Microsoft Jobs in 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 3 months to 29 June 2017 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.

Microsoft Wales > South Wales
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	4	5	4
Rank change year-on-year	+1	-1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft	142	231	268
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales	19.67%	20.26%	21.67%
As % of the Vendors category	49.31%	48.02%	49.91%
Number of salaries quoted	125	204	224
South Wales median annual salary	£36,500	£33,000	£36,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+10.60%	-8.33%
10th Percentile	£23,200	£20,375	£24,825
90th Percentile	£52,000	£50,250	£57,125
Wales median annual salary	£36,500	£35,000	£35,000
% change year-on-year	+4.28%	-

Microsoft is in the vendor products and services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all vendor product and service related skills in permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales.

Vendor Product & Service Skills South Wales
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for skills associated with vendor products and/or services	288	481	537
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales	39.89%	42.19%	43.41%
Number of salaries quoted	426	827	865
South Wales median annual salary	£37,500	£37,000	£35,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+1.35%	+5.71%
10th Percentile	£26,000	£23,900	£25,000
90th Percentile	£52,500	£55,000	£52,500
Wales median annual salary	£40,000	£37,000	£35,000
% change year-on-year	+8.10%	+5.71%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in South Wales

Microsoft
Salary Trend in South Wales

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft in South Wales.

Salary trend for Microsoft in South Wales

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in South Wales

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft in South Wales over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

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 3 months to 29 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Cardiff	+1	90	£37,500	+19.04%	11
Newport	+2	31	£34,174	-24.05%
Torfaen	+2	6	£35,000	+27.27%
Monmouthshire	0	6	£31,500	+65.78%
Caerphilly	0	5	£37,500	-
Bridgend	-6	1	£36,500	+46.00%
Blaenau Gwent	-	1	£24,000	-
Rhondda Cynon Taff	-	1	£32,500	-	1
Microsoft Wales

Microsoft
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in South Wales

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT jobs citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South Wales region with a requirement for Microsoft.

1	127 (38.25%)	.NET
2	122 (36.75%)	SQL Server
3	121 (36.45%)	Windows
4	112 (33.73%)	C#
5	103 (31.02%)	Agile Software Development
6	99 (29.82%)	SQL
7	96 (28.92%)	JavaScript
8	85 (25.60%)	HTML
9	82 (24.70%)	ASP.NET
10	81 (24.40%)	MVC
11	71 (21.39%)	CSS
12	69 (20.78%)	VMware
13	61 (18.37%)	Windows Server
14	59 (17.77%)	ITIL
15	57 (17.17%)	Scrum

16	56 (16.87%)	Finance
16	56 (16.87%)	Active Directory
17	51 (15.36%)	Microsoft Office
18	49 (14.76%)	VMware Infrastructure
18	49 (14.76%)	Windows Server 2012
19	47 (14.16%)	Visual Studio
20	46 (13.86%)	Microsoft Certification
21	45 (13.55%)	Office 365
22	42 (12.65%)	Degree
23	41 (12.35%)	Hyper-V
23	41 (12.35%)	Team Foundation Server
24	39 (11.75%)	Microsoft Azure
25	38 (11.45%)	jQuery
26	37 (11.14%)	CRM
27	36 (10.84%)	Firewall

Microsoft
Co-occurring IT Skills in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	25 (7.53%)	Exchange Server 2013
2	24 (7.23%)	MS Exchange
3	21 (6.33%)	SharePoint
4	19 (5.72%)	CMS
5	18 (5.42%)	IIS
6	14 (4.22%)	Exchange Server 2010
7	12 (3.61%)	Umbraco
8	9 (2.71%)	Elasticsearch
8	9 (2.71%)	Sitecore CMS
9	5 (1.51%)	Oracle SOA Suite
10	4 (1.20%)	Apache Spark
10	4 (1.20%)	Exchange Server 2007
11	2 (0.60%)	BizTalk Server
11	2 (0.60%)	Cloud Foundry
11	2 (0.60%)	SharePoint 2010
11	2 (0.60%)	SharePoint 2013
11	2 (0.60%)	Tomcat
12	1 (0.30%)	Content Management Server
12	1 (0.30%)	Documentum
12	1 (0.30%)	SAS

