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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Entra ID skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Entra ID over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 159 242 274
Rank change year-on-year +83 +32 -18
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 1,143 1,880 1,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.19% 1.54% 1.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.08% 3.57% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,009 1,525 1,299
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,000 £82,500 £82,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Entra ID is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,497 52,651 59,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 43.04% 43.08% 47.03%
Number of salaries quoted 17,604 35,422 42,741
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,351 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% +4.76% +5.00%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Entra ID.

Salary trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England +90 1,065 £50,000 -3.85% 336
UK excluding London +69 664 £42,500 - 264
Work from Home +51 443 £55,000 +4.76% 135
London +82 438 £58,000 +0.87% 93
South East +98 161 £45,000 +1.12% 75
Midlands +100 151 £40,000 -11.11% 45
North of England +91 135 £48,000 +15.66% 68
South West +82 131 £37,500 -5.75% 43
West Midlands +116 126 £40,000 -11.11% 27
Yorkshire +59 69 £46,500 +9.41% 24
North West +79 51 £65,000 +65.30% 25
East of England +7 38 £39,000 -13.81% 14
Scotland -12 33 £45,000 -9.68% 24
East Midlands +27 24 £39,500 -12.22% 18
Wales +1 17 £50,000 +11.11%
North East +39 15 £39,563 -24.64% 20
Northern Ireland +26 9 £45,000 -10.00% 1

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 283 (24.76%) SharePoint
2 75 (6.56%) MS Exchange
3 27 (2.36%) IIS
4 10 (0.87%) Apache
4 10 (0.87%) WebSphere
5 5 (0.44%) Confluence
6 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.17%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.087%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.087%) Moodle
8 1 (0.087%) nginx
8 1 (0.087%) Site Server
Applications
1 131 (11.46%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (4.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 44 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (1.14%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.79%) PTC Creo
5 9 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
6 4 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.35%) Trello
7 3 (0.26%) 1Password
7 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.087%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.087%) InCopy
8 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.087%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (1.14%) Salesforce CRM
2 10 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.61%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.26%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.17%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.087%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,093 (95.63%) Azure
2 846 (74.02%) Microsoft 365
3 180 (15.75%) AWS
4 146 (12.77%) OneDrive
5 120 (10.50%) IaaS
6 107 (9.36%) PaaS
7 91 (7.96%) Azure DevOps
8 89 (7.79%) SaaS
9 73 (6.39%) Azure Storage
10 54 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
11 47 (4.11%) Serverless
12 46 (4.02%) Power Platform
13 40 (3.50%) Azure Sentinel
14 39 (3.41%) GCP
15 35 (3.06%) Azure Logic Apps
16 33 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
17 30 (2.62%) Power Automate
17 30 (2.62%) PowerApps
18 29 (2.54%) WhatsApp
19 28 (2.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 312 (27.30%) Firewall
2 251 (21.96%) DNS
3 188 (16.45%) DHCP
4 145 (12.69%) VPN
5 130 (11.37%) WAN
6 111 (9.71%) LAN
7 96 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
8 83 (7.26%) Wireless
9 80 (7.00%) VLAN
10 67 (5.86%) VoIP
11 60 (5.25%) SAN
12 57 (4.99%) TCP/IP
13 47 (4.11%) Network Security
14 33 (2.89%) Remote Desktop
15 32 (2.80%) Internet
16 30 (2.62%) SD-WAN
17 23 (2.01%) IPsec
18 17 (1.49%) Cisco IOS
18 17 (1.49%) IP Telephony
18 17 (1.49%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (10.32%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 28 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
4 19 (1.66%) Power BI
5 12 (1.05%) InterSystems Cache
6 10 (0.87%) SAP HANA
7 8 (0.70%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.70%) Metadata
8 7 (0.61%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.44%) DTS
9 5 (0.44%) MySQL
9 5 (0.44%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.26%) Redis
12 2 (0.17%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.17%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.087%) BigQuery
13 1 (0.087%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 24 (2.10%) Jenkins
2 17 (1.49%) Git
3 11 (0.96%) Axure RP
3 11 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
4 10 (0.87%) Chocolatey
4 10 (0.87%) CircleCI
4 10 (0.87%) GitLab
5 8 (0.70%) Artifactory
5 8 (0.70%) JIRA
5 8 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (0.52%) Cypress.io
6 6 (0.52%) Selenium
7 5 (0.44%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.26%) Subversion
9 2 (0.17%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.087%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.087%) Moq
10 1 (0.087%) MSI
10 1 (0.087%) NUnit
10 1 (0.087%) SpecFlow
General
1 304 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 165 (14.44%) Finance
3 65 (5.69%) Legal
4 63 (5.51%) Law
5 58 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (4.64%) Telecoms
7 43 (3.76%) Public Sector
8 32 (2.80%) Retail
9 30 (2.62%) Banking
10 28 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (1.92%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.49%) Automotive
14 16 (1.40%) Marketing
15 13 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.79%) Back Office
18 8 (0.70%) Financial Institution
19 7 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 179 (15.66%) Senior
2 158 (13.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 157 (13.74%) Support Engineer
4 130 (11.37%) IT Engineer
5 127 (11.11%) Analyst
6 124 (10.85%) IT Support
7 86 (7.52%) Azure Engineer
8 78 (6.82%) Cloud Engineer
9 76 (6.65%) 2nd Line Support
10 64 (5.60%) Support Analyst
11 62 (5.42%) IT Analyst
12 61 (5.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 61 (5.34%) Desktop Support
13 58 (5.07%) Lead
14 54 (4.72%) IT Manager
15 48 (4.20%) Architect
15 48 (4.20%) Consultant
16 47 (4.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 46 (4.02%) IT Support Analyst
17 46 (4.02%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.67%) ARM Templates
2 34 (2.97%) SAML
3 32 (2.80%) .NET
4 20 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
5 17 (1.49%) XML
6 16 (1.40%) YAML
7 15 (1.31%) JSON
8 13 (1.14%) ASP.NET
8 13 (1.14%) OAuth
9 12 (1.05%) REST
10 11 (0.96%) LDAP
10 11 (0.96%) Node.js
10 11 (0.96%) SailPoint
11 9 (0.79%) Web Services
12 8 (0.70%) OpenID
13 7 (0.61%) .NET Core
13 7 (0.61%) .NET Framework
13 7 (0.61%) 802.1X
14 6 (0.52%) CSS
14 6 (0.52%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 107 (9.36%) Data Centre
2 56 (4.90%) PKI
3 54 (4.72%) Driving Licence
4 52 (4.55%) Public Cloud
5 42 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 37 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (2.62%) Onboarding
9 26 (2.27%) Replication
10 20 (1.75%) Private Cloud
10 20 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
11 19 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (1.31%) Clustering
12 15 (1.31%) iPhone
13 13 (1.14%) Cloud Native
14 11 (0.96%) Product Ownership
15 10 (0.87%) BYOD
15 10 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (0.79%) EFT
16 9 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 702 (61.42%) Windows
2 388 (33.95%) Windows Server
3 196 (17.15%) Windows 10
4 98 (8.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 88 (7.70%) Apple iOS
6 79 (6.91%) Windows Server 2012
7 76 (6.65%) Mac OS
8 75 (6.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 65 (5.69%) Android
10 58 (5.07%) Linux
11 10 (0.87%) Mac OS X
12 8 (0.70%) VMS
13 7 (0.61%) Unix
13 7 (0.61%) Windows 7
14 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.35%) CentOS
16 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.087%) Ubuntu
17 1 (0.087%) Windows 8
17 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (23.01%) ITIL
2 202 (17.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 176 (15.40%) Customer Service
4 172 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
5 162 (14.17%) DevOps
6 122 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
7 113 (9.89%) Migration
8 105 (9.19%) Agile
9 99 (8.66%) Infrastructure as Code
10 98 (8.57%) Information Security
11 94 (8.22%) CI/CD
12 86 (7.52%) Roadmaps
13 82 (7.17%) Disaster Recovery
14 76 (6.65%) Mentoring
15 74 (6.47%) Service Management
16 72 (6.30%) Identity Management
16 72 (6.30%) Service Delivery
17 68 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
18 60 (5.25%) ITSM
19 58 (5.07%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 315 (27.56%) PowerShell
2 182 (15.92%) SQL
3 65 (5.69%) C#
4 45 (3.94%) Bash
5 31 (2.71%) Python
6 27 (2.36%) VB
7 26 (2.27%) Bicep
8 25 (2.19%) VBScript
9 24 (2.10%) JavaScript
10 14 (1.22%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.87%) PL/SQL
12 9 (0.79%) MATLAB
13 6 (0.52%) PHP
13 6 (0.52%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.44%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.26%) Java
16 2 (0.17%) C++
16 2 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.17%) Perl
16 2 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 177 (15.49%) Degree
2 100 (8.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 97 (8.49%) Security Cleared
4 75 (6.56%) Azure Certification
5 74 (6.47%) SC Cleared
6 43 (3.76%) MCSE
7 34 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (2.54%) CCNA
9 28 (2.45%) MCSA
10 27 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (2.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 24 (2.10%) AWS Certification
12 23 (2.01%) CISSP
12 23 (2.01%) DV Cleared
13 20 (1.75%) A+ Certification
14 16 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
15 15 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 14 (1.22%) CCNP
17 13 (1.14%) DBS Check
17 13 (1.14%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (6.56%) SLA
2 60 (5.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (2.19%) NIST
5 23 (2.01%) GDPR
6 20 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 17 (1.49%) QA
8 3 (0.26%) PMO
9 2 (0.17%) GxP
9 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.17%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.087%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.087%) GLP
10 1 (0.087%) GMP
10 1 (0.087%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.087%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.087%) WCAG
System Software
1 1,038 (90.81%) Active Directory
2 199 (17.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 155 (13.56%) Hyper-V
4 91 (7.96%) Virtual Machines
5 83 (7.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 66 (5.77%) VMware ESXi
7 51 (4.46%) Docker
8 29 (2.54%) vSphere
9 27 (2.36%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (1.22%) Firmware
11 13 (1.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 10 (0.87%) vCloud
12 10 (0.87%) XenApp
13 9 (0.79%) VMware NSX
13 9 (0.79%) XenDesktop
14 8 (0.70%) VMware Server
15 6 (0.52%) BitLocker
15 6 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
16 4 (0.35%) NFS
17 3 (0.26%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 412 (36.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 151 (13.21%) SCCM
3 98 (8.57%) Kubernetes
4 68 (5.95%) Single Sign-On
5 67 (5.86%) Terraform
6 64 (5.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 40 (3.50%) SCOM
8 37 (3.24%) Ansible
8 37 (3.24%) WSUS
9 33 (2.89%) Grafana
10 23 (2.01%) vCenter Server
11 21 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
12 20 (1.75%) Prometheus
13 12 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
14 11 (0.96%) Packer
15 10 (0.87%) Kibana
16 8 (0.70%) SmoothWall
17 7 (0.61%) Backup Exec
17 7 (0.61%) FortiGate
17 7 (0.61%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 780 (68.24%) Microsoft
2 302 (26.42%) VMware
3 134 (11.72%) Cisco
4 85 (7.44%) Citrix
5 58 (5.07%) Meraki
6 55 (4.81%) Veeam
7 54 (4.72%) ServiceNow
8 52 (4.55%) Google
9 46 (4.02%) Apple
10 41 (3.59%) HP
11 34 (2.97%) iManage
11 34 (2.97%) SAP
12 31 (2.71%) Dell
13 30 (2.62%) Palo Alto
14 29 (2.54%) Remedy
15 27 (2.36%) Oracle
16 21 (1.84%) Fortinet
16 21 (1.84%) SolarWinds
17 20 (1.75%) F5
18 19 (1.66%) IBM