Entra ID Contracts

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 144 223
Rank change year-on-year -17 +79 -32
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 649 1,099 1,155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 1.91% 1.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.69% 5.19% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 805 837
10th Percentile £250 £300 £263
25th Percentile £385 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £588
90th Percentile £750 £725 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £500 £425
% change year-on-year +1.00% +17.65% -4.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 20 8
10th Percentile - £25.90 £17.00
25th Percentile - £30.06 £19.24
Median hourly rate £17.80 £54.00 £27.59
Median % change year-on-year -67.04% +95.71% -41.91%
75th Percentile £23.80 £64.88 £40.00
90th Percentile £34.28 £66.00 £48.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £26.48 £18.91
% change year-on-year -32.78% +40.01% +2.23%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,842 21,188 33,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.44% 36.76% 38.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,830 15,319 24,772
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £744 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 340 426
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.44 £15.37
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.73%
75th Percentile £35.50 £66.00 £54.81
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £25.00 £19.63
% change year-on-year -29.12% +27.39% -1.88%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England -23 544 £500 -4.76% 349
London +16 332 £500 -9.09% 104
UK excluding London -26 254 £505 +1.00% 258
Work from Home -30 230 £525 -0.94% 152
South East -36 73 £605 +2.98% 59
North of England -9 53 £500 +2.56% 52
Scotland +48 51 £420 -15.58% 15
South West +15 38 £439 -2.39% 43
Midlands -20 30 £350 -11.11% 51
North West -4 29 £550 +12.82% 29
West Midlands -12 22 £350 -18.60% 29
Yorkshire +16 20 £500 +33.33% 19
East Midlands +1 8 £469 +56.25% 22
Wales +18 6 £513 +20.59% 9
East of England -16 3 £450 -5.26% 32
North East +11 2 £550 -21.43% 5

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
1 120 (18.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 79 (12.17%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.54%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.54%) IIS
4 9 (1.39%) Skype for Business
5 6 (0.92%) Apache
6 3 (0.46%) Confluence
6 3 (0.46%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.46%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 43 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 587 (90.45%) Azure
2 264 (40.68%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (12.94%) Azure DevOps
4 72 (11.09%) AWS
5 57 (8.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 51 (7.86%) IaaS
7 49 (7.55%) Azure Monitor
7 49 (7.55%) PaaS
7 49 (7.55%) Power Platform
8 43 (6.63%) OneDrive
9 37 (5.70%) Azure Storage
10 36 (5.55%) Dynamics 365
11 31 (4.78%) Azure Sentinel
12 29 (4.47%) Azure Service Bus
13 28 (4.31%) Serverless
14 27 (4.16%) Azure Key Vault
15 26 (4.01%) Azure Functions
16 25 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
17 24 (3.70%) SaaS
18 22 (3.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 103 (15.87%) DNS
2 100 (15.41%) Firewall
3 44 (6.78%) DHCP
4 34 (5.24%) VPN
5 18 (2.77%) Network Security
6 14 (2.16%) LAN
7 13 (2.00%) WAN
8 10 (1.54%) MPLS
8 10 (1.54%) SAN
8 10 (1.54%) Skype
9 9 (1.39%) SMTP
10 8 (1.23%) NAS
11 7 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (1.08%) HTTP
11 7 (1.08%) Wireless
12 6 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (0.92%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.92%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.77%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (14.33%) SQL Server
2 40 (6.16%) Power BI
3 28 (4.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
4 25 (3.85%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.31%) Redis
6 12 (1.85%) Big Data
7 9 (1.39%) Tableau
8 8 (1.23%) Apache Hive
8 8 (1.23%) Impala
9 6 (0.92%) Metadata
10 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.62%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.62%) MySQL
12 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
13 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.15%) DB2
13 1 (0.15%) PowerCenter
13 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 31 (4.78%) Git
2 19 (2.93%) Selenium
3 14 (2.16%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.69%) SpecFlow
4 11 (1.69%) WebDriver
5 9 (1.39%) Postman
6 7 (1.08%) JIRA
7 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.46%) GitLab
7 3 (0.46%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.15%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.15%) MSI
General
1 164 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 105 (16.18%) Finance
3 72 (11.09%) Public Sector
4 42 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (5.55%) Banking
6 21 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (1.85%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.69%) Local Government
9 11 (1.69%) Marketing
10 10 (1.54%) French Language
10 10 (1.54%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.39%) Legal
11 9 (1.39%) Retail
12 7 (1.08%) German Language
12 7 (1.08%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.92%) Electronics
13 6 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.77%) Law
14 5 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 90 (13.87%) Architect
2 84 (12.94%) Developer
3 71 (10.94%) Senior
4 60 (9.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 56 (8.63%) Analyst
6 50 (7.70%) Azure Engineer
6 50 (7.70%) Consultant
7 44 (6.78%) Senior Developer
8 40 (6.16%) Azure Developer
9 32 (4.93%) Support Engineer
10 31 (4.78%) Backend Developer
