Entra ID Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Entra ID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 127 156
Rank change year-on-year +29 +29 +52
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 92 79 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.44% 1.56% 1.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.33% 5.05% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 73 52 37
10th Percentile £28,700 £27,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,563 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £43,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.43% -32.69% +52.94%
75th Percentile £47,500 £54,063 £77,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £68,625 £92,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -8.65%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,759 1,563 1,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 43.31% 30.93% 37.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,019 894 1,433
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £86,292 £83,200 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in the North West

Entra ID
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Entra ID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the North West

Entra ID
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Manchester +40 52 £36,250 -19.44% 20
Cheshire -16 13 £43,500 +45.00% 8
Cumbria +21 11 £45,000 -32.08% 1
Lancashire +10 11 £45,000 +12.50% 20
Merseyside -19 4 £30,000 -33.33% 6
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 44 (47.83%) SharePoint
2 32 (34.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (5.43%) WordPress
4 1 (1.09%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 76 (82.61%) Azure
2 72 (78.26%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (25.00%) OneDrive
4 18 (19.57%) Microsoft Purview
5 15 (16.30%) Power Platform
5 15 (16.30%) SaaS
6 10 (10.87%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (8.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (7.61%) AWS
8 7 (7.61%) IaaS
9 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Copilot
9 6 (6.52%) Power Automate
10 5 (5.43%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (5.43%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (2.17%) Azure Functions
12 2 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (2.17%) GitHub
12 2 (2.17%) PaaS
12 2 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (32.61%) Firewall
2 21 (22.83%) VPN
3 19 (20.65%) VLAN
4 12 (13.04%) DHCP
4 12 (13.04%) DNS
5 7 (7.61%) WAN
6 6 (6.52%) LAN
6 6 (6.52%) TCP/IP
7 5 (5.43%) SSL
8 2 (2.17%) Network Security
8 2 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (1.09%) Internet
9 1 (1.09%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.09%) VoIP
9 1 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.52%) Power BI
2 2 (2.17%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Git
General
1 53 (57.61%) Social Skills
2 22 (23.91%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (10.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.26%) Finance
4 3 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.17%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.17%) Retail
6 1 (1.09%) Law
6 1 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (31.52%) IT Support
2 20 (21.74%) Support Engineer
3 15 (16.30%) IT Engineer
4 13 (14.13%) Lead
5 11 (11.96%) Team Leader
6 10 (10.87%) Support Team Leader
7 9 (9.78%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (9.78%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 8 (8.70%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (7.61%) Analyst
9 7 (7.61%) Microsoft Engineer
9 7 (7.61%) Support Technician
9 7 (7.61%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (6.52%) IT Manager
10 6 (6.52%) Systems Support
11 5 (5.43%) Support Analyst
11 5 (5.43%) Technical Engineer
11 5 (5.43%) Technical Support
11 5 (5.43%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.43%) HTML
2 2 (2.17%) .NET
2 2 (2.17%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.17%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.17%) Entity Framework
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (2.17%) Middleware
2 2 (2.17%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (2.17%) React
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.22%) Onboarding
2 13 (14.13%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (13.04%) Driving Licence
4 9 (9.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (7.61%) Cloud Native
6 5 (5.43%) Management Information System
6 5 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (5.43%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (2.17%) iPad
7 2 (2.17%) iPhone
7 2 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.17%) Social Media
8 1 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.09%) Cyberattack
8 1 (1.09%) Educational Technology
8 1 (1.09%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 45 (48.91%) Windows
2 26 (28.26%) Windows Server
3 15 (16.30%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.26%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.17%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.09%) Android
6 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (55.43%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (28.26%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (17.39%) Customer Service
4 15 (16.30%) Service Delivery
5 14 (15.22%) Data Loss Prevention
6 13 (14.13%) DevOps
6 13 (14.13%) Identity Access Management
6 13 (14.13%) Incident Response
6 13 (14.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (13.04%) Change Management
7 12 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (13.04%) ITIL
7 12 (13.04%) Strategic Planning
8 11 (11.96%) Agile
9 10 (10.87%) Observability
9 10 (10.87%) Process Improvement
10 9 (9.78%) AI
10 9 (9.78%) Migration
10 9 (9.78%) Proactive Monitoring
10 9 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.30%) PowerShell
2 9 (9.78%) SQL
3 2 (2.17%) Bicep
3 2 (2.17%) C#
3 2 (2.17%) Python
3 2 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (19.57%) DBS Check
2 11 (11.96%) Degree
3 7 (7.61%) CCNA
3 7 (7.61%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (6.52%) Azure Certification
5 5 (5.43%) A+ Certification
5 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.09%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.09%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.09%) MCSA
8 1 (1.09%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.17%) GDPR
5 1 (1.09%) IASME
5 1 (1.09%) NIST
System Software
1 61 (66.30%) Active Directory
2 13 (14.13%) Hyper-V
3 11 (11.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (9.78%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (3.26%) Docker
6 2 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 52 (56.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (10.87%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (10.87%) Terraform
3 6 (6.52%) FortiGate
4 5 (5.43%) Autotask
5 3 (3.26%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (3.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 69 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.96%) VMware
3 8 (8.70%) New Relic
3 8 (8.70%) Splunk
4 5 (5.43%) Sage
5 3 (3.26%) Apple
5 3 (3.26%) Cisco
6 2 (2.17%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.17%) Google
6 2 (2.17%) Meraki
6 2 (2.17%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.17%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (1.09%) Aruba
7 1 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.09%) HP
7 1 (1.09%) Samsung
7 1 (1.09%) Spotify
7 1 (1.09%) Veeam