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 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 16 45 34
Rank change year-on-year +29 -11 +7
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 337 510 491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.25% 6.23% 6.76%
As % of the System Software category 63.11% 55.56% 38.81%
Number of salaries quoted 318 441 436
10th Percentile £25,757 £23,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £30,680 £28,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,503 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £53,750
England median annual salary £41,500 £41,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +1.22% +5.13% -6.02%

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 534 918 1,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 16.24% 11.21% 17.41%
Number of salaries quoted 475 734 1,044
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,575 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,552 £32,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.84% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,443 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £75,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 +22 109 £38,950 -18.00% 38
Staffordshire +22 57 £37,500 +29.31% 42
Coventry +4 34 £47,100 -7.65% 15
Worcestershire +1 24 £42,500 +17.24% 11
Warwickshire +78 20 £50,500 +71.19% 10
Shropshire +23 17 £40,000 +50.94% 3
Wednesbury -1 17 £35,000 +59.09% 5
Walsall +28 13 £27,000 -10.00%
Solihull -5 13 £50,000 +21.95% 7
Wolverhampton +8 5 £25,000 -9.09% 4
Stourbridge 0 2 £50,000 +17.65% 2
Dudley +10 1 £48,070 +32.61% 3
Herefordshire -5 1 £32,500 -21.21% 6
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 51 (15.13%) MS Exchange
2 39 (11.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.30%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) Drupal
4 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 11 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.30%) Misys Equation
Cloud Services
1 233 (69.14%) Microsoft 365
2 214 (63.50%) Azure
3 121 (35.91%) Entra ID
4 62 (18.40%) AWS
5 17 (5.04%) OneDrive
6 14 (4.15%) Power Platform
7 11 (3.26%) SaaS
8 10 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.67%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (2.67%) GCP
10 7 (2.08%) IaaS
10 7 (2.08%) PaaS
10 7 (2.08%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.48%) Rubrik
11 5 (1.48%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 3 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 125 (37.09%) DNS
2 118 (35.01%) DHCP
3 82 (24.33%) Firewall
4 52 (15.43%) LAN
4 52 (15.43%) TCP/IP
5 49 (14.54%) WAN
6 45 (13.35%) SAN
7 38 (11.28%) Wireless
8 35 (10.39%) VPN
9 27 (8.01%) SSL
10 26 (7.72%) FTP
11 25 (7.42%) SMTP
11 25 (7.42%) SNMP
11 25 (7.42%) SSH
12 24 (7.12%) HTTP
12 24 (7.12%) Telnet
13 23 (6.82%) VLAN
13 23 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
14 19 (5.64%) Internet
15 15 (4.45%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.04%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (4.15%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.08%) Power BI
4 3 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.89%) MySQL
4 3 (0.89%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.30%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (0.89%) Git
2 2 (0.59%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.30%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 102 (30.27%) Social Skills
2 33 (9.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 32 (9.50%) Telecoms
4 30 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.53%) Finance
6 19 (5.64%) Retail
7 14 (4.15%) Law
8 11 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.67%) Local Government
10 8 (2.37%) Legal
11 7 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.78%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.48%) Banking
13 5 (1.48%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.48%) Fire and Rescue
14 4 (1.19%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.59%) Police
16 1 (0.30%) Billing
16 1 (0.30%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 79 (23.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 51 (15.13%) Analyst
2 51 (15.13%) Support Engineer
3 47 (13.95%) IT Engineer
4 44 (13.06%) Senior
5 36 (10.68%) IT Support
6 27 (8.01%) Support Analyst
7 24 (7.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (6.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 21 (6.23%) 2nd Line Support
9 21 (6.23%) Desktop Support
10 20 (5.93%) Support Technician
11 19 (5.64%) 3rd Line Support
12 18 (5.34%) Lead
13 16 (4.75%) IT Support Engineer
14 15 (4.45%) Administrator
15 12 (3.56%) Network Engineer
15 12 (3.56%) Server Engineer
15 12 (3.56%) Service Analyst
15 12 (3.56%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.89%) Web Services
2 2 (0.59%) LDAP
