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 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 113 196
Rank change year-on-year -21 +83 -38
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 236 509 609
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.61% 2.09% 1.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.40% 5.34% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 359 452
10th Percentile £350 £350 £313
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £586
90th Percentile £693 £745 £650
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.10% +5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 3
10th Percentile - - £34.00
25th Percentile - £54.00 £36.25
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +57.50% -20.00%
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 5,364 9,540 18,351
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 39.22% 41.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,893 7,113 13,710
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £738 £745 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 129 161
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.16 £21.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £51.63 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.37 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £36.50 £22.20
% change year-on-year -41.45% +64.41% -0.22%

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 May 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 46 (19.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (8.05%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.12%) IIS
4 3 (1.27%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) Confluence
5 1 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.42%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.85%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 219 (92.80%) Azure
2 110 (46.61%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (14.83%) Azure Monitor
4 29 (12.29%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (11.44%) AWS
6 24 (10.17%) Azure Storage
7 20 (8.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 19 (8.05%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (7.20%) Azure Sentinel
9 17 (7.20%) IaaS
9 17 (7.20%) PaaS
10 16 (6.78%) OneDrive
11 12 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (4.24%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 8 (3.39%) Power Platform
14 7 (2.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 7 (2.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 6 (2.54%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (2.54%) SaaS
15 6 (2.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 49 (20.76%) DNS
2 48 (20.34%) Firewall
3 24 (10.17%) DHCP
4 15 (6.36%) VPN
5 14 (5.93%) Network Security
6 6 (2.54%) NAS
7 5 (2.12%) SAN
8 3 (1.27%) SSH
9 2 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.85%) LAN
9 2 (0.85%) WAN
9 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.42%) DSL
10 1 (0.42%) FTP
10 1 (0.42%) HTTP
10 1 (0.42%) Intranet
10 1 (0.42%) IPv4
10 1 (0.42%) Skype
10 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (13.98%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.93%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (3.81%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.69%) Redis
6 3 (1.27%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.27%) MySQL
6 3 (1.27%) Power BI
7 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.42%) DB2
7 1 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.42%) Metadata
7 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.42%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 11 (4.66%) Git
2 7 (2.97%) Selenium
3 5 (2.12%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.69%) SpecFlow
4 4 (1.69%) WebDriver
5 2 (0.85%) JIRA
6 1 (0.42%) MSI
General
1 64 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.53%) Finance
3 19 (8.05%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.54%) Retail
7 5 (2.12%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.12%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.69%) Law
8 4 (1.69%) Marketing
9 3 (1.27%) German Language
9 3 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.85%) Back Office
10 2 (0.85%) Banking
10 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.85%) French Language
10 2 (0.85%) Front Office
10 2 (0.85%) Games
10 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (16.53%) Architect
2 30 (12.71%) Developer
3 21 (8.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (8.47%) Active Directory Support
4 20 (8.47%) Azure Engineer
4 20 (8.47%) Azure Specialist
4 20 (8.47%) Senior
5 19 (8.05%) Security Engineer
6 18 (7.63%) Azure Developer
6 18 (7.63%) Consultant
7 15 (6.36%) Analyst
8 14 (5.93%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (5.93%) Support Specialist
9 13 (5.51%) Azure Architect
9 13 (5.51%) Senior Developer
10 11 (4.66%) Backend Developer
11 9 (3.81%) Full Stack Developer
11 9 (3.81%) Senior Backend Developer
12 8 (3.39%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.39%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.25%) .NET
