Active Directory Jobs in England

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 47 71
Rank change year-on-year +20 +24 -27
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 5,520 5,154 6,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.44% 5.77% 5.02%
As % of the System Software category 51.45% 37.40% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,491 4,330 5,585
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,400 £24,550
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,313 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,469 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10,728 13,782 24,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.51% 15.43% 18.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,695 9,369 13,940
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
London +27 1,473 £51,125 +2.25% 246
South East +2 1,180 £37,500 +7.14% 216
North of England +33 1,074 £34,000 -10.53% 199
Midlands +27 761 £33,500 -10.67% 163
South West +19 531 £37,500 +2.74% 122
North West +10 499 £37,500 -6.25% 110
East of England +11 476 £31,000 -17.33% 117
West Midlands +25 461 £34,750 -8.85% 101
Yorkshire +45 386 £32,500 -8.45% 70
East Midlands +18 294 £32,500 -10.96% 62
North East +26 189 £33,000 -8.33% 21
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1,553 (28.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 893 (16.18%) SharePoint
3 144 (2.61%) IIS
4 46 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2013
5 30 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2010
6 25 (0.45%) Confluence
7 24 (0.43%) Skype for Business
8 22 (0.40%) OpenStack
9 18 (0.33%) SharePoint 2013
10 17 (0.31%) CMS
10 17 (0.31%) WordPress
11 16 (0.29%) SharePoint 2010
12 12 (0.22%) Tomcat
13 11 (0.20%) Apache
13 11 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
14 8 (0.14%) SAS
15 6 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2000
16 5 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
17 4 (0.072%) BizTalk Server
17 4 (0.072%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 888 (16.09%) Microsoft Office
2 129 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 52 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.091%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.072%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.054%) SPSS
10 2 (0.036%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.036%) CATIA
10 2 (0.036%) InCopy
10 2 (0.036%) InDesign
10 2 (0.036%) NASTRAN
11 1 (0.018%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.018%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.018%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.018%) Weka
Business Applications
1 29 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 11 (0.20%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.13%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.091%) Sage 200
8 4 (0.072%) Eikon
8 4 (0.072%) Epicor Tropos
9 3 (0.054%) Adaptiv
9 3 (0.054%) Sage X3
9 3 (0.054%) Teamcenter
10 2 (0.036%) assyst
10 2 (0.036%) iTrent
10 2 (0.036%) SAP Business One
11 1 (0.018%) Carpe Diem
11 1 (0.018%) MIS ActiveH
11 1 (0.018%) Sage 300 ERP
11 1 (0.018%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3,419 (61.94%) Microsoft 365
2 2,743 (49.69%) Azure
3 1,506 (27.28%) Entra ID
4 439 (7.95%) AWS
5 389 (7.05%) OneDrive
6 157 (2.84%) Power Platform
7 153 (2.77%) IaaS
8 140 (2.54%) SaaS
9 116 (2.10%) Mimecast
10 115 (2.08%) PaaS
11 95 (1.72%) GCP
12 90 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
13 88 (1.59%) Power Automate
14 77 (1.39%) Google Workspace
15 71 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
16 70 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
17 69 (1.25%) PowerApps
18 66 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
19 61 (1.11%) Nutanix
20 50 (0.91%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 1,231 (22.30%) DNS
2 1,217 (22.05%) Firewall
3 942 (17.07%) DHCP
4 782 (14.17%) WAN
5 665 (12.05%) LAN
6 559 (10.13%) VPN
7 490 (8.88%) TCP/IP
8 410 (7.43%) SAN
9 369 (6.68%) Wireless
10 340 (6.16%) Wi-Fi
11 286 (5.18%) VLAN
12 262 (4.75%) Broadband
13 248 (4.49%) VoIP
14 220 (3.99%) 5G
15 208 (3.77%) SD-WAN
16 166 (3.01%) Internet
17 156 (2.83%) Network Security
18 132 (2.39%) NAS
19 130 (2.36%) Remote Desktop
20 112 (2.03%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 365 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 94 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
3 92 (1.67%) Power BI
4 61 (1.11%) MySQL
5 46 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 44 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 30 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 26 (0.47%) Relational Database
10 20 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 18 (0.33%) Oracle Database
12 16 (0.29%) Redis
13 13 (0.24%) MariaDB
14 12 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
15 11 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (0.20%) NoSQL
16 10 (0.18%) RDBMS
17 7 (0.13%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.13%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 73 (1.32%) JIRA
2 40 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 32 (0.58%) Git
4 22 (0.40%) GitLab
5 17 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 11 (0.20%) MSI
7 10 (0.18%) Trac
7 10 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.13%) Katalon Studio
9 6 (0.11%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.072%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.072%) Hudson
10 4 (0.072%) InstallShield
10 4 (0.072%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.054%) Moq
11 3 (0.054%) Postman
11 3 (0.054%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.054%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.036%) webpack
General
1 1,820 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 687 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
3 572 (10.36%) Finance
4 340 (6.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 294 (5.33%) Law
6 205 (3.71%) Retail
7 200 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
8 166 (3.01%) Legal
9 154 (2.79%) Manufacturing
10 125 (2.26%) Telecoms
11 113 (2.05%) Public Sector
12 103 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
13 85 (1.54%) Banking
14 45 (0.82%) Games
14 45 (0.82%) Local Government
15 43 (0.78%) Back Office
16 33 (0.60%) Marketing
17 30 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
18 28 (0.51%) Aerospace
19 24 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,141 (20.67%) IT Support
2 971 (17.59%) Support Engineer
3 895 (16.21%) Analyst
4 782 (14.17%) IT Engineer
5 704 (12.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 649 (11.76%) Senior
7 535 (9.69%) IT Support Engineer
8 429 (7.77%) 2nd Line Support
9 348 (6.30%) IT Analyst
10 336 (6.09%) IT Technician
11 327 (5.92%) Support Analyst
12 297 (5.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 297 (5.38%) Service Analyst
13 276 (5.00%) Service Desk Analyst
14 249 (4.51%) 1st Line Support
15 245 (4.44%) Lead
16 234 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 234 (4.24%) Support Technician
16 234 (4.24%) Technical Specialist
17 210 (3.80%) Linux Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (1.30%) .NET
2 51 (0.92%) ARM Templates
3 44 (0.80%) LDAP
4 30 (0.54%) SAML
5 29 (0.53%) HTML
6 27 (0.49%) OAuth
7 23 (0.42%) CSS
7 23 (0.42%) JSON
8 21 (0.38%) 802.1X
9 20 (0.36%) .NET Core
10 18 (0.33%) React
11 16 (0.29%) OLE
11 16 (0.29%) YAML
12 15 (0.27%) REST
13 14 (0.25%) SailPoint
13 14 (0.25%) Web Services
14 13 (0.24%) LAMP
14 13 (0.24%) RESTful
15 12 (0.22%) EJB
16 11 (0.20%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 368 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 302 (5.47%) Data Centre
3 250 (4.53%) Self-Motivation
4 218 (3.95%) Social Media
5 182 (3.30%) Management Information System
6 156 (2.83%) Onboarding
7 144 (2.61%) Replication
8 137 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
9 127 (2.30%) PKI
10 123 (2.23%) Public Cloud
11 108 (1.96%) Clustering
12 95 (1.72%) Wiki
13 93 (1.68%) Smartphone
14 60 (1.09%) iPad
15 59 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
16 57 (1.03%) iPhone
17 47 (0.85%) Private Cloud
18 46 (0.83%) Fat Client
18 46 (0.83%) Thin Client
19 45 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3,902 (70.69%) Windows
2 1,997 (36.18%) Windows Server
3 1,198 (21.70%) Windows 10
4 784 (14.20%) Linux
5 375 (6.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 343 (6.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 336 (6.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 290 (5.25%) Ubuntu
9 252 (4.57%) Android
10 212 (3.84%) Mac OS
11 179 (3.24%) Windows 7
12 145 (2.63%) Apple iOS
13 88 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
14 81 (1.47%) VMS
15 78 (1.41%) Windows 8
16 64 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 44 (0.80%) Unix
18 40 (0.72%) Mac OS X
19 33 (0.60%) CentOS
20 30 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,158 (20.98%) ITIL
