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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 230 315
Rank change year-on-year +76 +85 -92
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 1,867 1,684 2,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.90% 1.61% 1.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.30% 3.73% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,422 1,344 1,479
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -5.66% -7.83%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

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 35,208 45,118 74,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.91% 43.11% 48.06%
Number of salaries quoted 26,662 29,500 41,930
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
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% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £100,000
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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +91 1,686 £42,500 -15.00% 329
UK excluding London +86 1,273 £40,000 -11.11% 232
Work from Home +76 839 £51,000 -2.86% 128
London +46 519 £60,000 +4.35% 115
South East +101 335 £39,000 -8.24% 54
North of England +95 325 £40,000 -11.11% 53
Midlands +85 260 £36,250 -19.44% 45
West Midlands +67 156 £36,500 -18.89% 32
South West +47 136 £40,000 +8.11% 32
North West +51 132 £40,000 -11.11% 30
Yorkshire +84 118 £40,000 -1.23% 19
East Midlands +46 103 £36,168 -31.11% 13
East of England -23 96 £32,000 -18.99% 23
Scotland -23 86 £38,750 -29.55% 20
North East +43 75 £42,500 -22.73% 5
Wales +10 28 £28,290 -42.85% 8
Northern Ireland +6 4 £42,500 -15.00% 2
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -

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
1 508 (27.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 447 (23.94%) SharePoint
3 18 (0.96%) IIS
4 15 (0.80%) Confluence
4 15 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.37%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.32%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
8 5 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.21%) CMS
10 3 (0.16%) WordPress
11 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.054%) Apache
12 1 (0.054%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.054%) WebSphere
Applications
1 200 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.32%) Trello
5 1 (0.054%) 1Password
5 1 (0.054%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.054%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.054%) Weka
Business Applications
1 9 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.32%) Elite 3E
2 6 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.16%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.054%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.054%) Eikon
5 1 (0.054%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.054%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,747 (93.57%) Azure
2 1,262 (67.60%) Microsoft 365
3 253 (13.55%) OneDrive
4 127 (6.80%) AWS
5 105 (5.62%) Power Platform
6 100 (5.36%) IaaS
7 95 (5.09%) PaaS
8 90 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
9 72 (3.86%) SaaS
10 70 (3.75%) PowerApps
11 63 (3.37%) Power Automate
12 54 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
13 47 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
14 44 (2.36%) Azure Storage
15 42 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
15 42 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
15 42 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
16 40 (2.14%) Mimecast
17 36 (1.93%) Azure Sentinel
17 36 (1.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 430 (23.03%) Firewall
2 367 (19.66%) DNS
3 270 (14.46%) DHCP
4 228 (12.21%) WAN
5 221 (11.84%) Broadband
6 212 (11.36%) 5G
7 205 (10.98%) LAN
8 184 (9.86%) VPN
9 161 (8.62%) Wi-Fi
10 140 (7.50%) TCP/IP
11 108 (5.78%) VLAN
12 84 (4.50%) SAN
13 74 (3.96%) Wireless
14 70 (3.75%) VoIP
15 61 (3.27%) Network Security
16 58 (3.11%) Remote Desktop
17 54 (2.89%) SD-WAN
18 44 (2.36%) NAS
19 31 (1.66%) WLAN
20 30 (1.61%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (5.25%) SQL Server
2 55 (2.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 48 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
4 47 (2.52%) Power BI
5 22 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (0.80%) MySQL
7 11 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.54%) MariaDB
9 9 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.43%) Big Data
11 7 (0.37%) Ingres
11 7 (0.37%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.32%) Redis
13 5 (0.27%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.27%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.21%) PowerPivot
14 4 (0.21%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 3 (0.16%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 42 (2.25%) JIRA
2 22 (1.18%) Git
3 6 (0.32%) GitLab
4 5 (0.27%) Katalon Studio
4 5 (0.27%) Moq
4 5 (0.27%) Postman
4 5 (0.27%) SpecFlow
4 5 (0.27%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.16%) Selenium
5 3 (0.16%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.11%) Hudson
6 2 (0.11%) MSTest
6 2 (0.11%) webpack
7 1 (0.054%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.054%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.054%) JUnit
7 1 (0.054%) MSI
7 1 (0.054%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.054%) SonarQube
General
1 538 (28.82%) Social Skills
2 316 (16.93%) Analytical Skills
3 254 (13.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 216 (11.57%) Finance
5 129 (6.91%) Law
6 89 (4.77%) Legal
7 62 (3.32%) Manufacturing
8 53 (2.84%) Telecoms
9 46 (2.46%) Public Sector
10 35 (1.87%) Retail
11 34 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
12 33 (1.77%) Marketing
12 33 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 25 (1.34%) Games
13 25 (1.34%) Local Government
14 22 (1.18%) Banking
15 19 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (0.64%) General Ledger
17 11 (0.59%) Police
18 9 (0.48%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 348 (18.64%) Senior
2 300 (16.07%) Support Engineer
3 290 (15.53%) IT Support
4 238 (12.75%) IT Engineer
5 219 (11.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 217 (11.62%) Technical Specialist
7 210 (11.25%) Linux Specialist
8 183 (9.80%) Analyst
9 157 (8.41%) IT Support Engineer
10 128 (6.86%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 128 (6.86%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 128 (6.86%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 127 (6.80%) Senior Linux Specialist
12 107 (5.73%) 2nd Line Support
13 90 (4.82%) Azure Engineer
13 90 (4.82%) Consultant
14 84 (4.50%) Lead
15 83 (4.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 78 (4.18%) IT Analyst
17 77 (4.12%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (2.25%) .NET
2 33 (1.77%) ARM Templates
3 23 (1.23%) SAML
4 21 (1.12%) OAuth
5 19 (1.02%) LDAP
6 17 (0.91%) CSS
7 16 (0.86%) YAML
8 14 (0.75%) JSON
8 14 (0.75%) React
9 13 (0.70%) 802.1X
9 13 (0.70%) HTML
9 13 (0.70%) SailPoint
10 12 (0.64%) Web Services
11 11 (0.59%) REST
12 10 (0.54%) EDI
13 9 (0.48%) RESTful
14 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET
15 7 (0.37%) .NET Framework
15 7 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
15 7 (0.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 213 (11.41%) Social Media
2 85 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 80 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
4 76 (4.07%) Driving Licence
5 72 (3.86%) Management Information System
6 65 (3.48%) PKI
7 59 (3.16%) Onboarding
8 43 (2.30%) Replication
9 42 (2.25%) Public Cloud
10 36 (1.93%) Clustering
11 31 (1.66%) CCTV
12 24 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 24 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
13 20 (1.07%) Cloud Native
14 17 (0.91%) iPhone
15 16 (0.86%) iPad
15 16 (0.86%) Smartphone
16 15 (0.80%) Security Posture
16 15 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
17 14 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,070 (57.31%) Windows
2 619 (33.15%) Windows Server
3 333 (17.84%) Linux
4 281 (15.05%) Windows 10
5 226 (12.10%) Ubuntu
6 113 (6.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 113 (6.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 101 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 72 (3.86%) Apple iOS
9 63 (3.37%) Android
10 53 (2.84%) Mac OS
11 28 (1.50%) VMS
12 17 (0.91%) CentOS
13 14 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
14 13 (0.70%) Debian
15 10 (0.54%) SUSE
15 10 (0.54%) Unix
16 8 (0.43%) Mac OS X
17 7 (0.37%) Windows 7
18 6 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (22.87%) Cybersecurity
2 313 (16.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 307 (16.44%) ITIL
4 299 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
5 266 (14.25%) Customer Service
6 251 (13.44%) IT Strategy
7 236 (12.64%) CRM
8 234 (12.53%) Artificial Intelligence
9 231 (12.37%) Technology Strategy
10 186 (9.96%) DevOps
11 155 (8.30%) Migration
12 127 (6.80%) Mentoring
13 116 (6.21%) Service Management
14 115 (6.16%) Roadmaps
15 112 (6.00%) Information Security
16 105 (5.62%) Disaster Recovery
17 100 (5.36%) Agile
18 98 (5.25%) Continuous Improvement
19 93 (4.98%) ITSM
19 93 (4.98%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 359 (19.23%) PowerShell
2 251 (13.44%) Bash
3 173 (9.27%) SQL
4 56 (3.00%) C#
5 40 (2.14%) Python
6 26 (1.39%) Bicep
7 22 (1.18%) VB
8 20 (1.07%) VBScript
9 16 (0.86%) JavaScript
10 12 (0.64%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.43%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.21%) Java
13 4 (0.21%) VBA
14 3 (0.16%) AWK
14 3 (0.16%) Go
14 3 (0.16%) sed
15 2 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.11%) PHP
16 1 (0.054%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 188 (10.07%) Degree
2 121 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 86 (4.61%) Azure Certification
4 80 (4.28%) Security Cleared
5 42 (2.25%) SC Cleared
6 41 (2.20%) A+ Certification
7 40 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
8 39 (2.09%) Network+ Certification
9 38 (2.04%) MCSE
10 34 (1.82%) CCNA
11 28 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 27 (1.45%) DV Cleared
13 26 (1.39%) MCP
14 22 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
15 21 (1.12%) CISSP
16 19 (1.02%) MCSA
17 18 (0.96%) AWS Certification
17 18 (0.96%) DBS Check
17 18 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 17 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 77 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (3.11%) SLA
4 52 (2.79%) GDPR
5 27 (1.45%) NIST
6 25 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (0.48%) GRC
7 9 (0.48%) PMO
7 9 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.32%) COBIT
8 6 (0.32%) Web Application Security Consortium
9 5 (0.27%) NCSC
10 4 (0.21%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.21%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.16%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.16%) WCAG
12 2 (0.11%) QA
12 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.054%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.054%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1,651 (88.43%) Active Directory
2 271 (14.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 258 (13.82%) Hyper-V
4 109 (5.84%) VMware ESXi
5 91 (4.87%) Virtual Desktop
6 78 (4.18%) Virtual Machines
7 44 (2.36%) vSphere
8 36 (1.93%) Docker
9 16 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
9 16 (0.86%) XenApp
10 10 (0.54%) Terminal Services
10 10 (0.54%) XenDesktop
11 8 (0.43%) pfSense
12 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (0.32%) NFS
14 3 (0.16%) Firmware
15 2 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 1 (0.054%) Terminal Server
16 1 (0.054%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 1 (0.054%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 830 (44.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 238 (12.75%) Jamf Pro
3 157 (8.41%) SCCM
4 104 (5.57%) Single Sign-On
5 73 (3.91%) vCenter Server
6 70 (3.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 69 (3.70%) Terraform
8 68 (3.64%) Kubernetes
9 46 (2.46%) WSUS
10 26 (1.39%) FortiGate
10 26 (1.39%) SCOM
11 22 (1.18%) Microsoft Clustering
12 14 (0.75%) Ansible
13 12 (0.64%) CA Single Sign-On
14 11 (0.59%) Autotask
14 11 (0.59%) Backup Exec
15 10 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
15 10 (0.54%) vRealize
15 10 (0.54%) ZABBIX
16 6 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1,369 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 412 (22.07%) VMware
3 230 (12.32%) CyberArk
4 210 (11.25%) Tanium
5 143 (7.66%) Citrix
6 141 (7.55%) Veeam
7 137 (7.34%) Cisco
8 79 (4.23%) ServiceNow
9 69 (3.70%) Meraki
10 64 (3.43%) Apple
11 46 (2.46%) HP
12 41 (2.20%) Sophos
13 38 (2.04%) Google
14 36 (1.93%) Draytek
15 33 (1.77%) iManage
16 31 (1.66%) Commvault
17 29 (1.55%) Acronis
18 26 (1.39%) Aruba
18 26 (1.39%) SolarWinds
19 24 (1.29%) CA