Microsoft Jobs in Watford

Microsoft
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -14 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 24 65 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 17.39% 21.67% 31.02%
As % of the Vendors category 32.43% 51.59% 52.58%
Number of salaries quoted 24 45 33
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £48,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.34% -24.22% +28.00%
75th Percentile £55,625 £58,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £64,000 £82,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +14.44% -5.26% -5.00%

All Vendors
Watford

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 74 126 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 53.62% 42.00% 59.00%
Number of salaries quoted 37 96 113
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,000 £33,550
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £38,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.97% -35.42% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £70,625 £77,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Watford

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Watford

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Watford over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Watford

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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 10 (41.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.17%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (87.50%) Azure
2 13 (54.17%) Entra ID
2 13 (54.17%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (29.17%) Power Platform
4 5 (20.83%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (20.83%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (16.67%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (16.67%) AWS
5 4 (16.67%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (16.67%) IaaS
5 4 (16.67%) Serverless
6 3 (12.50%) PaaS
7 2 (8.33%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (8.33%) Google Workspace
7 2 (8.33%) OneDrive
7 2 (8.33%) Power Automate
7 2 (8.33%) PowerApps
8 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
1 3 (12.50%) VPN
2 2 (8.33%) DHCP
2 2 (8.33%) DNS
2 2 (8.33%) Internet
3 1 (4.17%) Intranet
3 1 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (4.17%) SAN
3 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
3 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) Power BI
2 5 (20.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (4.17%) Big Data
3 1 (4.17%) GIS
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Retail
4 2 (8.33%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Applications Support
2 5 (20.83%) Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Applications Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Software Applications Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Software Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.33%) IT Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) IT Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) IT Operations Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Assistant
6 1 (4.17%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Support
6 1 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) .NET
2 2 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.33%) IoT
3 1 (4.17%) Clustering
3 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) PMI
3 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Time Management
2 7 (29.17%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (20.83%) Business Strategy
4 5 (20.83%) ITIL
4 5 (20.83%) ITSM
4 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
4 5 (20.83%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (20.83%) Self-Awareness
4 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (20.83%) Strategic Roadmap
4 5 (20.83%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.50%) Service Management
7 2 (8.33%) Computer Science
7 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) SQL
2 5 (20.83%) PowerShell
2 5 (20.83%) Python
3 4 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (4.17%) C
4 1 (4.17%) C#
4 1 (4.17%) C++
4 1 (4.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (16.67%) Azure Certification
3 2 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) MCP
4 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
1 4 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (8.33%) SCCM
3 1 (4.17%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Google
1 2 (8.33%) Okta
1 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.17%) Nimble Storage
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle