Active Directory Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 50 30
Rank change year-on-year +22 -20 -7
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 796 494 869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.87% 5.81% 7.63%
As % of the System Software category 55.59% 41.24% 53.68%
Number of salaries quoted 657 426 757
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,625 £23,575
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £37,250 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.07% +3.47% -4.00%
75th Percentile £46,500 £52,500 £48,250
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,432 1,198 1,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.56% 14.10% 14.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,180 720 1,272
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,738 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
West Midlands +24 477 £35,000 -5.41% 71
East Midlands +11 314 £32,500 -10.96% 70
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 212 (26.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 147 (18.47%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.64%) IIS
4 5 (0.63%) Confluence
5 4 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.38%) Apache
6 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.38%) IBM Notes
6 3 (0.38%) nginx
7 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 148 (18.59%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.25%) CATIA
5 2 (0.25%) NASTRAN
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.63%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.13%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 540 (67.84%) Microsoft 365
2 393 (49.37%) Azure
3 242 (30.40%) Entra ID
4 40 (5.03%) AWS
5 35 (4.40%) OneDrive
6 22 (2.76%) Google Workspace
7 21 (2.64%) Power Platform
8 17 (2.14%) Mimecast
9 12 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 12 (1.51%) Nutanix
10 11 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.26%) SaaS
12 9 (1.13%) IaaS
13 8 (1.01%) GCP
13 8 (1.01%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (0.75%) PowerApps
16 5 (0.63%) ChatGPT
16 5 (0.63%) PaaS
16 5 (0.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 248 (31.16%) DNS
2 213 (26.76%) DHCP
3 211 (26.51%) Firewall
4 111 (13.94%) TCP/IP
5 109 (13.69%) WAN
6 100 (12.56%) LAN
7 82 (10.30%) VPN
8 80 (10.05%) VLAN
9 75 (9.42%) SAN
10 65 (8.17%) Wi-Fi
11 35 (4.40%) Wireless
12 24 (3.02%) Network Security
13 21 (2.64%) Internet
14 19 (2.39%) VoIP
15 17 (2.14%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.88%) PBX
17 14 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
18 11 (1.38%) iSCSI
18 11 (1.38%) SMTP
19 10 (1.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.41%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.26%) Power BI
3 17 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (1.13%) MySQL
4 9 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.50%) Redis
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.25%) CouchDB
8 2 (0.25%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.25%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (0.88%) JIRA
2 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 274 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 71 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (7.41%) Finance
4 57 (7.16%) Law
5 42 (5.28%) Manufacturing
6 40 (5.03%) Retail
7 32 (4.02%) Legal
8 28 (3.52%) Telecoms
9 23 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.38%) Banking
11 11 (1.38%) Local Government
12 10 (1.26%) German Language
12 10 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.75%) Police
14 5 (0.63%) Automotive
14 5 (0.63%) Back Office
14 5 (0.63%) Games
15 4 (0.50%) Avionics
15 4 (0.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 205 (25.75%) IT Support
2 162 (20.35%) IT Engineer
3 161 (20.23%) Support Engineer
4 112 (14.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 107 (13.44%) Analyst
6 101 (12.69%) IT Support Engineer
7 82 (10.30%) Senior
8 78 (9.80%) IT Technician
9 62 (7.79%) 2nd Line Support
10 59 (7.41%) Support Technician
11 53 (6.66%) IT Support Technician
12 47 (5.90%) IT Analyst
13 45 (5.65%) 1st Line Support
14 43 (5.40%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 36 (4.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 36 (4.52%) Administrator
15 36 (4.52%) IT Manager
15 36 (4.52%) IT Support Analyst
15 36 (4.52%) Lead
15 36 (4.52%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.01%) 802.1X
2 6 (0.75%) .NET
3 4 (0.50%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.38%) LDAP
5 2 (0.25%) ADO
5 2 (0.25%) LAMP
5 2 (0.25%) SAML
5 2 (0.25%) ServiceStack
5 2 (0.25%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.13%) HTML
6 1 (0.13%) Loki
6 1 (0.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.92%) Driving Licence
2 59 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 44 (5.53%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (4.27%) Management Information System
5 33 (4.15%) Replication
6 26 (3.27%) PKI
7 25 (3.14%) Onboarding
8 18 (2.26%) Clustering
9 15 (1.88%) CCTV
9 15 (1.88%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.38%) Fat Client
10 11 (1.38%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.38%) Thin Client
11 8 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (0.88%) Cyberattack
12 7 (0.88%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.75%) EFT
13 6 (0.75%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.63%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 600 (75.38%) Windows
2 356 (44.72%) Windows Server
3 115 (14.45%) Windows 10
4 80 (10.05%) Linux
5 60 (7.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 57 (7.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 56 (7.04%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (4.40%) Mac OS
9 15 (1.88%) CentOS
10 14 (1.76%) Android
10 14 (1.76%) Windows 7
11 13 (1.63%) Ubuntu
12 10 (1.26%) Apple iOS
13 9 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (0.88%) VMS
16 6 (0.75%) Mac OS X
16 6 (0.75%) Unix
17 5 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 4 (0.50%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
2 168 (21.11%) Customer Service
3 164 (20.60%) ITIL
4 138 (17.34%) Cybersecurity
5 136 (17.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 64 (8.04%) Service Management
7 57 (7.16%) Disaster Recovery
8 55 (6.91%) Mentoring
9 50 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (6.28%) ITSM
10 49 (6.16%) Migration
10 49 (6.16%) Project Delivery
11 46 (5.78%) Agile
12 43 (5.40%) Service Delivery
13 40 (5.03%) Change Management
14 37 (4.65%) Roadmaps
15 35 (4.40%) Server Management
16 31 (3.89%) Asset Management
16 31 (3.89%) ERP
16 31 (3.89%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 115 (14.45%) PowerShell
2 62 (7.79%) SQL
3 6 (0.75%) Bash
4 5 (0.63%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.38%) Bicep
5 3 (0.38%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.38%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.38%) Python
5 3 (0.38%) R
6 2 (0.25%) Java
7 1 (0.13%) PHP
7 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 104 (13.07%) Degree
2 85 (10.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (5.65%) Security Cleared
4 39 (4.90%) Cisco Certification
5 35 (4.40%) CCNA
5 35 (4.40%) MCP
6 31 (3.89%) DBS Check
7 27 (3.39%) Azure Certification
8 26 (3.27%) A+ Certification
8 26 (3.27%) SC Cleared
9 24 (3.02%) MCSE
10 15 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (1.88%) DV Cleared
11 14 (1.76%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (1.63%) CCNP
12 13 (1.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (1.38%) MCITP
14 10 (1.26%) Citrix Certification
14 10 (1.26%) MCSA
15 8 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.90%) SLA
2 22 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (2.26%) GDPR
4 8 (1.01%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.38%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.25%) NIST
8 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 192 (24.12%) Hyper-V
1 192 (24.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 42 (5.28%) VMware ESXi
3 32 (4.02%) vSphere
4 23 (2.89%) Virtual Servers
5 18 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (1.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 10 (1.26%) RACF
9 9 (1.13%) Docker
9 9 (1.13%) VMware Server
10 8 (1.01%) pfSense
10 8 (1.01%) Terminal Services
10 8 (1.01%) VMware Workstation
11 7 (0.88%) XenApp
11 7 (0.88%) XenDesktop
12 6 (0.75%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.63%) NFS
14 2 (0.25%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 156 (19.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (10.30%) SCCM
3 16 (2.01%) Terraform
3 16 (2.01%) vCenter Server
4 15 (1.88%) SCOM
5 13 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.38%) SmoothWall
7 11 (1.38%) WSUS
8 9 (1.13%) Failover Clustering
9 8 (1.01%) AirWatch
9 8 (1.01%) Kubernetes
10 7 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (0.75%) Backup Exec
11 6 (0.75%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.63%) Autotask
13 4 (0.50%) SCOrch
13 4 (0.50%) vMotion
14 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Clustering
14 2 (0.25%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 536 (67.34%) Microsoft
2 271 (34.05%) VMware
3 116 (14.57%) Veeam
4 104 (13.07%) Cisco
5 53 (6.66%) Citrix
6 52 (6.53%) Dell
7 49 (6.16%) HP
8 37 (4.65%) Apple
9 34 (4.27%) ServiceNow
10 27 (3.39%) Meraki
11 24 (3.02%) Google
12 23 (2.89%) Sophos
13 22 (2.76%) Nimble Storage
14 21 (2.64%) Fortinet
15 19 (2.39%) Acronis
16 17 (2.14%) Adobe
17 15 (1.88%) SonicWALL
17 15 (1.88%) Ubiquiti
18 14 (1.76%) CyberArk
18 14 (1.76%) Sage