Entra ID Jobs

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 152 230
Rank change year-on-year -52 +78 +79
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 795 1,872 1,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 1.90% 1.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.27% 5.29% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 676 1,426 1,338
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £31,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,077 35,358 44,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.91% 35.95% 43.04%
Number of salaries quoted 11,032 26,774 29,301
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,125 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,725 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Top 18 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 30 April 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
England -42 746 £47,500 +11.76% 431
UK excluding London -61 444 £40,000 - 328
London -8 312 £65,000 +8.33% 144
Work from Home -65 256 £52,500 +2.94% 237
North of England -83 96 £40,000 - 97
Midlands -54 91 £35,000 -2.78% 50
South East -65 88 £46,500 +19.23% 88
East of England +47 85 £32,533 +1.67% 28
South West +48 61 £43,500 +8.75% 34
North West -48 50 £45,000 +12.50% 50
West Midlands -41 49 £37,500 +3.45% 24
East Midlands -6 42 £30,000 -17.05% 26
Yorkshire +3 40 £35,000 -12.50% 33
Scotland +55 13 £54,500 +40.65% 20
Wales +18 6 £35,117 +24.13% 13
North East -14 6 £37,500 -11.76% 15
Northern Ireland +37 5 £78,750 +85.29% 8
Isle of Man +12 1 - - 2

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
1 248 (31.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 241 (30.31%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.64%) IIS
4 6 (0.75%) WordPress
5 5 (0.63%) Liferay
6 4 (0.50%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.38%) Apache
7 3 (0.38%) nginx
7 3 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.25%) Confluence
8 2 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 71 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.51%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.75%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.38%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.25%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.13%) Eikon
4 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 678 (85.28%) Azure
2 575 (72.33%) Microsoft 365
3 119 (14.97%) OneDrive
4 81 (10.19%) SaaS
5 77 (9.69%) AWS
6 56 (7.04%) Power Platform
7 43 (5.41%) IaaS
8 40 (5.03%) PaaS
8 40 (5.03%) Power Automate
9 34 (4.28%) Azure Sentinel
10 31 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
11 30 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
12 26 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (3.14%) Cloud Computing
14 24 (3.02%) PowerApps
15 23 (2.89%) Mimecast
16 21 (2.64%) Azure Key Vault
16 21 (2.64%) Microsoft Purview
17 18 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
18 17 (2.14%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 224 (28.18%) Firewall
2 200 (25.16%) DNS
3 136 (17.11%) DHCP
4 131 (16.48%) VPN
5 101 (12.70%) WAN
6 95 (11.95%) LAN
7 81 (10.19%) VLAN
8 47 (5.91%) TCP/IP
9 44 (5.53%) VoIP
10 36 (4.53%) Network Security
11 33 (4.15%) SD-WAN
12 28 (3.52%) Wi-Fi
13 27 (3.40%) SAN
14 26 (3.27%) Wireless
15 21 (2.64%) PBX
16 20 (2.52%) Remote Desktop
17 19 (2.39%) Internet
18 18 (2.26%) Cisco IOS
18 18 (2.26%) SSL
18 18 (2.26%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.53%) SQL Server
2 29 (3.65%) Power BI
3 19 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.50%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.25%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.25%) MySQL
9 1 (0.13%) GIS
9 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.13%) Redis
9 1 (0.13%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.13%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (2.26%) JIRA
2 5 (0.63%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.50%) Git
3 4 (0.50%) WiX
4 2 (0.25%) Babel
4 2 (0.25%) GitLab
4 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.25%) webpack
5 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.13%) Selenium
5 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 297 (37.36%) Social Skills
2 106 (13.33%) Finance
3 71 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (7.67%) Law
5 50 (6.29%) Legal
6 33 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (2.89%) Public Sector
9 20 (2.52%) Manufacturing
10 15 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.51%) Retail
13 9 (1.13%) Automotive
14 6 (0.75%) Games
15 5 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.63%) Local Government
16 4 (0.50%) Back Office
16 4 (0.50%) Czech Language
16 4 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 134 (16.86%) Analyst
2 131 (16.48%) IT Support
3 91 (11.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 91 (11.45%) Senior
4 90 (11.32%) Support Engineer
5 85 (10.69%) IT Engineer
6 56 (7.04%) Support Analyst
7 54 (6.79%) IT Support Engineer
8 51 (6.42%) 2nd Line Support
9 48 (6.04%) Cloud Engineer
10 40 (5.03%) Azure Engineer
11 38 (4.78%) IT Manager
12 36 (4.53%) Architect
12 36 (4.53%) Lead
13 32 (4.03%) Technical Support
14 30 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 28 (3.52%) Consultant
16 26 (3.27%) IT Analyst
16 26 (3.27%) Service Analyst
17 25 (3.14%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.77%) SAML
2 16 (2.01%) SailPoint
3 14 (1.76%) JSON
4 13 (1.64%) LDAP
5 12 (1.51%) React
6 11 (1.38%) OAuth
6 11 (1.38%) OpenID
7 10 (1.26%) ARM Templates
7 10 (1.26%) CSS
7 10 (1.26%) REST
8 9 (1.13%) .NET
8 9 (1.13%) HTML
9 8 (1.01%) SOAP
9 8 (1.01%) YAML
10 6 (0.75%) 802.1X
10 6 (0.75%) RESTful
11 5 (0.63%) Entity Framework
12 4 (0.50%) Blazor
12 4 (0.50%) COM
12 4 (0.50%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.79%) Onboarding
2 44 (5.53%) Management Information System
3 36 (4.53%) Driving Licence
4 26 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (3.27%) Security Posture
4 26 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.89%) Cyber Threat
6 21 (2.64%) Data Centre
7 20 (2.52%) Cloud Native
7 20 (2.52%) Replication
8 18 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (2.14%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.89%) PKI
11 14 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (1.76%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.38%) Private Cloud
13 10 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
13 10 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (1.26%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 445 (55.97%) Windows
2 223 (28.05%) Windows Server
3 108 (13.58%) Windows 10
4 64 (8.05%) Linux
5 51 (6.42%) Mac OS
6 48 (6.04%) Apple iOS
7 42 (5.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 39 (4.91%) Windows Server 2019
9 32 (4.03%) Android
10 20 (2.52%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (2.01%) VMS
12 5 (0.63%) Unix
13 4 (0.50%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.50%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.38%) CentOS
15 2 (0.25%) SUSE
16 1 (0.13%) Debian
16 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.13%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (22.14%) ITIL
2 167 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (17.86%) Customer Service
4 111 (13.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 99 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
6 83 (10.44%) Disaster Recovery
7 72 (9.06%) DevOps
7 72 (9.06%) Roadmaps
8 70 (8.81%) Migration
9 69 (8.68%) Identity Management
10 67 (8.43%) Mentoring
11 60 (7.55%) Change Management
11 60 (7.55%) ITSM
12 59 (7.42%) Infrastructure as Code
13 57 (7.17%) Agile
13 57 (7.17%) Project Management
14 55 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
15 54 (6.79%) Incident Management
15 54 (6.79%) Service Delivery
16 49 (6.16%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 258 (32.45%) PowerShell
2 75 (9.43%) Python
3 65 (8.18%) SQL
4 18 (2.26%) Bash
5 15 (1.89%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.64%) Bicep
7 10 (1.26%) C#
8 8 (1.01%) Perl
9 7 (0.88%) Java
10 6 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.50%) C++
11 4 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.50%) VBA
12 3 (0.38%) Go
13 2 (0.25%) PHP
13 2 (0.25%) R
13 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.25%) VB
14 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 141 (17.74%) Degree
2 131 (16.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 64 (8.05%) Azure Certification
4 45 (5.66%) Security Cleared
5 40 (5.03%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (4.53%) SC Cleared
7 34 (4.28%) Network+ Certification
8 32 (4.03%) CISSP
9 31 (3.90%) CCNA
10 29 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (2.39%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.89%) AWS Certification
12 15 (1.89%) CISM
13 14 (1.76%) MCSA
13 14 (1.76%) PMI Certification
13 14 (1.76%) PMP
14 13 (1.64%) MCITP
15 10 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
15 10 (1.26%) MCSE
16 8 (1.01%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (5.41%) NIST
3 34 (4.28%) GDPR
3 34 (4.28%) SLA
4 32 (4.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (0.75%) GRC
6 6 (0.75%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.63%) QA
7 5 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
8 4 (0.50%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.50%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.50%) PMO
9 3 (0.38%) COBIT
9 3 (0.38%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.38%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 629 (79.12%) Active Directory
2 102 (12.83%) Hyper-V
3 97 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 49 (6.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 47 (5.91%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (3.40%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (2.14%) vSphere
8 14 (1.76%) Docker
9 12 (1.51%) DFS Replication
10 5 (0.63%) Firmware
11 4 (0.50%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.50%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.38%) Dovecot
12 3 (0.38%) Postfix
12 3 (0.38%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.25%) XenApp
14 1 (0.13%) NDS
14 1 (0.13%) RHEV
14 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 298 (37.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (9.94%) SCCM
3 62 (7.80%) Single Sign-On
4 49 (6.16%) Terraform
5 24 (3.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 22 (2.77%) Kubernetes
7 20 (2.52%) WSUS
8 15 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
9 14 (1.76%) Ansible
10 5 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.63%) QRadar
10 5 (0.63%) SmoothWall
11 4 (0.50%) CASB
11 4 (0.50%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.50%) Iperf
11 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 4 (0.50%) NetBackup
11 4 (0.50%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.38%) Graylog
12 3 (0.38%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 586 (73.71%) Microsoft
2 137 (17.23%) VMware
3 94 (11.82%) Cisco
4 61 (7.67%) Citrix
5 50 (6.29%) Meraki
6 38 (4.78%) Veeam
7 35 (4.40%) Apple
8 33 (4.15%) Okta
9 26 (3.27%) ServiceNow
10 23 (2.89%) Salesforce
11 22 (2.77%) Palo Alto
12 19 (2.39%) SolarWinds
13 18 (2.26%) Fortinet
13 18 (2.26%) Zscaler
14 15 (1.89%) Google
15 14 (1.76%) iManage
16 12 (1.51%) Dell
16 12 (1.51%) Intapp
17 10 (1.26%) Databricks
17 10 (1.26%) WatchGuard