Active Directory Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 41 50 52
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -20
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 520 464 614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.64% 6.35% 6.24%
As % of the System Software category 53.28% 39.83% 37.28%
Number of salaries quoted 449 393 524
10th Percentile £22,750 £23,500 £21,825
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +31.78% -22.29%
75th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £62,600 £59,350 £58,200
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 976 1,165 1,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.71% 15.94% 16.73%
Number of salaries quoted 816 783 1,074
10th Percentile £24,250 £25,420 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,938 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,573 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.74% +8.57% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the North West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the North West

Active Directory
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester 0 224 £40,000 -11.11% 45
Cheshire -5 142 £30,500 -18.67% 33
Merseyside +8 69 £29,250 -26.88% 11
Lancashire +10 65 £50,000 +5.26% 18
Cumbria -14 15 £36,500 -18.89% 2
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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
1 115 (22.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (9.62%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.88%) IIS
4 4 (0.77%) CMS
4 4 (0.77%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.38%) Confluence
6 1 (0.19%) Site Server
Applications
1 65 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.96%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.38%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 363 (69.81%) Microsoft 365
2 245 (47.12%) Azure
3 137 (26.35%) Entra ID
4 64 (12.31%) AWS
5 20 (3.85%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.46%) GCP
7 15 (2.88%) SaaS
8 14 (2.69%) OneDrive
9 13 (2.50%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.73%) IaaS
11 8 (1.54%) PaaS
11 8 (1.54%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.35%) AWS KMS
12 7 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
13 6 (1.15%) Google Workspace
14 5 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
15 3 (0.58%) Mimecast
16 2 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
16 2 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
17 1 (0.19%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 131 (25.19%) DNS
2 108 (20.77%) DHCP
3 88 (16.92%) Firewall
4 71 (13.65%) WAN
5 62 (11.92%) LAN
6 39 (7.50%) TCP/IP
7 29 (5.58%) VPN
8 27 (5.19%) SAN
9 24 (4.62%) Internet
9 24 (4.62%) Wireless
10 23 (4.42%) VoIP
10 23 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (2.88%) SD-WAN
12 14 (2.69%) WLAN
13 13 (2.50%) SSL
14 12 (2.31%) iSCSI
14 12 (2.31%) Remote Desktop
15 11 (2.12%) Broadband
15 11 (2.12%) Network Security
16 8 (1.54%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.92%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.15%) MySQL
4 5 (0.96%) MaxDB
4 5 (0.96%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.58%) Power BI
7 2 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.38%) JIRA
1 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.19%) MSI
General
1 162 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (11.15%) Finance
4 56 (10.77%) Retail
5 29 (5.58%) Law
6 25 (4.81%) Legal
7 21 (4.04%) Public Sector
8 19 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (3.08%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.88%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.92%) Banking
12 7 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.96%) Local Government
14 4 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.77%) Military
15 3 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.38%) Billing
17 1 (0.19%) Advertising
17 1 (0.19%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (22.12%) Analyst
2 99 (19.04%) IT Support
3 87 (16.73%) IT Engineer
4 86 (16.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 73 (14.04%) Support Engineer
6 64 (12.31%) Senior
7 59 (11.35%) IT Support Engineer
8 55 (10.58%) Service Analyst
9 50 (9.62%) Service Desk Analyst
10 38 (7.31%) 2nd Line Support
11 36 (6.92%) IT Analyst
12 33 (6.35%) IT Technician
13 31 (5.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 29 (5.58%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 28 (5.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 27 (5.19%) Cloud Engineer
16 27 (5.19%) IT Manager
17 26 (5.00%) Support Technician
18 24 (4.62%) Support Analyst
19 23 (4.42%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.08%) OLE
