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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 15 27
Rank change year-on-year -12 +12 -6
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 65 167 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.83% 8.37% 8.78%
As % of the System Software category 48.87% 60.73% 55.48%
Number of salaries quoted 40 137 114
10th Percentile £30,950 £23,800 £28,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £67,813 £43,750 £53,438
90th Percentile £92,000 £58,750 £63,375
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 133 275 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 16.02% 13.78% 15.82%
Number of salaries quoted 87 232 199
10th Percentile £38,500 £25,000 £30,688
25th Percentile £46,875 £30,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,320 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.16% -15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £69,375 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £66,125 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -13.98% +6.90%

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 18 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 18 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 +6 10 £43,250 +8.13% 8
Stevenage +16 8 £52,500 +40.00% 17
Hertford +11 4 £73,750 +173.15%
Watford -27 3 £37,500 +36.36% 5
St Albans -3 2 £30,000 -21.05%
Hitchin +7 1 £45,000 +60.71% 1
Hoddesdon +5 1 - -
Potters Bar -1 1 - -
Hemel Hempstead -10 1 £63,000 +48.24% 4
Radlett - 1 - -
Waltham Cross - 1 - -
Kings Langley - 1 - -
Berkhamsted - 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 27 (41.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (24.62%) SharePoint
3 9 (13.85%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (12.31%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 8 (12.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (50.77%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (40.00%) Azure
3 17 (26.15%) Entra ID
4 8 (12.31%) Cohesity
5 5 (7.69%) AWS
6 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (6.15%) OneDrive
7 3 (4.62%) Mimecast
8 2 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
8 2 (3.08%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.54%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.54%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.54%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 20 (30.77%) Firewall
2 12 (18.46%) Broadband
3 9 (13.85%) WAN
4 8 (12.31%) DNS
4 8 (12.31%) IMAP
4 8 (12.31%) SAN
4 8 (12.31%) Skype
4 8 (12.31%) SMTP
5 5 (7.69%) LAN
5 5 (7.69%) VPN
6 4 (6.15%) DHCP
7 3 (4.62%) TCP/IP
7 3 (4.62%) VLAN
8 2 (3.08%) Converged Networks
8 2 (3.08%) LLU
8 2 (3.08%) PBX
8 2 (3.08%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (3.08%) xDSL
9 1 (1.54%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.54%) MariaDB
2 1 (1.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (41.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.23%) German Language
3 3 (4.62%) Advertising
3 3 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (4.62%) Retail
4 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.08%) Local Government
5 1 (1.54%) Back Office
5 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.54%) Finance
5 1 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (24.62%) Support Engineer
2 8 (12.31%) Analyst
2 8 (12.31%) Messaging Engineer
3 7 (10.77%) Technical Support
4 6 (9.23%) Administrator
4 6 (9.23%) Information Security Specialist
4 6 (9.23%) Information Specialist
4 6 (9.23%) Security Specialist
4 6 (9.23%) Senior
4 6 (9.23%) Support Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (7.69%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) 1st Line Technical Support
5 5 (7.69%) Systems Administrator
5 5 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) Technical Support Analyst
6 4 (6.15%) IT Support
6 4 (6.15%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 4 (6.15%) Project Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Senior Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.23%) SailPoint
2 4 (6.15%) LDAP
3 1 (1.54%) ServiceStack
3 1 (1.54%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.31%) Blackberry
2 6 (9.23%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.23%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.23%) Virtual Team
3 5 (7.69%) PKI
4 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (1.54%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.54%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 43 (66.15%) Windows
2 17 (26.15%) Windows Server
3 12 (18.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (13.85%) Linux
5 7 (10.77%) Mac OS
5 7 (10.77%) Windows 10
6 5 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (3.08%) Android
7 2 (3.08%) VMS
7 2 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.00%) Coaching
1 13 (20.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 12 (18.46%) Broadcast Engineering
2 12 (18.46%) Post-Production
2 12 (18.46%) Proactive Monitoring
2 12 (18.46%) Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (16.92%) Customer Service
4 10 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
5 9 (13.85%) Roadmaps
5 9 (13.85%) Technology Roadmap
6 8 (12.31%) Identity Management
6 8 (12.31%) ITIL
6 8 (12.31%) Risk Assessment
7 7 (10.77%) Capacity Management
7 7 (10.77%) Mentoring
7 7 (10.77%) Problem Management
8 6 (9.23%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (9.23%) Information Security
8 6 (9.23%) Risk Management
9 5 (7.69%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.69%) Python
3 4 (6.15%) Bash
4 2 (3.08%) SQL
5 1 (1.54%) C#
5 1 (1.54%) Go
Qualifications
1 20 (30.77%) Degree
2 10 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (13.85%) SC Cleared
3 9 (13.85%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.62%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.08%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.54%) MCP
6 1 (1.54%) MCSA
6 1 (1.54%) MCSE
6 1 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.08%) SLA
3 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.54%) GDPR
3 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (10.77%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (9.23%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.62%) vSphere
4 2 (3.08%) pfSense
5 1 (1.54%) Docker
5 1 (1.54%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.62%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.08%) cPanel
4 1 (1.54%) Ansible
4 1 (1.54%) Autotask
4 1 (1.54%) Graylog
4 1 (1.54%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.54%) SCCM
4 1 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (64.62%) Microsoft
2 14 (21.54%) VMware
3 12 (18.46%) Sun
4 8 (12.31%) NetApp
5 6 (9.23%) Okta
5 6 (9.23%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.08%) Cisco
6 2 (3.08%) Draytek
6 2 (3.08%) Pure Storage
7 1 (1.54%) Apple
7 1 (1.54%) Commvault
7 1 (1.54%) Facebook
7 1 (1.54%) Remedy
7 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.54%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.54%) Zerto