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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 124 198
Rank change year-on-year -72 +74 +103
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 256 841 758
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.66% 2.49% 1.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.29% 5.75% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 220 525 596
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -7.89%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -4.76%

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 5,972 14,615 20,197
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.73% 43.25% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,609 11,957 14,815
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,636 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,743 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.64% -11.54% +4.00%

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 5 May 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 (33.20%) SharePoint
2 76 (29.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (4.69%) IIS
4 5 (1.95%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.17%) Apache
5 3 (1.17%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.78%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.39%) Confluence
7 1 (0.39%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 30 (11.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.95%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.17%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.78%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.39%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 218 (85.16%) Azure
2 188 (73.44%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (15.23%) SaaS
4 25 (9.77%) AWS
5 24 (9.38%) OneDrive
6 19 (7.42%) Microsoft Copilot
7 17 (6.64%) Power Automate
7 17 (6.64%) Power Platform
8 14 (5.47%) Azure Sentinel
9 11 (4.30%) PowerApps
10 10 (3.91%) PaaS
11 9 (3.52%) IaaS
11 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (3.13%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (2.73%) Mimecast
14 6 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (2.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 6 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 66 (25.78%) Firewall
2 51 (19.92%) DNS
3 40 (15.63%) VPN
4 32 (12.50%) WAN
5 31 (12.11%) DHCP
6 23 (8.98%) LAN
7 21 (8.20%) VLAN
8 13 (5.08%) Wireless
9 12 (4.69%) SD-WAN
10 10 (3.91%) TCP/IP
10 10 (3.91%) WLAN
11 8 (3.13%) HTTPS
11 8 (3.13%) VoIP
12 7 (2.73%) Network Security
12 7 (2.73%) SSL
13 5 (1.95%) DMARC
14 4 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.56%) SAN
14 4 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (1.17%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.98%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.73%) Power BI
3 6 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.39%) MySQL
6 1 (0.39%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 9 (3.52%) JIRA
2 5 (1.95%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.56%) WiX
4 2 (0.78%) Git
5 1 (0.39%) Babel
5 1 (0.39%) Selenium
5 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.39%) webpack
General
1 97 (37.89%) Social Skills
2 32 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.16%) Finance
4 21 (8.20%) Legal
5 16 (6.25%) Law
6 10 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.13%) Retail
8 6 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.95%) Czech Language
9 5 (1.95%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.17%) Automotive
10 3 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.78%) Marketing
11 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.39%) Advertising
12 1 (0.39%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 52 (20.31%) IT Support
2 33 (12.89%) Analyst
3 29 (11.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (8.59%) Support Engineer
5 21 (8.20%) IT Engineer
6 19 (7.42%) 2nd Line Support
6 19 (7.42%) IT Manager
7 18 (7.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 17 (6.64%) Support Analyst
9 15 (5.86%) IT Technician
9 15 (5.86%) Lead
9 15 (5.86%) Senior
10 14 (5.47%) Consultant
11 13 (5.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 12 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (4.69%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (4.69%) IT Analyst
13 11 (4.30%) Active Directory Engineer
13 11 (4.30%) Architect
13 11 (4.30%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.30%) JSON
2 10 (3.91%) REST
3 9 (3.52%) SOAP
4 5 (1.95%) .NET
4 5 (1.95%) Entity Framework
4 5 (1.95%) LDAP
4 5 (1.95%) SailPoint
4 5 (1.95%) SAML
4 5 (1.95%) XML
5 4 (1.56%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.56%) Blazor
5 4 (1.56%) COM
6 3 (1.17%) HTML
7 2 (0.78%) CSS
7 2 (0.78%) Node.js
7 2 (0.78%) OAuth
7 2 (0.78%) OpenID
7 2 (0.78%) RESTful
8 1 (0.39%) HTML5
8 1 (0.39%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.86%) Driving Licence
3 12 (4.69%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.69%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.91%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.73%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.34%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Licensing
10 4 (1.56%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.56%) PKI
10 4 (1.56%) Wiki
11 3 (1.17%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.17%) NHS
11 3 (1.17%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 122 (47.66%) Windows
2 59 (23.05%) Windows Server
3 27 (10.55%) Linux
4 26 (10.16%) Windows 10
5 18 (7.03%) Mac OS
6 15 (5.86%) Apple iOS
7 14 (5.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (4.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.95%) Unix
10 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.17%) Android
11 3 (1.17%) CentOS
11 3 (1.17%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.17%) VMS
12 2 (0.78%) SUSE
13 1 (0.39%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (22.27%) ITIL
3 40 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (14.06%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (13.28%) Roadmaps
6 33 (12.89%) Customer Service
7 32 (12.50%) Migration
8 29 (11.33%) Change Management
9 28 (10.94%) Mentoring
10 27 (10.55%) Service Delivery
11 26 (10.16%) Computer Science
12 25 (9.77%) DevOps
12 25 (9.77%) Identity Management
13 22 (8.59%) Problem Management
14 21 (8.20%) Infrastructure Management
15 20 (7.81%) Technology Roadmap
16 19 (7.42%) Security Operations
17 18 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
17 18 (7.03%) Incident Management
18 16 (6.25%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 91 (35.55%) PowerShell
2 20 (7.81%) Python
3 15 (5.86%) SQL
4 12 (4.69%) Bash
5 8 (3.13%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.73%) C#
7 5 (1.95%) Java
7 5 (1.95%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.95%) VBA
8 4 (1.56%) C++
8 4 (1.56%) Perl
9 3 (1.17%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.78%) Bicep
10 2 (0.78%) R
10 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.78%) VB
11 1 (0.39%) ABAP
11 1 (0.39%) PHP
11 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (19.53%) Degree
2 28 (10.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (7.81%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.25%) CISSP
6 12 (4.69%) PMI Certification
6 12 (4.69%) PMP
7 9 (3.52%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.73%) Security Cleared
9 6 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.95%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.17%) CCNA
12 3 (1.17%) CISM
12 3 (1.17%) Linux+ Certification
12 3 (1.17%) MCSA
12 3 (1.17%) MCSE
12 3 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.17%) RHCE
13 2 (0.78%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (7.42%) NIST
3 9 (3.52%) SLA
4 8 (3.13%) GDPR
5 7 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.56%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.17%) GRC
8 2 (0.78%) COBIT
8 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.78%) NCSC
8 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 202 (78.91%) Active Directory
2 29 (11.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (10.94%) Hyper-V
4 12 (4.69%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (3.13%) vSphere
6 5 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.17%) Docker
7 3 (1.17%) Dovecot
7 3 (1.17%) Firmware
7 3 (1.17%) Postfix
8 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.39%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 99 (38.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (10.55%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (7.03%) SCCM
4 8 (3.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (2.73%) Terraform
6 6 (2.34%) Ansible
7 5 (1.95%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.78%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 2 (0.78%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.78%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.78%) SCOM
10 1 (0.39%) Argo
10 1 (0.39%) CASB
10 1 (0.39%) DameWare
10 1 (0.39%) Nessus
10 1 (0.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 179 (69.92%) Microsoft
2 36 (14.06%) VMware
3 21 (8.20%) Cisco
4 13 (5.08%) iManage
4 13 (5.08%) Okta
4 13 (5.08%) Salesforce
5 12 (4.69%) Citrix
6 11 (4.30%) Apple
7 10 (3.91%) Intapp
8 9 (3.52%) Meraki
9 6 (2.34%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.34%) Oracle
9 6 (2.34%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.34%) SolarWinds
10 5 (1.95%) Aderant
10 5 (1.95%) Google
11 4 (1.56%) Aruba
11 4 (1.56%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.56%) WatchGuard
12 3 (1.17%) Palo Alto