Active Directory Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 45 61
Rank change year-on-year -31 +16 +40
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 716 1,882 2,061
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.24% 5.57% 5.00%
As % of the System Software category 32.28% 43.98% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 604 1,409 1,725
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,950 £25,550
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,000 £31,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,125 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -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 2,218 4,279 6,109
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.12% 12.66% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,527 3,411 4,547
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £113,000 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -1.79%

Active Directory
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Active Directory
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

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
1 269 (37.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 135 (18.85%) SharePoint
3 35 (4.89%) IIS
4 12 (1.68%) Skype for Business
5 10 (1.40%) Tomcat
6 8 (1.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 8 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.56%) Confluence
7 4 (0.56%) IBM Domino
8 3 (0.42%) Apache
9 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.28%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.28%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.14%) CMS
10 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 104 (14.53%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.28%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.12%) Sage 50
2 6 (0.84%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.70%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.56%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.28%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.14%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 451 (62.99%) Microsoft 365
2 416 (58.10%) Azure
3 204 (28.49%) Entra ID
4 72 (10.06%) AWS
5 54 (7.54%) OneDrive
6 38 (5.31%) SaaS
7 28 (3.91%) IaaS
8 22 (3.07%) Microsoft Copilot
9 19 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (2.65%) PaaS
10 18 (2.51%) Mimecast
11 15 (2.09%) Power Automate
12 14 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
13 13 (1.82%) Power Platform
14 11 (1.54%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
16 9 (1.26%) GCP
17 7 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
17 7 (0.98%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 179 (25.00%) Firewall
2 147 (20.53%) DNS
3 105 (14.66%) DHCP
4 104 (14.53%) WAN
5 85 (11.87%) LAN
6 84 (11.73%) VPN
7 47 (6.56%) VLAN
8 46 (6.42%) SAN
9 45 (6.28%) Wi-Fi
10 38 (5.31%) TCP/IP
11 35 (4.89%) VoIP
12 33 (4.61%) Wireless
13 29 (4.05%) Remote Desktop
14 20 (2.79%) SD-WAN
15 19 (2.65%) Network Security
16 12 (1.68%) Internet
16 12 (1.68%) NAS
16 12 (1.68%) Skype
17 11 (1.54%) SSL
17 11 (1.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (8.52%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.70%) Power BI
5 3 (0.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.42%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.28%) EDMS
6 2 (0.28%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.14%) DB2
7 1 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.14%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.14%) MS Access
7 1 (0.14%) MySQL
7 1 (0.14%) QlikView
7 1 (0.14%) Redis
7 1 (0.14%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 17 (2.37%) JIRA
2 8 (1.12%) Git
3 5 (0.70%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.56%) WiX
5 3 (0.42%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.28%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) GitLab
7 1 (0.14%) MLflow
7 1 (0.14%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 243 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 96 (13.41%) Finance
3 51 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (5.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (5.31%) Legal
6 37 (5.17%) Law
7 30 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (3.35%) Retail
9 21 (2.93%) German Language
10 18 (2.51%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.68%) Games
11 12 (1.68%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.54%) Automotive
12 11 (1.54%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.12%) Welsh Language
14 7 (0.98%) Czech Language
15 6 (0.84%) Advertising
15 6 (0.84%) Marketing
16 5 (0.70%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 171 (23.88%) IT Support
2 122 (17.04%) Support Engineer
3 121 (16.90%) Analyst
4 90 (12.57%) 2nd Line Support
5 87 (12.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 85 (11.87%) IT Engineer
7 71 (9.92%) IT Analyst
8 64 (8.94%) Support Analyst
9 58 (8.10%) IT Support Engineer
10 51 (7.12%) Senior
11 49 (6.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 47 (6.56%) IT Support Analyst
13 45 (6.28%) 3rd Line Support
14 37 (5.17%) Service Analyst
15 35 (4.89%) 1st Line Support
16 34 (4.75%) Administrator
16 34 (4.75%) Service Desk Analyst
17 31 (4.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
18 30 (4.19%) Lead
19 28 (3.91%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.07%) SailPoint
2 11 (1.54%) JSON
2 11 (1.54%) REST
2 11 (1.54%) SOAP
3 7 (0.98%) LDAP
3 7 (0.98%) SAML
3 7 (0.98%) XML
4 6 (0.84%) .NET
4 6 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (0.70%) .NET Framework
5 5 (0.70%) Entity Framework
6 4 (0.56%) ARM Templates
6 4 (0.56%) Blazor
6 4 (0.56%) COM
7 2 (0.28%) Anaconda
7 2 (0.28%) Middleware
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.28%) Pandas
7 2 (0.28%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (7.82%) Management Information System
2 54 (7.54%) Onboarding
3 49 (6.84%) Driving Licence
4 32 (4.47%) Data Centre
5 24 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.21%) Video Conferencing
7 22 (3.07%) Virtual Team
8 19 (2.65%) Security Posture
9 15 (2.09%) Clustering
10 14 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.68%) Replication
12 11 (1.54%) PKI
13 10 (1.40%) iPhone
13 10 (1.40%) Public Cloud
14 9 (1.26%) IoT
15 8 (1.12%) Microsoft Licensing
16 7 (0.98%) Blackberry
16 7 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
17 6 (0.84%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 498 (69.55%) Windows
2 254 (35.47%) Windows Server
3 115 (16.06%) Windows 10
4 91 (12.71%) Linux
5 53 (7.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 49 (6.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 38 (5.31%) Mac OS
8 29 (4.05%) Android
8 29 (4.05%) Apple iOS
9 15 (2.09%) Windows 7
10 14 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (1.68%) Unix
12 8 (1.12%) AIX
12 8 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (0.84%) CentOS
13 6 (0.84%) VMS
14 4 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.56%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.42%) Solaris
15 3 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
2 147 (20.53%) ITIL
3 123 (17.18%) Customer Service
4 106 (14.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 79 (11.03%) Mentoring
6 76 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
7 72 (10.06%) Disaster Recovery
8 52 (7.26%) Problem Management
9 49 (6.84%) Identity Management
10 48 (6.70%) Incident Management
11 47 (6.56%) Change Management
11 47 (6.56%) Infrastructure Management
12 46 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (6.42%) Information Security
13 44 (6.15%) Migration
14 39 (5.45%) Service Delivery
15 37 (5.17%) Project Management
16 36 (5.03%) Collaborative Working
17 34 (4.75%) Identity Access Management
18 33 (4.61%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 179 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 43 (6.01%) SQL
3 39 (5.45%) Python
4 26 (3.63%) Bash
5 14 (1.96%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.54%) Java
7 7 (0.98%) C#
7 7 (0.98%) VBA
8 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.70%) VB
9 4 (0.56%) Bicep
9 4 (0.56%) C++
9 4 (0.56%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.42%) Progress 4GL
11 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.14%) ABAP
12 1 (0.14%) PHP
12 1 (0.14%) RPG
12 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 103 (14.39%) Degree
2 59 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 39 (5.45%) Azure Certification
4 28 (3.91%) Security Cleared
5 23 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (2.93%) MCSA
7 19 (2.65%) DBS Check
8 17 (2.37%) AWS Certification
9 16 (2.23%) A+ Certification
9 16 (2.23%) CCNA
9 16 (2.23%) MCSE
9 16 (2.23%) SC Cleared
10 14 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.96%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
10 14 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (1.68%) MCP
12 7 (0.98%) CCNP
12 7 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.50%) SLA
2 24 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.37%) GDPR
4 15 (2.09%) NIST
5 11 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.70%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.28%) COBIT
8 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) QA
System Software
1 138 (19.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 84 (11.73%) Hyper-V
3 26 (3.63%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (2.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (2.51%) XenApp
6 16 (2.23%) vSphere
7 14 (1.96%) Docker
8 11 (1.54%) Terminal Services
9 8 (1.12%) Firmware
10 5 (0.70%) BitLocker
10 5 (0.70%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.42%) Dovecot
12 3 (0.42%) NFS
12 3 (0.42%) Postfix
12 3 (0.42%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.28%) SRDF
13 2 (0.28%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 2 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 184 (25.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 63 (8.80%) SCCM
3 32 (4.47%) Single Sign-On
4 31 (4.33%) Ansible
5 26 (3.63%) Terraform
6 20 (2.79%) Kubernetes
7 11 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 9 (1.26%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.98%) SCOM
10 6 (0.84%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.84%) WSUS
11 5 (0.70%) AirWatch
11 5 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.70%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.56%) ZENworks
13 3 (0.42%) Backup Exec
13 3 (0.42%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.42%) Norton AntiVirus
13 3 (0.42%) SmoothWall
13 3 (0.42%) WMI
Vendors
1 456 (63.69%) Microsoft
2 194 (27.09%) VMware
3 92 (12.85%) Cisco
4 59 (8.24%) Citrix
5 56 (7.82%) Meraki
6 41 (5.73%) Apple
7 30 (4.19%) Okta
8 28 (3.91%) ServiceNow
9 27 (3.77%) SonicWALL
10 23 (3.21%) Fortinet
11 22 (3.07%) Salesforce
12 20 (2.79%) NetApp
13 18 (2.51%) Dell
13 18 (2.51%) Veeam
14 17 (2.37%) CheckPoint
15 16 (2.23%) HP
16 15 (2.09%) Oracle
17 13 (1.82%) iManage
17 13 (1.82%) WatchGuard
18 12 (1.68%) Progress