Entra ID Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Entra ID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 63 66
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +23
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 8 7 12
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.98% 1.00% 1.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.00% 4.02% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 8
10th Percentile £388 - £177
25th Percentile £495 £400 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £450 £283
Median % change year-on-year +13.78% +59.29% -28.25%
75th Percentile £566 £525 £488
90th Percentile £695 £570 £653
South West median daily rate £494 £538 £600
% change year-on-year -8.14% -10.42% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £77.50 £20.25
Median hourly rate - £85.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +277.78% -
75th Percentile - £92.50 £24.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £85.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -25.88% +277.78% -76.32%

All Cloud Skills
Bristol

Entra ID falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 200 174 274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 24.39% 24.82% 27.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 115 222
10th Percentile £336 £213 £301
25th Percentile £400 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £649
90th Percentile £650 £775 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 10
10th Percentile - - £20.03
25th Percentile - £25.26 -
Median hourly rate £18.87 £47.31 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.12% +43.37% -49.23%
75th Percentile £28.73 £69.69 -
90th Percentile £93.75 £81.25 £52.88
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% +46.34% -64.50%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Entra ID relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Entra ID job vacancy trend in Bristol

Entra ID
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Entra ID.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in Bristol over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in Bristol

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Entra ID.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) Azure AKS
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) GCP
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) ForgeRock Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) OAuth
1 3 (37.50%) OAuth2
1 3 (37.50%) OpenID
1 3 (37.50%) RESTful
1 3 (37.50%) SAML
2 2 (25.00%) Express.js
2 2 (25.00%) Next.js
2 2 (25.00%) Node.js
2 2 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Digital Identity
1 3 (37.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 3 (37.50%) RBAC
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) API Management
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) SDLC
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Bicep
2 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
1 3 (37.50%) PSD2
1 3 (37.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (25.00%) Kibana
2 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) ForgeRock
2 3 (37.50%) Ping Identity
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow