Active Directory Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 25 58
Rank change year-on-year -4 +33 -16
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,171 1,021 1,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.57% 7.42% 5.40%
As % of the System Software category 48.91% 44.90% 31.36%
Number of salaries quoted 989 860 959
10th Percentile £24,400 £23,725 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £35,400
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -1.13% -11.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £61,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,394 2,274 3,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.44% 16.54% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,891 1,589 2,346
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,375
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £36,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the South East.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the South East

Active Directory
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley -4 444 £40,000 +23.08% 62
Hampshire -3 286 £36,000 +9.59% 42
Berkshire +28 240 £50,000 +51.52% 30
Surrey +18 141 £40,000 +14.29% 23
Kent -11 121 £34,500 -13.75% 31
Oxfordshire +6 115 £40,000 +23.08% 15
East Sussex +12 92 £30,000 -45.45% 9
Buckinghamshire -35 89 £38,000 +16.92% 17
West Sussex +26 56 £35,000 -21.79% 15
Middlesex - 31 £32,500 - 1
Sussex - 7 £35,000 -
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 296 (25.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 197 (16.82%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.16%) IIS
4 11 (0.94%) OpenStack
5 10 (0.85%) WordPress
6 6 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.26%) CMS
8 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 205 (17.51%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.26%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.26%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.17%) assyst
2 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 720 (61.49%) Microsoft 365
2 595 (50.81%) Azure
3 317 (27.07%) Entra ID
4 128 (10.93%) OneDrive
5 52 (4.44%) AWS
6 40 (3.42%) IaaS
7 31 (2.65%) Power Platform
8 30 (2.56%) SaaS
9 27 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
10 25 (2.13%) Azure Storage
11 21 (1.79%) Power Automate
12 20 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (1.37%) Mimecast
13 16 (1.37%) PaaS
14 15 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (1.28%) Google Workspace
14 15 (1.28%) Nutanix
15 13 (1.11%) OCI
15 13 (1.11%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 341 (29.12%) Firewall
2 292 (24.94%) DNS
3 193 (16.48%) DHCP
4 111 (9.48%) VPN
5 102 (8.71%) TCP/IP
6 85 (7.26%) Broadband
6 85 (7.26%) VoIP
7 82 (7.00%) WAN
8 77 (6.58%) 5G
8 77 (6.58%) Wireless
9 72 (6.15%) LAN
10 67 (5.72%) SAN
11 58 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
12 46 (3.93%) VLAN
13 37 (3.16%) Network Security
14 36 (3.07%) NAS
15 23 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
16 20 (1.71%) SD-WAN
17 19 (1.62%) Internet
17 19 (1.62%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.23%) SQL Server
2 35 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
3 31 (2.65%) Power BI
4 13 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (1.02%) MySQL
6 6 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (0.51%) Oracle Database
6 6 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.43%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.43%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (1.88%) Git
2 19 (1.62%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.11%) JIRA
4 12 (1.02%) MSI
5 10 (0.85%) Trac
6 6 (0.51%) AdminStudio
6 6 (0.51%) GitLab
6 6 (0.51%) InstallShield
6 6 (0.51%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.34%) Hudson
8 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 348 (29.72%) Social Skills
2 142 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (7.09%) Finance
4 81 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (3.50%) Telecoms
7 39 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 30 (2.56%) Legal
9 28 (2.39%) Law
9 28 (2.39%) Manufacturing
10 17 (1.45%) Retail
11 14 (1.20%) Games
12 13 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (0.94%) Back Office
13 11 (0.94%) Marketing
14 9 (0.77%) Advertising
14 9 (0.77%) Digital Economy
14 9 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.43%) Banking
16 4 (0.34%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 209 (17.85%) Support Engineer
2 208 (17.76%) IT Support
3 167 (14.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 165 (14.09%) Analyst
5 160 (13.66%) IT Engineer
6 126 (10.76%) Senior
7 121 (10.33%) IT Support Engineer
8 95 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
9 85 (7.26%) 1st Line Support
10 82 (7.00%) 3rd Line Support
11 75 (6.40%) Lead
12 73 (6.23%) IT Technician
12 73 (6.23%) Support Analyst
13 67 (5.72%) IT Analyst
13 67 (5.72%) Linux Specialist
13 67 (5.72%) Technical Specialist
14 59 (5.04%) Systems Engineer
15 56 (4.78%) Infrastructure Support
16 55 (4.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 53 (4.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.45%) ARM Templates
2 11 (0.94%) .NET
2 11 (0.94%) LDAP
3 6 (0.51%) CSS
3 6 (0.51%) HTML
3 6 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
3 6 (0.51%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.34%) Keycloak
4 4 (0.34%) LAMP
5 3 (0.26%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.26%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (0.26%) FIDO
5 3 (0.26%) jQuery
5 3 (0.26%) OAuth
5 3 (0.26%) OpenID
5 3 (0.26%) React
5 3 (0.26%) SAML
5 3 (0.26%) WebAuthn
6 1 (0.085%) JSON
6 1 (0.085%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.72%) Social Media
2 66 (5.64%) Driving Licence
3 63 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
4 61 (5.21%) Data Centre
5 53 (4.53%) PKI
6 39 (3.33%) Onboarding
7 30 (2.56%) Management Information System
8 26 (2.22%) Replication
9 22 (1.88%) Clustering
10 17 (1.45%) Smartphone
11 15 (1.28%) NHS
12 14 (1.20%) CMDB
12 14 (1.20%) IoT
12 14 (1.20%) Public Cloud
13 9 (0.77%) BYOD
13 9 (0.77%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.68%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.60%) CCTV
16 6 (0.51%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 883 (75.41%) Windows
2 485 (41.42%) Windows Server
3 303 (25.88%) Windows 10
4 186 (15.88%) Linux
5 126 (10.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 118 (10.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 93 (7.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 81 (6.92%) Windows 7
9 73 (6.23%) Ubuntu
10 51 (4.36%) Windows 8
11 46 (3.93%) Apple iOS
12 30 (2.56%) Android
13 29 (2.48%) Mac OS
14 17 (1.45%) Windows XP
15 15 (1.28%) VMS
16 12 (1.02%) Windows NT
17 10 (0.85%) CentOS
18 8 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 8 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
19 7 (0.60%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (24.25%) ITIL
2 265 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
3 245 (20.92%) Customer Service
4 206 (17.59%) Cybersecurity
5 201 (17.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 92 (7.86%) Service Management
7 84 (7.17%) CRM
8 77 (6.58%) Project Management
9 76 (6.49%) DevOps
10 75 (6.40%) Artificial Intelligence
11 73 (6.23%) IT Strategy
12 67 (5.72%) Technology Strategy
13 65 (5.55%) Agile
13 65 (5.55%) Mentoring
13 65 (5.55%) Service Delivery
14 57 (4.87%) Change Management
15 56 (4.78%) Disaster Recovery
16 46 (3.93%) Incident Management
16 46 (3.93%) Problem Management
17 42 (3.59%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 161 (13.75%) PowerShell
2 145 (12.38%) SQL
3 96 (8.20%) Bash
4 45 (3.84%) Python
5 42 (3.59%) VB
6 37 (3.16%) C#
7 24 (2.05%) VBScript
8 19 (1.62%) Perl
9 17 (1.45%) Bicep
10 13 (1.11%) ActionScript
11 8 (0.68%) JavaScript
11 8 (0.68%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.43%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.43%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 183 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 168 (14.35%) Degree
3 107 (9.14%) SC Cleared
4 105 (8.97%) DV Cleared
5 92 (7.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 57 (4.87%) Cisco Certification
7 46 (3.93%) MCP
8 40 (3.42%) CCNA
9 37 (3.16%) A+ Certification
10 27 (2.31%) CCNP
11 24 (2.05%) MCSE
12 23 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 22 (1.88%) DBS Check
14 17 (1.45%) HNC
14 17 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
15 14 (1.20%) Azure Certification
15 14 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (1.02%) MCSA
17 11 (0.94%) AWS Certification
17 11 (0.94%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (11.61%) SLA
2 30 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 27 (2.31%) GDPR
4 19 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.34%) NIST
7 4 (0.34%) QA
8 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.085%) GRC
10 1 (0.085%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.085%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.085%) NCSC
System Software
1 263 (22.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 244 (20.84%) Hyper-V
3 63 (5.38%) XenApp
4 57 (4.87%) Virtual Machines
5 51 (4.36%) VMware ESXi
5 51 (4.36%) vSphere
6 44 (3.76%) XenDesktop
7 41 (3.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 41 (3.50%) VirtualBox
8 27 (2.31%) Docker
8 27 (2.31%) Firmware
9 13 (1.11%) OpenSSH
10 11 (0.94%) NFS
11 10 (0.85%) pfSense
12 9 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 7 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
14 6 (0.51%) VMware Server
15 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.34%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 230 (19.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 136 (11.61%) SCCM
3 84 (7.17%) WSUS
4 67 (5.72%) Jamf Pro
5 54 (4.61%) SCOM
6 48 (4.10%) vCenter Server
7 35 (2.99%) Kubernetes
8 34 (2.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 24 (2.05%) Ansible
10 20 (1.71%) EMC NetWorker
11 19 (1.62%) NetBackup
12 17 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
13 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 16 (1.37%) SCDPM
14 15 (1.28%) Terraform
15 14 (1.20%) FortiGate
15 14 (1.20%) IBM BigFix
16 13 (1.11%) PowerCLI
17 12 (1.02%) Sysprep
18 11 (0.94%) Grafana
Vendors
1 816 (69.68%) Microsoft
2 378 (32.28%) VMware
3 130 (11.10%) Citrix
4 103 (8.80%) Cisco
5 79 (6.75%) Veeam
6 67 (5.72%) CyberArk
6 67 (5.72%) Tanium
7 47 (4.01%) Apple
8 38 (3.25%) Juniper
9 34 (2.90%) Dell
10 31 (2.65%) Google
11 29 (2.48%) ServiceNow
12 27 (2.31%) Palo Alto
13 26 (2.22%) Fortinet
14 24 (2.05%) Draytek
14 24 (2.05%) Oracle
15 22 (1.88%) HP
16 21 (1.79%) Adobe
17 20 (1.71%) EMC
18 19 (1.62%) McAfee