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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 196 323
Rank change year-on-year +81 +127 -115
Permanent jobs citing Entra ID 869 737 808
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.57% 1.82% 1.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.93% 3.76% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 522 580 666
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,938 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,650 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -4.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,625 £80,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% - -6.67%

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 14,653 19,603 37,748
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.34% 48.31% 52.97%
Number of salaries quoted 11,910 14,302 21,927
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +11.12%
75th Percentile £79,500 £85,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £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 20 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
1 241 (27.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (18.41%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.04%) Confluence
4 8 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (0.69%) IIS
6 3 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 55 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.69%) Trello
4 1 (0.12%) 1Password
4 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.46%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 788 (90.68%) Azure
2 450 (51.78%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (8.17%) OneDrive
4 54 (6.21%) Power Platform
5 48 (5.52%) IaaS
6 45 (5.18%) AWS
7 43 (4.95%) PaaS
7 43 (4.95%) SaaS
8 42 (4.83%) Azure Storage
9 41 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
10 37 (4.26%) PowerApps
11 34 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
12 32 (3.68%) Power Automate
13 29 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
13 29 (3.34%) Microsoft Purview
14 26 (2.99%) Serverless
15 22 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
16 18 (2.07%) WhatsApp
17 17 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
18 16 (1.84%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 218 (25.09%) Broadband
2 210 (24.17%) 5G
3 147 (16.92%) DNS
4 134 (15.42%) Firewall
5 102 (11.74%) DHCP
6 66 (7.59%) WAN
7 52 (5.98%) Wi-Fi
8 48 (5.52%) LAN
8 48 (5.52%) VPN
9 44 (5.06%) TCP/IP
10 25 (2.88%) VLAN
10 25 (2.88%) VoIP
11 24 (2.76%) SAN
11 24 (2.76%) Wireless
12 23 (2.65%) Network Security
13 22 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
13 22 (2.53%) SD-WAN
14 15 (1.73%) Internet
15 13 (1.50%) DKIM
15 13 (1.50%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (5.75%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 30 (3.45%) Power BI
3 15 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (0.81%) Redis
7 5 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.58%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.58%) PowerPivot
8 4 (0.46%) MySQL
8 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.35%) Ingres
9 3 (0.35%) MariaDB
9 3 (0.35%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.23%) Big Data
10 2 (0.23%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.23%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (3.22%) JIRA
2 12 (1.38%) Git
3 3 (0.35%) Moq
3 3 (0.35%) Postman
3 3 (0.35%) Selenium
3 3 (0.35%) SoapUI
3 3 (0.35%) SpecFlow
3 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.23%) GitLab
4 2 (0.23%) JUnit
4 2 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
General
1 252 (29.00%) Analytical Skills
2 226 (26.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 218 (25.09%) Social Skills
4 111 (12.77%) Finance
5 56 (6.44%) Legal
6 45 (5.18%) Law
7 39 (4.49%) Banking
8 32 (3.68%) Public Sector
9 22 (2.53%) Marketing
10 12 (1.38%) General Ledger
10 12 (1.38%) Retail
10 12 (1.38%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.04%) Manufacturing
13 8 (0.92%) Advertising
14 6 (0.69%) Police
15 5 (0.58%) Automotive
15 5 (0.58%) Electronics
15 5 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 251 (28.88%) Senior
2 210 (24.17%) Linux Specialist
2 210 (24.17%) Technical Specialist
3 127 (14.61%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 127 (14.61%) Senior Linux Specialist
3 127 (14.61%) Senior Technical Specialist
3 127 (14.61%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
4 97 (11.16%) Support Engineer
5 93 (10.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 85 (9.78%) Analyst
7 79 (9.09%) IT Engineer
8 66 (7.59%) IT Support
9 65 (7.48%) Consultant
10 43 (4.95%) IT Support Engineer
11 42 (4.83%) Lead
12 38 (4.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 35 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
14 34 (3.91%) Technical Consultant
15 31 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
16 28 (3.22%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.76%) .NET
2 23 (2.65%) ARM Templates
3 11 (1.27%) REST
4 10 (1.15%) CSS
5 9 (1.04%) OAuth
6 8 (0.92%) ASP.NET
6 8 (0.92%) HTML
6 8 (0.92%) Web Services
7 7 (0.81%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (0.81%) LDAP
7 7 (0.81%) React
7 7 (0.81%) YAML
8 6 (0.69%) Entity Framework
8 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
8 6 (0.69%) SOAP
8 6 (0.69%) SPFx
9 5 (0.58%) HTML5 Canvas
9 5 (0.58%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.46%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.46%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 211 (24.28%) Social Media
2 57 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
3 52 (5.98%) PKI
4 51 (5.87%) Management Information System
5 39 (4.49%) Data Centre
6 31 (3.57%) Public Cloud
7 26 (2.99%) Driving Licence
8 20 (2.30%) Clustering
9 18 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (2.07%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.38%) Replication
12 11 (1.27%) iPhone
13 9 (1.04%) iPad
13 9 (1.04%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.92%) CCTV
14 8 (0.92%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 425 (48.91%) Windows
2 264 (30.38%) Linux
3 262 (30.15%) Windows Server
4 213 (24.51%) Ubuntu
5 98 (11.28%) Windows 10
6 54 (6.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 48 (5.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 46 (5.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (1.96%) Apple iOS
10 12 (1.38%) Mac OS
11 11 (1.27%) Android
12 9 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (0.81%) VMS
14 6 (0.69%) Unix
15 4 (0.46%) CentOS
15 4 (0.46%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.35%) Debian
16 3 (0.35%) SUSE
16 3 (0.35%) Windows 7
17 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (36.82%) Cybersecurity
2 228 (26.24%) CRM
3 220 (25.32%) IT Strategy
4 217 (24.97%) Artificial Intelligence
5 214 (24.63%) Technology Strategy
6 142 (16.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 130 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
8 116 (13.35%) ITIL
9 96 (11.05%) DevOps
10 89 (10.24%) Information Security
11 87 (10.01%) Roadmaps
12 79 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
13 72 (8.29%) Agile
13 72 (8.29%) Customer Service
14 62 (7.13%) Mentoring
15 59 (6.79%) Coaching
16 52 (5.98%) RBAC
17 51 (5.87%) Service Management
18 50 (5.75%) Migration
19 47 (5.41%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 227 (26.12%) Bash
2 171 (19.68%) PowerShell
3 98 (11.28%) SQL
4 47 (5.41%) C#
5 21 (2.42%) VB
6 20 (2.30%) VBScript
7 17 (1.96%) Bicep
8 9 (1.04%) Python
9 8 (0.92%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.92%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.69%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.46%) Java
11 4 (0.46%) VBA
12 3 (0.35%) AWK
12 3 (0.35%) sed
13 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 91 (10.47%) Degree
2 45 (5.18%) Security Cleared
3 40 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (2.53%) Azure Certification
5 21 (2.42%) DV Cleared
6 20 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 19 (2.19%) SC Cleared
8 14 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.15%) MCSE
10 9 (1.04%) CISM
10 9 (1.04%) CISSP
11 7 (0.81%) MCP
12 6 (0.69%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.69%) GIAC
12 6 (0.69%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.69%) SANS
13 5 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.35%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 44 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.88%) SLA
4 14 (1.61%) NIST
5 11 (1.27%) GDPR
6 8 (0.92%) GRC
7 7 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.69%) COBIT
8 6 (0.69%) Web Application Security Consortium
9 3 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.35%) WCAG
10 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.23%) PMO
10 2 (0.23%) QA
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.12%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 792 (91.14%) Active Directory
2 97 (11.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 84 (9.67%) Hyper-V
4 47 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 44 (5.06%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (4.37%) Virtual Machines
7 28 (3.22%) RACF
8 18 (2.07%) Docker
9 15 (1.73%) vSphere
10 5 (0.58%) NFS
10 5 (0.58%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.35%) Firmware
13 1 (0.12%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.12%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 424 (48.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 217 (24.97%) Jamf Pro
3 66 (7.59%) SCCM
4 61 (7.02%) Single Sign-On
5 53 (6.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 39 (4.49%) vCenter Server
7 31 (3.57%) Kubernetes
8 25 (2.88%) Terraform
8 25 (2.88%) WSUS
9 18 (2.07%) SCOM
10 17 (1.96%) Microsoft Clustering
11 12 (1.38%) CA Single Sign-On
12 9 (1.04%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 5 (0.58%) Ansible
15 4 (0.46%) PaperCut
16 3 (0.35%) Nessus
17 2 (0.23%) NetBackup
17 2 (0.23%) PowerCLI
17 2 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 698 (80.32%) Microsoft
2 251 (28.88%) CyberArk
3 210 (24.17%) Tanium
4 159 (18.30%) VMware
5 53 (6.10%) ServiceNow
6 42 (4.83%) Cisco
7 33 (3.80%) Veeam
8 28 (3.22%) Meraki
9 26 (2.99%) Apple
10 24 (2.76%) Citrix
11 19 (2.19%) Commvault
11 19 (2.19%) HP
12 18 (2.07%) CA
12 18 (2.07%) iManage
12 18 (2.07%) Sun
13 12 (1.38%) Adobe
13 12 (1.38%) Sophos
14 10 (1.15%) Dell
15 9 (1.04%) Aderant
15 9 (1.04%) Juniper