Entra ID Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Entra ID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 51 62
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +6
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 25 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.80% 0.51% 0.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.26% 1.97% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 3
10th Percentile £213 £346 -
25th Percentile £425 £384 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £460 £225
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% +104.44% -59.09%
75th Percentile £488 £549 £431
90th Percentile £526 £595 £548
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - -
Median hourly rate £16.50 - -
75th Percentile £16.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.47 £57.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -55.70% +194.91% -42.65%

All Cloud Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 270 152 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.24% 25.72% 36.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 89 220
10th Percentile £205 £184 £213
25th Percentile £358 £340 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £450 £453
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% -0.66% -7.27%
75th Percentile £509 £538 £530
90th Percentile £613 £603 £614
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 16
10th Percentile £15.17 £14.49 £11.39
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.85 £12.94
Median hourly rate £20.50 £29.00 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -29.31% +64.73% +13.58%
75th Percentile £24.56 £43.51 £47.13
90th Percentile £43.37 £50.40 £91.25
England median hourly rate £27.21 £29.00 £23.43
% change year-on-year -6.17% +23.80% +4.11%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Entra ID
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Entra ID.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the East Midlands

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Entra ID.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 December 2025. 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
Nottinghamshire - 11 £363 - 5
Northamptonshire -8 8 £470 +46.88% 10
Derbyshire +5 5 £500 -16.67% 7
Leicestershire - 1 £450 - 9
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 6 (24.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 23 (92.00%) Azure
2 14 (56.00%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (52.00%) AWS
4 7 (28.00%) GCP
5 3 (12.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.00%) Azure App Service
6 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Storage
6 1 (4.00%) Google Workspace
6 1 (4.00%) IaaS
6 1 (4.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) DNS
2 2 (8.00%) DHCP
2 2 (8.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.00%) VLAN
2 2 (8.00%) VPN
3 1 (4.00%) Network Security
3 1 (4.00%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Desktop Support
1 5 (20.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 5 (20.00%) Desktop Technician
1 5 (20.00%) Support Technician
2 3 (12.00%) Head of IT
2 3 (12.00%) Programme Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Senior
2 3 (12.00%) Senior Desktop Support
2 3 (12.00%) Senior Desktop Support Technician
2 3 (12.00%) Senior Support Technician
2 3 (12.00%) Senior Technician
3 2 (8.00%) Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Programme Director
4 1 (4.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) ARM Templates
1 1 (4.00%) LDAP
1 1 (4.00%) OAuth
1 1 (4.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Smartphone
2 4 (16.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (76.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Mac OS
2 7 (28.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 3 (12.00%) Android
5 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
6 1 (4.00%) Linux
6 1 (4.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (44.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (32.00%) Roadmaps
4 7 (28.00%) Data Protection
4 7 (28.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (28.00%) Migration
4 7 (28.00%) Thought Leadership
4 7 (28.00%) User Experience
4 7 (28.00%) Zero Trust
5 6 (24.00%) Identity Management
5 6 (24.00%) Incident Response
6 5 (20.00%) BCP
6 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
6 5 (20.00%) Data Migration
6 5 (20.00%) Patch Management
7 4 (16.00%) Analytics
7 4 (16.00%) Business Transformation
7 4 (16.00%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (16.00%) Programme Delivery
7 4 (16.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (28.00%) Bash
3 2 (8.00%) SQL
4 1 (4.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.00%) CISA
3 1 (4.00%) CISSP
3 1 (4.00%) GIAC
3 1 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (36.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (32.00%) GDPR
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (36.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (52.00%) SCCM
3 2 (8.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (84.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (36.00%) VMware
3 7 (28.00%) Citrix
4 3 (12.00%) Samsung
5 2 (8.00%) Google
6 1 (4.00%) SAP
6 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.00%) Sophos
6 1 (4.00%) Workday