Entra ID Contracts in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 133 149
Rank change year-on-year +13 +16 +66
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 299 322 482
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.38% 1.81% 1.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.63% 4.77% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 233 335
10th Percentile £281 £253 £308
25th Percentile £404 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £594 £650
90th Percentile £729 £725 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £23.63 - -
25th Percentile £23.69 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £23.80 £23.80 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.02% -30.00% +12.98%
75th Percentile £23.90 - £57.50
90th Percentile £23.96 - £72.35
England median hourly rate £23.80 £17.80 £32.50
% change year-on-year +33.68% -45.23% +71.84%

All Cloud Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,314 6,744 10,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.35% 37.82% 39.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,693 4,977 7,700
10th Percentile £358 £350 £375
25th Percentile £440 £445 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £673 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £775 £782
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 71 90
10th Percentile £22.40 £17.78 £20.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £21.25 £24.63
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -37.50% +1.27%
75th Percentile £53.75 £38.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.13 £58.75 £88.30
England median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
% change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in London

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in London

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in London

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in London

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +10 66 £531 +1.05% 26
South London +12 9 £450 +4.65% 4
East London +17 5 £585 +8.84% 5
West London +10 3 £750 +42.86% 11
North London - 1 £675 - 2
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 73 (24.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (24.08%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.01%) nginx
4 5 (1.67%) IIS
4 5 (1.67%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (1.67%) Traefik
5 4 (1.34%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.67%) Confluence
7 1 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.33%) CMS
7 1 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.67%) InfoPath
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.67%) Alphatax
2 2 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 252 (84.28%) Azure
2 153 (51.17%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (18.06%) OneDrive
4 53 (17.73%) AWS
5 35 (11.71%) Power Platform
6 31 (10.37%) IaaS
7 23 (7.69%) Power Automate
8 22 (7.36%) GitHub
9 20 (6.69%) SaaS
10 19 (6.35%) Azure AKS
10 19 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (6.35%) GCP
11 18 (6.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 18 (6.02%) Azure Service Bus
12 15 (5.02%) Serverless
13 14 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (4.01%) PaaS
15 12 (4.01%) PowerApps
16 10 (3.34%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 51 (17.06%) DNS
2 44 (14.72%) Firewall
3 20 (6.69%) VPN
4 19 (6.35%) TCP/IP
5 18 (6.02%) DHCP
6 13 (4.35%) MPLS
7 12 (4.01%) Network Security
7 12 (4.01%) WAN
8 11 (3.68%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (2.01%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.67%) LAN
10 5 (1.67%) VLAN
11 4 (1.34%) SAN
11 4 (1.34%) Skype
12 3 (1.00%) Internet
12 3 (1.00%) SSL
12 3 (1.00%) VoIP
13 2 (0.67%) HTTP
13 2 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (0.67%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.37%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.01%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (3.01%) Power BI
3 7 (2.34%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.34%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.00%) Redis
6 2 (0.67%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.67%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
7 1 (0.33%) Power Query
7 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.34%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.68%) GitLab
3 4 (1.34%) JIRA
4 2 (0.67%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.67%) Git
4 2 (0.67%) MSI
5 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.33%) JMeter
5 1 (0.33%) Postman
5 1 (0.33%) Selenium
5 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 77 (25.75%) Finance
2 71 (23.75%) Social Skills
3 19 (6.35%) Banking
4 18 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (5.35%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.67%) Legal
8 5 (1.67%) Military
8 5 (1.67%) Spanish Language
9 3 (1.00%) French Language
9 3 (1.00%) Games
9 3 (1.00%) Law
9 3 (1.00%) Local Government
9 3 (1.00%) Marketing
9 3 (1.00%) Police
9 3 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.00%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.67%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 60 (20.07%) Architect
2 41 (13.71%) Senior
3 34 (11.37%) Support Engineer
4 28 (9.36%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 27 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 23 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (6.35%) IT Support
8 18 (6.02%) IT Engineer
9 17 (5.69%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (5.02%) Analyst
10 15 (5.02%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (5.02%) Lead
11 12 (4.01%) Consultant
11 12 (4.01%) Developer
12 11 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (3.68%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.68%) Integration Engineer
13 10 (3.34%) Microsoft Engineer
13 10 (3.34%) Python Engineer
13 10 (3.34%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (13.04%) OAuth
2 27 (9.03%) OpenID
3 19 (6.35%) Kafka
3 19 (6.35%) SAML
4 18 (6.02%) .NET
4 18 (6.02%) REST
5 15 (5.02%) OAuth2
5 15 (5.02%) SailPoint
6 11 (3.68%) LDAP
7 9 (3.01%) NumPy
7 9 (3.01%) OpenTelemetry
7 9 (3.01%) Pandas
8 8 (2.68%) ASP.NET
8 8 (2.68%) React
8 8 (2.68%) RESTful
9 7 (2.34%) .NET Core
9 7 (2.34%) ARM Templates
9 7 (2.34%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (2.01%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.67%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.69%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.69%) PKI
3 12 (4.01%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.34%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.68%) Low-Code
7 7 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.01%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.34%) BYOD
9 4 (1.34%) iPhone
9 4 (1.34%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.00%) Blackberry
10 3 (1.00%) Clustering
10 3 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (1.00%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.67%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.67%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 110 (36.79%) Windows
2 52 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 29 (9.70%) Windows 10
4 21 (7.02%) Linux
5 14 (4.68%) Apple iOS
6 12 (4.01%) Android
7 8 (2.68%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.01%) Unix
9 5 (1.67%) CentOS
9 5 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.00%) VMS
10 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.67%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (21.07%) Migration
2 60 (20.07%) Identity Access Management
3 57 (19.06%) Identity Management
4 47 (15.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 46 (15.38%) Agile
6 44 (14.72%) Cloud Security
6 44 (14.72%) DevOps
7 43 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (14.05%) ITIL
9 35 (11.71%) RBAC
10 30 (10.03%) CI/CD
11 28 (9.36%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 25 (8.36%) Infrastructure as Code
13 24 (8.03%) Data Loss Prevention
13 24 (8.03%) High Availability
13 24 (8.03%) Roadmaps
14 19 (6.35%) Mentoring
14 19 (6.35%) User Experience
15 18 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (5.69%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (28.43%) PowerShell
2 42 (14.05%) Python
3 28 (9.36%) C#
4 23 (7.69%) SQL
5 17 (5.69%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.01%) Bicep
7 8 (2.68%) Java
8 7 (2.34%) Bash
9 5 (1.67%) Go
10 4 (1.34%) Ruby
11 3 (1.00%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.67%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.67%) VB
13 1 (0.33%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.33%) C
13 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (11.37%) Security Cleared
2 25 (8.36%) Degree
3 22 (7.36%) Azure Certification
4 19 (6.35%) SC Cleared
5 18 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (5.02%) AWS Certification
7 11 (3.68%) DV Cleared
8 10 (3.34%) CISSP
9 5 (1.67%) PMP
10 4 (1.34%) CISM
10 4 (1.34%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.00%) CISA
11 3 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.00%) CRISC
11 3 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.67%) MCSE
13 1 (0.33%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.69%) GDPR
1 17 (5.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 14 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.34%) NIST
4 8 (2.68%) NCSC
5 7 (2.34%) HIPAA
6 6 (2.01%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (1.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (1.00%) SLA
7 3 (1.00%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.67%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.33%) GRC
System Software
1 207 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.68%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (2.68%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.34%) BitLocker
7 4 (1.34%) Docker
7 4 (1.34%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (1.34%) OpenAM
8 2 (0.67%) vSphere
8 2 (0.67%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.33%) Firmware
9 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 92 (30.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (15.38%) Terraform
3 29 (9.70%) SCCM
4 27 (9.03%) Single Sign-On
5 26 (8.70%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.34%) Ansible
7 8 (2.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (2.34%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (2.01%) Grafana
9 6 (2.01%) Prometheus
10 5 (1.67%) Consul
10 5 (1.67%) HAProxy
10 5 (1.67%) Istio
10 5 (1.67%) linkerd
10 5 (1.67%) Packer
10 5 (1.67%) Rancher
10 5 (1.67%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.34%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (1.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 2 (0.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 189 (63.21%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.36%) Google
2 22 (7.36%) VMware
3 21 (7.02%) Okta
4 19 (6.35%) Cisco
5 14 (4.68%) Citrix
6 12 (4.01%) Apple
7 10 (3.34%) CyberArk
8 9 (3.01%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.68%) Splunk
10 7 (2.34%) Zscaler
11 6 (2.01%) Palo Alto
11 6 (2.01%) Ping Identity
11 6 (2.01%) Proofpoint
12 5 (1.67%) ESET
12 5 (1.67%) ForgeRock
12 5 (1.67%) Oracle
13 4 (1.34%) NetApp
14 3 (1.00%) Commvault
14 3 (1.00%) Dell