Entra ID Contracts in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Entra ID skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Entra ID over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 157 144
Rank change year-on-year +42 -13 +72
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 585 568 858
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.41% 1.55% 1.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.42% 4.83% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 432 634
10th Percentile £250 £251 £279
25th Percentile £375 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £636 £638 £650
90th Percentile £697 £724 £742
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 10
10th Percentile £22.95 - £24.99
25th Percentile £23.63 - £26.48
Median hourly rate £24.00 £17.80 £33.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.83% -46.47% +75.81%
75th Percentile - £23.80 £59.50
90th Percentile - £34.28 £68.43
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £17.80 £54.00
% change year-on-year +34.83% -67.04% +54.29%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 9,107 11,765 17,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.58% 32.01% 36.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,242 8,481 12,617
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £745 £750
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 319 290
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.94 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.01 £21.37 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.03% -38.94% +62.79%
75th Percentile £36.75 £38.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £69.60 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £21.37 £37.00
% change year-on-year +31.02% -42.24% +65.18%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in England

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in England.

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in England

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in England

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in England.

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in England

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
London +13 296 £536 +7.20% 214
North of England +65 110 £400 -27.27% 116
North West +45 67 £431 -26.60% 70
South East +29 64 £500 -17.36% 130
Midlands +36 55 £460 +8.24% 86
West Midlands +38 48 £460 +31.43% 49
Yorkshire +35 42 £400 -23.81% 34
South West +27 27 £450 +1.21% 62
East of England +44 23 £500 +11.11% 59
East Midlands +7 7 £475 -5.00% 35
North East 0 1 £550 - 12
Entra ID
UK

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 124 (21.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (18.29%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.20%) Confluence
4 6 (1.03%) IIS
5 5 (0.85%) nginx
5 5 (0.85%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.34%) SAS
6 2 (0.34%) Traefik
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 44 (7.52%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.85%) InfoPath
4 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) Notion
5 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.34%) Alphatax
2 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 475 (81.20%) Azure
2 283 (48.38%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (11.97%) AWS
4 67 (11.45%) OneDrive
5 63 (10.77%) IaaS
6 50 (8.55%) SaaS
7 42 (7.18%) Power Platform
8 38 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (5.30%) Azure AKS
10 30 (5.13%) PaaS
11 25 (4.27%) Azure Monitor
11 25 (4.27%) GitHub
12 23 (3.93%) GCP
13 21 (3.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 21 (3.59%) Azure Service Bus
13 21 (3.59%) Power Automate
13 21 (3.59%) Serverless
14 16 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
15 15 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
15 15 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 75 (12.82%) Firewall
2 67 (11.45%) DNS
3 37 (6.32%) DHCP
4 32 (5.47%) VPN
5 26 (4.44%) Network Security
6 25 (4.27%) WAN
7 19 (3.25%) LAN
8 18 (3.08%) TCP/IP
9 14 (2.39%) Intrusion Detection
9 14 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (1.88%) MPLS
11 8 (1.37%) SAN
11 8 (1.37%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.03%) Internet
12 6 (1.03%) Kerberos
12 6 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (1.03%) Skype
12 6 (1.03%) SMTP
12 6 (1.03%) SSL
12 6 (1.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (9.06%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (2.39%) Power BI
4 7 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.03%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.85%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.85%) Redis
7 4 (0.68%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.51%) SSDT
9 2 (0.34%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.17%) Parquet
10 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 15 (2.56%) JIRA
2 10 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.20%) GitLab
4 5 (0.85%) MSI
5 3 (0.51%) Git
5 3 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.51%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.34%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.17%) JMeter
7 1 (0.17%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.17%) Postman
7 1 (0.17%) Selenium
7 1 (0.17%) Snyk
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 196 (33.50%) Social Skills
2 102 (17.44%) Finance
3 42 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 41 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.01%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.10%) Legal
6 21 (3.59%) Retail
7 19 (3.25%) Banking
8 15 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.71%) Military
12 8 (1.37%) Law
13 6 (1.03%) Local Government
13 6 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.85%) Games
14 5 (0.85%) Spanish Language
15 4 (0.68%) Automotive
15 4 (0.68%) French Language
15 4 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 103 (17.61%) Architect
2 61 (10.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 56 (9.57%) Support Engineer
4 52 (8.89%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 45 (7.69%) Senior
6 44 (7.52%) IT Support
7 39 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
8 36 (6.15%) Analyst
9 35 (5.98%) Lead
10 30 (5.13%) Support Manager
11 28 (4.79%) IT Engineer
12 27 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (3.93%) Consultant
14 20 (3.42%) Azure Architect
15 19 (3.25%) 1st Line Support
15 19 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
15 19 (3.25%) Developer
15 19 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
15 19 (3.25%) IT Manager
16 17 (2.91%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (9.40%) OAuth
2 42 (7.18%) OpenID
3 33 (5.64%) SailPoint
4 31 (5.30%) SAML
5 25 (4.27%) .NET
6 24 (4.10%) REST
7 19 (3.25%) ARM Templates
8 16 (2.74%) React
9 15 (2.56%) LDAP
9 15 (2.56%) OAuth2
10 14 (2.39%) Kafka
11 12 (2.05%) .NET Core
12 11 (1.88%) ASP.NET
13 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Graph
14 8 (1.37%) CSS
14 8 (1.37%) HTML
14 8 (1.37%) NumPy
14 8 (1.37%) OpenTelemetry
14 8 (1.37%) Pandas
14 8 (1.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.81%) Onboarding
2 31 (5.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (3.93%) Data Centre
3 23 (3.93%) PKI
4 21 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (3.42%) iPhone
6 19 (3.25%) Smartphone
7 18 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.56%) Security Posture
9 12 (2.05%) Driving Licence
10 11 (1.88%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.20%) Cloud Native
12 7 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.03%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.03%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.03%) Replication
14 5 (0.85%) Reinsurance
15 3 (0.51%) Clustering
15 3 (0.51%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 233 (39.83%) Windows
2 99 (16.92%) Windows Server
3 47 (8.03%) Linux
4 42 (7.18%) Windows 10
5 34 (5.81%) Mac OS
6 26 (4.44%) Android
7 22 (3.76%) Apple iOS
8 16 (2.74%) VMS
9 13 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (1.20%) Unix
12 5 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.34%) CentOS
15 2 (0.34%) Debian
15 2 (0.34%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
16 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.17%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
2 118 (20.17%) Migration
3 104 (17.78%) ITIL
4 101 (17.26%) Identity Access Management
5 93 (15.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 83 (14.19%) Identity Management
7 80 (13.68%) DevOps
8 72 (12.31%) RBAC
9 71 (12.14%) Agile
10 67 (11.45%) Cloud Security
11 60 (10.26%) Customer Service
12 57 (9.74%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 56 (9.57%) ITSM
14 49 (8.38%) CI/CD
15 47 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
16 42 (7.18%) Cybersecurity
17 38 (6.50%) Data Loss Prevention
18 37 (6.32%) High Availability
18 37 (6.32%) Roadmaps
19 35 (5.98%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 161 (27.52%) PowerShell
2 58 (9.91%) Python
3 41 (7.01%) SQL
4 34 (5.81%) C#
5 26 (4.44%) Bicep
6 24 (4.10%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.22%) Java
8 11 (1.88%) Bash
9 9 (1.54%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.85%) Ruby
11 3 (0.51%) VB
12 2 (0.34%) C
12 2 (0.34%) Go
12 2 (0.34%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.17%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.17%) C++
13 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 111 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 87 (14.87%) SC Cleared
3 49 (8.38%) Azure Certification
4 45 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 39 (6.67%) Degree
6 19 (3.25%) DV Cleared
7 16 (2.74%) AWS Certification
8 14 (2.39%) CISSP
9 7 (1.20%) ACSP
9 7 (1.20%) ACTC
9 7 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.03%) MCSE
10 6 (1.03%) PMP
11 5 (0.85%) A+ Certification
11 5 (0.85%) CISM
11 5 (0.85%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (0.68%) CCNA
12 4 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.64%) GDPR
2 25 (4.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 23 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (3.59%) NIST
5 19 (3.25%) HIPAA
6 10 (1.71%) NCSC
6 10 (1.71%) SLA
7 5 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.85%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.68%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.51%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.51%) PMO
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.34%) QA
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 425 (72.65%) Active Directory
2 41 (7.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (5.30%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (2.91%) vSphere
6 11 (1.88%) Hyper-V
7 10 (1.71%) BitLocker
7 10 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.54%) Docker
9 5 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.68%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.68%) OpenAM
11 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.51%) NFS
11 3 (0.51%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.17%) Firmware
12 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 171 (29.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (12.99%) Terraform
3 75 (12.82%) Single Sign-On
4 46 (7.86%) SCCM
5 44 (7.52%) Jamf Pro
6 39 (6.67%) Kubernetes
7 18 (3.08%) Ansible
8 14 (2.39%) WSUS
9 9 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (1.37%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.85%) Grafana
11 5 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (0.68%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.68%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.51%) AirWatch
13 3 (0.51%) PingFederate
14 2 (0.34%) Istio
14 2 (0.34%) linkerd
14 2 (0.34%) Packer
14 2 (0.34%) Rancher
Vendors
1 386 (65.98%) Microsoft
2 59 (10.09%) VMware
3 47 (8.03%) Apple
3 47 (8.03%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.30%) Okta
5 25 (4.27%) Citrix
6 24 (4.10%) CyberArk
7 23 (3.93%) Cisco
7 23 (3.93%) Google
8 14 (2.39%) Ping Identity
9 13 (2.22%) Zscaler
10 11 (1.88%) Oracle
11 10 (1.71%) Palo Alto
12 8 (1.37%) Samsung
12 8 (1.37%) SOTI
13 7 (1.20%) Databricks
13 7 (1.20%) SAP
13 7 (1.20%) Veeam
14 6 (1.03%) Proofpoint
15 5 (0.85%) Dell