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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 144 229
Rank change year-on-year -11 +85 -32
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 675 1,043 1,123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.57% 1.86% 1.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.83% 5.11% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 757 818
10th Percentile £250 £300 £263
25th Percentile £407 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £588
90th Percentile £750 £725 £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £425
% change year-on-year +2.50% +17.65% -5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 4
10th Percentile - £26.34 £16.14
25th Percentile £17.80 £33.81 £17.11
Median hourly rate £20.80 £54.00 £26.32
Median % change year-on-year -61.48% +105.17% -44.59%
75th Percentile £23.80 £65.63 £44.88
90th Percentile £31.66 £66.00 £58.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £29.49 £16.82
% change year-on-year -39.64% +75.33% -9.08%

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 13,969 20,420 33,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.44% 36.43% 38.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,924 14,777 24,579
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 £746 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 332 392
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.06 £19.00 £15.47
Median hourly rate £21.46 £38.78 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -44.66% +73.10% +2.47%
75th Percentile £42.50 £68.94 £54.00
90th Percentile £69.80 £78.00 £69.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £27.83 £19.25
% change year-on-year -36.04% +44.57% -3.75%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -11 571 £500 -5.66% 322
London +20 340 £500 -9.09% 91
UK excluding London -13 275 £513 +2.50% 240
Work from Home -20 235 £550 +1.38% 153
South East -22 81 £605 -3.20% 61
Scotland +51 54 £420 -10.40% 18
North of England -4 53 £550 +15.79% 61
South West +24 46 £445 -1.20% 38
Midlands -17 32 £425 +9.68% 44
North West -5 30 £588 +20.51% 28
West Midlands -21 22 £350 -18.60% 23
Yorkshire +14 19 £525 +40.00% 24
East Midlands -1 9 £500 +90.48% 21
Wales +14 6 £513 +20.59% 5
East of England -17 3 £450 +32.35% 18
North East +11 2 £550 -21.43% 11

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
1 120 (17.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 84 (12.44%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.78%) IIS
4 10 (1.48%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.04%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.89%) Apache
7 4 (0.59%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.44%) Confluence
8 3 (0.44%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.15%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.44%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 606 (89.78%) Azure
2 261 (38.67%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (13.63%) Azure DevOps
4 68 (10.07%) AWS
5 63 (9.33%) Azure Monitor
6 60 (8.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 53 (7.85%) Power Platform
8 49 (7.26%) PaaS
9 47 (6.96%) OneDrive
10 46 (6.81%) IaaS
11 43 (6.37%) Azure Storage
12 38 (5.63%) Dynamics 365
13 34 (5.04%) Azure Sentinel
13 34 (5.04%) Serverless
14 32 (4.74%) Azure Functions
14 32 (4.74%) Azure Service Bus
15 31 (4.59%) Azure Key Vault
16 25 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
17 24 (3.56%) PowerApps
18 23 (3.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 99 (14.67%) DNS
2 98 (14.52%) Firewall
3 39 (5.78%) DHCP
4 32 (4.74%) VPN
5 21 (3.11%) Network Security
6 12 (1.78%) SAN
6 12 (1.78%) WAN
7 11 (1.63%) LAN
8 9 (1.33%) Internet
8 9 (1.33%) NAS
8 9 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
9 8 (1.19%) Skype
10 7 (1.04%) HTTP
10 7 (1.04%) MPLS
10 7 (1.04%) SMTP
11 6 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (0.89%) SSH
11 6 (0.89%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.74%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (14.96%) SQL Server
2 44 (6.52%) Power BI
3 32 (4.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.70%) NoSQL
5 20 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (2.22%) Redis
7 11 (1.63%) Big Data
8 9 (1.33%) Tableau
9 8 (1.19%) Apache Hive
9 8 (1.19%) Impala
10 6 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.89%) MySQL
10 6 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.74%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.74%) Metadata
11 5 (0.74%) SSDT
12 3 (0.44%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.30%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (5.48%) Git
2 21 (3.11%) Selenium
3 15 (2.22%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.63%) SpecFlow
4 11 (1.63%) WebDriver
5 10 (1.48%) Postman
6 7 (1.04%) JIRA
7 3 (0.44%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.44%) GitLab
7 3 (0.44%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.44%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.15%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.15%) MSI
General
1 167 (24.74%) Social Skills
2 108 (16.00%) Finance
3 77 (11.41%) Public Sector
4 45 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (5.48%) Banking
6 21 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (1.78%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.63%) Local Government
9 11 (1.63%) Manufacturing
9 11 (1.63%) Marketing
10 9 (1.33%) Legal
10 9 (1.33%) Retail
11 7 (1.04%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.89%) Electronics
13 5 (0.74%) French Language
13 5 (0.74%) German Language
13 5 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.59%) Automotive
14 4 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 95 (14.07%) Architect
2 90 (13.33%) Developer
3 75 (11.11%) Senior
4 59 (8.74%) Analyst
5 58 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 55 (8.15%) Azure Engineer
7 52 (7.70%) Consultant
8 47 (6.96%) Senior Developer
9 41 (6.07%) Azure Developer
10 32 (4.74%) Support Engineer
11 31 (4.59%) Backend Developer
12 30 (4.44%) Active Directory Engineer
13 28 (4.15%) Active Directory Support
13 28 (4.15%) Security Engineer
14 24 (3.56%) Lead
15 23 (3.41%) Senior Backend Developer
16 22 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
16 22 (3.26%) IT Support
17 21 (3.11%) Azure Architect
17 21 (3.11%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (13.04%) .NET
2 74 (10.96%) XML
3 72 (10.67%) SAML
4 52 (7.70%) OAuth
5 50 (7.41%) OpenID
6 44 (6.52%) React
7 41 (6.07%) SailPoint
8 39 (5.78%) .NET Core
9 37 (5.48%) AngularJS
10 31 (4.59%) .NET Framework
11 30 (4.44%) ARM Templates
12 26 (3.85%) CSS
13 22 (3.26%) HTML
13 22 (3.26%) REST
14 20 (2.96%) ASP.NET
14 20 (2.96%) Web Services
15 19 (2.81%) LDAP
16 18 (2.67%) Microsoft Graph
17 15 (2.22%) ASP.NET Core
18 13 (1.93%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.70%) Product Ownership
2 47 (6.96%) PKI
3 34 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (4.74%) Data Centre
5 17 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.22%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 12 (1.78%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.48%) Clustering
10 10 (1.48%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.48%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.33%) Replication
12 8 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.19%) Smartphone
13 7 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.04%) iPhone
14 6 (0.89%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 235 (34.81%) Windows
2 104 (15.41%) Windows Server
3 86 (12.74%) Windows 10
4 49 (7.26%) Linux
5 44 (6.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 35 (5.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (2.07%) VMS
8 12 (1.78%) Android
8 12 (1.78%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (1.63%) Apple iOS
9 11 (1.63%) Windows 7
10 8 (1.19%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.19%) Mac OS X
10 8 (1.19%) Unix
11 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.15%) CentOS
12 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (25.63%) DevOps
2 157 (23.26%) CI/CD
3 151 (22.37%) Agile
4 119 (17.63%) Identity Access Management
5 98 (14.52%) Migration
6 86 (12.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 78 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (11.26%) B2C
9 75 (11.11%) Scrum
10 66 (9.78%) ITIL
11 59 (8.74%) Cybersecurity
12 53 (7.85%) Identity Management
12 53 (7.85%) Infrastructure as Code
13 51 (7.56%) Business Intelligence
14 50 (7.41%) Cloud Security
14 50 (7.41%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 49 (7.26%) RBAC
16 38 (5.63%) Microservices
17 36 (5.33%) Analytics
18 34 (5.04%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 199 (29.48%) PowerShell
2 99 (14.67%) C#
3 65 (9.63%) Bicep
4 64 (9.48%) Python
5 59 (8.74%) SQL
6 39 (5.78%) JavaScript
7 25 (3.70%) VB
8 20 (2.96%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.96%) VBScript
9 19 (2.81%) Java
10 8 (1.19%) Bash
10 8 (1.19%) Scala
11 6 (0.89%) PHP
12 5 (0.74%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.59%) C
14 3 (0.44%) Ruby
14 3 (0.44%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.44%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 105 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 95 (14.07%) SC Cleared
3 67 (9.93%) Degree
4 40 (5.93%) Azure Certification
5 34 (5.04%) DV Cleared
6 32 (4.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (3.26%) AWS Certification
7 22 (3.26%) CISSP
8 20 (2.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 11 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (1.19%) CISM
12 5 (0.74%) CISA
12 5 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.59%) CCNP
14 3 (0.44%) CCIE
14 3 (0.44%) CEH
14 3 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.56%) QA
2 15 (2.22%) SLA
3 13 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.93%) NIST
4 11 (1.63%) GDPR
4 11 (1.63%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.74%) GRC
6 4 (0.59%) COBIT
6 4 (0.59%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.59%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.30%) NCSC
8 2 (0.30%) WCAG
9 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.15%) COSO
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 549 (81.33%) Active Directory
2 59 (8.74%) Virtual Machines
3 39 (5.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 26 (3.85%) Docker
5 24 (3.56%) Hyper-V
5 24 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.04%) BitLocker
6 7 (1.04%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (1.04%) vSphere
7 4 (0.59%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.30%) NFS
8 2 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.15%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.15%) Firmware
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 139 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (12.30%) Single Sign-On
3 77 (11.41%) SCCM
4 50 (7.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 46 (6.81%) Kubernetes
6 41 (6.07%) Terraform
7 25 (3.70%) SCOM
8 23 (3.41%) WSUS
9 10 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
10 8 (1.19%) Puppet
11 7 (1.04%) Ansible
11 7 (1.04%) PingFederate
12 5 (0.74%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.74%) SCVMM
12 5 (0.74%) VxRail
13 4 (0.59%) CASB
13 4 (0.59%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.59%) vMotion
14 3 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.44%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 417 (61.78%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.56%) VMware
3 44 (6.52%) CyberArk
4 39 (5.78%) Okta
5 32 (4.74%) Oracle
6 31 (4.59%) CA
7 28 (4.15%) Citrix
8 25 (3.70%) Apple
9 24 (3.56%) Cisco
9 24 (3.56%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.78%) Talend
11 11 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
11 11 (1.63%) SAP
12 10 (1.48%) HP
13 9 (1.33%) Google
13 9 (1.33%) Mitel
13 9 (1.33%) MuleSoft
13 9 (1.33%) Qualys
13 9 (1.33%) SolarWinds
14 8 (1.19%) Zscaler