Active Directory Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 49 33
Rank change year-on-year +21 -16 -10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 797 493 866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.77% 5.80% 7.53%
As % of the System Software category 55.77% 41.29% 53.49%
Number of salaries quoted 654 429 755
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,950 £23,550
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +1.37% -2.67%
75th Percentile £46,500 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,429 1,194 1,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.34% 14.05% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,173 719 1,273
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £57,000 £60,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
West Midlands +24 477 £35,000 -4.76% 77
East Midlands +9 315 £32,500 -10.96% 69
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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
1 214 (26.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 148 (18.57%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.63%) IIS
4 5 (0.63%) Confluence
5 4 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.38%) Apache
6 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.38%) IBM Notes
6 3 (0.38%) nginx
7 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 148 (18.57%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.25%) CATIA
5 2 (0.25%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.63%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.13%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 543 (68.13%) Microsoft 365
2 394 (49.44%) Azure
3 242 (30.36%) Entra ID
4 41 (5.14%) AWS
5 35 (4.39%) OneDrive
6 22 (2.76%) Google Workspace
7 21 (2.63%) Power Platform
8 17 (2.13%) Mimecast
9 12 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 12 (1.51%) Nutanix
10 11 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.25%) SaaS
12 9 (1.13%) IaaS
13 8 (1.00%) GCP
13 8 (1.00%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (0.75%) PowerApps
16 5 (0.63%) ChatGPT
16 5 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
16 5 (0.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 248 (31.12%) DNS
2 213 (26.73%) DHCP
3 211 (26.47%) Firewall
4 111 (13.93%) TCP/IP
5 109 (13.68%) WAN
6 98 (12.30%) LAN
7 82 (10.29%) VPN
8 80 (10.04%) VLAN
9 75 (9.41%) SAN
10 65 (8.16%) Wi-Fi
11 35 (4.39%) Wireless
12 24 (3.01%) Network Security
13 21 (2.63%) Internet
14 20 (2.51%) VoIP
15 17 (2.13%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.88%) PBX
17 14 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
18 11 (1.38%) iSCSI
18 11 (1.38%) SMTP
19 10 (1.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.40%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.26%) Power BI
3 17 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (1.13%) MySQL
4 9 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.50%) Redis
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.25%) CouchDB
8 2 (0.25%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.25%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (0.88%) JIRA
2 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 274 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 72 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (7.53%) Finance
4 57 (7.15%) Law
5 40 (5.02%) Manufacturing
5 40 (5.02%) Retail
6 32 (4.02%) Legal
7 27 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 23 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.38%) Banking
10 11 (1.38%) Local Government
11 10 (1.25%) German Language
11 10 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.75%) Police
13 5 (0.63%) Automotive
13 5 (0.63%) Games
14 4 (0.50%) Aviation
14 4 (0.50%) Avionics
14 4 (0.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 207 (25.97%) IT Support
2 162 (20.33%) IT Engineer
3 159 (19.95%) Support Engineer
4 112 (14.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 108 (13.55%) Analyst
6 101 (12.67%) IT Support Engineer
7 82 (10.29%) Senior
8 78 (9.79%) IT Technician
9 62 (7.78%) 2nd Line Support
10 59 (7.40%) Support Technician
11 53 (6.65%) IT Support Technician
12 48 (6.02%) IT Analyst
13 47 (5.90%) 1st Line Support
14 43 (5.40%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 37 (4.64%) Lead
16 36 (4.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 36 (4.52%) Administrator
16 36 (4.52%) IT Support Analyst
16 36 (4.52%) Support Analyst
17 35 (4.39%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.00%) 802.1X
2 6 (0.75%) .NET
3 4 (0.50%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.38%) LDAP
5 2 (0.25%) ADO
5 2 (0.25%) LAMP
5 2 (0.25%) SAML
5 2 (0.25%) ServiceStack
5 2 (0.25%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.13%) HTML
6 1 (0.13%) Loki
6 1 (0.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.91%) Driving Licence
2 58 (7.28%) Data Centre
3 44 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (4.27%) Management Information System
5 33 (4.14%) Replication
6 26 (3.26%) PKI
7 25 (3.14%) Onboarding
8 18 (2.26%) Clustering
9 15 (1.88%) CCTV
9 15 (1.88%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.38%) Fat Client
10 11 (1.38%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.38%) Thin Client
11 8 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (0.88%) Cyberattack
12 7 (0.88%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.75%) EFT
13 6 (0.75%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.63%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 600 (75.28%) Windows
2 358 (44.92%) Windows Server
3 117 (14.68%) Windows 10
4 80 (10.04%) Linux
5 61 (7.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 57 (7.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 56 (7.03%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (4.39%) Mac OS
9 15 (1.88%) CentOS
9 15 (1.88%) Windows 7
10 14 (1.76%) Android
11 13 (1.63%) Ubuntu
12 10 (1.25%) Apple iOS
13 9 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (1.00%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (0.88%) VMS
16 6 (0.75%) Mac OS X
16 6 (0.75%) Unix
17 5 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 4 (0.50%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
2 168 (21.08%) Customer Service
3 166 (20.83%) ITIL
4 138 (17.31%) Cybersecurity
5 136 (17.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 64 (8.03%) Service Management
7 57 (7.15%) Disaster Recovery
8 55 (6.90%) Mentoring
9 50 (6.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (6.27%) ITSM
10 49 (6.15%) Migration
10 49 (6.15%) Project Delivery
11 46 (5.77%) Agile
12 43 (5.40%) Service Delivery
13 40 (5.02%) Change Management
14 37 (4.64%) Roadmaps
15 35 (4.39%) Server Management
16 32 (4.02%) Asset Management
17 31 (3.89%) ERP
17 31 (3.89%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 115 (14.43%) PowerShell
2 62 (7.78%) SQL
3 6 (0.75%) Bash
4 5 (0.63%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.38%) Bicep
5 3 (0.38%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.38%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.38%) Python
5 3 (0.38%) R
6 2 (0.25%) Java
7 1 (0.13%) PHP
7 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 104 (13.05%) Degree
2 85 (10.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 46 (5.77%) Security Cleared
4 39 (4.89%) Cisco Certification
5 35 (4.39%) CCNA
5 35 (4.39%) MCP
6 31 (3.89%) DBS Check
7 27 (3.39%) Azure Certification
8 26 (3.26%) A+ Certification
8 26 (3.26%) SC Cleared
9 24 (3.01%) MCSE
10 16 (2.01%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (1.76%) Network+ Certification
13 13 (1.63%) CCNP
13 13 (1.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 11 (1.38%) MCITP
15 10 (1.25%) Citrix Certification
15 10 (1.25%) MCSA
16 9 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.02%) SLA
2 22 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (2.26%) GDPR
4 8 (1.00%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.38%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.25%) NIST
8 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 193 (24.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 192 (24.09%) Hyper-V
3 43 (5.40%) VMware ESXi
4 33 (4.14%) vSphere
5 23 (2.89%) Virtual Servers
6 18 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (1.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 10 (1.25%) RACF
10 9 (1.13%) Docker
10 9 (1.13%) VMware Server
11 8 (1.00%) pfSense
11 8 (1.00%) Terminal Services
11 8 (1.00%) VMware Workstation
12 7 (0.88%) XenApp
12 7 (0.88%) XenDesktop
13 6 (0.75%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.63%) NFS
15 2 (0.25%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 155 (19.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (10.29%) SCCM
3 16 (2.01%) Terraform
3 16 (2.01%) vCenter Server
4 15 (1.88%) SCOM
5 13 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.38%) SmoothWall
7 11 (1.38%) WSUS
8 9 (1.13%) Failover Clustering
9 8 (1.00%) AirWatch
9 8 (1.00%) Kubernetes
10 7 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (0.75%) Backup Exec
11 6 (0.75%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.63%) Autotask
13 4 (0.50%) SCOrch
13 4 (0.50%) vMotion
14 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Clustering
14 2 (0.25%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 537 (67.38%) Microsoft
2 272 (34.13%) VMware
3 116 (14.55%) Veeam
4 104 (13.05%) Cisco
5 53 (6.65%) Citrix
6 52 (6.52%) Dell
7 49 (6.15%) HP
8 37 (4.64%) Apple
9 34 (4.27%) ServiceNow
10 27 (3.39%) Meraki
11 24 (3.01%) Google
12 23 (2.89%) Sophos
13 22 (2.76%) Nimble Storage
14 21 (2.63%) Fortinet
15 19 (2.38%) Acronis
16 17 (2.13%) Adobe
17 15 (1.88%) SonicWALL
17 15 (1.88%) Ubiquiti
18 14 (1.76%) CyberArk
18 14 (1.76%) Sage