Entra ID Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Entra ID skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Entra ID over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 131 119
Rank change year-on-year +19 -12 -17
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 38 38 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.20% 1.07% 1.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.77% 3.13% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 32 31
10th Percentile £208 £364 £200
25th Percentile £313 £400 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% +28.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £506 £550 £519
90th Percentile £750 £598 £555
England median daily rate £500 £525 £503
% change year-on-year -4.76% +4.43% +5.84%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 796 1,216 1,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.09% 34.27% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 979 859
10th Percentile £205 £298 £250
25th Percentile £363 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £592
90th Percentile £688 £719 £662
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 56 22
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.40 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.06 £19.69 £18.13
Median hourly rate £15.20 £51.68 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.60% +106.70% -44.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £42.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £53.78
England median hourly rate £21.00 £32.30 £21.31
% change year-on-year -34.98% +51.55% +0.95%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the South West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +23 19 £439 +3.35% 12
Gloucestershire +2 11 £450 +12.50% 8
Wiltshire +6 4 £505 -9.21% 4
Devon -2 3 - -
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (23.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (26.32%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (26.32%) Power Platform
3 9 (23.68%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (18.42%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (13.16%) PaaS
6 4 (10.53%) OneDrive
7 3 (7.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (7.89%) Azure Pipelines
7 3 (7.89%) IaaS
8 2 (5.26%) AWS
8 2 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (5.26%) PowerApps
9 1 (2.63%) GCP
9 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (34.21%) Firewall
2 6 (15.79%) DNS
3 4 (10.53%) VPN
4 2 (5.26%) DHCP
4 2 (5.26%) LAN
4 2 (5.26%) Skype
4 2 (5.26%) WAN
5 1 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.63%) Network Security
5 1 (2.63%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (26.32%) Power BI
2 6 (15.79%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) MSI
General
1 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Banking
2 4 (10.53%) Local Government
2 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.63%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (18.42%) Analyst
2 7 (18.42%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (13.16%) Applications Engineer
4 5 (13.16%) Consultant
5 4 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Security Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Active Directory Administrator
6 3 (7.89%) Administrator
6 3 (7.89%) Azure Consultant
6 3 (7.89%) IT Support
6 3 (7.89%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (5.26%) Azure Administrator
7 2 (5.26%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) IT Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) IT Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Power Apps Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.79%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Replication
2 2 (5.26%) IoT
2 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.63%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (36.84%) Windows
2 8 (21.05%) VMS
3 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (13.16%) Windows 10
5 3 (7.89%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Migration
2 12 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (26.32%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (21.05%) Containerisation
4 8 (21.05%) Identity Access Management
5 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.16%) Remediation Plan
7 4 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (10.53%) ITSM
7 4 (10.53%) Service Management
8 3 (7.89%) Agile
8 3 (7.89%) Customer Service
8 3 (7.89%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 2 (5.26%) Analytics
9 2 (5.26%) CI/CD
9 2 (5.26%) Cloud Security
9 2 (5.26%) Cost Control
9 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Management
9 2 (5.26%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.05%) SQL
2 3 (7.89%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.63%) C#
3 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) CISSP
3 2 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (5.26%) MCP
4 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.63%) CCNP
4 1 (2.63%) CCSP
4 1 (2.63%) CISA
4 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.63%) CISM
4 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) QA
2 2 (5.26%) NIST
2 2 (5.26%) SLA
3 1 (2.63%) GDPR
3 1 (2.63%) GRC
3 1 (2.63%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (78.95%) Active Directory
2 9 (23.68%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (10.53%) Hyper-V
4 4 (10.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (36.84%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (13.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (5.26%) SCCM
4 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) Microsoft
2 12 (31.58%) CA
3 6 (15.79%) VMware
4 4 (10.53%) CyberArk
5 2 (5.26%) Cisco
5 2 (5.26%) Citrix
5 2 (5.26%) Dell
5 2 (5.26%) Okta
6 1 (2.63%) Google
6 1 (2.63%) SAP