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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 27 50
Rank change year-on-year +2 +23 -10
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,180 1,050 1,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.04% 7.29% 5.59%
As % of the System Software category 48.86% 44.23% 32.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,015 877 963
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,000 £24,794
25th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £51,875 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £61,250 £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 2,415 2,374 3,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.40% 16.48% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,938 1,617 2,376
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -3.38%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £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 14 May 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 14 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
Thames Valley +2 446 £40,000 +23.08% 69
Hampshire +2 293 £36,000 +10.09% 42
Berkshire +28 240 £49,500 +52.31% 30
Surrey +27 146 £40,000 +14.29% 18
Oxfordshire +15 118 £40,000 +26.98% 16
Kent -11 117 £34,000 -13.92% 31
Buckinghamshire -35 88 £38,000 +16.92% 23
East Sussex +10 86 £30,000 -45.45% 15
West Sussex +39 60 £35,000 -12.50% 23
Middlesex - 31 £32,500 -
Sussex - 7 £35,000 - 4
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
1 302 (25.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 200 (16.95%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.47%) IIS
4 13 (1.10%) OpenStack
5 10 (0.85%) WordPress
6 6 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.25%) CMS
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.085%) Apache
9 1 (0.085%) WebSphere
Applications
1 210 (17.80%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.25%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.085%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.085%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.25%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.17%) assyst
3 1 (0.085%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 727 (61.61%) Microsoft 365
2 593 (50.25%) Azure
3 307 (26.02%) Entra ID
4 128 (10.85%) OneDrive
5 54 (4.58%) AWS
6 40 (3.39%) IaaS
7 32 (2.71%) Power Platform
8 30 (2.54%) SaaS
9 25 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
10 22 (1.86%) Azure Storage
11 20 (1.69%) Power Automate
12 19 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
13 17 (1.44%) Mimecast
13 17 (1.44%) PaaS
14 15 (1.27%) Google Workspace
14 15 (1.27%) WhatsApp
15 14 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (1.10%) Nutanix
16 13 (1.10%) OCI
17 12 (1.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 343 (29.07%) Firewall
2 296 (25.08%) DNS
3 202 (17.12%) DHCP
4 118 (10.00%) VPN
5 107 (9.07%) TCP/IP
6 91 (7.71%) WAN
7 87 (7.37%) VoIP
8 85 (7.20%) Broadband
9 79 (6.69%) Wireless
10 77 (6.53%) 5G
10 77 (6.53%) LAN
11 69 (5.85%) SAN
12 58 (4.92%) Wi-Fi
13 47 (3.98%) VLAN
14 37 (3.14%) Network Security
15 36 (3.05%) NAS
16 24 (2.03%) Remote Desktop
16 24 (2.03%) SD-WAN
17 19 (1.61%) SSL
18 18 (1.53%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (6.27%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
2 32 (2.71%) Power BI
3 12 (1.02%) MySQL
4 11 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (0.68%) Oracle Database
5 8 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (0.51%) InfluxDB
7 6 (0.51%) MariaDB
7 6 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.51%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.085%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 21 (1.78%) Git
2 20 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.36%) JIRA
4 10 (0.85%) Trac
5 9 (0.76%) MSI
6 6 (0.51%) GitLab
6 6 (0.51%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.34%) AdminStudio
7 4 (0.34%) Hudson
7 4 (0.34%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.085%) Chocolatey
General
1 343 (29.07%) Social Skills
2 142 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 68 (5.76%) Finance
5 60 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 32 (2.71%) Legal
9 28 (2.37%) Law
10 25 (2.12%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.53%) Retail
12 13 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (1.02%) Games
14 11 (0.93%) Back Office
14 11 (0.93%) Marketing
15 9 (0.76%) Digital Economy
16 7 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.59%) Public Sector
17 6 (0.51%) Advertising
18 5 (0.42%) Banking
Job Titles
1 219 (18.56%) IT Support
2 216 (18.31%) Support Engineer
3 171 (14.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 169 (14.32%) IT Engineer
5 165 (13.98%) Analyst
6 128 (10.85%) Senior
7 127 (10.76%) IT Support Engineer
8 96 (8.14%) 2nd Line Support
9 89 (7.54%) 1st Line Support
10 87 (7.37%) 3rd Line Support
11 75 (6.36%) Support Analyst
12 72 (6.10%) IT Analyst
13 71 (6.02%) IT Technician
13 71 (6.02%) Lead
14 68 (5.76%) Technical Specialist
15 67 (5.68%) Linux Specialist
16 63 (5.34%) Systems Engineer
17 60 (5.08%) Infrastructure Support
18 57 (4.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 54 (4.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.19%) ARM Templates
2 11 (0.93%) .NET
2 11 (0.93%) LDAP
3 7 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (0.51%) CSS
4 6 (0.51%) HTML
4 6 (0.51%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.34%) Keycloak
5 4 (0.34%) LAMP
