Entra ID Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Entra ID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 152 154
Rank change year-on-year +44 +2 +70
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 1,284 1,025 1,271
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.05% 1.93% 1.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.09% 5.32% 4.93%
Number of salaries quoted 917 717 1,116
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,250 £60,688
90th Percentile £87,350 £82,250 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -5.88%

All Cloud Computing 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 21,091 19,254 25,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.73% 36.25% 39.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,503 11,304 21,272
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £79,225
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in the UK

Entra ID
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Entra ID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

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 24 January 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
England +37 1,044 £45,000 -10.00% 494
UK excluding London +51 866 £37,500 -11.76% 474
Work from Home +42 429 £47,500 -5.00% 236
London +33 336 £62,000 -4.62% 129
North of England +14 176 £40,500 -4.71% 108
Scotland +42 167 £31,000 -31.11% 33
South East +45 154 £42,500 -5.56% 161
Midlands +49 138 £35,000 -22.22% 56
East of England +18 118 £34,000 +6.25% 65
South West +28 106 £35,000 -16.67% 56
North West +34 101 £40,500 -10.00% 55
West Midlands +58 73 £52,500 +16.67% 24
Yorkshire -19 70 £41,500 +18.57% 40
East Midlands +24 65 £30,000 -29.41% 30
Wales 0 9 £50,000 -3.85% 17
North East -5 5 £50,000 +2.56% 13
Northern Ireland -16 1 £52,000 +4.00% 3

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 346 (26.95%) SharePoint
2 325 (25.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.40%) Confluence
4 6 (0.47%) WordPress
5 3 (0.23%) IIS
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.16%) Moodle
6 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.078%) CMS
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 93 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.23%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (0.16%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.078%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.078%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
2 19 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.078%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.078%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.078%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.078%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 992 (77.26%) Azure
2 803 (62.54%) Microsoft 365
3 127 (9.89%) OneDrive
4 120 (9.35%) AWS
5 97 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
6 81 (6.31%) Microsoft Purview
6 81 (6.31%) Power Platform
6 81 (6.31%) SaaS
7 70 (5.45%) Azure Monitor
8 67 (5.22%) GitHub
8 67 (5.22%) PaaS
9 61 (4.75%) Google Workspace
10 53 (4.13%) IaaS
11 47 (3.66%) Power Automate
12 45 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
13 44 (3.43%) Serverless
14 43 (3.35%) Azure Sentinel
15 37 (2.88%) GCP
16 35 (2.73%) PowerApps
17 28 (2.18%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 274 (21.34%) Firewall
2 268 (20.87%) DNS
3 238 (18.54%) DHCP
4 223 (17.37%) VPN
5 122 (9.50%) TCP/IP
6 114 (8.88%) WAN
7 96 (7.48%) LAN
8 89 (6.93%) VLAN
9 77 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
10 56 (4.36%) Network Security
11 48 (3.74%) VoIP
11 48 (3.74%) Wireless
12 45 (3.50%) Broadband
13 24 (1.87%) SAN
13 24 (1.87%) SD-WAN
14 20 (1.56%) Internet
15 12 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
15 12 (0.93%) DKIM
15 12 (0.93%) DMARC
15 12 (0.93%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (3.27%) Power BI
2 40 (3.12%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (1.25%) NoSQL
5 10 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.70%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.39%) GIS
9 4 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.23%) MySQL
10 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.16%) Power Query
12 1 (0.078%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.078%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 1 (0.078%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.078%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.078%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (3.82%) Git
2 41 (3.19%) JIRA
3 29 (2.26%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.56%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.62%) Bitbucket
5 8 (0.62%) GitLab
5 8 (0.62%) Subversion
6 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.078%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.078%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.078%) Postman
General
1 602 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 220 (17.13%) Finance
3 80 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
4 62 (4.83%) Law
5 49 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (3.27%) Public Sector
7 39 (3.04%) Legal
8 35 (2.73%) Back Office
9 31 (2.41%) Manufacturing
10 30 (2.34%) Marketing
11 29 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
12 27 (2.10%) Games
13 26 (2.02%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.71%) Retail
15 15 (1.17%) Billing
16 12 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
18 8 (0.62%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 277 (21.57%) IT Support
2 257 (20.02%) Support Engineer
3 172 (13.40%) IT Engineer
4 168 (13.08%) Senior
5 146 (11.37%) Analyst
6 126 (9.81%) Support Analyst
7 123 (9.58%) Lead
8 121 (9.42%) IT Support Engineer
9 100 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 93 (7.24%) 2nd Line Support
11 75 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
12 62 (4.83%) Azure Engineer
12 62 (4.83%) Support Technician
13 54 (4.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 54 (4.21%) Developer
13 54 (4.21%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 51 (3.97%) Desktop Support
15 49 (3.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 49 (3.82%) IT Analyst
16 48 (3.74%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (5.53%) OAuth
2 67 (5.22%) SAML
3 62 (4.83%) SOAP
4 58 (4.52%) .NET
5 53 (4.13%) OpenID
6 47 (3.66%) REST
7 43 (3.35%) GraphQL
7 43 (3.35%) LDAP
8 38 (2.96%) RESTful
9 30 (2.34%) .NET Framework
10 29 (2.26%) React
11 24 (1.87%) HTML
12 22 (1.71%) JSON
12 22 (1.71%) SailPoint
12 22 (1.71%) XML
13 19 (1.48%) CSS
14 18 (1.40%) Microsoft Graph
14 18 (1.40%) Razor View Engine
15 17 (1.32%) ARM Templates
15 17 (1.32%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 128 (9.97%) Onboarding
2 92 (7.17%) Enterprise Software
3 78 (6.07%) Driving Licence
4 54 (4.21%) Cloud Native
5 51 (3.97%) Management Information System
5 51 (3.97%) Security Posture
6 49 (3.82%) Cyber Threat
7 46 (3.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 44 (3.43%) Cyberattack
9 40 (3.12%) Product Ownership
10 27 (2.10%) Video Conferencing
11 25 (1.95%) IoT
12 23 (1.79%) iPad
13 22 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
14 21 (1.64%) PKI
15 20 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
16 14 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (1.09%) iPhone
17 13 (1.01%) CMDB
17 13 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 603 (46.96%) Windows
2 328 (25.55%) Windows Server
3 208 (16.20%) Windows 10
4 81 (6.31%) Apple iOS
5 64 (4.98%) Android
6 63 (4.91%) Linux
7 56 (4.36%) Mac OS
8 36 (2.80%) VMS
8 36 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 36 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.55%) Unix
11 4 (0.31%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.16%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.078%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (26.09%) ITIL
2 325 (25.31%) Problem-Solving
3 304 (23.68%) Cybersecurity
4 247 (19.24%) Customer Service
5 217 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 202 (15.73%) Mentoring
7 171 (13.32%) Identity Access Management
8 169 (13.16%) DevOps
9 150 (11.68%) Disaster Recovery
10 143 (11.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 131 (10.20%) Migration
11 131 (10.20%) Roadmaps
12 129 (10.05%) Agile
13 115 (8.96%) Infrastructure as Code
13 115 (8.96%) Service Delivery
14 108 (8.41%) Service Management
15 106 (8.26%) CI/CD
16 104 (8.10%) Analytics
17 98 (7.63%) Coaching
18 97 (7.55%) AI
Programming Languages
1 330 (25.70%) PowerShell
2 140 (10.90%) SQL
3 86 (6.70%) Bash
4 82 (6.39%) Python
5 44 (3.43%) T-SQL
6 38 (2.96%) JavaScript
7 36 (2.80%) C#
8 33 (2.57%) Java
9 20 (1.56%) PL/SQL
9 20 (1.56%) Shell Script
10 19 (1.48%) Bicep
11 18 (1.40%) TypeScript
12 15 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (0.70%) VB.NET
14 7 (0.55%) C++
14 7 (0.55%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.39%) PHP
16 5 (0.39%) VBA
17 2 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 159 (12.38%) Degree
2 136 (10.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 127 (9.89%) Security Cleared
4 106 (8.26%) SC Cleared
5 61 (4.75%) Azure Certification
6 41 (3.19%) DBS Check
7 39 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
8 37 (2.88%) CTC Cleared
9 35 (2.73%) CISSP
10 30 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (2.34%) MCP
11 27 (2.10%) CCNA
12 24 (1.87%) CISM
13 22 (1.71%) A+ Certification
14 19 (1.48%) AWS Certification
14 19 (1.48%) Master's Degree
15 17 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
16 16 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
16 16 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 16 (1.25%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (12.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 107 (8.33%) NIST
3 102 (7.94%) SLA
4 97 (7.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 83 (6.46%) GDPR
6 50 (3.89%) NCSC
7 36 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 24 (1.87%) QA
9 16 (1.25%) SOC 2
10 12 (0.93%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.86%) GRC
12 7 (0.55%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (0.23%) JSP 440
14 3 (0.23%) PMO
15 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.16%) DICOM
15 2 (0.16%) GxP
16 1 (0.078%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 830 (64.64%) Active Directory
2 123 (9.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (8.18%) Hyper-V
4 64 (4.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 53 (4.13%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (2.02%) Docker
7 23 (1.79%) vSphere
8 21 (1.64%) Firmware
9 14 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.55%) XenApp
10 7 (0.55%) XenDesktop
11 6 (0.47%) KVM
12 4 (0.31%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.16%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.078%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 558 (43.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 135 (10.51%) Terraform
3 108 (8.41%) Single Sign-On
4 64 (4.98%) SCCM
5 55 (4.28%) Jamf Pro
6 31 (2.41%) Kubernetes
7 21 (1.64%) Ansible
8 14 (1.09%) FortiGate
9 13 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (0.93%) Autotask
10 12 (0.93%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.55%) Grafana
11 7 (0.55%) SCOM
12 6 (0.47%) Nessus
12 6 (0.47%) PaperCut
12 6 (0.47%) VxRail
13 4 (0.31%) Argo
13 4 (0.31%) Backup Exec
14 3 (0.23%) CASB
14 3 (0.23%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 947 (73.75%) Microsoft
2 148 (11.53%) VMware
3 121 (9.42%) Cisco
4 79 (6.15%) Apple
5 50 (3.89%) Okta
6 48 (3.74%) Meraki
7 47 (3.66%) ServiceNow
8 34 (2.65%) Samsung
9 33 (2.57%) Citrix
10 31 (2.41%) Oracle
11 30 (2.34%) Palo Alto
12 29 (2.26%) Google
12 29 (2.26%) HP
13 26 (2.02%) Veeam
14 25 (1.95%) CyberArk
15 19 (1.48%) Dell
15 19 (1.48%) Freshdesk
16 17 (1.32%) Zscaler
17 15 (1.17%) Bloomberg
18 14 (1.09%) Fortinet