Active Directory Job Trends in Newport

Microsoft Active Directory
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 13 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 7.78% 5.00% 3.45%
As % of the System Software category 81.25% 50.00% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £49,850 -
25th Percentile - £50,375 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -19.23% +44.44%
75th Percentile - £59,750 £67,500
90th Percentile - £62,900 -
South Wales median annual salary £35,000 £32,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -36.00% +11.11%

All System Software Skills
Newport

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Newport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 16 6 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 9.58% 10.00% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 7
10th Percentile £34,975 £42,125 £46,700
25th Percentile £45,438 £47,438 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,250 £57,165
Median % change year-on-year +10.05% -8.60% +27.03%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,375 £59,833
90th Percentile - £85,125 £64,500
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £32,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year +61.54% -36.59% -5.53%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Active Directory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Newport

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Azure
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (92.31%) DHCP
1 12 (92.31%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (92.31%) Amazon RDS
General
1 13 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) IT Support
2 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (92.31%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Linux
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
1 12 (92.31%) Windows Server
1 12 (92.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (92.31%) Customer Experience
2 12 (92.31%) Customer Service
2 12 (92.31%) Email Filtering
2 12 (92.31%) Kalman Filter
2 12 (92.31%) Migration
2 12 (92.31%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 12 (92.31%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 12 (92.31%) Web Filtering
3 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) SC Cleared
1 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (92.31%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (92.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (92.31%) Hyper-V
1 12 (92.31%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (92.31%) Brocade
2 12 (92.31%) Nimble Storage
2 12 (92.31%) SolarWinds
2 12 (92.31%) Splunk
2 12 (92.31%) Tanium
2 12 (92.31%) Veeam
2 12 (92.31%) VMware