Entra ID Contract Job Trends in Dorset

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Entra ID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 14 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 1 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.50% 7.95% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.64% 22.58% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £409 -
25th Percentile £525 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% - -
75th Percentile £575 £750 -
90th Percentile - £810 -
South West median daily rate £545 £450 £445
% change year-on-year +21.06% +1.21% -1.20%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 61 31 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 30.50% 35.23% 18.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 24 24
10th Percentile £351 £204 £175
25th Percentile £409 £363 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £425 £185
Median % change year-on-year +25.29% +129.97% -63.04%
75th Percentile £688 £550 £472
90th Percentile - - £769
South West median daily rate £505 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +3.59% -2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £14.70 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £14.99 -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £16.78 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.07% +19.86% -26.32%
75th Percentile £23.50 £20.03 -
90th Percentile - £23.01 -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £18.87 £35.00
% change year-on-year +204.72% -46.09% -36.36%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in Dorset

Entra ID
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 30 May 2026. 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
Bournemouth -17 1 £550 -2.22%
Entra ID
South West

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IAM Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technical Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft