Active Directory Jobs in Wales

Microsoft Active Directory
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Active Directory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Active Directory over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 62 25
Rank change year-on-year +19 -37 -2
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 86 77 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.08% 4.58% 8.20%
As % of the System Software category 37.89% 31.69% 49.85%
Number of salaries quoted 71 67 106
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,150 £25,125
25th Percentile £25,625 £26,425 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,290 £38,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.55% -10.59% +30.77%
75th Percentile £37,756 £47,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £64,500 £50,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All System Software Skills
Wales

Active Directory is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 227 243 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 10.77% 14.46% 16.46%
Number of salaries quoted 154 116 227
10th Percentile £24,500 £24,691 £28,350
25th Percentile £28,290 £32,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -10.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,625 £62,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 23 May 2024.

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 23 May 2024. 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 +9 53 £28,290 -25.55% 10
North Wales +15 23 £34,000 +1.49% 5
West Wales -3 6 £55,000 +120.00%
Mid Wales -6 5 £22,500 -47.06%
Dyfed - 1 £38,000 -
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 26 (30.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (17.44%) SharePoint
3 7 (8.14%) OpenStack
4 3 (3.49%) Confluence
4 3 (3.49%) Jupyter
Applications
1 17 (19.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 17 (19.77%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (15.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 59 (68.60%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (48.84%) Azure
3 30 (34.88%) Entra ID
4 15 (17.44%) OneDrive
5 7 (8.14%) Nutanix
6 5 (5.81%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (5.81%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.33%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.16%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.16%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (32.56%) DNS
2 22 (25.58%) DHCP
3 19 (22.09%) Firewall
4 14 (16.28%) Remote Desktop
5 10 (11.63%) TCP/IP
6 9 (10.47%) Unified Communications
7 8 (9.30%) Internet
8 7 (8.14%) SAN
8 7 (8.14%) Wireless
9 6 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (5.81%) Extranet
11 4 (4.65%) MPLS
11 4 (4.65%) WAN
12 3 (3.49%) VPN
13 2 (2.33%) LAN
13 2 (2.33%) Network Security
13 2 (2.33%) SD-WAN
14 1 (1.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.49%) Metabase
1 3 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (6.98%) JIRA
2 3 (3.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 29 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 21 (24.42%) Finance
3 9 (10.47%) Manufacturing
4 6 (6.98%) Advertising
5 5 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.81%) Local Government
5 5 (5.81%) Police
6 4 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.65%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.33%) Law
7 2 (2.33%) Retail
8 1 (1.16%) Banking
8 1 (1.16%) Legal
8 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (32.56%) IT Support
1 28 (32.56%) Support Engineer
2 18 (20.93%) IT Technician
3 16 (18.60%) Senior
4 15 (17.44%) IT Engineer
4 15 (17.44%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (15.12%) Desktop Engineer
5 13 (15.12%) Desktop Support
5 13 (15.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 8 (9.30%) Analyst
7 7 (8.14%) IT Support Specialist
7 7 (8.14%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 7 (8.14%) Senior IT Support
7 7 (8.14%) Support Specialist
7 7 (8.14%) Support Technician
8 6 (6.98%) Support Analyst
9 5 (5.81%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (5.81%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) Senior Technical Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) SAML
2 1 (1.16%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.95%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.98%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.81%) Replication
4 4 (4.65%) CCTV
5 3 (3.49%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.49%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.33%) iPad
6 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.16%) Clustering
7 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.16%) Life Science
7 1 (1.16%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.16%) Tandem
7 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (79.07%) Windows
2 30 (34.88%) Windows Server
3 14 (16.28%) Linux
4 12 (13.95%) Windows 10
5 8 (9.30%) Apple iOS
5 8 (9.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (8.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (5.81%) Android
8 4 (4.65%) Mac OS
9 3 (3.49%) Windows 7
10 2 (2.33%) VMS
10 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (1.16%) Ubuntu
11 1 (1.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (38.37%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (24.42%) Customer Service
3 15 (17.44%) ITIL
4 14 (16.28%) Break/Fix
5 13 (15.12%) Ticket Management
6 10 (11.63%) Project Management
7 8 (9.30%) Agile
7 8 (9.30%) Service Delivery
8 7 (8.14%) Agile Project Management
8 7 (8.14%) CI/CD
8 7 (8.14%) Hardware Maintenance
8 7 (8.14%) Infrastructure Maintenance
9 6 (6.98%) Line Management
10 5 (5.81%) Computer Science
10 5 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (5.81%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (5.81%) Information Security
10 5 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (5.81%) Power Management
11 4 (4.65%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.65%) PowerShell
1 4 (4.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (10.47%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (10.47%) Degree
2 4 (4.65%) A+ Certification
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.49%) CCNA
3 3 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.33%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.33%) PMP
4 2 (2.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.16%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.47%) SLA
2 5 (5.81%) GDPR
3 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (13.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (8.14%) Docker
3 4 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (3.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (36.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (15.12%) SCCM
3 7 (8.14%) Ansible
3 7 (8.14%) Kubernetes
4 5 (5.81%) SCOM
5 3 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.33%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (2.33%) Progress Chef
7 1 (1.16%) PaperCut
7 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (83.72%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.95%) VMware
3 10 (11.63%) Veeam
4 8 (9.30%) Citrix
5 7 (8.14%) Cisco
6 6 (6.98%) HP
6 6 (6.98%) Meraki
7 5 (5.81%) NetApp
7 5 (5.81%) Sophos
8 4 (4.65%) Asigra
8 4 (4.65%) Datto
8 4 (4.65%) Sage
8 4 (4.65%) Salesforce
9 3 (3.49%) Fortinet
9 3 (3.49%) Okta
10 2 (2.33%) Dell
10 2 (2.33%) ServiceNow
11 1 (1.16%) Canon
11 1 (1.16%) IBM
11 1 (1.16%) SAP