Active Directory Jobs in the North East

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 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 14 38 30
Rank change year-on-year +24 -8 -14
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 192 79 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 10.04% 6.27% 6.56%
As % of the System Software category 70.85% 44.38% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 153 64 95
10th Percentile £23,800 £24,500 £21,350
25th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £36,250 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% +6.62% -5.56%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £53,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
North 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 North East with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 271 178 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 14.17% 14.14% 17.51%
Number of salaries quoted 227 110 245
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,950 £24,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,938 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.21% +4.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £72,638 £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 North East

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North East

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the North East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the North East.

Salary trend for Active Directory in the North East

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the North East

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the North East

Active Directory
Job Locations in the North 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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear +26 120 £32,500 -10.96% 13
Durham +23 62 £33,250 -21.76% 4
Northumberland -8 3 £27,000 -18.18%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 66 (34.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.60%) Exchange Server 2013
3 5 (2.60%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (2.08%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (9.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 118 (61.46%) Azure
2 89 (46.35%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (36.46%) Entra ID
4 12 (6.25%) AWS
5 8 (4.17%) IaaS
6 5 (2.60%) Azure Key Vault
6 5 (2.60%) PaaS
6 5 (2.60%) SaaS
6 5 (2.60%) ShareGate
7 3 (1.56%) AWS KMS
7 3 (1.56%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.04%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.04%) GitHub
8 2 (1.04%) Serverless
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.52%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.52%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 39 (20.31%) Firewall
2 36 (18.75%) DNS
3 34 (17.71%) DHCP
4 30 (15.63%) SAN
5 29 (15.10%) WAN
6 25 (13.02%) LAN
7 20 (10.42%) VoIP
8 13 (6.77%) VPN
9 11 (5.73%) VLAN
10 10 (5.21%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (3.13%) TCP/IP
11 6 (3.13%) WLAN
12 5 (2.60%) DKIM
12 5 (2.60%) DMARC
12 5 (2.60%) Wireless
13 4 (2.08%) NAS
13 4 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (1.04%) Network Security
15 1 (0.52%) iSCSI
15 1 (0.52%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.21%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.56%) Power BI
3 3 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 72 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.42%) Organisational Skills
3 18 (9.38%) Law
4 14 (7.29%) Manufacturing
5 13 (6.77%) Finance
6 11 (5.73%) Legal
7 10 (5.21%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.60%) Banking
10 3 (1.56%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.04%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 45 (23.44%) Support Engineer
2 38 (19.79%) IT Engineer
3 35 (18.23%) IT Support
4 33 (17.19%) IT Support Engineer
5 29 (15.10%) Analyst
6 27 (14.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 26 (13.54%) 3rd Line Support
8 25 (13.02%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 24 (12.50%) IT Technician
10 21 (10.94%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 21 (10.94%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
10 21 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (9.38%) Senior
12 17 (8.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 17 (8.85%) 2nd Line Support
12 17 (8.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 15 (7.81%) Security Analyst
14 13 (6.77%) Infrastructure Specialist
15 12 (6.25%) Cloud Specialist
15 12 (6.25%) ICT Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.56%) REST
2 2 (1.04%) Web Services
3 1 (0.52%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.63%) Driving Licence
2 28 (14.58%) Enterprise Storage
3 19 (9.90%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.21%) Clustering
5 6 (3.13%) IoT
6 5 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.60%) PKI
7 4 (2.08%) Replication
8 3 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.56%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.56%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.56%) Life Science
8 3 (1.56%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.56%) Mobile Computing
8 3 (1.56%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.56%) Thin Client
9 2 (1.04%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.04%) iPhone
9 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 110 (57.29%) Windows
2 82 (42.71%) Windows Server
3 37 (19.27%) Windows 10
4 20 (10.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (8.85%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (5.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (3.65%) Android
7 7 (3.65%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.08%) Linux
9 2 (1.04%) Unix
10 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.52%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (26.56%) ITIL
2 36 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 31 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (15.10%) Migration
5 28 (14.58%) Incident Management
6 23 (11.98%) Energy Management
6 23 (11.98%) Operations Management
7 20 (10.42%) Desktop Virtualisation
7 20 (10.42%) Roadmaps
8 17 (8.85%) Information Security
9 15 (7.81%) SIEM
10 14 (7.29%) Customer Service
10 14 (7.29%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (6.77%) Cloud Security
11 13 (6.77%) Cost Management
11 13 (6.77%) Performance Optimisation
12 11 (5.73%) Agile
12 11 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (5.73%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 23 (11.98%) SQL
3 8 (4.17%) Bash
4 6 (3.13%) Python
5 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (22.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (13.02%) Azure Certification
3 19 (9.90%) Degree
4 7 (3.65%) CISSP
4 7 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (3.13%) CISA
5 6 (3.13%) CISMP
5 6 (3.13%) GIAC
5 6 (3.13%) SANS
6 4 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (2.08%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.08%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.56%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.56%) HNC
7 3 (1.56%) HND
7 3 (1.56%) MCITP
8 2 (1.04%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.52%) CCSP
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.52%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (5.73%) NIST
2 11 (5.73%) SLA
3 10 (5.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.60%) GDPR
5 3 (1.56%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 42 (21.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 30 (15.63%) Hyper-V
3 15 (7.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (3.65%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (3.13%) vSphere
6 5 (2.60%) RACF
7 3 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.52%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 43 (22.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.77%) SCCM
3 11 (5.73%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (5.21%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (3.65%) Autotask
5 7 (3.65%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (3.13%) WSUS
7 3 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.56%) CA Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (1.04%) Terraform
8 2 (1.04%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.52%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.52%) SCOM
Vendors
1 121 (63.02%) Microsoft
2 68 (35.42%) VMware
3 19 (9.90%) Cisco
4 13 (6.77%) Apple
5 8 (4.17%) CyberArk
6 7 (3.65%) EMC
7 6 (3.13%) Datto
7 6 (3.13%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.60%) Intel
8 5 (2.60%) Proofpoint
8 5 (2.60%) Sophos
9 3 (1.56%) Autodesk
9 3 (1.56%) CA
9 3 (1.56%) Citrix
9 3 (1.56%) Epicor
9 3 (1.56%) Meraki
9 3 (1.56%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.56%) Veeam
10 2 (1.04%) Aruba
10 2 (1.04%) CheckPoint