Active Directory Job Trends in West Lothian

Microsoft Active Directory
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 18 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Lothian 14.17% - -
As % of the System Software category 94.74% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £45,500 - -
25th Percentile £59,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £87,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £32,500 £31,000 £36,750
% change year-on-year +4.84% -15.65% +1.38%

All System Software Skills
West Lothian

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in West Lothian.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 19 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 14.96% 3.23% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile £39,250 - -
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £52,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.19% -30.00% +275.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £53,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £39,750 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.87% +15.00% -9.09%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in West Lothian

Active Directory
Salary Trend in West Lothian

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in West Lothian

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in West Lothian over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in West Lothian

Active Directory
Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
Livingston - 8 £85,000 -
Bathgate - 1 - -
Active Directory
Scotland

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (83.33%) Entra ID
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (38.89%) Azure
4 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Firewall
1 8 (44.44%) LAN
1 8 (44.44%) MPLS
1 8 (44.44%) VoIP
1 8 (44.44%) VPN
1 8 (44.44%) WAN
2 3 (16.67%) Broadband
General
1 14 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 8 (44.44%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 8 (44.44%) 2nd Line Support
1 8 (44.44%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 8 (44.44%) 2nd Line Technical Support
1 8 (44.44%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
1 8 (44.44%) Support Engineer
1 8 (44.44%) Technical Engineer
1 8 (44.44%) Technical Support
1 8 (44.44%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) CyberArk Specialist
2 3 (16.67%) Developer
2 3 (16.67%) IAM Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Platform Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Senior
2 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
2 3 (16.67%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) LDAP
1 6 (33.33%) REST
1 6 (33.33%) SOAP
2 4 (22.22%) GraphQL
3 3 (16.67%) .NET
3 3 (16.67%) OAuth
3 3 (16.67%) OpenID
3 3 (16.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (44.44%) Project Delivery
3 8 (44.44%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 8 (44.44%) Technology Transformation
4 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (22.22%) Digital Innovation
6 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 3 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
6 3 (16.67%) RBAC
6 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (16.67%) Supplier Management
6 3 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (16.67%) User Experience
6 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (11.11%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 4 (22.22%) Bash
3 3 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (16.67%) T-SQL
3 3 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (33.33%) NIST
2 3 (16.67%) GDPR
2 3 (16.67%) NCSC
2 3 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (44.44%) Fortinet
2 8 (44.44%) Meraki
3 3 (16.67%) CyberArk
4 1 (5.56%) Google