Entra ID Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Entra ID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 82 126
Rank change year-on-year +14 +44 -1
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 148 117 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.20% 3.36% 1.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.20% 12.69% 4.99%
Number of salaries quoted 113 79 65
10th Percentile £27,550 £26,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £32,533 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.66% +1.67% -18.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £66,000 £59,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £43,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year +10.47% -3.37% -15.48%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Entra ID falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,451 922 1,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 21.55% 26.51% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 894 671 1,158
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £75,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Entra ID relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Entra ID job vacancy trend in the East of England

Entra ID
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Entra ID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the East of England

Entra ID
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 July 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -21 38 £35,000 -36.36% 14
Cambridgeshire -28 28 £46,000 +41.54% 5
Essex -20 23 £35,000 +16.67% 8
Norfolk -13 22 £60,000 +84.43% 1
Bedfordshire +19 20 £33,250 -42.17% 1
Suffolk +38 17 £31,500 -6.67% 5
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 62 (41.89%) SharePoint
2 48 (32.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.70%) CMS
3 4 (2.70%) IIS
4 3 (2.03%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.03%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.70%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 131 (88.51%) Microsoft 365
2 104 (70.27%) Azure
3 21 (14.19%) Power Platform
4 19 (12.84%) OneDrive
5 14 (9.46%) PowerApps
6 7 (4.73%) AWS
7 6 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (4.05%) Power Automate
8 5 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.70%) IaaS
9 4 (2.70%) PaaS
10 3 (2.03%) Cloudflare
10 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (2.03%) Mimecast
10 3 (2.03%) SaaS
11 2 (1.35%) Azure API Management
11 2 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.35%) GCP
11 2 (1.35%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 63 (42.57%) Firewall
2 41 (27.70%) DNS
2 41 (27.70%) VPN
3 36 (24.32%) DHCP
4 21 (14.19%) TCP/IP
5 18 (12.16%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (8.78%) VLAN
7 10 (6.76%) VoIP
7 10 (6.76%) Wireless
8 8 (5.41%) LAN
8 8 (5.41%) WAN
9 6 (4.05%) Internet
10 4 (2.70%) NAS
11 3 (2.03%) Broadband
12 2 (1.35%) L2TP
12 2 (1.35%) Network Security
12 2 (1.35%) OpenVPN
12 2 (1.35%) WLAN
13 1 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.68%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.11%) Power BI
2 3 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.70%) JIRA
2 2 (1.35%) Yeoman
General
1 68 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.81%) Finance
3 11 (7.43%) Telecoms
4 9 (6.08%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.73%) Banking
7 6 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.38%) Legal
8 5 (3.38%) Marketing
9 4 (2.70%) Retail
10 3 (2.03%) Games
10 3 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.35%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.68%) Law
12 1 (0.68%) Police
Job Titles
1 69 (46.62%) IT Support
2 52 (35.14%) IT Engineer
3 40 (27.03%) IT Support Engineer
3 40 (27.03%) Support Engineer
4 22 (14.86%) 2nd Line Support
5 21 (14.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 19 (12.84%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 19 (12.84%) Analyst
7 14 (9.46%) IT Analyst
7 14 (9.46%) Support Analyst
7 14 (9.46%) Support Technician
7 14 (9.46%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (8.78%) Administrator
9 12 (8.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 12 (8.11%) Senior
9 12 (8.11%) Systems Administrator
10 11 (7.43%) IT Support Analyst
11 10 (6.76%) IT Support Technician
11 10 (6.76%) IT Technician
11 10 (6.76%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.57%) Onboarding
2 25 (16.89%) Driving Licence
3 11 (7.43%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.05%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.70%) Clustering
6 4 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.70%) Robotics
6 4 (2.70%) Social Network
7 3 (2.03%) FMCG
7 3 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.68%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.68%) PKI
8 1 (0.68%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 101 (68.24%) Windows
2 63 (42.57%) Windows Server
3 17 (11.49%) Linux
4 14 (9.46%) Mac OS
5 12 (8.11%) Android
6 11 (7.43%) Apple iOS
6 11 (7.43%) Windows 10
7 7 (4.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (2.03%) VMS
9 3 (2.03%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (46.62%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (45.27%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (27.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (20.27%) Customer Service
5 29 (19.59%) ITIL
6 20 (13.51%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 17 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (11.49%) Mentoring
7 17 (11.49%) Project Delivery
7 17 (11.49%) Service Delivery
8 15 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (10.14%) ITSM
8 15 (10.14%) User Experience
9 14 (9.46%) Service Management
10 12 (8.11%) Asset Management
10 12 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (8.11%) Root Cause Analysis
10 12 (8.11%) Virtual Environments
11 10 (6.76%) AI
11 10 (6.76%) Antivirus Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (18.92%) PowerShell
2 14 (9.46%) SQL
3 1 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 32 (21.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (20.27%) Degree
3 8 (5.41%) Azure Certification
4 6 (4.05%) CCNA
4 6 (4.05%) CCNP
4 6 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.38%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.03%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.35%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.76%) SLA
2 7 (4.73%) QA
3 6 (4.05%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.70%) GRC
5 4 (2.70%) NIST
6 2 (1.35%) GDPR
7 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 126 (85.14%) Active Directory
2 37 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 22 (14.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (3.38%) vSphere
6 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (2.03%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.68%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 40 (27.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.73%) Proxmox
3 4 (2.70%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (2.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (2.03%) SolarWinds Orion
4 3 (2.03%) Terraform
4 3 (2.03%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.68%) Ansible
6 1 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 139 (93.92%) Microsoft
2 25 (16.89%) VMware
3 11 (7.43%) Cisco
4 10 (6.76%) Apple
4 10 (6.76%) Meraki
4 10 (6.76%) SolarWinds
5 9 (6.08%) Epicor
5 9 (6.08%) ServiceNow
6 8 (5.41%) Veeam
7 7 (4.73%) Freshdesk
7 7 (4.73%) Sophos
8 6 (4.05%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (3.38%) Citrix
10 4 (2.70%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.70%) Google
11 3 (2.03%) Acronis
11 3 (2.03%) Adobe
11 3 (2.03%) ConnectWise
11 3 (2.03%) SonicWALL
11 3 (2.03%) Synology