Entra ID Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 146 114 200
Rank change year-on-year -32 +86 -43
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 228 528 595
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.54% 2.14% 1.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.23% 5.42% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 370 446
10th Percentile £323 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £539 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +7.75% -
75th Percentile £623 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £738 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 3
10th Percentile - - £34.00
25th Percentile - £54.00 £36.25
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +57.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile - £66.00 £53.50
90th Percentile - - £61.60
UK median hourly rate £17.80 £54.00 £27.59
% change year-on-year -67.04% +95.71% -41.91%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,395 9,743 18,197
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.45% 39.53% 41.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,887 7,220 13,607
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 125 173
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.00 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £50.94 £70.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.06 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%

Entra ID
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Entra ID trend for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Entra ID.

Entra ID daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Entra ID daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Entra ID.

Entra ID hourly rate 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 44 (19.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (7.02%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.19%) IIS
4 3 (1.32%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.44%) Apache
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.44%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.44%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.88%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 215 (94.30%) Azure
2 110 (48.25%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (13.60%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (13.16%) Azure Monitor
5 28 (12.28%) AWS
6 21 (9.21%) Azure Storage
6 21 (9.21%) PaaS
7 20 (8.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 19 (8.33%) IaaS
9 18 (7.89%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (6.58%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (5.70%) OneDrive
12 12 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (4.39%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 8 (3.51%) SaaS
15 7 (3.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 7 (3.07%) Power Platform
15 7 (3.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 6 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
16 6 (2.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 48 (21.05%) DNS
2 45 (19.74%) Firewall
3 23 (10.09%) DHCP
4 13 (5.70%) Network Security
4 13 (5.70%) VPN
5 6 (2.63%) NAS
6 5 (2.19%) SAN
7 3 (1.32%) LAN
7 3 (1.32%) SSH
7 3 (1.32%) WAN
8 2 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.44%) BGP
9 1 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.44%) HTTP
9 1 (0.44%) Intranet
9 1 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.44%) IPv4
9 1 (0.44%) Skype
9 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (14.04%) SQL Server
2 14 (6.14%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (3.95%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.75%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.75%) Redis
6 3 (1.32%) MySQL
7 2 (0.88%) Power BI
8 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.44%) DB2
8 1 (0.44%) Metadata
8 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (5.70%) Git
2 7 (3.07%) Selenium
3 5 (2.19%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.75%) SpecFlow
4 4 (1.75%) WebDriver
5 2 (0.88%) JIRA
6 1 (0.44%) MSI
General
1 65 (28.51%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.67%) Finance
3 19 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.19%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (2.19%) Retail
7 4 (1.75%) German Language
7 4 (1.75%) Law
7 4 (1.75%) Marketing
7 4 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.32%) Legal
9 2 (0.88%) Back Office
9 2 (0.88%) Banking
9 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.88%) Front Office
9 2 (0.88%) Games
9 2 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (16.67%) Architect
2 30 (13.16%) Developer
3 21 (9.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (8.77%) Azure Specialist
5 19 (8.33%) Senior
6 18 (7.89%) Azure Developer
6 18 (7.89%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (7.89%) Security Engineer
7 17 (7.46%) Active Directory Support
7 17 (7.46%) Consultant
8 16 (7.02%) Analyst
9 14 (6.14%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (6.14%) Support Specialist
10 13 (5.70%) Senior Developer
11 11 (4.82%) Azure Architect
11 11 (4.82%) Backend Developer
12 9 (3.95%) Full Stack Developer
12 9 (3.95%) Senior Backend Developer
13 8 (3.51%) Microsoft 365 Architect
13 8 (3.51%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.35%) .NET
2 23 (10.09%) ARM Templates
3 22 (9.65%) SAML
3 22 (9.65%) XML
4 17 (7.46%) React
5 16 (7.02%) OAuth
5 16 (7.02%) OpenID
6 14 (6.14%) AngularJS
7 12 (5.26%) .NET Core
8 9 (3.95%) .NET Framework
8 9 (3.95%) ASP.NET
8 9 (3.95%) REST
9 7 (3.07%) SailPoint
10 6 (2.63%) LDAP
10 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (2.63%) OAuth2
11 5 (2.19%) CSS
11 5 (2.19%) GraphQL
11 5 (2.19%) HTML
12 4 (1.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.65%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (8.77%) PKI
3 18 (7.89%) Product Ownership
4 12 (5.26%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 9 (3.95%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.63%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.19%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.19%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.75%) Smartphone
9 3 (1.32%) Clustering
10 2 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.88%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Contactless
11 1 (0.44%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 102 (44.74%) Windows
2 47 (20.61%) Windows Server
3 43 (18.86%) Windows 10
4 25 (10.96%) Linux
5 24 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (7.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (3.51%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.75%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.32%) Android
9 3 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.88%) VMS
11 1 (0.44%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.44%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (30.26%) DevOps
2 60 (26.32%) CI/CD
3 57 (25.00%) Agile
4 36 (15.79%) ITIL
5 34 (14.91%) Migration
6 30 (13.16%) B2C
6 30 (13.16%) Identity Access Management
7 29 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (11.84%) Identity Management
8 27 (11.84%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 26 (11.40%) Infrastructure as Code
9 26 (11.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (10.09%) Scrum
11 22 (9.65%) RBAC
11 22 (9.65%) Service Management
12 21 (9.21%) Cybersecurity
13 20 (8.77%) Analytics
14 19 (8.33%) Cloud Security
14 19 (8.33%) Log Analytics
15 18 (7.89%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 72 (31.58%) PowerShell
2 43 (18.86%) C#
3 32 (14.04%) Bicep
4 22 (9.65%) VB
5 18 (7.89%) SQL
6 17 (7.46%) VBScript
7 14 (6.14%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.82%) Python
9 8 (3.51%) TypeScript
10 7 (3.07%) Java
11 2 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.44%) Bash
12 1 (0.44%) DataFlex
12 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.44%) PHP
12 1 (0.44%) Ruby
12 1 (0.44%) XPath
Qualifications
1 38 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 38 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 29 (12.72%) Degree
3 21 (9.21%) DV Cleared
4 19 (8.33%) AWS Certification
5 18 (7.89%) Azure Certification
6 17 (7.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 13 (5.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (3.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (2.19%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.32%) CISSP
12 2 (0.88%) CISM
12 2 (0.88%) MCSA
12 2 (0.88%) MCSD
13 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.44%) CEH
13 1 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.44%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.75%) PCI DSS
2 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.32%) SLA
3 2 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (0.88%) GDPR
3 2 (0.88%) NIST
4 1 (0.44%) COBIT
4 1 (0.44%) COSO
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.44%) GRC
4 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.44%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 190 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 28 (12.28%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (10.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (3.07%) Docker
4 7 (3.07%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 59 (25.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (13.60%) SCCM
3 27 (11.84%) Single Sign-On
4 23 (10.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 21 (9.21%) Kubernetes
6 17 (7.46%) SCOM
6 17 (7.46%) WSUS
7 8 (3.51%) Terraform
8 7 (3.07%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.44%) Ansible
10 1 (0.44%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.44%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.44%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 132 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.58%) VMware
3 14 (6.14%) Oracle
4 12 (5.26%) CA
5 11 (4.82%) Okta
6 10 (4.39%) Citrix
6 10 (4.39%) CyberArk
7 8 (3.51%) Qualys
8 7 (3.07%) Apple
9 6 (2.63%) Cisco
9 6 (2.63%) MuleSoft
9 6 (2.63%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.75%) HP
11 4 (1.75%) Ping Identity
11 4 (1.75%) Zscaler
12 2 (0.88%) Adobe
12 2 (0.88%) Databricks
12 2 (0.88%) Dell
12 2 (0.88%) SAP