Active Directory Jobs in Wales

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 45 63
Rank change year-on-year -17 +18 -29
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 17 92 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.22% 3.82% 4.50%
As % of the System Software category 29.82% 38.33% 30.20%
Number of salaries quoted 14 71 69
10th Percentile £32,075 £24,500 £23,200
25th Percentile £37,170 £25,625 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,094 £28,290 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.66% -25.55% -10.59%
75th Percentile £63,125 £37,756 £47,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £47,500 £69,196
UK median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +2.67% -6.25% -

All System Software Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 57 240 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.11% 9.97% 14.89%
Number of salaries quoted 54 159 124
10th Percentile £37,170 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £42,737 £28,290 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £40,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -10.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £71,000 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £62,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £49,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% -10.00% -

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in Wales

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in Wales.

Salary trend for Active Directory in Wales

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Wales over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Active Directory in Wales

Active Directory
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Wales region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
South Wales -6 11 £50,000 +76.74% 48
Mid Wales +11 1 £32,500 +44.44%
North Wales -11 1 £34,000 - 11
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
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 2 (11.76%) IIS
2 1 (5.88%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (82.35%) Azure
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (47.06%) IaaS
3 8 (47.06%) PaaS
3 8 (47.06%) SaaS
4 4 (23.53%) Entra ID
5 3 (17.65%) Azure Stack
6 1 (5.88%) AWS
6 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) GitHub
6 1 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (58.82%) DNS
2 3 (17.65%) Firewall
3 2 (11.76%) DHCP
3 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.88%) DMARC
4 1 (5.88%) Internet
4 1 (5.88%) LAN
4 1 (5.88%) Network Security
4 1 (5.88%) VLAN
4 1 (5.88%) VoIP
4 1 (5.88%) VPN
4 1 (5.88%) WAN
4 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 9 (52.94%) Finance
3 8 (47.06%) Welsh Language
4 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Server Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) IT Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Support
4 1 (5.88%) Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) IT Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Support
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) IoT
2 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
2 3 (17.65%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (94.12%) Windows
2 15 (88.24%) Windows Server
3 3 (17.65%) Linux
3 3 (17.65%) Rocky
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.88%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (47.06%) Collaborative Working
2 8 (47.06%) Data Collection
2 8 (47.06%) Incident Management
2 8 (47.06%) ITIL
2 8 (47.06%) Performance Monitoring
2 8 (47.06%) Proactive Maintenance
2 8 (47.06%) Proactive Monitoring
2 8 (47.06%) Problem Management
2 8 (47.06%) Server Migrations
2 8 (47.06%) Service Management
3 4 (23.53%) Containerisation
4 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
6 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (5.88%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 1 (5.88%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (5.88%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) Azure Certification
2 8 (47.06%) DBS Check
2 8 (47.06%) MCSA
2 8 (47.06%) MCSE
2 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (17.65%) Hyper-V
3 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (5.88%) Docker
4 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Dell
2 3 (17.65%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) Guidewire
3 1 (5.88%) Okta
3 1 (5.88%) Pega
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds