Microsoft Jobs in Wales

Microsoft
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 345 305 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 15.27% 18.06% 19.20%
As % of the Vendors category 45.10% 45.32% 45.99%
Number of salaries quoted 254 227 198
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,150 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,290 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,860 £42,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.65% -11.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,552 £52,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,497 £64,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
Wales

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 765 673 848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 33.86% 39.85% 41.75%
Number of salaries quoted 503 342 445
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £35,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,497 £68,450
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Wales

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Wales

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Wales over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Wales

Microsoft
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Wales region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
South Wales -1 249 £40,250 -5.29% 68
North Wales +11 53 £34,000 +6.25% 22
West Wales +3 35 £55,000 +57.14% 7
Mid Wales -9 5 £22,500 -51.87% 6
Dyfed - 1 £38,000 -
Microsoft
UK

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 24 (6.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (5.22%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.06%) Skype for Business
4 7 (2.03%) Confluence
4 7 (2.03%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.87%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.58%) Apache
6 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) IIS
Applications
1 71 (20.58%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (13.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.64%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 23 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.58%) Primavera
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 122 (35.36%) Azure
2 96 (27.83%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (12.17%) Power Platform
4 27 (7.83%) AWS
5 25 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
6 24 (6.96%) Entra ID
7 19 (5.51%) SaaS
8 17 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (4.64%) OneDrive
9 16 (4.64%) PowerApps
10 11 (3.19%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.32%) GCP
12 7 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.03%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (1.16%) Azure API Management
16 3 (0.87%) Azure AKS
17 2 (0.58%) Azure Functions
17 2 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 49 (14.20%) DNS
2 39 (11.30%) Firewall
3 23 (6.67%) DHCP
3 23 (6.67%) Wireless
4 18 (5.22%) Remote Desktop
5 16 (4.64%) SAN
6 14 (4.06%) IP Telephony
6 14 (4.06%) TCP/IP
6 14 (4.06%) VoIP
7 13 (3.77%) Internet
8 12 (3.48%) LAN
8 12 (3.48%) WAN
9 9 (2.61%) Unified Communications
10 8 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.74%) VPN
12 5 (1.45%) Extranet
13 4 (1.16%) Intranet
13 4 (1.16%) MPLS
14 3 (0.87%) Network Security
15 1 (0.29%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.06%) Power BI
2 14 (4.06%) Relational Database
3 10 (2.90%) RDBMS
4 9 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.74%) GIS
7 5 (1.45%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.87%) Metabase
8 3 (0.87%) Power Query
8 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.29%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.29%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (2.90%) Git
1 10 (2.90%) JIRA
2 4 (1.16%) Postman
3 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.58%) NUnit
4 2 (0.58%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.29%) GitKraken
5 1 (0.29%) JetBrains Rider
5 1 (0.29%) ReSharper
5 1 (0.29%) Selenium
5 1 (0.29%) Serenity BDD
General
1 106 (30.72%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.07%) Finance
3 26 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (6.96%) Local Government
4 24 (6.96%) Police
5 20 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.80%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.77%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (3.48%) Retail
8 10 (2.90%) Games
8 10 (2.90%) Law
8 10 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.74%) Advertising
9 6 (1.74%) Marketing
10 4 (1.16%) Banking
11 3 (0.87%) Legal
11 3 (0.87%) Welsh Language
12 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (17.97%) Senior
2 60 (17.39%) Developer
3 42 (12.17%) Analyst
4 39 (11.30%) IT Support
5 38 (11.01%) Support Engineer
6 32 (9.28%) IT Engineer
7 27 (7.83%) Lead
8 25 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
9 23 (6.67%) Architect
10 19 (5.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 19 (5.51%) IT Technician
11 18 (5.22%) .NET Developer
12 17 (4.93%) Consultant
13 15 (4.35%) Network Engineer
14 14 (4.06%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
14 14 (4.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (4.06%) Senior Network Engineer
15 13 (3.77%) C# Developer
15 13 (3.77%) Desktop Engineer
15 13 (3.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (12.75%) .NET
2 23 (6.67%) ASP.NET
3 22 (6.38%) .NET Core
4 21 (6.09%) HTML
5 16 (4.64%) CSS
6 14 (4.06%) ASP.NET MVC
7 13 (3.77%) AngularJS
8 12 (3.48%) ASP.NET Web API
8 12 (3.48%) RESTful
9 11 (3.19%) HTML5
10 10 (2.90%) Entity Framework
11 9 (2.61%) .NET Framework
11 9 (2.61%) Vue
12 8 (2.32%) ADO
12 8 (2.32%) HTML5 Canvas
13 7 (2.03%) React
13 7 (2.03%) Web Services
14 6 (1.74%) CSS3
15 5 (1.45%) LINQ
15 5 (1.45%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.14%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.48%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.61%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.61%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.32%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.03%) PKI
7 7 (2.03%) Smartphone
8 6 (1.74%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.74%) iPad
8 6 (1.74%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.74%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.45%) FMCG
9 5 (1.45%) Replication
10 4 (1.16%) CCTV
10 4 (1.16%) EPoS
10 4 (1.16%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.87%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.87%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 90 (26.09%) Windows
2 38 (11.01%) Windows Server
3 21 (6.09%) Windows 10
4 15 (4.35%) Linux
5 9 (2.61%) Android
6 8 (2.32%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (2.03%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.03%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.45%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.87%) VMS
9 3 (0.87%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 65 (18.84%) Agile
3 56 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (11.01%) Mentoring
5 30 (8.70%) Project Management
6 27 (7.83%) Actionable Insight
7 26 (7.54%) DevOps
8 25 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (6.96%) Full Stack Development
10 23 (6.67%) CRM
11 21 (6.09%) CI/CD
11 21 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (5.80%) ITIL
12 20 (5.80%) Project Delivery
12 20 (5.80%) Scrum
12 20 (5.80%) Software Engineering
13 18 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (5.22%) Microservices
13 18 (5.22%) Migration
13 18 (5.22%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 49 (14.20%) C#
2 48 (13.91%) SQL
3 24 (6.96%) JavaScript
4 18 (5.22%) TypeScript
5 6 (1.74%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.45%) C++
6 5 (1.45%) Groovy
7 3 (0.87%) Python
7 3 (0.87%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 59 (17.10%) Degree
2 30 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 29 (8.41%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.61%) A+ Certification
5 9 (2.61%) ACCA
5 9 (2.61%) CCNA
5 9 (2.61%) CIMA
5 9 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.45%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.16%) MCP
8 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.29%) PMP
9 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.25%) SLA
2 10 (2.90%) GDPR
3 9 (2.61%) IFRS
4 7 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.74%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.58%) PMO
7 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 74 (21.45%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.90%) Docker
4 9 (2.61%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (7.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.77%) SCCM
3 7 (2.03%) Ansible
4 5 (1.45%) Progress Chef
4 5 (1.45%) SCOM
5 4 (1.16%) Terraform
6 2 (0.58%) Kibana
7 1 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.29%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.29%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 20 (5.80%) Veeam
1 20 (5.80%) VMware
2 19 (5.51%) Mitel
3 17 (4.93%) Cisco
4 14 (4.06%) Avaya
5 10 (2.90%) Sophos
6 9 (2.61%) Datto
6 9 (2.61%) Hyperion
6 9 (2.61%) PeopleSoft
7 8 (2.32%) Google
8 7 (2.03%) Citrix
9 6 (1.74%) HP
9 6 (1.74%) Meraki
10 5 (1.45%) Acronis
10 5 (1.45%) Aruba
10 5 (1.45%) NetApp
10 5 (1.45%) Sage
10 5 (1.45%) SAP
11 4 (1.16%) Apple
11 4 (1.16%) Salesforce