Entra ID Contracts in Scotland

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 90 80 116
Rank change year-on-year -10 +36 +26
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 26 49 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.60% 2.21% 1.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.03% 6.64% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 27 33
10th Percentile £208 £200 £354
25th Percentile £406 £310 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £420 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.87% -20.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £485 £628 £638
90th Percentile £522 £750 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +1.94%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 645 738 1,034
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 39.69% 33.29% 36.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 504 774
10th Percentile £305 £258 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% - -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £659 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 11
10th Percentile £21.84 £15.39 £18.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.69 £45.00
Median hourly rate £24.09 £17.00 £60.55
Median % change year-on-year +41.71% -71.92% +65.89%
75th Percentile £27.91 £17.67 £66.50
90th Percentile £28.38 £24.85 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in Scotland

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in Scotland

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in Scotland

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow 0 18 £457 +82.90% 7
Edinburgh -6 5 £460 -38.67% 11
Lanarkshire - 1 £130 - 2
Entra ID
UK

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (88.46%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (11.54%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.85%) Apigee
5 1 (3.85%) AWS
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) VPN
1 2 (7.69%) WAN
2 1 (3.85%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Git
General
1 13 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (61.54%) Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Developer
3 6 (23.08%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Support Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) .NET Developer
5 2 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) IT Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Security Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Service Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (3.85%) Head of IT
6 1 (3.85%) IT Services Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
1 3 (11.54%) .NET Framework
1 3 (11.54%) AngularJS
1 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET
1 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET MVC 5
1 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET Web API
1 3 (11.54%) Blazor
1 3 (11.54%) CSS
1 3 (11.54%) HTML
1 3 (11.54%) JSON
1 3 (11.54%) React
1 3 (11.54%) REST
1 3 (11.54%) XML
2 1 (3.85%) OAuth
2 1 (3.85%) OpenID
2 1 (3.85%) RESTful
2 1 (3.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) CMDB
2 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Unix
2 2 (7.69%) Windows
3 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (26.92%) Identity Access Management
3 6 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (19.23%) Information Security
4 5 (19.23%) ITIL
4 5 (19.23%) User Experience
5 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
5 4 (15.38%) DevOps
5 4 (15.38%) ITSM
5 4 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
5 4 (15.38%) Process Improvement
6 3 (11.54%) Agile
6 3 (11.54%) Asset Management
6 3 (11.54%) Coaching
6 3 (11.54%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (11.54%) Integration Testing
6 3 (11.54%) Knowledge Management
6 3 (11.54%) MVC
6 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (11.54%) C#
2 3 (11.54%) SQL
3 2 (7.69%) Bicep
4 1 (3.85%) Java
4 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.85%) CISM
4 1 (3.85%) CISSP
4 1 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) HNC
4 1 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (3.85%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.69%) SLA
3 1 (3.85%) GRC
System Software
1 14 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 4 (15.38%) RACF
3 2 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) CASB
3 1 (3.85%) Istio
3 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) CyberArk
3 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.85%) Adobe
4 1 (3.85%) Forcepoint
4 1 (3.85%) Okta