Entra ID Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Entra ID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 79 160
Rank change year-on-year -17 +81 +18
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 121 82 140
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.58% 2.96% 1.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.50% 9.36% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 96 70 120
10th Percentile £26,250 - £28,833
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,750 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.11% -2.98% +6.90%
75th Percentile £47,500 £50,938 £52,813
90th Percentile £57,500 £80,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £47,000 £45,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.30% +7.06% -15.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,861 876 2,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 24.24% 31.66% 26.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,103 696 2,131
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,246 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in the South West

Entra ID
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the South West over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Somerset -8 26 £32,500 -25.71% 5
Devon -17 26 £26,500 -15.87% 4
Wiltshire -13 19 £42,500 +25.00% 5
Bristol -27 18 £46,250 -22.92% 10
Gloucestershire -11 16 £55,000 -21.43% 17
Cornwall -2 10 £29,500 -41.00% 1
Dorset -3 6 £36,250 +22.88% 5
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 40 (33.06%) SharePoint
2 31 (25.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (2.48%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 106 (87.60%) Azure
2 100 (82.64%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (16.53%) OneDrive
4 11 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (8.26%) AWS
6 7 (5.79%) PaaS
7 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (4.13%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (4.13%) Serverless
9 4 (3.31%) GCP
9 4 (3.31%) IaaS
10 3 (2.48%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.48%) SaaS
11 2 (1.65%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.65%) GitHub
11 2 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.65%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.65%) Rubrik
11 2 (1.65%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 40 (33.06%) DNS
2 34 (28.10%) DHCP
3 28 (23.14%) Wi-Fi
4 27 (22.31%) Firewall
5 21 (17.36%) VPN
6 13 (10.74%) VLAN
7 12 (9.92%) WAN
8 11 (9.09%) TCP/IP
9 10 (8.26%) LAN
9 10 (8.26%) Network Security
10 4 (3.31%) IPsec
11 3 (2.48%) Broadband
11 3 (2.48%) SD-WAN
11 3 (2.48%) VoIP
12 1 (0.83%) DKIM
12 1 (0.83%) DMARC
12 1 (0.83%) Internet
12 1 (0.83%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.83%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (7.44%) JIRA
General
1 31 (25.62%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.44%) Automotive
3 7 (5.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (4.96%) Advertising
4 6 (4.96%) Law
4 6 (4.96%) Legal
5 5 (4.13%) Retail
6 4 (3.31%) Billing
7 3 (2.48%) Finance
7 3 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.65%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.65%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.83%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.83%) Local Government
9 1 (0.83%) Police
Job Titles
1 65 (53.72%) IT Support
2 55 (45.45%) IT Engineer
3 50 (41.32%) Support Engineer
4 45 (37.19%) IT Support Engineer
5 23 (19.01%) IT Technician
6 20 (16.53%) Support Technician
7 17 (14.05%) IT Support Technician
8 14 (11.57%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (9.92%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 11 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 11 (9.09%) Server Engineer
11 10 (8.26%) Senior
11 10 (8.26%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (7.44%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 9 (7.44%) Security Engineer
12 9 (7.44%) Server Support
13 7 (5.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (5.79%) Systems Support
13 7 (5.79%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.48%) .NET
1 3 (2.48%) GraphQL
1 3 (2.48%) LDAP
1 3 (2.48%) OAuth
1 3 (2.48%) OpenID
1 3 (2.48%) REST
1 3 (2.48%) SAML
1 3 (2.48%) SOAP
2 2 (1.65%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.65%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.65%) CSS
2 2 (1.65%) CSS3
2 2 (1.65%) HTML
2 2 (1.65%) HTML5
2 2 (1.65%) jQuery
2 2 (1.65%) LESS
2 2 (1.65%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (1.65%) RESTful
2 2 (1.65%) Sass
2 2 (1.65%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (21.49%) Driving Licence
2 8 (6.61%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.96%) Security Posture
4 5 (4.13%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.31%) Cloud Security Posture
5 4 (3.31%) Digital Signage
5 4 (3.31%) Educational Technology
5 4 (3.31%) iPad
5 4 (3.31%) iPhone
5 4 (3.31%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.48%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.48%) Replication
7 2 (1.65%) BYOD
7 2 (1.65%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (60.33%) Windows
2 51 (42.15%) Windows Server
3 20 (16.53%) Windows 10
4 17 (14.05%) Mac OS
5 13 (10.74%) Linux
6 8 (6.61%) Apple iOS
6 8 (6.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (5.79%) Android
8 1 (0.83%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (26.45%) Customer Service
2 30 (24.79%) ITIL
3 23 (19.01%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (13.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (12.40%) Cloud Security
6 13 (10.74%) DevOps
6 13 (10.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (9.92%) Runbook
7 12 (9.92%) Software Licensing
8 10 (8.26%) Asset Management
9 9 (7.44%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (7.44%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (7.44%) Edge Computing
9 9 (7.44%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 9 (7.44%) Project Delivery
10 8 (6.61%) Mentoring
11 7 (5.79%) Agile
11 7 (5.79%) Identity Management
11 7 (5.79%) IT Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.22%) PowerShell
2 10 (8.26%) SQL
3 4 (3.31%) Bash
3 4 (3.31%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.65%) C#
4 2 (1.65%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.65%) VB
5 1 (0.83%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (11.57%) Degree
2 9 (7.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (6.61%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.61%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.48%) A+ Certification
4 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 2 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.83%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.83%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (13.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (9.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.48%) GDPR
4 3 (2.48%) NCSC
4 3 (2.48%) NIST
5 1 (0.83%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.83%) QA
5 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 91 (75.21%) Active Directory
2 22 (18.18%) Hyper-V
3 9 (7.44%) Docker
4 6 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (4.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 53 (43.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.31%) FortiGate
2 4 (3.31%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.65%) SCCM
4 1 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.83%) Autotask
4 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 78 (64.46%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.40%) VMware
3 12 (9.92%) Apple
4 9 (7.44%) Ubiquiti
5 8 (6.61%) Veeam
6 7 (5.79%) Cisco
7 5 (4.13%) Aruba
8 4 (3.31%) Fortinet
8 4 (3.31%) Meraki
8 4 (3.31%) Okta
9 3 (2.48%) Adobe
9 3 (2.48%) ConnectWise
9 3 (2.48%) Datto
9 3 (2.48%) Draytek
9 3 (2.48%) Sage
9 3 (2.48%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.65%) HP
10 2 (1.65%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.83%) Citrix
11 1 (0.83%) Red Hat