Active Directory Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 27 35
Rank change year-on-year -29 +8 -2
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 175 239 251
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.32% 7.24% 5.08%
As % of the System Software category 51.78% 67.51% 55.53%
Number of salaries quoted 149 166 147
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,375 £23,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -20.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £42,500 £43,250 £54,500
90th Percentile £49,064 £62,500 £67,375
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +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 338 354 452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 4.48% 10.73% 9.14%
Number of salaries quoted 245 243 304
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £27,150
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,875 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -34.34% +23.75%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,125 £65,156
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £69,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £53,050
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.46% -3.55%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

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 8 September 2026. 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 -45 71 £32,000 -4.48% 14
East Yorkshire -4 25 £30,000 +7.14% 1
South Yorkshire -49 25 £42,500 +39.34% 14
North Yorkshire -12 23 £30,000 +9.09% 7
Humberside - 4 £42,500 - 1
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 67 (38.29%) SharePoint
2 59 (33.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.29%) IIS
4 1 (0.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 157 (89.71%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (62.86%) Azure
3 83 (47.43%) Entra ID
4 27 (15.43%) OneDrive
5 17 (9.71%) Power Platform
6 9 (5.14%) AWS
7 8 (4.57%) SaaS
8 7 (4.00%) Mimecast
9 6 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.43%) IaaS
9 6 (3.43%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.86%) PowerApps
11 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (2.29%) PaaS
12 3 (1.71%) GCP
12 3 (1.71%) NetDocuments
13 2 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
14 1 (0.57%) ChatGPT
14 1 (0.57%) Nutanix
14 1 (0.57%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 57 (32.57%) DNS
2 55 (31.43%) DHCP
3 46 (26.29%) Firewall
4 37 (21.14%) VPN
5 36 (20.57%) TCP/IP
6 35 (20.00%) LAN
6 35 (20.00%) WAN
7 23 (13.14%) Wireless
8 16 (9.14%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (5.71%) VLAN
10 7 (4.00%) VoIP
11 6 (3.43%) SAN
12 5 (2.86%) NAS
12 5 (2.86%) SSL
13 4 (2.29%) HTTP
14 1 (0.57%) Kerberos
14 1 (0.57%) Network Security
14 1 (0.57%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.14%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.86%) Power BI
3 4 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.71%) Git
2 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 72 (41.14%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (7.43%) Manufacturing
4 10 (5.71%) Advertising
4 10 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.14%) Legal
6 8 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.00%) Finance
8 6 (3.43%) Retail
9 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.57%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.57%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.57%) French Language
10 1 (0.57%) German Language
10 1 (0.57%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.57%) Law
10 1 (0.57%) Portuguese Language
10 1 (0.57%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.57%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.57%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 80 (45.71%) IT Support
2 54 (30.86%) Support Engineer
3 43 (24.57%) IT Engineer
4 39 (22.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 38 (21.71%) Analyst
6 28 (16.00%) Support Analyst
7 25 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (13.71%) Support Technician
9 22 (12.57%) IT Technician
10 21 (12.00%) IT Support Technician
11 19 (10.86%) 2nd Line Support
12 15 (8.57%) Senior
13 13 (7.43%) IT Analyst
13 13 (7.43%) IT Support Analyst
14 11 (6.29%) Desktop Support
15 10 (5.71%) Microsoft Engineer
15 10 (5.71%) Service Analyst
15 10 (5.71%) Service Desk Analyst
16 9 (5.14%) Desktop Engineer
16 9 (5.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.86%) Terraform
2 1 (0.57%) .NET
2 1 (0.57%) LDAP
2 1 (0.57%) OAuth
2 1 (0.57%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.57%) OpenID
2 1 (0.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.86%) Driving Licence
2 12 (6.86%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.43%) CMDB
4 6 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.86%) AI Agents
5 5 (2.86%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.71%) CCTV
6 3 (1.71%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.14%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.57%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.57%) PKI
8 1 (0.57%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.57%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.57%) Social Media
8 1 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 149 (85.14%) Windows
2 78 (44.57%) Windows Server
3 37 (21.14%) Windows 10
4 11 (6.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.71%) Linux
6 3 (1.71%) VMS
7 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.57%) Android
8 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.57%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (32.57%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (30.29%) Customer Service
3 49 (28.00%) ITIL
4 43 (24.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 34 (19.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (18.86%) ITSM
7 29 (16.57%) Service Management
8 26 (14.86%) Disaster Recovery
9 24 (13.71%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (12.00%) Service Delivery
11 16 (9.14%) Patch Management
11 16 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (9.14%) User Experience
12 14 (8.00%) ERP
12 14 (8.00%) Identity Management
13 12 (6.86%) Project Delivery
14 11 (6.29%) Incident Management
14 11 (6.29%) Migration
15 10 (5.71%) AI
15 10 (5.71%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.43%) PowerShell
2 12 (6.86%) Python
3 11 (6.29%) SQL
4 3 (1.71%) Bash
4 3 (1.71%) Bicep
5 1 (0.57%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (6.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 8 (4.57%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.57%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.00%) A+ Certification
4 7 (4.00%) Azure Certification
4 7 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (2.86%) CCNA
5 5 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.29%) NVQ Level 3
7 3 (1.71%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 8 (4.57%) SLA
3 7 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 29 (16.57%) Hyper-V
2 13 (7.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.43%) Firmware
4 3 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.71%) vSphere
5 2 (1.14%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 79 (45.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.57%) SCCM
3 6 (3.43%) WSUS
4 5 (2.86%) VxRail
5 3 (1.71%) Ansible
6 2 (1.14%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (1.14%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.14%) Puppet
6 2 (1.14%) SCOM
7 1 (0.57%) Avamar
7 1 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.57%) Nessus
Vendors
1 150 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.86%) Cisco
2 19 (10.86%) VMware
3 14 (8.00%) Veeam
4 10 (5.71%) Meraki
5 7 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.43%) Freshdesk
7 5 (2.86%) Dell
7 5 (2.86%) iManage
7 5 (2.86%) Zerto
8 4 (2.29%) CheckPoint
8 4 (2.29%) Commvault
8 4 (2.29%) HP
8 4 (2.29%) SAP
8 4 (2.29%) Tenable
9 3 (1.71%) Citrix
9 3 (1.71%) SonicWALL
10 2 (1.14%) Google
10 2 (1.14%) Oracle
10 2 (1.14%) Red Hat