Entra ID Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Entra ID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 125 124
Rank change year-on-year +27 -1 +8
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 556 314 350
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.82% 2.32% 2.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.77% 5.43% 5.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 198 251
10th Percentile £300 £271 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £736 £713 £700
England median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 4
10th Percentile £32.60 - -
25th Percentile £41.00 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £23.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +139.13% -3.36% -46.52%
75th Percentile - £24.00 £40.98
90th Percentile - - £71.89
England median hourly rate £62.50 £23.00 £26.90
% change year-on-year +171.74% -14.50% +1.59%

All Cloud Computing 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 8,214 5,786 6,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.60% 42.77% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,623 3,941 5,121
10th Percentile £361 £350 £350
25th Percentile £440 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 79 65
10th Percentile £19.50 £22.50 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.08 £22.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +7.79% -50.96%
75th Percentile £55.00 £47.50 £38.75
90th Percentile £76.23 £67.50 £64.60
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in London

Entra ID
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in London over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in London

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Entra ID in London over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 15 July 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
Central London +3 58 £561 +4.66% 20
South London -14 9 £425 -5.56% 2
East London +1 3 £150 -74.36% 5
North London -1 2 £525 -22.22%
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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
1 101 (18.17%) SharePoint
2 87 (15.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.16%) Confluence
4 2 (0.36%) IIS
4 2 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.36%) CPLEX
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.18%) Maximo
3 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 426 (76.62%) Azure
2 214 (38.49%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (16.19%) AWS
4 65 (11.69%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (8.45%) OneDrive
6 46 (8.27%) GitHub
7 43 (7.73%) Power Platform
8 40 (7.19%) Azure Monitor
9 39 (7.01%) Microsoft Purview
9 39 (7.01%) SaaS
10 33 (5.94%) Azure Sentinel
11 30 (5.40%) PaaS
12 29 (5.22%) Azure AKS
12 29 (5.22%) Azure Logic Apps
12 29 (5.22%) Serverless
13 28 (5.04%) GitHub Actions
14 27 (4.86%) Microsoft Copilot
15 24 (4.32%) Azure Key Vault
16 23 (4.14%) IaaS
17 22 (3.96%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 76 (13.67%) DNS
2 63 (11.33%) Firewall
3 39 (7.01%) DHCP
3 39 (7.01%) VPN
4 37 (6.65%) Network Security
5 31 (5.58%) TCP/IP
6 21 (3.78%) Kerberos
7 16 (2.88%) WAN
8 12 (2.16%) LAN
8 12 (2.16%) Wireless
9 11 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (1.80%) SSL
11 8 (1.44%) NGFW
11 8 (1.44%) VLAN
12 7 (1.26%) Internet
12 7 (1.26%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.90%) DKIM
13 5 (0.90%) HTTP
13 5 (0.90%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.72%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.32%) Power BI
2 17 (3.06%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (2.16%) Metadata
5 8 (1.44%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (0.90%) Amazon QuickSight
6 5 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.36%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.36%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.36%) MySQL
9 2 (0.36%) Redis
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.18%) Big Data
10 1 (0.18%) Db2
10 1 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 55 (9.89%) JIRA
2 23 (4.14%) Git
3 13 (2.34%) GitLab
4 12 (2.16%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.08%) Artifactory
5 6 (1.08%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.90%) MSI
7 4 (0.72%) JetBrains Rider
7 4 (0.72%) Snyk
8 3 (0.54%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.54%) MSBuild
8 3 (0.54%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.54%) webpack
9 2 (0.36%) AdminStudio
9 2 (0.36%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.36%) InstallShield
9 2 (0.36%) NUnit
10 1 (0.18%) Moq
10 1 (0.18%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 132 (23.74%) Social Skills
2 115 (20.68%) Finance
3 55 (9.89%) Public Sector
4 50 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (6.83%) Banking
6 34 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (3.24%) Legal
8 17 (3.06%) Retail
9 12 (2.16%) Investment Banking
10 10 (1.80%) Local Government
11 8 (1.44%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.26%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.90%) Front Office
14 5 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.72%) French Language
16 3 (0.54%) Law
17 2 (0.36%) Military
17 2 (0.36%) Police
17 2 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 91 (16.37%) Architect
2 53 (9.53%) Senior
3 46 (8.27%) Azure Engineer
3 46 (8.27%) Support Engineer
4 40 (7.19%) Analyst
5 37 (6.65%) Developer
6 31 (5.58%) Cloud Engineer
6 31 (5.58%) IT Support
7 26 (4.68%) IT Engineer
8 25 (4.50%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (4.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 24 (4.32%) Consultant
10 22 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (3.60%) Project Manager
12 19 (3.42%) Lead
13 18 (3.24%) Platform Engineer
14 17 (3.06%) Azure Architect
14 17 (3.06%) Security Engineer
15 16 (2.88%) Security Architect
15 16 (2.88%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (10.79%) OAuth
2 49 (8.81%) REST
3 48 (8.63%) SAML
4 46 (8.27%) Microsoft Graph
5 36 (6.47%) OpenID
6 29 (5.22%) OAuth2
6 29 (5.22%) SailPoint
7 28 (5.04%) LDAP
8 23 (4.14%) .NET
9 15 (2.70%) JSON
9 15 (2.70%) SOAP
10 14 (2.52%) React
11 11 (1.98%) .NET Framework
12 9 (1.62%) ARM Templates
12 9 (1.62%) Entity Framework
12 9 (1.62%) Web Services
13 8 (1.44%) Keycloak
13 8 (1.44%) RESTful
13 8 (1.44%) Swagger
14 7 (1.26%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 71 (12.77%) Onboarding
2 37 (6.65%) Security Posture
3 35 (6.29%) Cloud Native
4 23 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (3.96%) Replication
6 16 (2.88%) PKI
7 15 (2.70%) Operational Technology
8 14 (2.52%) Video Conferencing
9 13 (2.34%) CMDB
10 12 (2.16%) AI Agents
10 12 (2.16%) IoT
10 12 (2.16%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.80%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.80%) FMCG
12 8 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.26%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (1.26%) Mobile App
14 6 (1.08%) BYOD
14 6 (1.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 165 (29.68%) Windows
2 50 (8.99%) Windows Server
3 29 (5.22%) Windows 10
4 28 (5.04%) Linux
5 27 (4.86%) Mac OS
6 13 (2.34%) Android
6 13 (2.34%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.44%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.90%) Unix
9 5 (0.90%) VMS
10 4 (0.72%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.72%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.18%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (23.74%) DevOps
2 112 (20.14%) Identity Access Management
3 109 (19.60%) CI/CD
4 98 (17.63%) Zero Trust
5 89 (16.01%) Migration
6 88 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (13.31%) Cybersecurity
8 73 (13.13%) Infrastructure as Code
9 71 (12.77%) RBAC
10 69 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
11 66 (11.87%) ITIL
12 63 (11.33%) Roadmaps
13 62 (11.15%) Agile
13 62 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
14 59 (10.61%) AI
15 55 (9.89%) Cloud Security
16 54 (9.71%) Change Management
17 53 (9.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 52 (9.35%) Identity Management
18 52 (9.35%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 149 (26.80%) PowerShell
2 50 (8.99%) Python
2 50 (8.99%) SQL
3 39 (7.01%) Bicep
4 32 (5.76%) C#
5 23 (4.14%) Java
6 21 (3.78%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.52%) Bash
8 13 (2.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 7 (1.26%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.36%) C++
10 2 (0.36%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.36%) Rust
11 1 (0.18%) C
11 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.18%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 86 (15.47%) Security Cleared
2 75 (13.49%) SC Cleared
3 56 (10.07%) Degree
4 41 (7.37%) CISSP
5 37 (6.65%) Azure Certification
6 33 (5.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (4.86%) CISM
8 14 (2.52%) PMP
9 13 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.26%) CCSP
12 6 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (1.08%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.90%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (0.72%) A+ Certification
14 4 (0.72%) CompTIA CySA+
14 4 (0.72%) CRISC
14 4 (0.72%) GCIH
14 4 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.63%) NIST
2 46 (8.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (7.55%) GDPR
4 24 (4.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (2.70%) NCSC
6 12 (2.16%) Accessibility
6 12 (2.16%) QA
6 12 (2.16%) SLA
7 8 (1.44%) HIPAA
7 8 (1.44%) NIST 800
7 8 (1.44%) SOC 2
8 7 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.08%) GRC
10 4 (0.72%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.54%) ITGC
11 3 (0.54%) WCAG
12 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 321 (57.73%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 19 (3.42%) Docker
4 10 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.08%) Firmware
6 5 (0.90%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.54%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.54%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.54%) vSphere
8 2 (0.36%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.18%) NFS
9 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.18%) zsh
Systems Management
1 123 (22.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (13.31%) Terraform
3 57 (10.25%) Single Sign-On
4 33 (5.94%) Kubernetes
5 25 (4.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 23 (4.14%) SCCM
7 20 (3.60%) Ansible
8 13 (2.34%) Jamf Pro
9 10 (1.80%) Grafana
9 10 (1.80%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.90%) PingFederate
10 5 (0.90%) Puppet
10 5 (0.90%) Salt
11 4 (0.72%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.72%) Istio
11 4 (0.72%) Kustomize
11 4 (0.72%) linkerd
12 3 (0.54%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.36%) QRadar
14 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 367 (66.01%) Microsoft
2 72 (12.95%) ServiceNow
3 43 (7.73%) Okta
4 35 (6.29%) CyberArk
5 23 (4.14%) Zscaler
6 21 (3.78%) Splunk
7 19 (3.42%) VMware
8 18 (3.24%) Google
9 16 (2.88%) Apple
9 16 (2.88%) Cisco
9 16 (2.88%) Workday
10 15 (2.70%) OpenAI
11 14 (2.52%) Citrix
11 14 (2.52%) ForgeRock
11 14 (2.52%) Qualys
11 14 (2.52%) SAP
12 12 (2.16%) CrowdStrike
12 12 (2.16%) Palo Alto
12 12 (2.16%) Tenable
13 11 (1.98%) Foundry