Active Directory Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Active Directory
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 33 52 61
Rank change year-on-year +19 +9 0
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 542 339 432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.23% 5.22% 4.99%
As % of the System Software category 43.39% 30.24% 28.90%
Number of salaries quoted 459 288 269
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £28,667 £29,330 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +5.71% -
75th Percentile £51,500 £46,800 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £66,900
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,249 1,121 1,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.04% 17.26% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 961 674 889
10th Percentile £27,218 £28,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,000 £72,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the South West

Active Directory
Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Gloucestershire +21 143 £39,500 +17.91% 14
Bristol +41 131 £37,500 +23.97% 33
Wiltshire -4 90 £47,500 +11.76% 25
Somerset +24 62 £29,605 -27.79% 25
Devon -5 55 £40,000 +14.81% 12
Dorset -21 51 £37,000 -1.99% 11
Cornwall -16 9 £28,500 -16.18%
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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
1 162 (29.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (17.90%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.40%) SharePoint 2010
3 13 (2.40%) SharePoint 2013
4 6 (1.11%) IIS
5 3 (0.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.55%) GlassFish
5 3 (0.55%) JBoss
5 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.37%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.18%) Confluence
7 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.18%) Moodle
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 83 (15.31%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 298 (54.98%) Microsoft 365
2 244 (45.02%) Azure
3 124 (22.88%) Entra ID
4 63 (11.62%) AWS
5 50 (9.23%) OneDrive
6 32 (5.90%) GCP
7 22 (4.06%) IaaS
8 17 (3.14%) PaaS
9 15 (2.77%) Power Platform
10 11 (2.03%) SaaS
11 9 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (1.48%) Mimecast
12 8 (1.48%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.11%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.92%) OpenShift
14 5 (0.92%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.92%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 92 (16.97%) DNS
2 88 (16.24%) LAN
3 79 (14.58%) Firewall
4 78 (14.39%) DHCP
5 76 (14.02%) WAN
6 68 (12.55%) TCP/IP
7 48 (8.86%) VPN
8 45 (8.30%) SAN
9 39 (7.20%) Wireless
10 37 (6.83%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (4.06%) VLAN
12 19 (3.51%) Remote Desktop
13 16 (2.95%) Network Security
14 14 (2.58%) NAS
15 12 (2.21%) Internet
15 12 (2.21%) VSAN
15 12 (2.21%) WLAN
16 10 (1.85%) VoIP
17 9 (1.66%) IPsec
18 8 (1.48%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.61%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.48%) MySQL
3 7 (1.29%) Power BI
4 5 (0.92%) RDBMS
4 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.74%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.55%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.55%) Oracle Database 12c
6 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.18%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 4 (0.74%) JIRA
2 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.18%) GitLab
3 1 (0.18%) MSI
General
1 177 (32.66%) Social Skills
2 43 (7.93%) Finance
3 41 (7.56%) Organisational Skills
4 33 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (6.09%) Public Sector
5 21 (3.87%) Legal
6 19 (3.51%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.14%) Law
8 16 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.77%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.03%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.66%) Automotive
11 9 (1.66%) Banking
12 5 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (0.92%) Marketing
12 5 (0.92%) Military
13 4 (0.74%) Publishing
14 3 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.37%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 140 (25.83%) Support Engineer
2 104 (19.19%) IT Support
3 91 (16.79%) IT Engineer
4 87 (16.05%) Analyst
5 76 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 57 (10.52%) 2nd Line Support
7 51 (9.41%) IT Support Engineer
8 49 (9.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 45 (8.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 45 (8.30%) Senior
10 40 (7.38%) IT Technician
11 39 (7.20%) Service Analyst
12 35 (6.46%) Service Desk Analyst
13 34 (6.27%) Desktop Support
14 32 (5.90%) Field Engineer
14 32 (5.90%) Support Technician
15 28 (5.17%) Desktop Engineer
15 28 (5.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 28 (5.17%) IT Analyst
15 28 (5.17%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.11%) SAML
2 5 (0.92%) EJB
3 4 (0.74%) LDAP
4 2 (0.37%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.37%) JSON
4 2 (0.37%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.18%) OAuth
5 1 (0.18%) OpenID
5 1 (0.18%) RESTEasy
5 1 (0.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 88 (16.24%) Driving Licence
2 40 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (5.72%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.32%) Clustering
5 17 (3.14%) iPhone
5 17 (3.14%) Replication
6 15 (2.77%) Smartphone
7 13 (2.40%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.03%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.03%) PKI
9 8 (1.48%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.11%) Fat Client
10 6 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.11%) Thin Client
11 5 (0.92%) CMDB
11 5 (0.92%) EMC VNX
12 4 (0.74%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 409 (75.46%) Windows
2 208 (38.38%) Windows Server
3 138 (25.46%) Windows 10
4 60 (11.07%) Linux
5 45 (8.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 43 (7.93%) Windows Server 2019
7 37 (6.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 35 (6.46%) Mac OS
9 30 (5.54%) Windows 7
10 16 (2.95%) AIX
10 16 (2.95%) Apple iOS
11 15 (2.77%) Android
12 14 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.74%) Unix
14 4 (0.74%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.55%) Solaris
16 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.37%) Windows 2000
16 2 (0.37%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (25.65%) ITIL
2 116 (21.40%) Customer Service
3 90 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 59 (10.89%) Service Management
6 45 (8.30%) ITSM
7 43 (7.93%) Time Management
8 40 (7.38%) Service Delivery
9 39 (7.20%) Change Management
9 39 (7.20%) Incident Management
10 36 (6.64%) Mentoring
11 33 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
12 32 (5.90%) Mobile Device Management
13 31 (5.72%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (5.72%) Project Delivery
14 30 (5.54%) Information Security
15 24 (4.43%) Agile
15 24 (4.43%) Project Management
15 24 (4.43%) Roadmaps
16 21 (3.87%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (18.08%) PowerShell
2 57 (10.52%) SQL
3 16 (2.95%) Python
4 12 (2.21%) Bash
5 8 (1.48%) Java
6 5 (0.92%) C#
7 1 (0.18%) Bicep
7 1 (0.18%) Go
7 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 135 (24.91%) Security Cleared
2 102 (18.82%) SC Cleared
3 57 (10.52%) Degree
4 52 (9.59%) DV Cleared
5 48 (8.86%) DBS Check
6 47 (8.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (7.38%) A+ Certification
8 29 (5.35%) MCP
9 26 (4.80%) ITIL Certification
10 20 (3.69%) MCSE
11 16 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.95%) MCITP
12 9 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (1.29%) MCSA
14 6 (1.11%) CCNA
14 6 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.92%) Azure Certification
15 5 (0.92%) CCA
15 5 (0.92%) Citrix Certification
16 4 (0.74%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.49%) SLA
2 22 (4.06%) GDPR
3 14 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
System Software
1 123 (22.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 93 (17.16%) Hyper-V
3 22 (4.06%) XenDesktop
4 21 (3.87%) vSphere
4 21 (3.87%) XenApp
5 19 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.29%) VMware Workstation
8 5 (0.92%) Docker
8 5 (0.92%) RACF
9 3 (0.55%) Forefront TMG
9 3 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.37%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.37%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.18%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.18%) Firmware
11 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 108 (19.93%) SCCM
2 90 (16.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (3.51%) WSUS
4 17 (3.14%) Backup Exec
5 14 (2.58%) vCenter Server
6 12 (2.21%) NetBackup
7 11 (2.03%) SCOM
8 10 (1.85%) McAfee ePO
8 10 (1.85%) Nagios
9 9 (1.66%) SCVMM
10 8 (1.48%) Kubernetes
11 7 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (1.29%) Icinga
12 5 (0.92%) Ansible
12 5 (0.92%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (0.92%) OfficeScan
12 5 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.92%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 4 (0.74%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 385 (71.03%) Microsoft
2 156 (28.78%) VMware
3 52 (9.59%) Cisco
4 49 (9.04%) Citrix
5 40 (7.38%) HP
6 34 (6.27%) Google
6 34 (6.27%) Veeam
7 28 (5.17%) Dell
8 24 (4.43%) Oracle
9 22 (4.06%) ServiceNow
10 20 (3.69%) McAfee
10 20 (3.69%) SolarWinds
11 19 (3.51%) Symantec
12 17 (3.14%) Veritas
13 16 (2.95%) Red Hat
14 14 (2.58%) Aruba
14 14 (2.58%) MobileIron
15 13 (2.40%) Fortinet
15 13 (2.40%) Hitachi
15 13 (2.40%) NetApp