Entra ID Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Entra ID skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Entra ID over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 240 250
Rank change year-on-year +80 +10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 1,276 852 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.80% 1.43% 1.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.44% 3.73% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,046 666 728
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,250 £28,175
25th Percentile £28,875 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £69,649 £70,225
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% - -8.70%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,457 22,850 28,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.10% 38.32% 39.98%
Number of salaries quoted 17,386 13,678 19,676
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the UK excluding London

Entra ID
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Entra ID in the UK excluding London

Entra ID
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the UK excluding London

Entra ID
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Entra ID within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +87 336 £39,747 -11.67% 57
North of England +75 331 £40,000 -15.79% 50
Midlands +83 261 £35,000 -22.22% 52
West Midlands +58 157 £35,000 -22.22% 31
South West +31 135 £41,206 +4.88% 40
North West +37 134 £40,000 -15.79% 28
Yorkshire +88 123 £40,000 -1.23% 17
East Midlands +37 103 £36,168 -35.27% 21
East of England -26 96 £32,000 -24.71% 33
Scotland -21 81 £40,750 -25.91% 14
North East +41 74 £42,500 -26.09% 6
Wales +12 29 £28,290 -42.85% 9
Northern Ireland +7 4 £42,500 -15.00%
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -
Entra ID
UK

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 381 (29.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 367 (28.76%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.10%) Confluence
4 13 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2013
5 12 (0.94%) IIS
6 8 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.47%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.31%) CMS
10 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.24%) WordPress
11 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
12 1 (0.078%) Apache
12 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 162 (12.70%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.47%) Trello
5 1 (0.078%) 1Password
5 1 (0.078%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.078%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.078%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.078%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.078%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,173 (91.93%) Azure
2 956 (74.92%) Microsoft 365
3 208 (16.30%) OneDrive
4 91 (7.13%) AWS
5 60 (4.70%) Power Platform
6 44 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (3.37%) PowerApps
8 37 (2.90%) IaaS
9 35 (2.74%) PaaS
10 33 (2.59%) Power Automate
11 28 (2.19%) Azure Storage
12 25 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
12 25 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (1.96%) WhatsApp
13 23 (1.80%) SaaS
14 22 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
14 22 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
15 20 (1.57%) Mimecast
16 18 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
17 15 (1.18%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 359 (28.13%) Firewall
2 295 (23.12%) DNS
3 220 (17.24%) DHCP
4 181 (14.18%) WAN
5 164 (12.85%) LAN
6 135 (10.58%) VPN
7 131 (10.27%) TCP/IP
8 123 (9.64%) Wi-Fi
9 91 (7.13%) VLAN
10 78 (6.11%) Broadband
11 69 (5.41%) 5G
12 60 (4.70%) VoIP
13 59 (4.62%) Wireless
14 49 (3.84%) SAN
15 47 (3.68%) Remote Desktop
16 43 (3.37%) NAS
16 43 (3.37%) Network Security
17 35 (2.74%) SD-WAN
18 27 (2.12%) WLAN
19 20 (1.57%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (5.25%) SQL Server
2 46 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
3 33 (2.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (1.96%) Power BI
5 21 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.02%) MySQL
7 8 (0.63%) MariaDB
8 7 (0.55%) Ingres
9 5 (0.39%) Big Data
9 5 (0.39%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.31%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.24%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.16%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.078%) Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.078%) Power Query
13 1 (0.078%) PowerPivot
13 1 (0.078%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.078%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 25 (1.96%) Git
2 21 (1.65%) JIRA
3 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.16%) GitLab
3 2 (0.16%) Hudson
3 2 (0.16%) JUnit
3 2 (0.16%) Moq
3 2 (0.16%) MSTest
3 2 (0.16%) Postman
3 2 (0.16%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.16%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.16%) webpack
4 1 (0.078%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.078%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.078%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.078%) MSI
General
1 401 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 129 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
3 126 (9.87%) Finance
4 101 (7.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 82 (6.43%) Law
6 67 (5.25%) Manufacturing
7 59 (4.62%) Legal
8 54 (4.23%) Telecoms
9 41 (3.21%) Public Sector
10 30 (2.35%) Retail
11 24 (1.88%) Local Government
12 23 (1.80%) Games
12 23 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (1.49%) Marketing
14 18 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.63%) Banking
16 8 (0.63%) Police
17 6 (0.47%) Electronics
18 5 (0.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 256 (20.06%) Support Engineer
2 242 (18.97%) IT Support
3 198 (15.52%) IT Engineer
4 164 (12.85%) Senior
5 161 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 139 (10.89%) IT Support Engineer
7 120 (9.40%) Analyst
8 89 (6.97%) 2nd Line Support
9 75 (5.88%) IT Technician
10 73 (5.72%) Technical Specialist
11 72 (5.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 67 (5.25%) Linux Specialist
13 62 (4.86%) Technical Support
14 60 (4.70%) Administrator
14 60 (4.70%) Support Technician
15 56 (4.39%) Systems Administrator
16 54 (4.23%) Lead
17 53 (4.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 53 (4.15%) IT Manager
18 52 (4.08%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.80%) ARM Templates
2 18 (1.41%) LDAP
3 13 (1.02%) .NET
3 13 (1.02%) SAML
4 8 (0.63%) 802.1X
4 8 (0.63%) CSS
5 7 (0.55%) EDI
5 7 (0.55%) React
5 7 (0.55%) RESTful
6 6 (0.47%) HTML
6 6 (0.47%) Node.js
6 6 (0.47%) OAuth
6 6 (0.47%) SailPoint
6 6 (0.47%) YAML
7 5 (0.39%) JSON
8 3 (0.24%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.24%) Azure Blueprints
8 3 (0.24%) FIDO
8 3 (0.24%) Web Services
8 3 (0.24%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 68 (5.33%) Social Media
2 67 (5.25%) Data Centre
3 66 (5.17%) Driving Licence
4 61 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (4.23%) PKI
6 52 (4.08%) Management Information System
7 42 (3.29%) Onboarding
8 39 (3.06%) Replication
9 32 (2.51%) Public Cloud
10 28 (2.19%) CCTV
11 21 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.25%) Smartphone
14 13 (1.02%) Clustering
15 12 (0.94%) Cloud Native
15 12 (0.94%) iPhone
16 11 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
17 10 (0.78%) Client/Server
17 10 (0.78%) Product Ownership
17 10 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 820 (64.26%) Windows
2 473 (37.07%) Windows Server
3 233 (18.26%) Windows 10
4 174 (13.64%) Linux
5 91 (7.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 90 (7.05%) Windows Server 2012
7 83 (6.50%) Ubuntu
8 78 (6.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 60 (4.70%) Apple iOS
10 50 (3.92%) Android
11 36 (2.82%) Mac OS
12 27 (2.12%) VMS
13 18 (1.41%) CentOS
14 13 (1.02%) Debian
15 9 (0.71%) SUSE
15 9 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.63%) Mac OS X
17 6 (0.47%) Unix
17 6 (0.47%) Windows 7
18 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (19.59%) ITIL
2 233 (18.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 226 (17.71%) Cybersecurity
4 211 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
5 207 (16.22%) Customer Service
6 112 (8.78%) Migration
7 109 (8.54%) DevOps
8 103 (8.07%) Mentoring
9 94 (7.37%) IT Strategy
10 90 (7.05%) CRM
11 87 (6.82%) Service Management
12 80 (6.27%) Artificial Intelligence
13 79 (6.19%) Technology Strategy
14 77 (6.03%) Disaster Recovery
15 66 (5.17%) Service Delivery
16 63 (4.94%) Roadmaps
17 62 (4.86%) Agile
18 61 (4.78%) Information Security
19 56 (4.39%) ITSM
20 55 (4.31%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 214 (16.77%) PowerShell
2 104 (8.15%) SQL
3 94 (7.37%) Bash
4 29 (2.27%) Python
5 28 (2.19%) C#
6 23 (1.80%) Bicep
7 21 (1.65%) VB
8 20 (1.57%) VBScript
9 7 (0.55%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.31%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.24%) AWK
12 3 (0.24%) Go
12 3 (0.24%) sed
13 2 (0.16%) Java
13 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.16%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.078%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.078%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.078%) R
Qualifications
1 115 (9.01%) Degree
2 96 (7.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 63 (4.94%) Security Cleared
4 60 (4.70%) Azure Certification
5 35 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (2.59%) Network+ Certification
7 32 (2.51%) SC Cleared
8 31 (2.43%) A+ Certification
8 31 (2.43%) MCSE
9 29 (2.27%) CCNA
10 27 (2.12%) DV Cleared
10 27 (2.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 23 (1.80%) MCP
12 17 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (1.18%) MCSA
14 14 (1.10%) AWS Certification
15 12 (0.94%) CISSP
16 11 (0.86%) CCNP
16 11 (0.86%) DBS Check
17 7 (0.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (6.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 56 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (3.76%) GDPR
4 45 (3.53%) SLA
5 17 (1.33%) NIST
6 15 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (0.55%) NCSC
8 2 (0.16%) QA
8 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.078%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.078%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.078%) GRC
9 1 (0.078%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.078%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1,125 (88.17%) Active Directory
2 234 (18.34%) Hyper-V
3 198 (15.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 71 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 69 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
6 68 (5.33%) VMware ESXi
7 35 (2.74%) vSphere
8 24 (1.88%) Docker
9 15 (1.18%) XenApp
10 10 (0.78%) XenDesktop
11 8 (0.63%) pfSense
11 8 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.55%) Terminal Services
13 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.39%) NFS
15 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 1 (0.078%) Firmware
16 1 (0.078%) Terminal Server
16 1 (0.078%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 546 (42.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 111 (8.70%) SCCM
3 84 (6.58%) Jamf Pro
4 57 (4.47%) Single Sign-On
5 47 (3.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 40 (3.13%) Kubernetes
7 39 (3.06%) WSUS
8 36 (2.82%) Terraform
9 32 (2.51%) vCenter Server
10 25 (1.96%) FortiGate
11 21 (1.65%) SCOM
12 12 (0.94%) CA Single Sign-On
13 11 (0.86%) Autotask
14 9 (0.71%) ZABBIX
15 8 (0.63%) Ansible
15 8 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
16 6 (0.47%) Backup Exec
17 4 (0.31%) AirWatch
17 4 (0.31%) Nessus
18 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 920 (72.10%) Microsoft
2 307 (24.06%) VMware
3 118 (9.25%) Veeam
4 109 (8.54%) Citrix
5 102 (7.99%) Cisco
6 82 (6.43%) CyberArk
7 67 (5.25%) Tanium
8 45 (3.53%) ServiceNow
9 43 (3.37%) Meraki
10 42 (3.29%) Apple
11 38 (2.98%) Sophos
12 36 (2.82%) Draytek
13 30 (2.35%) HP
14 28 (2.19%) Acronis
15 26 (2.04%) Aruba
16 23 (1.80%) Fortinet
17 21 (1.65%) CA
17 21 (1.65%) ConnectWise
18 20 (1.57%) Datto
18 20 (1.57%) Dell