Applications
1	51 (15.36%)	Microsoft Office
2	15 (4.52%)	Microsoft Excel
3	12 (3.61%)	Microsoft Project
4	9 (2.71%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	7 (2.11%)	MS Visio
6	1 (0.30%)	Photoshop

Business Applications
1	25 (7.53%)	Dynamics CRM
2	10 (3.01%)	Sage 200
3	9 (2.71%)	Sage 50
4	8 (2.41%)	Dynamics AX
5	3 (0.90%)	SAP ERP
5	3 (0.90%)	SAP Oil and Gas
6	2 (0.60%)	Visualfiles
7	1 (0.30%)	Dynamics NAV

Cloud Services
1	45 (13.55%)	Office 365
2	39 (11.75%)	Microsoft Azure
3	23 (6.93%)	Amazon AWS
4	4 (1.20%)	IaaS
4	4 (1.20%)	SaaS
5	3 (0.90%)	PaaS
6	2 (0.60%)	Cloud Computing
6	2 (0.60%)	G Suite
7	1 (0.30%)	Azure Active Directory
7	1 (0.30%)	Dynamics 365
7	1 (0.30%)	Google Analytics
7	1 (0.30%)	MailChimp

Communications & Networking
1	36 (10.84%)	Firewall
2	25 (7.53%)	SAN
3	14 (4.22%)	LAN
4	13 (3.92%)	DNS
5	12 (3.61%)	TCP/IP
6	11 (3.31%)	Internet
6	11 (3.31%)	WAN
7	9 (2.71%)	Wireless
8	7 (2.11%)	VPN
9	6 (1.81%)	DHCP
10	5 (1.51%)	iSCSI
10	5 (1.51%)	Network Security
10	5 (1.51%)	VoIP
11	3 (0.90%)	Ethernet
11	3 (0.90%)	HTTP
11	3 (0.90%)	Intrusion Detection
11	3 (0.90%)	Skype
12	2 (0.60%)	ADSL
12	2 (0.60%)	HSRP
12	2 (0.60%)	Remote Desktop

Database & Business Intelligence
1	122 (36.75%)	SQL Server
2	20 (6.02%)	MongoDB
3	19 (5.72%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
4	18 (5.42%)	Data Warehouse
5	17 (5.12%)	SQL Server Integration Services
6	16 (4.82%)	SQL Server 2008
7	14 (4.22%)	Big Data
7	14 (4.22%)	SQL Server 2012
7	14 (4.22%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
8	10 (3.01%)	Hadoop
8	10 (3.01%)	Relational Database
9	8 (2.41%)	NoSQL
9	8 (2.41%)	SQL Server 2014
10	7 (2.11%)	MySQL
11	5 (1.51%)	RDBMS
12	3 (0.90%)	Amazon RDS
12	3 (0.90%)	PostgreSQL
13	2 (0.60%)	Couchbase
13	2 (0.60%)	Oracle Database
13	2 (0.60%)	SQL Server 2016

Development Applications
1	47 (14.16%)	Visual Studio
2	41 (12.35%)	Team Foundation Server
3	4 (1.20%)	Subversion
4	3 (0.90%)	Git (software)
5	2 (0.60%)	Grunt
5	2 (0.60%)	Jasmine
5	2 (0.60%)	Jenkins
5	2 (0.60%)	Visual Studio Team System
6	1 (0.30%)	Artifactory
6	1 (0.30%)	Bitbucket
6	1 (0.30%)	Gradle
6	1 (0.30%)	gulp
6	1 (0.30%)	Maven
6	1 (0.30%)	MSTest
6	1 (0.30%)	NUnit
6	1 (0.30%)	Octopus Deploy
6	1 (0.30%)	Selenium
6	1 (0.30%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6	1 (0.30%)	TeamCity
6	1 (0.30%)	Visual Website Optimizer

General
1	56 (16.87%)	Finance
2	20 (6.02%)	Manufacturing
3	19 (5.72%)	Advertising
4	15 (4.52%)	Law
5	10 (3.01%)	Telecoms
6	6 (1.81%)	Marketing
7	5 (1.51%)	Automotive
7	5 (1.51%)	Legal
7	5 (1.51%)	Retail
8	4 (1.20%)	Electronics
9	3 (0.90%)	Games
10	2 (0.60%)	French Language
10	2 (0.60%)	German Language
10	2 (0.60%)	Italian Language
10	2 (0.60%)	Pharmaceutical
10	2 (0.60%)	Welsh Language
11	1 (0.30%)	Back Office
11	1 (0.30%)	Banking
11	1 (0.30%)	Billing
11	1 (0.30%)	Multimedia

Job Titles
1	123 (37.05%)	Developer
2	69 (20.78%)	.NET Developer
3	44 (13.25%)	Analyst
4	27 (8.13%)	Senior Developer
5	22 (6.63%)	C# Developer
6	20 (6.02%)	Consultant
7	19 (5.72%)	Software Developer
7	19 (5.72%)	Support Engineer
8	18 (5.42%)	C# .NET Developer
8	18 (5.42%)	Infrastructure Engineer
9	16 (4.82%)	IT Support
9	16 (4.82%)	Support Analyst
10	14 (4.22%)	Infrastructure Consultant
11	13 (3.92%)	ASP.NET Developer
11	13 (3.92%)	Network Engineer
11	13 (3.92%)	Senior .NET Developer
12	12 (3.61%)	Team Leader
13	11 (3.31%)	Applications Support
13	11 (3.31%)	Applications Support Analyst
13	11 (3.31%)	Junior

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	127 (38.25%)	.NET
2	85 (25.60%)	HTML
3	82 (24.70%)	ASP.NET
4	71 (21.39%)	CSS
5	38 (11.45%)	jQuery
6	36 (10.84%)	AngularJS
7	29 (8.73%)	XML
8	28 (8.43%)	ASP.NET MVC
9	27 (8.13%)	Web Services
10	25 (7.53%)	HTML5
10	25 (7.53%)	WCF
11	24 (7.23%)	ASP.NET Web API
12	23 (6.93%)	CSS3
13	21 (6.33%)	.NET Framework
14	20 (6.02%)	ASP.NET Web Forms
15	19 (5.72%)	Node.js
16	14 (4.22%)	XSLT
17	13 (3.92%)	Entity Framework
17	13 (3.92%)	Twitter Bootstrap
18	12 (3.61%)	Ajax

Miscellaneous
1	31 (9.34%)	Analytical Skills
2	16 (4.82%)	Management Information System
3	13 (3.92%)	Computer Science
4	10 (3.01%)	Greenfield Project
5	9 (2.71%)	CMDB
6	7 (2.11%)	Hybrid Cloud
7	6 (1.81%)	Fintech
8	5 (1.51%)	NHS
8	5 (1.51%)	Public Cloud
9	4 (1.20%)	Data Centre
9	4 (1.20%)	iSeries
9	4 (1.20%)	Mobile App
9	4 (1.20%)	Social Media
10	2 (0.60%)	Blog
10	2 (0.60%)	Clustering
10	2 (0.60%)	Life Science
10	2 (0.60%)	N-Tier
10	2 (0.60%)	User Experience
11	1 (0.30%)	e-Learning
11	1 (0.30%)	IVR

Operating Systems
1	121 (36.45%)	Windows
2	61 (18.37%)	Windows Server
3	49 (14.76%)	Windows Server 2012
4	25 (7.53%)	Windows Server 2008
5	24 (7.23%)	Linux
5	24 (7.23%)	Windows 7
6	17 (5.12%)	Windows 10
7	16 (4.82%)	Windows Server 2003
8	15 (4.52%)	Unix
9	12 (3.61%)	Windows 8
10	8 (2.41%)	Apple iOS
11	7 (2.11%)	Android
12	6 (1.81%)	CentOS
13	5 (1.51%)	Mac OS X
13	5 (1.51%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13	5 (1.51%)	Windows XP
14	1 (0.30%)	AIX

Processes & Methodologies
1	103 (31.02%)	Agile Software Development
2	81 (24.40%)	MVC
3	59 (17.77%)	ITIL
4	57 (17.17%)	Scrum
5	37 (11.14%)	CRM
6	33 (9.94%)	SDLC
7	31 (9.34%)	Business Intelligence
7	31 (9.34%)	TDD
8	30 (9.04%)	Mentoring
9	29 (8.73%)	Project Management
10	27 (8.13%)	Web Development
11	16 (4.82%)	DevOps
11	16 (4.82%)	Unit Testing
12	15 (4.52%)	ERP
12	15 (4.52%)	Software Engineering
13	14 (4.22%)	Continuous Improvement
13	14 (4.22%)	E-Commerce
13	14 (4.22%)	PRINCE2
14	12 (3.61%)	Business Analysis
14	12 (3.61%)	Change Management

Programming Languages
1	112 (33.73%)	C#
2	99 (29.82%)	SQL
3	96 (28.92%)	JavaScript
4	32 (9.64%)	T-SQL
5	23 (6.93%)	VB.NET
6	13 (3.92%)	TypeScript
7	8 (2.41%)	Java
8	5 (1.51%)	VB
9	4 (1.20%)	PHP
9	4 (1.20%)	PowerShell
10	3 (0.90%)	VBA
11	2 (0.60%)	C
11	2 (0.60%)	C++
11	2 (0.60%)	R
12	1 (0.30%)	Bash Shell
12	1 (0.30%)	Delphi
12	1 (0.30%)	Groovy
12	1 (0.30%)	Perl
12	1 (0.30%)	PL/SQL
12	1 (0.30%)	VB6

Qualifications
1	46 (13.86%)	Microsoft Certification
2	42 (12.65%)	Degree
3	26 (7.83%)	MCSE
4	19 (5.72%)	Cisco Certification
5	17 (5.12%)	CCNA
6	16 (4.82%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7	12 (3.61%)	CCA
7	12 (3.61%)	Citrix Certification
7	12 (3.61%)	ITIL Certification
8	9 (2.71%)	MCP
8	9 (2.71%)	MCSA
9	6 (1.81%)	CCNP
9	6 (1.81%)	ISEB
10	5 (1.51%)	Computer Science Degree
10	5 (1.51%)	DBS Check
10	5 (1.51%)	GNVQ
11	4 (1.20%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
11	4 (1.20%)	Network+ Certification
12	3 (0.90%)	PRINCE2 Certification
12	3 (0.90%)	Security+ Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	20 (6.02%)	SLA
2	13 (3.92%)	QA
3	3 (0.90%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	2 (0.60%)	PMO
5	1 (0.30%)	Data Quality
5	1 (0.30%)	Def Stans
5	1 (0.30%)	ISO 22301
5	1 (0.30%)	ISO 9001
5	1 (0.30%)	ISO/IEC 20000
5	1 (0.30%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	56 (16.87%)	Active Directory
2	49 (14.76%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	41 (12.35%)	Hyper-V
4	17 (5.12%)	XenApp
5	12 (3.61%)	Docker
6	5 (1.51%)	VirtualBox
6	5 (1.51%)	XenDesktop
7	4 (1.20%)	VMware ESXi
8	2 (0.60%)	vCloud
9	1 (0.30%)	Firmware
9	1 (0.30%)	Microsoft App-V
9	1 (0.30%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	6 (1.81%)	NetBackup
2	4 (1.20%)	Nagios
2	4 (1.20%)	ServiceCenter
3	2 (0.60%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
4	1 (0.30%)	Backup Exec
4	1 (0.30%)	Cisco CUCM
4	1 (0.30%)	Cisco UCCE
4	1 (0.30%)	Cisco UCCX
4	1 (0.30%)	Forefront Identity Manager
4	1 (0.30%)	HP Quality Center
4	1 (0.30%)	Microsoft Clustering
4	1 (0.30%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
4	1 (0.30%)	Oracle RMAN
4	1 (0.30%)	Oracle ZFS
4	1 (0.30%)	SCCM
4	1 (0.30%)	vRealize
4	1 (0.30%)	WSUS

Vendors
1	69 (20.78%)	VMware
2	31 (9.34%)	Oracle
3	24 (7.23%)	Citrix
4	21 (6.33%)	Cisco
5	19 (5.72%)	Dell
6	14 (4.22%)	Sitecore
7	11 (3.31%)	Sage
8	10 (3.01%)	SAP
9	9 (2.71%)	Veeam
10	8 (2.41%)	Juniper
10	8 (2.41%)	SolarWinds
10	8 (2.41%)	Twitter
10	8 (2.41%)	Xamarin
11	6 (1.81%)	HP
11	6 (1.81%)	IBM
12	5 (1.51%)	Apple
13	4 (1.20%)	Alterian
13	4 (1.20%)	CA
13	4 (1.20%)	Nimsoft
13	4 (1.20%)	ServiceNow