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 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 43 62 101
Rank change year-on-year +19 +39 -34
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,867 2,031 2,582
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.54% 4.96% 3.70%
As % of the System Software category 43.98% 33.63% 19.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,393 1,698 2,203
10th Percentile £28,033 £25,500 £25,674
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,500
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 4,245 6,039 13,279
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.61% 14.74% 19.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,381 4,484 7,675
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +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 14 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
1 508 (27.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 274 (14.68%) SharePoint
3 65 (3.48%) IIS
4 17 (0.91%) 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
1 192 (10.28%) 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 25 (1.34%) 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%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.054%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.054%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,204 (64.49%) Azure
2 1,048 (56.13%) Microsoft 365
3 764 (40.92%) Entra ID
4 165 (8.84%) AWS
5 98 (5.25%) OneDrive
6 73 (3.91%) IaaS
7 68 (3.64%) Power Platform
8 54 (2.89%) SaaS
9 45 (2.41%) GCP
10 43 (2.30%) PaaS
11 41 (2.20%) Azure Storage
12 38 (2.04%) Nutanix
13 37 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
13 37 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
14 35 (1.87%) Power Automate
15 34 (1.82%) PowerApps
16 33 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
17 32 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
18 29 (1.55%) GitHub
19 27 (1.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 443 (23.73%) DNS
2 393 (21.05%) Firewall
3 323 (17.30%) DHCP
4 254 (13.60%) WAN
5 229 (12.27%) Broadband
6 220 (11.78%) 5G
7 206 (11.03%) LAN
8 173 (9.27%) VPN
9 142 (7.61%) SAN
10 124 (6.64%) TCP/IP
11 113 (6.05%) Wi-Fi
12 84 (4.50%) Internet
13 71 (3.80%) Wireless
14 66 (3.54%) VLAN
15 60 (3.21%) Remote Desktop
16 58 (3.11%) SD-WAN
16 58 (3.11%) VoIP
17 38 (2.04%) Network Security
18 30 (1.61%) NAS
18 30 (1.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (9.11%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.36%) Power BI
3 39 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (1.23%) 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%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (0.59%) Redis
11 8 (0.43%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.37%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.27%) PowerPivot
14 4 (0.21%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.21%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.21%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 34 (1.82%) JIRA
2 24 (1.29%) Git
3 17 (0.91%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.70%) GitLab
5 10 (0.54%) Trac
6 6 (0.32%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.32%) git-flow
7 5 (0.27%) MSI
8 4 (0.21%) AdminStudio
8 4 (0.21%) InstallShield
9 3 (0.16%) Moq
9 3 (0.16%) Postman
9 3 (0.16%) Selenium
9 3 (0.16%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.16%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.16%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 537 (28.76%) Social Skills
2 331 (17.73%) Analytical Skills
3 256 (13.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 254 (13.60%) Finance
5 79 (4.23%) Law
6 70 (3.75%) Retail
7 65 (3.48%) Legal
8 64 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
9 61 (3.27%) Public Sector
10 35 (1.87%) Banking
11 30 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (1.34%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.23%) Games
14 18 (0.96%) German Language
15 14 (0.75%) Marketing
15 14 (0.75%) Police
16 12 (0.64%) Advertising
16 12 (0.64%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.64%) General Ledger
17 11 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 364 (19.50%) Senior
2 296 (15.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 255 (13.66%) Analyst
4 229 (12.27%) Support Engineer
5 221 (11.84%) IT Support
6 218 (11.68%) IT Engineer
7 213 (11.41%) Technical Specialist
8 210 (11.25%) Linux Specialist
9 134 (7.18%) 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
11 121 (6.48%) IT Support Engineer
12 120 (6.43%) IT Analyst
13 110 (5.89%) Support Analyst
14 104 (5.57%) 3rd Line Support
15 99 (5.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 90 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support
17 86 (4.61%) Consultant
18 85 (4.55%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.34%) .NET
2 21 (1.12%) ARM Templates
3 20 (1.07%) LDAP
4 17 (0.91%) OAuth
5 10 (0.54%) CSS
5 10 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
6 9 (0.48%) SailPoint
7 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET
7 8 (0.43%) HTML
7 8 (0.43%) React
8 7 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
8 7 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (0.37%) REST
9 6 (0.32%) Entity Framework
9 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (0.32%) RESTful
