Active Directory Jobs in Yorkshire

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 28 66
Rank change year-on-year -3 +38 -34
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 185 392 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 6.40% 6.70% 4.68%
As % of the System Software category 55.06% 53.85% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 141 315 297
10th Percentile £24,250 £23,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -5.80% +6.15%
75th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £62,200 £60,500
England median annual salary £39,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -6.25% -

All System Software Skills
Yorkshire

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 requiring system software skills in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 336 728 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 11.63% 12.44% 13.42%
Number of salaries quoted 250 600 654
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,906 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £57,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £97,528 £65,000 £80,525
England median annual salary £53,688 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% -9.09% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Yorkshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Yorkshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Yorkshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -13 74 £30,500 -13.41% 89
North Yorkshire -18 48 £30,000 - 26
South Yorkshire +12 33 £30,000 -7.69% 43
East Yorkshire +2 12 £30,000 -25.00% 16
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 32 (17.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (14.05%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.24%) IIS
4 2 (1.08%) Confluence
4 2 (1.08%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.08%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.08%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 71 (38.38%) Azure
2 68 (36.76%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (20.54%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.78%) AWS
4 7 (3.78%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.70%) SaaS
6 4 (2.16%) IaaS
6 4 (2.16%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.16%) PaaS
7 3 (1.62%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.62%) GitHub
7 3 (1.62%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.62%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.08%) GCP
8 2 (1.08%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 64 (34.59%) Firewall
2 25 (13.51%) Wireless
3 22 (11.89%) DNS
4 21 (11.35%) LAN
5 19 (10.27%) Cisco IOS
6 18 (9.73%) DHCP
7 17 (9.19%) WAN
8 16 (8.65%) VPN
9 14 (7.57%) TCP/IP
10 9 (4.86%) VoIP
11 5 (2.70%) BGP
11 5 (2.70%) MPLS
11 5 (2.70%) OSPF
11 5 (2.70%) SD-WAN
12 4 (2.16%) SAN
12 4 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (1.62%) NAS
14 2 (1.08%) FCoE
14 2 (1.08%) Fibre Channel
14 2 (1.08%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.78%) Power BI
3 5 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.08%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.08%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (1.62%) JIRA
2 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 57 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 35 (18.92%) Law
3 11 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (5.95%) Public Sector
4 7 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (2.70%) Retail
6 4 (2.16%) Finance
7 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.54%) Legal
8 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (28.11%) Analyst
2 41 (22.16%) IT Support
3 40 (21.62%) Support Analyst
4 37 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 30 (16.22%) IT Engineer
6 24 (12.97%) IT Analyst
7 22 (11.89%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 18 (9.73%) Desktop Support
9 17 (9.19%) IT Support Analyst
10 14 (7.57%) Support Engineer
11 13 (7.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 13 (7.03%) Service Desk Engineer
12 12 (6.49%) Senior
13 11 (5.95%) Support Technician
14 10 (5.41%) Desktop Support Technician
14 10 (5.41%) Desktop Technician
14 10 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 9 (4.86%) Identity Management Specialist
15 9 (4.86%) Instrumentation Engineer
15 9 (4.86%) Technology Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.16%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.08%) LDAP
2 2 (1.08%) Middleware
3 1 (0.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.59%) Operational Technology
2 9 (4.86%) NHS
3 8 (4.32%) Life Science
4 7 (3.78%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.70%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.62%) CCTV
6 3 (1.62%) Clustering
6 3 (1.62%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (1.62%) EPoS
6 3 (1.62%) Fat Client
6 3 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.62%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.08%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.08%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.08%) HP Storage
7 2 (1.08%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.08%) Replication
7 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 143 (77.30%) Windows
2 57 (30.81%) Windows Server
3 36 (19.46%) Linux
4 29 (15.68%) Windows 10
5 19 (10.27%) Mac OS X
6 17 (9.19%) Android
7 5 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.62%) Unix
8 3 (1.62%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (1.08%) Solaris
9 2 (1.08%) VMS
10 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (23.78%) Customer Service
2 42 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (22.16%) ITIL
4 30 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (14.59%) Network Design
5 27 (14.59%) Network Management
6 25 (13.51%) Service Delivery
7 12 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (5.95%) Incident Management
9 10 (5.41%) Identity Management
10 9 (4.86%) ITSM
11 7 (3.78%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (3.78%) CI/CD
11 7 (3.78%) Containerisation
11 7 (3.78%) Mobile Device Management
12 6 (3.24%) Collaborative Culture
12 6 (3.24%) ERP
12 6 (3.24%) Line Management
12 6 (3.24%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 6 (3.24%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (21.08%) SQL
2 26 (14.05%) Python
3 16 (8.65%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.24%) Bash
5 4 (2.16%) Bicep
6 2 (1.08%) Java
7 1 (0.54%) Perl
Qualifications
1 25 (13.51%) Degree
2 22 (11.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (8.65%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.65%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.41%) CCNP
4 10 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (5.41%) MCSA
5 9 (4.86%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.24%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.70%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.08%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.54%) MCSE
9 1 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.81%) SLA
2 5 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.62%) ISO 14001
4 3 (1.62%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.54%) NCSC
5 1 (0.54%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (14.59%) Virtual Servers
2 16 (8.65%) Hyper-V
3 14 (7.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.62%) NFS
5 3 (1.62%) vSphere
6 2 (1.08%) KVM
6 2 (1.08%) SRDF
6 2 (1.08%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (1.08%) Xen
7 1 (0.54%) pfSense
7 1 (0.54%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.54%) XenApp
7 1 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (12.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (5.95%) Ansible
2 11 (5.95%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.86%) SCCM
4 8 (4.32%) WSUS
5 7 (3.78%) Terraform
6 5 (2.70%) AirWatch
6 5 (2.70%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.62%) Backup Exec
8 2 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (1.08%) Puppet
8 2 (1.08%) SCOM
9 1 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.54%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 79 (42.70%) Microsoft
2 30 (16.22%) Cisco
3 29 (15.68%) VMware
4 17 (9.19%) Apple
5 10 (5.41%) Citrix
6 5 (2.70%) Draytek
6 5 (2.70%) Ubiquiti
7 4 (2.16%) Datto
7 4 (2.16%) Google
7 4 (2.16%) Oracle
7 4 (2.16%) Veeam
8 3 (1.62%) NetApp
8 3 (1.62%) Veritas
9 2 (1.08%) Avaya
9 2 (1.08%) Commvault
9 2 (1.08%) HP
9 2 (1.08%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.08%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.08%) SAP
9 2 (1.08%) Sun