Entra ID Contracts in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 130 127
Rank change year-on-year +21 -3 -28
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 48 29 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.45% 0.86% 1.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.80% 2.63% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 22 24
10th Percentile £211 £211 £204
25th Percentile £363 £381 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £339
Median % change year-on-year - +32.84% -27.46%
75th Percentile £578 £594 £500
90th Percentile £713 £650 £546
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.90 -
England median hourly rate £23.80 £29.49 £17.64
% change year-on-year -19.29% +67.18% -60.36%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 828 1,102 1,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.10% 32.53% 30.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 875 860
10th Percentile £213 £288 £255
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £654 £621
90th Percentile £675 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 61 21
10th Percentile £13.52 £14.61 £11.17
25th Percentile £14.25 £24.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £53.35 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.52% +148.14% -55.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.50 £42.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £54.25
England median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%

Entra ID
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Entra ID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entra ID in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Entra ID in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the South West

Entra ID
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bristol +15 19 £439 +6.48% 14
Gloucestershire +7 11 £450 - 6
Devon +4 8 £563 -6.25% 5
Wiltshire 0 8 £500 -23.08% 6
Somerset -2 1 - - 8
Entra ID
England

Entra ID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 17 (35.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (29.17%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (2.08%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 48 (100.00%) Azure
2 16 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (31.25%) Power Platform
4 10 (20.83%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (16.67%) OneDrive
6 7 (14.58%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (12.50%) PowerApps
8 5 (10.42%) PaaS
9 4 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (8.33%) Power Automate
10 3 (6.25%) AWS
10 3 (6.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (6.25%) Azure Pipelines
10 3 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (6.25%) IaaS
11 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (2.08%) GCP
11 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (25.00%) Firewall
2 6 (12.50%) DNS
3 4 (8.33%) VPN
4 2 (4.17%) DHCP
4 2 (4.17%) LAN
5 1 (2.08%) FTP
5 1 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.08%) Network Security
5 1 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.08%) SAN
5 1 (2.08%) Skype
5 1 (2.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (29.17%) Power BI
2 6 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) MSI
1 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.33%) Banking
3 4 (8.33%) Local Government
4 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.08%) Legal
5 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Analyst
2 8 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Consultant
3 7 (14.58%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (12.50%) Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Security Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Security Architect
6 4 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
7 3 (6.25%) Active Directory Administrator
7 3 (6.25%) Administrator
7 3 (6.25%) Azure Consultant
7 3 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Azure Administrator
8 2 (4.17%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (4.17%) IT Support
8 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (16.67%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.08%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Replication
2 2 (4.17%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.08%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.08%) IoT
3 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.08%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (37.50%) Windows
2 8 (16.67%) VMS
3 6 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (10.42%) Windows 10
4 5 (10.42%) Windows Server
5 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.17%) Business Intelligence
1 14 (29.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (27.08%) Migration
3 9 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
4 8 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 6 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.42%) Agile
6 5 (10.42%) Remediation Plan
6 5 (10.42%) Risk Management
6 5 (10.42%) Service Management
7 4 (8.33%) CI/CD
7 4 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (8.33%) ITSM
7 4 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (6.25%) DevOps
8 3 (6.25%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 2 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (4.17%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.67%) SQL
2 4 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.17%) Python
4 1 (2.08%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.83%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.33%) CISSP
4 3 (6.25%) CISM
5 2 (4.17%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.17%) CISA
5 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.08%) CCNP
6 1 (2.08%) CCSP
6 1 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.08%) Degree
6 1 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.08%) MCP
6 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) QA
2 3 (6.25%) NIST
3 2 (4.17%) GDPR
3 2 (4.17%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.08%) COBIT
4 1 (2.08%) COSO
4 1 (2.08%) GRC
4 1 (2.08%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.08%) SLA
4 1 (2.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (81.25%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.83%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (10.42%) Hyper-V
4 5 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (4.17%) Docker
6 1 (2.08%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 15 (31.25%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (6.25%) SCCM
5 2 (4.17%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
5 2 (4.17%) SCDPM
5 2 (4.17%) SCVMM
5 2 (4.17%) WSUS
6 1 (2.08%) Backup Exec
6 1 (2.08%) HP SIM
6 1 (2.08%) NetIQ Identity Manager
6 1 (2.08%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (39.58%) Microsoft
2 12 (25.00%) CA
3 6 (12.50%) VMware
4 5 (10.42%) CyberArk
5 3 (6.25%) Okta
6 2 (4.17%) Citrix
6 2 (4.17%) Dell
6 2 (4.17%) Oracle
7 1 (2.08%) Cisco
7 1 (2.08%) Commvault
7 1 (2.08%) ForgeRock
7 1 (2.08%) Google
7 1 (2.08%) HP
7 1 (2.08%) NetIQ
7 1 (2.08%) SAP
7 1 (2.08%) Splunk
7 1 (2.08%) Symantec
7 1 (2.08%) Veritas