Entra ID Jobs

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 227 339
Rank change year-on-year +76 +112 -112
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 1,960 1,572 2,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.86% 1.66% 1.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.43% 3.85% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,444 1,289 1,413
10th Percentile £25,832 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,747 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Entra ID is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 36,127 40,865 82,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.32% 43.11% 48.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,017 27,416 41,323
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,553 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +6.85%
75th Percentile £77,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Entra ID.

Salary trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
England +93 1,781 £42,500 -15.00% 328
UK excluding London +83 1,343 £39,747 -11.67% 241
Work from Home +80 906 £52,000 -1.23% 156
London +38 537 £60,000 +4.35% 94
North of England +94 364 £40,000 -16.09% 61
South East +82 348 £39,747 -12.64% 61
Midlands +82 274 £35,000 -22.22% 45
West Midlands +51 164 £35,000 -17.65% 23
North West +38 152 £40,000 -23.81% 28
South West +33 139 £42,000 +6.22% 36
Yorkshire +74 133 £40,000 - 24
East Midlands +48 110 £34,836 -39.42% 22
East of England -22 98 £32,000 -24.71% 19
Scotland -36 83 £37,500 -20.63% 19
North East +40 79 £42,500 -17.21% 11
Wales +2 31 £28,290 -37.13% 5
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
Northern Ireland -1 3 £42,500 -15.00%

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 498 (25.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 454 (23.16%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.97%) IIS
4 15 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2013
5 13 (0.66%) Confluence
6 10 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.36%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
8 5 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.20%) CMS
10 3 (0.15%) WordPress
11 2 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.051%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.051%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 192 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.26%) Trello
5 1 (0.051%) 1Password
5 1 (0.051%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.051%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.26%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.051%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.051%) Eikon
5 1 (0.051%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.051%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,780 (90.82%) Azure
2 1,281 (65.36%) Microsoft 365
3 271 (13.83%) OneDrive
4 127 (6.48%) AWS
5 107 (5.46%) Power Platform
6 97 (4.95%) IaaS
7 95 (4.85%) PaaS
8 88 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
9 72 (3.67%) PowerApps
10 71 (3.62%) SaaS
11 64 (3.27%) Power Automate
12 60 (3.06%) Azure Monitor
12 60 (3.06%) Azure Storage
13 54 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
14 47 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
14 47 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
15 40 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
16 38 (1.94%) Serverless
17 35 (1.79%) Azure AKS
18 33 (1.68%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 422 (21.53%) Firewall
2 369 (18.83%) DNS
3 270 (13.78%) DHCP
4 227 (11.58%) WAN
5 221 (11.28%) Broadband
6 212 (10.82%) 5G
7 201 (10.26%) LAN
8 172 (8.78%) VPN
9 156 (7.96%) Wi-Fi
10 142 (7.24%) TCP/IP
11 96 (4.90%) VLAN
12 76 (3.88%) Wireless
13 74 (3.78%) SAN
14 62 (3.16%) VoIP
15 58 (2.96%) Network Security
15 58 (2.96%) Remote Desktop
16 57 (2.91%) SD-WAN
17 45 (2.30%) NAS
18 34 (1.73%) Internet
18 34 (1.73%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (4.69%) SQL Server
2 59 (3.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 49 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
4 47 (2.40%) Power BI
5 27 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (0.97%) MySQL
7 13 (0.66%) MariaDB
7 13 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (0.46%) Big Data
