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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 53 31
Rank change year-on-year +27 -22 -7
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 470 401 534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.55% 5.92% 7.38%
As % of the System Software category 55.10% 49.38% 50.52%
Number of salaries quoted 399 320 466
10th Percentile £23,750 £23,449 £24,000
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 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £57,625 £58,125
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 853 812 1,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.88% 11.99% 14.60%
Number of salaries quoted 716 546 860
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,875 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%

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 23 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 23 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 +8 146 £36,500 -18.89% 21
Staffordshire -10 80 £30,000 -7.69% 18
Worcestershire +1 40 £36,298 +18.04% 13
Shropshire +19 32 £36,500 +40.38% 11
Warwickshire +73 31 £29,500 -26.25% 9
Solihull +7 24 £47,500 +30.14% 4
Coventry +25 21 £42,500 +18.06% 7
Wednesbury 0 13 £30,000 +3.45%
Wolverhampton +1 7 £21,500 -57.00% 4
Herefordshire +1 6 £27,500 -35.29% 6
Walsall +20 4 £26,000 +0.97% 1
Dudley +7 4 £24,500 -20.97%
Stourbridge - 4 £50,000 -
Halesowen -11 2 £27,500 -17.91%
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
West Bromwich -3 1 £23,000 -7.07% 2
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 (30.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (14.47%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.70%) IIS
4 5 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.85%) 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 (15.53%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.28%) 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 (0.85%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 317 (67.45%) Microsoft 365
2 220 (46.81%) Azure
3 139 (29.57%) Entra ID
4 30 (6.38%) AWS
5 24 (5.11%) OneDrive
6 14 (2.98%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (2.34%) Google Workspace
8 10 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (2.13%) Power Platform
9 9 (1.91%) SaaS
10 7 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.28%) IaaS
12 3 (0.64%) Azure Stack
12 3 (0.64%) DigitalOcean
12 3 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.64%) GCP
13 2 (0.43%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.43%) OpenDNS
13 2 (0.43%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 129 (27.45%) DNS
2 124 (26.38%) Firewall
3 117 (24.89%) DHCP
4 67 (14.26%) WAN
5 66 (14.04%) LAN
6 57 (12.13%) TCP/IP
7 44 (9.36%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (8.30%) SAN
9 38 (8.09%) VPN
10 31 (6.60%) VLAN
11 17 (3.62%) VoIP
11 17 (3.62%) Wireless
12 15 (3.19%) iSCSI
12 15 (3.19%) PBX
13 12 (2.55%) FTP
13 12 (2.55%) Network Security
13 12 (2.55%) Remote Desktop
13 12 (2.55%) SMTP
13 12 (2.55%) SNMP
14 8 (1.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.74%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.70%) Power BI
5 7 (1.49%) 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
1 155 (32.98%) Social Skills
2 47 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (8.72%) Law
4 37 (7.87%) Finance
5 27 (5.74%) Retail
6 23 (4.89%) Telecoms
7 20 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (3.83%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.77%) Local Government
11 10 (2.13%) Legal
12 7 (1.49%) Police
13 5 (1.06%) Games
14 4 (0.85%) Back Office
14 4 (0.85%) Fire and Rescue
15 3 (0.64%) Banking
15 3 (0.64%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.64%) Norwegian Language
15 3 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.43%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 110 (23.40%) IT Support
1 110 (23.40%) Support Engineer
2 102 (21.70%) IT Engineer
3 72 (15.32%) Analyst
4 67 (14.26%) IT Support Engineer
5 57 (12.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 39 (8.30%) Senior
7 35 (7.45%) 2nd Line Support
8 31 (6.60%) IT Technician
9 29 (6.17%) 3rd Line Support
10 28 (5.96%) IT Analyst
11 24 (5.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 23 (4.89%) IT Support Analyst
13 22 (4.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 22 (4.68%) IT Manager
13 22 (4.68%) Service Analyst
14 20 (4.26%) Support Analyst
15 19 (4.04%) Service Desk Analyst
15 19 (4.04%) Support Technician
16 18 (3.83%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.43%) ARM Templates
1 2 (0.43%) LAMP
1 2 (0.43%) LDAP
1 2 (0.43%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.36%) Data Centre
2 34 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (5.32%) Replication
4 24 (5.11%) Management Information System
5 22 (4.68%) Driving Licence
6 18 (3.83%) PKI
7 15 (3.19%) Clustering
8 12 (2.55%) Private Cloud
9 11 (2.34%) Fat Client
9 11 (2.34%) Thin Client
10 9 (1.91%) CCTV
10 9 (1.91%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
10 9 (1.91%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.70%) EFT
11 8 (1.70%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.49%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.28%) Cyberattack
14 5 (1.06%) Client/Server
14 5 (1.06%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 357 (75.96%) Windows
2 221 (47.02%) Windows Server
3 85 (18.09%) Windows 10
4 50 (10.64%) Windows Server 2012
5 48 (10.21%) Linux
6 37 (7.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (6.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 23 (4.89%) Mac OS
9 15 (3.19%) Windows 7
10 12 (2.55%) CentOS
11 10 (2.13%) Ubuntu
11 10 (2.13%) Unix
11 10 (2.13%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.49%) Windows Server 2003
13 6 (1.28%) Apple iOS
14 5 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (1.06%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.85%) VMS
16 3 (0.64%) SUSE
17 2 (0.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (20.00%) ITIL
3 86 (18.30%) Customer Service
4 79 (16.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 67 (14.26%) Cybersecurity
6 40 (8.51%) Project Delivery
7 35 (7.45%) Service Delivery
8 34 (7.23%) Disaster Recovery
9 33 (7.02%) Change Management
9 33 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (6.81%) ERP
11 30 (6.38%) Service Management
12 26 (5.53%) Line Management
12 26 (5.53%) Server Management
13 25 (5.32%) Asset Management
14 21 (4.47%) Agile
14 21 (4.47%) Migration
15 20 (4.26%) Roadmaps
16 18 (3.83%) Mentoring
16 18 (3.83%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (13.19%) PowerShell
2 33 (7.02%) SQL
3 7 (1.49%) T-SQL
4 4 (0.85%) Bash
5 3 (0.64%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.64%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.43%) Bicep
7 1 (0.21%) R
7 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 60 (12.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 47 (10.00%) Degree
3 29 (6.17%) Security Cleared
4 27 (5.74%) SC Cleared
5 23 (4.89%) A+ Certification
6 16 (3.40%) MCSE
7 15 (3.19%) CCNA
7 15 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (3.19%) MCSA
8 14 (2.98%) MCP
9 11 (2.34%) Azure Certification
9 11 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
10 7 (1.49%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.85%) MCITP
14 3 (0.64%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.02%) SLA
2 19 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.13%) GDPR
4 3 (0.64%) NIST
5 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.21%) JSP 440
System Software
1 116 (24.68%) Hyper-V
2 113 (24.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (7.66%) VMware ESXi
4 20 (4.26%) Virtual Servers
5 19 (4.04%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (3.19%) vSphere
7 12 (2.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 9 (1.91%) Docker
9 8 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.70%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (1.28%) NFS
10 6 (1.28%) pfSense
11 5 (1.06%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (1.06%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.06%) 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 94 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 78 (16.60%) SCCM
3 15 (3.19%) AirWatch
4 13 (2.77%) Failover Clustering
4 13 (2.77%) vCenter Server
5 11 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.91%) Terraform
7 7 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (1.49%) Kubernetes
8 6 (1.28%) SCOM
9 5 (1.06%) WSUS
10 4 (0.85%) Autotask
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
1 333 (70.85%) Microsoft
2 172 (36.60%) VMware
3 62 (13.19%) Cisco
4 52 (11.06%) Veeam
5 43 (9.15%) Dell
6 41 (8.72%) Apple
7 37 (7.87%) Citrix
8 32 (6.81%) HP
9 20 (4.26%) Sophos
10 15 (3.19%) Adobe
10 15 (3.19%) Fortinet
10 15 (3.19%) Nimble Storage
10 15 (3.19%) ServiceNow
11 13 (2.77%) Aruba
12 12 (2.55%) WatchGuard
12 12 (2.55%) Zerto
13 11 (2.34%) Meraki
13 11 (2.34%) Sage
14 10 (2.13%) Symantec
14 10 (2.13%) Toshiba