Entra ID Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 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 76 73 130
Rank change year-on-year -3 +57 -6
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 61 80 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.32% 2.82% 1.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.31% 9.41% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 74 33
10th Percentile £456 £283 £363
25th Percentile £603 £381 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £569 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.37% -5.21% +23.08%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £675 £750 £772
South East median daily rate £605 £600 £500
% change year-on-year +0.83% +20.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £63.00 -
South East median hourly rate £17.80 £63.00 -
% change year-on-year -71.75% - -

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 734 850 1,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.93% 29.97% 30.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 616 863
10th Percentile £282 £305 £186
25th Percentile £413 £424 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £543 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% +8.60% +2.56%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 15
10th Percentile £16.03 £17.15 £14.51
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £50.25 £26.58 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.05% +26.57% -0.24%
75th Percentile £60.72 £58.50 £39.50
90th Percentile £61.60 £79.19 £75.24
South East median hourly rate £27.22 £25.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +8.86% +19.05% -2.44%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the Thames Valley

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the Thames Valley

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the Thames Valley

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the Thames Valley

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -6 58 £605 -3.20% 11
Buckinghamshire +13 2 £385 +18.46% 8
Oxfordshire +4 1 £300 - 6
Entra ID
South East

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 19 (31.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 61 (100.00%) Azure
2 44 (72.13%) Azure Monitor
3 23 (37.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 23 (37.70%) Azure Data Factory
4 20 (32.79%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (31.15%) Azure Storage
6 18 (29.51%) Azure Functions
6 18 (29.51%) Serverless
7 9 (14.75%) Azure API Management
8 4 (6.56%) AWS
8 4 (6.56%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (6.56%) IaaS
8 4 (6.56%) PaaS
8 4 (6.56%) SaaS
9 3 (4.92%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.64%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 21 (34.43%) Firewall
2 20 (32.79%) DNS
3 19 (31.15%) DHCP
4 4 (6.56%) VPN
5 3 (4.92%) Network Security
6 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (32.79%) NoSQL
2 4 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (6.56%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 21 (34.43%) Git
2 5 (8.20%) Selenium
3 3 (4.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.95%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.20%) Finance
3 5 (8.20%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.64%) French Language
4 1 (1.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 23 (37.70%) Developer
2 21 (34.43%) Full Stack Developer
3 20 (32.79%) Azure Developer
4 19 (31.15%) Active Directory Support
5 14 (22.95%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (22.95%) Azure Specialist
5 14 (22.95%) Support Specialist
6 13 (21.31%) Python Developer
7 11 (18.03%) Full Stack Python Developer
8 8 (13.11%) Active Directory Engineer
9 6 (9.84%) Azure Engineer
9 6 (9.84%) Support Engineer
10 5 (8.20%) Active Directory Support Engineer
11 4 (6.56%) Environment And Release Manager
11 4 (6.56%) Environment Manager
11 4 (6.56%) Release Manager
12 3 (4.92%) Cloud Developer
12 3 (4.92%) Lead
13 1 (1.64%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 1 (1.64%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (32.79%) ARM Templates
1 20 (32.79%) React
2 5 (8.20%) YAML
3 3 (4.92%) .NET
3 3 (4.92%) Web Services
4 2 (3.28%) Django
5 1 (1.64%) CSS
5 1 (1.64%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.15%) PKI
1 19 (31.15%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (24.59%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.92%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 23 (37.70%) Windows
2 20 (32.79%) Windows Server
3 19 (31.15%) Linux
3 19 (31.15%) Windows Server 2016
3 19 (31.15%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (4.92%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (78.69%) DevOps
2 41 (67.21%) CI/CD
3 31 (50.82%) Agile
4 24 (39.34%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (37.70%) Microservices
6 22 (36.07%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 21 (34.43%) Full Stack Development
8 20 (32.79%) Analytics
8 20 (32.79%) Identity Management
8 20 (32.79%) ITIL
8 20 (32.79%) Log Analytics
8 20 (32.79%) Release Management
8 20 (32.79%) Service Management
9 19 (31.15%) Privileged Identity Management
9 19 (31.15%) RBAC
10 17 (27.87%) SDLC
11 15 (24.59%) Product Backlog
12 12 (19.67%) Change Management
12 12 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (19.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (44.26%) Python
2 22 (36.07%) C#
3 21 (34.43%) PowerShell
4 20 (32.79%) Bicep
5 19 (31.15%) VB
5 19 (31.15%) VBScript
6 9 (14.75%) Java
7 3 (4.92%) C
7 3 (4.92%) PHP
7 3 (4.92%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 21 (34.43%) DV Cleared
1 21 (34.43%) SC Cleared
1 21 (34.43%) Security Cleared
2 20 (32.79%) Degree
3 19 (31.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (4.92%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.64%) CEH
5 1 (1.64%) CISSP
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (85.25%) Active Directory
2 22 (36.07%) Virtual Machines
3 19 (31.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (4.92%) Docker
4 3 (4.92%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (39.34%) Kubernetes
2 21 (34.43%) SCCM
3 20 (32.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (31.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (31.15%) SCOM
4 19 (31.15%) WSUS
5 5 (8.20%) Terraform
6 4 (6.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (39.34%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.56%) CyberArk
2 4 (6.56%) Okta
3 3 (4.92%) VMware
4 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.64%) Apple
5 1 (1.64%) BMC
5 1 (1.64%) Cisco
5 1 (1.64%) Databricks
5 1 (1.64%) Remedy
5 1 (1.64%) Zscaler