Active Directory Jobs in Wales

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 64 26
Rank change year-on-year +20 -38 -4
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 92 73 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.63% 4.42% 8.49%
As % of the System Software category 38.66% 34.27% 47.76%
Number of salaries quoted 77 63 107
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,500 £23,100
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,625 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £36,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% -11.11% +24.62%
75th Percentile £37,756 £45,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £56,800 -
UK median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

All System Software Skills
Wales

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 238 213 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 11.97% 12.89% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 162 114 242
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,578 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,290 £32,000 £35,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £63,563
90th Percentile £64,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Wales

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Active Directory in Wales

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Wales over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Wales

Active Directory
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Wales region over the 6 months to 19 April 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 +19 52 £28,290 -24.56% 6
North Wales +21 30 £33,750 -10.00% 3
Mid Wales 0 5 £22,500 -45.45%
West Wales -5 5 £55,000 +129.17% 4
Dyfed - 1 £38,000 - 1
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
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 26 (28.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (17.39%) SharePoint
3 7 (7.61%) OpenStack
4 3 (3.26%) Confluence
4 3 (3.26%) Jupyter
5 1 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (1.09%) IIS
5 1 (1.09%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (18.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 17 (18.48%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (14.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 59 (64.13%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (45.65%) Azure
3 28 (30.43%) Entra ID
4 15 (16.30%) OneDrive
5 7 (7.61%) Nutanix
6 5 (5.43%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (5.43%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.17%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.09%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.09%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 27 (29.35%) DNS
2 21 (22.83%) DHCP
3 19 (20.65%) Firewall
4 13 (14.13%) Remote Desktop
5 11 (11.96%) TCP/IP
6 9 (9.78%) Unified Communications
7 8 (8.70%) Internet
8 7 (7.61%) SAN
8 7 (7.61%) VPN
8 7 (7.61%) Wireless
9 6 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (5.43%) Extranet
10 5 (5.43%) WAN
11 4 (4.35%) MPLS
12 3 (3.26%) LAN
13 2 (2.17%) Intranet
13 2 (2.17%) Network Security
13 2 (2.17%) SD-WAN
14 1 (1.09%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.26%) Metabase
3 2 (2.17%) Power BI
4 1 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.09%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.09%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.09%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (5.43%) JIRA
2 3 (3.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 35 (38.04%) Social Skills
2 21 (22.83%) Finance
3 11 (11.96%) Manufacturing
4 9 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.52%) Advertising
5 6 (6.52%) Legal
6 5 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.43%) Local Government
6 5 (5.43%) Police
7 4 (4.35%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.17%) Law
8 2 (2.17%) Retail
9 1 (1.09%) Banking
9 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (32.61%) Support Engineer
2 28 (30.43%) IT Support
3 17 (18.48%) IT Technician
3 17 (18.48%) Senior
4 16 (17.39%) IT Engineer
5 15 (16.30%) IT Support Engineer
6 13 (14.13%) Desktop Engineer
6 13 (14.13%) Desktop Support
6 13 (14.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Analyst
7 8 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (7.61%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (7.61%) IT Support Specialist
8 7 (7.61%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 7 (7.61%) Senior IT Support
8 7 (7.61%) Support Specialist
8 7 (7.61%) Support Technician
9 6 (6.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 6 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (6.52%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.26%) SAML
2 1 (1.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.22%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.70%) Driving Licence
3 6 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 5 (5.43%) Replication
5 4 (4.35%) CCTV
6 3 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.26%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.17%) iPad
7 2 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.09%) Clustering
8 1 (1.09%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (1.09%) FMCG
8 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.09%) Life Science
8 1 (1.09%) Tandem
8 1 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 75 (81.52%) Windows
2 33 (35.87%) Windows Server
3 16 (17.39%) Linux
4 12 (13.04%) Windows 10
5 9 (9.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (8.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (7.61%) Apple iOS
8 4 (4.35%) Android
8 4 (4.35%) Mac OS
9 3 (3.26%) Windows 7
9 3 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (2.17%) Ubuntu
10 2 (2.17%) VMS
11 1 (1.09%) Unix
11 1 (1.09%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 19 (20.65%) Break/Fix
4 16 (17.39%) ITIL
5 13 (14.13%) Ticket Management
6 11 (11.96%) Project Management
7 9 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (8.70%) Agile
8 8 (8.70%) Service Delivery
9 7 (7.61%) Agile Project Management
9 7 (7.61%) CI/CD
9 7 (7.61%) Hardware Maintenance
9 7 (7.61%) Infrastructure Maintenance
10 6 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (6.52%) Line Management
10 6 (6.52%) Workflow
11 5 (5.43%) Computer Science
11 5 (5.43%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (5.43%) Information Security
11 5 (5.43%) Power Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.52%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (9.78%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (9.78%) Degree
2 7 (7.61%) SC Cleared
2 7 (7.61%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.35%) A+ Certification
3 4 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.26%) CCNA
5 2 (2.17%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.17%) PMP
6 1 (1.09%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.22%) SLA
2 5 (5.43%) GDPR
3 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.09%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (15.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (8.70%) Docker
3 3 (3.26%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (31.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (14.13%) SCCM
3 8 (8.70%) Ansible
4 7 (7.61%) Kubernetes
5 5 (5.43%) SCOM
6 3 (3.26%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (2.17%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (2.17%) Progress Chef
7 2 (2.17%) Terraform
8 1 (1.09%) PaperCut
8 1 (1.09%) Puppet
Vendors
1 75 (81.52%) Microsoft
2 16 (17.39%) VMware
3 10 (10.87%) Veeam
4 9 (9.78%) Citrix
5 8 (8.70%) Cisco
6 6 (6.52%) HP
6 6 (6.52%) Meraki
7 5 (5.43%) NetApp
7 5 (5.43%) Sophos
8 4 (4.35%) Asigra
8 4 (4.35%) Datto
8 4 (4.35%) Sage
8 4 (4.35%) Salesforce
9 3 (3.26%) Fortinet
9 3 (3.26%) Okta
10 2 (2.17%) Dell
11 1 (1.09%) Barracuda Networks
11 1 (1.09%) Canon
11 1 (1.09%) IBM
11 1 (1.09%) ServiceNow