Active Directory Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 46 53
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 -21
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 507 496 587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.03% 6.43% 6.17%
As % of the System Software category 52.32% 40.56% 36.26%
Number of salaries quoted 447 418 508
10th Percentile £22,750 £24,025 £21,925
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +30.77% -21.69%
75th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £62,700 £58,225 £57,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 969 1,223 1,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.60% 15.86% 17.01%
Number of salaries quoted 831 815 1,071
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,452 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the North West.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the North West over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 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
Manchester +2 214 £40,000 -11.11% 45
Cheshire -4 139 £32,250 -12.84% 33
Merseyside +10 71 £30,000 -27.27% 10
Lancashire +17 63 £50,000 +44.69% 23
Cumbria -14 15 £36,500 -18.89% 4
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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
1 111 (21.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (9.86%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.35%) IIS
4 4 (0.79%) CMS
4 4 (0.79%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.39%) Confluence
6 1 (0.20%) Site Server
Applications
1 62 (12.23%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.99%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.79%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 354 (69.82%) Microsoft 365
2 238 (46.94%) Azure
3 133 (26.23%) Entra ID
4 64 (12.62%) AWS
5 22 (4.34%) Power Platform
6 17 (3.35%) GCP
6 17 (3.35%) SaaS
7 15 (2.96%) OneDrive
8 13 (2.56%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.58%) IaaS
9 8 (1.58%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.38%) AWS KMS
10 7 (1.38%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (1.38%) PaaS
11 6 (1.18%) Google Workspace
12 5 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.59%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.39%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.39%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 129 (25.44%) DNS
2 104 (20.51%) DHCP
3 88 (17.36%) Firewall
4 67 (13.21%) WAN
5 57 (11.24%) LAN
6 36 (7.10%) TCP/IP
7 29 (5.72%) VPN
8 25 (4.93%) SAN
9 24 (4.73%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (4.54%) VoIP
11 22 (4.34%) Internet
12 21 (4.14%) Wireless
13 15 (2.96%) SD-WAN
14 14 (2.76%) WLAN
15 13 (2.56%) SSL
16 12 (2.37%) iSCSI
17 11 (2.17%) Broadband
17 11 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
18 10 (1.97%) Network Security
18 10 (1.97%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.30%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.18%) MySQL
4 5 (0.99%) MaxDB
4 5 (0.99%) Power BI
4 5 (0.99%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.59%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.20%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.39%) JIRA
1 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.20%) MSI
General
1 160 (31.56%) Social Skills
2 61 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (11.64%) Retail
4 57 (11.24%) Finance
5 28 (5.52%) Law
6 21 (4.14%) Legal
7 20 (3.94%) Public Sector
8 19 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (3.16%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.96%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.97%) Banking
12 5 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.99%) Local Government
13 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Military
14 3 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.39%) Billing
16 1 (0.20%) Advertising
16 1 (0.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (22.49%) Analyst
2 99 (19.53%) IT Support
3 87 (17.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 86 (16.96%) IT Engineer
5 72 (14.20%) Support Engineer
6 60 (11.83%) Senior
7 59 (11.64%) IT Support Engineer
8 52 (10.26%) Service Analyst
9 48 (9.47%) Service Desk Analyst
10 37 (7.30%) 2nd Line Support
11 33 (6.51%) IT Analyst
12 31 (6.11%) IT Technician
13 29 (5.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 29 (5.72%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 27 (5.33%) Cloud Engineer
14 27 (5.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (5.13%) IT Manager
15 26 (5.13%) Support Technician
16 23 (4.54%) IT Support Technician
17 22 (4.34%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.16%) OLE
2 5 (0.99%) BREW
