Entra ID Contracts in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 60 100 92
Rank change year-on-year +40 -8 +62
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 53 33 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.77% 1.20% 2.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.09% 4.80% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 28 55
10th Percentile £263 £150 £223
25th Percentile £388 £319 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £369 £388
Median % change year-on-year +35.59% -4.84% -16.67%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £514
90th Percentile £745 £675 £643
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £19.47
25th Percentile - - £22.10
Median hourly rate - - £26.48
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.80 £17.80 £32.50
% change year-on-year +33.68% -45.23% +71.84%

All Cloud Skills
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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 583 688 1,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.46% 24.95% 35.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 519 879
10th Percentile £200 £198 £213
25th Percentile £375 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £575
90th Percentile £675 £682 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 16
10th Percentile £14.82 - £14.76
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £23.75 £18.86
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +25.93% +9.00%
75th Percentile £19.87 £27.25 £24.47
90th Percentile £26.79 £50.04 £26.48
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the Midlands

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the Midlands

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the Midlands

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the Midlands

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +35 47 £550 +49.15% 35
East Midlands +8 6 £475 +1.33% 38
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (11.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.89%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.89%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 39 (73.58%) Azure
2 21 (39.62%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (9.43%) OneDrive
3 5 (9.43%) Power Platform
3 5 (9.43%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (5.66%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.77%) AWS
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.77%) SaaS
6 1 (1.89%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.89%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Storage
6 1 (1.89%) IaaS
6 1 (1.89%) PaaS
6 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.89%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) DHCP
1 1 (1.89%) DNS
1 1 (1.89%) LAN
1 1 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (1.89%) WAN
1 1 (1.89%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) Oracle Database
1 4 (7.55%) Power BI
2 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 26 (49.06%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (13.21%) Finance
3 7 (13.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.55%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Law
5 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.89%) Automotive
6 1 (1.89%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) Architect
2 6 (11.32%) Analyst
2 6 (11.32%) Consultant
3 5 (9.43%) Active Directory Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) Azure Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) 1st Line Support
4 4 (7.55%) IT Analyst
4 4 (7.55%) Lead
4 4 (7.55%) Security Architect
4 4 (7.55%) Senior
4 4 (7.55%) Support Officer
5 3 (5.66%) Azure Architect
5 3 (5.66%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) IAM Consultant
5 3 (5.66%) SCCM Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.77%) Active Directory Architect
6 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) LDAP
1 6 (11.32%) SailPoint
2 3 (5.66%) OAuth
2 3 (5.66%) SAML
3 2 (3.77%) Software Packaging
4 1 (1.89%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Security Posture
2 6 (11.32%) Data Centre
3 5 (9.43%) Onboarding
4 4 (7.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.77%) Replication
6 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.89%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 23 (43.40%) Windows
2 6 (11.32%) Android
3 4 (7.55%) Linux
3 4 (7.55%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.66%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.89%) Rocky
6 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (45.28%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (30.19%) Migration
3 15 (28.30%) Identity Access Management
4 12 (22.64%) ITIL
5 9 (16.98%) ITSM
5 9 (16.98%) RBAC
6 8 (15.09%) Customer Service
6 8 (15.09%) Privileged Access Management
7 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (13.21%) Zero Trust
8 5 (9.43%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (9.43%) Password Management
8 5 (9.43%) Roadmaps
9 4 (7.55%) Cloud Security
9 4 (7.55%) Identity Management
9 4 (7.55%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 3 (5.66%) Asset Management
10 3 (5.66%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (5.66%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.53%) PowerShell
2 7 (13.21%) SQL
3 1 (1.89%) Bash
3 1 (1.89%) C#
3 1 (1.89%) Java
3 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.55%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.77%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.89%) Degree
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) PMO
2 2 (3.77%) GDPR
2 2 (3.77%) NIST
3 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 43 (81.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (24.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (18.87%) SCCM
3 9 (16.98%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (5.66%) AirWatch
4 3 (5.66%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.89%) SCOM
Vendors
1 35 (66.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.98%) ServiceNow
3 6 (11.32%) CyberArk
3 6 (11.32%) Oracle
4 5 (9.43%) SAP
5 3 (5.66%) Dell
6 2 (3.77%) HP
6 2 (3.77%) Varonis
6 2 (3.77%) VMware
7 1 (1.89%) Okta
7 1 (1.89%) Snow
7 1 (1.89%) Veeam
7 1 (1.89%) Workday