Active Directory Job Trends in Swansea

Microsoft Active Directory
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 14 29
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 -5
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 4 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 1.47% 1.96% 1.82%
As % of the System Software category 36.36% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,744 £44,956 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £49,104 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% -10.72% +120.00%
75th Percentile £76,201 £53,252 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median annual salary £69,973 £49,104 £55,000
% change year-on-year +42.50% -10.72% +120.00%

All System Software Skills
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 4.04% 1.96% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 6
10th Percentile £40,000 - £41,000
25th Percentile £43,965 £44,956 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,619 £49,104 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.12% -1.79% +27.05%
75th Percentile £76,201 £53,252 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median annual salary £48,310 £49,104 £44,500
% change year-on-year -1.62% +10.35% +13.07%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Swansea

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Swansea

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) WLAN
2 1 (25.00%) WebEx
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
1 4 (100.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco