Entra ID Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 146 119
Rank change year-on-year +44 -27 +73
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 249 226 524
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.52% 1.48% 2.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.31% 4.11% 5.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 163 368
10th Percentile £313 £328 £350
25th Percentile £400 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +3.16%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £650
90th Percentile £663 £698 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - £52.50
25th Percentile - - £54.00
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
75th Percentile - - £66.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.80 £54.00
% change year-on-year +32.53% -67.04% +95.71%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,944 5,504 10,118
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 39.84% 36.13% 39.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,892 3,952 7,445
10th Percentile £350 £350 £370
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 87 127
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £16.45
25th Percentile £25.25 £16.82 £21.31
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -51.85% +96.36%
75th Percentile £70.63 £46.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £66.25 £75.40
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Entra ID
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Entra ID trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Entra ID
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 (18.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (16.06%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.01%) nginx
3 5 (2.01%) Traefik
4 3 (1.20%) Confluence
5 2 (0.80%) SAS
6 1 (0.40%) Apache
6 1 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.40%) CMS
6 1 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 219 (87.95%) Azure
2 113 (45.38%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (15.66%) AWS
4 31 (12.45%) SaaS
5 28 (11.24%) OneDrive
6 23 (9.24%) Power Platform
7 15 (6.02%) IaaS
8 12 (4.82%) GCP
9 11 (4.42%) Azure AKS
9 11 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (4.02%) Azure Service Bus
10 10 (4.02%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (3.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 9 (3.61%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (3.61%) GitHub
11 9 (3.61%) PaaS
12 8 (3.21%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (3.21%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (12.85%) DNS
2 28 (11.24%) Firewall
3 22 (8.84%) DHCP
4 15 (6.02%) WAN
5 14 (5.62%) VPN
6 12 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (4.02%) LAN
8 9 (3.61%) TCP/IP
9 8 (3.21%) Network Security
9 8 (3.21%) Wireless
10 6 (2.41%) Internet
10 6 (2.41%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.61%) Skype
12 3 (1.20%) FTP
12 3 (1.20%) iSCSI
12 3 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (1.20%) SD-WAN
12 3 (1.20%) SMTP
12 3 (1.20%) Telnet
12 3 (1.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.04%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.42%) Power BI
3 10 (4.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (2.81%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.41%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.61%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (1.61%) Big Data
6 4 (1.61%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.20%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.20%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.20%) Redis
8 2 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.40%) Power Query
9 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.02%) GitLab
1 10 (4.02%) MSI
2 7 (2.81%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.01%) JIRA
4 3 (1.20%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.80%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.80%) Git
6 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.40%) Moq
6 1 (0.40%) Snyk
General
1 67 (26.91%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.29%) Finance
3 19 (7.63%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (3.21%) Banking
6 6 (2.41%) Legal
7 5 (2.01%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.61%) Law
8 4 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.40%) Advertising
11 1 (0.40%) Automotive
11 1 (0.40%) Billing
11 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Front Office
11 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (20.48%) Architect
2 36 (14.46%) Senior
3 23 (9.24%) Support Engineer
4 22 (8.84%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 18 (7.23%) Azure Engineer
6 17 (6.83%) Lead
7 16 (6.43%) Analyst
7 16 (6.43%) Developer
7 16 (6.43%) IT Support
8 13 (5.22%) Consultant
9 12 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (4.42%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.61%) Active Directory Engineer
11 9 (3.61%) IAM Specialist
11 9 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.61%) Senior DevOps
12 8 (3.21%) Azure Architect
12 8 (3.21%) Data Architect
12 8 (3.21%) IT Engineer
12 8 (3.21%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.44%) OAuth
2 19 (7.63%) Kafka
3 18 (7.23%) .NET
3 18 (7.23%) SailPoint
4 15 (6.02%) SAML
5 14 (5.62%) OpenID
6 10 (4.02%) LDAP
7 7 (2.81%) cloud-init
7 7 (2.81%) Keycloak
7 7 (2.81%) Node.js
8 6 (2.41%) ARM Templates
8 6 (2.41%) React
8 6 (2.41%) REST
9 5 (2.01%) CSS
9 5 (2.01%) HTML
9 5 (2.01%) Middleware
9 5 (2.01%) NumPy
9 5 (2.01%) OAuth2
9 5 (2.01%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (2.01%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.43%) PKI
2 13 (5.22%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.42%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (4.02%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.41%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.01%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.01%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.61%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.20%) IVR
8 3 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.20%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.80%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.80%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.80%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.80%) Replication
9 2 (0.80%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 81 (32.53%) Windows
2 31 (12.45%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.04%) Linux
4 16 (6.43%) Unix
5 13 (5.22%) Android
6 12 (4.82%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.81%) CentOS
7 7 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.81%) Windows 10
8 5 (2.01%) VMS
9 4 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (23.29%) Migration
3 53 (21.29%) Identity Access Management
4 45 (18.07%) Identity Management
5 39 (15.66%) Cloud Security
5 39 (15.66%) RBAC
6 38 (15.26%) DevOps
7 32 (12.85%) Agile
8 30 (12.05%) ITIL
9 27 (10.84%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 24 (9.64%) CI/CD
11 21 (8.43%) Infrastructure as Code
12 18 (7.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 17 (6.83%) ITSM
14 16 (6.43%) Information Security
15 15 (6.02%) B2C
16 14 (5.62%) Collaborative Working
16 14 (5.62%) Privileged Identity Management
17 13 (5.22%) Cybersecurity
17 13 (5.22%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (25.70%) PowerShell
2 26 (10.44%) Python
2 26 (10.44%) SQL
3 16 (6.43%) C#
4 12 (4.82%) Bicep
5 10 (4.02%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.21%) Bash
7 7 (2.81%) Go
8 6 (2.41%) Java
9 3 (1.20%) C
10 2 (0.80%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.80%) Ruby
10 2 (0.80%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.40%) VB
11 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 40 (16.06%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.24%) Azure Certification
4 16 (6.43%) Degree
5 15 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (5.62%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.61%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.80%) Cyber Scheme
9 2 (0.80%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.80%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.80%) OSCE
10 1 (0.40%) CISM
10 1 (0.40%) CISSP
10 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.40%) MCSE
10 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.23%) GDPR
2 11 (4.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 8 (3.21%) HIPAA
4 7 (2.81%) NCSC
5 5 (2.01%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.20%) GRC
6 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.20%) NIST
6 3 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.20%) SLA
6 3 (1.20%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 158 (63.45%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.41%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.41%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (2.01%) vSphere
6 4 (1.61%) RACF
6 4 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.20%) Docker
7 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.20%) NFS
8 2 (0.80%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.40%) Firmware
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.40%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (24.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (14.86%) Single Sign-On
3 30 (12.05%) Terraform
4 19 (7.63%) Kubernetes
5 16 (6.43%) SCCM
6 9 (3.61%) Grafana
7 8 (3.21%) Jamf Pro
7 8 (3.21%) Prometheus
7 8 (3.21%) ZABBIX
8 7 (2.81%) Consul
8 7 (2.81%) Istio
8 7 (2.81%) linkerd
8 7 (2.81%) Packer
8 7 (2.81%) Rancher
9 5 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (2.01%) Ansible
9 5 (2.01%) HAProxy
9 5 (2.01%) WSUS
10 4 (1.61%) PingFederate
11 3 (1.20%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 147 (59.04%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.43%) VMware
3 20 (8.03%) CyberArk
3 20 (8.03%) Okta
4 14 (5.62%) ServiceNow
4 14 (5.62%) Splunk
5 13 (5.22%) Apple
5 13 (5.22%) Cisco
6 12 (4.82%) Oracle
7 11 (4.42%) Google
8 8 (3.21%) Ping Identity
9 6 (2.41%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.01%) Citrix
10 5 (2.01%) Databricks
10 5 (2.01%) ESET
10 5 (2.01%) Zscaler
11 4 (1.61%) BiZZdesign
11 4 (1.61%) Informatica
11 4 (1.61%) NetApp
11 4 (1.61%) Sparx