11 25 (3.85%) Lead
12 24 (3.70%) Active Directory Engineer
12 24 (3.70%) Active Directory Support
13 23 (3.54%) IT Support
13 23 (3.54%) Security Engineer
13 23 (3.54%) Senior Backend Developer
14 21 (3.24%) Azure Specialist
14 21 (3.24%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 21 (3.24%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (12.63%) .NET
2 73 (11.25%) XML
3 65 (10.02%) SAML
4 48 (7.40%) OAuth
5 43 (6.63%) OpenID
5 43 (6.63%) React
6 36 (5.55%) .NET Core
7 35 (5.39%) AngularJS
7 35 (5.39%) SailPoint
8 29 (4.47%) .NET Framework
9 24 (3.70%) ARM Templates
10 23 (3.54%) CSS
11 21 (3.24%) HTML
11 21 (3.24%) LDAP
12 20 (3.08%) ASP.NET
12 20 (3.08%) REST
13 17 (2.62%) Microsoft Graph
13 17 (2.62%) Web Services
14 15 (2.31%) ASP.NET Core
15 13 (2.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.01%) Product Ownership
2 44 (6.78%) PKI
3 32 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (4.47%) Data Centre
5 16 (2.47%) Cloud Native
5 16 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.00%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 11 (1.69%) Clustering
10 9 (1.39%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.39%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.23%) iPhone
11 8 (1.23%) Smartphone
12 7 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.92%) Digital Signage
13 6 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.92%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 238 (36.67%) Windows
2 102 (15.72%) Windows Server
3 90 (13.87%) Windows 10
4 46 (7.09%) Linux
5 39 (6.01%) Windows Server 2016
6 32 (4.93%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (2.62%) Android
8 13 (2.00%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.00%) VMS
8 13 (2.00%) Windows 7
8 13 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (1.69%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.23%) Mac OS X
11 7 (1.08%) Unix
12 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.46%) CentOS
13 3 (0.46%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (24.35%) DevOps
2 146 (22.50%) CI/CD
3 142 (21.88%) Agile
4 112 (17.26%) Identity Access Management
5 95 (14.64%) Migration
6 93 (14.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 75 (11.56%) B2C
8 73 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
8 73 (11.25%) Scrum
9 67 (10.32%) ITIL
10 62 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
11 47 (7.24%) Business Intelligence
11 47 (7.24%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 43 (6.63%) Identity Management
13 41 (6.32%) Cloud Security
13 41 (6.32%) Infrastructure as Code
13 41 (6.32%) RBAC
14 39 (6.01%) Customer Service
14 39 (6.01%) Microservices
15 37 (5.70%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 190 (29.28%) PowerShell
2 91 (14.02%) C#
3 59 (9.09%) Python
4 57 (8.78%) Bicep
5 56 (8.63%) SQL
6 33 (5.08%) JavaScript
7 22 (3.39%) VB
8 20 (3.08%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.62%) Java
9 17 (2.62%) VBScript
10 8 (1.23%) Scala
11 7 (1.08%) Bash
12 6 (0.92%) PHP
13 4 (0.62%) C
14 3 (0.46%) Ruby
15 2 (0.31%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.15%) Go
16 1 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 95 (14.64%) Security Cleared
2 88 (13.56%) SC Cleared
3 63 (9.71%) Degree
4 38 (5.86%) Azure Certification
5 32 (4.93%) DV Cleared
6 29 (4.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (3.08%) AWS Certification
7 20 (3.08%) CISSP
8 17 (2.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 11 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (1.23%) CISM
12 6 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.62%) CCNP
14 4 (0.62%) CISA
15 3 (0.46%) CCIE
15 3 (0.46%) CTC Cleared
16 2 (0.31%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.70%) QA
2 17 (2.62%) SLA
3 13 (2.00%) NIST
4 9 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.08%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.92%) GDPR
6 6 (0.92%) GRC
7 5 (0.77%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.46%) COBIT
8 3 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.46%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.46%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.31%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 528 (81.36%) Active Directory
2 51 (7.86%) Virtual Machines
3 33 (5.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 24 (3.70%) Hyper-V
4 24 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (3.54%) Docker
6 8 (1.23%) BitLocker
6 8 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (1.08%) vSphere
8 6 (0.92%) Terminal Services
8 6 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.31%) NFS
9 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.15%) Firmware
10 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 136 (20.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (12.63%) Single Sign-On
3 69 (10.63%) SCCM
4 47 (7.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 37 (5.70%) Kubernetes
6 28 (4.31%) Terraform
7 19 (2.93%) SCOM
7 19 (2.93%) WSUS
8 16 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (1.23%) Ansible
9 8 (1.23%) Puppet
10 7 (1.08%) FortiGate
10 7 (1.08%) PingFederate
11 6 (0.92%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.92%) vMotion
12 4 (0.62%) VxRail
13 3 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.46%) Netcool
14 2 (0.31%) NetBackup
14 2 (0.31%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 408 (62.87%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.47%) VMware
3 42 (6.47%) Okta
4 37 (5.70%) CyberArk
5 31 (4.78%) CA
5 31 (4.78%) Citrix
6 27 (4.16%) Apple
6 27 (4.16%) Oracle
7 26 (4.01%) Cisco
8 19 (2.93%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.00%) Talend
10 10 (1.54%) SAP
11 9 (1.39%) Google
11 9 (1.39%) Mitel
12 8 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (1.23%) HP
12 8 (1.23%) Ping Identity
12 8 (1.23%) Qualys
13 7 (1.08%) MuleSoft
13 7 (1.08%) Zscaler