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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 62 99
Rank change year-on-year +17 +37 -35
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,884 2,049 2,562
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.57% 4.98% 3.73%
As % of the System Software category 44.02% 33.71% 19.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,410 1,713 2,192
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,185 £25,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,973 £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 £76,175
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 4,280 6,078 13,027
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.66% 14.77% 18.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,412 4,519 7,608
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,500 £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 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

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 11 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
1 519 (27.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 273 (14.49%) SharePoint
3 66 (3.50%) IIS
4 17 (0.90%) OpenStack
5 11 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2013
6 8 (0.42%) 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%) Confluence
10 2 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
11 1 (0.053%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.053%) Moodle
11 1 (0.053%) Site Server
11 1 (0.053%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 194 (10.30%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.01%) 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
5 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.58%) NEC Housing
3 9 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.053%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.053%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,209 (64.17%) Azure
2 1,058 (56.16%) Microsoft 365
3 766 (40.66%) Entra ID
4 170 (9.02%) AWS
5 100 (5.31%) OneDrive
6 75 (3.98%) IaaS
7 69 (3.66%) Power Platform
8 55 (2.92%) SaaS
9 45 (2.39%) GCP
10 43 (2.28%) PaaS
11 41 (2.18%) Azure Storage
12 38 (2.02%) Nutanix
13 37 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
13 37 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
14 36 (1.91%) Power Automate
15 35 (1.86%) PowerApps
16 33 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
16 33 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
17 30 (1.59%) GitHub
18 27 (1.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 448 (23.78%) DNS
2 401 (21.28%) Firewall
3 328 (17.41%) DHCP
4 252 (13.38%) WAN
5 229 (12.15%) Broadband
6 220 (11.68%) 5G
7 204 (10.83%) LAN
8 178 (9.45%) VPN
9 146 (7.75%) SAN
10 124 (6.58%) TCP/IP
11 113 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
12 85 (4.51%) Internet
13 68 (3.61%) VLAN
13 68 (3.61%) Wireless
14 61 (3.24%) VoIP
15 60 (3.18%) Remote Desktop
16 58 (3.08%) SD-WAN
17 38 (2.02%) Network Security
18 30 (1.59%) NAS
19 29 (1.54%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (9.02%) SQL Server
2 45 (2.39%) Power BI
3 40 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
4 34 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 16 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (0.80%) MySQL
8 15 (0.80%) Oracle Database
9 13 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (0.58%) Redis
12 8 (0.42%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.37%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (0.27%) PowerPivot
15 4 (0.21%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.21%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 34 (1.80%) JIRA
2 25 (1.33%) Git
3 17 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.74%) GitLab
5 10 (0.53%) 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
1 542 (28.77%) Social Skills
2 332 (17.62%) Analytical Skills
3 258 (13.69%) Finance
4 257 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 79 (4.19%) Law
6 71 (3.77%) Retail
7 66 (3.50%) Legal
7 66 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
8 61 (3.24%) Public Sector
9 36 (1.91%) Banking
10 30 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (1.33%) Telecoms
12 23 (1.22%) Games
13 18 (0.96%) German Language
14 14 (0.74%) Marketing
14 14 (0.74%) Police
15 12 (0.64%) Advertising
15 12 (0.64%) Aerospace
15 12 (0.64%) General Ledger
16 11 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 365 (19.37%) Senior
2 303 (16.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 256 (13.59%) Analyst
4 230 (12.21%) Support Engineer
5 223 (11.84%) IT Support
6 219 (11.62%) IT Engineer
7 213 (11.31%) Technical Specialist
8 210 (11.15%) Linux Specialist
9 134 (7.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 127 (6.74%) Senior Linux Specialist
10 127 (6.74%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 127 (6.74%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 121 (6.42%) IT Analyst
11 121 (6.42%) IT Support Engineer
12 109 (5.79%) Support Analyst
13 105 (5.57%) 3rd Line Support
14 100 (5.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 94 (4.99%) 2nd Line Support
16 86 (4.56%) Consultant
16 86 (4.56%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.38%) .NET
2 21 (1.11%) ARM Templates
3 20 (1.06%) LDAP
4 17 (0.90%) OAuth
5 10 (0.53%) CSS
5 10 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
6 9 (0.48%) SailPoint
7 8 (0.42%) ASP.NET
7 8 (0.42%) HTML
7 8 (0.42%) React
7 8 (0.42%) REST
8 7 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
8 7 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
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 (11.52%) Social Media
2 167 (8.86%) Data Centre
3 138 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
4 89 (4.72%) Driving Licence
5 79 (4.19%) Management Information System
6 74 (3.93%) Public Cloud
7 70 (3.72%) PKI
8 61 (3.24%) Onboarding
9 41 (2.18%) Clustering
10 34 (1.80%) Private Cloud
11 32 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
11 32 (1.70%) Enterprise Storage
12 27 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
13 26 (1.38%) Replication
14 24 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (1.22%) Client/Server
16 21 (1.11%) IoT
16 21 (1.11%) iPad
17 18 (0.96%) Cyberattack
18 16 (0.85%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1,251 (66.40%) Windows
2 704 (37.37%) Windows Server
3 463 (24.58%) Linux
4 354 (18.79%) Windows 10
5 250 (13.27%) Ubuntu
6 150 (7.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 119 (6.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 114 (6.05%) Windows Server 2019
9 64 (3.40%) Windows 7
10 44 (2.34%) VMS
11 41 (2.18%) Apple iOS
12 40 (2.12%) Windows 8
13 29 (1.54%) Windows Server 2008
14 27 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 26 (1.38%) Android
16 24 (1.27%) Mac OS
17 22 (1.17%) Unix
18 9 (0.48%) Mac OS X
18 9 (0.48%) Windows NT
19 8 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (23.35%) Cybersecurity
2 404 (21.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 401 (21.28%) ITIL
4 274 (14.54%) Problem-Solving
5 262 (13.91%) CRM
6 240 (12.74%) Customer Service
7 229 (12.15%) IT Strategy
8 222 (11.78%) Artificial Intelligence
9 217 (11.52%) Technology Strategy
10 153 (8.12%) Agile
11 149 (7.91%) DevOps
12 127 (6.74%) Disaster Recovery
12 127 (6.74%) Mentoring
13 115 (6.10%) Service Management
14 101 (5.36%) Migration
15 86 (4.56%) Change Management
16 85 (4.51%) Project Management
17 84 (4.46%) Server Management
18 83 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
19 82 (4.35%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 352 (18.68%) PowerShell
2 261 (13.85%) Bash
3 208 (11.04%) SQL
4 52 (2.76%) Python
5 51 (2.71%) C#
6 37 (1.96%) T-SQL
6 37 (1.96%) VB
7 33 (1.75%) VBScript
8 26 (1.38%) PL/SQL
9 21 (1.11%) Perl
10 15 (0.80%) Bicep
11 14 (0.74%) Java
11 14 (0.74%) JavaScript
12 9 (0.48%) ActionScript
13 8 (0.42%) Korn
13 8 (0.42%) Ruby
14 6 (0.32%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.21%) VBA
16 3 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 233 (12.37%) Degree
2 179 (9.50%) Security Cleared
3 134 (7.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 97 (5.15%) DV Cleared
5 92 (4.88%) SC Cleared
6 62 (3.29%) Azure Certification
7 43 (2.28%) MCP
8 28 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 24 (1.27%) MCSE
11 21 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
12 17 (0.90%) DBS Check
13 16 (0.85%) APMP
13 16 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (0.80%) CCNA
14 15 (0.80%) MCSA
14 15 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 14 (0.74%) PMI Certification
16 12 (0.64%) MCITP
17 11 (0.58%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.10%) SLA
2 59 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (0.90%) GDPR
5 14 (0.74%) NIST
6 13 (0.69%) Data Quality
7 12 (0.64%) SOC 2
8 9 (0.48%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.42%) 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 (0.053%) GxP
15 1 (0.053%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 412 (21.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 292 (15.50%) Hyper-V
3 95 (5.04%) VMware ESXi
4 81 (4.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 68 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
6 58 (3.08%) vSphere
7 54 (2.87%) Docker
8 48 (2.55%) XenApp
9 41 (2.18%) XenDesktop
10 30 (1.59%) VirtualBox
11 22 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
12 17 (0.90%) NFS
13 14 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
14 12 (0.64%) Firmware
15 11 (0.58%) Terminal Services
16 10 (0.53%) DFS Replication
16 10 (0.53%) pfSense
17 9 (0.48%) Forefront TMG
17 9 (0.48%) OpenSSH
17 9 (0.48%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 562 (29.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 214 (11.36%) Jamf Pro
3 181 (9.61%) SCCM
4 101 (5.36%) Ansible
5 91 (4.83%) WSUS
6 85 (4.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 77 (4.09%) Terraform
8 74 (3.93%) Single Sign-On
9 66 (3.50%) Kubernetes
9 66 (3.50%) vCenter Server
10 51 (2.71%) SCOM
11 26 (1.38%) Microsoft Clustering
12 24 (1.27%) ZABBIX
13 19 (1.01%) Grafana
14 18 (0.96%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 14 (0.74%) Puppet
16 12 (0.64%) CA Single Sign-On
16 12 (0.64%) Opsgenie
16 12 (0.64%) VxRail
17 11 (0.58%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 1,333 (70.75%) Microsoft
2 605 (32.11%) VMware
3 223 (11.84%) CyberArk
4 210 (11.15%) Tanium
5 159 (8.44%) Cisco
6 152 (8.07%) Citrix
7 85 (4.51%) Apple
7 85 (4.51%) ServiceNow
8 78 (4.14%) Veeam
9 59 (3.13%) Meraki
10 52 (2.76%) Dell
11 49 (2.60%) Adobe
12 47 (2.49%) HP
13 46 (2.44%) SolarWinds
14 42 (2.23%) Fortinet
15 41 (2.18%) NetApp
16 38 (2.02%) Oracle
17 37 (1.96%) Red Hat
18 34 (1.80%) Commvault
19 30 (1.59%) Sun