Active Directory Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 52 31
Rank change year-on-year +25 -21 -8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 789 501 870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.04% 5.86% 7.74%
As % of the System Software category 55.80% 41.72% 53.77%
Number of salaries quoted 666 430 756
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,725 £23,563
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £36,500 £35,850
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +1.81% -4.40%
75th Percentile £46,438 £52,188 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,414 1,201 1,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.82% 14.04% 14.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,184 723 1,274
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,525 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,875 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £56,375 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,850 £72,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +26 476 £35,000 -2.78% 75
East Midlands +14 308 £32,500 -13.33% 62
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 213 (27.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 147 (18.63%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.66%) IIS
4 5 (0.63%) Confluence
5 4 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.51%) IBM Notes
6 3 (0.38%) Apache
6 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.38%) nginx
7 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 145 (18.38%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.25%) CATIA
5 2 (0.25%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.63%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.13%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 538 (68.19%) Microsoft 365
2 389 (49.30%) Azure
3 242 (30.67%) Entra ID
4 41 (5.20%) AWS
5 38 (4.82%) OneDrive
6 22 (2.79%) Google Workspace
7 20 (2.53%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.03%) Mimecast
9 12 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
10 11 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (1.39%) Nutanix
11 10 (1.27%) SaaS
12 9 (1.14%) IaaS
13 8 (1.01%) GCP
14 7 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (0.89%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.63%) ChatGPT
15 5 (0.63%) PaaS
15 5 (0.63%) PowerApps
15 5 (0.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 247 (31.31%) DNS
2 213 (27.00%) Firewall
3 211 (26.74%) DHCP
4 107 (13.56%) TCP/IP
4 107 (13.56%) WAN
5 100 (12.67%) LAN
6 82 (10.39%) VPN
7 78 (9.89%) VLAN
8 75 (9.51%) SAN
9 60 (7.60%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (4.31%) Wireless
11 22 (2.79%) Network Security
12 20 (2.53%) Internet
13 18 (2.28%) PBX
13 18 (2.28%) VoIP
14 16 (2.03%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.90%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (1.39%) iSCSI
16 11 (1.39%) SMTP
17 10 (1.27%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.28%) Power BI
3 17 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (1.01%) MySQL
6 6 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.51%) Redis
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.25%) CouchDB
9 2 (0.25%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.25%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 266 (33.71%) Social Skills
2 67 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (7.48%) Finance
4 52 (6.59%) Law
5 42 (5.32%) Retail
6 40 (5.07%) Manufacturing
7 31 (3.93%) Telecoms
8 29 (3.68%) Legal
9 25 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.52%) Local Government
12 11 (1.39%) Banking
13 10 (1.27%) German Language
13 10 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.76%) Police
15 5 (0.63%) Back Office
15 5 (0.63%) Games
16 4 (0.51%) Automotive
16 4 (0.51%) Aviation
16 4 (0.51%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 202 (25.60%) IT Support
2 164 (20.79%) Support Engineer
3 158 (20.03%) IT Engineer
4 109 (13.81%) Analyst
5 108 (13.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 100 (12.67%) IT Support Engineer
7 80 (10.14%) Senior
8 76 (9.63%) IT Technician
9 63 (7.98%) 2nd Line Support
10 57 (7.22%) Support Technician
11 52 (6.59%) IT Support Technician
12 48 (6.08%) IT Analyst
13 43 (5.45%) 1st Line Support
14 40 (5.07%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 37 (4.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 37 (4.69%) IT Support Analyst
15 37 (4.69%) Support Analyst
16 36 (4.56%) Administrator
16 36 (4.56%) Lead
17 35 (4.44%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.01%) 802.1X
2 6 (0.76%) .NET
3 4 (0.51%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.38%) LDAP
5 2 (0.25%) ADO
5 2 (0.25%) LAMP
5 2 (0.25%) SAML
5 2 (0.25%) ServiceStack
5 2 (0.25%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.87%) Driving Licence
2 60 (7.60%) Data Centre
3 43 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (4.56%) Replication
5 35 (4.44%) Management Information System
6 26 (3.30%) PKI
7 24 (3.04%) Onboarding
8 18 (2.28%) Clustering
9 15 (1.90%) CCTV
9 15 (1.90%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.39%) Fat Client
10 11 (1.39%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.39%) Thin Client
11 8 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.01%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (0.89%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.76%) Cyberattack
13 6 (0.76%) EFT
14 5 (0.63%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 599 (75.92%) Windows
2 358 (45.37%) Windows Server
3 118 (14.96%) Windows 10
4 77 (9.76%) Linux
5 58 (7.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 58 (7.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 52 (6.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 34 (4.31%) Mac OS
8 15 (1.90%) CentOS
9 14 (1.77%) Android
9 14 (1.77%) Windows 7
10 12 (1.52%) Ubuntu
11 10 (1.27%) Apple iOS
12 8 (1.01%) Unix
12 8 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
12 8 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (0.76%) Mac OS X
13 6 (0.76%) VMS
14 5 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.51%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (20.41%) ITIL
3 159 (20.15%) Customer Service
4 133 (16.86%) Cybersecurity
5 132 (16.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 64 (8.11%) Service Management
7 57 (7.22%) Disaster Recovery
8 55 (6.97%) Mentoring
9 50 (6.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 49 (6.21%) Migration
10 49 (6.21%) Project Delivery
11 48 (6.08%) Agile
11 48 (6.08%) ITSM
12 42 (5.32%) Service Delivery
13 40 (5.07%) Change Management
14 36 (4.56%) Roadmaps
14 36 (4.56%) Server Management
15 31 (3.93%) ERP
16 30 (3.80%) Asset Management
17 28 (3.55%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 117 (14.83%) PowerShell
2 61 (7.73%) SQL
3 6 (0.76%) Bash
4 5 (0.63%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.38%) Bicep
5 3 (0.38%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.38%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.38%) Python
5 3 (0.38%) R
6 2 (0.25%) Java
7 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (12.80%) Degree
2 83 (10.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 42 (5.32%) Security Cleared
4 39 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
5 35 (4.44%) CCNA
6 33 (4.18%) MCP
7 29 (3.68%) DBS Check
8 25 (3.17%) A+ Certification
8 25 (3.17%) Azure Certification
8 25 (3.17%) SC Cleared
9 23 (2.92%) MCSE
10 15 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (1.90%) DV Cleared
11 14 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (1.65%) CCNP
12 13 (1.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 12 (1.52%) MCSA
14 10 (1.27%) Citrix Certification
14 10 (1.27%) MCITP
15 7 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.45%) SLA
2 19 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (2.41%) GDPR
3 8 (1.01%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.38%) JSP 440
5 3 (0.38%) NIST
6 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 193 (24.46%) Hyper-V
2 191 (24.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (5.45%) VMware ESXi
4 30 (3.80%) vSphere
5 21 (2.66%) Virtual Servers
6 18 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (1.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 10 (1.27%) RACF
9 9 (1.14%) Docker
9 9 (1.14%) VMware Server
10 8 (1.01%) pfSense
10 8 (1.01%) Terminal Services
10 8 (1.01%) VMware Workstation
11 7 (0.89%) XenApp
11 7 (0.89%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.63%) NFS
12 5 (0.63%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.25%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 159 (20.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 87 (11.03%) SCCM
3 15 (1.90%) SCOM
3 15 (1.90%) Terraform
4 14 (1.77%) vCenter Server
5 13 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.39%) SmoothWall
8 10 (1.27%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (1.27%) WSUS
9 9 (1.14%) AirWatch
10 7 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.89%) Kubernetes
11 6 (0.76%) Backup Exec
11 6 (0.76%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.63%) Autotask
13 4 (0.51%) SCOrch
13 4 (0.51%) vMotion
14 2 (0.25%) Trend Micro Deep Security
15 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 530 (67.17%) Microsoft
2 268 (33.97%) VMware
3 115 (14.58%) Veeam
4 103 (13.05%) Cisco
5 52 (6.59%) Citrix
5 52 (6.59%) Dell
6 51 (6.46%) HP
7 39 (4.94%) Apple
8 32 (4.06%) ServiceNow
9 25 (3.17%) Google
9 25 (3.17%) Meraki
10 22 (2.79%) Nimble Storage
10 22 (2.79%) Sophos
11 20 (2.53%) Fortinet
12 18 (2.28%) Acronis
13 17 (2.15%) Adobe
14 15 (1.90%) SonicWALL
15 14 (1.77%) CyberArk
15 14 (1.77%) Sage
15 14 (1.77%) Ubiquiti