9 6 (0.32%) SPFx
10 5 (0.27%) Middleware
10 5 (0.27%) SAML
10 5 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 217 (11.62%) Social Media
2 164 (8.78%) Data Centre
3 138 (7.39%) Self-Motivation
4 88 (4.71%) Driving Licence
5 79 (4.23%) Management Information System
6 75 (4.02%) Public Cloud
7 70 (3.75%) PKI
8 61 (3.27%) Onboarding
9 40 (2.14%) Clustering
10 34 (1.82%) Private Cloud
11 32 (1.71%) Enterprise Storage
12 31 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
13 27 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
14 26 (1.39%) Replication
15 24 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
16 22 (1.18%) Client/Server
17 21 (1.12%) IoT
17 21 (1.12%) iPad
18 18 (0.96%) Cyberattack
19 16 (0.86%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1,238 (66.31%) Windows
2 694 (37.17%) Windows Server
3 460 (24.64%) Linux
4 353 (18.91%) Windows 10
5 249 (13.34%) Ubuntu
6 149 (7.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 117 (6.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 114 (6.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 62 (3.32%) Windows 7
10 43 (2.30%) VMS
11 41 (2.20%) Apple iOS
12 38 (2.04%) Windows 8
13 28 (1.50%) Windows Server 2008
14 26 (1.39%) Android
14 26 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 24 (1.29%) Mac OS
16 21 (1.12%) Unix
17 9 (0.48%) Mac OS X
17 9 (0.48%) Windows NT
18 8 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (23.57%) Cybersecurity
2 397 (21.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 394 (21.10%) ITIL
4 270 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
5 263 (14.09%) CRM
6 239 (12.80%) Customer Service
7 229 (12.27%) IT Strategy
8 222 (11.89%) Artificial Intelligence
9 217 (11.62%) Technology Strategy
10 152 (8.14%) Agile
11 147 (7.87%) DevOps
12 127 (6.80%) Disaster Recovery
12 127 (6.80%) Mentoring
13 115 (6.16%) Service Management
14 98 (5.25%) Migration
15 88 (4.71%) Change Management
16 85 (4.55%) Project Management
17 83 (4.45%) Continuous Improvement
17 83 (4.45%) Server Management
18 81 (4.34%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 345 (18.48%) PowerShell
2 260 (13.93%) Bash
3 201 (10.77%) SQL
4 51 (2.73%) Python
5 50 (2.68%) C#
6 37 (1.98%) T-SQL
6 37 (1.98%) VB
7 33 (1.77%) VBScript
8 26 (1.39%) PL/SQL
9 20 (1.07%) Perl
10 15 (0.80%) Bicep
11 14 (0.75%) Java
11 14 (0.75%) JavaScript
12 9 (0.48%) ActionScript
13 7 (0.37%) Korn
13 7 (0.37%) Ruby
14 6 (0.32%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.21%) VBA
16 3 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 229 (12.27%) Degree
2 177 (9.48%) Security Cleared
3 130 (6.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 96 (5.14%) DV Cleared
5 91 (4.87%) SC Cleared
6 63 (3.37%) Azure Certification
7 42 (2.25%) MCP
8 28 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 23 (1.23%) MCSE
11 22 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
12 17 (0.91%) DBS Check
13 16 (0.86%) APMP
13 16 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (0.80%) CCNA
15 14 (0.75%) PMI Certification
16 13 (0.70%) MCSA
16 13 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 12 (0.64%) MCITP
18 11 (0.59%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (4.93%) SLA
2 59 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (0.91%) GDPR
5 14 (0.75%) 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%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.21%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.16%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.16%) WCAG
14 2 (0.11%) ITGC
14 2 (0.11%) PMO
15 1 (0.054%) GxP
15 1 (0.054%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 405 (21.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 290 (15.53%) Hyper-V
3 93 (4.98%) VMware ESXi
4 82 (4.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 68 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
6 58 (3.11%) vSphere
7 54 (2.89%) Docker
8 46 (2.46%) XenApp
9 39 (2.09%) XenDesktop
10 28 (1.50%) VirtualBox
11 21 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
12 17 (0.91%) NFS
13 14 (0.75%) VMware Workstation
14 12 (0.64%) Firmware
15 11 (0.59%) Terminal Services
16 10 (0.54%) pfSense
17 9 (0.48%) DFS Replication
17 9 (0.48%) Forefront TMG
17 9 (0.48%) OpenSSH
17 9 (0.48%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 563 (30.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 214 (11.46%) Jamf Pro
3 178 (9.53%) SCCM
4 99 (5.30%) Ansible
5 91 (4.87%) WSUS
6 85 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 76 (4.07%) Terraform
8 74 (3.96%) Single Sign-On
9 66 (3.54%) Kubernetes
10 65 (3.48%) vCenter Server
11 50 (2.68%) SCOM
12 26 (1.39%) Microsoft Clustering
13 24 (1.29%) ZABBIX
14 19 (1.02%) Grafana
15 18 (0.96%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 13 (0.70%) Puppet
17 12 (0.64%) CA Single Sign-On
17 12 (0.64%) Opsgenie
17 12 (0.64%) VxRail
18 11 (0.59%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 1,321 (70.76%) Microsoft
2 596 (31.92%) VMware
3 223 (11.94%) CyberArk
4 210 (11.25%) Tanium
5 158 (8.46%) Cisco
6 147 (7.87%) Citrix
7 85 (4.55%) Apple
8 84 (4.50%) ServiceNow
9 78 (4.18%) Veeam
10 58 (3.11%) Meraki
11 51 (2.73%) Dell
12 49 (2.62%) Adobe
13 46 (2.46%) HP
13 46 (2.46%) SolarWinds
14 42 (2.25%) Fortinet
15 41 (2.20%) NetApp
16 37 (1.98%) Oracle
17 36 (1.93%) Red Hat
18 34 (1.82%) Commvault
19 30 (1.61%) Sophos