Active Directory Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 62 94
Rank change year-on-year +21 +32 -29
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,936 2,173 2,550
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.72% 5.02% 3.82%
As % of the System Software category 44.05% 33.52% 20.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,464 1,806 2,204
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,625 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,395 6,483 12,504
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.00% 14.99% 18.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,517 4,756 7,567
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £72,433 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,550 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%

Active Directory
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory trend for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory.

Active Directory salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Active Directory salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 542 (28.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 281 (14.51%) SharePoint
3 66 (3.41%) IIS
4 17 (0.88%) OpenStack
5 11 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2013
6 8 (0.41%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2000
7 6 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.21%) SAS
9 3 (0.15%) Apache
9 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.15%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.15%) JBoss
10 2 (0.10%) Confluence
10 2 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.10%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.10%) WordPress
11 1 (0.052%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.052%) Moodle
11 1 (0.052%) Site Server
Applications
1 197 (10.18%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.15%) SPSS
5 2 (0.10%) CATIA
5 2 (0.10%) NASTRAN
5 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.052%) 1Password
6 1 (0.052%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.72%) NEC Housing
3 6 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.21%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.052%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,222 (63.12%) Azure
2 1,085 (56.04%) Microsoft 365
3 771 (39.82%) Entra ID
4 181 (9.35%) AWS
5 103 (5.32%) OneDrive
6 77 (3.98%) IaaS
7 70 (3.62%) Power Platform
8 54 (2.79%) SaaS
9 46 (2.38%) GCP
10 42 (2.17%) Nutanix
11 40 (2.07%) PaaS
12 38 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
13 36 (1.86%) Power Automate
13 36 (1.86%) PowerApps
14 35 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (1.81%) Azure Storage
15 33 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
15 33 (1.70%) GitHub
16 32 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
17 28 (1.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 454 (23.45%) DNS
2 412 (21.28%) Firewall
3 336 (17.36%) DHCP
4 266 (13.74%) WAN
5 228 (11.78%) Broadband
6 220 (11.36%) 5G
7 218 (11.26%) LAN
8 189 (9.76%) VPN
9 146 (7.54%) SAN
10 124 (6.40%) TCP/IP
11 114 (5.89%) Wi-Fi
12 85 (4.39%) Internet
13 77 (3.98%) VLAN
14 74 (3.82%) Wireless
15 64 (3.31%) VoIP
16 62 (3.20%) Remote Desktop
17 57 (2.94%) SD-WAN
18 39 (2.01%) Network Security
19 33 (1.70%) NAS
20 31 (1.60%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (8.83%) SQL Server
2 49 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
3 47 (2.43%) Power BI
4 38 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 21 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (0.98%) Relational Database
7 16 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (0.72%) MySQL
8 14 (0.72%) Oracle Database
9 13 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (0.52%) Redis
12 7 (0.36%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.36%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.21%) PowerPivot
13 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.15%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.15%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 37 (1.91%) JIRA
2 31 (1.60%) Git
3 24 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.08%) GitLab
5 10 (0.52%) Trac
6 8 (0.41%) CircleCI
6 8 (0.41%) git-flow
7 5 (0.26%) MSI
8 4 (0.21%) AdminStudio
8 4 (0.21%) InstallShield
9 3 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.15%) Maven
9 3 (0.15%) Moq
9 3 (0.15%) Postman
9 3 (0.15%) Selenium
9 3 (0.15%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.15%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.15%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.052%) Metasploit
General
1 553 (28.56%) Social Skills
2 333 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
3 263 (13.58%) Finance
4 261 (13.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 76 (3.93%) Law
6 73 (3.77%) Retail
7 69 (3.56%) Legal
8 68 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
9 60 (3.10%) Public Sector
10 38 (1.96%) Banking
11 35 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (1.29%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.19%) Games
14 18 (0.93%) German Language
15 14 (0.72%) Marketing
15 14 (0.72%) Police
16 13 (0.67%) Advertising
17 12 (0.62%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.62%) General Ledger
18 10 (0.52%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 379 (19.58%) Senior
2 317 (16.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 264 (13.64%) Analyst
4 235 (12.14%) Support Engineer
5 227 (11.73%) IT Support
6 221 (11.42%) IT Engineer
7 214 (11.05%) Technical Specialist
8 210 (10.85%) Linux Specialist
9 134 (6.92%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 127 (6.56%) Senior Linux Specialist
10 127 (6.56%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 127 (6.56%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 123 (6.35%) IT Analyst
12 121 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
13 111 (5.73%) Support Analyst
14 106 (5.48%) 3rd Line Support
15 103 (5.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 101 (5.22%) 2nd Line Support
17 86 (4.44%) Consultant
18 82 (4.24%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.34%) .NET
2 23 (1.19%) LDAP
3 20 (1.03%) ARM Templates
4 18 (0.93%) OAuth
5 13 (0.67%) RabbitMQ
6 12 (0.62%) SailPoint
7 11 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
8 10 (0.52%) CSS
9 8 (0.41%) ASP.NET
9 8 (0.41%) HTML
9 8 (0.41%) REST
10 7 (0.36%) ASP.NET MVC
10 7 (0.36%) React
11 6 (0.31%) Entity Framework
11 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Graph
11 6 (0.31%) RESTful
11 6 (0.31%) SPFx
12 5 (0.26%) Middleware
13 4 (0.21%) SAML
13 4 (0.21%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 218 (11.26%) Social Media
2 169 (8.73%) Data Centre
3 137 (7.08%) Self-Motivation
4 88 (4.55%) Driving Licence
4 88 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 72 (3.72%) PKI
5 72 (3.72%) Public Cloud
6 61 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 44 (2.27%) Clustering
8 35 (1.81%) Private Cloud
9 33 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
10 30 (1.55%) Enterprise Storage
11 28 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
12 24 (1.24%) IoT
13 23 (1.19%) Client/Server
13 23 (1.19%) Replication
14 22 (1.14%) iPad
15 21 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
16 16 (0.83%) Cyberattack
16 16 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1,292 (66.74%) Windows
2 734 (37.91%) Windows Server
3 472 (24.38%) Linux
4 365 (18.85%) Windows 10
5 249 (12.86%) Ubuntu
6 155 (8.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 128 (6.61%) Windows Server 2012
8 117 (6.04%) Windows Server 2019
9 69 (3.56%) Windows 7
10 43 (2.22%) VMS
11 42 (2.17%) Windows 8
12 40 (2.07%) Apple iOS
13 31 (1.60%) Windows Server 2008
14 30 (1.55%) Mac OS
15 28 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 26 (1.34%) Android
17 22 (1.14%) Unix
18 11 (0.57%) Windows NT
19 9 (0.46%) Mac OS X
20 8 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (22.47%) Cybersecurity
2 418 (21.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 417 (21.54%) ITIL
4 282 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
5 263 (13.58%) CRM
6 255 (13.17%) Customer Service
7 227 (11.73%) IT Strategy
8 221 (11.42%) Technology Strategy
9 219 (11.31%) Artificial Intelligence
10 156 (8.06%) DevOps
11 155 (8.01%) Agile
12 133 (6.87%) Disaster Recovery
13 130 (6.71%) Mentoring
14 116 (5.99%) Service Management
15 109 (5.63%) Migration
16 90 (4.65%) Information Security
17 87 (4.49%) Project Management
18 85 (4.39%) Server Management
19 84 (4.34%) Change Management
20 83 (4.29%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 360 (18.60%) PowerShell
2 266 (13.74%) Bash
3 213 (11.00%) SQL
4 60 (3.10%) Python
5 52 (2.69%) C#
6 41 (2.12%) T-SQL
7 37 (1.91%) VB
8 33 (1.70%) VBScript
9 29 (1.50%) Perl
9 29 (1.50%) PL/SQL
10 17 (0.88%) Java
11 14 (0.72%) Bicep
11 14 (0.72%) JavaScript
12 10 (0.52%) Korn
12 10 (0.52%) Ruby
13 9 (0.46%) ActionScript
14 8 (0.41%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.31%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.21%) VBA
17 1 (0.052%) Go
Qualifications
1 242 (12.50%) Degree
2 184 (9.50%) Security Cleared
3 134 (6.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 103 (5.32%) SC Cleared
5 99 (5.11%) DV Cleared
6 54 (2.79%) Azure Certification
7 42 (2.17%) MCP
8 28 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 23 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
10 23 (1.19%) MCSE
11 17 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 17 (0.88%) MCSA
12 16 (0.83%) APMP
12 16 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.77%) CCNA
14 14 (0.72%) A+ Certification
14 14 (0.72%) PMI Certification
15 12 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (5.17%) SLA
2 61 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (2.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (0.93%) GDPR
4 18 (0.93%) NIST
5 16 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 11 (0.57%) SOC 2
7 10 (0.52%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.52%) QA
8 8 (0.41%) GRC
9 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.21%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.15%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.15%) WCAG
12 2 (0.10%) ITGC
12 2 (0.10%) PMO
13 1 (0.052%) GxP
13 1 (0.052%) JSP 440
System Software
1 417 (21.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 294 (15.19%) Hyper-V
3 94 (4.86%) VMware ESXi
4 85 (4.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 69 (3.56%) Virtual Machines
6 60 (3.10%) vSphere
7 59 (3.05%) Docker
8 46 (2.38%) XenApp
9 38 (1.96%) XenDesktop
10 32 (1.65%) VirtualBox
11 23 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
12 16 (0.83%) NFS
13 14 (0.72%) VMware Workstation
14 13 (0.67%) Firmware
15 11 (0.57%) DFS Replication
15 11 (0.57%) Terminal Services
16 10 (0.52%) pfSense
17 9 (0.46%) Forefront TMG
17 9 (0.46%) OpenSSH
17 9 (0.46%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 572 (29.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 217 (11.21%) Jamf Pro
3 189 (9.76%) SCCM
4 109 (5.63%) Ansible
5 95 (4.91%) WSUS
6 84 (4.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 77 (3.98%) Terraform
8 75 (3.87%) Single Sign-On
9 71 (3.67%) Kubernetes
10 63 (3.25%) vCenter Server
11 50 (2.58%) SCOM
12 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Clustering
13 25 (1.29%) ZABBIX
14 21 (1.08%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 20 (1.03%) Grafana
16 17 (0.88%) Puppet
17 13 (0.67%) FortiGate
18 12 (0.62%) CA Single Sign-On
18 12 (0.62%) Nessus
18 12 (0.62%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,372 (70.87%) Microsoft
2 609 (31.46%) VMware
3 225 (11.62%) CyberArk
4 210 (10.85%) Tanium
5 167 (8.63%) Cisco
6 153 (7.90%) Citrix
7 93 (4.80%) Apple
8 91 (4.70%) ServiceNow
9 78 (4.03%) Veeam
10 63 (3.25%) Meraki
11 53 (2.74%) HP
12 52 (2.69%) Dell
13 50 (2.58%) Adobe
14 46 (2.38%) SolarWinds
15 41 (2.12%) NetApp
16 38 (1.96%) Fortinet
16 38 (1.96%) Oracle
17 36 (1.86%) Red Hat
18 34 (1.76%) Sun
19 33 (1.70%) Commvault