Entra ID Contracts

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Entra ID skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Entra ID over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 143 219
Rank change year-on-year -21 +76 -29
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 651 1,117 1,209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.50% 1.87% 1.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.65% 5.07% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 812 867
10th Percentile £214 £300 £263
25th Percentile £370 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 25 8
10th Percentile - £25.00 £17.00
25th Percentile - £26.48 £19.24
Median hourly rate £17.80 £54.00 £27.59
Median % change year-on-year -67.04% +95.71% -41.91%
75th Percentile £23.80 £64.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £34.28 £66.00 £48.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £32.50 £18.91
% change year-on-year -45.23% +71.84% +2.23%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Entra ID is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,989 22,053 34,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.31% 36.87% 38.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,925 15,944 24,923
10th Percentile £300 £325 £353
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 355 426
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.39
25th Percentile £16.02 £18.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.99 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.04% +62.79% -5.54%
75th Percentile £34.69 £66.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.71 £24.62 £18.75
% change year-on-year -28.09% +31.31% -6.25%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England -11 545 £500 -4.76% 330
London +17 321 £500 -9.09% 115
UK excluding London -22 258 £500 - 233
Work from Home -22 230 £525 -0.94% 129
South East -37 69 £605 +0.83% 55
North of England +8 55 £500 +2.56% 53
Scotland +32 46 £420 -20.00% 20
South West +22 45 £439 +3.35% 32
Midlands -17 33 £369 -4.84% 45
North West -16 27 £500 +2.56% 30
West Midlands +2 25 £369 -14.24% 32
Yorkshire +23 22 £500 +32.45% 19
East Midlands +1 8 £469 +50.00% 13
Wales +15 7 £513 +20.59% 8
North East +21 4 £500 -28.57% 5
East of England -16 3 £450 -5.26% 23

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 126 (19.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (13.06%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.30%) IIS
4 11 (1.69%) Skype for Business
5 9 (1.38%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.77%) Apache
7 3 (0.46%) Confluence
7 3 (0.46%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 48 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.31%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 591 (90.78%) Azure
2 282 (43.32%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (12.60%) Azure DevOps
4 69 (10.60%) AWS
5 51 (7.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 50 (7.68%) IaaS
6 50 (7.68%) Power Platform
7 48 (7.37%) Azure Monitor
7 48 (7.37%) PaaS
8 47 (7.22%) OneDrive
9 38 (5.84%) Azure Storage
10 36 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
11 31 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
12 27 (4.15%) Azure Key Vault
13 26 (3.99%) SaaS
14 23 (3.53%) Serverless
15 22 (3.38%) PowerApps
16 20 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
16 20 (3.07%) Azure Functions
17 19 (2.92%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 114 (17.51%) DNS
2 107 (16.44%) Firewall
3 46 (7.07%) DHCP
4 33 (5.07%) VPN
5 22 (3.38%) Network Security
6 16 (2.46%) LAN
7 14 (2.15%) WAN
8 12 (1.84%) Skype
9 11 (1.69%) HTTP
10 10 (1.54%) MPLS
10 10 (1.54%) SMTP
11 9 (1.38%) SAN
12 8 (1.23%) Cisco IOS
13 7 (1.08%) TCP/IP
13 7 (1.08%) Unified Communications
13 7 (1.08%) Wireless
14 6 (0.92%) NAS
14 6 (0.92%) SSL
14 6 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.77%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (12.75%) SQL Server
2 40 (6.14%) Power BI
3 25 (3.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 22 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
5 21 (3.23%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.84%) Big Data
7 9 (1.38%) Tableau
8 8 (1.23%) Apache Hive
8 8 (1.23%) Impala
9 7 (1.08%) Redis
10 6 (0.92%) Metadata
11 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.61%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
14 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.15%) DB2
14 1 (0.15%) MySQL
14 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
14 1 (0.15%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 24 (3.69%) Git
2 18 (2.76%) Selenium
3 14 (2.15%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.84%) SpecFlow
5 11 (1.69%) WebDriver
6 10 (1.54%) Postman
7 5 (0.77%) JIRA
8 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.46%) GitLab
8 3 (0.46%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.15%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.15%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.15%) Moq
9 1 (0.15%) MSI
9 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 167 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 105 (16.13%) Finance
3 72 (11.06%) Public Sector
4 37 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (5.22%) Banking
6 25 (3.84%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.54%) French Language
8 10 (1.54%) Local Government
8 10 (1.54%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.54%) Marketing
9 9 (1.38%) Law
9 9 (1.38%) Retail
10 8 (1.23%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.23%) Legal
11 7 (1.08%) German Language
12 6 (0.92%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.77%) Billing
13 5 (0.77%) Electronics
13 5 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 91 (13.98%) Architect
2 70 (10.75%) Developer
3 65 (9.98%) Senior
4 63 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 53 (8.14%) Analyst
6 51 (7.83%) Azure Engineer
7 48 (7.37%) Consultant
8 37 (5.68%) Senior Developer
8 37 (5.68%) Support Engineer
9 33 (5.07%) Azure Developer
10 27 (4.15%) IT Support
10 27 (4.15%) Lead
11 26 (3.99%) Active Directory Engineer
12 24 (3.69%) Backend Developer
12 24 (3.69%) Security Engineer
13 23 (3.53%) IT Engineer
14 22 (3.38%) Active Directory Support
14 22 (3.38%) Azure Specialist
14 22 (3.38%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 22 (3.38%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (10.91%) .NET
2 64 (9.83%) XML
3 62 (9.52%) SAML
4 48 (7.37%) OAuth
5 40 (6.14%) OpenID
6 34 (5.22%) AngularJS
7 31 (4.76%) React
7 31 (4.76%) SailPoint
8 30 (4.61%) .NET Framework
9 28 (4.30%) .NET Core
10 27 (4.15%) ARM Templates
11 21 (3.23%) LDAP
12 17 (2.61%) REST
13 16 (2.46%) Microsoft Graph
13 16 (2.46%) Web Services
14 14 (2.15%) JSON
15 13 (2.00%) ASP.NET
15 13 (2.00%) CSS
16 11 (1.69%) HTML
17 10 (1.54%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.76%) Product Ownership
2 43 (6.61%) PKI
3 29 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (4.15%) Data Centre
5 17 (2.61%) Cloud Native
6 16 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.00%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.84%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 9 (1.38%) Clustering
10 9 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.38%) iPhone
10 9 (1.38%) Replication
11 8 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.23%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.23%) Smartphone
12 7 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 251 (38.56%) Windows
2 108 (16.59%) Windows Server
3 91 (13.98%) Windows 10
4 46 (7.07%) Linux
5 39 (5.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 31 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (2.76%) Android
7 18 (2.76%) VMS
8 15 (2.30%) Apple iOS
9 14 (2.15%) Windows 7
9 14 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (1.54%) Mac OS
11 9 (1.38%) Mac OS X
12 7 (1.08%) Unix
13 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.46%) CentOS
14 3 (0.46%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (22.73%) DevOps
2 131 (20.12%) CI/CD
3 130 (19.97%) Agile
4 110 (16.90%) Identity Access Management
5 101 (15.51%) Migration
6 98 (15.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 72 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
8 66 (10.14%) ITIL
9 65 (9.98%) B2C
10 64 (9.83%) Scrum
11 50 (7.68%) Business Intelligence
12 47 (7.22%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 45 (6.91%) RBAC
14 41 (6.30%) Identity Management
15 39 (5.99%) Cloud Security
15 39 (5.99%) Customer Service
15 39 (5.99%) Project Delivery
16 38 (5.84%) Infrastructure as Code
17 37 (5.68%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 189 (29.03%) PowerShell
2 81 (12.44%) C#
3 61 (9.37%) SQL
4 53 (8.14%) Python
5 45 (6.91%) Bicep
6 23 (3.53%) JavaScript
7 21 (3.23%) VB
8 16 (2.46%) VBScript
9 12 (1.84%) Java
10 11 (1.69%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.23%) Bash
11 8 (1.23%) Scala
12 5 (0.77%) PHP
13 3 (0.46%) C
14 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.31%) Ruby
14 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.15%) DataFlex
15 1 (0.15%) Go
15 1 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 96 (14.75%) Security Cleared
2 90 (13.82%) SC Cleared
3 57 (8.76%) Degree
4 41 (6.30%) Azure Certification
5 32 (4.92%) DV Cleared
6 28 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (2.61%) AWS Certification
7 17 (2.61%) CISSP
8 16 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 9 (1.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 8 (1.23%) CISM
10 8 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.61%) CCNP
13 4 (0.61%) CISA
14 3 (0.46%) CCIE
14 3 (0.46%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.46%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.53%) QA
2 18 (2.76%) SLA
3 11 (1.69%) NIST
4 10 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.08%) GRC
6 6 (0.92%) GDPR
6 6 (0.92%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.77%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.61%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.46%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.31%) COBIT
10 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.31%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.15%) GxP
11 1 (0.15%) NCSC
11 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 524 (80.49%) Active Directory
2 52 (7.99%) Virtual Machines
3 33 (5.07%) Virtual Desktop
4 27 (4.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (3.99%) Hyper-V
6 22 (3.38%) Docker
7 8 (1.23%) BitLocker
7 8 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (1.08%) vSphere
9 6 (0.92%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.15%) Firmware
11 1 (0.15%) NFS
11 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 144 (22.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (12.14%) SCCM
3 74 (11.37%) Single Sign-On
4 51 (7.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 34 (5.22%) Kubernetes
6 29 (4.45%) Terraform
7 18 (2.76%) Jamf Pro
7 18 (2.76%) SCOM
7 18 (2.76%) WSUS
8 9 (1.38%) Ansible
9 8 (1.23%) Puppet
10 7 (1.08%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.92%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.92%) vMotion
12 5 (0.77%) PingFederate
13 4 (0.61%) VxRail
14 3 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.46%) Netcool
14 3 (0.46%) Packer
15 2 (0.31%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 414 (63.59%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.76%) VMware
3 37 (5.68%) Okta
4 33 (5.07%) Citrix
5 31 (4.76%) CA
5 31 (4.76%) CyberArk
6 30 (4.61%) Cisco
7 27 (4.15%) Apple
7 27 (4.15%) Oracle
8 20 (3.07%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.00%) Talend
10 10 (1.54%) Mitel
11 9 (1.38%) Google
11 9 (1.38%) SAP
12 8 (1.23%) HP
12 8 (1.23%) Ping Identity
12 8 (1.23%) Progress
13 7 (1.08%) Dell
13 7 (1.08%) Qualys
13 7 (1.08%) SolarWinds