Active Directory Support Engineer Job Trends

Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Active Directory Support Engineer salary in the UK is £38,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 652 684 709
Rank change year-on-year +32 +25 +288
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Support Engineer 1 15 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.028% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.030% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 1 15 9
10th Percentile - £36,250 £28,950
25th Percentile - £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +57.14% -7.89%
75th Percentile - £57,500 -
90th Percentile - - £46,505
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year +1.33% -5.06% +58.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Active Directory Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Active Directory Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Active Directory Support Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Active Directory Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Active Directory Support Engineer
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
UK excluding London +56 1 £38,000 +1.33%
England +48 1 £38,000 -30.91%
North West - 1 £38,000 -
North of England - 1 £38,000 -

Active Directory Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Active Directory Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Active Directory Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

Active Directory Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow