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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 55 41
Rank change year-on-year +26 -14 -12
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 1,103 918 1,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.59% 5.79% 6.68%
As % of the System Software category 55.79% 39.57% 37.67%
Number of salaries quoted 906 759 1,053
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,500 £21,750
25th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £25,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £46,000
90th Percentile £62,250 £61,250 £56,290
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 2,320 3,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.02% 14.62% 17.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,623 1,516 2,359
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £29,656 £34,000 £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 9 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 9 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 +9 520 £37,500 -11.76% 107
Yorkshire +34 396 £33,500 -1.47% 72
North East +19 187 £33,000 -9.59% 22
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
1 277 (25.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 149 (13.51%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.90%) 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
1 174 (15.78%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.90%) 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 2 (0.18%) Epicor Tropos
2 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 708 (64.19%) Microsoft 365
2 568 (51.50%) Azure
3 338 (30.64%) Entra ID
4 103 (9.34%) AWS
5 68 (6.17%) OneDrive
6 40 (3.63%) Power Platform
7 28 (2.54%) Power Automate
7 28 (2.54%) PowerApps
8 23 (2.09%) SaaS
9 20 (1.81%) IaaS
10 18 (1.63%) GCP
11 16 (1.45%) Mimecast
12 14 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
12 14 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (1.27%) PaaS
13 12 (1.09%) AWS KMS
13 12 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.54%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 250 (22.67%) DNS
2 219 (19.85%) Firewall
3 217 (19.67%) DHCP
4 188 (17.04%) WAN
5 168 (15.23%) LAN
6 105 (9.52%) VPN
7 101 (9.16%) SAN
8 88 (7.98%) TCP/IP
9 69 (6.26%) VoIP
10 64 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
11 44 (3.99%) VLAN
12 42 (3.81%) WLAN
13 41 (3.72%) Wireless
14 37 (3.35%) NAS
15 36 (3.26%) Network Security
16 35 (3.17%) Internet
17 24 (2.18%) SD-WAN
18 19 (1.72%) SSL
19 16 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
20 13 (1.18%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (6.53%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (1.45%) Power BI
5 6 (0.54%) MySQL
6 5 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.45%) MaxDB
6 5 (0.45%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.45%) Redis
6 5 (0.45%) SAP HANA
6 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.27%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.18%) DB2
9 1 (0.091%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (0.63%) 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
1 384 (34.81%) Social Skills
2 141 (12.78%) Finance
3 97 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (7.98%) Law
5 72 (6.53%) Retail
6 45 (4.08%) Legal
6 45 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
6 45 (4.08%) Public Sector
7 43 (3.90%) Manufacturing
8 24 (2.18%) Banking
9 19 (1.72%) Telecoms
10 11 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (0.82%) Local Government
12 8 (0.73%) Games
12 8 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.54%) French Language
13 6 (0.54%) German Language
13 6 (0.54%) Italian Language
13 6 (0.54%) Portuguese Language
13 6 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 228 (20.67%) Analyst
2 216 (19.58%) IT Support
3 174 (15.78%) Support Engineer
4 170 (15.41%) IT Engineer
5 146 (13.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 121 (10.97%) IT Support Engineer
7 104 (9.43%) Senior
8 94 (8.52%) Service Analyst
9 87 (7.89%) Service Desk Analyst
10 86 (7.80%) 2nd Line Support
11 77 (6.98%) IT Technician
12 72 (6.53%) IT Analyst
13 63 (5.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 57 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 52 (4.71%) Infrastructure Specialist
15 52 (4.71%) IT Manager
16 51 (4.62%) Support Analyst
17 46 (4.17%) 1st Line Support
17 46 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 44 (3.99%) Administrator
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%) HTML
4 6 (0.54%) LDAP
5 5 (0.45%) ARM Templates
5 5 (0.45%) BREW
5 5 (0.45%) Middleware
5 5 (0.45%) SAP Basis
5 5 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
5 5 (0.45%) Web Services
5 5 (0.45%) YAML
6 3 (0.27%) REST
7 2 (0.18%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.18%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.18%) Node.js
7 2 (0.18%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.18%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 105 (9.52%) Driving Licence
2 72 (6.53%) Management Information System
3 53 (4.81%) Data Centre
4 37 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 36 (3.26%) Public Cloud
6 32 (2.90%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (2.45%) Smartphone
8 22 (1.99%) Clustering
8 22 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (1.72%) 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
11 17 (1.54%) Replication
12 14 (1.27%) Cyberattack
13 13 (1.18%) EPoS
14 12 (1.09%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.73%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 668 (60.56%) Windows
2 350 (31.73%) Windows Server
3 187 (16.95%) Windows 10
4 93 (8.43%) Linux
5 61 (5.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 58 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 57 (5.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 41 (3.72%) Mac OS
9 33 (2.99%) Android
10 27 (2.45%) Apple iOS
11 20 (1.81%) 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 7 (0.63%) 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
1 248 (22.48%) ITIL
2 223 (20.22%) Customer Service
3 220 (19.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 219 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
6 95 (8.61%) Disaster Recovery
7 91 (8.25%) Migration
8 77 (6.98%) Agile
9 74 (6.71%) Roadmaps
10 73 (6.62%) Incident Management
11 70 (6.35%) Service Management
12 67 (6.07%) Coaching
13 66 (5.98%) Mentoring
14 62 (5.62%) ITSM
15 61 (5.53%) Continuous Improvement
15 61 (5.53%) Project Management
16 53 (4.81%) Time Management
17 51 (4.62%) ERP
18 49 (4.44%) Information Security
19 47 (4.26%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 171 (15.50%) PowerShell
2 146 (13.24%) SQL
3 29 (2.63%) Python
4 17 (1.54%) Bash
5 16 (1.45%) R
6 14 (1.27%) VBScript
7 10 (0.91%) Java
8 9 (0.82%) C#
9 8 (0.73%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.45%) ABAP
10 5 (0.45%) Bicep
10 5 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.27%) VB
12 2 (0.18%) PHP
12 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.18%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.091%) C++
13 1 (0.091%) Perl
Qualifications
1 136 (12.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 109 (9.88%) Degree
3 55 (4.99%) Azure Certification
4 41 (3.72%) MCP
5 33 (2.99%) A+ Certification
6 23 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.09%) Security Cleared
7 22 (1.99%) DBS Check
7 22 (1.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 21 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (1.72%) PMI Certification
10 18 (1.63%) MCSA
11 17 (1.54%) CCNA
11 17 (1.54%) MCSE
12 15 (1.36%) SC Cleared
13 13 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (1.09%) CISSP
15 8 (0.73%) GIAC
16 7 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
17 6 (0.54%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (7.43%) SLA
2 36 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (1.09%) NIST
5 8 (0.73%) 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
1 185 (16.77%) Hyper-V
2 169 (15.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
4 32 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
5 30 (2.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 25 (2.27%) vSphere
7 24 (2.18%) RACF
8 11 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.73%) XenApp
10 7 (0.63%) XenDesktop
11 6 (0.54%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.27%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.091%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.091%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.091%) Dovecot
14 1 (0.091%) Firmware
14 1 (0.091%) Postfix
14 1 (0.091%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 210 (19.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 80 (7.25%) SCCM
3 25 (2.27%) WSUS
4 24 (2.18%) SCOM
4 24 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (2.18%) vCenter Server
5 23 (2.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 19 (1.72%) Failover Clustering
7 15 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (1.27%) ZABBIX
9 13 (1.18%) Terraform
10 12 (1.09%) CA Single Sign-On
10 12 (1.09%) Opsgenie
10 12 (1.09%) VxRail
11 11 (1.00%) Autotask
11 11 (1.00%) FortiGate
11 11 (1.00%) Kubernetes
12 9 (0.82%) Ansible
13 7 (0.63%) Grafana
13 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 742 (67.27%) Microsoft
2 309 (28.01%) VMware
3 114 (10.34%) Cisco
4 83 (7.52%) Citrix
5 56 (5.08%) Veeam
6 45 (4.08%) Apple
7 38 (3.45%) SolarWinds
8 36 (3.26%) CyberArk
8 36 (3.26%) ServiceNow
9 31 (2.81%) Dell
9 31 (2.81%) NetApp
10 26 (2.36%) Fortinet
11 25 (2.27%) Sophos
12 21 (1.90%) CA
13 20 (1.81%) Aruba
13 20 (1.81%) HP
14 17 (1.54%) SAP
15 16 (1.45%) Adobe
15 16 (1.45%) Oracle
16 15 (1.36%) Epicor