Active Directory Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 60 43
Rank change year-on-year +32 -17 -15
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,078 939 1,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.10% 5.57% 6.74%
As % of the System Software category 55.11% 38.52% 37.17%
Number of salaries quoted 922 782 1,029
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £38,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +13.43% -10.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £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
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,956 2,438 3,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.06% 14.47% 18.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,667 1,585 2,360
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £34,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -3.06% +3.16%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
North West +7 499 £37,500 -8.54% 111
Yorkshire +46 388 £32,500 -7.14% 80
North East +27 191 £32,750 -9.03% 21
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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
1 277 (25.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 152 (14.10%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.23%) IIS
4 11 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (0.46%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.37%) CMS
7 2 (0.19%) Confluence
7 2 (0.19%) Resin
8 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 177 (16.42%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.37%) Epicor Tropos
3 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 711 (65.96%) Microsoft 365
2 566 (52.50%) Azure
3 309 (28.66%) Entra ID
4 105 (9.74%) AWS
5 65 (6.03%) OneDrive
6 41 (3.80%) Power Platform
7 27 (2.50%) Power Automate
7 27 (2.50%) PowerApps
8 24 (2.23%) SaaS
9 18 (1.67%) GCP
10 17 (1.58%) IaaS
11 14 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
11 14 (1.30%) Mimecast
12 13 (1.21%) PaaS
13 12 (1.11%) AWS KMS
13 12 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (0.65%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 244 (22.63%) DNS
2 221 (20.50%) Firewall
3 212 (19.67%) DHCP
4 183 (16.98%) WAN
5 162 (15.03%) LAN
6 104 (9.65%) VPN
7 98 (9.09%) SAN
8 88 (8.16%) TCP/IP
9 70 (6.49%) VoIP
10 63 (5.84%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (3.99%) VLAN
11 43 (3.99%) WLAN
12 41 (3.80%) Wireless
13 35 (3.25%) NAS
14 33 (3.06%) Internet
14 33 (3.06%) Network Security
15 22 (2.04%) SD-WAN
16 19 (1.76%) SSL
17 16 (1.48%) Remote Desktop
18 13 (1.21%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (7.42%) SQL Server
2 22 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (1.58%) Power BI
4 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (0.56%) MySQL
6 5 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.46%) MaxDB
6 5 (0.46%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.46%) Redis
6 5 (0.46%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.19%) DB2
9 1 (0.093%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.093%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.093%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.28%) JIRA
3 2 (0.19%) Moq
3 2 (0.19%) MSTest
3 2 (0.19%) Postman
3 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.19%) webpack
4 1 (0.093%) Git
4 1 (0.093%) MSI
General
1 394 (36.55%) Social Skills
2 121 (11.22%) Finance
3 96 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (8.72%) Law
5 75 (6.96%) Retail
6 49 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 45 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 44 (4.08%) Manufacturing
9 24 (2.23%) Legal
10 19 (1.76%) Telecoms
11 9 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (0.74%) Local Government
13 6 (0.56%) Banking
13 6 (0.56%) French Language
13 6 (0.56%) German Language
13 6 (0.56%) Italian Language
13 6 (0.56%) Portuguese Language
13 6 (0.56%) Spanish Language
13 6 (0.56%) Swedish Language
13 6 (0.56%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 222 (20.59%) IT Support
2 216 (20.04%) Analyst
3 172 (15.96%) Support Engineer
4 170 (15.77%) IT Engineer
5 152 (14.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 119 (11.04%) IT Support Engineer
7 91 (8.44%) Service Analyst
8 87 (8.07%) Service Desk Analyst
9 86 (7.98%) 2nd Line Support
10 83 (7.70%) Senior
11 74 (6.86%) IT Analyst
11 74 (6.86%) IT Technician
12 62 (5.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 57 (5.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 53 (4.92%) IT Manager
14 53 (4.92%) Support Analyst
15 51 (4.73%) Infrastructure Specialist
16 50 (4.64%) 1st Line Support
17 46 (4.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 45 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.48%) OLE
2 13 (1.21%) .NET
3 8 (0.74%) OAuth
3 8 (0.74%) RESTful
4 6 (0.56%) CSS
4 6 (0.56%) Middleware
5 5 (0.46%) BREW
5 5 (0.46%) LDAP
5 5 (0.46%) SAP Basis
5 5 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (0.37%) HTML
7 3 (0.28%) REST
7 3 (0.28%) Web Services
8 2 (0.19%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.19%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.19%) Jest
8 2 (0.19%) Node.js
8 2 (0.19%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.19%) React
8 2 (0.19%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.83%) Driving Licence
2 54 (5.01%) Data Centre
3 53 (4.92%) Management Information System
4 37 (3.43%) Onboarding
5 34 (3.15%) Public Cloud
6 33 (3.06%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (2.50%) Smartphone
8 23 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (1.95%) Clustering
10 19 (1.76%) PMI
11 18 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.67%) Fat Client
11 18 (1.67%) Thin Client
12 17 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (1.58%) PKI
12 17 (1.58%) Replication
13 14 (1.30%) Cyberattack
14 13 (1.21%) EPoS
15 12 (1.11%) Private Cloud
16 9 (0.83%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 675 (62.62%) Windows
2 363 (33.67%) Windows Server
3 187 (17.35%) Windows 10
4 94 (8.72%) Linux
5 63 (5.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 59 (5.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 58 (5.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 41 (3.80%) Mac OS
9 29 (2.69%) Android
10 27 (2.50%) Apple iOS
11 20 (1.86%) Windows Server 2008
12 18 (1.67%) Windows 7
13 11 (1.02%) Unix
14 10 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 10 (0.93%) VMS
14 10 (0.93%) Windows 8
15 8 (0.74%) Windows Vista
16 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.37%) Debian
18 3 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (24.40%) ITIL
2 229 (21.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 223 (20.69%) Customer Service
3 223 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
5 96 (8.91%) Disaster Recovery
6 91 (8.44%) Migration
7 74 (6.86%) Service Management
8 73 (6.77%) Incident Management
9 67 (6.22%) ITSM
10 65 (6.03%) Mentoring
11 62 (5.75%) Project Management
12 58 (5.38%) Agile
12 58 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 54 (5.01%) ERP
14 53 (4.92%) Roadmaps
15 51 (4.73%) Time Management
16 48 (4.45%) Coaching
17 47 (4.36%) Server Management
18 45 (4.17%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 141 (13.08%) PowerShell
2 125 (11.60%) SQL
3 27 (2.50%) Python
4 17 (1.58%) Bash
5 16 (1.48%) R
6 14 (1.30%) VBScript
7 10 (0.93%) C#
8 8 (0.74%) Java
9 7 (0.65%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.46%) ABAP
11 4 (0.37%) VB
12 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.093%) Bicep
13 1 (0.093%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.093%) Perl
Qualifications
1 141 (13.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 107 (9.93%) Degree
3 59 (5.47%) Azure Certification
4 40 (3.71%) MCP
5 33 (3.06%) A+ Certification
6 23 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.13%) MCSA
7 22 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (2.04%) DBS Check
7 22 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 21 (1.95%) MCSE
9 19 (1.76%) PMI Certification
10 18 (1.67%) CCNA
11 17 (1.58%) Security Cleared
12 13 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (1.11%) CISSP
14 10 (0.93%) SC Cleared
15 8 (0.74%) GIAC
16 7 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.56%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (7.51%) SLA
2 36 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (1.11%) NIST
5 5 (0.46%) GDPR
6 3 (0.28%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.093%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.093%) NCSC
8 1 (0.093%) PMO
8 1 (0.093%) QA
8 1 (0.093%) SOC 2
System Software
1 185 (17.16%) Hyper-V
2 173 (16.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
4 29 (2.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 29 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (1.95%) vSphere
6 11 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (0.74%) XenApp
8 7 (0.65%) VMware Server
8 7 (0.65%) XenDesktop
9 5 (0.46%) RACF
10 4 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.19%) Firmware
12 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.093%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.093%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.093%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.093%) Postfix
13 1 (0.093%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 200 (18.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 84 (7.79%) SCCM
3 26 (2.41%) SCOM
4 24 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (2.23%) vCenter Server
5 23 (2.13%) WSUS
6 21 (1.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 18 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
8 14 (1.30%) ZABBIX
9 13 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (1.11%) CA Single Sign-On
10 12 (1.11%) Opsgenie
10 12 (1.11%) VxRail
11 11 (1.02%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.83%) Autotask
12 9 (0.83%) Kubernetes
13 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 7 (0.65%) Grafana
14 7 (0.65%) Prometheus
14 7 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 734 (68.09%) Microsoft
2 311 (28.85%) VMware
3 111 (10.30%) Cisco
4 84 (7.79%) Citrix
5 58 (5.38%) Veeam
6 43 (3.99%) Apple
7 37 (3.43%) SolarWinds
8 35 (3.25%) ServiceNow
9 31 (2.88%) NetApp
10 30 (2.78%) Dell
11 28 (2.60%) Fortinet
12 22 (2.04%) Sophos
13 21 (1.95%) CA
14 20 (1.86%) HP
15 19 (1.76%) Aruba
16 17 (1.58%) CyberArk
16 17 (1.58%) Epicor
16 17 (1.58%) SAP
17 16 (1.48%) Adobe
18 14 (1.30%) Oracle