Entra ID Contracts in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Entra ID skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Entra ID over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 146 225
Rank change year-on-year -6 +79 -5
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 593 855 915
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.58% 1.82% 1.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.94% 5.01% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 629 681
10th Percentile £263 £268 £263
25th Percentile £407 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £588
90th Percentile £721 £738 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 1
10th Percentile - £22.97 -
25th Percentile £17.80 £26.36 -
Median hourly rate £23.80 £29.49 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% +67.18% -60.36%
75th Percentile - £49.50 -
90th Percentile £50.60 £64.50 -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £54.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -55.93% +54.29% -26.32%

All Cloud Skills
England

Entra ID falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 12,003 17,073 26,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.00% 36.30% 38.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,593 12,521 19,923
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 282 314
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.06 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £44.70
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in England

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in England

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in England

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in England

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Entra ID in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Entra ID in England

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +19 355 £500 -8.68% 90
South East -20 85 £605 -3.20% 57
North of England -4 55 £500 +5.26% 55
South West +21 48 £450 - 39
Midlands -25 33 £500 +29.03% 47
North West -6 31 £525 +10.53% 19
West Midlands -18 22 £350 -18.60% 25
Yorkshire +10 20 £500 +33.33% 29
East Midlands -6 9 £500 +90.48% 22
East of England -16 3 £450 +37.93% 19
North East +8 2 £550 -21.43% 8
Entra ID
UK

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 114 (19.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (12.65%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.02%) IIS
4 10 (1.69%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.01%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.84%) Apache
7 4 (0.67%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.51%) Confluence
8 3 (0.51%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.17%) nginx
Applications
1 32 (5.40%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.17%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 559 (94.27%) Azure
2 233 (39.29%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (15.18%) Azure DevOps
4 65 (10.96%) Azure Monitor
5 58 (9.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 55 (9.27%) AWS
7 54 (9.11%) Power Platform
8 47 (7.93%) IaaS
8 47 (7.93%) PaaS
9 44 (7.42%) Azure Storage
9 44 (7.42%) OneDrive
10 32 (5.40%) Serverless
11 31 (5.23%) Azure Service Bus
12 30 (5.06%) Azure Functions
13 27 (4.55%) Azure Key Vault
14 26 (4.38%) Azure Data Factory
14 26 (4.38%) Dynamics 365
15 25 (4.22%) SaaS
16 24 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
17 23 (3.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 93 (15.68%) DNS
2 90 (15.18%) Firewall
3 33 (5.56%) DHCP
4 27 (4.55%) VPN
5 21 (3.54%) Network Security
6 13 (2.19%) WAN
7 11 (1.85%) LAN
8 9 (1.52%) Internet
8 9 (1.52%) MPLS
8 9 (1.52%) SAN
9 8 (1.35%) HTTP
9 8 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (1.18%) Skype
10 7 (1.18%) SSH
11 6 (1.01%) NAS
11 6 (1.01%) TCP/IP
11 6 (1.01%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.84%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.84%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (17.03%) SQL Server
2 42 (7.08%) Power BI
3 27 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (4.22%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.53%) Redis
6 11 (1.85%) Big Data
7 9 (1.52%) Tableau
8 8 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.35%) Apache Hive
8 8 (1.35%) Impala
9 7 (1.18%) MySQL
10 6 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.84%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.84%) SSDT
12 4 (0.67%) Metadata
13 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 37 (6.24%) Git
2 21 (3.54%) Selenium
3 15 (2.53%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.85%) SpecFlow
4 11 (1.85%) WebDriver
5 10 (1.69%) Postman
6 7 (1.18%) JIRA
7 4 (0.67%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.51%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.51%) GitLab
8 3 (0.51%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.34%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.17%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.17%) Maven
10 1 (0.17%) MSI
10 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 147 (24.79%) Social Skills
2 107 (18.04%) Finance
3 52 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 44 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (5.56%) Banking
6 19 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (2.02%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.85%) Legal
9 11 (1.85%) Local Government
10 10 (1.69%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.69%) Marketing
11 8 (1.35%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.18%) Electronics
12 7 (1.18%) French Language
12 7 (1.18%) Retail
13 6 (1.01%) Automotive
14 4 (0.67%) Front Office
14 4 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 85 (14.33%) Developer
2 82 (13.83%) Architect
3 77 (12.98%) Senior
4 55 (9.27%) Azure Engineer
5 51 (8.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 49 (8.26%) Consultant
7 48 (8.09%) Analyst
8 47 (7.93%) Senior Developer
9 40 (6.75%) Azure Developer
10 32 (5.40%) Active Directory Engineer
11 31 (5.23%) Backend Developer
11 31 (5.23%) Support Engineer
12 29 (4.89%) Active Directory Support
13 26 (4.38%) Security Engineer
14 25 (4.22%) Cloud Engineer
15 24 (4.05%) Lead
16 23 (3.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 23 (3.88%) Senior Backend Developer
17 21 (3.54%) Python Developer
18 20 (3.37%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (13.66%) .NET
2 73 (12.31%) XML
3 51 (8.60%) SAML
4 41 (6.91%) React
5 37 (6.24%) AngularJS
6 36 (6.07%) .NET Core
7 35 (5.90%) SailPoint
8 34 (5.73%) OAuth
9 29 (4.89%) ARM Templates
10 28 (4.72%) .NET Framework
10 28 (4.72%) OpenID
11 23 (3.88%) CSS
12 21 (3.54%) HTML
13 20 (3.37%) ASP.NET
13 20 (3.37%) REST
14 17 (2.87%) Microsoft Graph
14 17 (2.87%) Web Services
15 16 (2.70%) LDAP
16 15 (2.53%) ASP.NET Core
17 13 (2.19%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.93%) Product Ownership
2 42 (7.08%) PKI
3 38 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (3.88%) Data Centre
5 17 (2.87%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.53%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 10 (1.69%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.52%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.52%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.35%) Replication
12 6 (1.01%) Clustering
12 6 (1.01%) Digital Signage
12 6 (1.01%) Hedge funds
12 6 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.01%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 217 (36.59%) Windows
2 99 (16.69%) Windows Server
3 69 (11.64%) Windows 10
4 50 (8.43%) Linux
5 39 (6.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 34 (5.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (2.70%) VMS
8 11 (1.85%) Android
8 11 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (1.69%) Windows 7
10 8 (1.35%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.35%) Unix
11 7 (1.18%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.17%) CentOS
14 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (26.64%) DevOps
2 156 (26.31%) CI/CD
3 146 (24.62%) Agile
4 98 (16.53%) Identity Access Management
5 96 (16.19%) Migration
6 72 (12.14%) B2C
6 72 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (12.14%) Scrum
7 64 (10.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 63 (10.62%) ITIL
9 55 (9.27%) Identity Management
9 55 (9.27%) Infrastructure as Code
10 53 (8.94%) RBAC
11 50 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
11 50 (8.43%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 47 (7.93%) Cybersecurity
13 45 (7.59%) Cloud Security
14 35 (5.90%) Analytics
15 33 (5.56%) Microservices
16 30 (5.06%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 182 (30.69%) PowerShell
2 97 (16.36%) C#
3 64 (10.79%) Bicep
3 64 (10.79%) Python
4 53 (8.94%) SQL
5 36 (6.07%) JavaScript
6 26 (4.38%) VB
7 21 (3.54%) VBScript
8 18 (3.04%) Java
9 17 (2.87%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.35%) Bash
10 8 (1.35%) Scala
11 7 (1.18%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.01%) PHP
13 4 (0.67%) C
14 3 (0.51%) Ruby
15 2 (0.34%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.34%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.17%) DataFlex
Qualifications
1 86 (14.50%) Security Cleared
2 76 (12.82%) SC Cleared
3 64 (10.79%) Degree
4 33 (5.56%) Azure Certification
5 28 (4.72%) DV Cleared
6 27 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (3.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 20 (3.37%) CISSP
9 13 (2.19%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.18%) CISM
12 5 (0.84%) CISA
12 5 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.67%) CCNP
13 4 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.51%) CCIE
15 2 (0.34%) CEH
15 2 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
15 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.37%) QA
2 15 (2.53%) SLA
3 13 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.02%) NIST
5 11 (1.85%) GDPR
5 11 (1.85%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.67%) COBIT
7 4 (0.67%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.67%) GRC
8 3 (0.51%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.34%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) WCAG
10 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.17%) COSO
10 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 502 (84.65%) Active Directory
2 57 (9.61%) Virtual Machines
3 42 (7.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 27 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (3.37%) Hyper-V
6 19 (3.20%) Docker
7 6 (1.01%) vSphere
8 4 (0.67%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.51%) NFS
10 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.17%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (0.17%) Firmware
11 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 131 (22.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (12.82%) SCCM
3 72 (12.14%) Single Sign-On
4 47 (7.93%) Kubernetes
5 45 (7.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 45 (7.59%) Terraform
6 25 (4.22%) SCOM
7 24 (4.05%) WSUS
8 11 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (1.35%) Ansible
10 7 (1.18%) PingFederate
10 7 (1.18%) Puppet
11 5 (0.84%) SCVMM
11 5 (0.84%) VxRail
12 4 (0.67%) CASB
12 4 (0.67%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.51%) CA Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.51%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.51%) Netcool
14 2 (0.34%) Packer
Vendors
1 375 (63.24%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.60%) VMware
3 37 (6.24%) CyberArk
4 31 (5.23%) Okta
5 30 (5.06%) CA
6 25 (4.22%) Oracle
7 24 (4.05%) ServiceNow
8 22 (3.71%) Cisco
9 21 (3.54%) Citrix
10 14 (2.36%) Apple
11 12 (2.02%) SAP
11 12 (2.02%) Talend
12 9 (1.52%) Qualys
12 9 (1.52%) SolarWinds
13 8 (1.35%) Mitel
13 8 (1.35%) MuleSoft
14 7 (1.18%) Dell
14 7 (1.18%) F5
14 7 (1.18%) Google
15 6 (1.01%) Symantec