Active Directory Jobs in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Active Directory
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 13 23
Rank change year-on-year -14 +10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 67 175 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 8.07% 8.46% 9.07%
As % of the System Software category 52.34% 61.84% 57.51%
Number of salaries quoted 33 144 122
10th Percentile £29,300 £24,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £42,000 £26,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £72,500 £43,750 £55,250
90th Percentile £106,000 £57,925 £63,750
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £31,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +4.84% -17.33% -

All System Software Skills
Hertfordshire

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 128 283 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 15.42% 13.68% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 74 239 200
10th Percentile £37,375 £25,000 £30,619
25th Percentile £49,750 £30,500 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,500 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -10.99% +11.05%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £65,250 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -13.98% +3.33%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Hertfordshire

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Hertfordshire

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Hertfordshire

Active Directory
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Borehamwood +5 11 £43,250 +8.13% 5
Stevenage +16 7 £47,250 +26.00% 28
Watford -27 5 £43,000 +56.36% 38
Hertford +12 4 £73,750 +173.15%
St Albans -1 2 £30,000 -21.05% 1
Radlett - 2 - -
Waltham Cross - 2 - -
Hitchin +5 1 £45,000 +60.71% 4
Potters Bar -1 1 - -
Berkhamsted - 1 - -
Kings Langley - 1 - -
Cheshunt - 1 - -
Active Directory
East of England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 22 (32.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (19.40%) SharePoint
3 5 (7.46%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (5.97%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (5.97%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 30 (44.78%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (38.81%) Azure
3 21 (31.34%) Entra ID
4 11 (16.42%) AWS
5 6 (8.96%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (8.96%) Serverless
6 4 (5.97%) Cohesity
6 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (5.97%) OneDrive
7 3 (4.48%) IaaS
8 2 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.99%) Google Workspace
8 2 (2.99%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.99%) PaaS
8 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.99%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.49%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 22 (32.84%) Firewall
2 18 (26.87%) Broadband
3 7 (10.45%) DNS
4 6 (8.96%) SSH
4 6 (8.96%) SSL
4 6 (8.96%) VPN
4 6 (8.96%) WAN
5 5 (7.46%) DHCP
5 5 (7.46%) SAN
6 4 (5.97%) IMAP
6 4 (5.97%) Skype
6 4 (5.97%) SMTP
7 3 (4.48%) LAN
8 2 (2.99%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (2.99%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.49%) Intranet
9 1 (1.49%) IPv4
9 1 (1.49%) Kerberos
9 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.49%) MariaDB
1 1 (1.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (52.24%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.96%) German Language
3 3 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (4.48%) Retail
4 2 (2.99%) Advertising
4 2 (2.99%) Legal
4 2 (2.99%) Local Government
5 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.49%) Back Office
5 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (23.88%) Support Engineer
2 12 (17.91%) Analyst
3 9 (13.43%) Technical Support
4 8 (11.94%) Support Analyst
4 8 (11.94%) Technical Analyst
5 7 (10.45%) 1st Line Support
5 7 (10.45%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 7 (10.45%) 1st Line Technical Support
5 7 (10.45%) Technical Support Analyst
6 6 (8.96%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (8.96%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (8.96%) Information Security Specialist
6 6 (8.96%) Information Specialist
6 6 (8.96%) Security Specialist
6 6 (8.96%) Senior
7 5 (7.46%) Administrator
7 5 (7.46%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (5.97%) Linux Administrator
8 4 (5.97%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 4 (5.97%) Senior Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) RESTful
1 6 (8.96%) SailPoint
1 6 (8.96%) Web Services
2 4 (5.97%) LDAP
3 1 (1.49%) ServiceStack
3 1 (1.49%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.91%) Management Information System
2 11 (16.42%) PKI
3 7 (10.45%) Onboarding
4 6 (8.96%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (8.96%) Cyberattack
4 6 (8.96%) Virtual Team
5 5 (7.46%) Data Centre
6 4 (5.97%) Blackberry
6 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (1.49%) Clustering
7 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (65.67%) Windows
2 23 (34.33%) Windows Server
3 12 (17.91%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (14.93%) Mac OS
5 8 (11.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (10.45%) Linux
7 4 (5.97%) Windows 10
8 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (2.99%) Android
10 1 (1.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.90%) Roadmaps
2 12 (17.91%) Broadcast Engineering
2 12 (17.91%) Coaching
2 12 (17.91%) Customer Service
2 12 (17.91%) Post-Production
2 12 (17.91%) Proactive Maintenance
2 12 (17.91%) Proactive Monitoring
2 12 (17.91%) Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (16.42%) DevOps
4 10 (14.93%) Collaborative Working
5 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (11.94%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (11.94%) Risk Assessment
6 8 (11.94%) Server Management
6 8 (11.94%) Technology Roadmap
7 7 (10.45%) Change Control
7 7 (10.45%) Identity Management
7 7 (10.45%) ITIL
7 7 (10.45%) Mentoring
7 7 (10.45%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.37%) PowerShell
2 10 (14.93%) Python
3 4 (5.97%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (29.85%) Degree
2 13 (19.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (10.45%) SC Cleared
3 7 (10.45%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.99%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) MCP
6 1 (1.49%) MCSA
6 1 (1.49%) MCSE
6 1 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (8.96%) NIST
3 4 (5.97%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.99%) SLA
5 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 9 (13.43%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.97%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.48%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (4.48%) vSphere
5 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (25.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.96%) Terraform
3 4 (5.97%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (4.48%) SCCM
5 1 (1.49%) Ansible
5 1 (1.49%) Autotask
5 1 (1.49%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.49%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (61.19%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.91%) Sun
3 11 (16.42%) VMware
4 8 (11.94%) Okta
5 6 (8.96%) Salesforce
5 6 (8.96%) Thales
6 4 (5.97%) NetApp
7 3 (4.48%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.99%) Google
8 2 (2.99%) Pure Storage
9 1 (1.49%) Commvault
9 1 (1.49%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (1.49%) Remedy
9 1 (1.49%) WatchGuard
9 1 (1.49%) Zerto