Entra ID Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Entra ID skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Entra ID over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 154 201
Rank change year-on-year +26 +47 -28
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 31 69 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.39% 1.33% 0.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.18% 3.41% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 25 57 43
10th Percentile £38,250 £28,200 £26,550
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,250 £58,600 -
North West median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -5.26%

All Cloud Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 974 2,024 2,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 43.66% 39.07% 48.14%
Number of salaries quoted 653 1,609 1,385
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,522 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in Manchester

Entra ID
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in Manchester.

Salary trend for Entra ID in Manchester

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in Manchester

Entra ID
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
Rochdale +9 1 £40,000 -33.33%
Oldham -5 1 £43,500 +8.75%
Bolton -13 1 £40,000 +45.45% 2
Salford - 1 £57,500 - 1
Entra ID
North West

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 11 (35.48%) SharePoint
2 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.45%) IIS
3 2 (6.45%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 29 (93.55%) Azure
2 16 (51.61%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (25.81%) AWS
3 8 (25.81%) Power Platform
4 5 (16.13%) OneDrive
5 4 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (9.68%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (6.45%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (6.45%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (6.45%) GitHub
7 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (6.45%) Power Automate
7 2 (6.45%) SaaS
8 1 (3.23%) Azure AI
8 1 (3.23%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (3.23%) Azure Stack
8 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.81%) DNS
2 6 (19.35%) DHCP
3 5 (16.13%) Firewall
4 3 (9.68%) WAN
5 2 (6.45%) LAN
5 2 (6.45%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
5 2 (6.45%) VPN
6 1 (3.23%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (3.23%) Ethernet
6 1 (3.23%) OSPF
6 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) Power BI
2 4 (12.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.23%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Git
General
1 13 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Law
3 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
3 3 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Automotive
4 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Architect
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) IT Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Lead
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Administrator
4 2 (6.45%) Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) Desktop Support
5 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (3.23%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) .NET
1 2 (6.45%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.23%) JSON
2 1 (3.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Replication
2 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.45%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.45%) Life Science
2 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.23%) CMDB
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) NHS
3 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.23%) PKI
3 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (48.39%) Windows
2 5 (16.13%) Linux
3 4 (12.90%) Windows Server
4 3 (9.68%) CentOS
4 3 (9.68%) Mac OS
4 3 (9.68%) Ubuntu
4 3 (9.68%) Windows 10
4 3 (9.68%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (9.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (6.45%) VMS
6 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.23%) Debian
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (32.26%) CI/CD
3 9 (29.03%) DevOps
3 9 (29.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (19.35%) Migration
5 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (16.13%) High Availability
5 5 (16.13%) Identity Management
5 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.90%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
7 3 (9.68%) Cloud Security
7 3 (9.68%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (9.68%) Containerisation
7 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
7 3 (9.68%) Patch Management
7 3 (9.68%) Project Delivery
7 3 (9.68%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) PowerShell
2 5 (16.13%) SQL
3 3 (9.68%) Bash
3 3 (9.68%) Bicep
4 2 (6.45%) Java
4 2 (6.45%) Python
5 1 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Degree
2 5 (16.13%) AWS Certification
2 5 (16.13%) Azure Certification
3 3 (9.68%) Linux+ Certification
3 3 (9.68%) RHCE
3 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.45%) DBS Check
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.23%) CEH
5 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.23%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) GDPR
1 3 (9.68%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (67.74%) Active Directory
2 8 (25.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (19.35%) Hyper-V
4 3 (9.68%) DFS Replication
4 3 (9.68%) Docker
4 3 (9.68%) Dovecot
4 3 (9.68%) Postfix
4 3 (9.68%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (9.68%) vSphere
5 1 (3.23%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.90%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (9.68%) Kubernetes
3 3 (9.68%) SCCM
4 2 (6.45%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (6.45%) Terraform
5 1 (3.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 24 (77.42%) Microsoft
2 12 (38.71%) VMware
3 3 (9.68%) Okta
3 3 (9.68%) Ping Identity
3 3 (9.68%) Red Hat
4 2 (6.45%) Apple
4 2 (6.45%) Cisco
4 2 (6.45%) Hitachi
4 2 (6.45%) IBM
4 2 (6.45%) Meraki
4 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.45%) Veeam
5 1 (3.23%) Aruba
5 1 (3.23%) Citrix
5 1 (3.23%) Databricks
5 1 (3.23%) Google
5 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto