Active Directory Jobs in Watford

Microsoft Active Directory
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford 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 31 4 31
Rank change year-on-year -27 +27 -19
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 3 49 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 2.05% 17.25% 8.21%
As % of the System Software category 42.86% 87.50% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3 39 31
10th Percentile £28,250 £22,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,219 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £27,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -54.17% +84.62%
75th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £46,750 £58,750 -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £52,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -11.76% +6.25%

All System Software Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 7 56 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 4.79% 19.72% 17.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6 46 67
10th Percentile £31,250 £23,625 £29,900
25th Percentile £36,250 £25,438 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £29,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -51.25% +50.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £38,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £54,875 £58,750 £70,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,320 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +30.16% -15.00% +17.65%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Watford

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Watford

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Watford over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Watford

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (33.33%) Cloudflare
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
1 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Assistant
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Go
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Graylog
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple