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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 114 94
Rank change year-on-year +38 -20 +83
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 114 86 135
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.27% 1.98% 3.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.79% 6.21% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 89 55 127
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,800 £27,643
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £43,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% +14.67% -5.75%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,000 £66,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% -5.77%

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 1,165 1,384 1,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 23.22% 31.94% 41.40%
Number of salaries quoted 774 766 1,475
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 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
Devon +21 26 £31,000 +24.00% 20
Dorset +14 19 £35,000 -32.69% 10
Bristol +7 18 £47,500 - 20
Wiltshire +7 16 £55,000 +57.14% 9
Somerset -1 14 £32,500 - 13
Gloucestershire +11 12 £55,891 +24.20% 20
Cornwall -4 9 £31,250 -32.07% 2
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 46 (40.35%) SharePoint
2 34 (29.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 89 (78.07%) Azure
2 78 (68.42%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (25.44%) OneDrive
4 11 (9.65%) AWS
5 6 (5.26%) IaaS
5 6 (5.26%) PaaS
5 6 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.26%) Serverless
6 5 (4.39%) Azure Stack
6 5 (4.39%) SaaS
7 4 (3.51%) Azure App Service
7 4 (3.51%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.51%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.63%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.75%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.75%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.75%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.75%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 50 (43.86%) DNS
2 40 (35.09%) DHCP
3 25 (21.93%) Firewall
4 20 (17.54%) VPN
5 18 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (12.28%) LAN
7 12 (10.53%) VLAN
8 9 (7.89%) DKIM
8 9 (7.89%) DMARC
9 8 (7.02%) TCP/IP
9 8 (7.02%) WAN
9 8 (7.02%) Wireless
10 7 (6.14%) IPsec
10 7 (6.14%) VoIP
11 5 (4.39%) Internet
12 4 (3.51%) SAN
13 3 (2.63%) NAS
14 2 (1.75%) Broadband
14 2 (1.75%) SD-WAN
14 2 (1.75%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.39%) Power BI
2 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
General
1 32 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.53%) Law
3 9 (7.89%) Advertising
4 6 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.26%) Retail
5 5 (4.39%) Finance
6 4 (3.51%) Billing
6 4 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.51%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 32 (28.07%) IT Support
2 22 (19.30%) Support Technician
3 19 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 19 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 18 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (14.04%) Analyst
6 15 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support
6 15 (13.16%) IT Support Technician
6 15 (13.16%) IT Technician
7 14 (12.28%) Support Analyst
8 12 (10.53%) Lead
8 12 (10.53%) Team Leader
9 10 (8.77%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (7.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 9 (7.89%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Engineer
12 7 (6.14%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 7 (6.14%) Technical Analyst
12 7 (6.14%) Technical Support
12 7 (6.14%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.51%) .NET
1 4 (3.51%) .NET Core
1 4 (3.51%) Blazor
1 4 (3.51%) SailPoint
2 3 (2.63%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.75%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.75%) SAML
4 1 (0.88%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.93%) Driving Licence
2 11 (9.65%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.14%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.39%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.51%) iPad
5 4 (3.51%) iPhone
5 4 (3.51%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.63%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.63%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.75%) BYOD
7 2 (1.75%) CCTV
7 2 (1.75%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.75%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.75%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.88%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 70 (61.40%) Windows
2 55 (48.25%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.77%) Windows 10
4 9 (7.89%) Apple iOS
5 7 (6.14%) Mac OS
5 7 (6.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (4.39%) Android
6 5 (4.39%) Linux
6 5 (4.39%) Rocky
7 2 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (27.19%) ITIL
2 25 (21.93%) Customer Service
3 23 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 18 (15.79%) Mentoring
6 17 (14.91%) ITSM
7 14 (12.28%) Cloud Security
8 11 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (7.02%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (7.02%) Containerisation
10 8 (7.02%) Line Management
10 8 (7.02%) RBAC
10 8 (7.02%) Service Management
11 7 (6.14%) CI/CD
11 7 (6.14%) DevOps
11 7 (6.14%) Logistics
11 7 (6.14%) Mobile Device Management
12 6 (5.26%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 25 (21.93%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.51%) SQL
3 3 (2.63%) Bicep
4 2 (1.75%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (11.40%) MCP
2 13 (11.40%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.77%) Degree
4 9 (7.89%) Azure Certification
4 9 (7.89%) SC Cleared
5 7 (6.14%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (5.26%) DV Cleared
7 5 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.63%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.75%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (7.02%) SLA
3 7 (6.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (5.26%) GDPR
5 4 (3.51%) NIST
6 3 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (2.63%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 84 (73.68%) Active Directory
2 24 (21.05%) Hyper-V
3 18 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.26%) vSphere
5 4 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (35.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (8.77%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (5.26%) Autotask
3 6 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 6 (5.26%) Terraform
4 4 (3.51%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.63%) SCCM
6 2 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.75%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.88%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 78 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 21 (18.42%) VMware
3 8 (7.02%) Meraki
4 6 (5.26%) Veeam
5 5 (4.39%) Dell
5 5 (4.39%) Fortinet
6 4 (3.51%) Apple
6 4 (3.51%) Okta
7 3 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (2.63%) HP
7 3 (2.63%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.63%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.75%) Aruba
8 2 (1.75%) Cisco
8 2 (1.75%) Datto
8 2 (1.75%) Oracle
8 2 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.75%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.75%) Thales
9 1 (0.88%) Acronis