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 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 151 229 320
Rank change year-on-year +78 +91 -98
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 1,881 1,639 2,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.90% 1.61% 1.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.31% 3.77% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,435 1,308 1,459
10th Percentile £25,856 £29,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £35,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.84% -3.81% -8.70%
75th Percentile £58,175 £67,500 £68,750
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 35,426 43,437 76,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.72% 42.77% 48.33%
Number of salaries quoted 26,744 28,539 41,573
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 £96,250 £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 8 May 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +85 1,701 £42,500 -15.00% 349
UK excluding London +81 1,281 £40,000 -11.11% 247
Work from Home +65 837 £52,250 -0.48% 131
London +55 523 £60,000 +4.35% 116
South East +97 340 £39,747 -9.67% 52
North of England +87 329 £40,000 -11.11% 51
Midlands +83 264 £35,000 -22.22% 54
West Midlands +61 159 £35,000 -22.22% 33
North West +42 133 £40,000 -11.11% 31
South West +25 133 £40,000 +4.18% 37
Yorkshire +85 122 £40,000 -0.62% 16
East Midlands +45 104 £37,500 -32.89% 21
East of England -22 95 £32,000 -24.71% 31
Scotland -21 84 £40,000 -27.27% 15
North East +43 74 £42,500 -22.73% 5
Wales +8 29 £28,290 -42.85% 11
Northern Ireland +2 4 £42,500 -15.00% 1
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
1 504 (26.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 443 (23.55%) SharePoint
3 18 (0.96%) IIS
4 15 (0.80%) Confluence
4 15 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (0.53%) 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 (0.053%) Apache
12 1 (0.053%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.053%) WebSphere
Applications
1 196 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.32%) Trello
5 1 (0.053%) 1Password
5 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.053%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.053%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.32%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.053%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.053%) Eikon
6 1 (0.053%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.053%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,753 (93.20%) Azure
2 1,264 (67.20%) Microsoft 365
3 258 (13.72%) OneDrive
4 129 (6.86%) AWS
5 103 (5.48%) IaaS
5 103 (5.48%) Power Platform
6 101 (5.37%) PaaS
7 90 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
8 73 (3.88%) SaaS
9 69 (3.67%) PowerApps
10 62 (3.30%) Power Automate
11 54 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
12 50 (2.66%) Azure Monitor
12 50 (2.66%) Azure Storage
13 43 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
14 42 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
14 42 (2.23%) Microsoft Purview
15 37 (1.97%) Azure AKS
15 37 (1.97%) Mimecast
15 37 (1.97%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 427 (22.70%) Firewall
2 367 (19.51%) DNS
3 266 (14.14%) DHCP
4 229 (12.17%) WAN
5 221 (11.75%) Broadband
6 212 (11.27%) 5G
7 204 (10.85%) LAN
8 177 (9.41%) VPN
9 159 (8.45%) Wi-Fi
10 139 (7.39%) TCP/IP
11 104 (5.53%) VLAN
12 79 (4.20%) SAN
13 75 (3.99%) Wireless
14 65 (3.46%) VoIP
15 60 (3.19%) Network Security
16 57 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
17 56 (2.98%) SD-WAN
18 43 (2.29%) NAS
19 31 (1.65%) Internet
19 31 (1.65%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (5.05%) SQL Server
2 59 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 50 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
4 44 (2.34%) Power BI
5 25 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (0.90%) MySQL
7 12 (0.64%) MariaDB
8 11 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.48%) Big Data
9 9 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.43%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.43%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.43%) Redis
11 7 (0.37%) Ingres
12 6 (0.32%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.21%) PowerPivot
13 4 (0.21%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.16%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 43 (2.29%) JIRA
2 26 (1.38%) Git
3 9 (0.48%) GitLab
4 7 (0.37%) Katalon Studio
5 5 (0.27%) Moq
5 5 (0.27%) Postman
5 5 (0.27%) SpecFlow
5 5 (0.27%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.16%) Selenium
6 3 (0.16%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.11%) Hudson
7 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.11%) JUnit
7 2 (0.11%) MSTest
7 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.11%) webpack
8 1 (0.053%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.053%) MSI
General
1 543 (28.87%) Social Skills
2 317 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
3 253 (13.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 225 (11.96%) Finance
5 129 (6.86%) Law
6 88 (4.68%) Legal
7 67 (3.56%) Manufacturing
8 54 (2.87%) Telecoms
9 47 (2.50%) Public Sector
10 36 (1.91%) Retail
11 33 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 33 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (1.70%) Marketing
13 25 (1.33%) Games
13 25 (1.33%) Local Government
14 23 (1.22%) Banking
15 21 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (0.64%) General Ledger
17 11 (0.58%) Police
18 9 (0.48%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 346 (18.39%) Senior
2 305 (16.21%) Support Engineer
3 289 (15.36%) IT Support
4 235 (12.49%) IT Engineer
5 218 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 217 (11.54%) Technical Specialist
7 210 (11.16%) Linux Specialist
8 183 (9.73%) Analyst
9 158 (8.40%) IT Support Engineer
10 128 (6.80%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 128 (6.80%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 128 (6.80%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 127 (6.75%) Senior Linux Specialist
12 107 (5.69%) 2nd Line Support
13 93 (4.94%) Azure Engineer
14 88 (4.68%) Consultant
14 88 (4.68%) Lead
15 85 (4.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 78 (4.15%) IT Technician
17 77 (4.09%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.34%) .NET
2 33 (1.75%) ARM Templates
3 23 (1.22%) SAML
4 19 (1.01%) OAuth
4 19 (1.01%) YAML
5 18 (0.96%) LDAP
6 17 (0.90%) CSS
7 14 (0.74%) React
8 13 (0.69%) 802.1X
8 13 (0.69%) HTML
9 12 (0.64%) Web Services
10 11 (0.58%) JSON
10 11 (0.58%) REST
10 11 (0.58%) SailPoint
11 10 (0.53%) EDI
11 10 (0.53%) RESTful
12 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET
13 7 (0.37%) .NET Framework
13 7 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
13 7 (0.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 213 (11.32%) Social Media
2 84 (4.47%) Data Centre
3 80 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
4 73 (3.88%) Driving Licence
5 72 (3.83%) Management Information System
6 66 (3.51%) PKI
7 60 (3.19%) Onboarding
8 45 (2.39%) Replication
9 44 (2.34%) Public Cloud
10 35 (1.86%) Clustering
11 31 (1.65%) CCTV
12 25 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
13 24 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.12%) Cloud Native
15 18 (0.96%) iPhone
15 18 (0.96%) Smartphone
16 16 (0.85%) iPad
16 16 (0.85%) Security Posture
17 15 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
18 13 (0.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,072 (56.99%) Windows
2 615 (32.70%) Windows Server
3 333 (17.70%) Linux
4 287 (15.26%) Windows 10
5 225 (11.96%) Ubuntu
6 118 (6.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 113 (6.01%) Windows Server 2016
8 100 (5.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 74 (3.93%) Apple iOS
10 66 (3.51%) Android
11 50 (2.66%) Mac OS
12 29 (1.54%) VMS
13 17 (0.90%) CentOS
14 13 (0.69%) Debian
15 11 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (0.53%) Unix
17 9 (0.48%) SUSE
18 8 (0.43%) Mac OS X
19 7 (0.37%) Windows 7
20 5 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (22.86%) Cybersecurity
2 312 (16.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 311 (16.53%) ITIL
4 306 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
5 263 (13.98%) Customer Service
6 254 (13.50%) IT Strategy
7 238 (12.65%) CRM
8 233 (12.39%) Artificial Intelligence
9 232 (12.33%) Technology Strategy
10 191 (10.15%) DevOps
11 153 (8.13%) Migration
12 132 (7.02%) Mentoring
13 115 (6.11%) Service Management
14 114 (6.06%) Roadmaps
15 108 (5.74%) Information Security
16 107 (5.69%) Agile
17 103 (5.48%) Disaster Recovery
18 97 (5.16%) Continuous Improvement
19 93 (4.94%) Identity Access Management
19 93 (4.94%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 361 (19.19%) PowerShell
2 254 (13.50%) Bash
3 173 (9.20%) SQL
4 56 (2.98%) C#
5 43 (2.29%) Python
6 26 (1.38%) Bicep
7 22 (1.17%) VB
8 20 (1.06%) VBScript
9 16 (0.85%) JavaScript
10 12 (0.64%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.43%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.27%) Java
13 5 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.21%) VBA
15 3 (0.16%) AWK
15 3 (0.16%) Go
15 3 (0.16%) sed
16 2 (0.11%) PHP
17 1 (0.053%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 185 (9.84%) Degree
2 121 (6.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 91 (4.84%) Azure Certification
4 82 (4.36%) Security Cleared
5 42 (2.23%) SC Cleared
6 40 (2.13%) A+ Certification
7 39 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (2.07%) Network+ Certification
8 37 (1.97%) MCSE
9 33 (1.75%) CCNA
10 29 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 27 (1.44%) DV Cleared
12 26 (1.38%) MCP
13 22 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
14 21 (1.12%) CISSP
14 21 (1.12%) MCSA
15 19 (1.01%) AWS Certification
16 18 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 17 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
17 17 (0.90%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 80 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 62 (3.30%) SLA
4 55 (2.92%) GDPR
5 28 (1.49%) NIST
6 24 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (0.53%) PMO
8 9 (0.48%) GRC
8 9 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.37%) NCSC
10 6 (0.32%) COBIT
10 6 (0.32%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.32%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (0.27%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.21%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.16%) QA
13 3 (0.16%) WCAG
14 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.053%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.053%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1,655 (87.99%) Active Directory
2 263 (13.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 256 (13.61%) Hyper-V
4 113 (6.01%) VMware ESXi
5 88 (4.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 83 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
7 44 (2.34%) vSphere
8 38 (2.02%) Docker
9 16 (0.85%) XenApp
10 15 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
11 10 (0.53%) Terminal Services
11 10 (0.53%) XenDesktop
12 8 (0.43%) pfSense
13 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (0.32%) NFS
14 3 (0.16%) Firmware
15 2 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 1 (0.053%) Terminal Server
16 1 (0.053%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 1 (0.053%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 831 (44.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 237 (12.60%) Jamf Pro
3 164 (8.72%) SCCM
4 100 (5.32%) Single Sign-On
5 76 (4.04%) Terraform
6 74 (3.93%) vCenter Server
7 72 (3.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 72 (3.83%) Kubernetes
8 44 (2.34%) WSUS
9 26 (1.38%) FortiGate
9 26 (1.38%) SCOM
10 21 (1.12%) Microsoft Clustering
11 15 (0.80%) Ansible
12 12 (0.64%) CA Single Sign-On
13 11 (0.58%) Autotask
13 11 (0.58%) Backup Exec
14 10 (0.53%) vRealize
15 9 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
15 9 (0.48%) ZABBIX
16 6 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1,371 (72.89%) Microsoft
2 406 (21.58%) VMware
3 228 (12.12%) CyberArk
4 210 (11.16%) Tanium
5 141 (7.50%) Citrix
6 139 (7.39%) Veeam
7 134 (7.12%) Cisco
8 81 (4.31%) ServiceNow
9 64 (3.40%) Meraki
10 63 (3.35%) Apple
11 46 (2.45%) HP
12 40 (2.13%) Google
13 38 (2.02%) Sophos
14 36 (1.91%) Draytek
15 32 (1.70%) iManage
16 31 (1.65%) Commvault
17 29 (1.54%) Acronis
17 29 (1.54%) Dell
18 26 (1.38%) Aruba
19 25 (1.33%) CA