Entra ID Contracts

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 144 216
Rank change year-on-year -20 +72 -24
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 658 1,120 1,199
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.51% 1.88% 1.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.67% 5.08% 3.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 817 860
10th Percentile £215 £300 £263
25th Percentile £370 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -4.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 24 8
10th Percentile - £25.00 £17.00
25th Percentile - £26.48 £19.24
Median hourly rate £17.80 £54.00 £27.59
Median % change year-on-year -67.04% +95.71% -41.91%
75th Percentile £23.80 £64.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £34.28 £66.00 £48.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £29.49 £18.91
% change year-on-year -39.64% +55.93% +16.38%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,092 22,029 34,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.32% 36.91% 38.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,003 15,924 24,905
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 350 427
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +62.79% -5.54%
75th Percentile £35.00 £66.00 £49.46
90th Percentile £62.00 £78.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £24.62 £18.75
% change year-on-year -28.03% +31.31% -5.06%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England -18 549 £500 -4.76% 346
London +8 323 £500 -9.09% 122
UK excluding London -22 263 £500 - 244
Work from Home -30 234 £525 -0.94% 134
South East -44 70 £605 +0.83% 61
North of England +7 56 £500 +2.56% 55
Scotland +37 49 £420 -20.00% 24
South West +13 45 £439 +3.35% 33
Midlands -15 33 £369 -4.84% 44
North West -7 28 £525 +7.69% 33
West Midlands -2 25 £369 -14.24% 31
Yorkshire +26 22 £500 +32.45% 18
East Midlands +6 8 £469 +50.00% 13
Wales +13 7 £513 +20.59% 9
North East +21 4 £500 -28.57% 5
East of England -20 3 £450 -5.26% 21

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 127 (19.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (13.07%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.28%) IIS
4 11 (1.67%) Skype for Business
5 9 (1.37%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.76%) Apache
7 3 (0.46%) Confluence
7 3 (0.46%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 48 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.30%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 595 (90.43%) Azure
2 283 (43.01%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (12.46%) Azure DevOps
4 69 (10.49%) AWS
5 52 (7.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 51 (7.75%) Power Platform
7 50 (7.60%) IaaS
8 49 (7.45%) Azure Monitor
9 48 (7.29%) PaaS
10 47 (7.14%) OneDrive
11 38 (5.78%) Azure Storage
12 37 (5.62%) Dynamics 365
13 31 (4.71%) Azure Sentinel
14 27 (4.10%) Azure Key Vault
15 26 (3.95%) SaaS
16 25 (3.80%) Serverless
17 23 (3.50%) PowerApps
18 22 (3.34%) Azure Functions
19 21 (3.19%) Azure Data Factory
20 19 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 114 (17.33%) DNS
2 107 (16.26%) Firewall
3 46 (6.99%) DHCP
4 33 (5.02%) VPN
5 22 (3.34%) Network Security
6 16 (2.43%) LAN
7 14 (2.13%) WAN
8 12 (1.82%) Skype
9 11 (1.67%) HTTP
10 10 (1.52%) MPLS
10 10 (1.52%) SMTP
11 9 (1.37%) SAN
12 8 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
13 7 (1.06%) NAS
13 7 (1.06%) TCP/IP
13 7 (1.06%) Unified Communications
13 7 (1.06%) Wireless
14 6 (0.91%) SSL
14 6 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (12.61%) SQL Server
2 41 (6.23%) Power BI
3 25 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 22 (3.34%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (3.34%) NoSQL
5 12 (1.82%) Big Data
6 9 (1.37%) Tableau
7 8 (1.22%) Apache Hive
7 8 (1.22%) Impala
8 7 (1.06%) Redis
9 6 (0.91%) Metadata
10 5 (0.76%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.61%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.30%) Relational Database
13 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (3.95%) Git
2 18 (2.74%) Selenium
3 14 (2.13%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.82%) SpecFlow
5 11 (1.67%) WebDriver
6 10 (1.52%) Postman
7 5 (0.76%) JIRA
8 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.46%) GitLab
8 3 (0.46%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.15%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.15%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.15%) Moq
9 1 (0.15%) MSI
9 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 168 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 106 (16.11%) Finance
3 76 (11.55%) Public Sector
4 39 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (5.32%) Banking
6 25 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.52%) French Language
8 10 (1.52%) Local Government
8 10 (1.52%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.52%) Marketing
9 9 (1.37%) Financial Institution
9 9 (1.37%) Law
9 9 (1.37%) Retail
10 8 (1.22%) Legal
11 7 (1.06%) German Language
12 6 (0.91%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.76%) Billing
13 5 (0.76%) Electronics
13 5 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 94 (14.29%) Architect
2 72 (10.94%) Developer
3 65 (9.88%) Senior
4 63 (9.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 54 (8.21%) Analyst
6 51 (7.75%) Azure Engineer
7 48 (7.29%) Consultant
8 37 (5.62%) Senior Developer
8 37 (5.62%) Support Engineer
9 34 (5.17%) Azure Developer
10 27 (4.10%) IT Support
10 27 (4.10%) Lead
11 26 (3.95%) Active Directory Engineer
12 24 (3.65%) Backend Developer
12 24 (3.65%) Security Engineer
13 23 (3.50%) IT Engineer
14 22 (3.34%) Active Directory Support
14 22 (3.34%) Azure Specialist
