Active Directory Jobs in England

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 47 73
Rank change year-on-year +20 +26 -28
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 5,501 5,074 6,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.27% 5.82% 4.90%
As % of the System Software category 51.34% 37.26% 27.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,424 4,248 5,530
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,400 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,281 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10,714 13,618 24,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.22% 15.62% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 8,604 9,171 13,767
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,485 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in England over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in England

Active Directory
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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
London +23 1,428 £50,000 - 336
South East 0 1,164 £37,500 +7.14% 318
North of England +28 1,092 £35,000 -7.89% 216
Midlands +29 773 £33,500 -8.22% 152
South West +22 542 £37,500 +1.35% 135
North West +5 507 £37,500 -11.76% 114
East of England +12 477 £31,000 -17.33% 121
West Midlands +29 467 £34,000 -2.86% 87
Yorkshire +42 393 £32,500 -5.80% 84
East Midlands +15 300 £32,500 -10.96% 63
North East +24 192 £33,000 -8.97% 21
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1,526 (27.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 886 (16.11%) SharePoint
3 143 (2.60%) IIS
4 44 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
5 29 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
6 24 (0.44%) Confluence
7 23 (0.42%) Skype for Business
8 20 (0.36%) OpenStack
8 20 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
9 18 (0.33%) SharePoint 2010
10 17 (0.31%) WordPress
11 16 (0.29%) CMS
12 13 (0.24%) Tomcat
13 12 (0.22%) Apache
14 11 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
15 8 (0.15%) SAS
16 6 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2000
17 5 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
18 4 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2003
18 4 (0.073%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 880 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
2 128 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.073%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.073%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.055%) SPSS
9 2 (0.036%) CATIA
9 2 (0.036%) NASTRAN
10 1 (0.018%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.018%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.018%) InCopy
10 1 (0.018%) InDesign
10 1 (0.018%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.018%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.018%) Weka
Business Applications
1 30 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 11 (0.20%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.11%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.091%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.073%) Eikon
7 4 (0.073%) Epicor Tropos
8 3 (0.055%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.055%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.036%) Adaptiv
9 2 (0.036%) assyst
9 2 (0.036%) iTrent
10 1 (0.018%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.018%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.018%) MIS ActiveH
10 1 (0.018%) Sage 300 ERP
10 1 (0.018%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.018%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3,365 (61.17%) Microsoft 365
2 2,728 (49.59%) Azure
3 1,556 (28.29%) Entra ID
4 429 (7.80%) AWS
5 391 (7.11%) OneDrive
6 157 (2.85%) Power Platform
7 154 (2.80%) IaaS
8 139 (2.53%) SaaS
9 116 (2.11%) Mimecast
10 112 (2.04%) PaaS
11 95 (1.73%) GCP
12 89 (1.62%) Power Automate
13 85 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
14 75 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
14 75 (1.36%) Google Workspace
15 73 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
16 67 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
16 67 (1.22%) PowerApps
17 63 (1.15%) Nutanix
18 52 (0.95%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 1,225 (22.27%) DNS
2 1,211 (22.01%) Firewall
3 930 (16.91%) DHCP
4 769 (13.98%) WAN
5 656 (11.93%) LAN
6 547 (9.94%) VPN
7 484 (8.80%) TCP/IP
8 406 (7.38%) SAN
9 362 (6.58%) Wireless
10 339 (6.16%) Wi-Fi
11 282 (5.13%) VLAN
12 262 (4.76%) Broadband
13 240 (4.36%) VoIP
14 220 (4.00%) 5G
15 200 (3.64%) SD-WAN
16 174 (3.16%) Internet
17 156 (2.84%) Network Security
18 129 (2.35%) NAS
18 129 (2.35%) Remote Desktop
19 103 (1.87%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 356 (6.47%) SQL Server
2 90 (1.64%) Power BI
3 89 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
4 58 (1.05%) MySQL
5 46 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 44 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 28 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 27 (0.49%) Relational Database
10 20 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 18 (0.33%) Redis
12 16 (0.29%) Oracle Database
13 13 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (0.24%) MariaDB
14 12 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (0.20%) NoSQL
16 10 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
16 10 (0.18%) RDBMS
17 7 (0.13%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.13%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 70 (1.27%) JIRA
2 38 (0.69%) Jenkins
3 34 (0.62%) Git
4 21 (0.38%) GitLab
5 15 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.22%) MSI
7 10 (0.18%) Trac
7 10 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.13%) Katalon Studio
9 6 (0.11%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.091%) AdminStudio
10 5 (0.091%) InstallShield
10 5 (0.091%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.073%) Hudson
12 3 (0.055%) Moq
12 3 (0.055%) Postman
12 3 (0.055%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.055%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.036%) webpack
General
1 1,807 (32.85%) Social Skills
2 692 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
3 615 (11.18%) Finance
4 340 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 283 (5.14%) Law
6 205 (3.73%) Retail
7 203 (3.69%) Legal
8 199 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
9 156 (2.84%) Manufacturing
10 126 (2.29%) Banking
11 125 (2.27%) Telecoms
12 105 (1.91%) Public Sector
13 101 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
14 45 (0.82%) Back Office
14 45 (0.82%) Local Government
15 44 (0.80%) Games
16 33 (0.60%) Marketing
17 30 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
18 27 (0.49%) Aerospace
19 25 (0.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1,131 (20.56%) IT Support
2 965 (17.54%) Support Engineer
3 926 (16.83%) Analyst
4 778 (14.14%) IT Engineer
5 697 (12.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 680 (12.36%) Senior
7 533 (9.69%) IT Support Engineer
8 423 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
9 347 (6.31%) IT Analyst
10 337 (6.13%) IT Technician
11 327 (5.94%) Support Analyst
12 294 (5.34%) Service Analyst
13 288 (5.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 273 (4.96%) Service Desk Analyst
15 245 (4.45%) Lead
16 241 (4.38%) 1st Line Support
17 236 (4.29%) Support Technician
18 233 (4.24%) Technical Specialist
19 230 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
20 210 (3.82%) Linux Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (1.33%) .NET
2 48 (0.87%) ARM Templates
3 42 (0.76%) LDAP
4 31 (0.56%) SAML
5 27 (0.49%) OAuth
6 25 (0.45%) HTML
7 23 (0.42%) CSS
8 21 (0.38%) .NET Core
8 21 (0.38%) 802.1X
9 18 (0.33%) React
10 17 (0.31%) JSON
11 16 (0.29%) OLE
11 16 (0.29%) YAML
12 15 (0.27%) REST
12 15 (0.27%) Web Services
13 13 (0.24%) LAMP
13 13 (0.24%) RESTful
13 13 (0.24%) SailPoint
14 12 (0.22%) EJB
15 10 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 375 (6.82%) Driving Licence
2 296 (5.38%) Data Centre
3 247 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
4 224 (4.07%) Management Information System
5 218 (3.96%) Social Media
6 153 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 141 (2.56%) Replication
8 129 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
9 127 (2.31%) PKI
10 124 (2.25%) Public Cloud
11 114 (2.07%) Clustering
12 96 (1.75%) Smartphone
13 87 (1.58%) Wiki
14 60 (1.09%) iPad
15 59 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
16 57 (1.04%) iPhone
17 48 (0.87%) Private Cloud
18 46 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
19 44 (0.80%) Cyberattack
19 44 (0.80%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 3,846 (69.91%) Windows
2 1,956 (35.56%) Windows Server
3 1,185 (21.54%) Windows 10
4 777 (14.12%) Linux
5 367 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 339 (6.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 332 (6.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 291 (5.29%) Ubuntu
9 245 (4.45%) Android
10 210 (3.82%) Mac OS
11 176 (3.20%) Windows 7
12 144 (2.62%) Apple iOS
13 85 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
14 84 (1.53%) VMS
15 73 (1.33%) Windows 8
16 62 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 44 (0.80%) Unix
18 41 (0.75%) Mac OS X
19 32 (0.58%) CentOS
20 29 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,154 (20.98%) ITIL
2 1,075 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
3 976 (17.74%) Customer Service
4 898 (16.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 816 (14.83%) Cybersecurity
6 371 (6.74%) Service Management
7 355 (6.45%) Agile
8 338 (6.14%) Disaster Recovery
9 332 (6.04%) ITSM
10 304 (5.53%) CRM
11 294 (5.34%) IT Strategy
12 293 (5.33%) Mentoring
13 285 (5.18%) Service Delivery
14 276 (5.02%) DevOps
14 276 (5.02%) Migration
14 276 (5.02%) Project Management
15 266 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 254 (4.62%) Incident Management
17 242 (4.40%) Artificial Intelligence
18 238 (4.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 889 (16.16%) PowerShell
2 593 (10.78%) SQL
3 335 (6.09%) Bash
4 138 (2.51%) Python
5 98 (1.78%) C#
6 50 (0.91%) VB
7 40 (0.73%) Bicep
8 37 (0.67%) T-SQL
8 37 (0.67%) VBScript
9 31 (0.56%) JavaScript
9 31 (0.56%) Perl
10 29 (0.53%) Java
11 27 (0.49%) PL/SQL
12 19 (0.35%) R
13 14 (0.25%) ActionScript
14 13 (0.24%) TypeScript
15 11 (0.20%) Ruby
16 9 (0.16%) VB.NET
17 8 (0.15%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.11%) Korn
Qualifications
1 729 (13.25%) Degree
2 504 (9.16%) Security Cleared
3 467 (8.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 285 (5.18%) SC Cleared
5 245 (4.45%) DV Cleared
6 178 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
7 165 (3.00%) A+ Certification
8 161 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 159 (2.89%) DBS Check
10 155 (2.82%) MCP
11 149 (2.71%) Azure Certification
12 141 (2.56%) MCSE
13 138 (2.51%) CCNA
14 96 (1.75%) Master's Degree
15 90 (1.64%) MCSA
16 85 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
17 64 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 49 (0.89%) Network+ Certification
19 48 (0.87%) CCNP
20 46 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 435 (7.91%) SLA
2 106 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 105 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 89 (1.62%) GDPR
5 33 (0.60%) NIST
6 25 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.27%) Data Quality
8 13 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (0.24%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.20%) PMO
9 11 (0.20%) QA
10 9 (0.16%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.13%) GRC
12 6 (0.11%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.091%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.073%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.073%) NCSC
15 3 (0.055%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.055%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.036%) GxP
System Software
1 1,062 (19.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 887 (16.12%) Hyper-V
3 343 (6.24%) VMware ESXi
4 203 (3.69%) XenApp
5 193 (3.51%) vSphere
6 176 (3.20%) XenDesktop
7 150 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 131 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
9 92 (1.67%) Microsoft App-V
10 74 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
11 68 (1.24%) Docker
12 45 (0.82%) RACF
13 42 (0.76%) VirtualBox
14 35 (0.64%) Firmware
15 28 (0.51%) Terminal Services
16 26 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
17 22 (0.40%) VMware Server
18 20 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 19 (0.35%) NFS
20 18 (0.33%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 1,113 (20.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 635 (11.54%) SCCM
3 264 (4.80%) Jamf Pro
4 180 (3.27%) WSUS
5 156 (2.84%) vCenter Server
6 129 (2.35%) Terraform
7 128 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
8 115 (2.09%) SCOM
9 113 (2.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 109 (1.98%) Ansible
11 94 (1.71%) Kubernetes
12 90 (1.64%) AirWatch
13 43 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
14 41 (0.75%) NetBackup
15 38 (0.69%) FortiGate
16 36 (0.65%) Backup Exec
16 36 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
17 34 (0.62%) ZABBIX
18 26 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
19 24 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 3,759 (68.33%) Microsoft
2 1,599 (29.07%) VMware
3 611 (11.11%) Cisco
4 554 (10.07%) Citrix
5 376 (6.84%) Veeam
6 277 (5.04%) CyberArk
7 223 (4.05%) Apple
8 210 (3.82%) Tanium
9 195 (3.54%) HP
10 191 (3.47%) ServiceNow
11 183 (3.33%) Dell
12 153 (2.78%) Google
13 122 (2.22%) Meraki
14 99 (1.80%) SolarWinds
15 97 (1.76%) NetApp
16 91 (1.65%) Fortinet
17 90 (1.64%) Sophos
18 89 (1.62%) Oracle
19 74 (1.35%) Red Hat
20 70 (1.27%) Commvault