Entra ID Jobs in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 240 165 199
Rank change year-on-year -75 +34 +21
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 49 134 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.61% 1.36% 1.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.24% 3.99% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 42 115 85
10th Percentile £32,875 £24,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £29,250 £36,356
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% +2.15%
75th Percentile £58,438 £53,750 £59,500
90th Percentile £70,500 £58,400 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -4.76%

All Cloud 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 1,513 3,356 3,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 18.89% 34.04% 42.13%
Number of salaries quoted 912 2,651 1,917
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £77,000 £70,000 £71,875
90th Percentile £93,778 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £61,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +4.00%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the North West

Entra ID
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Entra ID in the North West

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

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 12 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
Manchester +19 32 £45,750 +1.67% 30
Merseyside +20 9 £45,000 +56.52% 2
Cheshire -10 5 £35,000 -26.32% 5
Cumbria -71 3 £70,000 +129.51% 4
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 17 (34.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (34.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.08%) IIS
2 2 (4.08%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 45 (91.84%) Azure
2 27 (55.10%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (18.37%) AWS
3 9 (18.37%) Power Platform
4 6 (12.24%) OneDrive
5 5 (10.20%) IaaS
5 5 (10.20%) SaaS
6 4 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (6.12%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (6.12%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (6.12%) Power Automate
8 2 (4.08%) Azure AI
8 2 (4.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (4.08%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (4.08%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (4.08%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (4.08%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (4.08%) Mimecast
8 2 (4.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (36.73%) DNS
2 15 (30.61%) DHCP
3 12 (24.49%) Firewall
4 8 (16.33%) WAN
5 5 (10.20%) VPN
6 4 (8.16%) LAN
6 4 (8.16%) SD-WAN
6 4 (8.16%) VoIP
7 3 (6.12%) TCP/IP
8 2 (4.08%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (4.08%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (4.08%) SNMP
8 2 (4.08%) VSAN
9 1 (2.04%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (2.04%) Ethernet
9 1 (2.04%) OSPF
9 1 (2.04%) SAN
9 1 (2.04%) VLAN
9 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) Power BI
2 3 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.08%) Data Lake
3 2 (4.08%) MySQL
3 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Babel
1 2 (4.08%) Git
1 2 (4.08%) webpack
General
1 19 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Finance
3 6 (12.24%) Law
3 6 (12.24%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.20%) Automotive
4 5 (10.20%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Legal
5 3 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (20.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (12.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 6 (12.24%) Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) Architect
3 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) IT Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) IT Support
4 4 (8.16%) Lead
4 4 (8.16%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Support
5 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
5 3 (6.12%) IT Support Specialist
5 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Support Specialist
6 2 (4.08%) Administrator
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Developer
6 2 (4.08%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) .NET
2 3 (6.12%) JSON
2 3 (6.12%) SAML
3 2 (4.08%) CSS
3 2 (4.08%) DOM
3 2 (4.08%) HTML
3 2 (4.08%) HTML5
3 2 (4.08%) Immutable.js
3 2 (4.08%) JWT
3 2 (4.08%) React
3 2 (4.08%) Redux
3 2 (4.08%) RESTful
4 1 (2.04%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Replication
2 5 (10.20%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.12%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.12%) Social Media
4 2 (4.08%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.08%) Life Science
4 2 (4.08%) NHS
4 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.04%) CMDB
5 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.04%) PKI
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.04%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 25 (51.02%) Windows
2 9 (18.37%) Windows Server
3 8 (16.33%) Linux
3 8 (16.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 8 (16.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (8.16%) Mac OS
4 4 (8.16%) Windows 10
5 3 (6.12%) CentOS
5 3 (6.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.04%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.04%) Debian
6 1 (2.04%) VMS
6 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.69%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (24.49%) CI/CD
3 11 (22.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (20.41%) Migration
5 9 (18.37%) DevOps
5 9 (18.37%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (18.37%) High Availability
6 8 (16.33%) ITIL
7 7 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 7 (14.29%) Server Management
8 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure Management
9 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (10.20%) Cloud Security
9 5 (10.20%) Customer Service
9 5 (10.20%) Identity Management
9 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (8.16%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.65%) PowerShell
2 5 (10.20%) Bicep
2 5 (10.20%) SQL
3 3 (6.12%) Bash
4 2 (4.08%) Java
4 2 (4.08%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.08%) Python
5 1 (2.04%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (22.45%) Degree
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (12.24%) Azure Certification
4 5 (10.20%) AWS Certification
4 5 (10.20%) DBS Check
5 3 (6.12%) CCNA
5 3 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (6.12%) Linux+ Certification
5 3 (6.12%) MCSE
5 3 (6.12%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (6.12%) RHCE
5 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
6 2 (4.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.04%) A+ Certification
7 1 (2.04%) CEH
7 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.04%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) GDPR
1 3 (6.12%) HIPAA
1 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.08%) PMO
3 1 (2.04%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 33 (67.35%) Active Directory
2 12 (24.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (20.41%) Hyper-V
4 7 (14.29%) DFS Replication
5 6 (12.24%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (8.16%) vSphere
7 3 (6.12%) Docker
7 3 (6.12%) Dovecot
7 3 (6.12%) Postfix
8 1 (2.04%) RHEV
8 1 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (36.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (12.24%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (10.20%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
4 3 (6.12%) SCCM
4 3 (6.12%) Terraform
5 2 (4.08%) FortiGate
6 1 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 38 (77.55%) Microsoft
2 18 (36.73%) VMware
3 9 (18.37%) Meraki
4 8 (16.33%) Cisco
5 3 (6.12%) Acronis
5 3 (6.12%) Fortinet
5 3 (6.12%) Kaseya
5 3 (6.12%) Okta
5 3 (6.12%) Ping Identity
5 3 (6.12%) Red Hat
5 3 (6.12%) Sage
5 3 (6.12%) SonicWALL
5 3 (6.12%) WatchGuard
6 2 (4.08%) Aderant
6 2 (4.08%) Apple
6 2 (4.08%) Databricks
6 2 (4.08%) Hitachi
6 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.08%) SolarWinds
6 2 (4.08%) Veeam