Active Directory Job Trends in West Wales

Microsoft Active Directory
Wales > West Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Wales 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 36 17 27
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 4 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in West Wales 1.30% 1.54% 2.83%
As % of the System Software category 25.00% 100.00% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,744 £44,956 £36,500
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 - - -
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £38,094 £28,290
% change year-on-year +18.13% +34.66% -25.06%

All System Software Skills
West 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 West Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 16 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales 5.21% 1.54% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16 1 8
10th Percentile £40,000 - £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,956 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,310 £49,104 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% +10.35% +13.07%
75th Percentile £61,863 £53,252 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,201 - -
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £50,699 £40,500
% change year-on-year -11.24% +25.18% -10.00%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

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

Active Directory job vacancy trend in West Wales

Active Directory
Salary Trend in West Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing Active Directory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing Active Directory

Active Directory
Job Locations in West 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 West Wales region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Swansea -19 4 £69,973 +42.50% 4
Active Directory
Wales

Active Directory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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:

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