Entra ID Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Entra ID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 60 98
Rank change year-on-year +32 +38 +4
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 99 36 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 9.67% 3.06% 0.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.63% 7.16% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 27 25 10
10th Percentile £24,500 £34,500 £30,375
25th Percentile £26,000 £42,500 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £54,423 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.04% +28.05% +15.65%
75th Percentile £35,000 £55,000 £56,875
90th Percentile £44,150 £77,900 £70,000
Scotland median annual salary £31,000 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +3.33% +3.45%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 480 503 488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 46.88% 42.70% 47.80%
Number of salaries quoted 147 221 400
10th Percentile £25,750 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £46,713 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -7.69% +9.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £92,904
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Entra ID
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Entra ID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in Edinburgh

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 26 (26.26%) SharePoint
2 18 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (20.20%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 83 (83.84%) Azure
2 61 (61.62%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (30.30%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (20.20%) AWS
4 20 (20.20%) GitHub
4 20 (20.20%) OCI
5 16 (16.16%) Microsoft Purview
6 10 (10.10%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (9.09%) SaaS
8 8 (8.08%) Mimecast
9 5 (5.05%) OneDrive
10 4 (4.04%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (4.04%) Power Automate
10 4 (4.04%) Power Platform
10 4 (4.04%) PowerApps
11 1 (1.01%) Azure Stack
11 1 (1.01%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.01%) DHCP
1 1 (1.01%) DNS
1 1 (1.01%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 20 (20.20%) Jenkins
1 20 (20.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 58 (58.59%) Finance
2 13 (13.13%) Social Skills
3 4 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.01%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (36.36%) Senior
2 29 (29.29%) Applications Engineer
3 20 (20.20%) Cloud Engineer
3 20 (20.20%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 14 (14.14%) Analyst
4 14 (14.14%) Support Analyst
5 9 (9.09%) Applications Support
5 9 (9.09%) Applications Support Engineer
5 9 (9.09%) Consultant
5 9 (9.09%) Support Engineer
6 8 (8.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 5 (5.05%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 5 (5.05%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
7 5 (5.05%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (5.05%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 5 (5.05%) Help Desk Technician
7 5 (5.05%) IT Analyst
7 5 (5.05%) IT Support
7 5 (5.05%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (5.05%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (20.20%) JSON
1 20 (20.20%) RESTful
1 20 (20.20%) SOAP
1 20 (20.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (34.34%) Product Ownership
2 28 (28.28%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (20.20%) Cloud Native
4 16 (16.16%) Security Posture
5 8 (8.08%) Onboarding
6 4 (4.04%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.02%) Robotics
7 2 (2.02%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.01%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (25.25%) Windows
2 5 (5.05%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.04%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.02%) Linux
4 2 (2.02%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.01%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.01%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (60.61%) Asset Management
2 58 (58.59%) Coaching
3 48 (48.48%) Agile
4 47 (47.47%) DevOps
5 43 (43.43%) ITIL
6 36 (36.36%) Roadmaps
7 35 (35.35%) Mentoring
8 34 (34.34%) Technology Roadmap
9 31 (31.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (30.30%) Business Strategy
11 26 (26.26%) AI
11 26 (26.26%) Analytics
11 26 (26.26%) FinOps
11 26 (26.26%) Infrastructure as Code
11 26 (26.26%) Machine Learning
12 22 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
13 21 (21.21%) Migration
14 20 (20.20%) API Integration
14 20 (20.20%) ERP
14 20 (20.20%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 38 (38.38%) Python
2 30 (30.30%) PowerShell
3 29 (29.29%) SQL
4 20 (20.20%) Java
4 20 (20.20%) PL/SQL
4 20 (20.20%) Shell Script
5 18 (18.18%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (3.03%) Degree
2 2 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.02%) CCNA
2 2 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.02%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.02%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.08%) NIST
2 2 (2.02%) GDPR
3 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.01%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 59 (59.60%) Active Directory
2 31 (31.31%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (10.10%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.01%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 46 (46.46%) Terraform
2 42 (42.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (20.20%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (8.08%) SCCM
5 2 (2.02%) Ansible
6 1 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.01%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 52 (52.53%) Microsoft
2 20 (20.20%) Okta
2 20 (20.20%) Oracle
3 5 (5.05%) Apple
3 5 (5.05%) Citrix
3 5 (5.05%) Freshdesk
4 2 (2.02%) Cisco
5 1 (1.01%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.01%) ServiceNow