Entra ID Job Trends in Scotland

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Entra ID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 102 188
Rank change year-on-year +62 +86 -25
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 121 18 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.60% 0.94% 1.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.44% 3.35% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 26 14 70
10th Percentile £21,250 £31,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £33,750 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £53,207 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -47.38% +37.31% -29.55%
75th Percentile £30,500 £66,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £55,625 £77,450 £73,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -15.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 900 538 2,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 26.78% 27.95% 43.67%
Number of salaries quoted 336 372 1,016
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £44,688 £38,208
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,114
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in Scotland

Entra ID
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Entra ID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in Scotland

Entra ID
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
Edinburgh +27 39 £27,500 -49.77% 7
Glasgow -6 18 £28,000 -13.85% 6
Stirling - 15 - - 2
North Lanarkshire -4 8 - - 1
Lanarkshire - 6 - - 2
Midlothian - 6 - - 4
Renfrewshire - 6 - -
West Lothian - 5 - - 2
South Lanarkshire - 4 - -
Fife - 4 - - 1
Falkirk - 2 - - 1
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Lothian - 1 - -
Entra ID
UK

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 11 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.13%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (4.13%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (4.13%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 40 (33.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (6.61%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 81 (66.94%) Azure
2 61 (50.41%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (25.62%) Google Workspace
4 20 (16.53%) SaaS
5 10 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.61%) AWS
6 8 (6.61%) GitHub
6 8 (6.61%) OCI
6 8 (6.61%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.83%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.83%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 33 (27.27%) Broadband
2 10 (8.26%) DNS
3 9 (7.44%) DHCP
4 6 (4.96%) Firewall
5 5 (4.13%) LAN
5 5 (4.13%) WAN
5 5 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (2.48%) VPN
6 3 (2.48%) Wireless
6 3 (2.48%) WLAN
7 1 (0.83%) Network Security
7 1 (0.83%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.83%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.83%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.74%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.61%) Jenkins
1 8 (6.61%) Oracle Forms
General
1 75 (61.98%) Social Skills
2 38 (31.40%) Organisational Skills
3 33 (27.27%) Games
4 32 (26.45%) Back Office
5 10 (8.26%) Finance
6 1 (0.83%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.83%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (42.15%) Support Engineer
2 32 (26.45%) Desktop Engineer
2 32 (26.45%) Desktop Support
2 32 (26.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 32 (26.45%) Site Engineer
3 25 (20.66%) Senior
4 21 (17.36%) Applications Engineer
5 17 (14.05%) IT Support
6 13 (10.74%) Applications Support
6 13 (10.74%) Applications Support Engineer
7 12 (9.92%) Analyst
7 12 (9.92%) Developer
7 12 (9.92%) IAM Developer
7 12 (9.92%) IT Analyst
7 12 (9.92%) IT Support Analyst
7 12 (9.92%) Support Analyst
8 9 (7.44%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (6.61%) IT Engineer
9 8 (6.61%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 8 (6.61%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (33.88%) SOAP
2 33 (27.27%) GraphQL
2 33 (27.27%) REST
3 31 (25.62%) LDAP
3 31 (25.62%) OAuth
3 31 (25.62%) OpenID
3 31 (25.62%) SAML
4 8 (6.61%) JSON
4 8 (6.61%) RESTful
4 8 (6.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (27.27%) Cyber Threat
1 33 (27.27%) Cyberattack
2 13 (10.74%) Client/Server
3 8 (6.61%) Cloud Native
3 8 (6.61%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.31%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.65%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.65%) Robotics
6 2 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.83%) Clustering
7 1 (0.83%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.83%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (47.93%) Windows
2 36 (29.75%) Windows 10
3 10 (8.26%) Windows Server
4 9 (7.44%) Mac OS
5 6 (4.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (4.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (4.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.65%) Linux
7 2 (1.65%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (56.20%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (47.11%) ITIL
3 43 (35.54%) Mentoring
4 40 (33.06%) Identity Access Management
5 38 (31.40%) Customer Service
6 35 (28.93%) Roadmaps
7 34 (28.10%) Analytics
7 34 (28.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (28.10%) Patch Management
8 33 (27.27%) Customer Experience
8 33 (27.27%) Programme Delivery
9 32 (26.45%) Customer Acquisition
9 32 (26.45%) Software Deployment
9 32 (26.45%) Ticket Management
10 31 (25.62%) Regulatory Compliance
11 23 (19.01%) DevOps
12 18 (14.88%) Change Management
13 12 (9.92%) Asset Management
14 11 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
15 10 (8.26%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 43 (35.54%) PowerShell
2 35 (28.93%) Bash
3 31 (25.62%) T-SQL
4 21 (17.36%) SQL
5 10 (8.26%) Python
6 8 (6.61%) Java
6 8 (6.61%) PL/SQL
6 8 (6.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (31.40%) Degree
2 34 (28.10%) SC Cleared
2 34 (28.10%) Security Cleared
3 32 (26.45%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.65%) CCNA
6 1 (0.83%) CCIE
6 1 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (27.27%) NCSC
1 33 (27.27%) NIST
2 32 (26.45%) SLA
3 2 (1.65%) GDPR
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 78 (64.46%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.48%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (9.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (8.26%) Terraform
3 9 (7.44%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.65%) Ansible
5 1 (0.83%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 64 (52.89%) Microsoft
2 36 (29.75%) Cisco
3 8 (6.61%) Okta
3 8 (6.61%) Oracle
4 5 (4.13%) Dell
4 5 (4.13%) HP
5 4 (3.31%) VMware
6 2 (1.65%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.83%) EMC
7 1 (0.83%) Meraki
7 1 (0.83%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow