Active Directory Support Jobs

Microsoft Active Directory Support
UK

The median Microsoft Active Directory Support salary in the UK is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 697 864 926
Rank change year-on-year +167 +62 +227
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Support 15 43 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.043% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.045% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 15 37 32
10th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £44,000 £25,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +76.00% -2.34%
75th Percentile £40,875 £59,000 £38,500
90th Percentile £52,500 - £47,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £55,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -40.91% +120.00% -10.71%

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 50,981 94,642 91,089
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 94.70% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,187 67,606 57,639
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,059
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.76% +6.12%

Active Directory Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Support in the UK

Active Directory Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Active Directory Support in the UK

Active Directory Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory Support over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory Support in the UK

Active Directory Support
Top 10 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +124 15 £37,500 -31.82%
UK excluding London +147 11 £32,500 -40.91%
Work from Home +122 11 £37,500 -36.44%
Midlands +67 9 £37,500 -14.77%
East Midlands +30 7 £32,500 -26.14%
London +108 3 £41,500 -9.78%
West Midlands - 2 £38,500 -
South East +65 1 £30,000 -49.15%
Yorkshire - 1 £30,000 -
North of England - 1 £30,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Active Directory Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (80.00%) Windows
3 10 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (53.33%) Windows Server
5 7 (46.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (46.67%) Firewall
6 6 (40.00%) Entra ID
7 5 (33.33%) Azure
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
8 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (26.67%) CCNA
8 4 (26.67%) DHCP
8 4 (26.67%) DNS
8 4 (26.67%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (26.67%) SCCM
9 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
9 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
10 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
10 2 (13.33%) IIS
10 2 (13.33%) SAN
10 2 (13.33%) NetApp
10 2 (13.33%) Terminal Services
10 2 (13.33%) HP
10 2 (13.33%) Dell
10 2 (13.33%) Law
10 2 (13.33%) Legal
10 2 (13.33%) VMware

Active Directory Support 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 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (13.33%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (6.67%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (33.33%) Azure
4 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
4 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) Firewall
2 4 (26.67%) DHCP
2 4 (26.67%) DNS
3 2 (13.33%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (13.33%) SAN
3 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.67%) LAN
4 1 (6.67%) VPN
4 1 (6.67%) WAN
4 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (46.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Law
3 2 (13.33%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
1 2 (13.33%) Document Management
1 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (6.67%) Change Management
2 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (6.67%) Information Security
2 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (6.67%) ITIL
2 1 (6.67%) ITSM
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (6.67%) Practice Management
2 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
2 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (6.67%) Service Management
2 1 (6.67%) SIEM
2 1 (6.67%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) CCNA
1 4 (26.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) NIST
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
2 2 (13.33%) Terminal Services
2 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (13.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) SCCM
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Dell
2 2 (13.33%) HP
2 2 (13.33%) iManage
2 2 (13.33%) NetApp
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) Adobe
3 1 (6.67%) Citrix
3 1 (6.67%) DocuSign
3 1 (6.67%) Intapp
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow