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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 262 625
Rank change year-on-year -120 +363 -153
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 702 1,326 793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 1.36% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.43% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 377 395 506
10th Percentile £41,700 £46,842 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £53,970 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - -
75th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -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 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -134 497 £72,500 +3.57% 154
UK excluding London -166 422 £65,000 +4.00% 89
Work from Home +17 240 £71,250 -5.00% 60
London +59 235 £75,000 -11.76% 71
Scotland -27 155 £55,000 -4.86% 9
South East -118 73 £72,500 +16.00% 27
North of England -88 64 £50,000 -15.25% 23
Midlands -76 55 £61,000 -12.86% 17
South West -96 51 £65,000 +12.44% 9
West Midlands -30 42 £57,500 -17.86% 12
North West -82 30 £35,000 -39.46% 13
Yorkshire +13 28 £56,500 -13.08% 9
East of England -27 16 £75,000 -6.25% 5
East Midlands -53 13 £67,250 +28.10% 5
North East -2 6 £50,000 -2.44% 1
Wales -36 6 - -
Northern Ireland +11 4 £72,500 +2.84%

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 27 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.56%) Apache
3 14 (1.99%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.99%) Confluence
3 14 (1.99%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.85%) JBoss
5 6 (0.85%) nginx
6 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.71%) Trello
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.43%) 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
1 289 (41.17%) Azure
2 222 (31.62%) AWS
3 145 (20.66%) Entra ID
4 89 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (9.83%) GCP
6 60 (8.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 58 (8.26%) Datadog
8 52 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (5.70%) PaaS
10 36 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
11 33 (4.70%) SaaS
12 32 (4.56%) IaaS
13 27 (3.85%) Azure AKS
14 26 (3.70%) GitHub
15 24 (3.42%) Azure Sentinel
15 24 (3.42%) Serverless
16 18 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
17 16 (2.28%) Azure API Management
18 14 (1.99%) Amazon S3
19 11 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 124 (17.66%) Firewall
2 71 (10.11%) Network Security
3 70 (9.97%) Kerberos
4 67 (9.54%) DNS
5 38 (5.41%) VPN
5 38 (5.41%) WAN
6 29 (4.13%) TCP/IP
7 28 (3.99%) LAN
8 19 (2.71%) DHCP
9 16 (2.28%) Wireshark
10 15 (2.14%) Intrusion Detection
11 13 (1.85%) Internet
12 12 (1.71%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.71%) Unified Communications
13 8 (1.14%) SSL
14 6 (0.85%) Software-Defined Networking
14 6 (0.85%) WLAN
15 4 (0.57%) HTTP
15 4 (0.57%) NAS
15 4 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (9.54%) Metadata
2 26 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (1.57%) Apache Hive
3 11 (1.57%) Presto
3 11 (1.57%) Redis
4 8 (1.14%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.14%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.00%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.85%) Big Data
7 4 (0.57%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.57%) MySQL
7 4 (0.57%) Power BI
8 3 (0.43%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.43%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.28%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.14%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 96 (13.68%) Jenkins
2 86 (12.25%) Bitbucket
3 78 (11.11%) Git
4 65 (9.26%) Artifactory
5 21 (2.99%) GitLab
6 17 (2.42%) JIRA
7 10 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (1.14%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.14%) Subversion
9 7 (1.00%) Katalon Studio
10 5 (0.71%) Postman
10 5 (0.71%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.43%) 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
1 294 (41.88%) Finance
2 183 (26.07%) Social Skills
3 157 (22.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 130 (18.52%) Law
5 92 (13.11%) Marketing
6 90 (12.82%) Banking
7 69 (9.83%) Legal
8 38 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
9 35 (4.99%) Public Sector
10 28 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (2.85%) Games
12 13 (1.85%) Electronics
13 11 (1.57%) Retail
14 9 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.28%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.00%) Advertising
15 7 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.71%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 148 (21.08%) Senior
2 142 (20.23%) Architect
3 136 (19.37%) Software Engineer
4 131 (18.66%) Analyst
5 124 (17.66%) Lead
6 94 (13.39%) Lead Software Engineer
7 71 (10.11%) Cloud Engineer
8 56 (7.98%) Senior Analyst
9 53 (7.55%) Governance Analyst
10 52 (7.41%) Cloud Software Engineer
11 43 (6.13%) Security Engineer
12 42 (5.98%) Senior Software Engineer
13 39 (5.56%) Security Architect
14 33 (4.70%) Consultant
15 30 (4.27%) Azure Engineer
16 29 (4.13%) DevOps Engineer
17 27 (3.85%) Security Analyst
18 26 (3.70%) Cloud Architect
19 25 (3.56%) Technical Architect
20 24 (3.42%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (15.81%) SAML
2 99 (14.10%) OpenID
3 82 (11.68%) LDAP
4 71 (10.11%) RESTful
4 71 (10.11%) Web Services
5 66 (9.40%) XML
6 65 (9.26%) JSON
6 65 (9.26%) JSON-LD
7 56 (7.98%) OAuth
8 52 (7.41%) OpenTelemetry
9 27 (3.85%) REST
9 27 (3.85%) SailPoint
10 18 (2.56%) http4s
10 18 (2.56%) Lambda Expressions
11 16 (2.28%) Middleware
12 11 (1.57%) ARM Templates
12 11 (1.57%) React
13 10 (1.42%) Kafka
13 10 (1.42%) Node.js
13 10 (1.42%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 218 (31.05%) Management Information System
2 91 (12.96%) Cloud Native
3 90 (12.82%) Public Cloud
4 72 (10.26%) Enterprise Cloud
5 65 (9.26%) Reference Data
6 34 (4.84%) Security Posture
7 32 (4.56%) Data Centre
8 31 (4.42%) Onboarding
9 30 (4.27%) Product Ownership
10 24 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
11 22 (3.13%) PKI
12 18 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (2.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 14 (1.99%) Cloud Security Posture
14 14 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.71%) Operational Technology
16 11 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
17 9 (1.28%) SCADA
17 9 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
18 8 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 112 (15.95%) Windows
2 65 (9.26%) Linux
3 41 (5.84%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.99%) Apple iOS
5 20 (2.85%) Android
5 20 (2.85%) Unix
6 15 (2.14%) Ubuntu
7 13 (1.85%) Solaris
8 11 (1.57%) Windows 10
9 9 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.00%) CentOS
10 7 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.85%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.71%) Kali Linux
13 4 (0.57%) VMS
13 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.57%) zOS
14 2 (0.28%) OpenVMS
14 2 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (50.00%) Agile
2 268 (38.18%) Cybersecurity
3 206 (29.34%) CI/CD
4 191 (27.21%) Roadmaps
5 158 (22.51%) Information Security
6 152 (21.65%) Software Engineering
7 140 (19.94%) SDLC
8 130 (18.52%) Security Operations
9 121 (17.24%) Cloud Security
10 120 (17.09%) Architectural Design
10 120 (17.09%) DevOps
11 118 (16.81%) Information Architecture
12 117 (16.67%) Community of Practice
12 117 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
12 117 (16.67%) Operational Stability
13 94 (13.39%) Privileged Access Management
14 89 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
14 89 (12.68%) SIEM
15 88 (12.54%) RBAC
16 85 (12.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (16.81%) Java
2 117 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 87 (12.39%) SQL
4 74 (10.54%) Python
5 68 (9.69%) Go
6 65 (9.26%) Prolog
6 65 (9.26%) SPARQL
7 20 (2.85%) Kotlin
7 20 (2.85%) Scala
8 16 (2.28%) JavaScript
9 15 (2.14%) Bash
10 9 (1.28%) Bicep
10 9 (1.28%) C#
11 3 (0.43%) BeanShell
11 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.28%) Perl
12 2 (0.28%) Ruby
13 1 (0.14%) C
13 1 (0.14%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 98 (13.96%) Security Cleared
2 92 (13.11%) CISSP
3 68 (9.69%) SC Cleared
4 63 (8.97%) Degree
5 45 (6.41%) Azure Certification
6 37 (5.27%) CISM
7 32 (4.56%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (4.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 29 (4.13%) CCSP
10 27 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (3.56%) AWS Certification
11 25 (3.56%) CEH
12 22 (3.13%) CISA
13 20 (2.85%) SANS
14 15 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (1.99%) SSCP
16 12 (1.71%) DV Cleared
17 11 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 9 (1.28%) CCNP
19 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (11.25%) NIST
2 70 (9.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (5.56%) PCI DSS
4 28 (3.99%) QA
5 22 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (2.99%) GDPR
7 16 (2.28%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.42%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (1.42%) NCSC
9 8 (1.14%) SLA
10 7 (1.00%) COBIT
11 6 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.85%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.57%) GRC
13 3 (0.43%) COSO
13 3 (0.43%) ITGC
14 2 (0.28%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.28%) ISO 31000
15 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
System Software
1 225 (32.05%) Active Directory
2 56 (7.98%) Docker
3 50 (7.12%) RACF
4 33 (4.70%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
7 22 (3.13%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (1.57%) Hyper-V
9 7 (1.00%) XenApp
10 6 (0.85%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.57%) vSphere
12 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.14%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 139 (19.80%) Terraform
2 79 (11.25%) Kubernetes
3 61 (8.69%) Single Sign-On
4 57 (8.12%) Grafana
5 43 (6.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 36 (5.13%) Ansible
7 18 (2.56%) Puppet
8 17 (2.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (2.42%) Progress Chef
9 14 (1.99%) Nmap
10 12 (1.71%) QRadar
10 12 (1.71%) SCCM
11 9 (1.28%) Nessus
11 9 (1.28%) Packer
12 7 (1.00%) Istio
12 7 (1.00%) Prometheus
13 6 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.85%) Nagios
14 5 (0.71%) Kibana
14 5 (0.71%) Suricata
Vendors
1 247 (35.19%) Microsoft
2 98 (13.96%) Splunk
3 67 (9.54%) CyberArk
4 53 (7.55%) Dynatrace
5 34 (4.84%) Google
6 33 (4.70%) VMware
7 29 (4.13%) Oracle
7 29 (4.13%) ServiceNow
8 26 (3.70%) Qualys
8 26 (3.70%) Zscaler
9 25 (3.56%) Cisco
10 19 (2.71%) Rapid7
11 16 (2.28%) Adobe
11 16 (2.28%) Atlassian
12 15 (2.14%) Apple
13 14 (1.99%) Palo Alto
13 14 (1.99%) Thycotic
14 11 (1.57%) Databricks
14 11 (1.57%) Fortinet
14 11 (1.57%) Salesforce