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 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 21 63 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 14.09% 22.18% 32.75%
As % of the Vendors category 25.93% 52.50% 58.48%
Number of salaries quoted 21 44 38
10th Percentile - £23,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,047 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £48,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.68% -19.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £51,250 £58,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £61,375 £82,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +8.70%

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 81 120 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 54.36% 42.25% 56.00%
Number of salaries quoted 36 90 110
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £41,250 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -29.79% +17.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £77,500
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 12 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 9 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.76%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (85.71%) Azure
2 16 (76.19%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (57.14%) Entra ID
4 5 (23.81%) Power Platform
5 3 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (14.29%) OneDrive
6 2 (9.52%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (9.52%) AWS
6 2 (9.52%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (9.52%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (9.52%) Power Automate
6 2 (9.52%) PowerApps
6 2 (9.52%) Serverless
7 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (4.76%) Cloudflare
7 1 (4.76%) IaaS
7 1 (4.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Internet
2 2 (9.52%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (4.76%) DNS
3 1 (4.76%) Intranet
3 1 (4.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) Power BI
2 3 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (4.76%) Big Data
3 1 (4.76%) GIS
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Retail
4 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Analyst
2 7 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Support Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Applications Support
5 2 (9.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (9.52%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Applications Support Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) IT Support
5 2 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Software Applications Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Software Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Applications Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Applications Support Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) IT Assistant
6 1 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) .NET
1 2 (9.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.76%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.76%) IoT
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) PMI
3 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.76%) Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Time Management
2 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (19.05%) ITIL
3 4 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 3 (14.29%) ITSM
4 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) Self-Awareness
4 3 (14.29%) Service Management
4 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (9.52%) Computer Science
5 2 (9.52%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
5 2 (9.52%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 3 (14.29%) Python
3 2 (9.52%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) C#
4 1 (4.76%) Go
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.76%) MCP
4 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) PCI DSS
1 2 (9.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.76%) Graylog
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Apple
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle