Entra ID Contracts in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 111 128
Rank change year-on-year +27 +17 -3
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 27 45 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.58% 1.39% 0.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.16% 5.60% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 36 21
10th Percentile £234 £210 £288
25th Percentile £409 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -1.20% +28.57%
75th Percentile £688 £578 £575
90th Percentile £890 £713 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £15.90
England median hourly rate £24.00 £17.80 £33.25
% change year-on-year +34.83% -46.47% +75.81%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 523 804 1,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 30.51% 24.81% 33.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 608 907
10th Percentile £225 £213 £288
25th Percentile £363 £381 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £651
90th Percentile £676 £675 £723
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 39 61
10th Percentile £18.13 £12.70 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.51 £14.25 £29.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% -36.36% +155.81%
75th Percentile £34.50 £70.00 £75.50
90th Percentile £37.50 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.01 £21.37 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.03% -38.94% +62.79%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the South West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Gloucestershire +21 13 £425 -5.56% 9
Dorset - 7 £425 - 1
Wiltshire +32 3 £600 +20.00% 12
Bristol +7 3 £325 -26.01% 11
Somerset - 1 £450 - 6
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (40.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (40.74%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.41%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 25 (92.59%) Azure
2 15 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (29.63%) SaaS
4 6 (22.22%) OneDrive
5 5 (18.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (14.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (11.11%) Google Workspace
8 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (3.70%) Azure Stack
8 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) Skype
2 1 (3.70%) DNS
2 1 (3.70%) Firewall
2 1 (3.70%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Legal
3 5 (18.52%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 8 (29.63%) Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Security Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Technical Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) IT Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Leader
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) CRM Architect
6 1 (3.70%) CRM Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.70%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) IT Support
6 1 (3.70%) Lead Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Senior
6 1 (3.70%) Site Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Web Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) .NET
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (3.70%) Next.js
3 1 (3.70%) Node.js
3 1 (3.70%) OAuth
3 1 (3.70%) OpenID
3 1 (3.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) PKI
2 1 (3.70%) Replication
2 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Apple iOS
2 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
2 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.70%) Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Rocky
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Migration
1 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (25.93%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (18.52%) B2B
3 5 (18.52%) E-Discovery
4 4 (14.81%) Agile
4 4 (14.81%) Task Automation
5 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (11.11%) Zero Trust
6 2 (7.41%) Change Management
6 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (7.41%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 2 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (7.41%) Validation
7 1 (3.70%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 10 (37.04%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.41%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 13 (48.15%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.70%) Degree
4 1 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) PMO
2 1 (3.70%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (96.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (14.81%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (11.11%) PingFederate
4 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (74.07%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Apple
2 2 (7.41%) Google
3 1 (3.70%) Dell