Active Directory Support Jobs

Microsoft Active Directory Support
UK

The median Microsoft Active Directory Support salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 874 916 1198
Rank change year-on-year +42 +282 -310
Permanent jobs requiring an Active Directory Support 48 29 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.031% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.034% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 40 28 82
10th Percentile £40,000 - £23,000
25th Percentile £50,875 £24,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £30,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -6.25% +16.36%
75th Percentile £59,000 £35,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - £42,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,525 £25,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +126.10% -9.09% +5.77%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
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 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Active Directory Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory Support in the UK

Active Directory Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Active Directory Support in the UK

Active Directory Support
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Active Directory Support in the UK

Active Directory Support
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory Support within the UK 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
England +48 48 £55,000 +83.33% 6
UK excluding London -41 36 £56,525 +126.10% 6
South East +14 32 £57,525 +130.10% 6
Work from Home +63 18 £59,000 +96.67% 6
London +64 12 £46,000 +31.43%
South West - 3 £40,000 -
East of England -11 1 £30,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Active Directory Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 48 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 39 (81.25%) Azure
3 31 (64.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (58.33%) Windows
6 26 (54.17%) Security Cleared
7 24 (50.00%) SCCM
8 23 (47.92%) Entra ID
8 23 (47.92%) Microsoft Exchange
9 22 (45.83%) DV Cleared
10 21 (43.75%) Windows Server
10 21 (43.75%) Social Skills
10 21 (43.75%) ITIL
10 21 (43.75%) Microsoft
11 20 (41.67%) Firewall
12 19 (39.58%) DNS
12 19 (39.58%) DHCP
12 19 (39.58%) Release Management
12 19 (39.58%) SC Cleared
13 18 (37.50%) SCOM
13 18 (37.50%) Analytics
13 18 (37.50%) DevOps
13 18 (37.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 18 (37.50%) Windows Server 2016
13 18 (37.50%) Windows Server 2019
13 18 (37.50%) Azure Storage
13 18 (37.50%) Bicep
13 18 (37.50%) ARM Templates
13 18 (37.50%) Log Analytics
13 18 (37.50%) Azure Monitor

Active Directory Support 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 23 (47.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 39 (81.25%) Azure
2 30 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (47.92%) Entra ID
4 18 (37.50%) Azure Monitor
4 18 (37.50%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 20 (41.67%) Firewall
2 19 (39.58%) DHCP
2 19 (39.58%) DNS
3 1 (2.08%) Network Security
3 1 (2.08%) VPN
General
1 21 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Law
4 1 (2.08%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (37.50%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 18 (37.50%) PKI
1 18 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.08%) Hedge funds
2 1 (2.08%) Replication
2 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (58.33%) Windows
2 21 (43.75%) Windows Server
3 18 (37.50%) Linux
3 18 (37.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 18 (37.50%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (4.17%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.08%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (43.75%) ITIL
2 19 (39.58%) Release Management
3 18 (37.50%) Agile
3 18 (37.50%) Analytics
3 18 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 18 (37.50%) DevOps
3 18 (37.50%) Identity Management
3 18 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 18 (37.50%) Log Analytics
3 18 (37.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 18 (37.50%) Privileged Identity Management
3 18 (37.50%) RBAC
3 18 (37.50%) Service Management
4 7 (14.58%) Customer Service
5 5 (10.42%) ITSM
5 5 (10.42%) Ticket Management
5 5 (10.42%) User Experience
6 1 (2.08%) Document Management
6 1 (2.08%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (2.08%) Practice Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (37.50%) Bicep
1 18 (37.50%) C#
1 18 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 18 (37.50%) VB
1 18 (37.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (54.17%) Security Cleared
2 22 (45.83%) DV Cleared
3 19 (39.58%) SC Cleared
4 18 (37.50%) Degree
4 18 (37.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.08%) CCNA
5 1 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 48 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 18 (37.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 18 (37.50%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (18.75%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (64.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (50.00%) SCCM
3 18 (37.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 18 (37.50%) Kubernetes
3 18 (37.50%) SCOM
3 18 (37.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.17%) VMware
4 1 (2.08%) Meraki