Entra ID Job Trends in Wales

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Entra ID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 48 81
Rank change year-on-year -41 +33 -6
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 12 9 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.62% 1.69% 1.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.44% 7.32% 5.38%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 27
10th Percentile - £29,600 £26,974
25th Percentile £25,000 £30,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £37,733 £28,290
Median % change year-on-year +85.44% +33.38% -37.13%
75th Percentile £76,201 £58,867 £42,250
90th Percentile - £80,000 £56,297
UK median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.26% +8.24% -19.05%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 492 123 595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 25.32% 23.16% 27.26%
Number of salaries quoted 274 109 508
10th Percentile £29,225 £36,536 £28,290
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,813 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,841 £78,750 £70,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in Wales

Entra ID
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Entra ID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in Wales over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in Wales

Entra ID
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
South Wales -34 8 £25,000 -54.55% 6
West Wales -28 4 £69,973 +85.44%
Entra ID
UK

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (50.00%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Firewall
1 5 (41.67%) WAN
2 4 (33.33%) DNS
2 4 (33.33%) LAN
2 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 4 (33.33%) Unified Communications
2 4 (33.33%) WLAN
3 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (8.33%) Wireless
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Lead
2 4 (33.33%) Lead Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Leader
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support
4 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Head of IT
4 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) EPoS
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Data Security
1 5 (41.67%) Security Operations
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 4 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 4 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (8.33%) Application Packaging
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
4 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Security Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) SIEM
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft