IAM Consultant Contracts

Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant)
UK

The median Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant) daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 681 829
Rank change year-on-year +112 +148 -186
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Consultant 31 32 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.054% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.057% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 21
10th Percentile £478 - £519
25th Percentile £525 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £643
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -10.51% +22.38%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £738
90th Percentile £755 £650 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £650 £600
% change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,448 56,471 84,729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,348 39,474 59,497
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,658 1,569 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.94
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -9.41% +117.95% +2.63%

IAM Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IAM Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IAM Consultant.

Daily rate trend for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IAM Consultant over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IAM Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IAM Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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 +111 23 £600 +9.09% 4
UK excluding London +78 15 £675 +3.85% 2
London +106 12 £525 -4.55% 2
Work from Home +102 8 £575 -1.85% 2
Wales - 5 £700 -
East Midlands - 4 £600 -
Midlands - 4 £600 -
South East +19 3 £675 +8.00% 2
North West - 3 £750 -
North of England - 3 £750 -

IAM Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, IAM Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring IAM Consultant in the job title.

1 22 (70.97%) Identity Access Management
2 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 14 (45.16%) Active Directory
3 12 (38.71%) Entra ID
3 12 (38.71%) Azure
4 10 (32.26%) Security Cleared
4 10 (32.26%) Identity Management
5 9 (29.03%) SAML
5 9 (29.03%) OAuth
5 9 (29.03%) SC Cleared
5 9 (29.03%) OpenID
5 9 (29.03%) SailPoint
6 7 (22.58%) LDAP
6 7 (22.58%) Privileged Access Management
6 7 (22.58%) Ping Identity
6 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
7 6 (19.35%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (16.13%) PingFederate
8 5 (16.13%) Okta
8 5 (16.13%) RBAC
8 5 (16.13%) Information Security
8 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (16.13%) Software Engineering
9 4 (12.90%) Agile
9 4 (12.90%) Finance
9 4 (12.90%) Web Services
10 3 (9.68%) ITIL
10 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (9.68%) HTTP
10 3 (9.68%) JavaScript

IAM Consultant Skill Set
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 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) Azure
1 12 (38.71%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) HTTP
1 3 (9.68%) Network Security
2 1 (3.23%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) NoSQL
General
1 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (29.03%) OAuth
1 9 (29.03%) OpenID
1 9 (29.03%) SailPoint
1 9 (29.03%) SAML
2 7 (22.58%) LDAP
3 4 (12.90%) Web Services
4 1 (3.23%) RESTful
4 1 (3.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.45%) Hedge funds
2 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) PKI
3 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Identity Access Management
2 10 (32.26%) Identity Management
3 7 (22.58%) Privileged Access Management
4 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (16.13%) Information Security
4 5 (16.13%) RBAC
4 5 (16.13%) Software Engineering
5 4 (12.90%) Agile
6 3 (9.68%) ITIL
6 3 (9.68%) Smoke Testing
6 3 (9.68%) Use Case
7 2 (6.45%) Market Research
7 2 (6.45%) Migration
7 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.45%) Risk Management
7 2 (6.45%) Scrum
7 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (3.23%) B2B
8 1 (3.23%) B2C
8 1 (3.23%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) Bash
1 3 (9.68%) JavaScript
1 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
1 3 (9.68%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) Security Cleared
2 9 (29.03%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (45.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (19.35%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (16.13%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) Ping Identity
3 5 (16.13%) Okta
4 3 (9.68%) ForgeRock
5 2 (6.45%) CyberArk
6 1 (3.23%) CA
6 1 (3.23%) IBM
6 1 (3.23%) Novell
6 1 (3.23%) Oracle
6 1 (3.23%) Workday