Active Directory Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 56 109
Rank change year-on-year +20 +53 -30
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,584 1,630 2,797
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.67% 4.97% 3.56%
As % of the System Software category 48.19% 34.86% 18.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,070 1,443 2,306
10th Percentile £28,498 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,875 £60,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

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 3,287 4,676 15,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.77% 14.25% 19.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,404 3,848 8,000
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 July 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
1 353 (22.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 230 (14.52%) SharePoint
3 48 (3.03%) IIS
4 14 (0.88%) Tomcat
5 11 (0.69%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.25%) Apache
6 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2000
6 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.19%) GlassFish
7 3 (0.19%) JBoss
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.19%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.13%) Confluence
8 2 (0.13%) WordPress
9 1 (0.063%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.063%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.063%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.063%) Site Server
Applications
1 158 (9.97%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.063%) CATIA
6 1 (0.063%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 13 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.25%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.19%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.063%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.063%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.063%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1,023 (64.58%) Azure
2 821 (51.83%) Microsoft 365
3 746 (47.10%) Entra ID
4 111 (7.01%) AWS
5 68 (4.29%) IaaS
6 67 (4.23%) OneDrive
7 65 (4.10%) Azure Storage
8 47 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
8 47 (2.97%) Power Platform
9 45 (2.84%) SaaS
10 42 (2.65%) PaaS
11 40 (2.53%) Nutanix
12 36 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
13 32 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
14 29 (1.83%) GCP
15 28 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
16 20 (1.26%) Power Automate
16 20 (1.26%) Serverless
17 19 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
17 19 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 363 (22.92%) DNS
2 346 (21.84%) Firewall
3 249 (15.72%) DHCP
4 226 (14.27%) Broadband
5 219 (13.83%) 5G
6 194 (12.25%) WAN
7 170 (10.73%) LAN
8 140 (8.84%) VPN
9 114 (7.20%) TCP/IP
10 105 (6.63%) SAN
11 95 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
12 78 (4.92%) VLAN
13 76 (4.80%) Internet
14 73 (4.61%) Wireless
15 52 (3.28%) VoIP
16 49 (3.09%) Remote Desktop
17 44 (2.78%) SD-WAN
18 35 (2.21%) Network Security
19 30 (1.89%) WLAN
20 29 (1.83%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (7.01%) SQL Server
2 43 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
3 30 (1.89%) Power BI
4 25 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (0.82%) Relational Database
7 12 (0.76%) Redis
8 11 (0.69%) MySQL
8 11 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.57%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.51%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.44%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.19%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.19%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.19%) Oracle Database 12c
14 3 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (1.77%) Git
2 26 (1.64%) JIRA
3 9 (0.57%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.57%) Trac
4 5 (0.32%) MSI
5 4 (0.25%) AdminStudio
5 4 (0.25%) InstallShield
5 4 (0.25%) Moq
5 4 (0.25%) Postman
5 4 (0.25%) Selenium
5 4 (0.25%) SoapUI
5 4 (0.25%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.19%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 391 (24.68%) Social Skills
2 326 (20.58%) Analytical Skills
3 246 (15.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 238 (15.03%) Finance
5 97 (6.12%) Legal
6 62 (3.91%) Banking
7 60 (3.79%) Public Sector
8 52 (3.28%) Law
9 41 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (2.53%) Retail
11 25 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (1.45%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.14%) Games
14 17 (1.07%) Advertising
15 13 (0.82%) Marketing
16 10 (0.63%) Manufacturing
17 9 (0.57%) Police
18 8 (0.51%) Military
19 6 (0.38%) Billing
19 6 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 393 (24.81%) Senior
2 263 (16.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 235 (14.84%) Analyst
4 211 (13.32%) Technical Specialist
5 210 (13.26%) Linux Specialist
6 160 (10.10%) Support Engineer
7 152 (9.60%) IT Engineer
8 138 (8.71%) IT Support
9 131 (8.27%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 127 (8.02%) Senior Linux Specialist
10 127 (8.02%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 127 (8.02%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 93 (5.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 85 (5.37%) IT Analyst
13 74 (4.67%) Support Analyst
14 72 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
15 67 (4.23%) 3rd Line Support
15 67 (4.23%) IT Support Engineer
16 66 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
17 64 (4.04%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.34%) ARM Templates
2 23 (1.45%) YAML
3 20 (1.26%) .NET
4 19 (1.20%) LDAP
5 18 (1.14%) OAuth
6 17 (1.07%) REST
7 12 (0.76%) React
8 11 (0.69%) Web Services
9 10 (0.63%) SailPoint
9 10 (0.63%) SAML
10 9 (0.57%) CSS
10 9 (0.57%) HTML
11 8 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Graph
13 6 (0.38%) SPFx
14 5 (0.32%) Middleware
14 5 (0.32%) Software Packaging
15 4 (0.25%) .NET Framework
15 4 (0.25%) ASP.NET MVC
15 4 (0.25%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 211 (13.32%) Social Media
2 122 (7.70%) Data Centre
3 111 (7.01%) Management Information System
4 76 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
5 74 (4.67%) PKI
6 72 (4.55%) Public Cloud
7 61 (3.85%) Driving Licence
8 51 (3.22%) Clustering
9 42 (2.65%) Replication
10 38 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
11 36 (2.27%) Onboarding
12 35 (2.21%) Private Cloud
13 32 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
14 25 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
15 20 (1.26%) Enterprise Storage
16 18 (1.14%) IoT
16 18 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
17 16 (1.01%) Client/Server
18 14 (0.88%) CMDB
18 14 (0.88%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 988 (62.37%) Windows
2 521 (32.89%) Windows Server
3 410 (25.88%) Linux
4 280 (17.68%) Windows 10
5 241 (15.21%) Ubuntu
6 108 (6.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 95 (6.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 86 (5.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 42 (2.65%) Apple iOS
10 37 (2.34%) Android
11 35 (2.21%) VMS
11 35 (2.21%) Windows 7
12 23 (1.45%) Windows Server 2008
13 22 (1.39%) Mac OS
14 18 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 12 (0.76%) Mac OS X
15 12 (0.76%) Windows 8
16 11 (0.69%) Unix
17 7 (0.44%) CentOS
18 5 (0.32%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (27.90%) Cybersecurity
2 340 (21.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 285 (17.99%) ITIL
4 249 (15.72%) CRM
5 224 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
6 220 (13.89%) IT Strategy
7 218 (13.76%) Artificial Intelligence
8 210 (13.26%) Technology Strategy
9 196 (12.37%) Customer Service
10 176 (11.11%) Agile
11 139 (8.78%) DevOps
12 126 (7.95%) Roadmaps
13 120 (7.58%) Service Management
14 108 (6.82%) Information Security
15 106 (6.69%) Mentoring
16 98 (6.19%) Coaching
16 98 (6.19%) Identity Access Management
17 96 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
18 93 (5.87%) RBAC
19 91 (5.74%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 354 (22.35%) PowerShell
2 260 (16.41%) Bash
3 199 (12.56%) SQL
4 56 (3.54%) Python
5 43 (2.71%) C#
6 40 (2.53%) VB
7 34 (2.15%) Bicep
8 27 (1.70%) VBScript
9 18 (1.14%) Java
10 17 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
11 16 (1.01%) ActionScript
12 12 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 11 (0.69%) JavaScript
13 11 (0.69%) Perl
14 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.38%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.19%) R
16 1 (0.063%) C++
16 1 (0.063%) VC++
Qualifications
1 201 (12.69%) Degree
2 139 (8.78%) Security Cleared
3 130 (8.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 85 (5.37%) DV Cleared
5 67 (4.23%) SC Cleared
6 63 (3.98%) Azure Certification
7 41 (2.59%) MCP
8 27 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 21 (1.33%) MCSE
11 19 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
11 19 (1.20%) MCITP
12 17 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (1.07%) DBS Check
13 16 (1.01%) APMP
13 16 (1.01%) CCNA
13 16 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 15 (0.95%) Citrix Certification
15 13 (0.82%) CISSP
16 12 (0.76%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (3.91%) SLA
2 46 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (1.33%) GDPR
5 11 (0.69%) Accessibility
5 11 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 10 (0.63%) SOC 2
7 8 (0.51%) NIST
8 7 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.32%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.25%) WCAG
12 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.19%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.19%) QA
13 2 (0.13%) GRC
13 2 (0.13%) GxP
13 2 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 336 (21.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 235 (14.84%) Hyper-V
3 94 (5.93%) VMware ESXi
4 92 (5.81%) Virtual Machines
5 79 (4.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 70 (4.42%) vSphere
7 50 (3.16%) RACF
8 36 (2.27%) XenApp
9 34 (2.15%) Docker
10 24 (1.52%) XenDesktop
11 16 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
12 15 (0.95%) NFS
12 15 (0.95%) OpenSSH
13 12 (0.76%) Terminal Services
14 10 (0.63%) pfSense
15 9 (0.57%) Microsoft App-V
16 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 8 (0.51%) VirtualBox
16 8 (0.51%) VMware NSX
16 8 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 469 (29.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 216 (13.64%) Jamf Pro
3 168 (10.61%) SCCM
4 73 (4.61%) Ansible
4 73 (4.61%) WSUS
5 70 (4.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 69 (4.36%) Terraform
7 55 (3.47%) vCenter Server
8 53 (3.35%) SCOM
9 51 (3.22%) Single Sign-On
10 48 (3.03%) Kubernetes
11 22 (1.39%) Microsoft Clustering
12 21 (1.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 17 (1.07%) ZABBIX
14 16 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
14 16 (1.01%) PowerCLI
15 15 (0.95%) IBM BigFix
16 14 (0.88%) Grafana
17 13 (0.82%) Backup Exec
18 10 (0.63%) Pingdom
Vendors
1 1,138 (71.84%) Microsoft
2 464 (29.29%) VMware
3 273 (17.23%) CyberArk
4 210 (13.26%) Tanium
5 149 (9.41%) Cisco
6 84 (5.30%) Citrix
7 78 (4.92%) Veeam
8 66 (4.17%) Apple
8 66 (4.17%) ServiceNow
9 50 (3.16%) Meraki
10 47 (2.97%) Fortinet
11 43 (2.71%) Dell
12 39 (2.46%) Adobe
12 39 (2.46%) SolarWinds
13 37 (2.34%) IBM
14 36 (2.27%) HP
15 35 (2.21%) Commvault
16 33 (2.08%) Oracle
17 25 (1.58%) Palo Alto
18 24 (1.52%) Sophos