Entra ID Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 119 194
Rank change year-on-year -25 +75 -38
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 230 523 621
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.51% 2.02% 1.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.16% 5.11% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 366 464
10th Percentile £319 £338 £313
25th Percentile £425 £422 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +3.41% +2.50%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £596
90th Percentile £688 £728 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 3
10th Percentile - £52.50 £34.00
25th Percentile - £54.00 £36.25
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +57.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile - £66.00 £53.50
90th Percentile - - £61.60
UK median hourly rate £17.80 £54.00 £27.59
% change year-on-year -67.04% +95.71% -41.91%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,535 10,239 18,490
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.23% 39.60% 41.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,958 7,517 13,788
10th Percentile £350 £374 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £732 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 125 173
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.43 £14.40
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.31 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.73% +83.33% -21.83%
75th Percentile £50.25 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £64.37 £78.40 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £20.99 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.04% +62.79% -6.30%

Entra ID
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Entra ID trend for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Entra ID.

Entra ID daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Entra ID daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Entra ID.

Entra ID hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 42 (18.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (7.39%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.91%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.43%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.87%) Acrobat
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 218 (94.78%) Azure
2 117 (50.87%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (14.35%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (13.48%) Azure Monitor
5 28 (12.17%) AWS
6 21 (9.13%) Azure Storage
6 21 (9.13%) PaaS
7 20 (8.70%) IaaS
8 19 (8.26%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (7.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 15 (6.52%) OneDrive
11 14 (6.09%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (4.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 9 (3.91%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (3.91%) Power Platform
13 9 (3.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (3.48%) SaaS
15 7 (3.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 6 (2.61%) Azure Key Vault
17 5 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 53 (23.04%) DNS
2 52 (22.61%) Firewall
3 23 (10.00%) DHCP
4 17 (7.39%) Network Security
5 16 (6.96%) VPN
6 6 (2.61%) LAN
7 5 (2.17%) SAN
7 5 (2.17%) WAN
8 4 (1.74%) NAS
8 4 (1.74%) SSL
9 3 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.30%) HTTP
10 2 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.87%) Wireless
11 1 (0.43%) BGP
11 1 (0.43%) Internet
11 1 (0.43%) Intranet
11 1 (0.43%) Skype
11 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.61%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.65%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (3.04%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.74%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.74%) Power BI
6 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.43%) DB2
6 1 (0.43%) Metadata
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Redis
6 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.22%) Git
2 6 (2.61%) Selenium
2 6 (2.61%) Visual Studio
3 5 (2.17%) SpecFlow
4 4 (1.74%) WebDriver
5 2 (0.87%) JIRA
6 1 (0.43%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.43%) Moq
6 1 (0.43%) MSI
6 1 (0.43%) Postman
6 1 (0.43%) SoapUI
General
1 69 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.52%) Finance
3 17 (7.39%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.65%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (2.61%) Law
6 5 (2.17%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (2.17%) Retail
7 4 (1.74%) German Language
7 4 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.30%) Legal
8 3 (1.30%) Marketing
9 2 (0.87%) Back Office
9 2 (0.87%) Billing
9 2 (0.87%) Front Office
9 2 (0.87%) Games
9 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 37 (16.09%) Architect
2 24 (10.43%) Developer
2 24 (10.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (9.13%) Azure Specialist
4 19 (8.26%) Security Engineer
5 18 (7.83%) Azure Engineer
6 17 (7.39%) Senior
7 15 (6.52%) Active Directory Specialist
7 15 (6.52%) Active Directory Support
7 15 (6.52%) Azure Developer
7 15 (6.52%) Consultant
8 14 (6.09%) Support Specialist
9 13 (5.65%) Analyst
10 10 (4.35%) Lead
10 10 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Architect
10 10 (4.35%) Senior Developer
11 9 (3.91%) Azure Architect
12 8 (3.48%) Backend Developer
12 8 (3.48%) Cloud Engineer
13 7 (3.04%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (13.48%) .NET
2 24 (10.43%) ARM Templates
3 19 (8.26%) XML
4 17 (7.39%) SAML
5 15 (6.52%) OAuth
6 13 (5.65%) AngularJS
7 12 (5.22%) React
8 11 (4.78%) OpenID
9 10 (4.35%) .NET Core
9 10 (4.35%) .NET Framework
10 8 (3.48%) REST
11 7 (3.04%) ASP.NET
12 6 (2.61%) OAuth2
13 5 (2.17%) GraphQL
13 5 (2.17%) LDAP
13 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Graph
14 4 (1.74%) Entity Framework
14 4 (1.74%) Next.js
14 4 (1.74%) Node.js
14 4 (1.74%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (7.83%) PKI
3 15 (6.52%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.35%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (3.04%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.61%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.74%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.74%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.74%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.74%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.87%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.43%) BYOD
10 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 109 (47.39%) Windows
2 47 (20.43%) Windows Server
3 44 (19.13%) Windows 10
4 26 (11.30%) Linux
5 22 (9.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (6.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (4.35%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.61%) VMS
9 4 (1.74%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.30%) Android
11 1 (0.43%) CentOS
11 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (28.70%) DevOps
2 56 (24.35%) Agile
3 53 (23.04%) CI/CD
4 42 (18.26%) Migration
5 33 (14.35%) ITIL
6 30 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 29 (12.61%) Identity Access Management
8 27 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (11.30%) B2C
9 26 (11.30%) Identity Management
9 26 (11.30%) Infrastructure as Code
9 26 (11.30%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 25 (10.87%) RBAC
11 24 (10.43%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (9.13%) Service Management
13 19 (8.26%) Analytics
13 19 (8.26%) Scrum
14 17 (7.39%) Log Analytics
14 17 (7.39%) Microservices
14 17 (7.39%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 40 (17.39%) C#
3 26 (11.30%) Bicep
4 23 (10.00%) SQL
5 21 (9.13%) VB
6 16 (6.96%) VBScript
7 11 (4.78%) JavaScript
8 9 (3.91%) Python
9 5 (2.17%) Java
9 5 (2.17%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.43%) Bash
11 1 (0.43%) DataFlex
11 1 (0.43%) PHP
11 1 (0.43%) Ruby
11 1 (0.43%) XPath
Qualifications
1 36 (15.65%) SC Cleared
1 36 (15.65%) Security Cleared
2 22 (9.57%) Degree
3 21 (9.13%) Azure Certification
4 20 (8.70%) DV Cleared
5 16 (6.96%) AWS Certification
5 16 (6.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (2.61%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.30%) CISSP
10 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.43%) CEH
11 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.43%) CISM
11 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.43%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (1.30%) PCI DSS
1 3 (1.30%) SLA
2 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (0.43%) GDPR
2 1 (0.43%) GRC
2 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
2 1 (0.43%) NIST
2 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
2 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
2 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 189 (82.17%) Active Directory
2 27 (11.74%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (3.48%) Hyper-V
5 7 (3.04%) Docker
6 6 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 64 (27.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (15.65%) SCCM
3 23 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
4 22 (9.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 20 (8.70%) Kubernetes
6 16 (6.96%) SCOM
6 16 (6.96%) WSUS
7 10 (4.35%) Terraform
8 8 (3.48%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.87%) Ansible
9 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.43%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.43%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.43%) Puppet
10 1 (0.43%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 135 (58.70%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.96%) VMware
3 13 (5.65%) Oracle
4 12 (5.22%) CA
4 12 (5.22%) Okta
5 10 (4.35%) Citrix
6 9 (3.91%) Cisco
7 7 (3.04%) Apple
7 7 (3.04%) Qualys
8 5 (2.17%) CyberArk
8 5 (2.17%) MuleSoft
8 5 (2.17%) Ping Identity
9 4 (1.74%) HP
9 4 (1.74%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.87%) Adobe
11 2 (0.87%) Databricks
11 2 (0.87%) Dell
11 2 (0.87%) Meraki
11 2 (0.87%) Zscaler