Entra ID Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Entra ID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 146 69
Rank change year-on-year +35 -77 +109
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 69 53 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.31% 1.28% 3.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.38% 3.80% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 51 31 112
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £27,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +20.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £66,000 £60,000 £58,614
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -8.65%

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,044 1,395 1,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 38.67% 33.68% 36.32%
Number of salaries quoted 879 789 1,223
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,502 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Entra ID job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Entra ID
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Entra ID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Entra ID

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the West Midlands

Entra ID
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Birmingham +21 21 £57,500 +35.29% 6
Staffordshire -3 12 £62,500 +20.19% 5
Worcestershire -5 10 £35,000 -8.50%
Coventry +4 6 £62,500 -7.41% 1
Solihull +3 6 £52,500 - 1
West Bromwich -3 4 £28,600 -28.50%
Herefordshire - 3 £57,500 - 1
Wolverhampton - 2 £64,000 - 1
Warwickshire +27 1 £32,500 - 2
Shropshire -14 1 - -
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 20 (28.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (27.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (75.36%) Azure
1 52 (75.36%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (13.04%) OneDrive
2 9 (13.04%) SaaS
3 8 (11.59%) IaaS
3 8 (11.59%) PaaS
4 6 (8.70%) AWS
5 5 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (7.25%) Power Platform
6 4 (5.80%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (5.80%) Google Workspace
7 3 (4.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (4.35%) Azure Stack
7 3 (4.35%) Datadog
7 3 (4.35%) GCP
8 2 (2.90%) Serverless
8 2 (2.90%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (37.68%) Firewall
2 21 (30.43%) VPN
3 17 (24.64%) DNS
4 14 (20.29%) LAN
4 14 (20.29%) WAN
5 12 (17.39%) DHCP
6 9 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (8.70%) SD-WAN
7 6 (8.70%) TCP/IP
8 5 (7.25%) Network Security
9 4 (5.80%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (5.80%) iSCSI
9 4 (5.80%) MPLS
9 4 (5.80%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (5.80%) Wireless
10 3 (4.35%) PBX
11 2 (2.90%) HTTP
11 2 (2.90%) Internet
11 2 (2.90%) SSH
11 2 (2.90%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.80%) GIS
2 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 23 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 17 (24.64%) Finance
3 6 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (7.25%) Legal
5 4 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Back Office
8 1 (1.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (31.88%) IT Engineer
2 16 (23.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (23.19%) Support Engineer
3 15 (21.74%) IT Support
4 13 (18.84%) IT Support Engineer
5 11 (15.94%) Architect
6 10 (14.49%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (11.59%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (11.59%) Security Engineer
8 7 (10.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (8.70%) IT Security Engineer
10 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 5 (7.25%) Senior
11 4 (5.80%) Cloud Engineer
11 4 (5.80%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (5.80%) Digital Architect
11 4 (5.80%) Security Support Engineer
11 4 (5.80%) Support Officer
11 4 (5.80%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) .NET
1 1 (1.45%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.45%) Blazor
1 1 (1.45%) Entity Framework
1 1 (1.45%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (11.59%) Onboarding
3 6 (8.70%) Cloud Native
4 5 (7.25%) Security Posture
5 4 (5.80%) Driving Licence
5 4 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (4.35%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.90%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.90%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.90%) PKI
7 2 (2.90%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.45%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.45%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 34 (49.28%) Windows
2 14 (20.29%) Windows Server
3 13 (18.84%) Windows 10
4 7 (10.14%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (5.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.35%) Linux
6 3 (4.35%) Rocky
7 2 (2.90%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (28.99%) ITIL
2 16 (23.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (20.29%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (18.84%) Identity Access Management
5 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (14.49%) Information Security
6 10 (14.49%) Migration
7 8 (11.59%) Cloud Security
7 8 (11.59%) SIEM
7 8 (11.59%) TOGAF
8 7 (10.14%) API Management
8 7 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (8.70%) Agile
9 6 (8.70%) CRM
9 6 (8.70%) Data Loss Prevention
9 6 (8.70%) DevOps
9 6 (8.70%) Identity Management
9 6 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (8.70%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.45%) Bicep
3 1 (1.45%) C#
3 1 (1.45%) Python
3 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 13 (18.84%) SC Cleared
3 10 (14.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (10.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (7.25%) Degree
7 4 (5.80%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (5.80%) DBS Check
8 3 (4.35%) A+ Certification
8 3 (4.35%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.35%) CISSP
8 3 (4.35%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (2.90%) CEH
9 2 (2.90%) GSEC
9 2 (2.90%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (2.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (2.90%) OSCP
10 1 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (1.45%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.39%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (15.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (8.70%) NIST
4 4 (5.80%) QA
5 3 (4.35%) SLA
6 1 (1.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 53 (76.81%) Active Directory
2 14 (20.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (17.39%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.80%) XenApp
5 3 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (36.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (5.80%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.90%) CASB
4 2 (2.90%) Nessus
4 2 (2.90%) SCCM
5 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (79.71%) Microsoft
2 16 (23.19%) Cisco
3 14 (20.29%) VMware
4 12 (17.39%) Meraki
5 9 (13.04%) HP
6 7 (10.14%) Google
7 6 (8.70%) Citrix
8 4 (5.80%) Aruba
8 4 (5.80%) CheckPoint
8 4 (5.80%) Dell
8 4 (5.80%) IBM
8 4 (5.80%) Juniper
8 4 (5.80%) ServiceNow
8 4 (5.80%) SonicWALL
8 4 (5.80%) Veeam
9 2 (2.90%) Netskope
9 2 (2.90%) Qualys
10 1 (1.45%) Apple
10 1 (1.45%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.45%) Kaseya