Microsoft Jobs in South Wales

Microsoft
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South 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 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 236 195 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 16.23% 16.87% 20.10%
As % of the Vendors category 40.76% 47.91% 44.68%
Number of salaries quoted 180 137 161
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £40,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% -6.98% +5.84%
75th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £53,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,497 £64,500
Wales median annual salary £36,476 £38,250 £43,000
% change year-on-year -4.64% -11.05% +10.26%

All Vendors
South 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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 579 407 658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 39.82% 35.21% 44.98%
Number of salaries quoted 362 224 346
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,355 £26,125
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,745
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,666 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% -0.83% +5.98%
75th Percentile £59,750 £60,388 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,878 £68,497 £71,875
Wales median annual salary £42,500 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.16% -4.44% +12.50%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in South Wales

Microsoft
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in South Wales

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in South Wales over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in South Wales

Microsoft
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Cardiff +2 103 £47,500 +18.75% 49
Bridgend +3 55 £36,476 +21.59% 7
Newport +9 33 £45,000 -11.94% 11
Gwent +7 17 £28,290 - 5
Glamorgan -2 11 £28,290 -24.56% 37
Caerphilly +3 10 £25,047 -46.14% 1
Torfaen -5 2 £27,500 -57.69% 6
Rhondda Cynon Taff - 2 £32,500 - 1
Neath Port Talbot -2 1 £25,500 +6.25% 8
Vale of Glamorgan - 1 £24,500 - 3
Monmouthshire - 1 £31,967 - 5
Microsoft
Wales

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 21 (8.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.93%) Skype for Business
3 12 (5.08%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.85%) Apache
4 2 (0.85%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 55 (23.31%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (15.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (9.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.24%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.42%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 10 (4.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Primavera
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 85 (36.02%) Azure
2 65 (27.54%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (14.41%) Power Platform
4 20 (8.47%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.78%) OneDrive
5 16 (6.78%) PowerApps
6 14 (5.93%) AWS
7 13 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (3.81%) SaaS
10 8 (3.39%) GCP
11 7 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (2.12%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.69%) Azure API Management
15 3 (1.27%) Azure AKS
15 3 (1.27%) Power Automate
16 2 (0.85%) Azure Functions
16 2 (0.85%) IaaS
16 2 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 38 (16.10%) DNS
2 32 (13.56%) Firewall
3 22 (9.32%) Wireless
4 17 (7.20%) Remote Desktop
5 14 (5.93%) IP Telephony
5 14 (5.93%) SAN
6 12 (5.08%) VoIP
7 11 (4.66%) DHCP
8 10 (4.24%) TCP/IP
9 9 (3.81%) Unified Communications
10 8 (3.39%) LAN
10 8 (3.39%) WAN
11 7 (2.97%) Internet
12 5 (2.12%) Extranet
13 4 (1.69%) Intranet
13 4 (1.69%) MPLS
13 4 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (1.27%) VPN
15 1 (0.42%) Broadband
15 1 (0.42%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (13.98%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.93%) Power BI
2 14 (5.93%) Relational Database
3 10 (4.24%) RDBMS
4 9 (3.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.54%) GIS
6 5 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.27%) Power Query
7 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.42%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Git
1 3 (1.27%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.85%) JIRA
2 2 (0.85%) NUnit
2 2 (0.85%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.42%) GitKraken
3 1 (0.42%) JetBrains Rider
3 1 (0.42%) ReSharper
General
1 76 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 40 (16.95%) Finance
3 26 (11.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (10.17%) Local Government
4 24 (10.17%) Police
5 18 (7.63%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.24%) Law
7 10 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.81%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.54%) Advertising
9 6 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.12%) Games
11 3 (1.27%) Banking
11 3 (1.27%) Retail
12 2 (0.85%) Marketing
13 1 (0.42%) Legal
13 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (21.19%) Senior
2 38 (16.10%) Analyst
3 35 (14.83%) Developer
4 25 (10.59%) Lead
5 19 (8.05%) Support Engineer
6 18 (7.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 17 (7.20%) Architect
8 15 (6.36%) Network Engineer
9 14 (5.93%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 14 (5.93%) Senior Network Engineer
10 13 (5.51%) Desktop Engineer
10 13 (5.51%) Desktop Support
10 13 (5.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 13 (5.51%) IT Technician
11 12 (5.08%) ICT Engineer
11 12 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.24%) IT Engineer
12 10 (4.24%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (4.24%) Senior Technical Engineer
12 10 (4.24%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.32%) .NET
2 13 (5.51%) RESTful
3 9 (3.81%) ASP.NET
3 9 (3.81%) HTML
4 7 (2.97%) HTML5
5 6 (2.54%) .NET Core
5 6 (2.54%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.12%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (2.12%) ASP.NET Web API
6 5 (2.12%) LINQ
7 4 (1.69%) CSS
8 3 (1.27%) GraphQL
8 3 (1.27%) SOAP
8 3 (1.27%) Web Services
9 2 (0.85%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.85%) CSS3
9 2 (0.85%) jQuery
9 2 (0.85%) Kafka
9 2 (0.85%) REST
9 2 (0.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.59%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.81%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.39%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.97%) PKI
6 6 (2.54%) iPad
6 6 (2.54%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.54%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.54%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.54%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (2.54%) Smartphone
7 5 (2.12%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.12%) Replication
8 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.85%) Social Media
8 2 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.42%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 62 (26.27%) Windows
2 21 (8.90%) Windows 10
3 20 (8.47%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.39%) Android
4 8 (3.39%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.69%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.27%) VMS
8 2 (0.85%) Linux
8 2 (0.85%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (15.68%) Mentoring
2 36 (15.25%) Customer Service
3 30 (12.71%) Agile
4 29 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (11.44%) Actionable Insight
6 26 (11.02%) Business Intelligence
7 19 (8.05%) Project Management
8 18 (7.63%) DevOps
8 18 (7.63%) Migration
9 16 (6.78%) Business Continuity
9 16 (6.78%) Incident Management
10 14 (5.93%) Network Management
11 13 (5.51%) Break/Fix
11 13 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 13 (5.51%) Ticket Management
12 12 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (4.66%) Coaching
13 11 (4.66%) Microservices
13 11 (4.66%) Performance Tuning
13 11 (4.66%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.98%) SQL
2 22 (9.32%) C#
3 8 (3.39%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.12%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.27%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.85%) C++
6 2 (0.85%) Python
7 1 (0.42%) Bash
7 1 (0.42%) Bicep
7 1 (0.42%) C
7 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (14.83%) Degree
2 30 (12.71%) Security Cleared
3 28 (11.86%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.97%) ACCA
5 7 (2.97%) CIMA
6 5 (2.12%) CCNA
6 5 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.69%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.69%) MCP
8 3 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.85%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.85%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.42%) PMP
10 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.51%) SLA
2 7 (2.97%) IFRS
3 5 (2.12%) GDPR
4 4 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.85%) PMO
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 50 (21.19%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.54%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.27%) Docker
6 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (9.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.54%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.54%) SCCM
3 5 (2.12%) SCOM
4 3 (1.27%) Terraform
5 2 (0.85%) Kibana
6 1 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.42%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 18 (7.63%) Mitel
2 17 (7.20%) Cisco
2 17 (7.20%) Veeam
3 14 (5.93%) Avaya
3 14 (5.93%) VMware
4 9 (3.81%) Sophos
5 8 (3.39%) Datto
5 8 (3.39%) Google
6 7 (2.97%) Hyperion
6 7 (2.97%) PeopleSoft
7 6 (2.54%) Citrix
7 6 (2.54%) HP
8 5 (2.12%) NetApp
8 5 (2.12%) Sage
9 4 (1.69%) Acronis
9 4 (1.69%) Aruba
9 4 (1.69%) Asigra
10 3 (1.27%) Meraki
11 2 (0.85%) Dell
12 1 (0.42%) IBM