Active Directory Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 49 30
Rank change year-on-year +24 -19 -6
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 466 402 530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.45% 5.98% 7.33%
As % of the System Software category 55.21% 49.57% 50.43%
Number of salaries quoted 394 323 463
10th Percentile £23,750 £23,471 £24,434
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £58,750
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 844 811 1,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.68% 12.06% 14.54%
Number of salaries quoted 707 551 857
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £26,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,125 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the West Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the West Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the West Midlands

Active Directory
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Birmingham +8 144 £36,000 -20.00% 27
Staffordshire -9 83 £30,000 -7.69% 19
Worcestershire 0 38 £36,298 +18.04% 14
Warwickshire +74 32 £29,500 -26.25% 10
Shropshire +19 31 £34,250 +31.73% 13
Solihull +7 23 £47,500 +30.14% 3
Coventry +24 20 £42,500 +18.06% 5
Wednesbury +1 12 £30,000 +3.45%
Wolverhampton -5 7 £21,500 -57.00% 4
Herefordshire +3 6 £27,500 -35.29% 6
Walsall +19 4 £26,000 +0.97% 1
Dudley +6 4 £24,500 -20.97%
Stourbridge - 4 £50,000 -
Halesowen -10 2 £27,500 -17.91%
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
West Bromwich -3 1 £23,000 -7.07% 1
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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
1 143 (30.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 67 (14.38%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.72%) IIS
4 5 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.86%) IBM Notes
6 3 (0.64%) Apache
6 3 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.64%) nginx
7 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 73 (15.67%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.86%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 313 (67.17%) Microsoft 365
2 218 (46.78%) Azure
3 139 (29.83%) Entra ID
4 30 (6.44%) AWS
5 25 (5.36%) OneDrive
6 16 (3.43%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (2.58%) Google Workspace
8 10 (2.15%) Power Platform
9 9 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (1.72%) SaaS
11 7 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (1.07%) IaaS
13 3 (0.64%) Azure Stack
13 3 (0.64%) DigitalOcean
13 3 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.64%) GCP
14 2 (0.43%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.43%) OpenDNS
14 2 (0.43%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 128 (27.47%) DNS
2 121 (25.97%) Firewall
3 116 (24.89%) DHCP
4 67 (14.38%) LAN
5 66 (14.16%) WAN
6 57 (12.23%) TCP/IP
7 42 (9.01%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (8.37%) VPN
9 38 (8.15%) SAN
10 31 (6.65%) VLAN
11 17 (3.65%) Wireless
12 16 (3.43%) VoIP
13 15 (3.22%) PBX
14 14 (3.00%) iSCSI
15 13 (2.79%) SMTP
16 12 (2.58%) FTP
16 12 (2.58%) Network Security
16 12 (2.58%) Remote Desktop
16 12 (2.58%) SNMP
17 8 (1.72%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.86%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.72%) Power BI
5 7 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.64%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.43%) MySQL
8 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
General
1 153 (32.83%) Social Skills
2 48 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (9.01%) Law
4 37 (7.94%) Finance
5 27 (5.79%) Retail
6 23 (4.94%) Telecoms
7 20 (4.29%) Manufacturing
8 19 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.58%) Local Government
11 9 (1.93%) Legal
12 7 (1.50%) Police
13 5 (1.07%) Games
14 4 (0.86%) Back Office
15 3 (0.64%) Banking
15 3 (0.64%) Fire and Rescue
15 3 (0.64%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.64%) Norwegian Language
15 3 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.43%) French Language
Job Titles
1 111 (23.82%) IT Support
2 109 (23.39%) Support Engineer
3 99 (21.24%) IT Engineer
4 71 (15.24%) Analyst
5 66 (14.16%) IT Support Engineer
6 54 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 39 (8.37%) Senior
8 36 (7.73%) 2nd Line Support
9 32 (6.87%) IT Technician
10 30 (6.44%) 3rd Line Support
11 28 (6.01%) IT Analyst
12 24 (5.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 23 (4.94%) IT Support Analyst
14 22 (4.72%) IT Manager
15 21 (4.51%) Service Analyst
16 20 (4.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 20 (4.29%) Support Analyst
16 20 (4.29%) Support Technician
17 18 (3.86%) Service Desk Analyst
18 17 (3.65%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.43%) LAMP
1 2 (0.43%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.21%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.01%) Data Centre
2 34 (7.30%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (5.36%) Replication
4 22 (4.72%) Driving Licence
4 22 (4.72%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.86%) PKI
6 15 (3.22%) Clustering
7 11 (2.36%) Fat Client
7 11 (2.36%) Private Cloud
7 11 (2.36%) Thin Client
8 10 (2.15%) Security Operations Centre
9 9 (1.93%) CCTV
9 9 (1.93%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.93%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.72%) EFT
10 8 (1.72%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.50%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.29%) Cyberattack
13 5 (1.07%) Enterprise Storage
13 5 (1.07%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 352 (75.54%) Windows
2 219 (47.00%) Windows Server
3 84 (18.03%) Windows 10
4 49 (10.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 48 (10.30%) Linux
6 37 (7.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 29 (6.22%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (4.72%) Mac OS
9 13 (2.79%) Windows 7
10 12 (2.58%) CentOS
11 10 (2.15%) Ubuntu
11 10 (2.15%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (1.93%) Unix
13 8 (1.72%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
15 4 (0.86%) VMS
15 4 (0.86%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.64%) SUSE
17 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (19.53%) ITIL
3 86 (18.45%) Customer Service
4 77 (16.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 68 (14.59%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (8.37%) Project Delivery
7 33 (7.08%) Change Management
7 33 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (6.87%) Disaster Recovery
8 32 (6.87%) Service Delivery
9 31 (6.65%) ERP
9 31 (6.65%) Service Management
10 26 (5.58%) Line Management
11 25 (5.36%) Asset Management
11 25 (5.36%) Server Management
12 21 (4.51%) Migration
13 20 (4.29%) Agile
13 20 (4.29%) Roadmaps
14 18 (3.86%) Mentoring
14 18 (3.86%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (13.09%) PowerShell
2 33 (7.08%) SQL
3 7 (1.50%) T-SQL
4 4 (0.86%) Bash
5 3 (0.64%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.64%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.21%) Bicep
6 1 (0.21%) R
6 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 59 (12.66%) Microsoft Certification
2 46 (9.87%) Degree
3 30 (6.44%) Security Cleared
4 28 (6.01%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.72%) A+ Certification
6 17 (3.65%) MCSE
7 15 (3.22%) CCNA
7 15 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (2.79%) MCP
8 13 (2.79%) MCSA
9 11 (2.36%) Azure Certification
9 11 (2.36%) Network+ Certification
10 7 (1.50%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.86%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.86%) MCITP
14 3 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.65%) SLA
2 17 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.15%) GDPR
4 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.43%) NIST
5 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.21%) JSP 440
System Software
1 115 (24.68%) Hyper-V
2 112 (24.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (7.94%) VMware ESXi
4 19 (4.08%) Virtual Servers
5 18 (3.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (3.22%) vSphere
7 11 (2.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 9 (1.93%) Docker
9 8 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.72%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (1.29%) NFS
10 6 (1.29%) pfSense
11 5 (1.07%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (1.07%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.07%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.64%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.43%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.43%) XenApp
13 2 (0.43%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 92 (19.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (16.31%) SCCM
3 14 (3.00%) AirWatch
4 13 (2.79%) Failover Clustering
4 13 (2.79%) vCenter Server
5 11 (2.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.72%) Terraform
8 7 (1.50%) Kubernetes
8 7 (1.50%) SCOM
9 6 (1.29%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.86%) Autotask
10 4 (0.86%) WSUS
11 3 (0.64%) Backup Exec
11 3 (0.64%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.64%) Trend Micro Deep Security
12 1 (0.21%) Ansible
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.21%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 326 (69.96%) Microsoft
2 170 (36.48%) VMware
3 58 (12.45%) Cisco
4 52 (11.16%) Veeam
5 43 (9.23%) Dell
6 38 (8.15%) Apple
7 37 (7.94%) Citrix
8 32 (6.87%) HP
9 21 (4.51%) Sophos
10 15 (3.22%) Adobe
10 15 (3.22%) Nimble Storage
10 15 (3.22%) ServiceNow
11 14 (3.00%) Fortinet
12 13 (2.79%) Aruba
13 12 (2.58%) Sage
13 12 (2.58%) WatchGuard
13 12 (2.58%) Zerto
14 9 (1.93%) Remedy
14 9 (1.93%) Symantec
14 9 (1.93%) Toshiba