Entra ID Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Entra ID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 28 61
Rank change year-on-year -23 +33 -11
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 49 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 4.00% 2.69% 0.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.45% 12.90% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £29,200 £41,129 -
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,380 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £45,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.67% - -
75th Percentile - £55,313 -
90th Percentile - £86,250 -
UK median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +5.88% -19.05%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 339 62 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 27.65% 20.88% 32.56%
Number of salaries quoted 62 32 143
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,026 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,063 £45,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £78,312 £66,250 £69,800
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Entra ID
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Entra ID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
County Antrim -19 25 £32,000 -41.82% 7
County Down - 15 - -
County Armagh - 7 - -
County Tyrone - 2 - -
Entra ID
UK

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 3 (6.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (91.84%) Azure
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.04%) AWS
3 1 (2.04%) OCI
3 1 (2.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) VPN
2 1 (2.04%) Firewall
2 1 (2.04%) VLAN
2 1 (2.04%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle APEX
General
1 47 (95.92%) Social Skills
2 44 (89.80%) Legal
3 27 (55.10%) Law
4 2 (4.08%) Games
5 1 (2.04%) Finance
5 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (91.84%) Senior
2 44 (89.80%) Senior Manager
3 3 (6.12%) Analyst
4 2 (4.08%) Deskside Analyst
4 2 (4.08%) Deskside Support
4 2 (4.08%) Deskside Support Analyst
4 2 (4.08%) Desktop Support
4 2 (4.08%) Support Analyst
5 1 (2.04%) Architect
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Network Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Oracle Architect
5 1 (2.04%) Oracle Technical Architect
5 1 (2.04%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Service Analyst
5 1 (2.04%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (2.04%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (2.04%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (93.88%) ITIL
2 45 (91.84%) RBAC
3 44 (89.80%) AI
3 44 (89.80%) Collaborative Working
3 44 (89.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 44 (89.80%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (89.80%) Identity Access Management
3 44 (89.80%) Information Security
3 44 (89.80%) Mentoring
3 44 (89.80%) Performance Management
3 44 (89.80%) PRINCE2
3 44 (89.80%) Privileged Access Management
3 44 (89.80%) Programme Management
3 44 (89.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 44 (89.80%) Strategic Planning
3 44 (89.80%) TOGAF
4 3 (6.12%) Customer Service
4 3 (6.12%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (2.04%) Integration Patterns
5 1 (2.04%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 46 (93.88%) A+ Certification
1 46 (93.88%) Network+ Certification
2 44 (89.80%) CISM
2 44 (89.80%) CISSP
3 2 (4.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 48 (97.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 46 (93.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 44 (89.80%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle