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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 331 276 388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 16.41% 16.58% 20.51%
As % of the Vendors category 45.40% 43.95% 47.61%
Number of salaries quoted 247 212 205
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,550 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,000 £33,916
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,476 £37,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -12.79% +7.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
90th Percentile £70,100 £67,350 £61,250
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 729 628 815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 36.14% 37.72% 43.08%
Number of salaries quoted 468 322 449
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,497 £67,500
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 27 April 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 27 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 +1 231 £39,000 -2.50% 92
North Wales +11 55 £33,750 +4.65% 13
West Wales +1 35 £55,000 +57.14% 14
Mid Wales -3 5 £22,500 -53.25% 3
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 21 (6.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.53%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.23%) Skype for Business
4 7 (2.11%) Confluence
4 7 (2.11%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.91%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.60%) Apache
6 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 67 (20.24%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (13.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (6.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.83%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 20 (6.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.60%) Primavera
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 115 (34.74%) Azure
2 88 (26.59%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (12.08%) Power Platform
4 26 (7.85%) AWS
5 22 (6.65%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (6.34%) Entra ID
7 20 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (4.83%) OneDrive
8 16 (4.83%) SaaS
9 15 (4.53%) PowerApps
10 10 (3.02%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.42%) GCP
12 7 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.11%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (1.21%) Azure API Management
14 4 (1.21%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (0.91%) Azure AKS
16 2 (0.60%) IaaS
16 2 (0.60%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (14.50%) DNS
2 38 (11.48%) Firewall
3 22 (6.65%) Wireless
4 21 (6.34%) DHCP
5 16 (4.83%) Remote Desktop
6 14 (4.23%) IP Telephony
6 14 (4.23%) SAN
6 14 (4.23%) TCP/IP
7 13 (3.93%) Internet
8 12 (3.63%) VoIP
9 11 (3.32%) LAN
9 11 (3.32%) WAN
10 9 (2.72%) Unified Communications
11 8 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (2.11%) VPN
13 5 (1.51%) Extranet
13 5 (1.51%) Intranet
14 4 (1.21%) MPLS
15 2 (0.60%) Network Security
16 1 (0.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.69%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.23%) Power BI
2 14 (4.23%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.02%) RDBMS
4 9 (2.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.81%) GIS
7 5 (1.51%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.91%) Metabase
8 3 (0.91%) Power Query
8 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (3.63%) Git
2 9 (2.72%) JIRA
3 4 (1.21%) Postman
3 4 (1.21%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.60%) NUnit
5 2 (0.60%) Selenium
5 2 (0.60%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.30%) GitKraken
6 1 (0.30%) JetBrains Rider
6 1 (0.30%) JMeter
6 1 (0.30%) MSTest
6 1 (0.30%) ReSharper
6 1 (0.30%) Serenity BDD
6 1 (0.30%) SpecFlow
General
1 104 (31.42%) Social Skills
2 49 (14.80%) Finance
3 26 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (7.25%) Local Government
4 24 (7.25%) Police
5 22 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.74%) Public Sector
7 13 (3.93%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (3.63%) Retail
9 10 (3.02%) Games
9 10 (3.02%) Law
9 10 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.81%) Advertising
10 6 (1.81%) Legal
10 6 (1.81%) Marketing
11 4 (1.21%) Banking
12 3 (0.91%) Welsh Language
13 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (18.73%) Senior
2 57 (17.22%) Developer
3 38 (11.48%) Analyst
3 38 (11.48%) IT Support
3 38 (11.48%) Support Engineer
4 30 (9.06%) IT Engineer
5 28 (8.46%) Lead
6 24 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
7 18 (5.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 18 (5.44%) Consultant
8 17 (5.14%) Architect
8 17 (5.14%) IT Technician
9 16 (4.83%) .NET Developer
10 15 (4.53%) Network Engineer
11 14 (4.23%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
11 14 (4.23%) Senior Network Engineer
12 13 (3.93%) Desktop Engineer
12 13 (3.93%) Desktop Support
12 13 (3.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 12 (3.63%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.48%) .NET
2 22 (6.65%) .NET Core
3 21 (6.34%) HTML
4 18 (5.44%) ASP.NET
5 16 (4.83%) CSS
6 14 (4.23%) ASP.NET MVC
7 12 (3.63%) RESTful
8 11 (3.32%) AngularJS
8 11 (3.32%) HTML5
9 10 (3.02%) ASP.NET Web API
9 10 (3.02%) Entity Framework
10 8 (2.42%) ADO
10 8 (2.42%) HTML5 Canvas
10 8 (2.42%) Web Services
11 7 (2.11%) .NET Framework
11 7 (2.11%) Vue
12 6 (1.81%) CSS3
13 5 (1.51%) Node.js
13 5 (1.51%) React
13 5 (1.51%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.57%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.74%) Management Information System
3 17 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.63%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.02%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.02%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.72%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.42%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.11%) PKI
9 6 (1.81%) iPad
9 6 (1.81%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.81%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.51%) FMCG
10 5 (1.51%) Replication
10 5 (1.51%) Smartphone
11 4 (1.21%) CCTV
11 4 (1.21%) EPoS
12 3 (0.91%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.91%) Raspberry Pi
13 2 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 91 (27.49%) Windows
2 36 (10.88%) Windows Server
3 21 (6.34%) Windows 10
4 15 (4.53%) Linux
5 8 (2.42%) Android
5 8 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.81%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.21%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.91%) VMS
9 3 (0.91%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (20.85%) Customer Service
2 66 (19.94%) Agile
3 52 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (11.48%) Mentoring
5 30 (9.06%) DevOps
5 30 (9.06%) Project Management
6 27 (8.16%) Actionable Insight
7 26 (7.85%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (6.65%) CI/CD
8 22 (6.65%) Scrum
9 21 (6.34%) Software Engineering
10 20 (6.04%) CRM
10 20 (6.04%) Full Stack Development
10 20 (6.04%) ITIL
10 20 (6.04%) Project Delivery
11 19 (5.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (5.44%) Break/Fix
12 18 (5.44%) Microservices
12 18 (5.44%) Migration
12 18 (5.44%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 50 (15.11%) SQL
2 44 (13.29%) C#
3 25 (7.55%) JavaScript
4 16 (4.83%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.11%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.81%) C++
7 5 (1.51%) Groovy
8 3 (0.91%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.60%) Python
10 1 (0.30%) Bash
10 1 (0.30%) Bicep
10 1 (0.30%) C
10 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 55 (16.62%) Degree
2 37 (11.18%) Security Cleared
3 35 (10.57%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.42%) A+ Certification
6 8 (2.42%) CCNA
6 8 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.81%) ACCA
7 6 (1.81%) CIMA
8 5 (1.51%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.21%) MCP
10 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.30%) PMP
11 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.76%) SLA
2 9 (2.72%) GDPR
3 6 (1.81%) IFRS
3 6 (1.81%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.60%) PMO
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 73 (22.05%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.02%) Docker
4 8 (2.42%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (6.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.93%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.93%) SCCM
3 7 (2.11%) Ansible
4 5 (1.51%) Progress Chef
4 5 (1.51%) SCOM
4 5 (1.51%) Terraform
5 2 (0.60%) Kibana
6 1 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.30%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 20 (6.04%) Veeam
2 19 (5.74%) VMware
3 18 (5.44%) Mitel
4 17 (5.14%) Cisco
5 14 (4.23%) Avaya
6 9 (2.72%) Sophos
7 8 (2.42%) Datto
7 8 (2.42%) Google
8 6 (1.81%) Citrix
8 6 (1.81%) HP
8 6 (1.81%) Hyperion
8 6 (1.81%) Meraki
8 6 (1.81%) PeopleSoft
9 5 (1.51%) NetApp
9 5 (1.51%) Sage
10 4 (1.21%) Acronis
10 4 (1.21%) Apple
10 4 (1.21%) Aruba
10 4 (1.21%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.21%) Salesforce