Entra ID Contracts in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 149 221
Rank change year-on-year -6 +72 -9
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 571 872 941
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.55% 1.83% 1.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.83% 5.03% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 642 695
10th Percentile £263 £289 £263
25th Percentile £407 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £528 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £588
90th Percentile £724 £738 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 2
10th Percentile - £23.98 £15.71
25th Percentile £17.80 £26.48 £16.04
Median hourly rate £20.80 £32.50 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +93.22% -62.20%
75th Percentile £23.80 £64.50 £17.36
90th Percentile £31.66 £72.35 £17.53
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £54.00 £17.64
% change year-on-year -61.48% +206.12% -62.86%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,813 17,321 27,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.99% 36.28% 38.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,512 12,705 20,077
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
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 £745 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 285 323
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.98 £18.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £38.75 £70.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £37.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.15% +71.59% +0.32%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +16 340 £500 -7.41% 94
South East -26 81 £605 -3.20% 60
North of England +4 53 £550 +15.79% 62
South West +28 46 £445 -1.20% 35
Midlands -16 32 £425 +9.68% 44
North West -10 30 £588 +20.51% 29
West Midlands -19 22 £350 -18.60% 23
Yorkshire +17 19 £525 +40.00% 24
East Midlands -3 9 £500 +90.48% 21
East of England -14 3 £450 +32.35% 19
North East +11 2 £550 -21.43% 11
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
1 108 (18.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (12.61%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.93%) IIS
4 10 (1.75%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.05%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.88%) Apache
7 4 (0.70%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.53%) Confluence
8 3 (0.53%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 32 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 537 (94.05%) Azure
2 224 (39.23%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (15.24%) Azure DevOps
4 63 (11.03%) Azure Monitor
5 58 (10.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 55 (9.63%) AWS
7 49 (8.58%) Power Platform
8 46 (8.06%) PaaS
9 43 (7.53%) IaaS
10 41 (7.18%) Azure Storage
10 41 (7.18%) OneDrive
11 31 (5.43%) Serverless
12 30 (5.25%) Azure Service Bus
13 29 (5.08%) Azure Functions
14 27 (4.73%) Azure Key Vault
14 27 (4.73%) Dynamics 365
15 25 (4.38%) Azure Data Factory
16 23 (4.03%) Azure Sentinel
16 23 (4.03%) SaaS
17 22 (3.85%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 90 (15.76%) DNS
2 88 (15.41%) Firewall
3 33 (5.78%) DHCP
4 26 (4.55%) VPN
5 21 (3.68%) Network Security
6 12 (2.10%) WAN
7 11 (1.93%) LAN
8 9 (1.58%) Internet
8 9 (1.58%) SAN
9 8 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (1.23%) HTTP
10 7 (1.23%) MPLS
10 7 (1.23%) Skype
11 6 (1.05%) NAS
11 6 (1.05%) SSH
11 6 (1.05%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.88%) TCP/IP
13 4 (0.70%) HTTPS
13 4 (0.70%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (17.34%) SQL Server
2 40 (7.01%) Power BI
3 27 (4.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (4.38%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.63%) Redis
6 11 (1.93%) Big Data
7 9 (1.58%) Tableau
8 8 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.40%) Apache Hive
8 8 (1.40%) Impala
9 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.05%) MySQL
10 5 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.88%) SSDT
11 4 (0.70%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.70%) Metadata
12 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.18%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 35 (6.13%) Git
2 21 (3.68%) Selenium
3 15 (2.63%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.93%) SpecFlow
4 11 (1.93%) WebDriver
5 10 (1.75%) Postman
6 6 (1.05%) JIRA
7 3 (0.53%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.53%) GitLab
7 3 (0.53%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.53%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.18%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.18%) MSI
General
1 140 (24.52%) Social Skills
2 107 (18.74%) Finance
3 49 (8.58%) Public Sector
4 44 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (5.78%) Banking
6 20 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (2.10%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.93%) Local Government
9 11 (1.93%) Marketing
10 9 (1.58%) Legal
10 9 (1.58%) Retail
11 8 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.23%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.05%) Electronics
14 5 (0.88%) French Language
14 5 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.70%) Advertising
15 4 (0.70%) Back Office
15 4 (0.70%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 84 (14.71%) Developer
2 79 (13.84%) Architect
3 75 (13.13%) Senior
4 51 (8.93%) Consultant
5 50 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 49 (8.58%) Azure Engineer
7 47 (8.23%) Analyst
7 47 (8.23%) Senior Developer
8 40 (7.01%) Azure Developer
9 31 (5.43%) Backend Developer
10 28 (4.90%) Active Directory Engineer
10 28 (4.90%) Active Directory Support
10 28 (4.90%) Support Engineer
11 26 (4.55%) Security Engineer
12 23 (4.03%) Senior Backend Developer
13 22 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
13 22 (3.85%) Lead
14 21 (3.68%) Python Developer
15 20 (3.50%) Full Stack Developer
15 20 (3.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (14.36%) .NET
2 73 (12.78%) XML
3 48 (8.41%) SAML
4 41 (7.18%) React
5 37 (6.48%) AngularJS
6 36 (6.30%) .NET Core
7 35 (6.13%) SailPoint
8 33 (5.78%) OAuth
9 28 (4.90%) .NET Framework
9 28 (4.90%) ARM Templates
9 28 (4.90%) OpenID
10 23 (4.03%) CSS
11 21 (3.68%) HTML
11 21 (3.68%) REST
12 20 (3.50%) ASP.NET
13 18 (3.15%) Microsoft Graph
14 17 (2.98%) Web Services
15 15 (2.63%) ASP.NET Core
15 15 (2.63%) LDAP
16 13 (2.28%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 47 (8.23%) Product Ownership
2 42 (7.36%) PKI
3 34 (5.95%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.03%) Data Centre
5 17 (2.98%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.80%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.63%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 10 (1.75%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.58%) Replication
10 9 (1.58%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.40%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.05%) Clustering
13 6 (1.05%) Digital Signage
13 6 (1.05%) Hedge funds
14 5 (0.88%) iPhone
14 5 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 212 (37.13%) Windows
2 98 (17.16%) Windows Server
3 67 (11.73%) Windows 10
4 48 (8.41%) Linux
5 40 (7.01%) Windows Server 2016
6 34 (5.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (2.45%) VMS
8 11 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (1.75%) Android
9 10 (1.75%) Windows 7
10 8 (1.40%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.40%) Unix
11 7 (1.23%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.18%) CentOS
13 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (26.62%) CI/CD
2 151 (26.44%) DevOps
3 143 (25.04%) Agile
4 94 (16.46%) Identity Access Management
5 89 (15.59%) Migration
6 74 (12.96%) B2C
7 71 (12.43%) Scrum
8 70 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (10.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 60 (10.51%) ITIL
11 51 (8.93%) Infrastructure as Code
12 50 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
12 50 (8.76%) Identity Management
13 48 (8.41%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 48 (8.41%) RBAC
14 47 (8.23%) Business Intelligence
15 43 (7.53%) Cloud Security
16 35 (6.13%) Analytics
17 34 (5.95%) Microservices
18 29 (5.08%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 180 (31.52%) PowerShell
2 95 (16.64%) C#
3 63 (11.03%) Bicep
3 63 (11.03%) Python
4 52 (9.11%) SQL
5 36 (6.30%) JavaScript
6 25 (4.38%) VB
7 20 (3.50%) VBScript
8 18 (3.15%) Java
9 17 (2.98%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.40%) Bash
10 8 (1.40%) Scala
11 6 (1.05%) PHP
12 5 (0.88%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.70%) C
14 3 (0.53%) Ruby
15 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.18%) C++
16 1 (0.18%) Perl
16 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (13.84%) Security Cleared
2 69 (12.08%) SC Cleared
3 61 (10.68%) Degree
4 33 (5.78%) Azure Certification
5 28 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (4.73%) DV Cleared
7 21 (3.68%) CISSP
8 20 (3.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 13 (2.28%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.40%) CISM
12 5 (0.88%) CISA
12 5 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.70%) CCNP
13 4 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.53%) CCIE
14 3 (0.53%) CEH
15 2 (0.35%) CTC Cleared
15 2 (0.35%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.33%) QA
2 15 (2.63%) SLA
3 13 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.28%) NIST
4 11 (1.93%) GDPR
4 11 (1.93%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.70%) COBIT
5 4 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.70%) GRC
5 4 (0.70%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.35%) NCSC
7 2 (0.35%) WCAG
8 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.18%) COSO
8 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 484 (84.76%) Active Directory
2 56 (9.81%) Virtual Machines
3 39 (6.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 24 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (3.50%) Hyper-V
6 19 (3.33%) Docker
7 7 (1.23%) vSphere
8 4 (0.70%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.35%) NFS
9 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.18%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.18%) Firmware
10 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 122 (21.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (12.78%) SCCM
3 70 (12.26%) Single Sign-On
4 46 (8.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 44 (7.71%) Kubernetes
6 40 (7.01%) Terraform
7 24 (4.20%) SCOM
8 23 (4.03%) WSUS
9 10 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (1.23%) Ansible
10 7 (1.23%) PingFederate
10 7 (1.23%) Puppet
11 5 (0.88%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.88%) SCVMM
11 5 (0.88%) VxRail
12 4 (0.70%) CASB
13 3 (0.53%) CA Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.53%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.53%) Netcool
14 2 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 363 (63.57%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.41%) VMware
3 37 (6.48%) CyberArk
4 30 (5.25%) Okta
5 28 (4.90%) CA
6 23 (4.03%) Oracle
7 22 (3.85%) ServiceNow
8 21 (3.68%) Citrix
9 20 (3.50%) Cisco
10 16 (2.80%) Apple
11 12 (2.10%) Talend
12 10 (1.75%) SAP
13 9 (1.58%) Google
13 9 (1.58%) MuleSoft
13 9 (1.58%) Qualys
13 9 (1.58%) SolarWinds
14 8 (1.40%) Mitel
15 7 (1.23%) Dell
15 7 (1.23%) F5
15 7 (1.23%) HP