2 1,078 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
3 976 (17.68%) Customer Service
4 906 (16.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 796 (14.42%) Cybersecurity
6 368 (6.67%) Service Management
7 342 (6.20%) Disaster Recovery
8 338 (6.12%) ITSM
9 303 (5.49%) CRM
10 300 (5.43%) Agile
11 298 (5.40%) Mentoring
12 296 (5.36%) IT Strategy
13 289 (5.24%) Service Delivery
14 280 (5.07%) DevOps
15 279 (5.05%) Project Management
16 277 (5.02%) Migration
17 271 (4.91%) Continuous Improvement
18 260 (4.71%) Incident Management
19 242 (4.38%) Artificial Intelligence
20 237 (4.29%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 860 (15.58%) PowerShell
2 560 (10.14%) SQL
3 335 (6.07%) Bash
4 143 (2.59%) Python
5 100 (1.81%) C#
6 45 (0.82%) VB
7 40 (0.72%) T-SQL
8 38 (0.69%) Bicep
9 36 (0.65%) VBScript
10 32 (0.58%) JavaScript
11 31 (0.56%) Perl
12 29 (0.53%) Java
13 27 (0.49%) PL/SQL
14 19 (0.34%) R
15 13 (0.24%) TypeScript
16 12 (0.22%) Ruby
17 10 (0.18%) ActionScript
18 9 (0.16%) VB.NET
19 7 (0.13%) Korn
19 7 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 743 (13.46%) Degree
2 505 (9.15%) Security Cleared
3 470 (8.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 288 (5.22%) SC Cleared
5 245 (4.44%) DV Cleared
6 182 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
7 170 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 164 (2.97%) A+ Certification
9 158 (2.86%) DBS Check
10 151 (2.74%) Azure Certification
10 151 (2.74%) MCP
11 142 (2.57%) MCSE
12 141 (2.55%) CCNA
13 108 (1.96%) Master's Degree
14 99 (1.79%) MCSA
15 90 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
16 70 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 50 (0.91%) Network+ Certification
18 47 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 44 (0.80%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 451 (8.17%) SLA
2 110 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 107 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 92 (1.67%) GDPR
5 31 (0.56%) NIST
6 26 (0.47%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (0.25%) Data Quality
9 13 (0.24%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.20%) PMO
10 11 (0.20%) QA
11 8 (0.14%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.13%) GRC
13 6 (0.11%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.072%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.072%) NCSC
14 4 (0.072%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.054%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.036%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.036%) ITGC
System Software
1 1,095 (19.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 898 (16.27%) Hyper-V
3 353 (6.39%) VMware ESXi
4 204 (3.70%) XenApp
5 194 (3.51%) vSphere
6 179 (3.24%) XenDesktop
7 150 (2.72%) Virtual Desktop
8 132 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
9 99 (1.79%) Microsoft App-V
10 77 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
11 67 (1.21%) Docker
12 43 (0.78%) VirtualBox
13 38 (0.69%) Firmware
14 26 (0.47%) Terminal Services
14 26 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
15 21 (0.38%) VMware Server
16 20 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 18 (0.33%) NFS
17 18 (0.33%) pfSense
18 14 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 1,107 (20.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 647 (11.72%) SCCM
3 263 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
4 181 (3.28%) WSUS
5 153 (2.77%) vCenter Server
6 127 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
7 120 (2.17%) Terraform
8 115 (2.08%) SCOM
9 113 (2.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 107 (1.94%) Ansible
11 99 (1.79%) AirWatch
12 93 (1.68%) Kubernetes
13 42 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
13 42 (0.76%) NetBackup
14 41 (0.74%) FortiGate
15 35 (0.63%) Microsoft Clustering
16 34 (0.62%) Backup Exec
17 33 (0.60%) ZABBIX
18 28 (0.51%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
19 24 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 3,759 (68.10%) Microsoft
2 1,642 (29.75%) VMware
3 622 (11.27%) Cisco
4 570 (10.33%) Citrix
5 383 (6.94%) Veeam
6 232 (4.20%) CyberArk
7 226 (4.09%) Apple
8 210 (3.80%) Tanium
9 201 (3.64%) HP
10 191 (3.46%) ServiceNow
11 180 (3.26%) Dell
12 154 (2.79%) Google
13 124 (2.25%) Meraki
14 108 (1.96%) SolarWinds
15 99 (1.79%) NetApp
16 93 (1.68%) Sophos
17 92 (1.67%) Fortinet
18 90 (1.63%) Oracle
19 75 (1.36%) Red Hat
20 74 (1.34%) Commvault