Entra ID Jobs 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 permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 196 315
Rank change year-on-year +72 +119 -110
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 838 744 811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.49% 1.80% 1.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.75% 3.75% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 521 583 675
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,500 £42,230
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £71,625
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.66% -0.48% -8.70%

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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,579 19,843 36,619
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.25% 47.99% 52.80%
Number of salaries quoted 11,912 14,516 21,853
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,167 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

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
1 244 (29.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 163 (19.45%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.07%) Confluence
4 8 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.60%) IIS
6 3 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.24%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.24%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 55 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.72%) Trello
4 1 (0.12%) 1Password
4 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.48%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 786 (93.79%) Azure
2 451 (53.82%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (8.35%) OneDrive
4 54 (6.44%) Power Platform
5 49 (5.85%) IaaS
6 48 (5.73%) AWS
7 43 (5.13%) PaaS
8 42 (5.01%) SaaS
9 41 (4.89%) Azure Storage
9 41 (4.89%) Dynamics 365
10 38 (4.53%) PowerApps
11 34 (4.06%) Azure Monitor
12 32 (3.82%) Power Automate
13 30 (3.58%) Microsoft Purview
14 29 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (2.98%) Serverless
16 22 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
17 18 (2.15%) WhatsApp
18 17 (2.03%) Azure Service Bus
19 16 (1.91%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 218 (26.01%) Broadband
2 210 (25.06%) 5G
3 148 (17.66%) DNS
4 138 (16.47%) Firewall
5 103 (12.29%) DHCP
6 64 (7.64%) WAN
7 51 (6.09%) Wi-Fi
8 48 (5.73%) VPN
9 46 (5.49%) LAN
10 43 (5.13%) TCP/IP
11 26 (3.10%) VoIP
12 25 (2.98%) VLAN
13 24 (2.86%) Network Security
13 24 (2.86%) SAN
14 22 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (2.63%) SD-WAN
14 22 (2.63%) Wireless
15 14 (1.67%) Internet
16 13 (1.55%) FTP
16 13 (1.55%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.09%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.58%) Power BI
3 29 (3.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.72%) Redis
8 5 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.60%) PowerPivot
9 4 (0.48%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.36%) Ingres
10 3 (0.36%) MySQL
10 3 (0.36%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.24%) Big Data
11 2 (0.24%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.24%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.24%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (3.34%) JIRA
2 12 (1.43%) Git
3 3 (0.36%) Moq
3 3 (0.36%) Postman
3 3 (0.36%) Selenium
3 3 (0.36%) SoapUI
3 3 (0.36%) SpecFlow
3 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.24%) GitLab
4 2 (0.24%) JUnit
4 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 250 (29.83%) Analytical Skills
2 226 (26.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 217 (25.89%) Social Skills
4 83 (9.90%) Finance
5 46 (5.49%) Law
6 32 (3.82%) Public Sector
7 29 (3.46%) Legal
8 22 (2.63%) Marketing
9 12 (1.43%) General Ledger
9 12 (1.43%) Retail
9 12 (1.43%) Telecoms
10 11 (1.31%) Banking
11 10 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.72%) Police
14 5 (0.60%) Automotive
14 5 (0.60%) Electronics
14 5 (0.60%) Local Government
14 5 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 225 (26.85%) Senior
2 210 (25.06%) Linux Specialist
2 210 (25.06%) Technical Specialist
3 127 (15.16%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 127 (15.16%) Senior Linux Specialist
3 127 (15.16%) Senior Technical Specialist
3 127 (15.16%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
4 95 (11.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 95 (11.34%) Support Engineer
5 77 (9.19%) IT Engineer
6 67 (8.00%) IT Support
7 66 (7.88%) Consultant
8 53 (6.32%) Analyst
9 43 (5.13%) IT Support Engineer
9 43 (5.13%) Lead
10 41 (4.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 35 (4.18%) Technical Consultant
12 34 (4.06%) Azure Engineer
13 28 (3.34%) Technical Support
14 27 (3.22%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.86%) .NET
2 23 (2.74%) ARM Templates
3 11 (1.31%) REST
4 10 (1.19%) CSS
5 9 (1.07%) OAuth
6 8 (0.95%) ASP.NET
6 8 (0.95%) HTML
6 8 (0.95%) LDAP
6 8 (0.95%) Web Services
7 7 (0.84%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (0.84%) React
7 7 (0.84%) YAML
8 6 (0.72%) Entity Framework
8 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
8 6 (0.72%) SOAP
