Microsoft Jobs in South Wales

Microsoft
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 239 201 298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 15.82% 17.34% 19.67%
As % of the Vendors category 40.85% 47.52% 44.08%
Number of salaries quoted 181 135 163
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,550 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,250 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £42,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% -1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,096 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,948 £68,497 £64,500
Wales median annual salary £38,000 £37,680 £43,000
% change year-on-year +0.85% -12.37% +13.16%

All Vendors
South Wales

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 585 423 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 38.72% 36.50% 44.62%
Number of salaries quoted 375 222 348
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,800 £29,525
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,990 £35,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £44,666 £46,865
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -4.69% +10.27%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,975 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £68,497 £72,725
Wales median annual salary £43,072 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.17% -4.44% +12.50%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in South Wales

Microsoft
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in South Wales

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in South Wales over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in South Wales

Microsoft
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South 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
Cardiff 0 105 £47,500 +18.01% 37
Bridgend +6 57 £36,476 +21.59% 6
Newport +4 32 £45,000 -11.94% 14
Gwent - 17 £28,290 - 9
Glamorgan -2 11 £28,290 -29.28% 32
Caerphilly +4 10 £25,047 -42.09% 5
Rhondda Cynon Taff +4 2 £32,500 -2.99% 1
Torfaen -4 2 £27,500 -57.69% 2
Vale of Glamorgan - 1 £24,500 - 1
Monmouthshire - 1 £31,967 - 3
Neath Port Talbot - 1 £25,500 - 3
Microsoft
Wales

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 21 (8.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.86%) Skype for Business
3 12 (5.02%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.84%) Apache
4 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 57 (23.85%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (16.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (9.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.42%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 11 (4.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.84%) Primavera
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 85 (35.56%) Azure
2 65 (27.20%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (14.23%) Power Platform
4 21 (8.79%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.69%) OneDrive
5 16 (6.69%) PowerApps
6 13 (5.44%) AWS
6 13 (5.44%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (4.18%) SaaS
9 8 (3.35%) GCP
10 7 (2.93%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (2.09%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.67%) Azure API Management
14 3 (1.26%) Azure AKS
14 3 (1.26%) Power Automate
15 2 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.84%) Azure Functions
15 2 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (15.48%) DNS
2 31 (12.97%) Firewall
3 22 (9.21%) Wireless
4 17 (7.11%) Remote Desktop
5 14 (5.86%) IP Telephony
5 14 (5.86%) SAN
6 12 (5.02%) VoIP
7 11 (4.60%) DHCP
8 9 (3.77%) TCP/IP
8 9 (3.77%) Unified Communications
9 8 (3.35%) LAN
9 8 (3.35%) WAN
10 7 (2.93%) Internet
11 5 (2.09%) Extranet
12 4 (1.67%) Intranet
12 4 (1.67%) MPLS
12 4 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (1.26%) VPN
14 1 (0.42%) Broadband
14 1 (0.42%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.39%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.86%) Power BI
2 14 (5.86%) Relational Database
3 10 (4.18%) RDBMS
4 9 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.51%) GIS
6 5 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.26%) Power Query
7 3 (1.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.42%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.84%) Git
2 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.84%) JIRA
2 2 (0.84%) NUnit
2 2 (0.84%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.42%) GitKraken
3 1 (0.42%) JetBrains Rider
3 1 (0.42%) ReSharper
General
1 80 (33.47%) Social Skills
2 42 (17.57%) Finance
3 26 (10.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (10.04%) Local Government
4 24 (10.04%) Police
5 19 (7.95%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.18%) Law
7 10 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.77%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.51%) Advertising
9 6 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.09%) Games
11 3 (1.26%) Banking
11 3 (1.26%) Retail
12 2 (0.84%) Legal
12 2 (0.84%) Marketing
13 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (20.92%) Senior
2 40 (16.74%) Analyst
3 36 (15.06%) Developer
4 24 (10.04%) Lead
5 19 (7.95%) Support Engineer
6 18 (7.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 18 (7.53%) Architect
7 15 (6.28%) Network Engineer
8 14 (5.86%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 14 (5.86%) Senior Network Engineer
9 13 (5.44%) Desktop Engineer
9 13 (5.44%) Desktop Support
9 13 (5.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 13 (5.44%) IT Technician
10 12 (5.02%) ICT Engineer
10 12 (5.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (5.02%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (4.18%) IT Engineer
11 10 (4.18%) IT Support
11 10 (4.18%) Senior Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.62%) .NET
2 12 (5.02%) RESTful
3 9 (3.77%) ASP.NET
3 9 (3.77%) HTML
4 7 (2.93%) HTML5
5 6 (2.51%) .NET Core
5 6 (2.51%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.09%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (2.09%) ASP.NET Web API
6 5 (2.09%) LINQ
7 4 (1.67%) .NET Framework
7 4 (1.67%) CSS
8 3 (1.26%) GraphQL
8 3 (1.26%) SOAP
8 3 (1.26%) Web Services
9 2 (0.84%) CSS3
9 2 (0.84%) jQuery
9 2 (0.84%) Kafka
9 2 (0.84%) REST
9 2 (0.84%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.46%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.35%) Data Structures
3 8 (3.35%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.93%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.93%) PKI
5 6 (2.51%) iPad
5 6 (2.51%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.51%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.51%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (2.51%) Smartphone
6 5 (2.09%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.09%) Replication
7 4 (1.67%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.84%) Social Media
8 2 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.42%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 63 (26.36%) Windows
2 21 (8.79%) Windows 10
3 20 (8.37%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.35%) Android
4 8 (3.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (2.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.67%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.26%) VMS
8 2 (0.84%) Linux
8 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (15.06%) Customer Service
1 36 (15.06%) Mentoring
2 31 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (11.72%) Agile
4 27 (11.30%) Actionable Insight
5 26 (10.88%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (7.95%) Project Management
7 18 (7.53%) Migration
8 16 (6.69%) Business Continuity
8 16 (6.69%) DevOps
8 16 (6.69%) Incident Management
9 15 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (5.86%) Network Management
11 13 (5.44%) Break/Fix
11 13 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 13 (5.44%) Ticket Management
12 11 (4.60%) Coaching
12 11 (4.60%) Information Security
12 11 (4.60%) Mathematics
12 11 (4.60%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.81%) SQL
2 22 (9.21%) C#
3 8 (3.35%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.67%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.26%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.42%) C++
6 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.42%) Python
6 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (15.48%) Degree
2 29 (12.13%) Security Cleared
3 27 (11.30%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.77%) ACCA
5 9 (3.77%) CIMA
6 5 (2.09%) CCNA
6 5 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.67%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.67%) MCP
8 3 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.42%) PMP
10 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.44%) SLA
2 9 (3.77%) IFRS
3 6 (2.51%) GDPR
4 4 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.84%) PMO
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 51 (21.34%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.51%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.26%) Docker
5 3 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (10.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.51%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.51%) SCCM
3 5 (2.09%) SCOM
4 2 (0.84%) Kibana
4 2 (0.84%) Terraform
5 1 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.42%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 18 (7.53%) Mitel
2 17 (7.11%) Cisco
3 16 (6.69%) Veeam
4 14 (5.86%) Avaya
5 13 (5.44%) VMware
6 9 (3.77%) Hyperion
6 9 (3.77%) PeopleSoft
6 9 (3.77%) Sophos
7 8 (3.35%) Datto
7 8 (3.35%) Google
8 7 (2.93%) Citrix
9 6 (2.51%) HP
10 5 (2.09%) NetApp
10 5 (2.09%) Sage
11 4 (1.67%) Acronis
11 4 (1.67%) Aruba
11 4 (1.67%) Asigra
12 3 (1.26%) Meraki
12 3 (1.26%) Xamarin
13 2 (0.84%) Dell