Entra ID Contracts

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 117 155 144
Rank change year-on-year +38 -11 +73
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 695 655 1,120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.37% 1.50% 1.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.32% 4.66% 5.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 478 817
10th Percentile £250 £222 £300
25th Percentile £388 £372 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +1.94%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -8.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 24
10th Percentile - - £25.00
25th Percentile - - £26.48
Median hourly rate £23.59 £17.80 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% -67.04% +95.71%
75th Percentile £23.69 £23.80 £64.50
90th Percentile £23.88 £34.28 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £17.80 £29.49
% change year-on-year - -39.64% +55.93%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,005 14,070 22,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.59% 32.30% 36.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,639 9,993 15,919
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £633 £650
90th Percentile £731 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 346 350
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.02 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £47.58 £35.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £61.60 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £17.72 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.11% -28.03% +31.31%

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 1 May 2025.

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
Top 17 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 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
England +54 606 £500 - 600
UK excluding London +66 314 £460 -8.00% 494
London +13 299 £528 +5.50% 198
Work from Home +41 251 £500 -4.76% 309
North of England +72 123 £400 -20.00% 120
North West +60 77 £413 -21.38% 64
South East +37 62 £545 -9.92% 159
Midlands +40 53 £500 +35.59% 78
West Midlands +35 47 £550 +49.15% 37
Yorkshire +30 44 £400 -20.00% 41
South West +36 34 £500 +13.84% 56
Scotland -10 26 £457 +8.87% 28
East of England +48 21 £500 +11.11% 48
Wales +8 13 £450 -12.20% 16
East Midlands +8 6 £475 +1.33% 38
North East -2 2 £750 +50.00% 16
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 9

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
1 155 (22.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 134 (19.28%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.87%) nginx
4 12 (1.73%) Traefik
5 7 (1.01%) Confluence
6 6 (0.86%) IIS
7 5 (0.72%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (0.58%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.29%) SAS
11 1 (0.14%) Apache
11 1 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.14%) CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.14%) Mattermost
11 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 51 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.72%) InfoPath
3 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.14%) Notion
5 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.29%) Alphatax
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 574 (82.59%) Azure
2 345 (49.64%) Microsoft 365
3 102 (14.68%) AWS
4 87 (12.52%) OneDrive
5 56 (8.06%) IaaS
6 54 (7.77%) SaaS
7 52 (7.48%) Power Platform
8 31 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (4.03%) Azure AKS
9 28 (4.03%) GCP
10 27 (3.88%) Power Automate
11 26 (3.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 26 (3.74%) Azure Monitor
12 24 (3.45%) PaaS
12 24 (3.45%) Serverless
13 23 (3.31%) GitHub
14 21 (3.02%) Azure Service Bus
14 21 (3.02%) Google Workspace
15 20 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
15 20 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 103 (14.82%) DNS
2 78 (11.22%) Firewall
3 55 (7.91%) DHCP
4 42 (6.04%) VPN
5 35 (5.04%) TCP/IP
6 34 (4.89%) Network Security
7 32 (4.60%) WAN
8 23 (3.31%) LAN
9 16 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (2.16%) Intrusion Detection
11 13 (1.87%) MPLS
12 10 (1.44%) Skype
13 9 (1.29%) SAN
13 9 (1.29%) Wireless
14 8 (1.15%) SSL
14 8 (1.15%) VLAN
15 7 (1.01%) Internet
15 7 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
15 7 (1.01%) SD-WAN
16 6 (0.86%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (9.06%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (2.30%) MongoDB
3 14 (2.01%) Power BI
4 8 (1.15%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.86%) Hadoop
5 6 (0.86%) Oracle Database
5 6 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (0.58%) Big Data
8 3 (0.43%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.43%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.43%) Redis
8 3 (0.43%) SSDT
9 1 (0.14%) NonStop SQL
9 1 (0.14%) Parquet
9 1 (0.14%) Power Query
9 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (2.73%) Jenkins
2 18 (2.59%) GitLab
3 11 (1.58%) Git
3 11 (1.58%) JIRA
4 10 (1.44%) MSI
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.29%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.29%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.14%) Moq
7 1 (0.14%) Postman
7 1 (0.14%) Snyk
7 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 218 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 120 (17.27%) Finance
3 60 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (8.49%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (3.74%) Legal
7 23 (3.31%) Banking
8 16 (2.30%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.16%) Retail
10 14 (2.01%) Military
11 13 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.86%) Local Government
14 5 (0.72%) Law
14 5 (0.72%) Spanish Language
15 4 (0.58%) Automotive
15 4 (0.58%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 121 (17.41%) Architect
2 69 (9.93%) Senior
2 69 (9.93%) Support Engineer
3 66 (9.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 62 (8.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 59 (8.49%) Analyst
6 48 (6.91%) IT Support
7 43 (6.19%) Azure Engineer
8 36 (5.18%) Lead
9 33 (4.75%) Developer
10 32 (4.60%) IT Engineer
11 27 (3.88%) Consultant
11 27 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
12 25 (3.60%) Support Manager
13 23 (3.31%) DevOps Engineer
14 22 (3.17%) IT Support Engineer
15 18 (2.59%) Cloud Engineer
15 18 (2.59%) Security Architect
16 17 (2.45%) IAM Specialist
16 17 (2.45%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (9.35%) OAuth
2 44 (6.33%) SAML
3 43 (6.19%) SailPoint
4 42 (6.04%) OpenID
5 33 (4.75%) .NET
6 32 (4.60%) Kafka
7 24 (3.45%) REST
8 22 (3.17%) LDAP
9 20 (2.88%) React
10 17 (2.45%) Microsoft Graph
11 15 (2.16%) OAuth2
12 14 (2.01%) cloud-init
12 14 (2.01%) Keycloak
13 12 (1.73%) ARM Templates
14 11 (1.58%) ASP.NET
14 11 (1.58%) RESTful
15 10 (1.44%) .NET Framework
16 9 (1.29%) .NET Core
16 9 (1.29%) NumPy
16 9 (1.29%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.33%) PKI
2 36 (5.18%) Onboarding
3 29 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 28 (4.03%) Data Centre
5 25 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (2.59%) Security Posture
6 18 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.45%) iPhone
8 15 (2.16%) Cloud Native
8 15 (2.16%) Smartphone
9 12 (1.73%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.73%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.44%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.15%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.15%) Replication
12 7 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.01%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.72%) CMDB
13 5 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.72%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 266 (38.27%) Windows
2 124 (17.84%) Windows Server
3 54 (7.77%) Windows 10
4 52 (7.48%) Linux
5 31 (4.46%) Unix
6 30 (4.32%) Mac OS
7 21 (3.02%) Android
8 19 (2.73%) Apple iOS
9 16 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (2.30%) VMS
10 15 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (2.01%) CentOS
12 13 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.72%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
15 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.14%) Rocky
15 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
2 150 (21.58%) Migration
3 120 (17.27%) Identity Access Management
4 112 (16.12%) ITIL
5 103 (14.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 101 (14.53%) Identity Management
7 92 (13.24%) DevOps
8 89 (12.81%) Agile
8 89 (12.81%) RBAC
9 76 (10.94%) Cloud Security
10 61 (8.78%) ITSM
11 59 (8.49%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 57 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
13 56 (8.06%) CI/CD
14 54 (7.77%) Customer Service
15 47 (6.76%) Roadmaps
16 46 (6.62%) Infrastructure as Code
17 41 (5.90%) Data Loss Prevention
18 39 (5.61%) High Availability
18 39 (5.61%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (27.19%) PowerShell
2 76 (10.94%) Python
3 48 (6.91%) SQL
4 37 (5.32%) C#
5 28 (4.03%) JavaScript
6 22 (3.17%) Bash
7 20 (2.88%) Bicep
8 14 (2.01%) Go
9 13 (1.87%) Java
10 5 (0.72%) Ruby
11 4 (0.58%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.43%) VB
13 2 (0.29%) C
13 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.14%) BeanShell
14 1 (0.14%) C++
14 1 (0.14%) Perl
14 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 120 (17.27%) Security Cleared
2 96 (13.81%) SC Cleared
3 61 (8.78%) Azure Certification
4 52 (7.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 45 (6.47%) Degree
6 35 (5.04%) AWS Certification
7 22 (3.17%) DV Cleared
8 20 (2.88%) CISSP
9 11 (1.58%) CISM
10 9 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.01%) MCSE
12 6 (0.86%) A+ Certification
12 6 (0.86%) PMP
13 5 (0.72%) ACSP
13 5 (0.72%) ACTC
13 5 (0.72%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.58%) CISA
14 4 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.76%) GDPR
2 30 (4.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 22 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (2.88%) HIPAA
5 19 (2.73%) NCSC
6 18 (2.59%) NIST
7 11 (1.58%) SLA
8 7 (1.01%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.86%) Government Security Classifications
10 5 (0.72%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.58%) GRC
11 4 (0.58%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.43%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.43%) PMO
13 2 (0.29%) QA
System Software
1 497 (71.51%) Active Directory
2 45 (6.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (4.03%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.30%) vSphere
5 15 (2.16%) Hyper-V
6 11 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.15%) BitLocker
8 8 (1.15%) Docker
8 8 (1.15%) RACF
9 5 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.58%) OpenAM
11 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.43%) NFS
11 3 (0.43%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.14%) Firmware
13 1 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 198 (28.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (11.80%) Single Sign-On
3 76 (10.94%) Terraform
4 52 (7.48%) SCCM
5 49 (7.05%) Kubernetes
6 47 (6.76%) Jamf Pro
7 19 (2.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (2.45%) Grafana
8 17 (2.45%) WSUS
9 16 (2.30%) Prometheus
9 16 (2.30%) ZABBIX
10 15 (2.16%) Istio
11 14 (2.01%) Consul
11 14 (2.01%) linkerd
11 14 (2.01%) Packer
11 14 (2.01%) Rancher
12 13 (1.87%) Ansible
13 12 (1.73%) HAProxy
14 10 (1.44%) PingFederate
15 6 (0.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 450 (64.75%) Microsoft
2 65 (9.35%) VMware
3 54 (7.77%) ServiceNow
4 52 (7.48%) Apple
4 52 (7.48%) Okta
5 40 (5.76%) CyberArk
6 36 (5.18%) Google
7 28 (4.03%) Cisco
8 24 (3.45%) Splunk
9 22 (3.17%) Citrix
10 21 (3.02%) Ping Identity
11 14 (2.01%) Zscaler
12 13 (1.87%) ESET
13 12 (1.73%) Oracle
14 10 (1.44%) Meraki
14 10 (1.44%) Palo Alto
15 8 (1.15%) Databricks
15 8 (1.15%) Samsung
15 8 (1.15%) SOTI
16 7 (1.01%) ForgeRock