Entra ID Contracts

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 151 145 226
Rank change year-on-year -6 +81 -29
Contract jobs citing Entra ID 695 1,030 1,099
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.59% 1.85% 1.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.91% 5.09% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 750 807
10th Percentile £263 £286 £263
25th Percentile £408 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £587
90th Percentile £750 £725 £654
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £490 £425
% change year-on-year +4.59% +15.29% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 3
10th Percentile - £26.29 £21.11
25th Percentile £17.80 £31.25 £26.32
Median hourly rate £23.80 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.93% +54.29% -26.32%
75th Percentile - £64.50 £51.00
90th Percentile £50.60 £66.00 £60.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.80 £29.49 £17.64
% change year-on-year -39.64% +67.18% -4.65%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,152 20,251 33,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.40% 36.46% 38.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,986 14,657 24,479
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 327 381
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.89
25th Percentile £16.06 £20.00 £15.33
Median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%
75th Percentile £43.75 £69.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.48 £69.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £27.35 £19.09
% change year-on-year -26.87% +43.27% -4.55%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Entra ID over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Entra ID in the UK

Entra ID
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England -6 593 £500 -4.76% 325
London +19 355 £500 -8.68% 94
UK excluding London -15 283 £513 +4.59% 248
Work from Home -21 241 £550 +1.38% 165
South East -20 85 £605 -3.20% 57
North of England -4 55 £500 +5.26% 56
Scotland +66 54 £429 -8.48% 23
South West +21 48 £450 - 40
Midlands -25 33 £500 +29.03% 48
North West -6 31 £525 +10.53% 20
West Midlands -18 22 £350 -18.60% 26
Yorkshire +10 20 £500 +33.33% 29
East Midlands -6 9 £500 +90.48% 22
Wales +18 6 £513 +20.59% 10
East of England -16 3 £450 +37.93% 18
North East +8 2 £550 -21.43% 8

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
1 126 (18.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (12.66%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.87%) IIS
4 10 (1.44%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.01%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.86%) Apache
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.43%) Confluence
8 3 (0.43%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.14%) nginx
10 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.58%) Acrobat
3 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 628 (90.36%) Azure
2 270 (38.85%) Microsoft 365
3 93 (13.38%) Azure DevOps
4 68 (9.78%) AWS
5 65 (9.35%) Azure Monitor
6 59 (8.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 58 (8.35%) Power Platform
8 51 (7.34%) OneDrive
9 50 (7.19%) IaaS
10 49 (7.05%) PaaS
11 45 (6.47%) Azure Storage
12 37 (5.32%) Dynamics 365
13 35 (5.04%) Azure Sentinel
13 35 (5.04%) Serverless
14 33 (4.75%) Azure Functions
15 32 (4.60%) Azure Service Bus
16 30 (4.32%) Azure Key Vault
17 26 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
18 25 (3.60%) PowerApps
18 25 (3.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 102 (14.68%) DNS
2 100 (14.39%) Firewall
3 39 (5.61%) DHCP
4 33 (4.75%) VPN
5 21 (3.02%) Network Security
6 13 (1.87%) WAN
7 12 (1.73%) SAN
8 11 (1.58%) LAN
9 9 (1.29%) Internet
9 9 (1.29%) MPLS
9 9 (1.29%) NAS
9 9 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
9 9 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (1.15%) HTTP
10 8 (1.15%) Skype
11 7 (1.01%) SMTP
11 7 (1.01%) SSH
12 6 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (0.86%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.86%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (14.82%) SQL Server
2 46 (6.62%) Power BI
3 31 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.60%) NoSQL
5 20 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (2.16%) Redis
7 11 (1.58%) Big Data
8 9 (1.29%) Tableau
9 8 (1.15%) Apache Hive
9 8 (1.15%) Impala
10 7 (1.01%) MySQL
11 6 (0.86%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.72%) Metadata
12 5 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.72%) SSDT
13 3 (0.43%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (5.61%) Git
2 21 (3.02%) Selenium
3 15 (2.16%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.58%) SpecFlow
4 11 (1.58%) WebDriver
5 10 (1.44%) Postman
6 8 (1.15%) JIRA
7 4 (0.58%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.43%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.43%) GitLab
8 3 (0.43%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) Katalon Studio
10 1 (0.14%) Maven
10 1 (0.14%) MSI
10 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 172 (24.75%) Social Skills
2 108 (15.54%) Finance
3 78 (11.22%) Public Sector
4 45 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (5.32%) Banking
6 20 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (1.87%) Manufacturing
7 13 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (1.73%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.58%) Legal
9 11 (1.58%) Local Government
10 10 (1.44%) Marketing
11 9 (1.29%) Retail
12 8 (1.15%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.01%) Electronics
13 7 (1.01%) French Language
14 6 (0.86%) Automotive
15 5 (0.72%) German Language
16 4 (0.58%) Front Office
16 4 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 98 (14.10%) Architect
2 91 (13.09%) Developer
3 77 (11.08%) Senior
4 61 (8.78%) Analyst
5 59 (8.49%) Azure Engineer
5 59 (8.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 50 (7.19%) Consultant
7 47 (6.76%) Senior Developer
8 41 (5.90%) Azure Developer
9 35 (5.04%) Support Engineer
10 34 (4.89%) Active Directory Engineer
11 31 (4.46%) Backend Developer
12 29 (4.17%) Active Directory Support
13 28 (4.03%) Security Engineer
14 26 (3.74%) Lead
15 25 (3.60%) Cloud Engineer
16 24 (3.45%) IT Support
17 23 (3.31%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 23 (3.31%) Senior Backend Developer
18 22 (3.17%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (12.23%) .NET
2 74 (10.65%) XML
3 73 (10.50%) SAML
4 51 (7.34%) OAuth
5 48 (6.91%) OpenID
6 44 (6.33%) React
7 41 (5.90%) SailPoint
8 38 (5.47%) .NET Core
9 37 (5.32%) AngularJS
10 31 (4.46%) ARM Templates
11 30 (4.32%) .NET Framework
12 25 (3.60%) CSS
13 21 (3.02%) HTML
14 20 (2.88%) ASP.NET
14 20 (2.88%) LDAP
14 20 (2.88%) REST
14 20 (2.88%) Web Services
15 17 (2.45%) Microsoft Graph
16 15 (2.16%) ASP.NET Core
17 13 (1.87%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.48%) Product Ownership
2 47 (6.76%) PKI
3 38 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (4.60%) Data Centre
5 17 (2.45%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.30%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.16%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 13 (1.87%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.44%) Clustering
10 10 (1.44%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.44%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.15%) Replication
13 7 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.01%) iPhone
13 7 (1.01%) NHS
14 6 (0.86%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 240 (34.53%) Windows
2 105 (15.11%) Windows Server
3 88 (12.66%) Windows 10
4 51 (7.34%) Linux
5 43 (6.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 35 (5.04%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (2.30%) VMS
8 13 (1.87%) Android
9 12 (1.73%) Apple iOS
9 12 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (1.58%) Windows 7
11 8 (1.15%) Mac OS
11 8 (1.15%) Mac OS X
11 8 (1.15%) Unix
12 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.14%) CentOS
13 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (25.32%) DevOps
2 159 (22.88%) CI/CD
3 153 (22.01%) Agile
4 120 (17.27%) Identity Access Management
5 105 (15.11%) Migration
6 86 (12.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 79 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (10.94%) Scrum
9 73 (10.50%) B2C
10 69 (9.93%) ITIL
11 58 (8.35%) Identity Management
12 57 (8.20%) Infrastructure as Code
13 56 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
14 54 (7.77%) Business Intelligence
14 54 (7.77%) RBAC
15 52 (7.48%) Cloud Security
15 52 (7.48%) Multi-Factor Authentication
16 36 (5.18%) Analytics
16 36 (5.18%) Microservices
17 32 (4.60%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 200 (28.78%) PowerShell
2 99 (14.24%) C#
3 65 (9.35%) Bicep
3 65 (9.35%) Python
4 59 (8.49%) SQL
5 38 (5.47%) JavaScript
6 26 (3.74%) VB
7 21 (3.02%) VBScript
8 20 (2.88%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.73%) Java
10 8 (1.15%) Bash
10 8 (1.15%) Scala
11 7 (1.01%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.86%) PHP
13 4 (0.58%) C
13 4 (0.58%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.43%) Ruby
14 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 109 (15.68%) Security Cleared
2 99 (14.24%) SC Cleared
3 70 (10.07%) Degree
4 40 (5.76%) Azure Certification
5 34 (4.89%) DV Cleared
6 31 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (3.17%) AWS Certification
8 21 (3.02%) CISSP
8 21 (3.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 11 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 7 (1.01%) CISM
12 6 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.72%) CISA
13 5 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.58%) CCNP
14 4 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.43%) CCIE
15 3 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
16 2 (0.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.60%) QA
2 15 (2.16%) SLA
3 13 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.73%) NIST
5 11 (1.58%) GDPR
5 11 (1.58%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.72%) GRC
6 5 (0.72%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.58%) COBIT
7 4 (0.58%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.43%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.29%) NCSC
9 2 (0.29%) WCAG
10 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.14%) COSO
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 569 (81.87%) Active Directory
2 60 (8.63%) Virtual Machines
3 42 (6.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 27 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (3.74%) Docker
6 24 (3.45%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.01%) BitLocker
7 7 (1.01%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (0.86%) vSphere
9 4 (0.58%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.43%) NFS
11 2 (0.29%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.14%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 1 (0.14%) Firmware
12 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 148 (21.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (12.23%) Single Sign-On
3 80 (11.51%) SCCM
4 49 (7.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 49 (7.05%) Kubernetes
5 46 (6.62%) Terraform
6 26 (3.74%) SCOM
7 24 (3.45%) WSUS
8 11 (1.58%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (1.15%) Ansible
9 8 (1.15%) Puppet
10 7 (1.01%) PingFederate
11 5 (0.72%) SCVMM
11 5 (0.72%) VxRail
12 4 (0.58%) CASB
12 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.58%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.58%) vMotion
13 3 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.43%) Netcool
Vendors
1 428 (61.58%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.77%) VMware
3 46 (6.62%) CyberArk
4 40 (5.76%) Okta
5 34 (4.89%) Oracle
6 33 (4.75%) CA
7 28 (4.03%) Citrix
8 26 (3.74%) Cisco
8 26 (3.74%) ServiceNow
9 23 (3.31%) Apple
10 13 (1.87%) SAP
11 12 (1.73%) Talend
12 11 (1.58%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (1.29%) Adobe
13 9 (1.29%) HP
13 9 (1.29%) Mitel
13 9 (1.29%) Qualys
13 9 (1.29%) SolarWinds
13 9 (1.29%) Zscaler
14 8 (1.15%) MuleSoft