Active Directory Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 26 54
Rank change year-on-year -17 +28 -24
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 219 469 395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.90% 6.48% 5.93%
As % of the System Software category 62.04% 55.50% 49.38%
Number of salaries quoted 164 397 316
10th Percentile £26,325 £23,750 £23,471
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% -1.32%
75th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,300 £53,750 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 353 845 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.91% 11.67% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 261 709 539
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,700 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.07%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -1.79%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
Birmingham +4 101 £45,000 +25.00% 11
Staffordshire -2 46 £35,000 +7.69% 21
Warwickshire -30 20 £32,500 +10.17% 10
West Bromwich +5 12 £27,000 +17.39% 1
Shropshire -1 7 £28,500 -16.79% 1
Worcestershire -5 6 £27,500 -24.24% 3
Solihull -7 6 £48,750 +2.63% 4
Wolverhampton +14 4 £55,000 +155.81% 2
Herefordshire +5 4 £67,500 +145.45% 4
Dudley 0 4 £30,000 +22.45% 1
Coventry -19 2 £60,000 +41.18%
Wednesbury -1 1 £45,000 +50.00% 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 48 (21.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (14.61%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.91%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.46%) IIS
4 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (27.85%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (9.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.83%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 5 (2.28%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (2.28%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.91%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 151 (68.95%) Microsoft 365
2 135 (61.64%) Azure
3 47 (21.46%) Entra ID
4 17 (7.76%) AWS
4 17 (7.76%) Google Workspace
5 15 (6.85%) OneDrive
6 11 (5.02%) Power Automate
7 9 (4.11%) SaaS
8 7 (3.20%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (3.20%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.74%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.28%) IaaS
10 5 (2.28%) PaaS
11 4 (1.83%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (1.83%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 4 (1.83%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.83%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 79 (36.07%) Firewall
2 72 (32.88%) WAN
3 68 (31.05%) LAN
4 38 (17.35%) DHCP
5 37 (16.89%) VLAN
6 33 (15.07%) DNS
7 32 (14.61%) VoIP
8 30 (13.70%) TCP/IP
9 27 (12.33%) VPN
10 17 (7.76%) BGP
11 16 (7.31%) OSPF
11 16 (7.31%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (7.31%) WLAN
12 11 (5.02%) SAN
13 10 (4.57%) Network Security
14 6 (2.74%) Remote Desktop
15 5 (2.28%) SD-WAN
16 4 (1.83%) HTTPS
16 4 (1.83%) SSL
17 3 (1.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.74%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.28%) Power BI
3 3 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Bitbucket Server
1 4 (1.83%) Jenkins
1 4 (1.83%) JIRA
2 3 (1.37%) Vagrant
General
1 97 (44.29%) Social Skills
2 47 (21.46%) Retail
3 18 (8.22%) Law
4 17 (7.76%) Automotive
5 16 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.85%) Legal
7 13 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (5.02%) Finance
9 7 (3.20%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.74%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.83%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.83%) Police
12 2 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Advertising
13 1 (0.46%) Electronics
13 1 (0.46%) Games
13 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 69 (31.51%) IT Support
2 37 (16.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (15.53%) Support Engineer
4 31 (14.16%) IT Support Specialist
4 31 (14.16%) Support Specialist
5 29 (13.24%) Analyst
6 28 (12.79%) IT Engineer
7 19 (8.68%) Support Analyst
8 16 (7.31%) Infrastructure Support
8 16 (7.31%) IT Analyst
8 16 (7.31%) Systems Engineer
9 15 (6.85%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (6.39%) 1st Line Support
10 14 (6.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 14 (6.39%) IT Support Analyst
11 13 (5.94%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 13 (5.94%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
11 13 (5.94%) 3rd Line Support
11 13 (5.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (5.48%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (0.91%) SAML
2 1 (0.46%) OAuth
2 1 (0.46%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.70%) CCTV
2 26 (11.87%) Management Information System
3 17 (7.76%) Onboarding
4 16 (7.31%) Smartphone
5 14 (6.39%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.20%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.83%) iPhone
8 4 (1.83%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.37%) iPad
9 3 (1.37%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.91%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.91%) PKI
10 2 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.46%) FMCG
11 1 (0.46%) Freedom of Information Act
11 1 (0.46%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 160 (73.06%) Windows
2 93 (42.47%) Windows Server
3 76 (34.70%) Windows 10
4 41 (18.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 35 (15.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 34 (15.53%) Linux
7 20 (9.13%) Ubuntu
8 16 (7.31%) Mac OS X
9 12 (5.48%) Apple iOS
10 7 (3.20%) Mac OS
10 7 (3.20%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.83%) Android
12 3 (1.37%) VMS
12 3 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.91%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.46%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (20.55%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (15.98%) ITIL
5 31 (14.16%) Customer Service
5 31 (14.16%) Mentoring
6 20 (9.13%) Business Case
7 19 (8.68%) Data Security
7 19 (8.68%) Infrastructure Management
8 18 (8.22%) Computer Science
9 16 (7.31%) Performance Tuning
9 16 (7.31%) Systems Engineering
10 14 (6.39%) Network Design
11 13 (5.94%) Incident Management
11 13 (5.94%) Service Delivery
12 12 (5.48%) Collaborative Culture
12 12 (5.48%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (5.02%) Line Management
13 11 (5.02%) Mobile Device Management
14 10 (4.57%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (23.29%) PowerShell
2 28 (12.79%) SQL
3 6 (2.74%) Python
3 6 (2.74%) Shell Script
4 3 (1.37%) Groovy
4 3 (1.37%) Java
4 3 (1.37%) Perl
4 3 (1.37%) Ruby
5 2 (0.91%) VB
Qualifications
1 66 (30.14%) Degree
2 38 (17.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (9.59%) MCSE
4 17 (7.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (7.31%) HNC
5 16 (7.31%) HND
5 16 (7.31%) Security Cleared
6 13 (5.94%) MCSA
7 12 (5.48%) MCP
7 12 (5.48%) SC Cleared
8 11 (5.02%) A+ Certification
9 6 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.74%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (2.28%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.28%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.28%) CISSP
11 3 (1.37%) CCNA
11 3 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.37%) CISM
11 3 (1.37%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.20%) SLA
3 6 (2.74%) GDPR
4 4 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.37%) NIST
6 2 (0.91%) COBIT
6 2 (0.91%) GRC
6 2 (0.91%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (6.85%) Hyper-V
3 14 (6.39%) XenApp
4 9 (4.11%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.28%) BitLocker
5 5 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.83%) Docker
6 4 (1.83%) Firmware
6 4 (1.83%) vSphere
7 2 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 44 (20.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.94%) SCCM
3 8 (3.65%) Terraform
4 7 (3.20%) Ansible
5 5 (2.28%) Nessus
6 4 (1.83%) AirWatch
6 4 (1.83%) Proxmox
7 3 (1.37%) Nagios
7 3 (1.37%) SCOM
7 3 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.91%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.91%) SCSM
8 2 (0.91%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.91%) VxRail
8 2 (0.91%) WSUS
9 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.46%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 149 (68.04%) Microsoft
2 49 (22.37%) VMware
3 43 (19.63%) Cisco
4 34 (15.53%) Apple
5 20 (9.13%) Citrix
6 18 (8.22%) Dell
7 17 (7.76%) Google
7 17 (7.76%) Meraki
7 17 (7.76%) Ubiquiti
8 16 (7.31%) Fortinet
9 14 (6.39%) CheckPoint
9 14 (6.39%) SonicWALL
10 11 (5.02%) HP
11 10 (4.57%) ServiceNow
12 9 (4.11%) Acronis
13 6 (2.74%) SAP
13 6 (2.74%) WatchGuard
14 4 (1.83%) Juniper
14 4 (1.83%) Samsung
15 3 (1.37%) MobileIron