Active Directory Engineer Jobs

Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Active Directory Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 868 932 1163
Rank change year-on-year +64 +231 -359
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Engineer 42 47 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.045% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.050% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 27 36 67
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -14.58% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £85,625
90th Percentile £61,950 £58,750 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £25,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +76.00% -47.37% +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Active Directory Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Active Directory Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Engineer in the UK

Active Directory Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Engineer.

Salary trend for Active Directory Engineer in the UK

Active Directory Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory Engineer in the UK

Active Directory Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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
England +100 38 £50,000 +21.21% 3
UK excluding London -8 23 £44,000 +76.00% 2
London +121 17 £55,000 +0.46% 1
Midlands +19 10 £47,500 +13.10%
West Midlands +33 9 £47,500 +13.10%
East of England +24 8 £30,000 -
Work from Home +69 6 £53,500 +1.90% 2
North of England +57 3 £25,500 -53.64%
North West +20 3 £25,500 -53.64%
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
East Midlands -16 1 £44,000 -

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Active Directory Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Active Directory Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (88.10%) Active Directory
2 26 (61.90%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (54.76%) Windows
4 19 (45.24%) Microsoft
5 16 (38.10%) Azure
6 15 (35.71%) Windows Server
7 13 (30.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (30.95%) VMware
8 12 (28.57%) Hyper-V
9 9 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
9 9 (21.43%) ServiceNow
10 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (19.05%) SCCM
10 8 (19.05%) Degree
10 8 (19.05%) DNS
10 8 (19.05%) Windows 10
10 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
11 7 (16.67%) Customer Service
11 7 (16.67%) Entra ID
11 7 (16.67%) ITIL
11 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
11 7 (16.67%) VPN
11 7 (16.67%) Firewall
12 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
12 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
12 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
12 6 (14.29%) Finance
12 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2019

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Simulink
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (61.90%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (38.10%) Azure
3 7 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.14%) Mimecast
5 2 (4.76%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.38%) AWS
6 1 (2.38%) IaaS
6 1 (2.38%) SaaS
6 1 (2.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.05%) DNS
2 7 (16.67%) Firewall
2 7 (16.67%) VPN
3 5 (11.90%) DHCP
4 3 (7.14%) VLAN
5 2 (4.76%) SAN
6 1 (2.38%) IPv4
6 1 (2.38%) IPv6
6 1 (2.38%) NAS
6 1 (2.38%) Network Security
6 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (30.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 6 (14.29%) Finance
4 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.76%) Automotive
5 2 (4.76%) Retail
6 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Law
6 1 (2.38%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) ADSI
1 1 (2.38%) OAuth
1 1 (2.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Replication
1 4 (9.52%) Virtual Team
2 2 (4.76%) PKI
3 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 23 (54.76%) Windows
2 15 (35.71%) Windows Server
3 8 (19.05%) Windows 10
4 6 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (9.52%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.38%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.38%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.38%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (16.67%) Customer Service
1 7 (16.67%) ITIL
2 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (11.90%) Migration
3 5 (11.90%) Service Delivery
3 5 (11.90%) Validation
4 4 (9.52%) Application Packaging
4 4 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (9.52%) Project Management
5 3 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (7.14%) Requirements Management
5 3 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (7.14%) Ticket Management
6 2 (4.76%) Data Acquisition
6 2 (4.76%) Mentoring
6 2 (4.76%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (4.76%) Server Virtualisation
6 2 (4.76%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.76%) C
2 2 (4.76%) MATLAB
2 2 (4.76%) Python
2 2 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Degree
2 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 5 (11.90%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.38%) CCNA
5 1 (2.38%) CISSP
5 1 (2.38%) MCSA
5 1 (2.38%) MCSE
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (88.10%) Active Directory
2 12 (28.57%) Hyper-V
3 9 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (9.52%) vSphere
5 2 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.38%) DFS Replication
6 1 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (19.05%) SCCM
2 3 (7.14%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.38%) SCOM
3 1 (2.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 19 (45.24%) Microsoft
2 13 (30.95%) VMware
3 9 (21.43%) ServiceNow
4 3 (7.14%) Palo Alto
4 3 (7.14%) SonicWALL
4 3 (7.14%) Sophos
4 3 (7.14%) Veeam
5 2 (4.76%) Aruba
5 2 (4.76%) N-able
5 2 (4.76%) Sun
6 1 (2.38%) Agilent
6 1 (2.38%) Apple
6 1 (2.38%) Cisco
6 1 (2.38%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.38%) HP
6 1 (2.38%) Oracle
6 1 (2.38%) Workday