2 26 (11.02%) SAML
3 23 (9.75%) ARM Templates
4 22 (9.32%) XML
5 19 (8.05%) OpenID
6 18 (7.63%) OAuth
7 16 (6.78%) React
8 15 (6.36%) AngularJS
9 12 (5.08%) .NET Core
10 10 (4.24%) REST
11 9 (3.81%) .NET Framework
11 9 (3.81%) ASP.NET
12 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Graph
12 7 (2.97%) SailPoint
13 6 (2.54%) LDAP
13 6 (2.54%) OAuth2
14 5 (2.12%) CSS
14 5 (2.12%) HTML
15 4 (1.69%) ASP.NET Core
15 4 (1.69%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.17%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (9.75%) PKI
3 18 (7.63%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.66%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 9 (3.81%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.54%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.12%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.12%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.12%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.69%) Smartphone
10 3 (1.27%) Clustering
11 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.85%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.85%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.85%) Replication
12 1 (0.42%) Cyber Threat
12 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (44.07%) Windows
2 49 (20.76%) Windows Server
3 41 (17.37%) Windows 10
4 28 (11.86%) Linux
5 27 (11.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (8.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.97%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.85%) Android
9 2 (0.85%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.85%) VMS
10 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (30.08%) DevOps
2 60 (25.42%) CI/CD
3 56 (23.73%) Agile
4 36 (15.25%) Migration
5 35 (14.83%) ITIL
6 34 (14.41%) Identity Access Management
7 30 (12.71%) Identity Management
7 30 (12.71%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 29 (12.29%) B2C
8 29 (12.29%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (11.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (11.02%) RBAC
10 24 (10.17%) Service Management
11 23 (9.75%) Analytics
11 23 (9.75%) Scrum
12 22 (9.32%) Log Analytics
13 21 (8.90%) Cloud Security
13 21 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (8.47%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (32.20%) PowerShell
2 45 (19.07%) C#
3 35 (14.83%) Bicep
4 24 (10.17%) VB
5 19 (8.05%) VBScript
6 16 (6.78%) SQL
7 15 (6.36%) JavaScript
8 13 (5.51%) Python
9 7 (2.97%) Java
9 7 (2.97%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.42%) Bash
11 1 (0.42%) DataFlex
11 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.42%) PHP
11 1 (0.42%) Ruby
11 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.42%) XPath
Qualifications
1 42 (17.80%) SC Cleared
1 42 (17.80%) Security Cleared
2 32 (13.56%) Degree
3 23 (9.75%) DV Cleared
4 19 (8.05%) AWS Certification
4 19 (8.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 17 (7.20%) Azure Certification
6 14 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.69%) CISSP
8 4 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.85%) CEH
9 2 (0.85%) CISM
9 2 (0.85%) MCSA
9 2 (0.85%) MCSD
10 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.42%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.42%) HNC
10 1 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (1.69%) PCI DSS
2 3 (1.27%) NIST
3 2 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (0.85%) GDPR
4 1 (0.42%) COBIT
4 1 (0.42%) COSO
4 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.42%) GRC
4 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.42%) SLA
4 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 195 (82.63%) Active Directory
2 31 (13.14%) Virtual Machines
3 27 (11.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (3.39%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.97%) Docker
6 4 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.42%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (26.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (14.83%) SCCM
3 26 (11.02%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (10.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 23 (9.75%) Kubernetes
6 20 (8.47%) SCOM
6 20 (8.47%) WSUS
7 10 (4.24%) Terraform
8 6 (2.54%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.42%) Ansible
10 1 (0.42%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.42%) HP SIM
10 1 (0.42%) Kibana
10 1 (0.42%) logstash
10 1 (0.42%) Puppet
10 1 (0.42%) SCDPM
10 1 (0.42%) Stealthwatch
10 1 (0.42%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 135 (57.20%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.36%) Oracle
2 15 (6.36%) VMware
3 12 (5.08%) CA
3 12 (5.08%) CyberArk
4 11 (4.66%) Citrix
5 10 (4.24%) Okta
6 8 (3.39%) Qualys
7 7 (2.97%) Apple
7 7 (2.97%) MuleSoft
7 7 (2.97%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.54%) Cisco
9 5 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (2.12%) HP
9 5 (2.12%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.27%) Adobe
11 2 (0.85%) Databricks
11 2 (0.85%) Dell
11 2 (0.85%) SAP
11 2 (0.85%) Splunk