Active Directory Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Active Directory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 43 31
Rank change year-on-year -7 -12 +12
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 71 24 94
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 3.07% 3.48% 4.67%
As % of the System Software category 47.97% 37.50% 43.72%
Number of salaries quoted 57 21 79
10th Percentile £28,300 £31,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,094 £28,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.13% +32.50% -26.28%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £37,756
90th Percentile £74,731 £80,000 £45,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £38,297 £37,500
% change year-on-year +4.45% +2.13% -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 148 64 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 6.40% 9.28% 10.68%
Number of salaries quoted 128 60 167
10th Percentile £30,275 £35,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,188 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,085 £57,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.68% +43.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,156 £50,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £58,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.91%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in Wales

Active Directory
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in Wales over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

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 13 July 2026. 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 +1 58 £45,000 +2.16% 6
North Wales -1 7 £35,000 +2.94% 8
West Wales - 6 £69,973 -
Active Directory
UK

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 22 (30.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.45%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.23%) Confluence
4 1 (1.41%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (78.87%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (35.21%) Azure
3 11 (15.49%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.45%) AWS
5 3 (4.23%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.82%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 33 (46.48%) DNS
2 31 (43.66%) DHCP
3 21 (29.58%) Firewall
4 20 (28.17%) WAN
5 16 (22.54%) LAN
6 9 (12.68%) VPN
7 8 (11.27%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (8.45%) Unified Communications
8 6 (8.45%) WLAN
9 5 (7.04%) VLAN
10 4 (5.63%) BGP
10 4 (5.63%) MPLS
10 4 (5.63%) Network Security
10 4 (5.63%) TCP/IP
11 3 (4.23%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (2.82%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (2.82%) Ethernet
13 1 (1.41%) WebEx
13 1 (1.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.08%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (4.23%) MySQL
2 3 (4.23%) SQL Server
General
1 39 (54.93%) Social Skills
2 27 (38.03%) Public Sector
3 17 (23.94%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.45%) Finance
5 5 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.63%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.63%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 29 (40.85%) IT Support
2 28 (39.44%) IT Engineer
3 25 (35.21%) Support Engineer
4 24 (33.80%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (18.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 13 (18.31%) 3rd Line Support
5 13 (18.31%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 12 (16.90%) Senior
7 10 (14.08%) Systems Engineer
8 9 (12.68%) Analyst
8 9 (12.68%) Support Analyst
9 8 (11.27%) IT Technician
10 7 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (9.86%) IT Analyst
10 7 (9.86%) IT Support Analyst
11 6 (8.45%) Architect
11 6 (8.45%) Lead
11 6 (8.45%) Lead Architect
11 6 (8.45%) Service Desk Engineer
11 6 (8.45%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.08%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (11.27%) Driving Licence
3 6 (8.45%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.63%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.63%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.63%) PKI
4 4 (5.63%) SCADA
5 3 (4.23%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.23%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.82%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (1.41%) Handset
7 1 (1.41%) iPad
7 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.41%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 62 (87.32%) Windows
2 33 (46.48%) Windows Server
3 17 (23.94%) Linux
4 14 (19.72%) Mac OS
4 14 (19.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (7.04%) Windows 10
6 4 (5.63%) Unix
6 4 (5.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (4.23%) Android
7 3 (4.23%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.41%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (49.30%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (42.25%) Customer Service
3 25 (35.21%) ITIL
4 23 (32.39%) Kalman Filter
4 23 (32.39%) Web Filtering
5 20 (28.17%) Root Cause Analysis
6 19 (26.76%) Mentoring
7 17 (23.94%) Technical Leadership
8 13 (18.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (18.31%) Problem Management
8 13 (18.31%) Security Management
9 11 (15.49%) ITSM
10 10 (14.08%) Customer Experience
10 10 (14.08%) Email Filtering
10 10 (14.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (14.08%) Migration
10 10 (14.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 10 (14.08%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 9 (12.68%) Collaborative Working
12 8 (11.27%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.90%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (40.85%) Security Cleared
2 27 (38.03%) SC Cleared
3 13 (18.31%) Degree
4 8 (11.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.63%) DV Cleared
5 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 3 (4.23%) A+ Certification
6 3 (4.23%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (4.23%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (2.82%) HNC
7 2 (2.82%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.08%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (14.08%) PCI DSS
2 5 (7.04%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (52.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (46.48%) Hyper-V
3 13 (18.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (14.08%) Terminal Server
4 10 (14.08%) vSphere
5 4 (5.63%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (5.63%) VMware NSX
6 3 (4.23%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (2.82%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (26.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 13 (18.31%) Proxmox
3 9 (12.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (5.63%) Ansible
4 4 (5.63%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 70 (98.59%) Microsoft
2 50 (70.42%) VMware
3 14 (19.72%) Splunk
4 13 (18.31%) Veeam
5 11 (15.49%) SolarWinds
6 10 (14.08%) Brocade
6 10 (14.08%) Nimble Storage
6 10 (14.08%) Tanium
7 6 (8.45%) Cisco
8 4 (5.63%) Meraki
9 3 (4.23%) Synology
10 2 (2.82%) Citrix
11 1 (1.41%) Acronis