Active Directory Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Microsoft Active Directory
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 44 35
Rank change year-on-year -20 -9 +31
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 64 67 151
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 3.03% 5.22% 5.95%
As % of the System Software category 32.99% 41.88% 42.42%
Number of salaries quoted 47 39 142
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,875 £28,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -5.71% -11.39%
75th Percentile £34,500 £44,000 £54,375
90th Percentile £48,677 £53,900 £61,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year - - -15.58%

All System Software Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 194 160 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 9.19% 12.46% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 125 118 286
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £26,375
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,063 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% +9.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £62,362
90th Percentile £82,000 £118,095 £70,625
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £49,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +16.47% -10.53%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in West Yorkshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
Leeds -28 41 £33,000 - 7
Wakefield - 8 £70,000 - 3
Dewsbury - 5 £32,500 -
Sowerby Bridge - 5 - -
Batley - 4 £32,500 -
Bradford -20 1 £31,000 +3.33% 3
Active Directory
Yorkshire

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

Application Platforms
1 21 (32.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (20.31%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.13%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (43.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (60.94%) Azure
3 16 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.81%) AWS
5 3 (4.69%) Google Workspace
5 3 (4.69%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.69%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.13%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 26 (40.63%) DHCP
1 26 (40.63%) DNS
2 24 (37.50%) TCP/IP
3 15 (23.44%) Firewall
4 13 (20.31%) VPN
5 11 (17.19%) LAN
5 11 (17.19%) WAN
6 8 (12.50%) VLAN
7 6 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (6.25%) Network Security
8 4 (6.25%) VoIP
9 2 (3.13%) NAS
9 2 (3.13%) SAN
10 1 (1.56%) Wireless
10 1 (1.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) Power BI
2 2 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 28 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.63%) Documentation Skills
3 8 (12.50%) Legal
3 8 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.81%) Advertising
4 5 (7.81%) Law
4 5 (7.81%) Retail
5 4 (6.25%) Finance
6 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Tech for Good
7 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 53 (82.81%) IT Support
2 18 (28.13%) IT Engineer
3 14 (21.88%) IT Support Engineer
3 14 (21.88%) Support Engineer
4 12 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (14.06%) Analyst
6 8 (12.50%) IT Analyst
6 8 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
6 8 (12.50%) Support Analyst
7 7 (10.94%) IT Support Technician
7 7 (10.94%) IT Technician
7 7 (10.94%) Support Technician
8 6 (9.38%) Service Analyst
8 6 (9.38%) Service Desk Analyst
9 5 (7.81%) 1st Line Support
9 5 (7.81%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 5 (7.81%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 5 (7.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (7.81%) IT Support Specialist
9 5 (7.81%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Driving Licence
2 9 (14.06%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.69%) Replication
5 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.56%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 50 (78.13%) Windows
2 35 (54.69%) Windows Server
3 16 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (7.81%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (7.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (6.25%) Android
6 3 (4.69%) Mac OS
6 3 (4.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (23.44%) Incident Management
3 14 (21.88%) Customer Service
3 14 (21.88%) ITIL
4 11 (17.19%) Asset Management
4 11 (17.19%) Mentoring
5 9 (14.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (14.06%) IT Asset Management
6 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (12.50%) Data Security
7 6 (9.38%) Project Delivery
7 6 (9.38%) Server Management
8 5 (7.81%) ITSM
8 5 (7.81%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (7.81%) Service Delivery
9 4 (6.25%) Case Management
9 4 (6.25%) ERP
10 3 (4.69%) Actionable Insight
10 3 (4.69%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (4.69%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.81%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.25%) VBA
3 2 (3.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (21.88%) SC Cleared
1 14 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (10.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (28.13%) Hyper-V
2 14 (21.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (12.50%) SCCM
2 3 (4.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.13%) VxRail
3 2 (3.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 60 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 29 (45.31%) VMware
3 24 (37.50%) Citrix
4 7 (10.94%) Veeam
5 4 (6.25%) Adobe
6 3 (4.69%) Google
7 2 (3.13%) Cisco
7 2 (3.13%) Commvault
7 2 (3.13%) CyberArk
7 2 (3.13%) Datto
7 2 (3.13%) Dell
7 2 (3.13%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.13%) HP
7 2 (3.13%) Meraki
7 2 (3.13%) SonicWALL
7 2 (3.13%) Tenable
7 2 (3.13%) WatchGuard
7 2 (3.13%) Zerto
8 1 (1.56%) Freshdesk
8 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow