Active Directory Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 27 57 33
Rank change year-on-year +30 -24 -10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 465 329 538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.09% 5.32% 7.23%
As % of the System Software category 56.57% 46.01% 51.88%
Number of salaries quoted 387 278 469
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,491 £24,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,000 £59,125 £59,300
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 822 715 1,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.77% 11.55% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 683 493 845
10th Percentile £25,244 £25,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.10% +1.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,100 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the West Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the West Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the West Midlands

Active Directory
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +16 146 £35,000 -13.58% 18
Staffordshire -8 90 £30,000 -7.69% 22
Warwickshire +54 35 £32,000 -37.56% 17
Worcestershire -4 34 £36,298 +18.04% 11
Shropshire +9 30 £36,500 +40.38% 3
Solihull +10 22 £47,500 +32.87% 2
Coventry +11 14 £36,000 - 5
Wednesbury -1 9 £30,000 -11.11% 1
Herefordshire +7 8 £30,000 -29.41%
Wolverhampton +2 7 £21,500 -57.00% 5
Dudley +9 4 £24,500 -20.97% 3
Walsall +12 3 - -
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 - 1
West Bromwich -1 2 £28,500 - 2
Halesowen - 2 £27,500 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
Sutton Coldfield -11 1 £27,000 +1.89% 1
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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
1 138 (29.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (14.19%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.72%) IIS
4 4 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.86%) IBM Notes
5 3 (0.65%) Apache
5 3 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (0.65%) nginx
6 2 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 74 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.86%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 309 (66.45%) Microsoft 365
2 216 (46.45%) Azure
3 145 (31.18%) Entra ID
4 26 (5.59%) AWS
5 25 (5.38%) OneDrive
6 12 (2.58%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (2.58%) Google Workspace
7 11 (2.37%) Power Platform
8 9 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.72%) SaaS
10 7 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (1.08%) IaaS
12 4 (0.86%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.65%) DigitalOcean
13 3 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.65%) GCP
13 3 (0.65%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.43%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.43%) Azure Stack
14 2 (0.43%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 122 (26.24%) DNS
2 120 (25.81%) Firewall
3 109 (23.44%) DHCP
4 68 (14.62%) LAN
5 66 (14.19%) WAN
6 53 (11.40%) TCP/IP
7 44 (9.46%) Wi-Fi
8 38 (8.17%) VPN
9 30 (6.45%) SAN
9 30 (6.45%) VLAN
10 18 (3.87%) PBX
10 18 (3.87%) Wireless
11 14 (3.01%) VoIP
12 13 (2.80%) Network Security
13 12 (2.58%) SMTP
14 11 (2.37%) iSCSI
14 11 (2.37%) Remote Desktop
14 11 (2.37%) SNMP
15 10 (2.15%) FTP
16 8 (1.72%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.44%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (1.94%) Power BI
5 7 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.43%) MySQL
8 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 154 (33.12%) Social Skills
2 50 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (9.46%) Law
4 43 (9.25%) Finance
5 29 (6.24%) Retail
6 23 (4.95%) Manufacturing
7 21 (4.52%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.01%) Legal
9 13 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.58%) Local Government
11 7 (1.51%) Banking
12 6 (1.29%) Police
13 5 (1.08%) Games
14 4 (0.86%) Back Office
15 3 (0.65%) Fire and Rescue
15 3 (0.65%) Military
15 3 (0.65%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.65%) Norwegian Language
16 2 (0.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 113 (24.30%) Support Engineer
2 111 (23.87%) IT Support
3 97 (20.86%) IT Engineer
4 76 (16.34%) Analyst
5 69 (14.84%) IT Support Engineer
6 49 (10.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 48 (10.32%) Senior
8 36 (7.74%) 2nd Line Support
9 31 (6.67%) IT Technician
10 28 (6.02%) IT Analyst
11 27 (5.81%) 3rd Line Support
12 25 (5.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 23 (4.95%) IT Support Analyst
14 21 (4.52%) IT Manager
14 21 (4.52%) Service Analyst
15 20 (4.30%) Support Technician
16 19 (4.09%) Support Analyst
17 18 (3.87%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 18 (3.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 18 (3.87%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.43%) LAMP
1 2 (0.43%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.22%) ADO
2 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.17%) Data Centre
2 33 (7.10%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 27 (5.81%) Replication
4 20 (4.30%) Driving Licence
5 18 (3.87%) PKI
6 12 (2.58%) Clustering
7 11 (2.37%) Fat Client
7 11 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.37%) Private Cloud
7 11 (2.37%) Thin Client
8 9 (1.94%) CCTV
8 9 (1.94%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.72%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
9 8 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.51%) EFT
11 6 (1.29%) Cyberattack
12 5 (1.08%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.08%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 345 (74.19%) Windows
2 212 (45.59%) Windows Server
3 83 (17.85%) Windows 10
4 50 (10.75%) Windows Server 2012
5 48 (10.32%) Linux
6 36 (7.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (6.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (4.30%) Mac OS
9 12 (2.58%) CentOS
10 9 (1.94%) Ubuntu
11 8 (1.72%) Windows Server 2003
11 8 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.51%) Unix
12 7 (1.51%) Windows 7
13 5 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.86%) VMS
15 2 (0.43%) Android
15 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.43%) SUSE
15 2 (0.43%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (20.00%) ITIL
3 89 (19.14%) Customer Service
4 78 (16.77%) Cybersecurity
5 73 (15.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 38 (8.17%) Project Delivery
7 34 (7.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (7.31%) Service Management
8 33 (7.10%) Change Management
9 29 (6.24%) ERP
10 28 (6.02%) Service Delivery
11 27 (5.81%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (5.59%) Line Management
12 26 (5.59%) Roadmaps
13 25 (5.38%) Agile
13 25 (5.38%) Asset Management
14 23 (4.95%) Server Management
15 21 (4.52%) Mentoring
16 18 (3.87%) Identity Access Management
17 17 (3.66%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 64 (13.76%) PowerShell
2 36 (7.74%) SQL
3 6 (1.29%) T-SQL
4 4 (0.86%) Bash
5 3 (0.65%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.65%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.65%) R
6 1 (0.22%) Bicep
6 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 58 (12.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 50 (10.75%) Degree
3 34 (7.31%) Security Cleared
4 25 (5.38%) SC Cleared
5 19 (4.09%) A+ Certification
6 17 (3.66%) MCSE
7 16 (3.44%) CCNA
7 16 (3.44%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (3.01%) MCP
9 11 (2.37%) Azure Certification
9 11 (2.37%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (1.94%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.72%) MCSA
12 7 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.08%) CCNP
13 5 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (1.08%) MCITP
14 4 (0.86%) CCIE
14 4 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.65%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.53%) SLA
2 17 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.15%) GDPR
4 4 (0.86%) NIST
5 3 (0.65%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 117 (25.16%) Hyper-V
2 111 (23.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (8.82%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (3.87%) Virtual Servers
5 16 (3.44%) vSphere
6 14 (3.01%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (2.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 9 (1.94%) Docker
9 8 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.72%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (1.29%) pfSense
11 5 (1.08%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (1.08%) NFS
11 5 (1.08%) RACF
11 5 (1.08%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.08%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.86%) XenApp
12 4 (0.86%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.65%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.43%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 91 (19.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (15.70%) SCCM
3 13 (2.80%) vCenter Server
4 11 (2.37%) Terraform
5 10 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 10 (2.15%) Failover Clustering
6 9 (1.94%) AirWatch
6 9 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.51%) Kubernetes
8 6 (1.29%) SCOM
9 5 (1.08%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.86%) Autotask
10 4 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.65%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.43%) Trend Micro Deep Security
13 1 (0.22%) SysTrack
13 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 312 (67.10%) Microsoft
2 169 (36.34%) VMware
3 57 (12.26%) Cisco
4 54 (11.61%) Veeam
5 39 (8.39%) Citrix
5 39 (8.39%) Dell
6 29 (6.24%) Apple
7 25 (5.38%) HP
8 21 (4.52%) Sophos
9 16 (3.44%) Adobe
9 16 (3.44%) Fortinet
10 15 (3.23%) ServiceNow
11 12 (2.58%) Aruba
11 12 (2.58%) Nimble Storage
11 12 (2.58%) Sage
11 12 (2.58%) WatchGuard
12 10 (2.15%) Remedy
12 10 (2.15%) Zerto
13 9 (1.94%) EqualLogic
14 8 (1.72%) Google