Active Directory Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 43 45
Rank change year-on-year +12 +2 -10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 4,480 3,464 4,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.67% 6.22% 6.03%
As % of the System Software category 50.11% 39.65% 36.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,630 2,879 3,728
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +4.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £48,500 £50,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,600 £60,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,941 8,737 12,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.32% 15.70% 16.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6,936 5,571 8,335
10th Percentile £25,563 £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,285 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the UK excluding London

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the UK excluding London

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the UK excluding London

Active Directory
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the UK excluding London 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
South East -3 1,193 £38,000 +8.57% 210
North of England +26 1,103 £35,000 -6.67% 201
Midlands +21 797 £33,500 -9.46% 151
South West +19 542 £37,500 +1.35% 119
North West +9 520 £37,500 -11.76% 109
East of England +11 493 £31,000 -13.89% 71
West Midlands +24 477 £35,000 -4.76% 82
Yorkshire +34 396 £33,500 -1.47% 73
East Midlands +9 315 £32,500 -10.96% 69
Scotland -44 245 £33,750 -3.57% 68
North East +19 187 £33,000 -9.59% 22
Wales +16 90 £28,290 -24.56% 20
Northern Ireland -16 11 £37,500 -16.67% 1
Channel Islands +1 4 £85,000 -5.56%
Isle of Man -10 4 £43,000 -40.69% 2
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1,168 (26.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 729 (16.27%) SharePoint
3 104 (2.32%) IIS
4 30 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
5 25 (0.56%) OpenStack
6 15 (0.33%) CMS
7 14 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
8 13 (0.29%) SharePoint 2010
8 13 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
9 12 (0.27%) Confluence
9 12 (0.27%) WordPress
10 10 (0.22%) Skype for Business
11 9 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
12 7 (0.16%) Apache
13 6 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2000
13 6 (0.13%) Tomcat
14 5 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
15 4 (0.089%) Exchange Server 2003
15 4 (0.089%) SAS
16 3 (0.067%) JBoss
Applications
1 741 (16.54%) Microsoft Office
2 137 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 56 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.067%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.045%) CATIA
8 2 (0.045%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 9 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.13%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.11%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.089%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.067%) iTrent
5 3 (0.067%) Sage X3
5 3 (0.067%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.045%) assyst
6 2 (0.045%) Epicor Tropos
7 1 (0.022%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.022%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.022%) Sage 300 ERP
7 1 (0.022%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2,810 (62.72%) Microsoft 365
2 2,139 (47.75%) Azure
3 1,209 (26.99%) Entra ID
4 340 (7.59%) OneDrive
5 314 (7.01%) AWS
6 117 (2.61%) Power Platform
7 98 (2.19%) IaaS
8 86 (1.92%) SaaS
9 77 (1.72%) GCP
10 76 (1.70%) Mimecast
11 65 (1.45%) Power Automate
12 61 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
13 57 (1.27%) PowerApps
14 55 (1.23%) PaaS
15 54 (1.21%) Google Workspace
15 54 (1.21%) Nutanix
16 48 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
17 40 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
18 39 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
19 37 (0.83%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 1,018 (22.72%) DNS
2 1,000 (22.32%) Firewall
3 804 (17.95%) DHCP
4 561 (12.52%) WAN
5 517 (11.54%) LAN
6 431 (9.62%) TCP/IP
7 412 (9.20%) VPN
8 336 (7.50%) SAN
9 268 (5.98%) Wi-Fi
10 244 (5.45%) VLAN
11 238 (5.31%) Wireless
12 224 (5.00%) VoIP
13 128 (2.86%) Network Security
14 114 (2.54%) Internet
15 113 (2.52%) NAS
16 107 (2.39%) Remote Desktop
17 98 (2.19%) Broadband
18 84 (1.88%) SD-WAN
19 77 (1.72%) 5G
19 77 (1.72%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 253 (5.65%) SQL Server
2 87 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
3 79 (1.76%) Power BI
4 65 (1.45%) Metadata
5 39 (0.87%) MySQL
6 36 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 21 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 20 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.29%) Oracle Database
11 11 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.20%) RDBMS
13 9 (0.20%) Redis
14 8 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.18%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.16%) MariaDB
16 6 (0.13%) Data Lake
17 5 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 99 (2.21%) Git
2 87 (1.94%) Jenkins
3 68 (1.52%) Bitbucket
4 65 (1.45%) Artifactory
5 40 (0.89%) JIRA
6 14 (0.31%) MSI
7 10 (0.22%) Trac
8 9 (0.20%) Visual Studio
9 7 (0.16%) AdminStudio
9 7 (0.16%) GitLab
9 7 (0.16%) InstallShield
10 6 (0.13%) Robot Framework
10 6 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.089%) Hudson
11 4 (0.089%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.067%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.045%) Moq
13 2 (0.045%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.045%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.045%) webpack
General
1 1,435 (32.03%) Social Skills
2 500 (11.16%) Finance
3 418 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
4 261 (5.83%) Law
5 222 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 179 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 164 (3.66%) Manufacturing
8 148 (3.30%) Legal
8 148 (3.30%) Retail
9 128 (2.86%) Telecoms
10 97 (2.17%) Public Sector
11 88 (1.96%) Marketing
12 83 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
13 57 (1.27%) Banking
14 39 (0.87%) Games
15 29 (0.65%) Local Government
16 24 (0.54%) Advertising
17 23 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
18 20 (0.45%) Aerospace
19 19 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 939 (20.96%) IT Support
2 823 (18.37%) Support Engineer
3 757 (16.90%) Analyst
4 696 (15.54%) IT Engineer
5 591 (13.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 477 (10.65%) IT Support Engineer
7 454 (10.13%) Senior
8 381 (8.50%) 2nd Line Support
9 341 (7.61%) IT Technician
10 282 (6.29%) IT Analyst
11 264 (5.89%) Service Analyst
12 258 (5.76%) Lead
13 251 (5.60%) Support Analyst
14 244 (5.45%) Support Technician
15 243 (5.42%) Service Desk Analyst
16 240 (5.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 219 (4.89%) 1st Line Support
18 198 (4.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 196 (4.38%) IT Support Technician
20 187 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (2.10%) LDAP
2 83 (1.85%) SAML
3 80 (1.79%) RESTful
4 76 (1.70%) Web Services
5 75 (1.67%) JSON
6 72 (1.61%) OpenID
7 70 (1.56%) XML
8 65 (1.45%) JSON-LD
9 32 (0.71%) .NET
10 31 (0.69%) ARM Templates
11 16 (0.36%) OLE
12 15 (0.33%) HTML
13 14 (0.31%) CSS
14 13 (0.29%) OAuth
15 9 (0.20%) SailPoint
16 8 (0.18%) 802.1X
16 8 (0.18%) YAML
17 6 (0.13%) EJB
17 6 (0.13%) LAMP
17 6 (0.13%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 357 (7.97%) Driving Licence
2 260 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 242 (5.40%) Data Centre
4 210 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
5 134 (2.99%) Onboarding
6 117 (2.61%) Replication
7 110 (2.46%) PKI
8 93 (2.08%) Clustering
9 87 (1.94%) Public Cloud
10 75 (1.67%) Enterprise Cloud
11 69 (1.54%) Smartphone
12 68 (1.52%) Social Media
13 65 (1.45%) Reference Data
14 43 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
15 42 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
16 40 (0.89%) Fat Client
16 40 (0.89%) Thin Client
17 37 (0.83%) Private Cloud
18 35 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
19 34 (0.76%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 3,128 (69.82%) Windows
2 1,715 (38.28%) Windows Server
3 907 (20.25%) Windows 10
4 507 (11.32%) Linux
5 335 (7.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 315 (7.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 284 (6.34%) Windows Server 2012
8 174 (3.88%) Mac OS
9 159 (3.55%) Windows 7
10 149 (3.33%) Android
11 127 (2.83%) Apple iOS
12 104 (2.32%) Ubuntu
13 69 (1.54%) Windows 8
14 59 (1.32%) Windows Server 2008
15 41 (0.92%) VMS
16 37 (0.83%) CentOS
17 36 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 28 (0.63%) Unix
19 25 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
20 22 (0.49%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,010 (22.54%) ITIL
2 929 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
3 892 (19.91%) Customer Service
4 757 (16.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 566 (12.63%) Cybersecurity
6 309 (6.90%) Service Management
7 297 (6.63%) Agile
8 277 (6.18%) Disaster Recovery
9 257 (5.74%) Roadmaps
10 246 (5.49%) Service Delivery
11 239 (5.33%) Mentoring
12 233 (5.20%) ITSM
13 217 (4.84%) Project Management
14 209 (4.67%) Migration
15 207 (4.62%) Incident Management
16 198 (4.42%) Continuous Improvement
17 186 (4.15%) Change Management
18 178 (3.97%) DevOps
19 174 (3.88%) Identity Access Management
20 151 (3.37%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 629 (14.04%) PowerShell
2 460 (10.27%) SQL
3 138 (3.08%) Bash
4 100 (2.23%) Python
5 69 (1.54%) Go
6 65 (1.45%) Prolog
6 65 (1.45%) SPARQL
7 55 (1.23%) C#
8 54 (1.21%) VB
9 40 (0.89%) VBScript
10 29 (0.65%) Bicep
11 26 (0.58%) JavaScript
12 23 (0.51%) Perl
13 21 (0.47%) Java
14 19 (0.42%) R
15 15 (0.33%) ActionScript
16 14 (0.31%) T-SQL
17 9 (0.20%) PL/SQL
18 8 (0.18%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 541 (12.08%) Degree
2 438 (9.78%) Security Cleared
3 413 (9.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 280 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 202 (4.51%) DV Cleared
6 160 (3.57%) A+ Certification
7 152 (3.39%) MCP
8 148 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
9 134 (2.99%) DBS Check
10 123 (2.75%) CCNA
11 119 (2.66%) Azure Certification
12 113 (2.52%) MCSE
13 82 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
14 78 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
15 60 (1.34%) MCSA
16 47 (1.05%) CCNP
16 47 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 42 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
18 35 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 34 (0.76%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 366 (8.17%) SLA
2 96 (2.14%) GDPR
3 88 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 85 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (0.40%) Data Quality
5 18 (0.40%) NIST
6 17 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (0.20%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.16%) QA
10 5 (0.11%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.089%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.089%) NCSC
11 4 (0.089%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.067%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.022%) GRC
13 1 (0.022%) GxP
13 1 (0.022%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.022%) PMO
13 1 (0.022%) SOC 2
System Software
1 919 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 833 (18.59%) Hyper-V
3 182 (4.06%) VMware ESXi
4 174 (3.88%) vSphere
5 140 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
6 135 (3.01%) Virtual Desktop
7 97 (2.17%) XenApp
8 79 (1.76%) XenDesktop
9 52 (1.16%) Docker
10 51 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
11 44 (0.98%) RACF
12 38 (0.85%) VirtualBox
13 31 (0.69%) Firmware
14 21 (0.47%) Terminal Services
14 21 (0.47%) VMware Server
15 20 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 19 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
17 18 (0.40%) pfSense
18 16 (0.36%) NFS
19 14 (0.31%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 815 (18.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 454 (10.13%) SCCM
3 155 (3.46%) WSUS
4 114 (2.54%) SCOM
5 108 (2.41%) vCenter Server
6 102 (2.28%) Jamf Pro
7 86 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 76 (1.70%) Kubernetes
9 64 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
10 59 (1.32%) Terraform
11 54 (1.21%) Ansible
12 40 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
12 40 (0.89%) ZABBIX
13 37 (0.83%) FortiGate
14 32 (0.71%) NetBackup
15 27 (0.60%) Backup Exec
16 25 (0.56%) EMC NetWorker
16 25 (0.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
17 20 (0.45%) Autotask
18 19 (0.42%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,986 (66.65%) Microsoft
2 1,370 (30.58%) VMware
3 443 (9.89%) Cisco
4 373 (8.33%) Citrix
5 326 (7.28%) Veeam
6 166 (3.71%) Apple
7 164 (3.66%) Dell
8 154 (3.44%) HP
9 135 (3.01%) ServiceNow
10 130 (2.90%) CyberArk
11 113 (2.52%) Meraki
12 108 (2.41%) Google
13 97 (2.17%) Sophos
14 89 (1.99%) Fortinet
15 83 (1.85%) NetApp
16 74 (1.65%) SolarWinds
17 70 (1.56%) Oracle
18 67 (1.50%) Tanium
19 59 (1.32%) Aruba
20 58 (1.29%) Adobe