Entra ID Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 101 194
Rank change year-on-year -131 +93 +150
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 292 887 594
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.38% 2.83% 1.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.31% 6.75% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 225 500 503
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,250 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,625 £80,000
UK median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £52,575
% change year-on-year +2.35% -19.16% +2.09%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,770 13,140 16,316
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.91% 41.86% 47.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,517 10,375 12,690
10th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £45,813 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £103,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -7.20% -

Entra ID
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Entra ID trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Entra ID
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Entra ID.

Entra ID salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Entra ID salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 85 (29.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (28.42%) SharePoint
3 16 (5.48%) IIS
4 9 (3.08%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.03%) Apache
6 2 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 43 (14.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Sage 50
2 2 (0.68%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.34%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 227 (77.74%) Azure
2 193 (66.10%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (15.41%) AWS
4 42 (14.38%) Power Automate
5 38 (13.01%) SaaS
6 32 (10.96%) Power Platform
7 30 (10.27%) OneDrive
8 26 (8.90%) Azure Key Vault
8 26 (8.90%) Microsoft Copilot
9 24 (8.22%) IaaS
10 23 (7.88%) PaaS
11 22 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (7.19%) Azure Monitor
13 19 (6.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 17 (5.82%) Azure AI
14 17 (5.82%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (5.48%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (3.77%) PowerApps
17 10 (3.42%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 70 (23.97%) Firewall
2 62 (21.23%) DNS
3 48 (16.44%) VPN
4 45 (15.41%) WAN
5 31 (10.62%) DHCP
6 27 (9.25%) SD-WAN
7 21 (7.19%) LAN
8 17 (5.82%) VLAN
9 12 (4.11%) TCP/IP
9 12 (4.11%) VoIP
9 12 (4.11%) WLAN
10 11 (3.77%) SSL
10 11 (3.77%) Wireless
11 9 (3.08%) DMARC
11 9 (3.08%) Network Security
12 8 (2.74%) HTTPS
13 7 (2.40%) Internet
14 5 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (1.71%) SAN
15 4 (1.37%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.90%) Power BI
2 23 (7.88%) SQL Server
3 17 (5.82%) Data Lake
4 16 (5.48%) MySQL
5 9 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.03%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.82%) Git
2 9 (3.08%) JIRA
3 5 (1.71%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.37%) WiX
5 1 (0.34%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 113 (38.70%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.33%) Finance
3 25 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.82%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (5.48%) Back Office
6 15 (5.14%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (4.45%) Legal
9 12 (4.11%) Manufacturing
10 9 (3.08%) Czech Language
11 7 (2.40%) Law
12 6 (2.05%) Advertising
13 5 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.03%) Agriculture
15 3 (1.03%) Automotive
15 3 (1.03%) Local Government
15 3 (1.03%) Marketing
15 3 (1.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (18.84%) IT Support
2 36 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (11.99%) IT Engineer
4 34 (11.64%) Analyst
5 27 (9.25%) Support Technician
6 23 (7.88%) Support Engineer
7 22 (7.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 22 (7.53%) Architect
8 21 (7.19%) 2nd Line Support
9 19 (6.51%) Cloud Architect
9 19 (6.51%) Support Analyst
10 18 (6.16%) IT Manager
11 17 (5.82%) Desktop Support
12 16 (5.48%) Desktop Support Technician
12 16 (5.48%) Desktop Technician
12 16 (5.48%) Senior
13 15 (5.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 15 (5.14%) Lead
14 14 (4.79%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (4.45%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.79%) REST
2 13 (4.45%) SOAP
3 12 (4.11%) JSON
4 9 (3.08%) XML
5 7 (2.40%) .NET
5 7 (2.40%) SAML
6 6 (2.05%) .NET Framework
6 6 (2.05%) Blazor
7 5 (1.71%) Entity Framework
7 5 (1.71%) OAuth
8 4 (1.37%) COM
8 4 (1.37%) LDAP
8 4 (1.37%) OpenID
9 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (1.03%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.68%) HTML
10 2 (0.68%) Node.js
10 2 (0.68%) Software Packaging
11 1 (0.34%) CSS
11 1 (0.34%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.90%) Onboarding
2 24 (8.22%) Data Centre
3 22 (7.53%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (5.82%) NHS
5 16 (5.48%) Driving Licence
6 15 (5.14%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (4.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (3.77%) Security Posture
9 9 (3.08%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.40%) PKI
11 4 (1.37%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.37%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.37%) Wiki
12 3 (1.03%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Licensing
12 3 (1.03%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 153 (52.40%) Windows
2 67 (22.95%) Windows Server
3 42 (14.38%) Windows 10
4 36 (12.33%) Linux
5 18 (6.16%) Apple iOS
6 17 (5.82%) Mac OS
7 16 (5.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (3.08%) Unix
9 6 (2.05%) Rocky
10 5 (1.71%) Android
10 5 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (1.37%) CentOS
11 4 (1.37%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.03%) VMS
13 1 (0.34%) Debian
13 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (33.22%) ITIL
2 59 (20.21%) Customer Service
3 57 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (17.47%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (17.47%) Migration
5 48 (16.44%) Roadmaps
6 44 (15.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 42 (14.38%) DevOps
8 39 (13.36%) Analytics
9 38 (13.01%) Mentoring
10 37 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (11.99%) Agile
12 34 (11.64%) Project Management
13 33 (11.30%) Infrastructure as Code
14 29 (9.93%) Service Management
15 27 (9.25%) Artificial Intelligence
15 27 (9.25%) Patch Management
16 23 (7.88%) CI/CD
17 22 (7.53%) Problem Management
17 22 (7.53%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 107 (36.64%) PowerShell
2 38 (13.01%) SQL
3 21 (7.19%) Python
4 18 (6.16%) Bicep
5 11 (3.77%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.42%) Bash
7 9 (3.08%) Java
7 9 (3.08%) VBA
8 6 (2.05%) C#
9 4 (1.37%) C++
9 4 (1.37%) Perl
10 3 (1.03%) PHP
10 3 (1.03%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.68%) R
11 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 63 (21.58%) Degree
2 40 (13.70%) Azure Certification
2 40 (13.70%) Security Cleared
3 36 (12.33%) SC Cleared
4 24 (8.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (7.53%) DBS Check
6 16 (5.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (5.48%) CTC Cleared
7 10 (3.42%) AWS Certification
7 10 (3.42%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (2.74%) CISSP
8 8 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.40%) A+ Certification
9 7 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (2.05%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (2.05%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.71%) MCSE
12 4 (1.37%) CISM
12 4 (1.37%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (9.59%) SLA
3 20 (6.85%) NIST
4 11 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (3.77%) GDPR
5 8 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.71%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.03%) GRC
7 3 (1.03%) QA
8 2 (0.68%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.68%) NCSC
9 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.34%) COBIT
9 1 (0.34%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 199 (68.15%) Active Directory
2 33 (11.30%) Hyper-V
3 23 (7.88%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (7.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.37%) Docker
4 4 (1.37%) Dovecot
4 4 (1.37%) Postfix
5 3 (1.03%) vSphere
6 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.34%) Firmware
7 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 108 (36.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (13.36%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (4.11%) Kubernetes
4 11 (3.77%) SCCM
5 6 (2.05%) Terraform
6 5 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.71%) Ansible
7 4 (1.37%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.03%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.68%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.68%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.68%) WSUS
10 1 (0.34%) Argo
10 1 (0.34%) DameWare
10 1 (0.34%) Nessus
10 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 209 (71.58%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.99%) Cisco
3 29 (9.93%) VMware
4 24 (8.22%) Meraki
5 18 (6.16%) Databricks
6 12 (4.11%) Citrix
7 11 (3.77%) Apple
7 11 (3.77%) Okta
8 10 (3.42%) Oracle
9 9 (3.08%) Dell
10 6 (2.05%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.71%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.71%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.71%) Sage
12 4 (1.37%) EMC
12 4 (1.37%) Ping Identity
12 4 (1.37%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.37%) SolarWinds
13 3 (1.03%) Acronis
13 3 (1.03%) ServiceNow