Identity Access Management Jobs

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Identity Access Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Identity Access Management 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 380 263 629
Rank change year-on-year -117 +366 -147
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 714 1,318 801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 1.39% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.46% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 382 401 509
10th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £54,861 £53,970 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £103,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Identity Access Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Identity Access Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Identity Access Management.

Salary trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Access Management within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -128 509 £72,500 +4.40% 159
UK excluding London -177 433 £65,000 +8.33% 92
Work from Home +4 242 £70,000 -6.67% 58
London +37 237 £75,000 -10.16% 73
Scotland -34 156 £55,000 -4.86% 9
South East -126 73 £72,500 +20.33% 24
North of England -99 72 £45,000 -30.77% 27
Midlands -80 55 £61,000 -3.56% 16
South West -101 53 £65,000 +25.20% 14
West Midlands -46 42 £57,500 -17.86% 11
North West -99 34 £35,000 -39.46% 20
Yorkshire -3 30 £56,500 -13.08% 6
East of England -27 16 £75,000 -6.25% 3
East Midlands -53 13 £67,250 +28.10% 5
North East -4 8 £45,000 -14.29% 1
Wales -34 6 - -
Northern Ireland +11 4 £72,500 +2.84% 1

Identity Access Management
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 28 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.52%) Apache
3 15 (2.10%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.96%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.82%) Confluence
6 11 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.84%) JBoss
7 6 (0.84%) nginx
8 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.70%) Trello
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) Cognos Controller
2 1 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 293 (41.04%) Azure
2 224 (31.37%) AWS
3 148 (20.73%) Entra ID
4 92 (12.89%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (9.94%) GCP
6 60 (8.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 58 (8.12%) Datadog
8 52 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (5.60%) PaaS
10 36 (5.04%) Cloud Computing
11 32 (4.48%) IaaS
11 32 (4.48%) SaaS
12 27 (3.78%) Azure AKS
13 25 (3.50%) GitHub
14 24 (3.36%) Azure Sentinel
15 22 (3.08%) Serverless
16 18 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
17 15 (2.10%) Azure API Management
18 13 (1.82%) Amazon S3
19 10 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 123 (17.23%) Firewall
2 70 (9.80%) Kerberos
2 70 (9.80%) Network Security
3 66 (9.24%) DNS
4 38 (5.32%) WAN
5 37 (5.18%) VPN
6 29 (4.06%) TCP/IP
7 28 (3.92%) LAN
8 19 (2.66%) DHCP
9 16 (2.24%) Wireshark
10 15 (2.10%) Intrusion Detection
11 12 (1.68%) Internet
11 12 (1.68%) SD-WAN
11 12 (1.68%) Unified Communications
12 8 (1.12%) SSL
13 6 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
13 6 (0.84%) WLAN
14 5 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.56%) HTTP
15 4 (0.56%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (9.38%) Metadata
2 26 (3.64%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.54%) Apache Hive
3 11 (1.54%) Presto
3 11 (1.54%) Redis
4 10 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.26%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.12%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.98%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.84%) Big Data
9 4 (0.56%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.56%) MySQL
9 4 (0.56%) Power BI
10 3 (0.42%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.42%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.28%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.14%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 95 (13.31%) Jenkins
2 85 (11.90%) Bitbucket
3 78 (10.92%) Git
4 65 (9.10%) Artifactory
5 21 (2.94%) GitLab
6 16 (2.24%) JIRA
7 9 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (1.12%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.98%) Katalon Studio
9 7 (0.98%) Subversion
10 5 (0.70%) Postman
10 5 (0.70%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.42%) JUnit
13 2 (0.28%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.28%) Maven
13 2 (0.28%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.28%) Selenium
14 1 (0.14%) Gatling
General
1 296 (41.46%) Finance
2 184 (25.77%) Social Skills
3 158 (22.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 130 (18.21%) Law
5 92 (12.89%) Marketing
6 91 (12.75%) Banking
7 70 (9.80%) Legal
8 38 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
9 37 (5.18%) Public Sector
10 28 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (2.80%) Games
12 13 (1.82%) Electronics
13 11 (1.54%) Retail
14 10 (1.40%) Retail Banking
15 9 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.98%) Advertising
18 6 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
19 5 (0.70%) Financial Institution
20 4 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 149 (20.87%) Senior
2 144 (20.17%) Architect
3 137 (19.19%) Software Engineer
4 132 (18.49%) Analyst
5 126 (17.65%) Lead
6 95 (13.31%) Lead Software Engineer
7 70 (9.80%) Cloud Engineer
8 56 (7.84%) Senior Analyst
9 53 (7.42%) Governance Analyst
10 52 (7.28%) Cloud Software Engineer
11 44 (6.16%) Security Engineer
12 42 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
13 39 (5.46%) Security Architect
14 33 (4.62%) Consultant
15 30 (4.20%) Azure Engineer
16 29 (4.06%) DevOps Engineer
17 27 (3.78%) Security Analyst
18 26 (3.64%) Technical Architect
19 25 (3.50%) Cloud Architect
20 24 (3.36%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (15.55%) SAML
2 100 (14.01%) OpenID
3 83 (11.62%) LDAP
4 72 (10.08%) Web Services
5 70 (9.80%) RESTful
6 66 (9.24%) XML
7 65 (9.10%) JSON
7 65 (9.10%) JSON-LD
8 57 (7.98%) OAuth
9 52 (7.28%) OpenTelemetry
10 28 (3.92%) SailPoint
11 27 (3.78%) REST
12 19 (2.66%) http4s
12 19 (2.66%) Lambda Expressions
13 16 (2.24%) Middleware
14 12 (1.68%) React
15 11 (1.54%) ARM Templates
16 10 (1.40%) Kafka
16 10 (1.40%) Node.js
16 10 (1.40%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 220 (30.81%) Management Information System
2 93 (13.03%) Cloud Native
3 90 (12.61%) Public Cloud
4 72 (10.08%) Enterprise Cloud
5 65 (9.10%) Reference Data
6 34 (4.76%) Security Posture
7 32 (4.48%) Data Centre
8 31 (4.34%) Onboarding
9 30 (4.20%) Product Ownership
10 24 (3.36%) Cyber Threat
11 22 (3.08%) PKI
12 20 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
13 18 (2.52%) Security Operations Centre
14 16 (2.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 14 (1.96%) Cloud Security Posture
16 12 (1.68%) Operational Technology
17 10 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
18 9 (1.26%) SCADA
18 9 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
19 8 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 114 (15.97%) Windows
2 66 (9.24%) Linux
3 41 (5.74%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.94%) Apple iOS
5 20 (2.80%) Android
5 20 (2.80%) Unix
6 15 (2.10%) Ubuntu
7 13 (1.82%) Solaris
8 11 (1.54%) Windows 10
9 9 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.98%) CentOS
10 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.84%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.70%) Kali Linux
13 4 (0.56%) VMS
13 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.56%) zOS
14 2 (0.28%) OpenVMS
14 2 (0.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (49.72%) Agile
2 272 (38.10%) Cybersecurity
3 206 (28.85%) CI/CD
4 190 (26.61%) Roadmaps
5 160 (22.41%) Information Security
6 153 (21.43%) Software Engineering
7 140 (19.61%) SDLC
8 130 (18.21%) Security Operations
9 121 (16.95%) Cloud Security
9 121 (16.95%) DevOps
10 120 (16.81%) Architectural Design
11 118 (16.53%) Information Architecture
12 117 (16.39%) Community of Practice
12 117 (16.39%) Continuous Delivery
12 117 (16.39%) Operational Stability
13 94 (13.17%) Privileged Access Management
14 92 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
15 90 (12.61%) SIEM
16 89 (12.46%) RBAC
17 87 (12.18%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (16.53%) Java
1 118 (16.53%) PowerShell
2 88 (12.32%) SQL
3 74 (10.36%) Python
4 68 (9.52%) Go
5 65 (9.10%) Prolog
5 65 (9.10%) SPARQL
6 21 (2.94%) Kotlin
6 21 (2.94%) Scala
7 17 (2.38%) JavaScript
8 15 (2.10%) Bash
9 9 (1.26%) Bicep
9 9 (1.26%) C#
10 3 (0.42%) BeanShell
10 3 (0.42%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.28%) Perl
11 2 (0.28%) Ruby
12 1 (0.14%) Groovy
12 1 (0.14%) Lua
12 1 (0.14%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 99 (13.87%) Security Cleared
2 92 (12.89%) CISSP
3 69 (9.66%) SC Cleared
4 63 (8.82%) Degree
5 45 (6.30%) Azure Certification
6 38 (5.32%) CISM
7 31 (4.34%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (4.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 28 (3.92%) CCSP
10 27 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (3.50%) AWS Certification
11 25 (3.50%) CEH
12 22 (3.08%) CISA
13 20 (2.80%) SANS
14 15 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (1.96%) SSCP
16 12 (1.68%) DV Cleared
17 11 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 8 (1.12%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 8 (1.12%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (11.20%) NIST
2 72 (10.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (5.46%) PCI DSS
4 30 (4.20%) QA
5 22 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (2.94%) GDPR
7 17 (2.38%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.54%) NCSC
9 10 (1.40%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 9 (1.26%) SLA
11 7 (0.98%) COBIT
12 6 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.84%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.56%) GRC
14 3 (0.42%) COSO
14 3 (0.42%) ITGC
15 2 (0.28%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.28%) ISO 31000
16 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 228 (31.93%) Active Directory
2 56 (7.84%) Docker
3 50 (7.00%) RACF
4 34 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (3.22%) VMware Infrastructure
7 22 (3.08%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (1.54%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.98%) XenApp
10 6 (0.84%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.56%) vSphere
12 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.14%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 138 (19.33%) Terraform
2 78 (10.92%) Kubernetes
3 62 (8.68%) Single Sign-On
4 57 (7.98%) Grafana
5 45 (6.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 36 (5.04%) Ansible
7 18 (2.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (2.38%) Puppet
9 16 (2.24%) Progress Chef
10 14 (1.96%) Nmap
11 12 (1.68%) QRadar
11 12 (1.68%) SCCM
12 9 (1.26%) Nessus
13 8 (1.12%) Packer
14 7 (0.98%) Istio
14 7 (0.98%) Prometheus
15 6 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
15 6 (0.84%) Nagios
16 5 (0.70%) Kibana
16 5 (0.70%) Suricata
Vendors
1 249 (34.87%) Microsoft
2 98 (13.73%) Splunk
3 67 (9.38%) CyberArk
4 53 (7.42%) Dynatrace
5 34 (4.76%) Google
6 33 (4.62%) VMware
7 30 (4.20%) Oracle
8 29 (4.06%) ServiceNow
9 26 (3.64%) Qualys
10 25 (3.50%) Zscaler
11 24 (3.36%) Cisco
12 19 (2.66%) Rapid7
13 16 (2.24%) Adobe
14 15 (2.10%) Apple
14 15 (2.10%) Atlassian
15 14 (1.96%) Thycotic
16 13 (1.82%) Palo Alto
17 11 (1.54%) Databricks
17 11 (1.54%) ForgeRock
17 11 (1.54%) Salesforce