6 3 (0.25%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.25%) Azure Blueprints
6 3 (0.25%) FIDO
6 3 (0.25%) jQuery
6 3 (0.25%) OAuth
6 3 (0.25%) OpenID
6 3 (0.25%) React
6 3 (0.25%) SAML
6 3 (0.25%) WebAuthn
7 1 (0.085%) Web Services
7 1 (0.085%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.68%) Social Media
2 66 (5.59%) Driving Licence
3 62 (5.25%) Data Centre
4 60 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
5 50 (4.24%) PKI
6 41 (3.47%) Onboarding
7 30 (2.54%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.29%) Replication
9 19 (1.61%) Clustering
10 17 (1.44%) CMDB
10 17 (1.44%) NHS
11 15 (1.27%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.27%) Smartphone
12 13 (1.10%) IoT
13 10 (0.85%) BYOD
14 9 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (0.76%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.68%) Client/Server
16 7 (0.59%) CCTV
17 5 (0.42%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 899 (76.19%) Windows
2 493 (41.78%) Windows Server
3 299 (25.34%) Windows 10
4 189 (16.02%) Linux
5 128 (10.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 121 (10.25%) Windows Server 2019
7 93 (7.88%) Windows Server 2012
8 81 (6.86%) Windows 7
9 73 (6.19%) Ubuntu
10 54 (4.58%) Windows 8
11 45 (3.81%) Apple iOS
12 29 (2.46%) Android
13 28 (2.37%) Mac OS
14 17 (1.44%) Windows XP
15 16 (1.36%) VMS
16 12 (1.02%) Windows NT
17 10 (0.85%) CentOS
18 9 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 9 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
19 7 (0.59%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (23.73%) ITIL
2 261 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
3 240 (20.34%) Customer Service
4 211 (17.88%) Cybersecurity
5 209 (17.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 86 (7.29%) Service Management
7 82 (6.95%) CRM
8 77 (6.53%) Project Management
9 75 (6.36%) Artificial Intelligence
10 73 (6.19%) IT Strategy
11 70 (5.93%) DevOps
12 67 (5.68%) Technology Strategy
13 61 (5.17%) Agile
14 60 (5.08%) Mentoring
15 59 (5.00%) Change Management
15 59 (5.00%) Service Delivery
16 54 (4.58%) Disaster Recovery
17 50 (4.24%) Incident Management
18 47 (3.98%) Problem Management
19 41 (3.47%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 163 (13.81%) PowerShell
2 149 (12.63%) SQL
3 96 (8.14%) Bash
4 52 (4.41%) Python
5 34 (2.88%) VB
6 32 (2.71%) C#
7 21 (1.78%) VBScript
8 18 (1.53%) Perl
9 14 (1.19%) Bicep
10 10 (0.85%) ActionScript
11 8 (0.68%) JavaScript
11 8 (0.68%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.42%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.25%) PHP
14 1 (0.085%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 188 (15.93%) Security Cleared
2 162 (13.73%) Degree
3 110 (9.32%) SC Cleared
4 104 (8.81%) DV Cleared
5 93 (7.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 59 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
7 46 (3.90%) MCP
8 42 (3.56%) CCNA
9 35 (2.97%) A+ Certification
10 27 (2.29%) CCNP
11 26 (2.20%) MCSE
12 22 (1.86%) DBS Check
13 20 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 18 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
15 17 (1.44%) HNC
16 15 (1.27%) Azure Certification
17 14 (1.19%) MCSA
17 14 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
18 12 (1.02%) AWS Certification
19 11 (0.93%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (11.53%) SLA
2 28 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (2.20%) GDPR
4 19 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.10%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.17%) NIST
8 1 (0.085%) GRC
8 1 (0.085%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.085%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.085%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.085%) NCSC
8 1 (0.085%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.085%) QA
System Software
1 278 (23.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 251 (21.27%) Hyper-V
3 62 (5.25%) XenApp
4 54 (4.58%) VMware ESXi
5 52 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
6 46 (3.90%) XenDesktop
7 45 (3.81%) vSphere
8 43 (3.64%) VirtualBox
9 38 (3.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 28 (2.37%) Firmware
11 27 (2.29%) Docker
12 11 (0.93%) NFS
13 10 (0.85%) OpenSSH
13 10 (0.85%) pfSense
14 9 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
15 8 (0.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 6 (0.51%) VMware Server
17 5 (0.42%) Terminal Services
18 4 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
18 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 228 (19.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 129 (10.93%) SCCM
3 79 (6.69%) WSUS
4 67 (5.68%) Jamf Pro
5 55 (4.66%) SCOM
6 46 (3.90%) vCenter Server
7 33 (2.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 33 (2.80%) Kubernetes
8 25 (2.12%) Ansible
9 19 (1.61%) EMC NetWorker
9 19 (1.61%) NetBackup
10 16 (1.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 16 (1.36%) SCDPM
10 16 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (1.36%) Terraform
11 15 (1.27%) FortiGate
12 12 (1.02%) Grafana
12 12 (1.02%) Sysprep
13 11 (0.93%) IBM BigFix
14 10 (0.85%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 820 (69.49%) Microsoft
2 390 (33.05%) VMware
3 132 (11.19%) Citrix
4 106 (8.98%) Cisco
5 78 (6.61%) Veeam
6 67 (5.68%) CyberArk
6 67 (5.68%) Tanium
7 47 (3.98%) Apple
8 40 (3.39%) Juniper
9 37 (3.14%) Dell
10 30 (2.54%) Google
10 30 (2.54%) ServiceNow
11 27 (2.29%) Fortinet
11 27 (2.29%) Palo Alto
12 26 (2.20%) Oracle
13 24 (2.03%) Draytek
14 23 (1.95%) HP
15 21 (1.78%) Adobe
16 20 (1.69%) McAfee
16 20 (1.69%) Sophos