Entra ID Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 63 99 70
Rank change year-on-year +36 -29 +46
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 39 46 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.58% 1.71% 2.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.63% 6.09% 9.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 44 75
10th Percentile £250 £461 £238
25th Percentile £322 £603 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +10.00% -10.57%
75th Percentile £641 £666 £678
90th Percentile £675 £684 £740
South East median daily rate £545 £605 £600
% change year-on-year -9.92% +0.83% +15.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £53.40
25th Percentile - - £54.75
Median hourly rate - - £59.00
75th Percentile - - £62.75
90th Percentile - - £63.80
South East median hourly rate - £17.80 £59.00
% change year-on-year - -69.83% -

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 511 755 844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.82% 28.11% 28.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 515 615
10th Percentile £304 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £606 £608 £625
90th Percentile £663 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 30 20
10th Percentile £20.96 £15.99 £18.42
25th Percentile £28.05 £19.37 £21.49
Median hourly rate £32.05 £42.50 £30.23
Median % change year-on-year -24.59% +40.59% +43.95%
75th Percentile £47.15 £59.95 £59.25
90th Percentile £76.51 £61.60 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.50 £22.36 £24.50
% change year-on-year +27.47% -8.74% +16.39%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the Thames Valley

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the Thames Valley

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the Thames Valley

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the Thames Valley

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +19 32 £615 +1.65% 38
Oxfordshire +10 6 £250 -16.67% 23
Buckinghamshire +16 1 - - 28
Entra ID
South East

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.13%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (2.56%) Confluence
3 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (89.74%) Azure
2 13 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
3 9 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (20.51%) Azure API Management
5 7 (17.95%) Serverless
6 6 (15.38%) SaaS
7 5 (12.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (12.82%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (12.82%) Azure Functions
7 5 (12.82%) PaaS
8 4 (10.26%) Azure AKS
8 4 (10.26%) IaaS
9 3 (7.69%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (5.13%) Azure App Service
10 2 (5.13%) Azure Event Grid
10 2 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (5.13%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (5.13%) Azure Storage
10 2 (5.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) DHCP
1 6 (15.38%) DNS
2 3 (7.69%) FTP
2 3 (7.69%) SMTP
2 3 (7.69%) Telnet
3 2 (5.13%) Firewall
3 2 (5.13%) Network Security
3 2 (5.13%) NGFW
3 2 (5.13%) SSL
4 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.56%) LAN
4 1 (2.56%) Wireless
4 1 (2.56%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (10.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (10.26%) NoSQL
3 3 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 3 (7.69%) SSDT
4 1 (2.56%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.56%) Selenium
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Finance
4 1 (2.56%) Automotive
4 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Architect
2 9 (23.08%) Support Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Azure Developer
3 6 (15.38%) Developer
4 5 (12.82%) DevOps Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (10.26%) Lead
5 4 (10.26%) Python Developer
5 4 (10.26%) React Developer
6 3 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Full-Stack Python Developer
6 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Security Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Lead Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (25.64%) OAuth
2 7 (17.95%) SAML
3 6 (15.38%) React
4 4 (10.26%) OpenID
5 3 (7.69%) YAML
6 2 (5.13%) .NET
6 2 (5.13%) .NET Core
6 2 (5.13%) ARM Templates
6 2 (5.13%) REST
7 1 (2.56%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.56%) Entity Framework
7 1 (2.56%) JSON
7 1 (2.56%) RESTful
7 1 (2.56%) SailPoint
7 1 (2.56%) SPML
7 1 (2.56%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (10.26%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.13%) PKI
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.90%) Windows
2 7 (17.95%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.13%) Linux
3 2 (5.13%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) DevOps
2 12 (30.77%) CI/CD
3 11 (28.21%) RBAC
4 10 (25.64%) Identity Management
4 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (17.95%) Microservices
6 6 (15.38%) Containerisation
6 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
6 6 (15.38%) Migration
6 6 (15.38%) Release Management
7 5 (12.82%) B2B
7 5 (12.82%) B2C
7 5 (12.82%) ETL
7 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (12.82%) Roadmaps
8 4 (10.26%) Full-Stack Development
8 4 (10.26%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (10.26%) Product Backlog
8 4 (10.26%) SDLC
8 4 (10.26%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.21%) PowerShell
2 9 (23.08%) Python
3 5 (12.82%) C#
3 5 (12.82%) SQL
4 4 (10.26%) Java
5 3 (7.69%) Bicep
6 2 (5.13%) Bash
6 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.56%) C
7 1 (2.56%) C++
7 1 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (2.56%) Ruby
7 1 (2.56%) VB
7 1 (2.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
1 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.82%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.13%) CISM
3 2 (5.13%) CISSP
3 2 (5.13%) Degree
3 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) GPEN
4 1 (2.56%) GWAPT
4 1 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.56%) MCSE
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.56%) OSCE
4 1 (2.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) SLA
2 1 (2.56%) GDPR
2 1 (2.56%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (74.36%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.69%) NFS
3 3 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.56%) Docker
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (17.95%) Terraform
3 4 (10.26%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (7.69%) SCCM
5 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
6 1 (2.56%) SCOM
6 1 (2.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) VMware
3 3 (7.69%) UiPath
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco
4 1 (2.56%) Commvault
4 1 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.56%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.56%) IBM
4 1 (2.56%) Imperva
4 1 (2.56%) Netskope
4 1 (2.56%) Okta
4 1 (2.56%) Oracle
4 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.56%) Zscaler