5 12 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.33%) Apache
6 9 (0.33%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2007
11 1 (0.037%) CMS
11 1 (0.037%) Confluence
11 1 (0.037%) Drupal
11 1 (0.037%) Exchange Server 2000
11 1 (0.037%) IBM Domino
11 1 (0.037%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.037%) Moodle
11 1 (0.037%) nginx
Applications
1 358 (13.12%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.33%) AutoCAD
4 9 (0.33%) PTC Creo
4 9 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
5 7 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.22%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.11%) 1Password
7 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.073%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.037%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.44%) iTrent
2 9 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.15%) assyst
3 4 (0.15%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.073%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.073%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.073%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.037%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.037%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.037%) Epicor Tropos
5 1 (0.037%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.037%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.037%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,607 (58.89%) Microsoft 365
2 1,429 (52.36%) Azure
3 636 (23.31%) Entra ID
4 309 (11.32%) AWS
5 132 (4.84%) IaaS
5 132 (4.84%) OneDrive
6 110 (4.03%) SaaS
7 100 (3.66%) PaaS
8 80 (2.93%) GCP
9 59 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
10 58 (2.13%) Power Platform
11 53 (1.94%) Mimecast
12 43 (1.58%) Azure Storage
13 41 (1.50%) WhatsApp
14 38 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
15 34 (1.25%) PowerApps
16 33 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
17 31 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
17 31 (1.14%) Nutanix
17 31 (1.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 695 (25.47%) DNS
2 586 (21.47%) DHCP
3 580 (21.25%) Firewall
4 343 (12.57%) WAN
5 331 (12.13%) LAN
6 297 (10.88%) VPN
7 272 (9.97%) TCP/IP
8 190 (6.96%) SAN
9 188 (6.89%) Wireless
10 159 (5.83%) VLAN
11 138 (5.06%) Wi-Fi
12 137 (5.02%) VoIP
13 85 (3.11%) Internet
14 77 (2.82%) Remote Desktop
15 67 (2.46%) Network Security
16 65 (2.38%) SNMP
17 57 (2.09%) NAS
18 41 (1.50%) SD-WAN
18 41 (1.50%) Structured Cabling
19 37 (1.36%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 292 (10.70%) SQL Server
2 110 (4.03%) Amazon RDS
3 43 (1.58%) MySQL
4 29 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (0.99%) Power BI
6 19 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (0.62%) MongoDB
8 16 (0.59%) Oracle Database
8 16 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (0.48%) SAP HANA
11 12 (0.44%) InterSystems Cache
12 9 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.29%) Redis
14 7 (0.26%) Relational Database
15 6 (0.22%) DTS
16 5 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
17 4 (0.15%) MariaDB
17 4 (0.15%) RDBMS
18 3 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 41 (1.50%) Jenkins
1 41 (1.50%) JIRA
2 33 (1.21%) Git
3 23 (0.84%) MSI
4 22 (0.81%) GitLab
5 18 (0.66%) Artifactory
6 17 (0.62%) AdminStudio
6 17 (0.62%) InstallShield
7 14 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (0.48%) SonarQube
9 12 (0.44%) Maven
10 11 (0.40%) Axure RP
10 11 (0.40%) Visual Studio
11 9 (0.33%) Chocolatey
12 8 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
13 7 (0.26%) MSBuild
14 6 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
15 4 (0.15%) NUnit
15 4 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 4 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 777 (28.47%) Social Skills
2 223 (8.17%) Finance
3 171 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
5 110 (4.03%) Law
6 108 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 108 (3.96%) Legal
7 100 (3.66%) Public Sector
7 100 (3.66%) Retail
8 91 (3.33%) Telecoms
9 53 (1.94%) Manufacturing
10 45 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
11 29 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (0.84%) Games
13 21 (0.77%) Marketing
14 18 (0.66%) Local Government
14 18 (0.66%) Military
15 15 (0.55%) Financial Institution
16 13 (0.48%) Back Office
16 13 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 551 (20.19%) Support Engineer
2 465 (17.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 431 (15.79%) Analyst
4 394 (14.44%) IT Support
5 370 (13.56%) Senior
6 341 (12.50%) IT Engineer
7 266 (9.75%) 2nd Line Support
8 220 (8.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 209 (7.66%) Support Analyst
10 201 (7.37%) IT Support Engineer
11 180 (6.60%) IT Analyst
12 165 (6.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 164 (6.01%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 154 (5.64%) 3rd Line Support
15 139 (5.09%) Service Analyst
16 138 (5.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 117 (4.29%) Service Desk Analyst
18 114 (4.18%) IT Support Analyst
19 100 (3.66%) Desktop Support
20 99 (3.63%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
2 35 (1.28%) .NET
3 33 (1.21%) LDAP
4 31 (1.14%) ARM Templates
5 25 (0.92%) JSON
6 24 (0.88%) Web Services
7 15 (0.55%) YAML
8 14 (0.51%) ASP.NET
8 14 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
8 14 (0.51%) RESTful
8 14 (0.51%) XML
9 13 (0.48%) .NET Framework
9 13 (0.48%) OAuth
10 12 (0.44%) REST
10 12 (0.44%) SAML
11 11 (0.40%) MFC
12 9 (0.33%) HTML
13 7 (0.26%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (0.22%) Akka.NET
15 5 (0.18%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 181 (6.63%) Driving Licence
2 174 (6.38%) Data Centre
3 115 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 98 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
5 92 (3.37%) PKI
6 85 (3.11%) Public Cloud
7 78 (2.86%) Clustering
8 68 (2.49%) Virtual Team
9 62 (2.27%) Replication
10 40 (1.47%) CMDB
11 36 (1.32%) Onboarding
12 33 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
13 28 (1.03%) iPhone
13 28 (1.03%) Smartphone
14 26 (0.95%) Fat Client
14 26 (0.95%) Life Science
14 26 (0.95%) Thin Client
15 24 (0.88%) EFT
16 21 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
17 19 (0.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2,003 (73.40%) Windows
2 1,184 (43.39%) Windows Server
3 562 (20.59%) Windows 10
4 279 (10.22%) Windows Server 2019
5 278 (10.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 263 (9.64%) Linux
7 233 (8.54%) Windows Server 2012
8 123 (4.51%) Android
9 119 (4.36%) Windows 7
10 94 (3.44%) Apple iOS
11 84 (3.08%) Mac OS
12 63 (2.31%) Windows 8
13 53 (1.94%) Windows Server 2003
14 47 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
15 38 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 38 (1.39%) Unix
16 20 (0.73%) CentOS
17 18 (0.66%) Mac OS X
18 17 (0.62%) Ubuntu
19 15 (0.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 630 (23.09%) ITIL
2 575 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
3 548 (20.08%) Customer Service
4 542 (19.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 203 (7.44%) DevOps
6 197 (7.22%) Agile
7 191 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
8 175 (6.41%) Service Management
9 160 (5.86%) Disaster Recovery
10 144 (5.28%) Service Delivery
11 140 (5.13%) Migration
12 136 (4.98%) Incident Management
13 126 (4.62%) Problem Management
14 124 (4.54%) ITSM
15 120 (4.40%) Mentoring
16 116 (4.25%) Change Management
17 110 (4.03%) Information Security
18 103 (3.77%) High Availability
19 100 (3.66%) Project Management
20 94 (3.44%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 585 (21.44%) PowerShell
2 393 (14.40%) SQL
3 138 (5.06%) Python
4 91 (3.33%) Bash
5 76 (2.78%) C#
6 45 (1.65%) VB
7 26 (0.95%) VBScript
8 24 (0.88%) Perl
9 23 (0.84%) T-SQL
10 21 (0.77%) Java
11 17 (0.62%) Bicep
11 17 (0.62%) JavaScript
12 9 (0.33%) MATLAB
12 9 (0.33%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.15%) Delphi
14 3 (0.11%) C
14 3 (0.11%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.073%) C++
15 2 (0.073%) PHP
16 1 (0.037%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 485 (17.77%) Security Cleared
2 378 (13.85%) Degree
3 362 (13.26%) SC Cleared
4 224 (8.21%) DV Cleared
5 214 (7.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 103 (3.77%) Azure Certification
7 96 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
8 87 (3.19%) CCNA
8 87 (3.19%) MCSE
9 64 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
10 52 (1.91%) MCSA
11 49 (1.80%) A+ Certification
12 45 (1.65%) MCP
13 42 (1.54%) DBS Check
14 41 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
15 34 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
15 34 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 30 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
17 21 (0.77%) CCNP
17 21 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 259 (9.49%) SLA
2 76 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 30 (1.10%) GDPR
5 24 (0.88%) QA
6 21 (0.77%) NIST
7 15 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 12 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.37%) NCSC
10 8 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (0.26%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.22%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
13 5 (0.18%) RMADS
14 4 (0.15%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.073%) COBIT
15 2 (0.073%) GRC
15 2 (0.073%) GxP
15 2 (0.073%) PMO
16 1 (0.037%) SOC 2
System Software
1 654 (23.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 453 (16.60%) Hyper-V
3 136 (4.98%) VMware ESXi
4 112 (4.10%) vSphere
5 96 (3.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 91 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
7 73 (2.67%) Firmware
8 47 (1.72%) Docker
9 46 (1.69%) XenApp
10 32 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
11 28 (1.03%) VMware NSX
12 26 (0.95%) Microsoft App-V
13 25 (0.92%) XenDesktop
14 19 (0.70%) BitLocker
15 18 (0.66%) Terminal Services
16 12 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 10 (0.37%) Terminal Server
17 10 (0.37%) VMware Workstation
18 6 (0.22%) VirtualBox
19 5 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 473 (17.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 462 (16.93%) SCCM
3 156 (5.72%) SCOM
4 112 (4.10%) Kubernetes
5 104 (3.81%) WSUS
6 102 (3.74%) Terraform
7 97 (3.55%) Ansible
8 78 (2.86%) vCenter Server
9 57 (2.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 47 (1.72%) Failover Clustering
11 40 (1.47%) FortiGate
12 39 (1.43%) Microsoft Clustering
13 38 (1.39%) Nessus
14 31 (1.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 29 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
16 27 (0.99%) Puppet
17 25 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
17 25 (0.92%) SCVMM
18 18 (0.66%) AirWatch
18 18 (0.66%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1,688 (61.85%) Microsoft
2 952 (34.88%) VMware
3 292 (10.70%) Citrix
4 290 (10.63%) Cisco
5 168 (6.16%) Veeam
6 136 (4.98%) ServiceNow
7 118 (4.32%) HP
8 87 (3.19%) Dell
9 79 (2.89%) Apple
9 79 (2.89%) Oracle
10 77 (2.82%) Meraki
11 68 (2.49%) SolarWinds
12 59 (2.16%) Google
13 58 (2.13%) Sophos
14 51 (1.87%) Remedy
15 49 (1.80%) Aruba
16 43 (1.58%) Mitel
17 40 (1.47%) Red Hat
18 38 (1.39%) Symantec
19 37 (1.36%) Commvault