Active Directory Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North of England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 56 42
Rank change year-on-year +28 -14 -13
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,101 927 1,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.82% 5.77% 6.74%
As % of the System Software category 55.69% 39.40% 37.45%
Number of salaries quoted 911 767 1,047
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,500 £21,750
25th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £46,000 £48,750 £46,125
90th Percentile £62,250 £60,500 £56,300
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,977 2,353 3,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.45% 14.64% 17.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,643 1,535 2,351
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,850 £24,750
25th Percentile £29,531 £34,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the North of England

Active Directory
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
North West +9 514 £37,500 -11.76% 113
Yorkshire +38 396 £32,500 -5.80% 77
North East +27 191 £33,000 -8.33% 21
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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
1 276 (25.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 148 (13.44%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.00%) IIS
4 10 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (0.36%) CMS
6 4 (0.36%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.18%) Confluence
7 2 (0.18%) Resin
8 1 (0.091%) Site Server
Applications
1 178 (16.17%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.45%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.27%) Epicor Tropos
3 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 708 (64.31%) Microsoft 365
2 570 (51.77%) Azure
3 335 (30.43%) Entra ID
4 104 (9.45%) AWS
5 66 (5.99%) OneDrive
6 41 (3.72%) Power Platform
7 28 (2.54%) Power Automate
7 28 (2.54%) PowerApps
8 23 (2.09%) SaaS
9 18 (1.63%) GCP
9 18 (1.63%) IaaS
10 15 (1.36%) Mimecast
11 14 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
11 14 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (1.18%) PaaS
13 12 (1.09%) AWS KMS
14 11 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (0.64%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 250 (22.71%) DNS
2 220 (19.98%) Firewall
3 217 (19.71%) DHCP
4 187 (16.98%) WAN
5 165 (14.99%) LAN
6 103 (9.36%) VPN
7 102 (9.26%) SAN
8 91 (8.27%) TCP/IP
9 69 (6.27%) VoIP
10 64 (5.81%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (4.00%) VLAN
12 41 (3.72%) WLAN
13 40 (3.63%) Wireless
14 37 (3.36%) NAS
15 35 (3.18%) Internet
16 34 (3.09%) Network Security
17 25 (2.27%) SD-WAN
18 19 (1.73%) SSL
19 16 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
20 13 (1.18%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (6.81%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
2 18 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (1.54%) Power BI
4 6 (0.54%) MySQL
4 6 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.45%) MaxDB
5 5 (0.45%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.45%) Redis
5 5 (0.45%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.18%) DB2
7 2 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.18%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.091%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Git
2 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.27%) JIRA
4 2 (0.18%) Moq
4 2 (0.18%) MSTest
4 2 (0.18%) Postman
4 2 (0.18%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.18%) webpack
5 1 (0.091%) MSI
General
1 383 (34.79%) Social Skills
2 141 (12.81%) Finance
3 96 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (8.08%) Law
5 73 (6.63%) Retail
6 46 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
7 45 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 44 (4.00%) Legal
9 43 (3.91%) Manufacturing
10 24 (2.18%) Banking
11 19 (1.73%) Telecoms
12 10 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (0.82%) Local Government
14 7 (0.64%) Games
14 7 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.54%) French Language
15 6 (0.54%) German Language
15 6 (0.54%) Italian Language
15 6 (0.54%) Portuguese Language
15 6 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 230 (20.89%) Analyst
2 218 (19.80%) IT Support
3 175 (15.89%) Support Engineer
4 170 (15.44%) IT Engineer
5 150 (13.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 121 (10.99%) IT Support Engineer
7 102 (9.26%) Senior
8 92 (8.36%) Service Analyst
9 87 (7.90%) 2nd Line Support
9 87 (7.90%) Service Desk Analyst
10 75 (6.81%) IT Technician
11 72 (6.54%) IT Analyst
12 63 (5.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 58 (5.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 52 (4.72%) Infrastructure Specialist
15 51 (4.63%) IT Manager
15 51 (4.63%) Support Analyst
16 48 (4.36%) 1st Line Support
17 47 (4.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 45 (4.09%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.45%) OLE
2 14 (1.27%) .NET
3 8 (0.73%) OAuth
3 8 (0.73%) RESTful
4 6 (0.54%) CSS
4 6 (0.54%) LDAP
4 6 (0.54%) Middleware
5 5 (0.45%) BREW
5 5 (0.45%) HTML
5 5 (0.45%) SAP Basis
5 5 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
5 5 (0.45%) Web Services
6 4 (0.36%) ARM Templates
6 4 (0.36%) YAML
7 3 (0.27%) REST
8 2 (0.18%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.18%) Jest
8 2 (0.18%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.18%) React
8 2 (0.18%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 108 (9.81%) Driving Licence
2 71 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 53 (4.81%) Data Centre
4 38 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 36 (3.27%) Public Cloud
6 33 (3.00%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (2.45%) Smartphone
8 23 (2.09%) Clustering
8 23 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (1.73%) PMI
10 18 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.63%) Fat Client
10 18 (1.63%) Thin Client
11 17 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (1.54%) PKI
12 16 (1.45%) Replication
13 14 (1.27%) Cyberattack
14 13 (1.18%) EPoS
15 12 (1.09%) Private Cloud
16 8 (0.73%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 670 (60.85%) Windows
2 354 (32.15%) Windows Server
3 188 (17.08%) Windows 10
4 93 (8.45%) Linux
5 62 (5.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 59 (5.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 57 (5.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 40 (3.63%) Mac OS
9 32 (2.91%) Android
10 27 (2.45%) Apple iOS
11 20 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
12 15 (1.36%) Windows 7
13 12 (1.09%) VMS
14 11 (1.00%) Unix
15 10 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 8 (0.73%) Windows Vista
17 6 (0.54%) Windows 8
18 4 (0.36%) Debian
18 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
19 3 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (22.98%) ITIL
2 224 (20.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 223 (20.25%) Customer Service
4 217 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
5 125 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
6 94 (8.54%) Disaster Recovery
7 92 (8.36%) Migration
8 78 (7.08%) Agile
9 74 (6.72%) Incident Management
10 73 (6.63%) Roadmaps
11 70 (6.36%) Service Management
12 67 (6.09%) Coaching
13 66 (5.99%) Mentoring
14 64 (5.81%) ITSM
15 60 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
16 59 (5.36%) Project Management
17 52 (4.72%) ERP
18 51 (4.63%) Time Management
19 49 (4.45%) Information Security
20 48 (4.36%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 168 (15.26%) PowerShell
2 148 (13.44%) SQL
3 28 (2.54%) Python
4 17 (1.54%) Bash
5 16 (1.45%) R
6 14 (1.27%) VBScript
7 10 (0.91%) C#
7 10 (0.91%) Java
8 8 (0.73%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.45%) ABAP
10 4 (0.36%) Bicep
10 4 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.27%) VB
12 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.18%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.091%) C++
13 1 (0.091%) Perl
13 1 (0.091%) PHP
Qualifications
1 137 (12.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 109 (9.90%) Degree
3 56 (5.09%) Azure Certification
4 41 (3.72%) MCP
5 33 (3.00%) A+ Certification
6 23 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (2.00%) DBS Check
7 22 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 21 (1.91%) Security Cleared
9 19 (1.73%) MCSA
9 19 (1.73%) PMI Certification
10 18 (1.63%) CCNA
11 17 (1.54%) MCSE
12 13 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (1.18%) SC Cleared
13 12 (1.09%) CISSP
14 8 (0.73%) GIAC
15 7 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.54%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (7.18%) SLA
2 36 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (1.09%) NIST
5 7 (0.64%) GDPR
6 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.091%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.091%) NCSC
8 1 (0.091%) PMO
8 1 (0.091%) QA
8 1 (0.091%) SOC 2
System Software
1 187 (16.98%) Hyper-V
2 170 (15.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (4.18%) VMware ESXi
4 30 (2.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 30 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (2.18%) RACF
6 23 (2.09%) vSphere
7 11 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.73%) XenApp
9 7 (0.64%) VMware Server
9 7 (0.64%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.27%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.091%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.091%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.091%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.091%) Firmware
12 1 (0.091%) Postfix
12 1 (0.091%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 208 (18.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (7.18%) SCCM
3 25 (2.27%) vCenter Server
3 25 (2.27%) WSUS
4 24 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
5 23 (2.09%) SCOM
6 22 (2.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (1.82%) Failover Clustering
8 14 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (1.27%) ZABBIX
9 12 (1.09%) CA Single Sign-On
9 12 (1.09%) Opsgenie
9 12 (1.09%) VxRail
10 11 (1.00%) Kubernetes
10 11 (1.00%) Terraform
11 10 (0.91%) Autotask
11 10 (0.91%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.73%) Ansible
13 7 (0.64%) Grafana
13 7 (0.64%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 744 (67.57%) Microsoft
2 313 (28.43%) VMware
3 112 (10.17%) Cisco
4 84 (7.63%) Citrix
5 56 (5.09%) Veeam
6 44 (4.00%) Apple
7 37 (3.36%) SolarWinds
8 36 (3.27%) CyberArk
8 36 (3.27%) ServiceNow
9 31 (2.82%) NetApp
10 30 (2.72%) Dell
11 26 (2.36%) Fortinet
12 24 (2.18%) Sophos
13 21 (1.91%) CA
14 20 (1.82%) HP
15 19 (1.73%) Aruba
16 17 (1.54%) SAP
17 16 (1.45%) Adobe
17 16 (1.45%) Epicor
18 15 (1.36%) Oracle