Active Directory Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 45 62 102
Rank change year-on-year +17 +40 -37
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,868 1,998 2,586
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.52% 4.94% 3.68%
As % of the System Software category 44.02% 33.31% 19.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,380 1,672 2,197
10th Percentile £27,975 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,244 5,998 13,374
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.53% 14.84% 19.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,363 4,444 7,626
10th Percentile £31,552 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,625 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% -3.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Active Directory trend for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Active Directory.

Active Directory salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Active Directory over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Active Directory salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 499 (26.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 271 (14.51%) SharePoint
3 66 (3.53%) IIS
4 15 (0.80%) OpenStack
5 11 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
6 8 (0.43%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2000
8 4 (0.21%) SAS
9 3 (0.16%) Apache
9 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.16%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.16%) JBoss
10 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.11%) Confluence
10 2 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
11 1 (0.054%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.054%) CMS
11 1 (0.054%) Site Server
Applications
1 189 (10.12%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.16%) SPSS
5 2 (0.11%) CATIA
5 2 (0.11%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.054%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.59%) NEC Housing
3 9 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.054%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.054%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,201 (64.29%) Azure
2 1,041 (55.73%) Microsoft 365
3 774 (41.43%) Entra ID
4 157 (8.40%) AWS
5 98 (5.25%) OneDrive
6 71 (3.80%) IaaS
7 69 (3.69%) Power Platform
8 54 (2.89%) SaaS
9 42 (2.25%) GCP
9 42 (2.25%) PaaS
10 41 (2.19%) Azure Storage
11 38 (2.03%) Nutanix
12 37 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
12 37 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
13 36 (1.93%) Power Automate
14 34 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
14 34 (1.82%) PowerApps
15 31 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
16 29 (1.55%) GitHub
17 27 (1.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 437 (23.39%) DNS
2 397 (21.25%) Firewall
3 314 (16.81%) DHCP
4 254 (13.60%) WAN
5 229 (12.26%) Broadband
6 220 (11.78%) 5G
7 206 (11.03%) LAN
8 175 (9.37%) VPN
9 144 (7.71%) SAN
10 123 (6.58%) TCP/IP
11 116 (6.21%) Wi-Fi
12 88 (4.71%) Internet
13 70 (3.75%) Wireless
14 67 (3.59%) VLAN
15 59 (3.16%) Remote Desktop
16 58 (3.10%) SD-WAN
16 58 (3.10%) VoIP
17 38 (2.03%) Network Security
18 30 (1.61%) NAS
18 30 (1.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (9.05%) SQL Server
2 45 (2.41%) Power BI
3 37 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (1.02%) Relational Database
7 17 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (0.75%) MySQL
8 14 (0.75%) Oracle Database
9 12 (0.64%) Redis
10 10 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (0.43%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.37%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.27%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.27%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.27%) PowerPivot
14 4 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 34 (1.82%) JIRA
2 23 (1.23%) Git
3 16 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.64%) GitLab
5 10 (0.54%) Trac
6 5 (0.27%) CircleCI
6 5 (0.27%) git-flow
6 5 (0.27%) MSI
7 4 (0.21%) AdminStudio
7 4 (0.21%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.16%) Moq
8 3 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.16%) Postman
8 3 (0.16%) Selenium
8 3 (0.16%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.16%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 544 (29.12%) Social Skills
2 335 (17.93%) Analytical Skills
3 266 (14.24%) Finance
4 259 (13.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 79 (4.23%) Law
6 74 (3.96%) Legal
7 71 (3.80%) Retail
8 63 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
9 61 (3.27%) Public Sector
10 44 (2.36%) Banking
11 29 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (1.34%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.23%) Games
14 18 (0.96%) German Language
15 16 (0.86%) Advertising
16 14 (0.75%) Police
17 13 (0.70%) Marketing
18 12 (0.64%) Aerospace
18 12 (0.64%) General Ledger
18 12 (0.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 367 (19.65%) Senior
2 289 (15.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 264 (14.13%) Analyst
4 226 (12.10%) Support Engineer
5 224 (11.99%) IT Support
6 220 (11.78%) IT Engineer
7 213 (11.40%) Technical Specialist
8 210 (11.24%) Linux Specialist
9 134 (7.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 127 (6.80%) Senior Linux Specialist
10 127 (6.80%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 127 (6.80%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 122 (6.53%) IT Analyst
12 121 (6.48%) IT Support Engineer
13 109 (5.84%) Support Analyst
14 103 (5.51%) 3rd Line Support
15 92 (4.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 90 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support
17 86 (4.60%) Lead
18 84 (4.50%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.34%) .NET
2 21 (1.12%) ARM Templates
3 17 (0.91%) LDAP
3 17 (0.91%) OAuth
4 10 (0.54%) CSS
5 9 (0.48%) SailPoint
6 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET
6 8 (0.43%) HTML
6 8 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
6 8 (0.43%) React
7 7 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (0.37%) REST
8 6 (0.32%) Entity Framework
8 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
8 6 (0.32%) RESTful
8 6 (0.32%) SAML
8 6 (0.32%) SPFx
9 5 (0.27%) Middleware
9 5 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 217 (11.62%) Social Media
2 158 (8.46%) Data Centre
3 136 (7.28%) Self-Motivation
4 90 (4.82%) Driving Licence
5 87 (4.66%) Management Information System
6 74 (3.96%) Public Cloud
7 70 (3.75%) PKI
8 59 (3.16%) Onboarding
9 41 (2.19%) Clustering
10 35 (1.87%) Private Cloud
11 33 (1.77%) Enterprise Storage
12 31 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
13 28 (1.50%) Replication
14 27 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
15 25 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
16 22 (1.18%) Client/Server
16 22 (1.18%) IoT
17 20 (1.07%) iPad
18 18 (0.96%) Cyberattack
19 15 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1,231 (65.90%) Windows
2 689 (36.88%) Windows Server
3 459 (24.57%) Linux
4 350 (18.74%) Windows 10
5 250 (13.38%) Ubuntu
6 149 (7.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 117 (6.26%) Windows Server 2012
8 114 (6.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 61 (3.27%) Windows 7
10 44 (2.36%) VMS
11 41 (2.19%) Apple iOS
12 36 (1.93%) Windows 8
13 28 (1.50%) Windows Server 2008
14 27 (1.45%) Android
14 27 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 24 (1.28%) Mac OS
16 20 (1.07%) Unix
17 10 (0.54%) Mac OS X
18 8 (0.43%) CentOS
18 8 (0.43%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (23.88%) Cybersecurity
2 395 (21.15%) ITIL
3 389 (20.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 273 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
5 265 (14.19%) CRM
6 241 (12.90%) Customer Service
7 229 (12.26%) IT Strategy
8 222 (11.88%) Artificial Intelligence
9 216 (11.56%) Technology Strategy
10 163 (8.73%) Agile
11 147 (7.87%) DevOps
12 126 (6.75%) Disaster Recovery
13 125 (6.69%) Mentoring
14 112 (6.00%) Service Management
15 97 (5.19%) Migration
16 89 (4.76%) Information Security
17 86 (4.60%) Project Management
17 86 (4.60%) Roadmaps
18 85 (4.55%) Change Management
19 82 (4.39%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 348 (18.63%) PowerShell
2 260 (13.92%) Bash
3 214 (11.46%) SQL
4 51 (2.73%) Python
5 49 (2.62%) C#
6 38 (2.03%) VB
7 37 (1.98%) T-SQL
8 33 (1.77%) VBScript
9 26 (1.39%) PL/SQL
10 20 (1.07%) Perl
11 15 (0.80%) Bicep
12 14 (0.75%) Java
12 14 (0.75%) JavaScript
13 10 (0.54%) ActionScript
14 7 (0.37%) Korn
14 7 (0.37%) Ruby
15 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.27%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.21%) VBA
18 3 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 227 (12.15%) Degree
2 176 (9.42%) Security Cleared
3 134 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 96 (5.14%) DV Cleared
5 90 (4.82%) SC Cleared
6 63 (3.37%) Azure Certification
7 44 (2.36%) MCP
8 29 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 26 (1.39%) MCSE
10 21 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
11 18 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (0.91%) DBS Check
13 16 (0.86%) APMP
13 16 (0.86%) CCNA
14 14 (0.75%) PMI Certification
15 13 (0.70%) MCSA
15 13 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 12 (0.64%) MCITP
17 11 (0.59%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (4.82%) SLA
2 57 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (0.91%) GDPR
5 15 (0.80%) NIST
6 13 (0.70%) Data Quality
7 12 (0.64%) SOC 2
8 9 (0.48%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.43%) GRC
10 7 (0.37%) QA
11 5 (0.27%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.16%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.16%) WCAG
14 2 (0.11%) GxP
14 2 (0.11%) ITGC
14 2 (0.11%) PMO
15 1 (0.054%) HIPAA
System Software
1 398 (21.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 289 (15.47%) Hyper-V
3 95 (5.09%) VMware ESXi
4 82 (4.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 69 (3.69%) Virtual Machines
6 60 (3.21%) vSphere
7 54 (2.89%) Docker
8 47 (2.52%) XenApp
9 40 (2.14%) XenDesktop
10 28 (1.50%) VirtualBox
11 20 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
12 18 (0.96%) NFS
13 14 (0.75%) VMware Workstation
14 12 (0.64%) Firmware
15 11 (0.59%) Terminal Services
16 10 (0.54%) OpenSSH
16 10 (0.54%) pfSense
16 10 (0.54%) RACF
17 9 (0.48%) DFS Replication
17 9 (0.48%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 557 (29.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 214 (11.46%) Jamf Pro
3 174 (9.31%) SCCM
4 97 (5.19%) Ansible
5 87 (4.66%) WSUS
6 82 (4.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 76 (4.07%) Terraform
8 75 (4.01%) Single Sign-On
9 67 (3.59%) vCenter Server
10 64 (3.43%) Kubernetes
11 50 (2.68%) SCOM
12 26 (1.39%) Microsoft Clustering
13 24 (1.28%) ZABBIX
14 19 (1.02%) Grafana
15 17 (0.91%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 12 (0.64%) CA Single Sign-On
16 12 (0.64%) Opsgenie
16 12 (0.64%) PowerCLI
16 12 (0.64%) Puppet
16 12 (0.64%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,327 (71.04%) Microsoft
2 588 (31.48%) VMware
3 233 (12.47%) CyberArk
4 210 (11.24%) Tanium
5 158 (8.46%) Cisco
6 144 (7.71%) Citrix
7 84 (4.50%) ServiceNow
8 83 (4.44%) Apple
9 76 (4.07%) Veeam
10 56 (3.00%) Meraki
11 50 (2.68%) Dell
12 49 (2.62%) Adobe
13 43 (2.30%) Fortinet
13 43 (2.30%) HP
13 43 (2.30%) SolarWinds
14 41 (2.19%) NetApp
15 37 (1.98%) Oracle
15 37 (1.98%) Red Hat
16 34 (1.82%) Commvault
17 28 (1.50%) Sophos