2 5 (0.99%) LDAP
2 5 (0.99%) SAP Basis
2 5 (0.99%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (0.79%) CSS
3 4 (0.79%) HTML
4 3 (0.59%) .NET
5 1 (0.20%) Classic ASP
5 1 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.85%) Driving Licence
2 27 (5.33%) Smartphone
3 25 (4.93%) Data Centre
4 22 (4.34%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.35%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.35%) Public Cloud
6 13 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.37%) PMI
8 10 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.97%) EPoS
9 9 (1.78%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.78%) Replication
10 8 (1.58%) Cyberattack
10 8 (1.58%) PKI
11 7 (1.38%) FMCG
12 6 (1.18%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.18%) NHS
13 5 (0.99%) CCTV
13 5 (0.99%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 271 (53.45%) Windows
2 103 (20.32%) Windows Server
3 78 (15.38%) Windows 10
4 55 (10.85%) Linux
5 26 (5.13%) Windows Server 2012
5 26 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (2.37%) Mac OS
8 8 (1.58%) Windows Vista
9 7 (1.38%) Apple iOS
9 7 (1.38%) VMS
10 6 (1.18%) Android
11 4 (0.79%) Debian
12 3 (0.59%) Unix
12 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.39%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.39%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.20%) CentOS
14 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.20%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (23.47%) ITIL
2 118 (23.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 109 (21.50%) Customer Service
4 86 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (14.40%) Disaster Recovery
6 61 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
7 41 (8.09%) ITSM
8 38 (7.50%) ERP
8 38 (7.50%) Project Management
8 38 (7.50%) Time Management
9 35 (6.90%) Service Management
10 34 (6.71%) Capacity Planning
11 33 (6.51%) Agile
11 33 (6.51%) Roadmaps
12 32 (6.31%) Migration
13 31 (6.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (5.52%) Server Management
15 27 (5.33%) Coaching
16 26 (5.13%) Presales
17 24 (4.73%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 71 (14.00%) PowerShell
2 65 (12.82%) SQL
3 16 (3.16%) R
4 13 (2.56%) Python
5 9 (1.78%) Bash
6 6 (1.18%) Java
7 5 (0.99%) ABAP
7 5 (0.99%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.79%) C#
9 2 (0.39%) VB
10 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 54 (10.65%) Degree
2 51 (10.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (4.93%) MCP
4 21 (4.14%) A+ Certification
5 13 (2.56%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.56%) DBS Check
6 12 (2.37%) PMI Certification
7 10 (1.97%) Security Cleared
8 9 (1.78%) CCNA
8 9 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (1.58%) MCSA
10 7 (1.38%) SC Cleared
11 5 (0.99%) MCSE
12 4 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.39%) GIAC
13 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.20%) CCA
14 1 (0.20%) Citrix Certification
14 1 (0.20%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.72%) SLA
2 20 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.20%) NCSC
4 1 (0.20%) NIST
4 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 73 (14.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 69 (13.61%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (1.97%) RACF
5 9 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.79%) VMware Server
6 4 (0.79%) vSphere
7 3 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.39%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.20%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.20%) Docker
9 1 (0.20%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.20%) Postfix
9 1 (0.20%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 91 (17.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (4.54%) SCCM
3 18 (3.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (2.37%) Opsgenie
4 12 (2.37%) VxRail
4 12 (2.37%) ZABBIX
5 10 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.38%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.99%) WSUS
8 4 (0.79%) Terraform
9 3 (0.59%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.39%) Grafana
10 2 (0.39%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.39%) vRealize
11 1 (0.20%) Ansible
11 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.20%) WMI
Vendors
1 344 (67.85%) Microsoft
2 116 (22.88%) VMware
3 45 (8.88%) Cisco
4 42 (8.28%) Citrix
5 30 (5.92%) Apple
6 26 (5.13%) Veeam
7 21 (4.14%) Fortinet
8 18 (3.55%) SolarWinds
9 17 (3.35%) CyberArk
9 17 (3.35%) NetApp
10 16 (3.16%) Adobe
11 15 (2.96%) Dell
11 15 (2.96%) ServiceNow
12 14 (2.76%) Sophos
13 12 (2.37%) CA
14 11 (2.17%) Virgin Media
15 9 (1.78%) Aruba
16 8 (1.58%) ESET
16 8 (1.58%) HP
17 7 (1.38%) F5