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Active Directory jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, Active Directory appears in 1,232 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Systems Engineer has the most postings mentioning Active Directory, with demand share up 11.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
1,232
Demand vs prior month
up 11.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 11.1% of skill postings
Systems Engineer
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about Active Directory

+Is Active Directory in demand in 2026?

Yes. Active Directory appears in 1,232 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Systems Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Active Directory (11.1% of all postings mentioning Active Directory).

+What jobs require Active Directory?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Active Directory are IT Automation Engineer (41.7% of that role’s postings mention Active Directory), Security Solution Architect (38.1% of that role’s postings mention Active Directory), IT Systems Administrator (37.0% of that role’s postings mention Active Directory).

+What skills are commonly paired with Active Directory?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), Active Directory most often appears alongside PowerShell, Python, Linux, DNS, Windows Server.

+Where is Active Directory most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Active Directory are New York City, Bengaluru, Pune, London, Washington, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Active Directory content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Active Directory alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Active Directory content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after Active Directory?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Active Directory — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around Active Directory

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Active Directory

Before Active Directorypython → Active Directory: 25 observed employer moves with this skill pairWindows → Active Directory: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairC# → Active Directory: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairJavaScript → Active Directory: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → Active Directory: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairHTML → Active Directory: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairPowerShell → Active Directory: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → Active Directory: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairActiveDirectorypython: 25 movespython25 movesWindows: 15 movesWindows15 movesC#: 14 movesC#14 movesJavaScript: 14 movesJavaScript14 movessql: 12 movessql12 movesHTML: 12 movesHTML12 movesPowerShell: 11 movesPowerShell11 movesAWS: 11 movesAWS11 moves

Skills after Active Directory

After Active DirectoryActive Directory → python: 25 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → sql: 21 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → AWS: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → terraform: 18 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → Linux: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → Jenkins: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → Azure: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairActive Directory → Windows: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairActiveDirectorypython: 25 movespython25 movessql: 21 movessql21 movesAWS: 19 movesAWS19 movesterraform: 18 movesterraform18 movesLinux: 16 movesLinux16 movesJenkins: 15 movesJenkins15 movesAzure: 15 movesAzure15 movesWindows: 15 movesWindows15 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python25
Before: Windows15
Before: C#14
Before: JavaScript14
Before: sql12
Before: HTML12
Before: PowerShell11
Before: AWS11
After: python25
After: sql21
After: AWS19
After: terraform18
After: Linux16
After: Jenkins15
After: Azure15
After: Windows15

Roles most likely to require Active Directory

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
IT Automation Engineer1041.7%
Security Solution Architect838.1%
IT Systems Administrator1037.0%
IAM Engineer1525.0%
IT Infrastructure Engineer1423.0%
System Administrator1421.9%
Systems Administrator2320.9%
Cloud Systems Engineer618.8%
Security Platform Engineer415.4%
Infrastructure Architect612.8%

Roles with the most Active Directory postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Systems Engineer13711.1%
Software Engineer524.2%
Infrastructure Engineer504.1%
Security Engineer433.5%
DevOps Engineer241.9%
Systems Administrator231.9%
Cloud Engineer211.7%
Cybersecurity Engineer191.5%
Security Analyst181.5%
Platform Engineer171.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Active Directory

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Active Directory
CompanyPostings · 90 days
General Dynamics Information Technology44
360 IT Professionals11
Veeam11
Accenture Federal Services10
TEKsystems10
Rithumliboard9
InterSystems9
Globalpr8
Elevance Health8
Cohesity8

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for Active Directory

NamePostingsShare
New York City201.6%
Bengaluru181.5%
Pune161.3%
London151.2%
Washington151.2%
Atlanta141.1%
Chicago131.1%
Toronto131.1%
Warsaw121.0%

Skills commonly paired with Active Directory

PowerShell (459)Python (316)Linux (273)DNS (273)Windows Server (266)Azure (217)AWS (192)Ansible (184)LDAP (183)Group Policy (175)

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Active Directory by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Active Directory postings by all Active Directory postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.4% to 0.5%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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