Entra ID Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 117 198
Rank change year-on-year -22 +81 -46
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 231 528 593
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.53% 2.10% 1.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.24% 5.32% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 370 445
10th Percentile £331 £348 £313
25th Percentile £425 £427 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +6.50% -
75th Percentile £618 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £726 £659
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 3
10th Percentile - £52.50 £34.00
25th Percentile - £54.00 £36.25
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +57.50% -17.95%
75th Percentile - £66.00 £53.50
90th Percentile - - £61.60
UK median hourly rate £17.80 £54.00 £27.59
% change year-on-year -67.04% +95.71% -41.91%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,447 9,934 18,168
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.13% 39.60% 41.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,923 7,315 13,601
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 126 168
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.08 £19.81
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +64.89% -17.09%
75th Percentile £50.25 £70.00 £62.63
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £21.19 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -39.47% +59.09% -2.22%

Entra ID
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Entra ID trend for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Entra ID.

Entra ID daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Entra ID daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Entra ID.

Entra ID hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 44 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (7.36%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.90%) IIS
4 2 (0.87%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.43%) Apache
5 1 (0.43%) Confluence
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.43%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.87%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 220 (95.24%) Azure
2 111 (48.05%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (15.58%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (13.85%) Azure Monitor
5 29 (12.55%) AWS
6 22 (9.52%) PaaS
7 21 (9.09%) IaaS
8 20 (8.66%) Azure Storage
9 19 (8.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 18 (7.79%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (6.49%) OneDrive
12 14 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (4.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 9 (3.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 8 (3.46%) SaaS
17 7 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 7 (3.03%) Power Platform
18 6 (2.60%) Azure Key Vault
18 6 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 50 (21.65%) DNS
1 50 (21.65%) Firewall
2 22 (9.52%) DHCP
3 17 (7.36%) Network Security
4 15 (6.49%) VPN
5 6 (2.60%) NAS
6 5 (2.16%) SAN
7 4 (1.73%) LAN
7 4 (1.73%) SSL
7 4 (1.73%) WAN
8 3 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.87%) SSH
9 2 (0.87%) Wireless
10 1 (0.43%) BGP
10 1 (0.43%) HTTP
10 1 (0.43%) Intranet
10 1 (0.43%) IPv4
10 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.99%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.49%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (3.46%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.73%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.73%) Redis
6 3 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.87%) MySQL
7 2 (0.87%) Power BI
8 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.43%) DB2
8 1 (0.43%) Metadata
8 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.19%) Git
2 6 (2.60%) Selenium
3 5 (2.16%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.73%) SpecFlow
4 4 (1.73%) WebDriver
5 2 (0.87%) JIRA
6 1 (0.43%) MSI
General
1 67 (29.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (16.02%) Finance
3 19 (8.23%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.16%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (2.16%) Retail
7 4 (1.73%) German Language
7 4 (1.73%) Law
7 4 (1.73%) Marketing
7 4 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.30%) Legal
9 2 (0.87%) Back Office
9 2 (0.87%) Banking
9 2 (0.87%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.87%) Front Office
9 2 (0.87%) Games
9 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (16.45%) Architect
2 27 (11.69%) Developer
3 22 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (8.66%) Azure Specialist
5 19 (8.23%) Azure Engineer
5 19 (8.23%) Senior
6 18 (7.79%) Security Engineer
7 17 (7.36%) Azure Developer
8 16 (6.93%) Active Directory Support
8 16 (6.93%) Consultant
9 15 (6.49%) Analyst
10 14 (6.06%) Active Directory Specialist
10 14 (6.06%) Support Specialist
11 13 (5.63%) Senior Developer
12 11 (4.76%) Azure Architect
12 11 (4.76%) Backend Developer
13 10 (4.33%) Lead
14 9 (3.90%) Senior Backend Developer
15 8 (3.46%) Cloud Engineer
15 8 (3.46%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.72%) .NET
2 26 (11.26%) ARM Templates
3 22 (9.52%) XML
4 21 (9.09%) SAML
5 16 (6.93%) OAuth
5 16 (6.93%) React
6 15 (6.49%) OpenID
7 14 (6.06%) AngularJS
8 12 (5.19%) .NET Core
9 9 (3.90%) .NET Framework
9 9 (3.90%) ASP.NET
9 9 (3.90%) REST
10 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (2.60%) OAuth2
11 5 (2.16%) CSS
11 5 (2.16%) GraphQL
11 5 (2.16%) HTML
11 5 (2.16%) LDAP
11 5 (2.16%) SailPoint
12 4 (1.73%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (8.23%) PKI
3 18 (7.79%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.76%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 8 (3.46%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.60%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.16%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.16%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.73%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.73%) Smartphone
9 3 (1.30%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.87%) Clustering
10 2 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.87%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.43%) BYOD
11 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.43%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 107 (46.32%) Windows
2 47 (20.35%) Windows Server
3 43 (18.61%) Windows 10
4 29 (12.55%) Linux
5 23 (9.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (7.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (3.46%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.60%) VMS
9 4 (1.73%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.30%) Android
11 1 (0.43%) CentOS
11 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (31.17%) DevOps
2 58 (25.11%) Agile
2 58 (25.11%) CI/CD
3 39 (16.88%) Migration
4 33 (14.29%) ITIL
5 30 (12.99%) B2C
5 30 (12.99%) Identity Access Management
6 28 (12.12%) Infrastructure as Code
6 28 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 28 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (11.26%) Identity Management
7 26 (11.26%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 25 (10.82%) RBAC
9 22 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (9.09%) Scrum
10 21 (9.09%) Service Management
11 20 (8.66%) Analytics
12 18 (7.79%) Cloud Security
12 18 (7.79%) Log Analytics
13 17 (7.36%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 74 (32.03%) PowerShell
2 42 (18.18%) C#
3 31 (13.42%) Bicep
4 22 (9.52%) SQL
5 21 (9.09%) VB
6 16 (6.93%) VBScript
7 14 (6.06%) JavaScript
8 10 (4.33%) Python
9 8 (3.46%) TypeScript
10 6 (2.60%) Java
11 2 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.43%) Bash
12 1 (0.43%) DataFlex
12 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.43%) PHP
12 1 (0.43%) Ruby
12 1 (0.43%) XPath
Qualifications
1 37 (16.02%) SC Cleared
1 37 (16.02%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.69%) Degree
3 20 (8.66%) DV Cleared
4 18 (7.79%) AWS Certification
4 18 (7.79%) Azure Certification
5 16 (6.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (2.16%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.87%) CISSP
10 2 (0.87%) MCSA
10 2 (0.87%) MCSD
11 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.43%) CEH
11 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.43%) CISM
11 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (1.30%) PCI DSS
1 3 (1.30%) SLA
2 2 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.43%) GDPR
3 1 (0.43%) GRC
3 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.43%) NIST
3 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 194 (83.98%) Active Directory
2 27 (11.69%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (9.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (3.03%) Docker
4 7 (3.03%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 61 (26.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (15.15%) SCCM
3 26 (11.26%) Single Sign-On
4 23 (9.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 20 (8.66%) Kubernetes
6 16 (6.93%) SCOM
6 16 (6.93%) WSUS
7 10 (4.33%) Terraform
8 8 (3.46%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.87%) Ansible
9 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.43%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.43%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.43%) Puppet
10 1 (0.43%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 133 (57.58%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.06%) VMware
3 13 (5.63%) Oracle
4 12 (5.19%) Okta
5 11 (4.76%) CA
6 10 (4.33%) Citrix
7 8 (3.46%) CyberArk
8 7 (3.03%) Apple
8 7 (3.03%) Cisco
8 7 (3.03%) Qualys
9 6 (2.60%) MuleSoft
10 5 (2.16%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (2.16%) Ping Identity
10 5 (2.16%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.73%) HP
11 4 (1.73%) Zscaler
12 2 (0.87%) Adobe
12 2 (0.87%) Databricks
12 2 (0.87%) Dell
12 2 (0.87%) SAP