8 6 (0.72%) SPFx
9 5 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
9 5 (0.60%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.48%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.48%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 211 (25.18%) Social Media
2 58 (6.92%) Self-Motivation
3 53 (6.32%) PKI
4 40 (4.77%) Data Centre
5 31 (3.70%) Public Cloud
6 26 (3.10%) Driving Licence
7 23 (2.74%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.39%) Clustering
9 19 (2.27%) Onboarding
10 18 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.31%) iPhone
12 11 (1.31%) Replication
13 9 (1.07%) iPad
14 8 (0.95%) CCTV
14 8 (0.95%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (0.95%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 423 (50.48%) Windows
2 264 (31.50%) Linux
3 260 (31.03%) Windows Server
4 213 (25.42%) Ubuntu
5 96 (11.46%) Windows 10
6 55 (6.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 48 (5.73%) Windows Server 2012
8 45 (5.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (1.91%) Apple iOS
10 12 (1.43%) Mac OS
11 10 (1.19%) Android
12 9 (1.07%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (0.84%) VMS
14 6 (0.72%) Unix
15 4 (0.48%) CentOS
16 3 (0.36%) Debian
16 3 (0.36%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.36%) SUSE
16 3 (0.36%) Windows 7
17 1 (0.12%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (35.44%) Cybersecurity
2 228 (27.21%) CRM
3 220 (26.25%) IT Strategy
4 217 (25.89%) Artificial Intelligence
5 214 (25.54%) Technology Strategy
6 144 (17.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 133 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
8 115 (13.72%) ITIL
9 95 (11.34%) DevOps
10 75 (8.95%) Customer Service
11 64 (7.64%) Mentoring
12 62 (7.40%) Information Security
13 61 (7.28%) Roadmaps
14 52 (6.21%) Migration
14 52 (6.21%) Service Management
15 47 (5.61%) Identity Management
16 45 (5.37%) Identity Access Management
17 44 (5.25%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (5.25%) Project Delivery
18 43 (5.13%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 227 (27.09%) Bash
2 144 (17.18%) PowerShell
3 69 (8.23%) SQL
4 47 (5.61%) C#
5 21 (2.51%) VB
6 20 (2.39%) VBScript
7 17 (2.03%) Bicep
8 9 (1.07%) Python
9 8 (0.95%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.95%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.72%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.48%) Java
11 4 (0.48%) VBA
12 3 (0.36%) AWK
12 3 (0.36%) sed
13 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 94 (11.22%) Degree
2 45 (5.37%) Security Cleared
3 40 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (2.63%) Azure Certification
5 21 (2.51%) DV Cleared
6 20 (2.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 19 (2.27%) SC Cleared
8 13 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.19%) CISM
9 10 (1.19%) CISSP
10 9 (1.07%) MCSE
11 6 (0.72%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.72%) GIAC
11 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.72%) MCP
11 6 (0.72%) SANS
12 5 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.36%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
1 46 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (2.86%) SLA
3 14 (1.67%) NIST
4 11 (1.31%) GDPR
5 8 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (0.95%) GRC
6 6 (0.72%) COBIT
6 6 (0.72%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 3 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.36%) WCAG
8 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.24%) PMO
8 2 (0.24%) QA
9 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.12%) NCSC
9 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 763 (91.05%) Active Directory
2 100 (11.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 86 (10.26%) Hyper-V
4 47 (5.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 44 (5.25%) VMware ESXi
6 37 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (2.03%) Docker
8 15 (1.79%) vSphere
9 5 (0.60%) NFS
9 5 (0.60%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.24%) Firmware
12 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.12%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 424 (50.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 217 (25.89%) Jamf Pro
3 66 (7.88%) SCCM
4 60 (7.16%) Single Sign-On
5 54 (6.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 39 (4.65%) vCenter Server
7 30 (3.58%) Kubernetes
8 27 (3.22%) WSUS
9 24 (2.86%) Terraform
10 18 (2.15%) SCOM
11 17 (2.03%) Microsoft Clustering
12 12 (1.43%) CA Single Sign-On
13 9 (1.07%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
15 5 (0.60%) Ansible
16 4 (0.48%) PaperCut
17 3 (0.36%) Nessus
18 2 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
18 2 (0.24%) NetBackup
18 2 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 669 (79.83%) Microsoft
2 223 (26.61%) CyberArk
3 210 (25.06%) Tanium
4 164 (19.57%) VMware
5 54 (6.44%) ServiceNow
6 43 (5.13%) Cisco
7 35 (4.18%) Veeam
8 29 (3.46%) Meraki
9 26 (3.10%) Apple
10 24 (2.86%) Citrix
11 19 (2.27%) Commvault
11 19 (2.27%) HP
12 18 (2.15%) iManage
12 18 (2.15%) Sun
13 17 (2.03%) CA
14 12 (1.43%) Adobe
14 12 (1.43%) Sophos
15 10 (1.19%) Dell
16 9 (1.07%) Aruba
16 9 (1.07%) Juniper