Entra ID Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Entra ID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 171 142
Rank change year-on-year +32 -29 +82
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 144 131 159
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.38% 1.43% 1.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.51% 4.37% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 119 100 138
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,950 £27,760
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £68,125 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £70,938 £69,500
England median annual salary £43,000 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -14.00% +4.17% -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,196 2,997 2,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.72% 32.83% 32.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,715 1,624 2,243
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,750 £29,550
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £69,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £80,000
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 South East

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in the South East

Entra ID
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Entra ID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the South East over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the South East

Entra ID
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 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
Thames Valley -9 48 £42,500 -5.56% 30
Hampshire +37 27 £65,000 +44.44% 10
Kent -4 27 £31,500 -30.00% 22
Surrey +19 22 £37,500 -37.50% 23
Oxfordshire +34 21 £35,000 -24.32% 4
Berkshire -12 15 £42,500 -28.12% 18
West Sussex +12 14 £70,000 - 4
Buckinghamshire -17 12 £70,000 +86.67% 8
Middlesex - 6 - - 10
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 49 (34.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (24.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 122 (84.72%) Azure
2 103 (71.53%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (10.42%) Azure Monitor
4 12 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (8.33%) PaaS
5 10 (6.94%) GCP
5 10 (6.94%) OneDrive
6 8 (5.56%) Serverless
7 7 (4.86%) Azure Functions
7 7 (4.86%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (4.86%) GitHub
8 6 (4.17%) Azure AKS
8 6 (4.17%) Azure App Service
8 6 (4.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (4.17%) IaaS
9 5 (3.47%) Power Automate
9 5 (3.47%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (31.25%) DNS
2 44 (30.56%) DHCP
3 30 (20.83%) Firewall
4 24 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 24 (16.67%) VPN
5 12 (8.33%) VLAN
5 12 (8.33%) VoIP
5 12 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (5.56%) Wireless
7 5 (3.47%) SAN
8 3 (2.08%) Internet
8 3 (2.08%) LAN
9 2 (1.39%) NetScaler
9 2 (1.39%) VSAN
10 1 (0.69%) Broadband
10 1 (0.69%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.69%) Power BI
2 1 (0.69%) Power Query
2 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (11.81%) Git
2 7 (4.86%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 61 (42.36%) Social Skills
2 23 (15.97%) Finance
3 9 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (3.47%) Billing
4 5 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (3.47%) Marketing
5 4 (2.78%) Law
5 4 (2.78%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.39%) Automotive
8 1 (0.69%) Legal
8 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (39.58%) IT Support
2 24 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 22 (15.28%) 2nd Line Support
4 19 (13.19%) 3rd Line Support
5 17 (11.81%) Azure Engineer
6 16 (11.11%) Lead
7 13 (9.03%) Analyst
7 13 (9.03%) IT Engineer
7 13 (9.03%) Support Analyst
8 11 (7.64%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (7.64%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 10 (6.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 10 (6.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 10 (6.94%) IT Support Engineer
9 10 (6.94%) Project Engineer
10 9 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.56%) Developer
12 7 (4.86%) IT Analyst
12 7 (4.86%) IT Support Analyst
12 7 (4.86%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.33%) ARM Templates
2 11 (7.64%) React
3 10 (6.94%) CSS
3 10 (6.94%) HTML
4 8 (5.56%) .NET
5 7 (4.86%) .NET Framework
6 6 (4.17%) OAuth
7 5 (3.47%) OAuth2
7 5 (3.47%) OpenID
7 5 (3.47%) SAML
8 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (1.39%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.39%) GraphQL
9 2 (1.39%) RESTful
10 1 (0.69%) Azure Blueprints
10 1 (0.69%) LDAP
10 1 (0.69%) Next.js
10 1 (0.69%) React Native
10 1 (0.69%) REST
10 1 (0.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.86%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (2.78%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.39%) Clustering
6 2 (1.39%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.69%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.69%) FMCG
7 1 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.69%) IoT
7 1 (0.69%) iPhone
7 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.69%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 59 (40.97%) Windows
2 39 (27.08%) Windows Server
3 37 (25.69%) Windows 10
4 11 (7.64%) Linux
5 6 (4.17%) Android
5 6 (4.17%) Apple iOS
5 6 (4.17%) VMS
6 2 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (29.86%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (15.28%) Customer Service
2 22 (15.28%) DevOps
3 20 (13.89%) Mentoring
4 19 (13.19%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (13.19%) ITIL
5 18 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (9.72%) CI/CD
6 14 (9.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (9.03%) Agile
7 13 (9.03%) Business Continuity
7 13 (9.03%) ITSM
8 12 (8.33%) Asset Management
8 12 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (8.33%) Identity Management
9 11 (7.64%) Service Delivery
10 10 (6.94%) Coaching
10 10 (6.94%) Project Delivery
11 9 (6.25%) Build Automation
11 9 (6.25%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 41 (28.47%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.64%) C#
3 10 (6.94%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.86%) Bash
5 6 (4.17%) SQL
6 5 (3.47%) Python
7 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (6.94%) Degree
2 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (4.86%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.78%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.39%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.39%) CISSP
5 2 (1.39%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.39%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.69%) CISA
6 1 (0.69%) CISM
6 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (6.25%) SLA
3 8 (5.56%) GDPR
4 6 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.78%) NIST
6 3 (2.08%) PMO
7 2 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.39%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.69%) GRC
8 1 (0.69%) NCSC
System Software
1 102 (70.83%) Active Directory
2 18 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 9 (6.25%) Docker
4 8 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.39%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.69%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 77 (53.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (9.03%) Terraform
3 11 (7.64%) SCCM
4 8 (5.56%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.39%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.39%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.39%) VxRail
7 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 113 (78.47%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.64%) Cisco
2 11 (7.64%) Meraki
2 11 (7.64%) VMware
3 9 (6.25%) Dynatrace
4 7 (4.86%) Citrix
5 6 (4.17%) Zoho
6 5 (3.47%) SAP
7 4 (2.78%) Apple
7 4 (2.78%) Samsung
8 3 (2.08%) Veeam
9 2 (1.39%) Dell
9 2 (1.39%) NetApp
9 2 (1.39%) Okta
9 2 (1.39%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.39%) Workday
10 1 (0.69%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.69%) Ivanti
10 1 (0.69%) Talend
10 1 (0.69%) WatchGuard