2 2 (0.59%) REST
2 2 (0.59%) SAML
2 2 (0.59%) XML
3 1 (0.30%) .NET
3 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.30%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 59 (17.51%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.12%) EFT
3 22 (6.53%) Management Information System
4 20 (5.93%) Replication
5 12 (3.56%) Virtual Team
6 11 (3.26%) Driving Licence
6 11 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.97%) Security Operations Centre
8 8 (2.37%) Clustering
9 5 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.48%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.19%) Mobile Computing
10 4 (1.19%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.89%) CMDB
11 3 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.89%) iPad
11 3 (0.89%) iPhone
11 3 (0.89%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 245 (72.70%) Windows
2 159 (47.18%) Windows Server
3 60 (17.80%) Windows 10
4 29 (8.61%) Windows Server 2012
5 28 (8.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 28 (8.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (5.93%) Apple iOS
7 16 (4.75%) Android
8 13 (3.86%) Linux
8 13 (3.86%) Mac OS
9 12 (3.56%) Windows 7
10 9 (2.67%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (1.78%) Unix
12 5 (1.48%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.19%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.89%) Windows Mobile
15 2 (0.59%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.30%) SUSE
16 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (31.75%) ITIL
2 86 (25.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 59 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (10.98%) Customer Service
5 28 (8.31%) High Availability
6 25 (7.42%) Server Patching
7 23 (6.82%) ITSM
8 22 (6.53%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (6.53%) Migration
9 21 (6.23%) Change Management
9 21 (6.23%) DevOps
9 21 (6.23%) Service Delivery
10 20 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (5.93%) Incident Management
10 20 (5.93%) Problem Management
11 18 (5.34%) ERP
11 18 (5.34%) Project Delivery
11 18 (5.34%) Service Management
12 17 (5.04%) Server Management
13 14 (4.15%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (26.41%) PowerShell
2 30 (8.90%) SQL
3 3 (0.89%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.30%) Bicep
4 1 (0.30%) C#
4 1 (0.30%) C++
4 1 (0.30%) Java
4 1 (0.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (14.54%) Degree
2 38 (11.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (8.61%) Security Cleared
4 24 (7.12%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (6.23%) SC Cleared
6 18 (5.34%) CCNA
6 18 (5.34%) MCSE
7 15 (4.45%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.56%) MCSA
9 11 (3.26%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (2.37%) A+ Certification
10 8 (2.37%) CCNP
11 7 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (2.08%) DBS Check
11 7 (2.08%) MCP
11 7 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.89%) CWDP
12 3 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.89%) SANS
12 3 (0.89%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.12%) SLA
2 20 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (1.48%) NIST
5 2 (0.59%) GDPR
5 2 (0.59%) GRC
6 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 93 (27.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 53 (15.73%) Hyper-V
3 49 (14.54%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (3.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (2.97%) BitLocker
6 8 (2.37%) vSphere
7 7 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (2.08%) XenApp
8 6 (1.78%) Firmware
8 6 (1.78%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (1.78%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (1.78%) XenDesktop
9 4 (1.19%) Docker
9 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (1.19%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.89%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.59%) NFS
Systems Management
1 91 (27.00%) SCCM
2 85 (25.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (8.61%) vCenter Server
4 17 (5.04%) AirWatch
5 10 (2.97%) WSUS
6 8 (2.37%) Ansible
6 8 (2.37%) Failover Clustering
7 6 (1.78%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.78%) SCOM
8 5 (1.48%) EdgeSight
8 5 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.48%) Terraform
9 4 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.30%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 229 (67.95%) Microsoft
2 155 (45.99%) VMware
3 60 (17.80%) Citrix
4 51 (15.13%) Cisco
5 37 (10.98%) HP
6 36 (10.68%) Veeam
7 24 (7.12%) Globalscape
8 23 (6.82%) ServiceNow
9 22 (6.53%) Apple
10 17 (5.04%) Nimble Storage
11 14 (4.15%) Dell
12 13 (3.86%) Mitel
12 13 (3.86%) Zerto
13 11 (3.26%) Meraki
14 10 (2.97%) SolarWinds
15 9 (2.67%) Palo Alto
15 9 (2.67%) Remedy
16 8 (2.37%) Google
16 8 (2.37%) Symantec
16 8 (2.37%) Toshiba