Entra ID Jobs in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 226 130 223
Rank change year-on-year -96 +93 -5
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 107 329 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.94% 1.88% 1.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.30% 5.34% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 84 268 158
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,188 £29,649 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -
75th Percentile £54,313 £53,750 £62,188
90th Percentile £64,625 £63,750 £69,649
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -4.76%

All Cloud Skills
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,490 6,164 7,394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.89% 35.29% 42.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,700 4,968 3,934
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,548 £85,000
England median annual salary £61,182 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.40% -11.54% +4.00%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the North of England

Entra ID
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the North of England.

Salary trend for Entra ID in the North of England

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the North of England

Entra ID
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England 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
North West -67 48 £45,000 +12.50% 46
Yorkshire -10 45 £35,000 -12.50% 34
North East -5 14 £37,500 -11.76% 15
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 23 (21.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (19.63%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.87%) IIS
3 2 (1.87%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (8.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (8.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 94 (87.85%) Azure
2 48 (44.86%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (16.82%) Power Platform
4 12 (11.21%) AWS
5 10 (9.35%) Power Automate
6 7 (6.54%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (6.54%) IaaS
6 7 (6.54%) OneDrive
6 7 (6.54%) SaaS
7 6 (5.61%) PowerApps
8 5 (4.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (4.67%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (4.67%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (3.74%) Azure AI
9 4 (3.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (3.74%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (3.74%) PaaS
10 3 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 32 (29.91%) Firewall
2 22 (20.56%) DNS
3 16 (14.95%) DHCP
4 15 (14.02%) LAN
5 14 (13.08%) VPN
6 12 (11.21%) WAN
7 6 (5.61%) SD-WAN
8 5 (4.67%) VoIP
9 4 (3.74%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.87%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (1.87%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (1.87%) SAN
10 2 (1.87%) SNMP
10 2 (1.87%) VLAN
10 2 (1.87%) VSAN
11 1 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.93%) NAS
11 1 (0.93%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.93%) Network Security
11 1 (0.93%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.15%) Power BI
2 9 (8.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (4.67%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.74%) MySQL
4 4 (3.74%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.87%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Git
2 2 (1.87%) Babel
2 2 (1.87%) webpack
General
1 44 (41.12%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.15%) Public Sector
3 12 (11.21%) Finance
4 8 (7.48%) Law
4 8 (7.48%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.67%) Automotive
7 4 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.80%) Legal
8 3 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (12.15%) Identity Management Specialist
1 13 (12.15%) Technology Specialist
2 12 (11.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (11.21%) IT Engineer
3 11 (10.28%) Lead
3 11 (10.28%) Service Desk Engineer
4 10 (9.35%) Support Engineer
5 9 (8.41%) IT Support
6 8 (7.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Analyst
7 7 (6.54%) Architect
8 6 (5.61%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 6 (5.61%) Senior
8 6 (5.61%) Team Leader
9 5 (4.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 4 (3.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 4 (3.74%) Cloud Architect
10 4 (3.74%) Help Desk Team Lead
10 4 (3.74%) IT Support Engineer
11 3 (2.80%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.74%) .NET
2 3 (2.80%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.80%) JSON
2 3 (2.80%) SailPoint
2 3 (2.80%) SAML
3 2 (1.87%) CSS
3 2 (1.87%) DOM
3 2 (1.87%) HTML
3 2 (1.87%) HTML5
3 2 (1.87%) Immutable.js
3 2 (1.87%) JWT
3 2 (1.87%) React
3 2 (1.87%) Redux
3 2 (1.87%) RESTful
4 1 (0.93%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.89%) NHS
2 8 (7.48%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.54%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.54%) Replication
4 6 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.67%) Virtual Team
6 4 (3.74%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.80%) CCTV
7 3 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.87%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.87%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.87%) Life Science
8 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.87%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.93%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.93%) PKI
9 1 (0.93%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 53 (49.53%) Windows
2 26 (24.30%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (7.48%) Linux
4 8 (7.48%) Windows 10
4 8 (7.48%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (3.74%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.80%) CentOS
6 3 (2.80%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.87%) VMS
8 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.93%) Debian
8 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (31.78%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (30.84%) ITIL
3 24 (22.43%) Customer Service
4 18 (16.82%) Identity Management
5 15 (14.02%) CI/CD
6 14 (13.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (13.08%) Migration
7 13 (12.15%) DevOps
8 11 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (10.28%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (10.28%) High Availability
8 11 (10.28%) Service Delivery
9 10 (9.35%) Infrastructure as Code
9 10 (9.35%) Mentoring
10 9 (8.41%) Roadmaps
11 8 (7.48%) Agile
11 8 (7.48%) Analytics
11 8 (7.48%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (7.48%) Project Management
11 8 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (24.30%) SQL
2 23 (21.50%) PowerShell
3 8 (7.48%) Bicep
4 3 (2.80%) Bash
5 2 (1.87%) Java
5 2 (1.87%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.87%) Python
6 1 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 23 (21.50%) Degree
2 22 (20.56%) Security Cleared
3 21 (19.63%) SC Cleared
4 20 (18.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (16.82%) DBS Check
6 11 (10.28%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.67%) AWS Certification
7 5 (4.67%) CCNA
7 5 (4.67%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (4.67%) MCSE
8 3 (2.80%) Linux+ Certification
8 3 (2.80%) MCSA
8 3 (2.80%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (2.80%) RHCE
8 3 (2.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.87%) CEH
10 1 (0.93%) CISMP
10 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.74%) GDPR
2 4 (3.74%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.80%) HIPAA
3 3 (2.80%) ISO 14001
4 2 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.87%) PMO
System Software
1 77 (71.96%) Active Directory
2 21 (19.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (14.02%) Hyper-V
4 10 (9.35%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (6.54%) DFS Replication
6 5 (4.67%) vSphere
7 3 (2.80%) Docker
7 3 (2.80%) Dovecot
7 3 (2.80%) Postfix
8 1 (0.93%) RHEV
8 1 (0.93%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.93%) XenApp
8 1 (0.93%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (15.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.54%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (4.67%) Terraform
4 4 (3.74%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (3.74%) SCCM
5 3 (2.80%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.87%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.93%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 85 (79.44%) Microsoft
2 27 (25.23%) VMware
3 9 (8.41%) Meraki
4 8 (7.48%) Cisco
5 6 (5.61%) Okta
6 5 (4.67%) Databricks
7 4 (3.74%) CyberArk
7 4 (3.74%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.74%) ServiceNow
7 4 (3.74%) Veeam
8 3 (2.80%) Acronis
8 3 (2.80%) BeyondTrust
8 3 (2.80%) Kaseya
8 3 (2.80%) Ping Identity
8 3 (2.80%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.80%) Sage
8 3 (2.80%) SonicWALL
8 3 (2.80%) WatchGuard
9 2 (1.87%) Aderant
9 2 (1.87%) Hitachi