2 6 (1.15%) HTML
2 6 (1.15%) LDAP
3 5 (0.96%) BREW
3 5 (0.96%) SAP Basis
3 5 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (0.77%) CSS
5 3 (0.58%) .NET
5 3 (0.58%) Web Services
6 1 (0.19%) Ajax
6 1 (0.19%) Classic ASP
6 1 (0.19%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.19%) SAML
6 1 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.77%) Driving Licence
2 27 (5.19%) Smartphone
3 26 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 21 (4.04%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.27%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.31%) PMI
8 11 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.92%) EPoS
9 10 (1.92%) Replication
10 9 (1.73%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.54%) Cyberattack
11 8 (1.54%) PKI
12 7 (1.35%) FMCG
13 6 (1.15%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.15%) NHS
14 5 (0.96%) CCTV
14 5 (0.96%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 279 (53.65%) Windows
2 105 (20.19%) Windows Server
3 78 (15.00%) Windows 10
4 55 (10.58%) Linux
5 27 (5.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 19 (3.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (2.31%) Mac OS
9 10 (1.92%) Apple iOS
10 9 (1.73%) Android
11 8 (1.54%) VMS
12 7 (1.35%) Windows Vista
13 4 (0.77%) Debian
14 3 (0.58%) Unix
14 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.38%) Windows XP
16 1 (0.19%) CentOS
16 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (22.50%) ITIL
2 115 (22.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 111 (21.35%) Customer Service
4 88 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (14.23%) Disaster Recovery
6 62 (11.92%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (8.27%) ITSM
8 40 (7.69%) Project Management
8 40 (7.69%) Time Management
9 37 (7.12%) Service Management
10 35 (6.73%) ERP
11 34 (6.54%) Agile
11 34 (6.54%) Capacity Planning
11 34 (6.54%) Roadmaps
12 32 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (6.15%) Migration
13 29 (5.58%) Server Management
14 27 (5.19%) Coaching
15 26 (5.00%) Presales
16 24 (4.62%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 71 (13.65%) PowerShell
2 65 (12.50%) SQL
3 16 (3.08%) R
4 13 (2.50%) Python
5 9 (1.73%) Bash
6 7 (1.35%) Java
7 6 (1.15%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.96%) ABAP
9 2 (0.38%) C#
9 2 (0.38%) PHP
10 1 (0.19%) Perl
10 1 (0.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 57 (10.96%) Degree
2 50 (9.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 26 (5.00%) MCP
4 21 (4.04%) A+ Certification
5 13 (2.50%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.50%) DBS Check
5 13 (2.50%) Security Cleared
6 12 (2.31%) PMI Certification
7 10 (1.92%) SC Cleared
8 8 (1.54%) CCNA
8 8 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.15%) MCSA
10 4 (0.77%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.77%) MCSE
10 4 (0.77%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.38%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.38%) GIAC
11 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.73%) SLA
2 20 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.19%) NCSC
4 1 (0.19%) NIST
4 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (14.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 73 (14.04%) Hyper-V
3 12 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (1.92%) RACF
5 9 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.54%) vSphere
7 4 (0.77%) VMware Server
8 3 (0.58%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.38%) XenApp
9 2 (0.38%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.19%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.19%) Docker
10 1 (0.19%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.19%) Postfix
10 1 (0.19%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 95 (18.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (4.62%) SCCM
3 18 (3.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (2.31%) Opsgenie
4 12 (2.31%) VxRail
4 12 (2.31%) ZABBIX
5 10 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.35%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.96%) WSUS
8 4 (0.77%) SCOM
8 4 (0.77%) Terraform
9 3 (0.58%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.38%) Grafana
10 2 (0.38%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.38%) vRealize
11 1 (0.19%) Ansible
Vendors
1 346 (66.54%) Microsoft
2 120 (23.08%) VMware
3 46 (8.85%) Cisco
4 44 (8.46%) Citrix
5 30 (5.77%) Apple
6 27 (5.19%) Veeam
7 21 (4.04%) Fortinet
8 18 (3.46%) SolarWinds
9 17 (3.27%) CyberArk
9 17 (3.27%) NetApp
10 16 (3.08%) Adobe
10 16 (3.08%) Dell
11 15 (2.88%) ServiceNow
11 15 (2.88%) Sophos
12 12 (2.31%) CA
13 11 (2.12%) Virgin Media
14 9 (1.73%) Aruba
14 9 (1.73%) ESET
15 8 (1.54%) HP
16 7 (1.35%) F5