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 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 46 70 77
Rank change year-on-year +24 +7 -12
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,394 2,625 2,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.12% 4.77% 4.23%
As % of the System Software category 38.49% 27.80% 23.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,250 2,208 1,809
10th Percentile £27,475 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,820 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £42,000 £41,156 £39,500
% change year-on-year +2.05% +4.19% -4.82%

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 3,622 9,442 8,924
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.91% 17.15% 17.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,031 6,245 6,789
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,475 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,536 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.97% +0.98% -

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 1 December 2023.

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
1 197 (14.13%) SharePoint
2 159 (11.41%) MS Exchange
3 44 (3.16%) IIS
4 9 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (0.36%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.14%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.072%) Apache
8 1 (0.072%) CMS
8 1 (0.072%) Site Server
8 1 (0.072%) WebSphere
Applications
1 170 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) 1Password
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.072%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.072%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.65%) SAP Business One
2 6 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.29%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.22%) Cerner Millennium
4 3 (0.22%) Eikon
5 2 (0.14%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.072%) iTrent
6 1 (0.072%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 851 (61.05%) Microsoft 365
2 840 (60.26%) Azure
3 424 (30.42%) Entra ID
4 227 (16.28%) AWS
5 111 (7.96%) IaaS
6 104 (7.46%) SaaS
7 94 (6.74%) PaaS
8 59 (4.23%) GCP
8 59 (4.23%) OneDrive
9 47 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
10 45 (3.23%) Azure Storage
11 43 (3.08%) Power Platform
12 41 (2.94%) Mimecast
13 38 (2.73%) Azure Monitor
14 31 (2.22%) Serverless
14 31 (2.22%) WhatsApp
15 28 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
15 28 (2.01%) PowerApps
16 27 (1.94%) Nutanix
17 24 (1.72%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 364 (26.11%) DNS
2 314 (22.53%) Firewall
3 296 (21.23%) DHCP
4 174 (12.48%) LAN
5 171 (12.27%) WAN
6 149 (10.69%) VPN
7 125 (8.97%) TCP/IP
8 83 (5.95%) SAN
9 82 (5.88%) VLAN
10 74 (5.31%) Wireless
11 69 (4.95%) VoIP
12 61 (4.38%) Remote Desktop
13 59 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
14 53 (3.80%) Internet
15 42 (3.01%) NAS
16 30 (2.15%) SNMP
17 29 (2.08%) FTP
18 27 (1.94%) SMTP
19 26 (1.87%) SSH
19 26 (1.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (10.62%) SQL Server
2 40 (2.87%) Amazon RDS
3 27 (1.94%) Power BI
4 17 (1.22%) MySQL
5 15 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.65%) Oracle Database
9 9 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.36%) DTS
12 4 (0.29%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.29%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
13 3 (0.22%) Metadata
14 2 (0.14%) MongoDB
14 2 (0.14%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (2.73%) Jenkins
2 33 (2.37%) GitLab
3 30 (2.15%) Git
4 25 (1.79%) JIRA
5 20 (1.43%) Artifactory
6 16 (1.15%) AdminStudio
6 16 (1.15%) InstallShield
6 16 (1.15%) MSI
7 12 (0.86%) Axure RP
7 12 (0.86%) Maven
7 12 (0.86%) SonarQube
8 11 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
9 8 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.50%) git-flow
11 5 (0.36%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.22%) SpecFlow
14 2 (0.14%) Gitleaks
14 2 (0.14%) NUnit
General
1 407 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 186 (13.34%) Finance
3 94 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 73 (5.24%) Legal
6 56 (4.02%) Public Sector
7 54 (3.87%) Retail
8 51 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
9 49 (3.52%) Law
10 38 (2.73%) Banking
11 37 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
13 31 (2.22%) Telecoms
14 24 (1.72%) Marketing
15 21 (1.51%) Financial Institution
16 13 (0.93%) Manufacturing
17 12 (0.86%) Advertising
18 11 (0.79%) Local Government
18 11 (0.79%) Military
19 9 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 265 (19.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 226 (16.21%) Senior
3 219 (15.71%) Support Engineer
4 190 (13.63%) Analyst
5 170 (12.20%) IT Support
6 160 (11.48%) IT Engineer
7 115 (8.25%) 2nd Line Support
8 98 (7.03%) IT Support Engineer
9 97 (6.96%) Support Analyst
10 79 (5.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 78 (5.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 77 (5.52%) 3rd Line Support
13 76 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
14 73 (5.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 67 (4.81%) Azure Engineer
16 65 (4.66%) IT Analyst
17 56 (4.02%) Architect
17 56 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
18 55 (3.95%) Service Analyst
19 53 (3.80%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.22%) .NET
1 31 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
2 30 (2.15%) LDAP
3 17 (1.22%) ARM Templates
3 17 (1.22%) Web Services
4 16 (1.15%) RabbitMQ
5 15 (1.08%) REST
6 13 (0.93%) .NET Framework
7 12 (0.86%) HTML
8 11 (0.79%) JSON
9 10 (0.72%) OAuth
10 8 (0.57%) ASP.NET
10 8 (0.57%) XML
11 7 (0.50%) Akka.NET
11 7 (0.50%) CSS
12 6 (0.43%) SailPoint
12 6 (0.43%) SAML
13 5 (0.36%) 802.1X
13 5 (0.36%) Entity Framework
13 5 (0.36%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 124 (8.90%) Data Centre
2 83 (5.95%) Management Information System
3 68 (4.88%) Driving Licence
4 65 (4.66%) Public Cloud
5 54 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
6 53 (3.80%) PKI
7 32 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 30 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (1.72%) EFT
10 23 (1.65%) Clustering
11 17 (1.22%) Fat Client
11 17 (1.22%) Thin Client
12 16 (1.15%) Replication
12 16 (1.15%) Shadow IT
13 14 (1.00%) iPad
14 13 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (0.79%) Private Cloud
16 9 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 9 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 963 (69.08%) Windows
2 564 (40.46%) Windows Server
3 245 (17.58%) Windows 10
4 147 (10.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 143 (10.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 135 (9.68%) Linux
7 107 (7.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 57 (4.09%) Apple iOS
9 42 (3.01%) Windows 7
10 39 (2.80%) Android
11 36 (2.58%) Mac OS
12 27 (1.94%) Ubuntu
13 24 (1.72%) Windows 8
14 22 (1.58%) Windows Server 2003
15 20 (1.43%) VMS
16 16 (1.15%) Unix
16 16 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
17 12 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 8 (0.57%) Mac OS X
18 8 (0.57%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (24.96%) ITIL
2 317 (22.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 257 (18.44%) Customer Service
4 217 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
5 189 (13.56%) Agile
6 175 (12.55%) DevOps
7 122 (8.75%) Migration
8 104 (7.46%) Disaster Recovery
9 103 (7.39%) Service Management
10 98 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
11 89 (6.38%) Infrastructure as Code
12 73 (5.24%) Mentoring
13 69 (4.95%) CI/CD
14 68 (4.88%) ITSM
14 68 (4.88%) Project Management
15 66 (4.73%) Information Security
16 65 (4.66%) Roadmaps
17 64 (4.59%) Change Management
18 63 (4.52%) Project Delivery
19 61 (4.38%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 381 (27.33%) PowerShell
2 193 (13.85%) SQL
3 108 (7.75%) Python
4 82 (5.88%) Bash
5 73 (5.24%) C#
6 43 (3.08%) VB
7 27 (1.94%) Perl
7 27 (1.94%) VBScript
8 22 (1.58%) Java
8 22 (1.58%) T-SQL
9 21 (1.51%) Bicep
10 13 (0.93%) JavaScript
10 13 (0.93%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.50%) Korn
11 7 (0.50%) Ruby
12 5 (0.36%) PHP
12 5 (0.36%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.29%) Delphi
14 3 (0.22%) C
Qualifications
1 228 (16.36%) Degree
2 153 (10.98%) Security Cleared
3 128 (9.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 121 (8.68%) SC Cleared
5 76 (5.45%) DV Cleared
6 48 (3.44%) Azure Certification
7 46 (3.30%) MCSE
8 39 (2.80%) ITIL Certification
9 32 (2.30%) MCSA
10 31 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 26 (1.87%) MCP
13 25 (1.79%) DBS Check
14 23 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
14 23 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
15 22 (1.58%) A+ Certification
15 22 (1.58%) CCNA
15 22 (1.58%) CISSP
16 15 (1.08%) CISM
17 12 (0.86%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (8.11%) SLA
2 66 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 53 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (1.58%) GDPR
5 21 (1.51%) QA
6 20 (1.43%) NIST
7 16 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 11 (0.79%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.72%) NCSC
10 5 (0.36%) RMADS
11 4 (0.29%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.22%) HL7
12 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.14%) IASME
13 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.14%) PMO
14 1 (0.072%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.072%) ITGC
System Software
1 300 (21.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 185 (13.27%) Hyper-V
3 70 (5.02%) Virtual Machines
4 67 (4.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 67 (4.81%) VMware ESXi
5 62 (4.45%) vSphere
6 53 (3.80%) Docker
7 34 (2.44%) Firmware
8 25 (1.79%) Virtual Servers
9 21 (1.51%) VMware NSX
10 20 (1.43%) Microsoft App-V
11 18 (1.29%) XenApp
12 11 (0.79%) XenDesktop
13 10 (0.72%) DFS Replication
14 9 (0.65%) BitLocker
14 9 (0.65%) Terminal Server
15 5 (0.36%) VirtualBox
16 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.29%) VMware Server
16 4 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 277 (19.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 218 (15.64%) SCCM
3 123 (8.82%) Kubernetes
4 115 (8.25%) Ansible
5 108 (7.75%) Terraform
6 61 (4.38%) WSUS
7 51 (3.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 41 (2.94%) SCOM
9 34 (2.44%) vCenter Server
10 22 (1.58%) Puppet
11 21 (1.51%) Grafana
11 21 (1.51%) Nessus
11 21 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
12 20 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
12 20 (1.43%) Microsoft Clustering
13 17 (1.22%) FortiGate
14 15 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
15 12 (0.86%) Kustomize
16 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
17 9 (0.65%) Packer
Vendors
1 869 (62.34%) Microsoft
2 424 (30.42%) VMware
3 143 (10.26%) Citrix
4 130 (9.33%) Cisco
5 64 (4.59%) ServiceNow
6 60 (4.30%) HP
7 59 (4.23%) Veeam
8 56 (4.02%) Apple
9 52 (3.73%) Oracle
10 42 (3.01%) Sophos
11 38 (2.73%) Dell
12 36 (2.58%) Meraki
13 33 (2.37%) SolarWinds
14 31 (2.22%) Google
15 24 (1.72%) Globalscape
16 23 (1.65%) iManage
17 21 (1.51%) SAP
18 20 (1.43%) ConnectWise
19 17 (1.22%) arcserve
20 16 (1.15%) Red Hat