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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 26 60
Rank change year-on-year -4 +34 -17
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,192 1,012 1,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.56% 7.43% 5.33%
As % of the System Software category 49.26% 44.84% 31.09%
Number of salaries quoted 998 855 963
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -5.41% -7.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £49,305
90th Percentile £59,000 £63,750 £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 2,420 2,257 3,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.31% 16.56% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,896 1,585 2,362
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -4.31%
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 6 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 6 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 -5 450 £40,000 +23.08% 63
Hampshire 0 291 £37,000 +13.15% 48
Berkshire +29 242 £50,000 +51.52% 27
Surrey +21 143 £40,750 +16.43% 25
Kent -9 128 £35,000 -12.50% 29
Oxfordshire +4 116 £40,000 +23.08% 22
East Sussex +19 95 £30,000 -45.45% 9
Buckinghamshire -34 92 £38,000 +16.92% 14
West Sussex +24 56 £35,000 -21.79% 15
Middlesex - 31 £32,500 - 1
Sussex - 7 £35,000 - 1
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
1 300 (25.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 204 (17.11%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.10%) IIS
4 11 (0.92%) OpenStack
5 10 (0.84%) WordPress
6 6 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.25%) CMS
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 207 (17.37%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.25%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.17%) assyst
2 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 730 (61.24%) Microsoft 365
2 609 (51.09%) Azure
3 326 (27.35%) Entra ID
4 131 (10.99%) OneDrive
5 53 (4.45%) AWS
6 43 (3.61%) IaaS
7 31 (2.60%) Power Platform
8 30 (2.52%) SaaS
9 28 (2.35%) Azure Monitor
10 26 (2.18%) Azure Storage
11 21 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (1.76%) Power Automate
12 18 (1.51%) Nutanix
13 16 (1.34%) Mimecast
13 16 (1.34%) PaaS
14 15 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (1.26%) Google Workspace
15 13 (1.09%) OCI
15 13 (1.09%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.09%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 344 (28.86%) Firewall
2 297 (24.92%) DNS
3 195 (16.36%) DHCP
4 110 (9.23%) VPN
5 104 (8.72%) TCP/IP
6 85 (7.13%) Broadband
6 85 (7.13%) VoIP
7 83 (6.96%) WAN
8 80 (6.71%) Wireless
9 77 (6.46%) 5G
10 74 (6.21%) LAN
11 65 (5.45%) SAN
12 60 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
13 46 (3.86%) VLAN
14 36 (3.02%) NAS
14 36 (3.02%) Network Security
15 23 (1.93%) Remote Desktop
16 20 (1.68%) SD-WAN
17 19 (1.59%) Internet
17 19 (1.59%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.96%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
3 31 (2.60%) Power BI
4 14 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (1.01%) MySQL
6 6 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (0.50%) Oracle Database
6 6 (0.50%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.42%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.42%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.084%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (1.85%) Git
2 19 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.09%) JIRA
3 13 (1.09%) MSI
4 10 (0.84%) Trac
5 7 (0.59%) AdminStudio
5 7 (0.59%) InstallShield
6 6 (0.50%) GitLab
6 6 (0.50%) Robot Framework
6 6 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.34%) Hudson
8 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 356 (29.87%) Social Skills
2 146 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (7.63%) Finance
4 82 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 64 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (3.44%) Telecoms
7 39 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (2.77%) Legal
9 32 (2.68%) Manufacturing
10 29 (2.43%) Law
11 17 (1.43%) Retail
12 14 (1.17%) Games
13 13 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
14 12 (1.01%) Marketing
15 11 (0.92%) Back Office
16 10 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.76%) Advertising
17 9 (0.76%) Digital Economy
18 5 (0.42%) Banking
19 4 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 211 (17.70%) Support Engineer
2 206 (17.28%) IT Support
3 173 (14.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 169 (14.18%) Analyst
5 161 (13.51%) IT Engineer
6 127 (10.65%) Senior
7 120 (10.07%) IT Support Engineer
8 96 (8.05%) 2nd Line Support
9 86 (7.21%) 1st Line Support
10 83 (6.96%) 3rd Line Support
11 77 (6.46%) Lead
12 74 (6.21%) Support Analyst
13 73 (6.12%) IT Technician
14 67 (5.62%) Linux Specialist
14 67 (5.62%) Technical Specialist
15 66 (5.54%) IT Analyst
16 60 (5.03%) Systems Engineer
17 58 (4.87%) Infrastructure Support
18 55 (4.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 53 (4.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.51%) ARM Templates
2 11 (0.92%) .NET
2 11 (0.92%) LDAP
3 6 (0.50%) CSS
3 6 (0.50%) HTML
3 6 (0.50%) RabbitMQ
3 6 (0.50%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.34%) Keycloak
4 4 (0.34%) LAMP
5 3 (0.25%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.25%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (0.25%) FIDO
5 3 (0.25%) jQuery
5 3 (0.25%) OAuth
5 3 (0.25%) OpenID
5 3 (0.25%) React
5 3 (0.25%) SAML
5 3 (0.25%) WebAuthn
6 1 (0.084%) JSON
6 1 (0.084%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.62%) Driving Licence
1 67 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
1 67 (5.62%) Social Media
2 61 (5.12%) Data Centre
3 56 (4.70%) PKI
4 39 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 30 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.35%) Replication
7 23 (1.93%) Clustering
8 19 (1.59%) Smartphone
9 17 (1.43%) IoT
10 15 (1.26%) NHS
11 14 (1.17%) CMDB
11 14 (1.17%) Public Cloud
12 9 (0.76%) BYOD
12 9 (0.76%) Private Cloud
13 8 (0.67%) Client/Server
13 8 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.59%) CCTV
14 7 (0.59%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 900 (75.50%) Windows
2 492 (41.28%) Windows Server
3 309 (25.92%) Windows 10
4 189 (15.86%) Linux
5 128 (10.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 118 (9.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 95 (7.97%) Windows Server 2012
8 82 (6.88%) Windows 7
9 73 (6.12%) Ubuntu
10 51 (4.28%) Windows 8
11 50 (4.19%) Apple iOS
12 34 (2.85%) Android
13 30 (2.52%) Mac OS
14 17 (1.43%) Windows XP
15 15 (1.26%) VMS
16 12 (1.01%) Windows NT
17 9 (0.76%) CentOS
17 9 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
18 7 (0.59%) Mac OS X
18 7 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (24.50%) ITIL
2 270 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
3 251 (21.06%) Customer Service
4 206 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
4 206 (17.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 95 (7.97%) Service Management
6 84 (7.05%) CRM
7 80 (6.71%) DevOps
8 79 (6.63%) Project Management
9 75 (6.29%) Artificial Intelligence
10 73 (6.12%) IT Strategy
11 67 (5.62%) Agile
11 67 (5.62%) Service Delivery
11 67 (5.62%) Technology Strategy
12 64 (5.37%) Mentoring
13 60 (5.03%) Disaster Recovery
14 59 (4.95%) Change Management
15 46 (3.86%) Problem Management
16 45 (3.78%) Incident Management
17 43 (3.61%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 164 (13.76%) PowerShell
2 145 (12.16%) SQL
3 98 (8.22%) Bash
4 47 (3.94%) Python
5 45 (3.78%) VB
6 39 (3.27%) C#
7 25 (2.10%) VBScript
8 22 (1.85%) Perl
9 18 (1.51%) Bicep
10 14 (1.17%) ActionScript
11 8 (0.67%) JavaScript
11 8 (0.67%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.42%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 184 (15.44%) Security Cleared
2 170 (14.26%) Degree
3 110 (9.23%) SC Cleared
4 105 (8.81%) DV Cleared
5 91 (7.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 56 (4.70%) Cisco Certification
7 46 (3.86%) MCP
8 39 (3.27%) CCNA
9 37 (3.10%) A+ Certification
10 27 (2.27%) CCNP
11 24 (2.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 23 (1.93%) MCSE
13 22 (1.85%) DBS Check
14 17 (1.43%) HNC
14 17 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
15 14 (1.17%) Azure Certification
15 14 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (1.01%) MCSA
17 11 (0.92%) AWS Certification
17 11 (0.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (11.41%) SLA
2 32 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 28 (2.35%) GDPR
4 19 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.43%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.42%) QA
7 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.34%) NIST
8 3 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.084%) GRC
10 1 (0.084%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.084%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.084%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.084%) NCSC
System Software
1 268 (22.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 246 (20.64%) Hyper-V
3 64 (5.37%) XenApp
4 61 (5.12%) Virtual Machines
5 53 (4.45%) vSphere
6 52 (4.36%) VMware ESXi
7 44 (3.69%) XenDesktop
8 42 (3.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 41 (3.44%) VirtualBox
10 27 (2.27%) Docker
10 27 (2.27%) Firmware
11 14 (1.17%) OpenSSH
12 11 (0.92%) NFS
13 10 (0.84%) pfSense
14 9 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
15 8 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
16 7 (0.59%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 6 (0.50%) VMware Server
18 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 4 (0.34%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 232 (19.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 139 (11.66%) SCCM
3 87 (7.30%) WSUS
4 67 (5.62%) Jamf Pro
5 55 (4.61%) SCOM
6 48 (4.03%) vCenter Server
7 36 (3.02%) Kubernetes
8 35 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 25 (2.10%) Ansible
10 20 (1.68%) EMC NetWorker
11 19 (1.59%) NetBackup
12 17 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
13 16 (1.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 16 (1.34%) SCDPM
13 16 (1.34%) Terraform
14 15 (1.26%) IBM BigFix
15 14 (1.17%) FortiGate
15 14 (1.17%) PowerCLI
16 12 (1.01%) Sysprep
17 11 (0.92%) Grafana
Vendors
1 830 (69.63%) Microsoft
2 386 (32.38%) VMware
3 133 (11.16%) Citrix
4 103 (8.64%) Cisco
5 80 (6.71%) Veeam
6 67 (5.62%) CyberArk
6 67 (5.62%) Tanium
7 47 (3.94%) Apple
8 38 (3.19%) Juniper
9 35 (2.94%) Dell
10 31 (2.60%) Google
11 30 (2.52%) ServiceNow
12 29 (2.43%) Palo Alto
13 26 (2.18%) Fortinet
14 24 (2.01%) Draytek
14 24 (2.01%) Oracle
15 23 (1.93%) HP
16 21 (1.76%) Adobe
17 20 (1.68%) EMC
18 19 (1.59%) 3PAR