Entra ID Contracts in the South West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Entra ID skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Entra ID over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 130 120
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 -20
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 37 33 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.17% 0.95% 1.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.73% 2.79% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 27 28
10th Percentile £205 £333 £196
25th Percentile £363 £400 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% +28.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £508 £550 £509
90th Percentile £750 £585 £558
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

All Cloud Skills
South West

Entra ID is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 783 1,182 1,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 24.84% 34.05% 30.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 950 852
10th Percentile £210 £311 £250
25th Percentile £375 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £594
90th Percentile £680 £719 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 58 20
10th Percentile £12.58 £16.95 £11.17
25th Percentile £14.25 £26.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £52.93 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -63.16% +101.62% -41.67%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £42.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £56.85
England median hourly rate £21.00 £32.40 £21.50
% change year-on-year -35.19% +50.70% +0.76%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the South West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +24 18 £439 +3.35% 12
Gloucestershire +1 11 £450 +12.50% 11
Wiltshire +2 4 £505 -8.18% 4
Devon +1 3 - - 6
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (18.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.70%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 37 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (27.03%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (27.03%) Power Platform
3 7 (18.92%) Azure Logic Apps
3 7 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (13.51%) PaaS
5 3 (8.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Pipelines
5 3 (8.11%) IaaS
5 3 (8.11%) OneDrive
6 2 (5.41%) AWS
6 2 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (5.41%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.70%) GCP
7 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) Firewall
2 6 (16.22%) DNS
3 4 (10.81%) VPN
4 2 (5.41%) DHCP
5 1 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.70%) LAN
5 1 (2.70%) Network Security
5 1 (2.70%) SAN
5 1 (2.70%) Skype
5 1 (2.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.03%) Power BI
2 6 (16.22%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) MSI
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Banking
2 4 (10.81%) Local Government
2 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.70%) Legal
4 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Analyst
2 7 (18.92%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Consultant
4 5 (13.51%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Security Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Consultant
6 3 (8.11%) Active Directory Administrator
6 3 (8.11%) Administrator
6 3 (8.11%) Azure Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Active Directory Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Administrator
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Power Apps Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Security Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.92%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Replication
2 2 (5.41%) IoT
2 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.70%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (32.43%) Windows
2 8 (21.62%) VMS
3 5 (13.51%) Windows 10
3 5 (13.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (5.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Migration
2 12 (32.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (27.03%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (27.03%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (21.62%) Containerisation
4 8 (21.62%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.51%) Remediation Plan
7 4 (10.81%) Agile
7 4 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (8.11%) Cloud Security
8 3 (8.11%) ITSM
8 3 (8.11%) Service Management
9 2 (5.41%) CI/CD
9 2 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (5.41%) Cost Control
9 2 (5.41%) DevSecOps
9 2 (5.41%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 2 (5.41%) Security Architecture
9 2 (5.41%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) SQL
2 3 (8.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.70%) C#
3 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) CISSP
4 2 (5.41%) CISM
5 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CCNP
5 1 (2.70%) CCSP
5 1 (2.70%) CISA
5 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.70%) MCP
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) QA
2 3 (8.11%) NIST
3 2 (5.41%) GDPR
3 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.70%) COBIT
4 1 (2.70%) COSO
4 1 (2.70%) GRC
4 1 (2.70%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.70%) SLA
4 1 (2.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (75.68%) Active Directory
2 8 (21.62%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (10.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (8.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (37.84%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (13.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (5.41%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.70%) SCCM
5 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) CA
2 11 (29.73%) Microsoft
3 5 (13.51%) CyberArk
3 5 (13.51%) VMware
4 2 (5.41%) Dell
4 2 (5.41%) Okta
5 1 (2.70%) Cisco
5 1 (2.70%) Citrix
5 1 (2.70%) Google
5 1 (2.70%) SAP
5 1 (2.70%) Splunk