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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 55 32
Rank change year-on-year +28 -23 -9
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 466 352 538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.32% 5.51% 7.41%
As % of the System Software category 56.08% 47.31% 51.34%
Number of salaries quoted 394 298 467
10th Percentile £23,750 £23,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,313 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £38,288
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.47% -4.28%
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £60,600 £58,750
England median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -5.88%

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 831 744 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.28% 11.64% 14.43%
Number of salaries quoted 697 516 857
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +1.11% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,300
% change year-on-year -9.09% -0.54% +0.55%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +13 145 £35,500 -21.11% 22
Staffordshire -10 86 £32,500 - 22
Warwickshire +66 34 £32,000 -37.56% 11
Worcestershire -2 34 £36,298 +15.23% 11
Shropshire +10 30 £36,500 +40.38% 6
Solihull +12 23 £47,500 +20.25% 2
Coventry +17 17 £42,500 +18.06% 6
Wednesbury 0 10 £30,000 -2.44%
Herefordshire +3 8 £30,000 -29.41% 7
Wolverhampton +1 7 £21,500 -57.00% 3
Dudley +10 4 £24,500 -20.97% 1
Walsall +11 3 - - 1
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 -
West Bromwich -1 2 £28,500 +15.15% 2
Halesowen -10 2 £27,500 -17.91%
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
Sutton Coldfield -12 1 £27,000 +1.89% 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
1 142 (30.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 67 (14.38%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.72%) IIS
4 4 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.86%) IBM Notes
5 3 (0.64%) Apache
5 3 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (0.64%) nginx
6 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 74 (15.88%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.07%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.86%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 314 (67.38%) Microsoft 365
2 220 (47.21%) Azure
3 143 (30.69%) Entra ID
4 27 (5.79%) AWS
5 26 (5.58%) OneDrive
6 14 (3.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (2.58%) Google Workspace
8 11 (2.36%) 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 4 (0.86%) GCP
13 4 (0.86%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.64%) DigitalOcean
14 3 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
15 2 (0.43%) Amazon S3
15 2 (0.43%) Mimecast
15 2 (0.43%) OpenDNS
15 2 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 125 (26.82%) DNS
2 122 (26.18%) Firewall
3 112 (24.03%) DHCP
4 67 (14.38%) LAN
5 65 (13.95%) WAN
6 55 (11.80%) TCP/IP
7 42 (9.01%) Wi-Fi
8 38 (8.15%) VPN
9 32 (6.87%) SAN
10 30 (6.44%) VLAN
11 18 (3.86%) PBX
12 16 (3.43%) Wireless
13 14 (3.00%) VoIP
14 13 (2.79%) SMTP
15 12 (2.58%) Network Security
15 12 (2.58%) SNMP
16 11 (2.36%) FTP
16 11 (2.36%) iSCSI
16 11 (2.36%) Remote Desktop
17 8 (1.72%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.44%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (1.93%) Power BI
3 9 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.43%) MySQL
7 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
General
1 154 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 48 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (9.23%) Law
4 37 (7.94%) Finance
5 29 (6.22%) Retail
6 23 (4.94%) Manufacturing
7 21 (4.51%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (3.22%) 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%) Fire and Rescue
15 3 (0.64%) Military
15 3 (0.64%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.64%) Norwegian Language
16 2 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 112 (24.03%) Support Engineer
2 109 (23.39%) IT Support
3 98 (21.03%) IT Engineer
4 74 (15.88%) Analyst
5 67 (14.38%) IT Support Engineer
6 51 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 41 (8.80%) Senior
8 37 (7.94%) 2nd Line Support
9 31 (6.65%) IT Technician
10 29 (6.22%) 3rd Line Support
11 28 (6.01%) IT Analyst
12 27 (5.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 23 (4.94%) IT Support Analyst
14 22 (4.72%) IT Manager
14 22 (4.72%) Service Analyst
15 20 (4.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 20 (4.29%) Support Analyst
15 20 (4.29%) Support Technician
16 19 (4.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 19 (4.08%) Service Desk Analyst
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 33 (7.08%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (5.79%) Replication
4 25 (5.36%) Management Information System
5 20 (4.29%) Driving Licence
6 18 (3.86%) PKI
7 14 (3.00%) Clustering
8 11 (2.36%) Fat Client
8 11 (2.36%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.36%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.36%) Thin Client
9 9 (1.93%) CCTV
9 9 (1.93%) Security Operations Centre
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
1 350 (75.11%) Windows
2 215 (46.14%) Windows Server
3 84 (18.03%) Windows 10
4 51 (10.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 49 (10.52%) Linux
6 38 (8.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (6.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (4.29%) Mac OS
9 12 (2.58%) CentOS
10 9 (1.93%) Ubuntu
10 9 (1.93%) Unix
10 9 (1.93%) Windows 7
11 8 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.50%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.86%) VMS
15 2 (0.43%) Android
15 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.43%) SUSE
15 2 (0.43%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (20.17%) ITIL
3 85 (18.24%) Customer Service
4 75 (16.09%) Cybersecurity
5 74 (15.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 39 (8.37%) Project Delivery
7 33 (7.08%) Change Management
7 33 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (6.87%) Service Management
9 30 (6.44%) ERP
10 29 (6.22%) Service Delivery
11 28 (6.01%) Disaster Recovery
12 27 (5.79%) Server Management
13 26 (5.58%) Line Management
14 25 (5.36%) Asset Management
15 21 (4.51%) Mentoring
16 20 (4.29%) Agile
16 20 (4.29%) Roadmaps
17 18 (3.86%) Migration
18 17 (3.65%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (12.88%) PowerShell
2 33 (7.08%) SQL
3 6 (1.29%) T-SQL
4 4 (0.86%) Bash
5 3 (0.64%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.64%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.64%) R
6 1 (0.21%) Bicep
6 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 58 (12.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 50 (10.73%) Degree
3 34 (7.30%) Security Cleared
4 27 (5.79%) SC Cleared
5 20 (4.29%) A+ Certification
6 16 (3.43%) MCSE
7 14 (3.00%) CCNA
7 14 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (2.79%) MCP
9 12 (2.58%) Azure Certification
10 11 (2.36%) MCSA
10 11 (2.36%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (1.93%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.07%) MCITP
14 4 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.64%) CCIE
15 3 (0.64%) CCNP
15 3 (0.64%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.87%) SLA
2 17 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.15%) GDPR
4 4 (0.86%) NIST
5 3 (0.64%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 117 (25.11%) Hyper-V
2 115 (24.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (8.58%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (3.86%) Virtual Servers
5 16 (3.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (3.43%) vSphere
6 10 (2.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 9 (1.93%) Docker
8 8 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (1.72%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (1.29%) pfSense
10 5 (1.07%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 5 (1.07%) NFS
10 5 (1.07%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.07%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.64%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.64%) XenApp
11 3 (0.64%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.43%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 92 (19.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 77 (16.52%) SCCM
3 13 (2.79%) vCenter Server
4 12 (2.58%) Failover Clustering
5 11 (2.36%) AirWatch
6 10 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (2.15%) Terraform
7 8 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.50%) Kubernetes
8 7 (1.50%) SCOM
9 5 (1.07%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.86%) Autotask
10 4 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.64%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.43%) Trend Micro Deep Security
12 2 (0.43%) WSUS
13 1 (0.21%) Ansible
13 1 (0.21%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 314 (67.38%) Microsoft
2 171 (36.70%) VMware
3 56 (12.02%) Cisco
4 54 (11.59%) Veeam
5 40 (8.58%) Dell
6 39 (8.37%) Citrix
7 32 (6.87%) Apple
8 27 (5.79%) HP
9 21 (4.51%) Sophos
10 16 (3.43%) Adobe
10 16 (3.43%) Fortinet
11 13 (2.79%) Nimble Storage
11 13 (2.79%) ServiceNow
12 12 (2.58%) Aruba
12 12 (2.58%) Sage
12 12 (2.58%) WatchGuard
13 10 (2.15%) Zerto
14 9 (1.93%) EqualLogic
14 9 (1.93%) Remedy
15 8 (1.72%) Google