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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 77 75
Rank change year-on-year +43 -2 +53
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 65 15 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 5.46% 1.53% 2.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.26% 3.74% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 27
10th Percentile £21,250 £42,375 £26,050
25th Percentile £22,875 £45,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £54,750 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -51.60% +31.93% +18.57%
75th Percentile £28,750 £57,063 £63,750
90th Percentile £55,625 £62,750 £81,000
Scotland median annual salary £27,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -38.89% - -14.29%

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 426 401 587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 35.80% 40.84% 45.86%
Number of salaries quoted 166 223 469
10th Percentile £26,250 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,125 £66,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.11% +10.83% -
75th Percentile £78,790 £84,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in Edinburgh

Entra ID
Job Locations in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the Edinburgh region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Balerno - 1 - -
Entra ID
Scotland

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 14 (21.54%) SharePoint
2 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (21.54%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 56 (86.15%) Azure
2 35 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (29.23%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (21.54%) AWS
4 14 (21.54%) GitHub
4 14 (21.54%) OCI
5 12 (18.46%) SaaS
6 8 (12.31%) OneDrive
7 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (4.62%) Mimecast
10 2 (3.08%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.54%) Azure Stack
11 1 (1.54%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.23%) DHCP
1 6 (9.23%) DNS
2 5 (7.69%) Firewall
2 5 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (3.08%) Broadband
4 1 (1.54%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.77%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (21.54%) Jenkins
1 14 (21.54%) Oracle Forms
General
1 28 (43.08%) Finance
2 7 (10.77%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (9.23%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.08%) Games
5 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (32.31%) Applications Engineer
1 21 (32.31%) Senior
2 14 (21.54%) Cloud Engineer
2 14 (21.54%) IT Support
2 14 (21.54%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 12 (18.46%) Analyst
3 12 (18.46%) Support Analyst
3 12 (18.46%) Support Engineer
4 9 (13.85%) IT Analyst
4 9 (13.85%) IT Support Analyst
5 7 (10.77%) Applications Support
5 7 (10.77%) Applications Support Engineer
5 7 (10.77%) Consultant
6 5 (7.69%) IT Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) Junior
6 5 (7.69%) Junior IT Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) Junior IT Support
6 5 (7.69%) Junior Support Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) Remote Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (24.62%) SOAP
2 14 (21.54%) JSON
2 14 (21.54%) RESTful
2 14 (21.54%) XML
3 2 (3.08%) GraphQL
3 2 (3.08%) LDAP
3 2 (3.08%) OAuth
3 2 (3.08%) OpenID
3 2 (3.08%) REST
3 2 (3.08%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.15%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (21.54%) Cloud Native
2 14 (21.54%) Product Ownership
3 6 (9.23%) Security Posture
4 5 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (6.15%) Client/Server
6 3 (4.62%) Onboarding
7 2 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (3.08%) Cyberattack
7 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.08%) Robotics
7 2 (3.08%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (35.38%) Windows
2 7 (10.77%) Mac OS
3 6 (9.23%) Windows Server
4 5 (7.69%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.08%) Linux
5 2 (3.08%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (46.15%) Asset Management
2 29 (44.62%) DevOps
3 28 (43.08%) Coaching
4 26 (40.00%) Agile
5 21 (32.31%) ITIL
5 21 (32.31%) Mentoring
6 19 (29.23%) Business Strategy
7 18 (27.69%) Roadmaps
8 17 (26.15%) Identity Access Management
9 15 (23.08%) Migration
10 14 (21.54%) API Integration
10 14 (21.54%) CI/CD
10 14 (21.54%) Data Governance
10 14 (21.54%) ERP
10 14 (21.54%) Observability
10 14 (21.54%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (21.54%) Technology Roadmap
10 14 (21.54%) Test Automation
10 14 (21.54%) Translating Business Requirements
11 11 (16.92%) FinOps
Programming Languages
1 22 (33.85%) Python
2 21 (32.31%) SQL
3 17 (26.15%) PowerShell
4 14 (21.54%) Java
4 14 (21.54%) PL/SQL
4 14 (21.54%) Shell Script
5 10 (15.38%) Bash
6 2 (3.08%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (4.62%) Degree
2 2 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.08%) CCNA
2 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) NIST
2 2 (3.08%) GDPR
2 2 (3.08%) NCSC
3 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.54%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 46 (70.77%) Active Directory
2 11 (16.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.54%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (38.46%) Terraform
2 17 (26.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (21.54%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.62%) SCCM
5 2 (3.08%) Ansible
6 1 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.54%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 34 (52.31%) Microsoft
2 14 (21.54%) Okta
2 14 (21.54%) Oracle
3 5 (7.69%) Dell
3 5 (7.69%) HP
4 2 (3.08%) Cisco
5 1 (1.54%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow