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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 224 327
Rank change year-on-year +77 +103 -100
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 1,940 1,598 2,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.89% 1.64% 1.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.42% 3.80% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 1,298 1,433
10th Percentile £25,760 £29,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% - -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 35,821 42,083 81,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.91% 43.23% 48.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,874 27,585 41,557
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,723 £34,000
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% +7.76%
75th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £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 28 May 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 28 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
England +83 1,760 £42,500 -16.67% 343
UK excluding London +93 1,333 £39,747 -11.67% 248
Work from Home +85 902 £52,250 -0.76% 156
London +40 526 £60,000 +4.35% 104
North of England +88 362 £40,000 -16.09% 67
South East +97 344 £39,500 -12.22% 57
Midlands +83 268 £35,000 -22.22% 42
West Midlands +65 161 £35,000 -20.00% 20
North West +53 151 £40,000 -21.57% 30
South West +39 142 £42,000 +6.90% 44
Yorkshire +86 132 £40,000 -3.03% 26
East Midlands +43 106 £36,168 -37.10% 22
East of England -22 97 £32,000 -26.86% 21
Scotland -22 84 £37,500 -21.05% 14
North East +41 79 £42,500 -19.05% 13
Wales -2 30 £28,290 -37.13% 6
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
Northern Ireland -2 3 £42,500 -15.00% 1

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
1 494 (25.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 444 (22.89%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.03%) IIS
4 15 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2013
5 13 (0.67%) Confluence
6 10 (0.52%) 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 (0.21%) CMS
10 3 (0.15%) WordPress
11 2 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.052%) Apache
12 1 (0.052%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.052%) WebSphere
Applications
1 191 (9.85%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.26%) Trello
5 1 (0.052%) 1Password
5 1 (0.052%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.052%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.052%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.052%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.26%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.052%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.052%) Eikon
5 1 (0.052%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.052%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,760 (90.72%) Azure
2 1,264 (65.15%) Microsoft 365
3 265 (13.66%) OneDrive
4 125 (6.44%) AWS
5 106 (5.46%) Power Platform
6 98 (5.05%) IaaS
7 97 (5.00%) PaaS
8 88 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
9 71 (3.66%) SaaS
10 69 (3.56%) PowerApps
11 62 (3.20%) Power Automate
12 59 (3.04%) Azure Monitor
13 58 (2.99%) Azure Storage
14 53 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
15 45 (2.32%) Azure Logic Apps
15 45 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
16 41 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
17 38 (1.96%) Serverless
18 35 (1.80%) Azure AKS
19 34 (1.75%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 418 (21.55%) Firewall
2 364 (18.76%) DNS
3 265 (13.66%) DHCP
4 229 (11.80%) WAN
5 221 (11.39%) Broadband
6 212 (10.93%) 5G
7 203 (10.46%) LAN
8 173 (8.92%) VPN
9 151 (7.78%) Wi-Fi
10 141 (7.27%) TCP/IP
11 95 (4.90%) VLAN
12 74 (3.81%) SAN
12 74 (3.81%) Wireless
13 60 (3.09%) VoIP
14 59 (3.04%) Remote Desktop
15 58 (2.99%) Network Security
16 57 (2.94%) SD-WAN
17 45 (2.32%) NAS
18 35 (1.80%) WLAN
19 34 (1.75%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (4.79%) SQL Server
2 56 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 48 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
4 45 (2.32%) Power BI
5 27 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (0.98%) MySQL
7 13 (0.67%) MariaDB
8 12 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.46%) Big Data
9 9 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.46%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.46%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.46%) Redis
10 7 (0.36%) Ingres
10 7 (0.36%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.26%) PowerPivot
12 4 (0.21%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.15%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 41 (2.11%) JIRA
2 32 (1.65%) 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 (0.21%) 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%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.10%) JUnit
8 2 (0.10%) MSTest
8 2 (0.10%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.10%) webpack
9 1 (0.052%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.052%) MSI
General
1 549 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 320 (16.49%) Analytical Skills
3 283 (14.59%) Finance
4 252 (12.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 133 (6.86%) Legal
6 125 (6.44%) Law
7 75 (3.87%) Banking
8 69 (3.56%) Manufacturing
9 56 (2.89%) Telecoms
10 49 (2.53%) Public Sector
11 34 (1.75%) Retail
12 33 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
13 32 (1.65%) Marketing
14 31 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.39%) Games
16 25 (1.29%) Local Government
17 22 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.72%) Advertising
19 12 (0.62%) General Ledger
20 9 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 394 (20.31%) Senior
2 308 (15.88%) Support Engineer
3 287 (14.79%) IT Support
4 233 (12.01%) Analyst
5 230 (11.86%) IT Engineer
6 221 (11.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 216 (11.13%) Technical Specialist
8 210 (10.82%) Linux Specialist
9 156 (8.04%) IT Support Engineer
10 129 (6.65%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 128 (6.60%) Senior Technical Specialist
11 128 (6.60%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
12 127 (6.55%) Senior Linux Specialist
13 108 (5.57%) 2nd Line Support
14 96 (4.95%) Azure Engineer
15 89 (4.59%) Consultant
16 88 (4.54%) Lead
17 81 (4.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 81 (4.18%) IT Technician
18 77 (3.97%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.27%) .NET
2 39 (2.01%) ARM Templates
3 23 (1.19%) SAML
4 22 (1.13%) YAML
5 20 (1.03%) OAuth
6 18 (0.93%) CSS
6 18 (0.93%) LDAP
7 15 (0.77%) React
7 15 (0.77%) Web Services
8 14 (0.72%) HTML
9 13 (0.67%) 802.1X
10 11 (0.57%) JSON
10 11 (0.57%) REST
11 10 (0.52%) RESTful
11 10 (0.52%) SailPoint
12 9 (0.46%) EDI
13 8 (0.41%) ASP.NET
14 7 (0.36%) .NET Framework
14 7 (0.36%) ASP.NET MVC
15 6 (0.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 213 (10.98%) Social Media
2 123 (6.34%) Management Information System
3 82 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
4 81 (4.18%) Data Centre
5 71 (3.66%) Driving Licence
6 66 (3.40%) PKI
7 59 (3.04%) Onboarding
8 47 (2.42%) Replication
9 43 (2.22%) Public Cloud
10 34 (1.75%) Clustering
11 31 (1.60%) CCTV
12 26 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
13 24 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
14 22 (1.13%) Cloud Native
15 20 (1.03%) Smartphone
16 17 (0.88%) iPhone
17 16 (0.82%) iPad
18 15 (0.77%) Security Posture
18 15 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
19 13 (0.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1,072 (55.26%) Windows
2 599 (30.88%) Windows Server
3 338 (17.42%) Linux
4 300 (15.46%) Windows 10
5 227 (11.70%) Ubuntu
6 116 (5.98%) Windows Server 2012
7 113 (5.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 105 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 78 (4.02%) Apple iOS
10 67 (3.45%) Android
11 45 (2.32%) Mac OS
12 29 (1.49%) VMS
13 17 (0.88%) CentOS
14 14 (0.72%) Debian
15 11 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
16 9 (0.46%) Mac OS X
16 9 (0.46%) SUSE
16 9 (0.46%) Unix
17 5 (0.26%) Windows 7
17 5 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (24.28%) Cybersecurity
2 316 (16.29%) ITIL
3 314 (16.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 304 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
