Active Directory Jobs in Cheshire

Microsoft Active Directory
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 17 47
Rank change year-on-year +4 +30 -29
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 81 53 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.64% 11.35% 7.09%
As % of the System Software category 64.80% 69.74% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 47 48 74
10th Percentile £25,650 £25,925 £21,250
25th Percentile £31,125 £26,242 £23,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £33,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% +15.79% -2.56%
75th Percentile £48,500 £44,250 £39,313
90th Percentile £48,750 £53,250 £51,250
North West median annual salary £41,234 £37,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +9.96% +11.94% +3.08%

All System Software Skills
Cheshire

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 125 76 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 13.33% 16.27% 13.12%
Number of salaries quoted 78 67 120
10th Percentile £28,049 £26,000 £21,500
25th Percentile £33,938 £27,375 £25,113
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £86,934 £70,500
North West median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £45,908
% change year-on-year -9.52% +14.36% -8.18%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Cheshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Cheshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Cheshire over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Cheshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Warrington +4 48 £45,000 +38.46% 6
Knutsford -1 4 £26,000 -11.11%
Ellesmere Port -5 4 £32,500 -30.85% 2
Lymm - 4 £33,500 -
Winsford - 3 £43,000 - 1
Daresbury - 3 £28,498 -
Northwich +11 2 £26,500 +16.28%
Wilmslow - 2 - -
Chester - 2 £37,250 - 5
Crewe -10 1 - -
Macclesfield - 1 - - 1
Active Directory
North West

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 28 (34.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (12.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (2.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 53 (65.43%) Azure
2 44 (54.32%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (40.74%) AWS
4 15 (18.52%) Entra ID
5 11 (13.58%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.94%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.70%) GCP
7 3 (3.70%) SaaS
8 1 (1.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (45.68%) DNS
2 34 (41.98%) DHCP
3 15 (18.52%) VPN
4 13 (16.05%) TCP/IP
5 11 (13.58%) Firewall
6 8 (9.88%) LAN
6 8 (9.88%) WAN
7 7 (8.64%) Wireless
8 6 (7.41%) Internet
9 5 (6.17%) Network Security
9 5 (6.17%) VLAN
9 5 (6.17%) WLAN
10 4 (4.94%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (3.70%) SAN
11 3 (3.70%) VoIP
12 2 (2.47%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.64%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.47%) Oracle Database
General
1 18 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.23%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (20.99%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 14 (17.28%) Azure Engineer
2 14 (17.28%) Cloud Engineer
3 12 (14.81%) Analyst
4 10 (12.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (11.11%) IT Support
6 8 (9.88%) Lead
6 8 (9.88%) Service Analyst
6 8 (9.88%) Service Desk Analyst
7 7 (8.64%) IT Analyst
8 6 (7.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 6 (7.41%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (7.41%) IT Engineer
8 6 (7.41%) Support Engineer
9 5 (6.17%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (6.17%) Support Team Leader
9 5 (6.17%) Team Leader
10 4 (4.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 4 (4.94%) Citrix Engineer
10 4 (4.94%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.64%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.94%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.47%) PKI
5 1 (1.23%) CMDB
5 1 (1.23%) NHS
5 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 46 (56.79%) Windows
2 26 (32.10%) Windows Server
3 23 (28.40%) Windows 10
4 7 (8.64%) Linux
5 6 (7.41%) Apple iOS
6 5 (6.17%) Android
6 5 (6.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (3.70%) Unix
8 2 (2.47%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (1.23%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (41.98%) ITIL
2 30 (37.04%) Incident Management
3 24 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 19 (23.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (20.99%) Capacity Planning
5 17 (20.99%) Disaster Recovery
5 17 (20.99%) Proactive Monitoring
6 14 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (13.58%) User Experience
8 9 (11.11%) Customer Service
9 8 (9.88%) Change Management
10 7 (8.64%) Service Delivery
11 6 (7.41%) Inventory Management
11 6 (7.41%) Migration
11 6 (7.41%) Project Delivery
12 5 (6.17%) Coaching
12 5 (6.17%) Cybersecurity
13 4 (4.94%) Customer-Centricity
13 4 (4.94%) Decision-Making
13 4 (4.94%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.75%) PowerShell
2 10 (12.35%) SQL
3 3 (3.70%) Bash
3 3 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (6.17%) DV Cleared
1 5 (6.17%) SC Cleared
1 5 (6.17%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.70%) CTC Cleared
3 2 (2.47%) CCNA
3 2 (2.47%) CCNP
3 2 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.23%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.23%) Degree
4 1 (1.23%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.41%) SLA
2 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (22.22%) Hyper-V
2 12 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.94%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.47%) Firmware
4 2 (2.47%) KVM
4 2 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.47%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.23%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 32 (39.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.41%) WSUS
3 2 (2.47%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.23%) SCCM
4 1 (1.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 52 (64.20%) Microsoft
2 42 (51.85%) VMware
3 30 (37.04%) Citrix
4 7 (8.64%) Cisco
5 6 (7.41%) Veeam
6 5 (6.17%) Oracle
7 4 (4.94%) Apple
8 3 (3.70%) IBM
9 2 (2.47%) ATG
9 2 (2.47%) BMC
9 2 (2.47%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (2.47%) Lotus
9 2 (2.47%) Remedy
9 2 (2.47%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.23%) Dell
10 1 (1.23%) ServiceNow