Active Directory Engineer Jobs

Microsoft Active Directory Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Active Directory Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 875 903 1181
Rank change year-on-year +28 +278 -363
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Engineer 32 44 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.046% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.051% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 18 34 76
10th Percentile £24,950 £24,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,750 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -8.89% +40.63%
75th Percentile £58,438 £57,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £61,750 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £25,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +90.00% -47.37% +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Active Directory Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Active Directory Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Engineer in the UK

Active Directory Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Active Directory Engineer in the UK

Active Directory Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory Engineer in the UK

Active Directory Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Engineer within the UK 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
England +29 29 £55,000 +15.79%
UK excluding London -32 19 £47,500 +90.00%
London +105 12 £56,250 +2.27%
Midlands -9 8 £47,500 -
West Midlands - 7 £47,500 -
East of England +3 5 £55,000 -
North of England +36 4 £25,000 -54.55%
North West -1 4 £25,000 -54.55%
Work from Home +32 2 £58,750 +11.90%
Northern Ireland +21 2 - -
East Midlands -21 1 £44,000 -

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Active Directory Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Active Directory Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (84.38%) Active Directory
2 18 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (43.75%) Azure
4 13 (40.63%) Windows
5 11 (34.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
6 9 (28.13%) Hyper-V
6 9 (28.13%) ServiceNow
7 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (21.88%) Entra ID
7 7 (21.88%) Degree
7 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
8 6 (18.75%) Windows Server
8 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (18.75%) Customer Service
8 6 (18.75%) PowerShell
9 5 (15.63%) SCCM
9 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
9 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
9 5 (15.63%) Validation
9 5 (15.63%) Finance
9 5 (15.63%) VMware
9 5 (15.63%) DNS
9 5 (15.63%) Master's Degree
10 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 4 (12.50%) ITIL
10 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (12.50%) Project Management
10 4 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement

Active Directory Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Simulink
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (43.75%) Azure
3 7 (21.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.13%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) DNS
2 3 (9.38%) DHCP
3 2 (6.25%) SAN
4 1 (3.13%) Firewall
4 1 (3.13%) NAS
4 1 (3.13%) Network Security
4 1 (3.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (34.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Finance
4 3 (9.38%) Retail
5 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.25%) Automotive
5 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) OAuth
1 1 (3.13%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) PKI
1 2 (6.25%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (40.63%) Windows
2 6 (18.75%) Windows Server
3 4 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 3 (9.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
6 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) Customer Service
1 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (15.63%) Validation
3 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (12.50%) ITIL
3 4 (12.50%) Project Management
4 3 (9.38%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (9.38%) Requirements Management
4 3 (9.38%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (6.25%) Application Packaging
5 2 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 2 (6.25%) Manual Testing
5 2 (6.25%) Mentoring
5 2 (6.25%) OOP
5 2 (6.25%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (6.25%) Test Automation
5 2 (6.25%) Test Planning
5 2 (6.25%) Test Scripting
5 2 (6.25%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.25%) C
2 2 (6.25%) MATLAB
2 2 (6.25%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) Degree
2 5 (15.63%) Master's Degree
2 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
2 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.13%) CCNA
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.13%) CISSP
System Software
1 27 (84.38%) Active Directory
2 9 (28.13%) Hyper-V
3 4 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.13%) DFS Replication
4 1 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (15.63%) SCCM
3 1 (3.13%) SCOM
3 1 (3.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
1 9 (28.13%) ServiceNow
2 5 (15.63%) VMware
3 1 (3.13%) Agilent
3 1 (3.13%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.13%) HP
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) Workday