Entra ID Contract Job Trends in Preston

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Entra ID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 10.98% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £663 - -
90th Percentile £700 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £413 -
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £43.01 - -
25th Percentile £48.21 - -
Median hourly rate £58.47 - -
75th Percentile £67.15 - -
90th Percentile £71.42 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £58.47 - -

All Cloud Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 24 12 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 29.27% 24.00% 25.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 7
10th Percentile £378 £515 £216
25th Percentile £403 £527 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £375
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +43.47% -23.47%
75th Percentile £592 £545 £463
90th Percentile £691 £567 £488
Lancashire median daily rate £448 £530 £624
% change year-on-year -15.57% -15.03% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 7
10th Percentile £38.63 - -
25th Percentile £39.53 - -
Median hourly rate £42.69 - £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - - +105.38%
75th Percentile £45.84 - -
90th Percentile £62.89 - £48.51
Lancashire median hourly rate £64.50 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +39.67% - +105.38%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in Preston

Entra ID
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in Preston over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in Preston

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Histogram in Preston

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Entra ID in Preston over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Entra ID in Preston

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) Apache
3 1 (11.11%) IIS
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) Azure AKS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) WebEx
2 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 2 (22.22%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) GitLab
General
1 6 (66.67%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Platform Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) XMPP
2 2 (22.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Product Requirements
2 3 (33.33%) Service Management
2 3 (33.33%) User Stories
3 2 (22.22%) Change Control
3 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
3 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) ITSM
3 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Privileged Access Management
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
3 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Bash
1 3 (33.33%) Perl
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 3 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CCDP
1 2 (22.22%) CCNA
1 2 (22.22%) CCNP
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Docker
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (11.11%) Grafana
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) Prometheus
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) CyberArk
3 2 (22.22%) Zscaler