Microsoft Jobs in Wales

Microsoft
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -24 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 62 341 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 5.16% 15.59% 17.41%
As % of the Vendors category 8.41% 45.53% 44.41%
Number of salaries quoted 50 251 218
10th Percentile £24,600 £24,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £28,208 £28,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,094 £39,000 £38,430
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +1.48% -10.11%
75th Percentile £54,000 £55,000 £51,104
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,497
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

All Vendors
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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 737 749 662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 61.37% 34.23% 39.19%
Number of salaries quoted 470 490 331
10th Percentile - £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £43,379 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.17% -0.28% -3.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,249 £56,875
90th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £68,497
UK median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -13.04% +4.55%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Wales

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Wales

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Wales over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Wales

Microsoft
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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
South Wales -20 46 £38,094 -4.77% 511
North Wales -15 8 £40,000 +17.65% 14
Mid Wales +8 2 £32,500 +44.44% 1
West Wales -9 2 £36,222 -34.14% 8
Microsoft
UK

Microsoft
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 4 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.84%) Confluence
3 2 (3.23%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (3.23%) IIS
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.61%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (43.55%) Azure
2 13 (20.97%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (14.52%) PaaS
3 9 (14.52%) Power Platform
3 9 (14.52%) SaaS
4 8 (12.90%) IaaS
5 6 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (9.68%) PowerApps
6 5 (8.06%) GitHub
6 5 (8.06%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (6.45%) AWS
8 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
8 3 (4.84%) Power Automate
9 2 (3.23%) Azure API Management
9 2 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.13%) DNS
2 8 (12.90%) IP Telephony
3 6 (9.68%) Internet
4 5 (8.06%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (4.84%) Firewall
6 2 (3.23%) DHCP
6 2 (3.23%) NAS
6 2 (3.23%) Network Security
6 2 (3.23%) SAN
6 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.61%) Extranet
7 1 (1.61%) LAN
7 1 (1.61%) VLAN
7 1 (1.61%) VoIP
7 1 (1.61%) VPN
7 1 (1.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (4.84%) Power BI
1 3 (4.84%) Redis
1 3 (4.84%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.23%) Big Data
2 2 (3.23%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (3.23%) Data Mining
2 2 (3.23%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Git
2 5 (8.06%) JIRA
3 3 (4.84%) SonarQube
4 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.61%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.61%) GitLab
5 1 (1.61%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (1.61%) TeamCity
5 1 (1.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (53.23%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.74%) Finance
3 9 (14.52%) Welsh Language
4 8 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 8 (12.90%) Telecoms
5 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (9.68%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.84%) Games
8 2 (3.23%) Retail
9 1 (1.61%) Back Office
9 1 (1.61%) Environmental Health
9 1 (1.61%) iGaming
9 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.61%) Legal
9 1 (1.61%) Marketing
9 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (17.74%) Developer
2 8 (12.90%) Server Engineer
2 8 (12.90%) Telesales Executive
3 6 (9.68%) Help Desk Adviser
4 5 (8.06%) Analyst
5 4 (6.45%) Backend Developer
5 4 (6.45%) Senior
6 3 (4.84%) Architect
6 3 (4.84%) IT Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Security Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Senior Backend Developer
6 3 (4.84%) Senior Developer
6 3 (4.84%) Technical Support
7 2 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Junior
7 2 (3.23%) Junior Developer
7 2 (3.23%) Power Platform Developer
7 2 (3.23%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Technical Architect
8 1 (1.61%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) RESTful
2 3 (4.84%) Django
2 3 (4.84%) FastAPI
2 3 (4.84%) Flask
2 3 (4.84%) GraphQL
2 3 (4.84%) Keycloak
2 3 (4.84%) OAuth
2 3 (4.84%) pytest
2 3 (4.84%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (4.84%) WebSockets
3 2 (3.23%) .NET
3 2 (3.23%) Regular Expression
3 2 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.90%) IoT
1 8 (12.90%) Private Cloud
2 3 (4.84%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.84%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.23%) Clustering
4 1 (1.61%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.61%) LIMS
4 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.61%) PMI
4 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.58%) Windows
2 11 (17.74%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.84%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.61%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.61%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.87%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (17.74%) Customer Service
3 10 (16.13%) Data Collection
3 10 (16.13%) ITIL
4 9 (14.52%) Collaborative Working
4 9 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (12.90%) Decision-Making
5 8 (12.90%) Incident Management
5 8 (12.90%) Performance Monitoring
5 8 (12.90%) Proactive Maintenance
5 8 (12.90%) Proactive Monitoring
5 8 (12.90%) Problem Management
5 8 (12.90%) Server Migrations
5 8 (12.90%) Service Management
5 8 (12.90%) Telesales
6 7 (11.29%) Time Management
7 6 (9.68%) Agile
7 6 (9.68%) CI/CD
7 6 (9.68%) DevOps
8 5 (8.06%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.90%) SQL
2 3 (4.84%) C++
2 3 (4.84%) Python
2 3 (4.84%) VBA
3 2 (3.23%) C#
3 2 (3.23%) Groovy
3 2 (3.23%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (14.52%) DBS Check
1 9 (14.52%) Degree
2 8 (12.90%) Azure Certification
2 8 (12.90%) MCSA
2 8 (12.90%) MCSE
2 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (8.06%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.23%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.61%) MRICS
6 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.13%) SLA
2 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.61%) PMO
3 1 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (19.35%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (8.06%) Docker
4 3 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (3.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (8.06%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.84%) Grafana
2 3 (4.84%) Prometheus
3 2 (3.23%) Ansible
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.84%) VMware
2 2 (3.23%) Facebook
2 2 (3.23%) Palo Alto
2 2 (3.23%) Pega
3 1 (1.61%) Cisco
3 1 (1.61%) Guidewire
3 1 (1.61%) Instagram
3 1 (1.61%) JDA
3 1 (1.61%) RedPrairie
3 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.61%) SolarWinds
3 1 (1.61%) Twitter