Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
UK
The median Microsoft Active Directory Engineer salary in the UK is £40,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 689 | 857 | 934 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +168 | +77 | +225 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Engineer | 22 | 38 | 45 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.040% | 0.038% | 0.045% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.044% | 0.040% | 0.049% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 22 | 23 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £25,050 | £24,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £33,063 | £42,000 | £35,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,500 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.00% | -4.76% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £51,563 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £64,500 | £63,150 | £59,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £39,500 | £47,000 | £25,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.96% | +88.00% | -47.37% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
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.
Active Directory Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory Engineer.
Active Directory Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Engineer over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
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 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +137 | 19 | £39,500 | -21.00% | 5 |
| UK excluding London | +184 | 17 | £39,500 | -15.96% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +136 | 16 | £39,500 | -21.78% | 6 |
| Midlands | +65 | 10 | £37,500 | -21.05% | |
| East Midlands | +38 | 7 | £32,500 | -26.14% | |
| West Midlands | +52 | 3 | £39,500 | -16.84% | |
| London | +93 | 2 | £59,500 | +8.18% | 1 |
| East of England | +38 | 2 | £66,000 | +55.29% | |
| South East | - | 2 | £32,000 | - | |
| South West | - | 2 | £47,000 | - | |
| Northern Ireland | +39 | 1 | £47,500 | - |
Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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.
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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: