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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 232 311
Rank change year-on-year +79 +79 -89
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 1,884 1,641 2,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.90% 1.62% 1.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.32% 3.79% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,435 1,312 1,459
10th Percentile £25,856 £29,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.86% -8.70%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,402 43,277 76,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.68% 42.84% 48.35%
Number of salaries quoted 26,746 28,483 41,379
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,790 £33,779
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Entra ID.

Salary trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 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
England +88 1,706 £42,500 -15.00% 323
UK excluding London +81 1,278 £40,000 -11.11% 236
Work from Home +74 840 £52,000 -0.95% 126
London +47 528 £60,000 +4.35% 101
South East +94 338 £39,500 -8.14% 51
North of England +87 330 £40,000 -13.98% 50
Midlands +76 263 £35,000 -22.22% 51
West Midlands +57 159 £35,000 -22.22% 29
South West +36 135 £41,206 +9.88% 31
North West +35 133 £40,000 -12.09% 29
Yorkshire +90 123 £40,000 -1.23% 17
East Midlands +39 103 £36,168 -35.27% 22
East of England -16 94 £32,000 -24.71% 31
Scotland -21 82 £40,000 -27.27% 16
North East +41 74 £42,500 -22.73% 5
Wales +6 29 £28,290 -42.85% 10
Northern Ireland -1 4 £42,500 -15.00% 1
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -

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
1 501 (26.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 447 (23.73%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.01%) IIS
4 15 (0.80%) Confluence
4 15 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.37%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.32%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
8 5 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.21%) CMS
10 3 (0.16%) WordPress
11 2 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.053%) Apache
12 1 (0.053%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.053%) WebSphere
Applications
1 196 (10.40%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (3.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.32%) Trello
5 1 (0.053%) 1Password
5 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.053%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.053%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.053%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.32%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.053%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.053%) Eikon
6 1 (0.053%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.053%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,752 (92.99%) Azure
2 1,266 (67.20%) Microsoft 365
3 258 (13.69%) OneDrive
4 129 (6.85%) AWS
5 104 (5.52%) Power Platform
6 103 (5.47%) IaaS
7 100 (5.31%) PaaS
8 89 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
9 73 (3.87%) SaaS
10 69 (3.66%) PowerApps
11 62 (3.29%) Power Automate
12 54 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
13 52 (2.76%) Azure Monitor
14 51 (2.71%) Azure Storage
15 42 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
15 42 (2.23%) Microsoft Purview
16 41 (2.18%) Azure Logic Apps
17 38 (2.02%) Serverless
18 37 (1.96%) Azure AKS
19 36 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 425 (22.56%) Firewall
2 368 (19.53%) DNS
3 267 (14.17%) DHCP
4 227 (12.05%) WAN
5 221 (11.73%) Broadband
6 212 (11.25%) 5G
7 202 (10.72%) LAN
8 174 (9.24%) VPN
9 160 (8.49%) Wi-Fi
10 139 (7.38%) TCP/IP
11 99 (5.25%) VLAN
12 80 (4.25%) SAN
13 73 (3.87%) Wireless
14 65 (3.45%) VoIP
15 60 (3.18%) Network Security
16 57 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
16 57 (3.03%) SD-WAN
17 44 (2.34%) NAS
18 32 (1.70%) Internet
19 31 (1.65%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (5.15%) SQL Server
2 58 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 50 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
4 45 (2.39%) Power BI
5 25 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (0.90%) MySQL
7 12 (0.64%) MariaDB
7 12 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (0.48%) Big Data
8 9 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.48%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.42%) MongoDB
9 8 (0.42%) Redis
10 7 (0.37%) Ingres
11 6 (0.32%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.27%) PowerPivot
13 4 (0.21%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.16%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 43 (2.28%) JIRA
2 26 (1.38%) Git
3 9 (0.48%) GitLab
4 7 (0.37%) Katalon Studio
5 5 (0.27%) Moq
5 5 (0.27%) Postman
5 5 (0.27%) SpecFlow
5 5 (0.27%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.16%) Selenium
6 3 (0.16%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.11%) Hudson
7 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.11%) JUnit
7 2 (0.11%) MSTest
7 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.11%) webpack
8 1 (0.053%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.053%) MSI
General
1 544 (28.87%) Social Skills
2 319 (16.93%) Analytical Skills
3 253 (13.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 227 (12.05%) Finance
5 131 (6.95%) Law
6 90 (4.78%) Legal
7 68 (3.61%) Manufacturing
8 56 (2.97%) Telecoms
9 47 (2.49%) Public Sector
10 36 (1.91%) Retail
11 34 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
13 32 (1.70%) Marketing
14 25 (1.33%) Games
14 25 (1.33%) Local Government
15 23 (1.22%) Banking
16 21 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (0.64%) General Ledger
18 11 (0.58%) Police
19 9 (0.48%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 343 (18.21%) Senior
2 303 (16.08%) Support Engineer
3 289 (15.34%) IT Support
4 231 (12.26%) IT Engineer
5 218 (11.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 217 (11.52%) Technical Specialist
7 210 (11.15%) Linux Specialist
8 185 (9.82%) Analyst
9 156 (8.28%) IT Support Engineer
10 128 (6.79%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 128 (6.79%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 128 (6.79%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 127 (6.74%) Senior Linux Specialist
12 107 (5.68%) 2nd Line Support
13 93 (4.94%) Azure Engineer
14 89 (4.72%) Consultant
14 89 (4.72%) Lead
15 84 (4.46%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 79 (4.19%) IT Technician
17 78 (4.14%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.34%) .NET
2 32 (1.70%) ARM Templates
3 24 (1.27%) SAML
4 20 (1.06%) OAuth
5 19 (1.01%) YAML
6 18 (0.96%) LDAP
7 17 (0.90%) CSS
8 15 (0.80%) React
9 13 (0.69%) 802.1X
9 13 (0.69%) HTML
10 12 (0.64%) Web Services
11 11 (0.58%) JSON
11 11 (0.58%) REST
11 11 (0.58%) SailPoint
12 10 (0.53%) EDI
12 10 (0.53%) RESTful
13 8 (0.42%) ASP.NET
14 7 (0.37%) .NET Framework
14 7 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
14 7 (0.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 213 (11.31%) Social Media
2 84 (4.46%) Data Centre
3 80 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
4 73 (3.87%) Management Information System
5 71 (3.77%) Driving Licence
6 67 (3.56%) PKI
7 60 (3.18%) Onboarding
8 46 (2.44%) Replication
9 42 (2.23%) Public Cloud
10 36 (1.91%) Clustering
11 31 (1.65%) CCTV
12 25 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
13 24 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.11%) Cloud Native
15 19 (1.01%) Smartphone
16 18 (0.96%) iPhone
17 16 (0.85%) iPad
17 16 (0.85%) Security Posture
18 15 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
19 13 (0.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,070 (56.79%) Windows
2 610 (32.38%) Windows Server
3 335 (17.78%) Linux
4 288 (15.29%) Windows 10
5 226 (12.00%) Ubuntu
6 118 (6.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 114 (6.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 102 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 76 (4.03%) Apple iOS
10 67 (3.56%) Android
11 47 (2.49%) Mac OS
12 29 (1.54%) VMS
13 18 (0.96%) CentOS
14 13 (0.69%) Debian
15 11 (0.58%) Unix
15 11 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
16 9 (0.48%) SUSE
17 8 (0.42%) Mac OS X
18 6 (0.32%) Windows 7
19 5 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (22.88%) Cybersecurity
2 313 (16.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 313 (16.61%) ITIL
3 306 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
4 263 (13.96%) Customer Service
5 255 (13.54%) IT Strategy
6 238 (12.63%) CRM
7 233 (12.37%) Artificial Intelligence
8 232 (12.31%) Technology Strategy
9 191 (10.14%) DevOps
10 152 (8.07%) Migration
11 133 (7.06%) Mentoring
12 117 (6.21%) Service Management
13 114 (6.05%) Roadmaps
14 108 (5.73%) Agile
15 107 (5.68%) Information Security
16 103 (5.47%) Disaster Recovery
17 99 (5.25%) Continuous Improvement
18 94 (4.99%) Identity Access Management
19 93 (4.94%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 357 (18.95%) PowerShell
2 252 (13.38%) Bash
3 173 (9.18%) SQL
4 56 (2.97%) C#
5 44 (2.34%) Python
6 25 (1.33%) Bicep
7 22 (1.17%) VB
8 20 (1.06%) VBScript
9 16 (0.85%) JavaScript
10 12 (0.64%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.42%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.27%) Java
13 5 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.21%) VBA
15 3 (0.16%) AWK
15 3 (0.16%) Go
15 3 (0.16%) sed
16 2 (0.11%) PHP
17 1 (0.053%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 186 (9.87%) Degree
2 121 (6.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 92 (4.88%) Azure Certification
4 83 (4.41%) Security Cleared
5 42 (2.23%) SC Cleared
6 40 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (2.07%) A+ Certification
7 39 (2.07%) Network+ Certification
8 38 (2.02%) MCSE
9 34 (1.80%) CCNA
10 29 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 27 (1.43%) DV Cleared
12 26 (1.38%) MCP
13 22 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
13 22 (1.17%) MCSA
14 20 (1.06%) CISSP
15 19 (1.01%) AWS Certification
15 19 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 17 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (0.85%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (5.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 84 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 61 (3.24%) SLA
4 54 (2.87%) GDPR
5 28 (1.49%) NIST
6 24 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (0.53%) PMO
8 9 (0.48%) GRC
8 9 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.37%) NCSC
10 6 (0.32%) COBIT
10 6 (0.32%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.32%) Web Application Security Consortium
11 5 (0.27%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.21%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.16%) QA
13 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.16%) WCAG
14 1 (0.053%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.053%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1,655 (87.85%) Active Directory
2 263 (13.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 252 (13.38%) Hyper-V
4 115 (6.10%) VMware ESXi
5 87 (4.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 82 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
7 45 (2.39%) vSphere
8 38 (2.02%) Docker
9 16 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
9 16 (0.85%) XenApp
10 10 (0.53%) Terminal Services
10 10 (0.53%) XenDesktop
11 8 (0.42%) pfSense
12 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (0.32%) NFS
14 4 (0.21%) Firmware
15 2 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 1 (0.053%) Terminal Server
16 1 (0.053%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 1 (0.053%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 827 (43.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 234 (12.42%) Jamf Pro
3 163 (8.65%) SCCM
4 101 (5.36%) Single Sign-On
5 76 (4.03%) Terraform
5 76 (4.03%) vCenter Server
6 72 (3.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 72 (3.82%) Kubernetes
7 43 (2.28%) WSUS
8 27 (1.43%) SCOM
9 26 (1.38%) FortiGate
10 21 (1.11%) Microsoft Clustering
11 15 (0.80%) Ansible
12 12 (0.64%) CA Single Sign-On
13 11 (0.58%) Autotask
13 11 (0.58%) Backup Exec
14 10 (0.53%) vRealize
15 9 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
15 9 (0.48%) ZABBIX
16 6 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1,376 (73.04%) Microsoft
2 406 (21.55%) VMware
3 228 (12.10%) CyberArk
4 210 (11.15%) Tanium
5 142 (7.54%) Citrix
6 140 (7.43%) Veeam
7 137 (7.27%) Cisco
8 80 (4.25%) ServiceNow
9 61 (3.24%) Meraki
10 60 (3.18%) Apple
11 46 (2.44%) HP
12 39 (2.07%) Sophos
13 36 (1.91%) Draytek
14 35 (1.86%) Google
15 32 (1.70%) iManage
16 31 (1.65%) Commvault
17 29 (1.54%) Acronis
17 29 (1.54%) Dell
18 26 (1.38%) Aruba
19 25 (1.33%) CA