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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 44 51
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 -13
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 37 38 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 3.54% 4.35% 4.27%
As % of the System Software category 56.06% 27.94% 41.84%
Number of salaries quoted 23 23 29
10th Percentile - £27,000 £31,900
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,375 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £37,350
Median % change year-on-year - -6.29% -4.23%
75th Percentile £41,250 £53,501 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £57,140 £67,500
UK median annual salary £37,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.94% - +2.41%

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 66 136 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 6.32% 15.56% 10.21%
Number of salaries quoted 51 105 68
10th Percentile £28,000 £23,750 £31,213
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £34,984
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,800 £47,307 £44,207
Median % change year-on-year +9.50% +7.01% -1.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £57,561
90th Percentile £78,790 £70,000 £71,904
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +10 35 £35,000 +7.69% 8
Mid Wales - 2 £38,750 -
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 16 (43.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 32 (86.49%) Azure
2 31 (83.78%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (21.62%) Entra ID
4 3 (8.11%) Azure Stack
5 2 (5.41%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (56.76%) DHCP
1 21 (56.76%) DNS
2 3 (8.11%) Firewall
2 3 (8.11%) Internet
2 3 (8.11%) TCP/IP
2 3 (8.11%) VoIP
2 3 (8.11%) VPN
2 3 (8.11%) WAN
3 2 (5.41%) LAN
3 2 (5.41%) Network Security
3 2 (5.41%) VLAN
3 2 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (32.43%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.70%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (78.38%) Social Skills
2 22 (59.46%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.41%) Finance
5 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Police
5 1 (2.70%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Support Engineer
2 12 (32.43%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (27.03%) IT Support
4 9 (24.32%) IT Engineer
5 6 (16.22%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (13.51%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (13.51%) Desktop Support
6 5 (13.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (8.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (5.41%) Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) Service Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) Technical Engineer
9 2 (5.41%) Technical Support
9 2 (5.41%) Technical Support Engineer
10 1 (2.70%) Senior Support Engineer
10 1 (2.70%) Senior Technical Support
10 1 (2.70%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
10 1 (2.70%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) .NET
1 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET
1 1 (2.70%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (35.14%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (21.62%) Driving Licence
2 8 (21.62%) Onboarding
3 4 (10.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
5 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (62.16%) Windows
2 19 (51.35%) Windows Server
3 15 (40.54%) Linux
4 12 (32.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (8.11%) Rocky
5 3 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (54.05%) Customer Service
3 13 (35.14%) Kalman Filter
3 13 (35.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 13 (35.14%) Web Filtering
4 12 (32.43%) Customer Experience
4 12 (32.43%) Email Filtering
4 12 (32.43%) Migration
4 12 (32.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 10 (27.03%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (21.62%) Data Protection
6 8 (21.62%) Decision-Making
7 5 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (10.81%) Application Security
8 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (10.81%) ITIL
9 3 (8.11%) Containerisation
10 2 (5.41%) Email Migration
10 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
11 1 (2.70%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (43.24%) SC Cleared
1 16 (43.24%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
3 3 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (5.41%) Degree
5 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (32.43%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (32.43%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.70%) GDPR
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (43.24%) Hyper-V
2 12 (32.43%) Terminal Server
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.70%) Proxmox
3 1 (2.70%) SCCM
3 1 (2.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 33 (89.19%) Microsoft
2 13 (35.14%) VMware
3 12 (32.43%) Brocade
3 12 (32.43%) Nimble Storage
3 12 (32.43%) SolarWinds
3 12 (32.43%) Splunk
3 12 (32.43%) Tanium
3 12 (32.43%) Veeam
4 3 (8.11%) Dell
5 1 (2.70%) Citrix
5 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow