Active Directory Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 47 51
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 -20
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 497 495 592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.99% 6.42% 6.28%
As % of the System Software category 51.77% 41.04% 36.43%
Number of salaries quoted 447 419 514
10th Percentile £22,900 £23,900 £22,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +20.90% -19.28%
75th Percentile £46,125 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £63,000 £57,600 £58,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 960 1,206 1,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.64% 15.63% 17.25%
Number of salaries quoted 834 813 1,080
10th Percentile £24,325 £25,420 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the North West over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 17 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
Manchester +1 214 £39,000 -13.33% 50
Cheshire -4 137 £30,500 -18.12% 28
Merseyside +6 66 £30,000 -25.00% 9
Lancashire +18 62 £50,000 +73.91% 18
Cumbria -15 15 £36,500 -18.89% 2
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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
1 111 (22.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (10.06%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.62%) IIS
4 4 (0.80%) CMS
4 4 (0.80%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.40%) Confluence
6 1 (0.20%) Site Server
Applications
1 59 (11.87%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.80%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 359 (72.23%) Microsoft 365
2 243 (48.89%) Azure
3 122 (24.55%) Entra ID
4 64 (12.88%) AWS
5 22 (4.43%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.62%) SaaS
7 17 (3.42%) GCP
8 15 (3.02%) OneDrive
9 13 (2.62%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.61%) IaaS
10 8 (1.61%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.41%) AWS KMS
11 7 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (1.41%) PaaS
12 6 (1.21%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.60%) Mimecast
15 2 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
15 2 (0.40%) Azure Service Bus
15 2 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 126 (25.35%) DNS
2 101 (20.32%) DHCP
3 89 (17.91%) Firewall
4 69 (13.88%) WAN
5 59 (11.87%) LAN
6 38 (7.65%) TCP/IP
7 31 (6.24%) VPN
8 24 (4.83%) VoIP
8 24 (4.83%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (4.63%) SAN
10 22 (4.43%) Internet
11 21 (4.23%) Wireless
12 15 (3.02%) SD-WAN
13 14 (2.82%) WLAN
14 13 (2.62%) SSL
15 12 (2.41%) iSCSI
16 11 (2.21%) Broadband
16 11 (2.21%) Remote Desktop
17 10 (2.01%) VLAN
18 8 (1.61%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.44%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.21%) MySQL
4 5 (1.01%) MaxDB
4 5 (1.01%) Power BI
4 5 (1.01%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.60%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.20%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.40%) JIRA
1 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.20%) MSI
General
1 164 (33.00%) Social Skills
2 61 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (11.67%) Retail
4 47 (9.46%) Finance
5 28 (5.63%) Law
6 20 (4.02%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (3.22%) Telecoms
9 15 (3.02%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.41%) Legal
11 5 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.01%) Local Government
12 4 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.80%) Military
13 3 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.40%) Billing
15 1 (0.20%) Advertising
15 1 (0.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (21.93%) Analyst
2 100 (20.12%) IT Support
3 87 (17.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 85 (17.10%) IT Engineer
5 71 (14.29%) Support Engineer
6 58 (11.67%) IT Support Engineer
7 52 (10.46%) Service Analyst
8 50 (10.06%) Senior
9 48 (9.66%) Service Desk Analyst
10 37 (7.44%) 2nd Line Support
11 35 (7.04%) IT Analyst
12 31 (6.24%) IT Technician
13 29 (5.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 29 (5.84%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 28 (5.63%) Cloud Engineer
15 27 (5.43%) IT Manager
15 27 (5.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (5.23%) Support Technician
17 24 (4.83%) Support Analyst
18 23 (4.63%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.22%) OLE
2 5 (1.01%) BREW
2 5 (1.01%) LDAP
2 5 (1.01%) SAP Basis
2 5 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (0.80%) CSS
3 4 (0.80%) HTML
4 3 (0.60%) .NET
5 1 (0.20%) Classic ASP
5 1 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.87%) Driving Licence
2 27 (5.43%) Smartphone
3 25 (5.03%) Data Centre
4 22 (4.43%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.42%) Public Cloud
6 13 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.41%) PMI
8 10 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.01%) EPoS
9 9 (1.81%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.81%) Replication
10 8 (1.61%) Cyberattack
10 8 (1.61%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.61%) PKI
11 7 (1.41%) FMCG
12 6 (1.21%) Algorithms
13 5 (1.01%) CCTV
13 5 (1.01%) Fat Client
13 5 (1.01%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 275 (55.33%) Windows
2 110 (22.13%) Windows Server
3 77 (15.49%) Windows 10
4 55 (11.07%) Linux
5 26 (5.23%) Windows Server 2012
5 26 (5.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (2.41%) Mac OS
8 8 (1.61%) Windows Vista
9 7 (1.41%) Apple iOS
9 7 (1.41%) VMS
10 6 (1.21%) Android
11 4 (0.80%) Debian
12 3 (0.60%) Unix
12 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.40%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.40%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.20%) CentOS
14 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.20%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (24.35%) ITIL
2 119 (23.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 109 (21.93%) Customer Service
4 88 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (14.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 54 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (8.65%) ITSM
8 39 (7.85%) Project Management
8 39 (7.85%) Time Management
9 38 (7.65%) ERP
10 36 (7.24%) Service Management
11 34 (6.84%) Capacity Planning
12 31 (6.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (6.24%) Migration
13 28 (5.63%) Server Management
14 26 (5.23%) Presales
15 24 (4.83%) Mentoring
16 23 (4.63%) Agile
16 23 (4.63%) Roadmaps
17 22 (4.43%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 60 (12.07%) PowerShell
2 55 (11.07%) SQL
3 16 (3.22%) R
4 13 (2.62%) Python
5 9 (1.81%) Bash
6 6 (1.21%) Java
7 5 (1.01%) ABAP
7 5 (1.01%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.80%) C#
9 2 (0.40%) VB
10 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 55 (11.07%) Degree
2 51 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (5.03%) MCP
4 21 (4.23%) A+ Certification
5 13 (2.62%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.62%) DBS Check
6 12 (2.41%) PMI Certification
7 9 (1.81%) CCNA
7 9 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 8 (1.61%) MCSA
8 8 (1.61%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.01%) MCSE
9 5 (1.01%) SC Cleared
10 4 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.40%) GIAC
11 2 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.84%) SLA
2 20 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.20%) NCSC
4 1 (0.20%) NIST
4 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 75 (15.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 69 (13.88%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.80%) VMware Server
5 4 (0.80%) vSphere
6 3 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.40%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.20%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.20%) Docker
8 1 (0.20%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.20%) Postfix
8 1 (0.20%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 91 (18.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.43%) SCCM
3 18 (3.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (2.41%) Opsgenie
4 12 (2.41%) VxRail
4 12 (2.41%) ZABBIX
5 10 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.41%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.01%) WSUS
8 4 (0.80%) Terraform
9 3 (0.60%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.40%) Grafana
10 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.40%) vRealize
11 1 (0.20%) Ansible
11 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.20%) WMI
Vendors
1 333 (67.00%) Microsoft
2 118 (23.74%) VMware
3 46 (9.26%) Cisco
4 42 (8.45%) Citrix
5 30 (6.04%) Apple
6 26 (5.23%) Veeam
7 21 (4.23%) Fortinet
8 18 (3.62%) SolarWinds
9 17 (3.42%) NetApp
10 16 (3.22%) Adobe
11 15 (3.02%) Dell
11 15 (3.02%) ServiceNow
12 14 (2.82%) Sophos
13 12 (2.41%) CA
14 11 (2.21%) Virgin Media
15 9 (1.81%) Aruba
16 8 (1.61%) ESET
16 8 (1.61%) HP
17 7 (1.41%) F5
17 7 (1.41%) Meraki