Microsoft Jobs in South Wales

Microsoft
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -20 +1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 47 248 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 4.92% 15.74% 17.64%
As % of the Vendors category 6.75% 41.40% 47.45%
Number of salaries quoted 41 188 135
10th Percentile £24,600 £24,500 £23,550
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,290 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,094 £40,250 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% -6.40% +1.18%
75th Percentile £56,750 £56,559 £53,423
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,414 £68,497
Wales median annual salary £38,094 £40,000 £37,860
% change year-on-year -4.77% +5.65% -11.44%

All Vendors
South Wales

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 696 599 432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 72.80% 38.01% 37.18%
Number of salaries quoted 432 387 222
10th Percentile - £26,650 £26,250
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £33,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.33% -3.33% -3.98%
75th Percentile £54,500 £59,250 £62,282
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,100 £68,497
Wales median annual salary £25,087 £43,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year -42.33% - -3.33%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 0 28 £32,797 -34.41% 56
Newport -33 8 £67,000 +72.90% 14
Gwent -5 4 £53,250 +88.23% 10
Monmouthshire -1 3 £65,000 +103.34% 1
Glamorgan -4 3 £25,853 -8.62% 43
Bridgend +8 1 £50,000 +37.08% 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 4 (8.51%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.38%) Confluence
3 2 (4.26%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (2.13%) IIS
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (2.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (46.81%) Azure
2 10 (21.28%) Power Platform
3 7 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (14.89%) PowerApps
4 6 (12.77%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (10.64%) GitHub
5 5 (10.64%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (10.64%) PaaS
5 5 (10.64%) SaaS
6 4 (8.51%) AWS
6 4 (8.51%) IaaS
6 4 (8.51%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.26%) Azure API Management
7 2 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (4.26%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.02%) IP Telephony
2 4 (8.51%) DNS
3 2 (4.26%) NAS
3 2 (4.26%) SAN
4 1 (2.13%) Extranet
4 1 (2.13%) Firewall
4 1 (2.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (6.38%) Power BI
1 3 (6.38%) Redis
1 3 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.26%) Big Data
2 2 (4.26%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (4.26%) Data Mining
2 2 (4.26%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Git
2 4 (8.51%) JIRA
3 3 (6.38%) SonarQube
4 2 (4.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (2.13%) Artifactory
5 1 (2.13%) GitLab
5 1 (2.13%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (2.13%) TeamCity
5 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (61.70%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.02%) Public Sector
2 8 (17.02%) Telecoms
3 7 (14.89%) Finance
4 6 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (10.64%) Welsh Language
6 2 (4.26%) Retail
7 1 (2.13%) Back Office
7 1 (2.13%) Games
7 1 (2.13%) iGaming
7 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.13%) Marketing
7 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Developer
2 8 (17.02%) Telesales Executive
3 6 (12.77%) Help Desk Adviser
4 4 (8.51%) Backend Developer
4 4 (8.51%) Senior
4 4 (8.51%) Server Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Architect
5 3 (6.38%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Power Platform Developer
5 3 (6.38%) Security Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Backend Developer
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Developer
6 2 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Junior
6 2 (4.26%) Junior Developer
6 2 (4.26%) Technical Architect
7 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) IT Systems Administrator
7 1 (2.13%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) RESTful
2 3 (6.38%) Django
2 3 (6.38%) FastAPI
2 3 (6.38%) Flask
2 3 (6.38%) GraphQL
2 3 (6.38%) Keycloak
2 3 (6.38%) OAuth
2 3 (6.38%) pytest
2 3 (6.38%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (6.38%) WebSockets
3 2 (4.26%) .NET
3 2 (4.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Private Cloud
2 4 (8.51%) IoT
3 3 (6.38%) Data Structures
3 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.26%) Clustering
5 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.89%) Windows
2 5 (10.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (19.15%) Customer Service
3 8 (17.02%) Decision-Making
3 8 (17.02%) Telesales
4 7 (14.89%) Agile
5 6 (12.77%) CI/CD
5 6 (12.77%) DevOps
6 5 (10.64%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (10.64%) Containerisation
6 5 (10.64%) CRM
6 5 (10.64%) Data Collection
6 5 (10.64%) ITIL
7 4 (8.51%) Analytics
7 4 (8.51%) Incident Management
7 4 (8.51%) Performance Monitoring
7 4 (8.51%) Proactive Maintenance
7 4 (8.51%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (8.51%) Problem Management
7 4 (8.51%) Server Migrations
7 4 (8.51%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) SQL
2 3 (6.38%) Python
2 3 (6.38%) VBA
3 2 (4.26%) C#
3 2 (4.26%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.13%) C++
4 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Degree
2 4 (8.51%) Azure Certification
2 4 (8.51%) DBS Check
2 4 (8.51%) MCSA
2 4 (8.51%) MCSE
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.13%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.13%) MRICS
4 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) SLA
2 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.64%) Docker
3 4 (8.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (4.26%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (10.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.38%) Grafana
2 3 (6.38%) Prometheus
3 2 (4.26%) Ansible
3 2 (4.26%) Terraform
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) Facebook
1 2 (4.26%) Palo Alto
1 2 (4.26%) Pega
1 2 (4.26%) VMware
2 1 (2.13%) Cisco
2 1 (2.13%) Guidewire
2 1 (2.13%) Instagram
2 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.13%) Twitter