Entra ID Contracts in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 98 135 92
Rank change year-on-year +37 -43 +70
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 62 70 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.06% 1.26% 2.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.81% 5.10% 8.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 57 119
10th Percentile £250 £263 £273
25th Percentile £331 £450 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £605 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.92% +0.83% +15.66%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £700
90th Percentile £675 £675 £768
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £53.40
25th Percentile - - £54.75
Median hourly rate - £17.80 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year - -69.83% -
75th Percentile - - £62.75
90th Percentile - £37.12 £63.80
England median hourly rate £23.80 £17.80 £32.50
% change year-on-year +33.68% -45.23% +71.84%

All Cloud Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 911 1,373 1,705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.27% 24.70% 29.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 924 1,252
10th Percentile £280 £250 £252
25th Percentile £403 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £635
90th Percentile £663 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 52 52
10th Percentile £16.78 £16.25 £17.72
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.80 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.36 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.47% -8.74% +16.39%
75th Percentile £47.58 £52.38 £67.81
90th Percentile £75.05 £61.59 £75.00
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the South East

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the South East

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the South East

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the South East

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +36 39 £563 -7.02% 43
Berkshire +19 32 £615 +1.65% 20
Hampshire +27 8 £688 +145.54% 21
Surrey +14 6 £558 +147.78% 13
Oxfordshire +10 6 £250 -16.67% 14
East Sussex - 4 £625 - 4
West Sussex +14 3 £423 - 10
Kent +9 3 £375 -18.92% 11
Buckinghamshire +16 1 - - 10
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.23%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (85.48%) Azure
2 20 (32.26%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (20.97%) Azure Monitor
4 8 (12.90%) Azure API Management
4 8 (12.90%) PaaS
4 8 (12.90%) SaaS
5 7 (11.29%) Azure AKS
5 7 (11.29%) IaaS
5 7 (11.29%) Serverless
6 5 (8.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 5 (8.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (8.06%) Azure Functions
7 4 (6.45%) Power Platform
7 4 (6.45%) PowerApps
8 3 (4.84%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (4.84%) Azure Machine Learning
8 3 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (4.84%) Power Automate
9 2 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.68%) DHCP
1 6 (9.68%) DNS
2 3 (4.84%) FTP
2 3 (4.84%) LAN
2 3 (4.84%) SMTP
2 3 (4.84%) Telnet
3 2 (3.23%) Firewall
3 2 (3.23%) Network Security
3 2 (3.23%) NGFW
3 2 (3.23%) SSL
3 2 (3.23%) WAN
4 1 (1.61%) Internet
4 1 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.61%) Wireless
4 1 (1.61%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (6.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (6.45%) NoSQL
3 3 (4.84%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.84%) SSDT
4 1 (1.61%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Git
2 1 (1.61%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.61%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.61%) Selenium
General
1 22 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.29%) Finance
4 1 (1.61%) Automotive
4 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (19.35%) Architect
2 9 (14.52%) Developer
2 9 (14.52%) Support Engineer
3 7 (11.29%) Lead
4 6 (9.68%) Azure Developer
5 5 (8.06%) Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) Business Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (6.45%) Python Developer
6 4 (6.45%) React Developer
6 4 (6.45%) Senior
6 4 (6.45%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Technical Business Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Full-Stack Python Developer
7 3 (4.84%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.13%) OAuth
2 7 (11.29%) SAML
3 6 (9.68%) React
4 4 (6.45%) OpenID
5 3 (4.84%) YAML
6 2 (3.23%) .NET
6 2 (3.23%) .NET Core
6 2 (3.23%) ARM Templates
6 2 (3.23%) Middleware
6 2 (3.23%) REST
7 1 (1.61%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.61%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.61%) JSON
7 1 (1.61%) RESTful
7 1 (1.61%) SailPoint
7 1 (1.61%) SPML
7 1 (1.61%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.23%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.23%) PKI
3 2 (3.23%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.61%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 26 (41.94%) Windows
2 8 (12.90%) Windows Server
3 5 (8.06%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.45%) Linux
5 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (27.42%) Migration
3 14 (22.58%) DevOps
4 12 (19.35%) CI/CD
5 11 (17.74%) RBAC
6 10 (16.13%) Identity Management
7 7 (11.29%) Analytics
7 7 (11.29%) ITIL
7 7 (11.29%) Microservices
8 6 (9.68%) Containerisation
8 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
8 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (9.68%) Release Management
9 5 (8.06%) API Management
9 5 (8.06%) B2B
9 5 (8.06%) B2C
9 5 (8.06%) Data Security
9 5 (8.06%) ETL
9 5 (8.06%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (8.06%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.97%) PowerShell
2 11 (17.74%) Python
3 7 (11.29%) SQL
4 5 (8.06%) C#
5 4 (6.45%) Java
6 3 (4.84%) Bicep
7 2 (3.23%) Bash
7 2 (3.23%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.23%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.61%) C
8 1 (1.61%) C++
8 1 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (1.61%) Ruby
8 1 (1.61%) VB
8 1 (1.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (19.35%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.29%) DV Cleared
4 5 (8.06%) Azure Certification
5 4 (6.45%) Degree
6 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.23%) A+ Certification
7 2 (3.23%) CISM
7 2 (3.23%) CISSP
7 2 (3.23%) MCP
8 1 (1.61%) GPEN
8 1 (1.61%) GWAPT
8 1 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.61%) MCSE
8 1 (1.61%) OSCE
8 1 (1.61%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) SLA
2 1 (1.61%) GDPR
2 1 (1.61%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (70.97%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.84%) NFS
3 3 (4.84%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.61%) Docker
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (16.13%) Terraform
3 5 (8.06%) Kubernetes
4 4 (6.45%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (4.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (4.84%) SCCM
6 1 (1.61%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.61%) SCOM
6 1 (1.61%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.06%) VMware
3 3 (4.84%) Databricks
3 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.84%) UiPath
4 2 (3.23%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.61%) Apple
5 1 (1.61%) Cisco
5 1 (1.61%) Commvault
5 1 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.61%) Dell
5 1 (1.61%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.61%) HP
5 1 (1.61%) IBM
5 1 (1.61%) Imperva
5 1 (1.61%) Netskope
5 1 (1.61%) Okta
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle
5 1 (1.61%) Zscaler