Entra ID Contracts in the West Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 51 86 84
Rank change year-on-year +35 -2 +48
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 47 25 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.49% 1.28% 2.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.83% 5.33% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 20 41
10th Percentile £216 £150 £263
25th Percentile £391 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £369 £430
Median % change year-on-year +49.15% -14.24% -14.00%
75th Percentile £652 £675 £538
90th Percentile £746 - £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 434 469 917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.27% 24.09% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 364 648
10th Percentile £200 £213 £300
25th Percentile £393 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £457 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.53% -8.75% +2.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £690 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 4
10th Percentile £15.24 £14.08 £15.54
25th Percentile £16.38 £19.95 £15.98
Median hourly rate £18.07 £26.00 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year -30.52% +28.46% +15.66%
75th Percentile £19.93 £26.50 £24.47
90th Percentile £35.45 £55.00 £25.31
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the West Midlands

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the West Midlands

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the West Midlands

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the West Midlands

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +25 19 £400 +14.29% 12
Warwickshire +12 14 £638 +325.00% 5
Coventry +6 5 £400 -38.46% 2
Worcestershire - 4 £900 - 1
Herefordshire - 3 £900 - 1
Solihull - 2 £418 - 2
Wolverhampton - 1 £525 - 3
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (12.77%) SharePoint
2 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.13%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 35 (74.47%) Azure
2 21 (44.68%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.64%) OneDrive
3 5 (10.64%) Power Platform
3 5 (10.64%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.26%) AWS
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Stack
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Storage
6 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.13%) SaaS
6 1 (2.13%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Oracle Database
1 4 (8.51%) Power BI
2 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 23 (48.94%) Social Skills
2 9 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.89%) Finance
3 7 (14.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Law
5 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Architect
2 6 (12.77%) Analyst
3 5 (10.64%) Active Directory Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Azure Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) 1st Line Support
4 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) IT Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Lead
4 4 (8.51%) Security Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Senior
4 4 (8.51%) Support Officer
5 3 (6.38%) Consultant
5 3 (6.38%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) IAM Consultant
5 3 (6.38%) SCCM Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Security Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Active Directory Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) LDAP
1 6 (12.77%) SailPoint
2 2 (4.26%) OAuth
2 2 (4.26%) SAML
2 2 (4.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Security Posture
2 6 (12.77%) Data Centre
3 4 (8.51%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.26%) Replication
6 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 23 (48.94%) Windows
2 6 (12.77%) Android
3 4 (8.51%) Linux
3 4 (8.51%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.38%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.13%) Rocky
6 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (25.53%) Identity Access Management
3 11 (23.40%) ITIL
3 11 (23.40%) Migration
4 9 (19.15%) ITSM
5 8 (17.02%) Privileged Access Management
5 8 (17.02%) RBAC
6 7 (14.89%) Customer Service
6 7 (14.89%) Zero Trust
7 5 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (10.64%) Password Management
8 4 (8.51%) Cloud Security
8 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (8.51%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 4 (8.51%) Roadmaps
8 4 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (6.38%) Identity Management
9 3 (6.38%) Risk Management
9 3 (6.38%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.40%) PowerShell
2 5 (10.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 9 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.51%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.26%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) PMO
2 2 (4.26%) GDPR
2 2 (4.26%) NIST
3 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 38 (80.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (19.15%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (14.89%) SCCM
4 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (65.96%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.15%) ServiceNow
3 6 (12.77%) CyberArk
3 6 (12.77%) Oracle
4 5 (10.64%) SAP
5 3 (6.38%) Dell
6 2 (4.26%) HP
6 2 (4.26%) Varonis
7 1 (2.13%) Okta
7 1 (2.13%) Snow
7 1 (2.13%) Veeam
7 1 (2.13%) VMware