5 258 (13.30%) Customer Service
6 252 (12.99%) IT Strategy
7 238 (12.27%) CRM
8 232 (11.96%) Artificial Intelligence
9 231 (11.91%) Technology Strategy
10 196 (10.10%) DevOps
11 163 (8.40%) Agile
12 162 (8.35%) Roadmaps
13 150 (7.73%) Information Security
14 148 (7.63%) Migration
15 145 (7.47%) Identity Access Management
16 129 (6.65%) Mentoring
17 120 (6.19%) Service Management
18 108 (5.57%) Coaching
19 103 (5.31%) RBAC
20 100 (5.15%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 407 (20.98%) PowerShell
2 253 (13.04%) Bash
3 215 (11.08%) SQL
4 58 (2.99%) C#
5 48 (2.47%) Python
6 32 (1.65%) Bicep
7 25 (1.29%) VB
8 23 (1.19%) VBScript
9 17 (0.88%) JavaScript
10 12 (0.62%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.41%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.36%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.21%) Go
14 4 (0.21%) Java
14 4 (0.21%) VBA
15 3 (0.15%) AWK
15 3 (0.15%) sed
16 1 (0.052%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.052%) PHP
Qualifications
1 175 (9.02%) Degree
2 114 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 91 (4.69%) Security Cleared
4 88 (4.54%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.32%) SC Cleared
6 39 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (2.01%) Network+ Certification
7 36 (1.86%) A+ Certification
8 35 (1.80%) MCSE
9 33 (1.70%) CCNA
10 30 (1.55%) DV Cleared
10 30 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 27 (1.39%) MCP
12 23 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
13 19 (0.98%) AWS Certification
13 19 (0.98%) MCSA
14 18 (0.93%) CISSP
15 17 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
16 14 (0.72%) DBS Check
16 14 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (5.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 79 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (3.04%) SLA
4 53 (2.73%) GDPR
5 28 (1.44%) NIST
6 22 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 11 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.46%) GRC
8 9 (0.46%) PMO
9 7 (0.36%) NCSC
9 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.31%) COBIT
10 6 (0.31%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.31%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 4 (0.21%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.15%) QA
12 3 (0.15%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.15%) WCAG
13 1 (0.052%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1,710 (88.14%) Active Directory
2 250 (12.89%) Hyper-V
2 250 (12.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 114 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
4 92 (4.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 85 (4.38%) Virtual Machines
6 50 (2.58%) RACF
7 44 (2.27%) vSphere
8 37 (1.91%) Docker
9 15 (0.77%) XenApp
10 14 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
11 11 (0.57%) Terminal Services
12 9 (0.46%) XenDesktop
13 8 (0.41%) pfSense
14 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 6 (0.31%) NFS
16 4 (0.21%) Firmware
17 2 (0.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 1 (0.052%) DFS Replication
18 1 (0.052%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 840 (43.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 235 (12.11%) Jamf Pro
3 160 (8.25%) SCCM
4 97 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
5 81 (4.18%) Terraform
6 76 (3.92%) vCenter Server
7 73 (3.76%) Kubernetes
8 71 (3.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 41 (2.11%) WSUS
10 27 (1.39%) SCOM
11 26 (1.34%) FortiGate
12 21 (1.08%) Microsoft Clustering
13 16 (0.82%) Ansible
14 12 (0.62%) CA Single Sign-On
15 11 (0.57%) Autotask
16 10 (0.52%) Backup Exec
16 10 (0.52%) ZABBIX
17 8 (0.41%) vRealize
18 7 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
19 6 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1,428 (73.61%) Microsoft
2 390 (20.10%) VMware
3 278 (14.33%) CyberArk
4 210 (10.82%) Tanium
5 141 (7.27%) Citrix
6 137 (7.06%) Cisco
6 137 (7.06%) Veeam
7 74 (3.81%) ServiceNow
8 59 (3.04%) Apple
9 58 (2.99%) Meraki
10 43 (2.22%) HP
11 39 (2.01%) Sophos
12 37 (1.91%) Draytek
13 33 (1.70%) Google
14 29 (1.49%) Acronis
14 29 (1.49%) Commvault
14 29 (1.49%) iManage
15 28 (1.44%) Dell
16 27 (1.39%) Aruba
17 26 (1.34%) CA