Hybrid/Remote Active Directory Job Trends

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 76 41
Rank change year-on-year -2 -35 +18
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 579 695 1,857
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 4.64% 5.71%
As % of the System Software category 40.10% 29.98% 44.90%
Number of salaries quoted 404 580 1,377
10th Percentile £29,825 £26,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,875 £70,000
UK median annual salary £39,326 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +0.84% +4.00% -6.25%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,444 2,318 4,136
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.69% 15.47% 12.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 1,429 3,354
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £31,325
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £70,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,484 £86,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Active Directory
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Active Directory salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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
1 145 (25.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 132 (22.80%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.11%) IIS
4 10 (1.73%) Confluence
5 9 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.35%) Apache
6 2 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Drupal
7 1 (0.17%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 73 (12.61%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.21%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.69%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 445 (76.86%) Azure
2 352 (60.79%) Entra ID
3 309 (53.37%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (13.30%) Google Workspace
5 66 (11.40%) AWS
5 66 (11.40%) SaaS
6 44 (7.60%) OneDrive
7 29 (5.01%) Power Platform
8 26 (4.49%) Mimecast
9 23 (3.97%) GitHub
10 22 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (3.28%) PaaS
12 18 (3.11%) IaaS
13 15 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
14 13 (2.25%) OCI
15 11 (1.90%) GCP
16 9 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
17 8 (1.38%) Azure Monitor
17 8 (1.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 149 (25.73%) DNS
2 138 (23.83%) Firewall
3 123 (21.24%) DHCP
4 108 (18.65%) VPN
5 71 (12.26%) TCP/IP
6 59 (10.19%) WAN
6 59 (10.19%) Wi-Fi
7 52 (8.98%) Broadband
8 43 (7.43%) VoIP
9 41 (7.08%) LAN
10 27 (4.66%) VLAN
11 21 (3.63%) Network Security
12 17 (2.94%) SAN
13 15 (2.59%) SD-WAN
14 14 (2.42%) Wireless
15 12 (2.07%) SMTP
16 10 (1.73%) Internet
16 10 (1.73%) Kerberos
17 8 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
18 7 (1.21%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (8.98%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.59%) MySQL
3 14 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.38%) Power BI
7 5 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.52%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.17%) InterSystems Cache
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.17%) Redis
10 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (5.53%) JIRA
2 19 (3.28%) Git
3 11 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.55%) Visual Studio Code
5 6 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.52%) GitLab
7 3 (0.52%) Subversion
8 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.17%) Gatling
8 1 (0.17%) JMeter
8 1 (0.17%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.17%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 248 (42.83%) Social Skills
2 108 (18.65%) Finance
3 87 (15.03%) Organisational Skills
4 42 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 41 (7.08%) Legal
6 32 (5.53%) Games
7 21 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.76%) Law
9 15 (2.59%) Retail
10 12 (2.07%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.73%) Marketing
13 9 (1.55%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.21%) Banking
15 6 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.86%) Advertising
16 5 (0.86%) Billing
16 5 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 152 (26.25%) IT Support
2 146 (25.22%) Support Engineer
3 128 (22.11%) IT Engineer
4 104 (17.96%) IT Support Engineer
5 100 (17.27%) Senior
6 83 (14.34%) Analyst
7 81 (13.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 43 (7.43%) Support Analyst
9 42 (7.25%) IT Analyst
10 40 (6.91%) Systems Engineer
11 36 (6.22%) Azure Engineer
12 35 (6.04%) 2nd Line Support
13 34 (5.87%) Consultant
14 33 (5.70%) IT Support Analyst
15 30 (5.18%) Developer
16 29 (5.01%) 3rd Line Support
16 29 (5.01%) Architect
17 28 (4.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 27 (4.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 26 (4.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (13.30%) SAML
2 68 (11.74%) OpenID
2 68 (11.74%) REST
3 67 (11.57%) OAuth
4 62 (10.71%) LDAP
5 59 (10.19%) SOAP
6 52 (8.98%) GraphQL
7 15 (2.59%) RESTful
8 14 (2.42%) JSON
8 14 (2.42%) XML
9 10 (1.73%) HTML
10 9 (1.55%) CSS
11 7 (1.21%) .NET
11 7 (1.21%) ARM Templates
11 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
12 5 (0.86%) FreeSWITCH
12 5 (0.86%) Razor View Engine
13 4 (0.69%) .NET Framework
13 4 (0.69%) ADO
14 3 (0.52%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.02%) Cyberattack
2 56 (9.67%) Cyber Threat
3 46 (7.94%) Onboarding
4 34 (5.87%) Driving Licence
5 24 (4.15%) Cloud Native
6 22 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (2.94%) Data Structures
9 16 (2.76%) Client/Server
10 15 (2.59%) Data Centre
10 15 (2.59%) Management Information System
11 12 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.90%) Clustering
13 10 (1.73%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.73%) Replication
14 9 (1.55%) CMDB
14 9 (1.55%) Private Cloud
15 7 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
16 6 (1.04%) Blog
16 6 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 317 (54.75%) Windows
2 159 (27.46%) Windows Server
3 70 (12.09%) Linux
4 66 (11.40%) Windows 10
5 39 (6.74%) Mac OS
6 33 (5.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 27 (4.66%) Windows Server 2012
8 25 (4.32%) Apple iOS
9 23 (3.97%) Windows Server 2019
10 16 (2.76%) Android
11 10 (1.73%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (1.38%) Unix
13 6 (1.04%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.86%) Debian
15 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.17%) CentOS
16 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.17%) VMS
16 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (25.91%) Problem-Solving
2 141 (24.35%) Cybersecurity
3 109 (18.83%) Mentoring
4 104 (17.96%) ITIL
5 96 (16.58%) Roadmaps
6 95 (16.41%) Identity Access Management
7 92 (15.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 84 (14.51%) Customer Service
9 82 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 69 (11.92%) DevOps
11 67 (11.57%) Disaster Recovery
12 58 (10.02%) Change Management
13 57 (9.84%) Programme Delivery
14 53 (9.15%) Stakeholder Management
15 52 (8.98%) Regulatory Compliance
16 46 (7.94%) Service Delivery
17 43 (7.43%) CI/CD
18 41 (7.08%) Coaching
19 40 (6.91%) Agile
19 40 (6.91%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 188 (32.47%) PowerShell
2 122 (21.07%) SQL
3 72 (12.44%) Bash
4 69 (11.92%) T-SQL
5 39 (6.74%) Python
6 16 (2.76%) R
7 7 (1.21%) Java
7 7 (1.21%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.04%) Bicep
8 6 (1.04%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.04%) VBA
8 6 (1.04%) VBScript
9 5 (0.86%) C#
10 3 (0.52%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.52%) VB
11 2 (0.35%) C
11 2 (0.35%) C++
11 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.35%) Korn
11 2 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 73 (12.61%) Degree
2 57 (9.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (7.77%) Azure Certification
4 40 (6.91%) Security Cleared
5 30 (5.18%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.63%) CISSP
7 17 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.76%) DV Cleared
9 14 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (1.55%) A+ Certification
10 9 (1.55%) CREST Certified
11 8 (1.38%) DBS Check
12 7 (1.21%) GIAC
13 6 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (1.04%) MCSE
13 6 (1.04%) MOS
14 5 (0.86%) HNC
14 5 (0.86%) HND
14 5 (0.86%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (15.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (12.78%) NIST
3 53 (9.15%) NCSC
4 34 (5.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (4.84%) SLA
6 17 (2.94%) Data Quality
7 15 (2.59%) QA
8 9 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (1.38%) GDPR
10 7 (1.21%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.86%) GRC
12 4 (0.69%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 65 (11.23%) Hyper-V
2 57 (9.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.11%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (2.76%) vSphere
5 14 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (1.90%) Docker
7 8 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.04%) BitLocker
8 6 (1.04%) DFS Replication
8 6 (1.04%) Firmware
9 4 (0.69%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.35%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 177 (30.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (6.74%) Terraform
3 34 (5.87%) SCCM
4 32 (5.53%) Single Sign-On
5 31 (5.35%) Kubernetes
6 21 (3.63%) Ansible
7 19 (3.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (2.94%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (1.21%) Packer
10 5 (0.86%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.35%) Autotask
11 2 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.35%) Graylog
11 2 (0.35%) WSUS
12 1 (0.17%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.17%) Grafana
12 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 389 (67.18%) Microsoft
2 83 (14.34%) VMware
3 36 (6.22%) ServiceNow
4 34 (5.87%) Cisco
5 30 (5.18%) Google
6 28 (4.84%) Veeam
7 26 (4.49%) Citrix
8 21 (3.63%) CrowdStrike
9 18 (3.11%) Okta
10 17 (2.94%) CyberArk
11 16 (2.76%) Dell
12 14 (2.42%) Apple
12 14 (2.42%) Meraki
12 14 (2.42%) Oracle
13 13 (2.25%) HP
14 12 (2.07%) Fortinet
14 12 (2.07%) SonicWALL
14 12 (2.07%) Ubiquiti
15 9 (1.55%) iManage
16 8 (1.38%) ConnectWise