Entra ID Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Entra ID skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Entra ID over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 148 238
Rank change year-on-year -53 +90 +34
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 645 1,399 781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.50% 1.81% 1.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.96% 5.90% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 479 1,061 650
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £28,725
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £33,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,750 £53,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £69,250 £63,500 £70,125
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% +1.94%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 9,261 23,702 19,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 21.56% 30.65% 37.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,343 17,261 13,294
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £30,038
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,101 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% -

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the UK excluding London

Entra ID
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Entra ID in the UK excluding London

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the UK excluding London

Entra ID
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
North of England -92 135 £40,000 -5.88% 91
South East -64 133 £41,500 +6.41% 148
Midlands -21 132 £36,250 -0.68% 80
South West +71 115 £36,250 -14.71% 55
East of England +37 105 £32,533 +1.67% 82
West Midlands +7 87 £46,000 +26.03% 43
Yorkshire -33 57 £35,750 -24.74% 37
East Midlands -23 45 £28,875 -23.00% 37
North West -103 42 £45,750 +14.38% 47
North East +7 36 £38,750 -8.82% 7
Scotland +12 13 £80,000 +113.33% 21
Wales +14 11 £37,733 +33.38% 11
Northern Ireland +47 9 £45,500 - 6
Isle of Man +11 1 - -
South Coast - 1 £59,000 -
Entra ID
UK

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 183 (28.37%) SharePoint
2 168 (26.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (2.48%) IIS
4 9 (1.40%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.47%) Apache
6 2 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 63 (9.77%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.31%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.47%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.31%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 532 (82.48%) Azure
2 407 (63.10%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (12.71%) OneDrive
4 61 (9.46%) AWS
5 50 (7.75%) Power Platform
6 43 (6.67%) IaaS
7 42 (6.51%) Power Automate
7 42 (6.51%) SaaS
8 41 (6.36%) PaaS
9 27 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (4.19%) Azure Monitor
10 25 (3.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 25 (3.88%) Azure Key Vault
11 17 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (2.17%) Azure AI
14 14 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
14 14 (2.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 196 (30.39%) Firewall
2 137 (21.24%) DNS
3 103 (15.97%) VPN
4 84 (13.02%) WAN
5 82 (12.71%) DHCP
6 78 (12.09%) LAN
7 49 (7.60%) VLAN
8 46 (7.13%) VoIP
9 42 (6.51%) SD-WAN
10 33 (5.12%) TCP/IP
11 28 (4.34%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (4.19%) Wireless
13 25 (3.88%) SAN
14 19 (2.95%) Network Security
15 14 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (1.71%) IP Telephony
16 11 (1.71%) SSL
16 11 (1.71%) WLAN
17 9 (1.40%) DMARC
17 9 (1.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.89%) Power BI
2 31 (4.81%) SQL Server
3 20 (3.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (2.33%) Data Lake
5 14 (2.17%) MySQL
6 12 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.31%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.16%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (2.33%) Git
2 7 (1.09%) JIRA
3 1 (0.16%) Selenium
3 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 207 (32.09%) Social Skills
2 35 (5.43%) Finance
3 34 (5.27%) Organisational Skills
4 32 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.03%) Manufacturing
6 23 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (3.57%) Public Sector
7 22 (3.41%) Legal
8 21 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (2.79%) Back Office
10 18 (2.79%) Law
11 9 (1.40%) Czech Language
12 8 (1.24%) Automotive
13 6 (0.93%) Local Government
14 5 (0.78%) Games
15 4 (0.62%) Advertising
16 3 (0.47%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.47%) Electronics
16 3 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 134 (20.78%) IT Support
2 80 (12.40%) 2nd Line Support
3 76 (11.78%) Analyst
4 70 (10.85%) Support Engineer
4 70 (10.85%) Technology Specialist
5 60 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 59 (9.15%) IT Engineer
7 51 (7.91%) Support Analyst
8 42 (6.51%) Senior
8 42 (6.51%) Support Technician
9 39 (6.05%) 1st Line Support
9 39 (6.05%) Identity Management Specialist
10 38 (5.89%) Technical Support
11 34 (5.27%) IT Support Engineer
11 34 (5.27%) Lead
12 29 (4.50%) Architect
13 27 (4.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 24 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
15 22 (3.41%) Desktop Support
16 21 (3.26%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.57%) SailPoint
2 15 (2.33%) SAML
3 14 (2.17%) OAuth
3 14 (2.17%) OpenID
4 10 (1.55%) JSON
4 10 (1.55%) OAuth2
4 10 (1.55%) REST
5 9 (1.40%) SOAP
5 9 (1.40%) XML
6 4 (0.62%) .NET
6 4 (0.62%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.62%) 802.1X
6 4 (0.62%) Blazor
6 4 (0.62%) Entity Framework
6 4 (0.62%) Node.js
7 3 (0.47%) YAML
8 2 (0.31%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.31%) CSS
9 1 (0.16%) HTML
9 1 (0.16%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 84 (13.02%) NHS
2 43 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 42 (6.51%) Onboarding
4 29 (4.50%) Data Centre
5 20 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (2.33%) Product Ownership
8 13 (2.02%) Security Posture
9 12 (1.86%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.71%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.71%) Clustering
11 10 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.40%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.24%) PKI
13 8 (1.24%) Social Media
14 7 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
16 5 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
16 5 (0.78%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 327 (50.70%) Windows
2 198 (30.70%) Windows Server
3 78 (12.09%) Windows 10
4 46 (7.13%) Mac OS
5 44 (6.82%) Linux
6 35 (5.43%) Apple iOS
7 32 (4.96%) Windows Server 2019
8 29 (4.50%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (2.33%) Android
10 13 (2.02%) Unix
11 11 (1.71%) VMS
12 6 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.62%) CentOS
13 4 (0.62%) Rocky
13 4 (0.62%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.31%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.16%) Debian
15 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (31.32%) ITIL
2 150 (23.26%) Customer Service
3 120 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (14.42%) Identity Management
5 88 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 76 (11.78%) Roadmaps
7 64 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 64 (9.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 56 (8.68%) Mentoring
9 52 (8.06%) Agile
10 51 (7.91%) Migration
11 47 (7.29%) DevOps
12 46 (7.13%) Analytics
13 42 (6.51%) Service Management
14 41 (6.36%) Project Management
15 40 (6.20%) ITSM
16 38 (5.89%) CI/CD
17 37 (5.74%) Service Delivery
18 36 (5.58%) Infrastructure as Code
19 35 (5.43%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (20.47%) PowerShell
2 79 (12.25%) SQL
3 22 (3.41%) Bicep
4 14 (2.17%) Python
5 11 (1.71%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.55%) Java
7 9 (1.40%) VBA
8 4 (0.62%) Bash
8 4 (0.62%) C#
8 4 (0.62%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.47%) VB
10 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.16%) Groovy
11 1 (0.16%) PHP
11 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 163 (25.27%) Degree
2 102 (15.81%) DBS Check
2 102 (15.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 59 (9.15%) Security Cleared
4 55 (8.53%) Azure Certification
5 52 (8.06%) SC Cleared
6 31 (4.81%) Network+ Certification
7 20 (3.10%) MCITP
8 16 (2.48%) CTC Cleared
8 16 (2.48%) MCP
9 15 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.71%) A+ Certification
10 11 (1.71%) AWS Certification
11 10 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.40%) MCSA
12 9 (1.40%) MCSE
13 8 (1.24%) CCNA
14 7 (1.09%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (10.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (5.12%) NIST
3 32 (4.96%) GDPR
4 30 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 30 (4.65%) SLA
5 12 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.78%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.47%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.47%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.31%) COBIT
8 2 (0.31%) GRC
8 2 (0.31%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 487 (75.50%) Active Directory
2 89 (13.80%) Hyper-V
3 53 (8.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (5.89%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (4.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (1.71%) Terminal Services
7 9 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.24%) vSphere
9 5 (0.78%) Docker
10 4 (0.62%) Dovecot
10 4 (0.62%) Postfix
10 4 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.31%) Firmware
11 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.31%) XenApp
12 1 (0.16%) NDS
12 1 (0.16%) RHEV
12 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 229 (35.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (4.50%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (2.79%) SCCM
4 17 (2.64%) Terraform
5 14 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (1.55%) Kubernetes
7 9 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 9 (1.40%) Autotask
8 8 (1.24%) SmoothWall
9 7 (1.09%) CASB
10 3 (0.47%) Ansible
10 3 (0.47%) Iperf
11 2 (0.31%) Argo
11 2 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.31%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.31%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.31%) WSUS
12 1 (0.16%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.16%) Nessus
12 1 (0.16%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 492 (76.28%) Microsoft
2 72 (11.16%) VMware
3 57 (8.84%) Cisco
4 56 (8.68%) Meraki
5 40 (6.20%) Apple
6 23 (3.57%) Citrix
7 21 (3.26%) Okta
8 19 (2.95%) Databricks
9 18 (2.79%) Veeam
10 14 (2.17%) WatchGuard
11 13 (2.02%) Fortinet
11 13 (2.02%) Palo Alto
12 12 (1.86%) ForgeRock
13 11 (1.71%) Oracle
13 11 (1.71%) SonicWALL
13 11 (1.71%) Sophos
14 10 (1.55%) Aruba
14 10 (1.55%) Dell
14 10 (1.55%) Sage
15 9 (1.40%) HP