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 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 32 56 33
Rank change year-on-year +24 -23 -9
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 477 317 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.65% 5.48% 7.06%
As % of the System Software category 57.47% 46.01% 52.39%
Number of salaries quoted 376 278 480
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,925 £24,750
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,625 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.13% +3.56%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £59,000 £60,000
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 830 689 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.83% 11.91% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 662 488 851
10th Percentile £25,024 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,175 £76,250 £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 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 9 June 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 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
Birmingham +9 156 £37,000 -10.84% 13
Staffordshire -10 94 £30,000 -13.67% 20
Warwickshire +43 36 £33,000 -37.74% 18
Worcestershire -1 36 £36,298 +15.23% 11
Shropshire +11 31 £36,500 +40.38%
Solihull +9 18 £47,500 +35.71% 3
Coventry +9 11 £33,500 -8.22% 5
Wolverhampton -2 9 £21,500 -57.00% 3
Wednesbury -3 9 £30,000 -14.29% 1
Herefordshire +6 8 £30,000 -29.41%
Dudley +4 4 £24,500 -20.97% 2
Walsall +8 3 - -
West Bromwich -2 2 £28,500 - 2
Stourbridge - 2 £50,000 - 1
Halesowen - 2 £27,500 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 - 1
Sutton Coldfield -13 1 £27,000 +1.89%
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 (28.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (14.26%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.68%) IIS
4 4 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.63%) Apache
5 3 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (0.63%) IBM Notes
5 3 (0.63%) nginx
6 2 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 77 (16.14%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.26%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.84%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 314 (65.83%) Microsoft 365
2 225 (47.17%) Azure
3 145 (30.40%) Entra ID
4 27 (5.66%) AWS
5 23 (4.82%) OneDrive
6 13 (2.73%) Google Workspace
7 12 (2.52%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (2.10%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.68%) SaaS
10 7 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.05%) IaaS
11 5 (1.05%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.84%) GCP
12 4 (0.84%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.63%) DigitalOcean
14 2 (0.42%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.42%) OpenDNS
14 2 (0.42%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 124 (26.00%) DNS
2 118 (24.74%) Firewall
3 114 (23.90%) DHCP
4 69 (14.47%) WAN
5 67 (14.05%) LAN
6 57 (11.95%) TCP/IP
7 48 (10.06%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (8.18%) VPN
9 32 (6.71%) VLAN
10 31 (6.50%) SAN
11 18 (3.77%) Network Security
11 18 (3.77%) Wireless
12 16 (3.35%) VoIP
13 15 (3.14%) PBX
14 11 (2.31%) iSCSI
14 11 (2.31%) SMTP
15 10 (2.10%) SNMP
16 9 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
17 8 (1.68%) Fibre Channel
17 8 (1.68%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.92%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.35%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.68%) Power BI
5 6 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.63%) MySQL
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 161 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 58 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (10.27%) Law
4 42 (8.81%) Finance
5 28 (5.87%) Retail
6 23 (4.82%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.56%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.35%) Legal
9 12 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.89%) Local Government
12 6 (1.26%) Banking
12 6 (1.26%) Police
13 5 (1.05%) Games
14 3 (0.63%) Back Office
14 3 (0.63%) Military
14 3 (0.63%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.63%) Norwegian Language
14 3 (0.63%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (24.11%) IT Support
2 111 (23.27%) Support Engineer
3 99 (20.75%) IT Engineer
4 76 (15.93%) Analyst
5 70 (14.68%) IT Support Engineer
6 55 (11.53%) Senior
7 54 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 35 (7.34%) 2nd Line Support
9 34 (7.13%) IT Technician
10 29 (6.08%) IT Analyst
11 25 (5.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 25 (5.24%) 3rd Line Support
12 23 (4.82%) Support Technician
13 22 (4.61%) IT Manager
13 22 (4.61%) Service Analyst
14 21 (4.40%) IT Support Analyst
15 19 (3.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 19 (3.98%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (3.98%) Service Desk Analyst
16 18 (3.77%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.42%) ADO
1 2 (0.42%) LAMP
1 2 (0.42%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.21%) HTML
2 1 (0.21%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.76%) Data Centre
2 32 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (5.24%) Management Information System
3 25 (5.24%) Replication
4 21 (4.40%) Driving Licence
5 18 (3.77%) PKI
6 13 (2.73%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.52%) Clustering
8 11 (2.31%) Fat Client
8 11 (2.31%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.31%) Thin Client
9 10 (2.10%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.89%) CCTV
11 8 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (1.47%) Cyberattack
12 7 (1.47%) Product Ownership
13 6 (1.26%) EFT
13 6 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.26%) Virtual Team
14 5 (1.05%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 352 (73.79%) Windows
2 215 (45.07%) Windows Server
3 81 (16.98%) Windows 10
4 52 (10.90%) Linux
5 48 (10.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 39 (8.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 34 (7.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (4.61%) Mac OS
9 12 (2.52%) CentOS
10 11 (2.31%) Ubuntu
11 9 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (1.68%) Windows 7
12 8 (1.68%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.84%) Unix
14 4 (0.84%) VMS
15 2 (0.42%) Android
15 2 (0.42%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.42%) SUSE
15 2 (0.42%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (20.96%) Customer Service
2 98 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (20.34%) ITIL
4 86 (18.03%) Cybersecurity
5 77 (16.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 39 (8.18%) Project Delivery
7 35 (7.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (7.34%) Service Management
8 29 (6.08%) Change Management
8 29 (6.08%) Service Delivery
9 28 (5.87%) Asset Management
9 28 (5.87%) Disaster Recovery
9 28 (5.87%) ERP
9 28 (5.87%) Roadmaps
10 27 (5.66%) Line Management
11 25 (5.24%) Server Management
12 21 (4.40%) Agile
12 21 (4.40%) Mentoring
13 19 (3.98%) Identity Access Management
13 19 (3.98%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 63 (13.21%) PowerShell
2 38 (7.97%) SQL
3 5 (1.05%) T-SQL
4 4 (0.84%) Bash
5 3 (0.63%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.63%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.63%) R
6 1 (0.21%) Bicep
6 1 (0.21%) PHP
6 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 62 (13.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 53 (11.11%) Degree
3 41 (8.60%) Security Cleared
4 26 (5.45%) SC Cleared
5 19 (3.98%) A+ Certification
6 18 (3.77%) MCSE
7 17 (3.56%) CCNA
7 17 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.14%) MCP
9 14 (2.94%) Azure Certification
10 11 (2.31%) DV Cleared
10 11 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.47%) MCSA
12 6 (1.26%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.26%) MCITP
12 6 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.05%) CCNP
14 4 (0.84%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.81%) SLA
2 17 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (1.89%) GDPR
4 3 (0.63%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.42%) NIST
6 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 120 (25.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 119 (24.95%) Hyper-V
3 43 (9.01%) VMware ESXi
4 23 (4.82%) vSphere
5 19 (3.98%) Virtual Servers
6 14 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (2.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 9 (1.89%) Docker
9 8 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.68%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (1.26%) pfSense
10 6 (1.26%) VMware NSX
10 6 (1.26%) XenApp
10 6 (1.26%) XenDesktop
11 5 (1.05%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (1.05%) NFS
11 5 (1.05%) RACF
11 5 (1.05%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.63%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.42%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 90 (18.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 66 (13.84%) SCCM
3 16 (3.35%) vCenter Server
4 13 (2.73%) Terraform
5 11 (2.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.89%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (1.68%) AirWatch
9 7 (1.47%) Kubernetes
10 6 (1.26%) SCOM
11 5 (1.05%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.84%) Autotask
12 4 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.63%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.63%) WSUS
14 2 (0.42%) Trend Micro Deep Security
15 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
15 1 (0.21%) SysTrack
15 1 (0.21%) VxRail
Vendors
1 320 (67.09%) Microsoft
2 180 (37.74%) VMware
3 57 (11.95%) Cisco
4 54 (11.32%) Veeam
5 42 (8.81%) Citrix
6 39 (8.18%) Dell
7 27 (5.66%) Apple
8 26 (5.45%) HP
9 21 (4.40%) Sophos
10 16 (3.35%) Adobe
10 16 (3.35%) Fortinet
10 16 (3.35%) ServiceNow
11 13 (2.73%) WatchGuard
12 12 (2.52%) Nimble Storage
12 12 (2.52%) Sage
13 11 (2.31%) Zerto
14 10 (2.10%) Aruba
14 10 (2.10%) Remedy
15 9 (1.89%) EqualLogic
15 9 (1.89%) Google