Entra ID Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Entra ID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 115 120
Rank change year-on-year +23 +5 +57
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 179 115 272
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.45% 2.31% 1.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.92% 7.09% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 160 104 217
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £31,750 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.11% -11.81% -20.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.44% +5.88% -16.67%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,025 1,623 4,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.55% 32.61% 29.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,917 1,282 3,329
10th Percentile £29,900 £27,106 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Entra ID
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Entra ID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the Midlands

Entra ID
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
West Midlands +3 105 £47,500 +20.25% 24
East Midlands 0 74 £35,000 +22.81% 24
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 60 (33.52%) SharePoint
2 47 (26.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.68%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (4.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.23%) Exchequer
2 4 (2.23%) Primavera
3 2 (1.12%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.56%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 139 (77.65%) Microsoft 365
2 137 (76.54%) Azure
3 14 (7.82%) IaaS
3 14 (7.82%) PaaS
4 13 (7.26%) OneDrive
5 12 (6.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 11 (6.15%) Power Platform
7 10 (5.59%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (5.03%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (4.47%) Google Workspace
9 8 (4.47%) Mimecast
10 7 (3.91%) SaaS
11 5 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.68%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.68%) PowerApps
14 2 (1.12%) AWS
14 2 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
15 1 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 48 (26.82%) Firewall
2 38 (21.23%) DNS
3 36 (20.11%) VPN
4 34 (18.99%) DHCP
5 26 (14.53%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (11.17%) LAN
6 20 (11.17%) Network Security
6 20 (11.17%) WAN
7 19 (10.61%) TCP/IP
8 15 (8.38%) VoIP
9 13 (7.26%) VLAN
10 11 (6.15%) SAN
11 10 (5.59%) Internet
12 5 (2.79%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (2.79%) SSL
12 5 (2.79%) Wireless
13 4 (2.23%) Broadband
13 4 (2.23%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (1.12%) Ethernet
14 2 (1.12%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.59%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.47%) GIS
3 2 (1.12%) Power BI
4 1 (0.56%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 64 (35.75%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.61%) Finance
3 14 (7.82%) Legal
4 12 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.15%) Manufacturing
6 10 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.23%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.68%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Marketing
10 1 (0.56%) Military
10 1 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (30.73%) IT Support
2 36 (20.11%) IT Engineer
3 29 (16.20%) Analyst
3 29 (16.20%) Support Engineer
4 25 (13.97%) Support Analyst
5 24 (13.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 18 (10.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (9.50%) IT Analyst
8 14 (7.82%) Architect
8 14 (7.82%) IT Support Analyst
9 13 (7.26%) 2nd Line Support
10 11 (6.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 11 (6.15%) IT Support Technician
10 11 (6.15%) IT Technician
10 11 (6.15%) Senior
10 11 (6.15%) Support Technician
11 10 (5.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (5.59%) Cloud Engineer
11 10 (5.59%) Lead
12 9 (5.03%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.35%) LDAP
2 4 (2.23%) Middleware
3 2 (1.12%) COM
3 2 (1.12%) DCOM
3 2 (1.12%) GraphQL
3 2 (1.12%) OAuth
3 2 (1.12%) OpenID
3 2 (1.12%) REST
3 2 (1.12%) SAML
3 2 (1.12%) SOAP
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.56%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.53%) Onboarding
2 13 (7.26%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (5.59%) Security Posture
4 9 (5.03%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.47%) Clustering
6 7 (3.91%) PKI
7 6 (3.35%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.23%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (2.23%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.68%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.12%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.12%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.12%) Smartcard
10 2 (1.12%) Social Media
10 2 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 87 (48.60%) Windows
2 38 (21.23%) Windows Server
3 22 (12.29%) Windows 10
4 14 (7.82%) Mac OS
5 8 (4.47%) Android
6 7 (3.91%) Apple iOS
7 6 (3.35%) Linux
8 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (37.43%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (22.35%) ITIL
3 35 (19.55%) Service Delivery
4 33 (18.44%) Cybersecurity
5 25 (13.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (12.29%) CRM
7 21 (11.73%) Customer Service
7 21 (11.73%) Roadmaps
8 20 (11.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 20 (11.17%) ITSM
9 18 (10.06%) Project Delivery
10 17 (9.50%) Migration
11 16 (8.94%) Identity Management
12 14 (7.82%) Identity Access Management
12 14 (7.82%) Mobile Device Management
12 14 (7.82%) Service Management
13 13 (7.26%) Patch Management
14 11 (6.15%) Cloud Security
14 11 (6.15%) Disaster Recovery
14 11 (6.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.20%) PowerShell
2 21 (11.73%) SQL
3 4 (2.23%) Bash
4 3 (1.68%) Bicep
4 3 (1.68%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.56%) PHP
5 1 (0.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (18.99%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (13.41%) Degree
2 24 (13.41%) Security Cleared
3 22 (12.29%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.70%) Azure Certification
5 11 (6.15%) A+ Certification
6 10 (5.59%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.79%) CISSP
7 5 (2.79%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (2.79%) MCITP
8 4 (2.23%) CISM
9 3 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (1.12%) MCSE
11 1 (0.56%) CBAP
11 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (20.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (12.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (10.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (6.15%) GDPR
5 8 (4.47%) NIST
6 4 (2.23%) SLA
7 2 (1.12%) NCSC
7 2 (1.12%) QA
8 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 133 (74.30%) Active Directory
2 26 (14.53%) Hyper-V
3 20 (11.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.68%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.68%) vSphere
6 2 (1.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 78 (43.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (7.26%) Jamf Pro
3 11 (6.15%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.68%) CASB
5 2 (1.12%) Ansible
5 2 (1.12%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.12%) SCCM
5 2 (1.12%) Terraform
6 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.56%) Argo
Vendors
1 146 (81.56%) Microsoft
2 21 (11.73%) VMware
3 16 (8.94%) Cisco
4 15 (8.38%) ServiceNow
5 14 (7.82%) Veeam
6 9 (5.03%) HP
6 9 (5.03%) Meraki
7 8 (4.47%) Apple
7 8 (4.47%) Logitech
7 8 (4.47%) SonicWALL
7 8 (4.47%) Yealink
8 6 (3.35%) Google
9 5 (2.79%) Juniper
9 5 (2.79%) Salesforce
10 4 (2.23%) Freshdesk
10 4 (2.23%) Kaseya
10 4 (2.23%) Sage
11 3 (1.68%) Netskope
12 2 (1.12%) SAP
13 1 (0.56%) Oracle