Entra ID Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Entra ID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 32 31
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 -
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 9 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 5.03% 0.52% 1.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.25% 1.92% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £312 - £303
25th Percentile £413 - £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £480
75th Percentile £488 - £599
90th Percentile £490 - £661
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £638
% change year-on-year - -21.57% +96.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £57.90 - -
25th Percentile £58.50 - -
Median hourly rate £64.00 - -
75th Percentile £70.50 - -
90th Percentile £71.70 - -
South West median hourly rate £64.00 £85.00 £19.20
% change year-on-year -24.71% +342.71% -

All Cloud Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 80 52 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 44.69% 27.08% 33.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 37 47
10th Percentile £160 £220 £192
25th Percentile £223 £388 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £532 £550
Median % change year-on-year -48.31% -3.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £481 £600 £711
90th Percentile £555 £843 £749
South West median daily rate £500 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -6.76% -2.50% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £58.00 - -
25th Percentile £58.75 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £63.00 £13.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +384.62% -35.00% +8.84%
75th Percentile £68.50 £15.00 -
90th Percentile £70.90 £15.90 -
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -73.04% +112.12% -5.71%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in Somerset

Entra ID
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in Somerset over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in Somerset

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Yeovil - 6 £438 - 1
Taunton +2 1 £165 -
Entra ID
South West

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Azure
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (66.67%) ShareGate
3 5 (55.56%) OneDrive
4 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
4 3 (33.33%) SaaS
5 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Kerberos
2 1 (11.11%) DKIM
2 1 (11.11%) DMARC
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Metadata
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Consultant
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Consultant
1 3 (33.33%) Migration Consultant
1 3 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Migration Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Migration Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Server Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Server Migration Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) LDAP
1 3 (33.33%) OAuth
1 3 (33.33%) OpenID
1 3 (33.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Migration
2 6 (66.67%) Change Management
3 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (44.44%) Information Architecture
4 4 (44.44%) Runbook
4 4 (44.44%) Validation
5 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Data Discovery
5 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
5 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 3 (33.33%) RBAC
5 3 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
5 3 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Technical Discovery
6 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
6 2 (22.22%) Data Validation
6 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (11.11%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) GDPR
1 7 (77.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) HIPAA
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (44.44%) SCCM
2 3 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (11.11%) HP ALM
3 1 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) HP