14 22 (3.34%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 22 (3.34%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (10.79%) .NET
2 65 (9.88%) SAML
3 64 (9.73%) XML
4 48 (7.29%) OAuth
5 43 (6.53%) OpenID
6 34 (5.17%) AngularJS
7 32 (4.86%) React
8 31 (4.71%) SailPoint
9 30 (4.56%) .NET Framework
10 28 (4.26%) .NET Core
11 27 (4.10%) ARM Templates
12 21 (3.19%) LDAP
13 17 (2.58%) REST
14 16 (2.43%) Microsoft Graph
14 16 (2.43%) Web Services
15 14 (2.13%) CSS
15 14 (2.13%) JSON
16 13 (1.98%) ASP.NET
17 12 (1.82%) HTML
18 10 (1.52%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.99%) Product Ownership
2 44 (6.69%) PKI
3 30 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (4.10%) Data Centre
5 17 (2.58%) Cloud Native
6 16 (2.43%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.98%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.82%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 9 (1.37%) Clustering
10 9 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.37%) iPhone
10 9 (1.37%) Replication
11 8 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.22%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.22%) Smartphone
12 7 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 252 (38.30%) Windows
2 109 (16.57%) Windows Server
3 91 (13.83%) Windows 10
4 46 (6.99%) Linux
5 39 (5.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 31 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (2.74%) Android
7 18 (2.74%) VMS
8 15 (2.28%) Apple iOS
9 14 (2.13%) Windows 7
9 14 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (1.52%) Mac OS
11 9 (1.37%) Mac OS X
12 7 (1.06%) Unix
13 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.46%) CentOS
14 3 (0.46%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (22.95%) DevOps
2 133 (20.21%) Agile
2 133 (20.21%) CI/CD
3 110 (16.72%) Identity Access Management
4 102 (15.50%) Migration
5 98 (14.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 74 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
7 66 (10.03%) Cybersecurity
7 66 (10.03%) ITIL
8 65 (9.88%) B2C
9 64 (9.73%) Scrum
10 51 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
11 47 (7.14%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 45 (6.84%) RBAC
13 41 (6.23%) Cloud Security
13 41 (6.23%) Identity Management
14 40 (6.08%) Project Delivery
15 39 (5.93%) Customer Service
15 39 (5.93%) Infrastructure as Code
16 38 (5.78%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 190 (28.88%) PowerShell
2 81 (12.31%) C#
3 61 (9.27%) SQL
4 54 (8.21%) Python
5 45 (6.84%) Bicep
6 24 (3.65%) JavaScript
7 21 (3.19%) VB
8 16 (2.43%) VBScript
9 12 (1.82%) Java
10 11 (1.67%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.22%) Bash
11 8 (1.22%) Scala
12 5 (0.76%) PHP
13 3 (0.46%) C
14 2 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.30%) Ruby
14 2 (0.30%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.15%) DataFlex
15 1 (0.15%) Go
15 1 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 97 (14.74%) Security Cleared
2 90 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 61 (9.27%) Degree
4 41 (6.23%) Azure Certification
5 32 (4.86%) DV Cleared
6 29 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (2.58%) AWS Certification
7 17 (2.58%) CISSP
8 16 (2.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 9 (1.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.22%) CISM
11 7 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.61%) CCNP
13 4 (0.61%) CISA
14 3 (0.46%) CCIE
14 3 (0.46%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.46%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.50%) QA
2 18 (2.74%) SLA
3 11 (1.67%) NIST
4 10 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.06%) GRC
6 6 (0.91%) GDPR
6 6 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.76%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.61%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.46%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.30%) COBIT
10 2 (0.30%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.15%) GxP
11 1 (0.15%) NCSC
11 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 531 (80.70%) Active Directory
2 52 (7.90%) Virtual Machines
3 33 (5.02%) Virtual Desktop
4 27 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (3.95%) Hyper-V
6 22 (3.34%) Docker
7 8 (1.22%) BitLocker
7 8 (1.22%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (1.06%) vSphere
9 6 (0.91%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.30%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.15%) Firmware
11 1 (0.15%) NFS
11 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 145 (22.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (12.01%) SCCM
3 76 (11.55%) Single Sign-On
4 52 (7.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 34 (5.17%) Kubernetes
6 29 (4.41%) Terraform
7 18 (2.74%) Jamf Pro
7 18 (2.74%) SCOM
7 18 (2.74%) WSUS
8 9 (1.37%) Ansible
9 8 (1.22%) Puppet
10 7 (1.06%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.91%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.91%) vMotion
12 5 (0.76%) PingFederate
13 4 (0.61%) VxRail
14 3 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.46%) Netcool
14 3 (0.46%) Packer
15 2 (0.30%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 417 (63.37%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.66%) VMware
3 40 (6.08%) Okta
4 33 (5.02%) Citrix
5 32 (4.86%) CyberArk
6 31 (4.71%) CA
7 30 (4.56%) Cisco
8 27 (4.10%) Apple
8 27 (4.10%) Oracle
9 20 (3.04%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.98%) Talend
11 10 (1.52%) Mitel
12 9 (1.37%) Google
12 9 (1.37%) SAP
13 8 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (1.22%) HP
13 8 (1.22%) Ping Identity
13 8 (1.22%) Progress
14 7 (1.06%) Dell
14 7 (1.06%) Zscaler