8 9 (0.46%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.46%) NoSQL
8 9 (0.46%) Redis
9 8 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.36%) Ingres
10 7 (0.36%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.26%) PowerPivot
12 4 (0.20%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.15%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 41 (2.09%) JIRA
2 34 (1.73%) Git
3 9 (0.46%) GitLab
4 7 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
5 5 (0.26%) Moq
5 5 (0.26%) Postman
5 5 (0.26%) SpecFlow
5 5 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.15%) Selenium
7 3 (0.15%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.10%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.10%) Hudson
8 2 (0.10%) JUnit
8 2 (0.10%) MSTest
8 2 (0.10%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.10%) webpack
9 1 (0.051%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.051%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.051%) MSI
General
1 556 (28.37%) Social Skills
2 320 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
3 287 (14.64%) Finance
4 252 (12.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 134 (6.84%) Legal
6 124 (6.33%) Law
7 75 (3.83%) Banking
8 70 (3.57%) Manufacturing
9 57 (2.91%) Telecoms
10 49 (2.50%) Public Sector
11 35 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (1.73%) Retail
13 32 (1.63%) Marketing
14 31 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.38%) Games
16 25 (1.28%) Local Government
17 22 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.71%) Advertising
19 12 (0.61%) General Ledger
20 8 (0.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 393 (20.05%) Senior
2 308 (15.71%) Support Engineer
3 289 (14.74%) IT Support
4 237 (12.09%) Analyst
5 229 (11.68%) IT Engineer
6 224 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 217 (11.07%) Technical Specialist
8 210 (10.71%) Linux Specialist
9 155 (7.91%) IT Support Engineer
10 129 (6.58%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 128 (6.53%) Senior Technical Specialist
11 128 (6.53%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
12 127 (6.48%) Senior Linux Specialist
13 112 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support
14 99 (5.05%) Azure Engineer
15 90 (4.59%) Lead
16 89 (4.54%) Consultant
17 84 (4.29%) IT Technician
18 80 (4.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 78 (3.98%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.24%) .NET
2 39 (1.99%) ARM Templates
3 24 (1.22%) SAML
4 21 (1.07%) OAuth
4 21 (1.07%) YAML
5 20 (1.02%) LDAP
6 18 (0.92%) CSS
7 16 (0.82%) Web Services
8 15 (0.77%) React
9 14 (0.71%) HTML
10 13 (0.66%) 802.1X
11 11 (0.56%) REST
12 10 (0.51%) JSON
12 10 (0.51%) RESTful
12 10 (0.51%) SailPoint
13 9 (0.46%) EDI
14 7 (0.36%) .NET Framework
14 7 (0.36%) ASP.NET
15 6 (0.31%) ASP.NET MVC
15 6 (0.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 213 (10.87%) Social Media
2 124 (6.33%) Management Information System
3 81 (4.13%) Data Centre
4 80 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
5 71 (3.62%) Driving Licence
6 66 (3.37%) PKI
7 61 (3.11%) Onboarding
8 49 (2.50%) Replication
9 43 (2.19%) Public Cloud
10 34 (1.73%) Clustering
11 31 (1.58%) CCTV
12 27 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
13 25 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
14 23 (1.17%) Cloud Native
15 20 (1.02%) Smartphone
16 17 (0.87%) iPhone
17 16 (0.82%) iPad
17 16 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
18 15 (0.77%) Security Posture
19 13 (0.66%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 1,080 (55.10%) Windows
2 601 (30.66%) Windows Server
3 344 (17.55%) Linux
4 303 (15.46%) Windows 10
5 229 (11.68%) Ubuntu
6 114 (5.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 113 (5.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 106 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 76 (3.88%) Apple iOS
10 66 (3.37%) Android
11 45 (2.30%) Mac OS
12 29 (1.48%) VMS
13 18 (0.92%) CentOS
14 14 (0.71%) Debian
15 11 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (0.51%) Mac OS X
17 9 (0.46%) SUSE
17 9 (0.46%) Unix
18 5 (0.26%) Windows 7
18 5 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (24.13%) Cybersecurity
2 319 (16.28%) ITIL
3 318 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 304 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
5 265 (13.52%) Customer Service
6 252 (12.86%) IT Strategy
7 238 (12.14%) CRM
8 231 (11.79%) Artificial Intelligence
8 231 (11.79%) Technology Strategy
9 196 (10.00%) DevOps
10 163 (8.32%) Agile
11 162 (8.27%) Roadmaps
12 151 (7.70%) Information Security
13 150 (7.65%) Migration
14 148 (7.55%) Identity Access Management
15 128 (6.53%) Mentoring
16 119 (6.07%) Service Management
17 109 (5.56%) Coaching
18 105 (5.36%) RBAC
19 103 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 409 (20.87%) PowerShell
2 253 (12.91%) Bash
3 216 (11.02%) SQL
4 58 (2.96%) C#
5 47 (2.40%) Python
6 33 (1.68%) Bicep
7 25 (1.28%) VB
8 23 (1.17%) VBScript
9 17 (0.87%) JavaScript
10 11 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.41%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.36%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.26%) Java
15 4 (0.20%) Go
16 3 (0.15%) AWK
16 3 (0.15%) sed
16 3 (0.15%) VBA
17 1 (0.051%) Apex Code
17 1 (0.051%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 177 (9.03%) Degree
2 115 (5.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 92 (4.69%) Security Cleared
4 89 (4.54%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.30%) SC Cleared
6 40 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
8 36 (1.84%) A+ Certification
9 34 (1.73%) CCNA
9 34 (1.73%) MCSE
10 30 (1.53%) DV Cleared
10 30 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 27 (1.38%) MCP
12 23 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
13 21 (1.07%) AWS Certification
14 18 (0.92%) MCSA
15 17 (0.87%) CISSP
15 17 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
16 15 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 14 (0.71%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (5.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 81 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (3.21%) SLA
4 53 (2.70%) GDPR
5 27 (1.38%) NIST
6 22 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 11 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.46%) GRC
8 9 (0.46%) PMO
9 8 (0.41%) NCSC
10 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.31%) COBIT
11 6 (0.31%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.31%) Web Application Security Consortium
12 4 (0.20%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.15%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.15%) QA
13 3 (0.15%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.15%) WCAG
14 1 (0.051%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1,728 (88.16%) Active Directory
2 254 (12.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 252 (12.86%) Hyper-V
4 114 (5.82%) VMware ESXi
5 90 (4.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 88 (4.49%) Virtual Machines
7 50 (2.55%) RACF
8 45 (2.30%) vSphere
9 37 (1.89%) Docker
10 15 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
11 14 (0.71%) XenApp
12 11 (0.56%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 8 (0.41%) pfSense
13 8 (0.41%) XenDesktop
14 6 (0.31%) NFS
15 4 (0.20%) Firmware
16 2 (0.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 1 (0.051%) DFS Replication
17 1 (0.051%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 849 (43.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 234 (11.94%) Jamf Pro
3 159 (8.11%) SCCM
4 97 (4.95%) Single Sign-On
5 81 (4.13%) Terraform
6 77 (3.93%) vCenter Server
7 73 (3.72%) Kubernetes
8 70 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 42 (2.14%) WSUS
10 26 (1.33%) FortiGate
10 26 (1.33%) SCOM
11 21 (1.07%) Microsoft Clustering
12 15 (0.77%) Ansible
13 12 (0.61%) CA Single Sign-On
14 11 (0.56%) Autotask
15 10 (0.51%) Backup Exec
15 10 (0.51%) ZABBIX
16 8 (0.41%) vRealize
17 7 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
18 6 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1,442 (73.57%) Microsoft
2 394 (20.10%) VMware
3 278 (14.18%) CyberArk
4 210 (10.71%) Tanium
5 141 (7.19%) Citrix
6 139 (7.09%) Cisco
7 138 (7.04%) Veeam
8 75 (3.83%) ServiceNow
9 59 (3.01%) Apple
10 58 (2.96%) Meraki
11 42 (2.14%) HP
12 38 (1.94%) Sophos
13 37 (1.89%) Draytek
14 35 (1.79%) Google
15 29 (1.48%) Acronis
15 29 (1.48%) Commvault
16 28 (1.43%) Dell
16 28 (1.43%) iManage
17 27 (1.38%) Aruba
18 26 (1.33%) CA