Identity Management Contracts

Identity Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Identity Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Identity Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 393 498
Rank change year-on-year +20 +105 -50
Contract jobs citing Identity Management 229 357 409
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.60% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.67% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 245 280
10th Percentile £425 £425 £413
25th Percentile £525 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £563 £545
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% +3.21% +9.00%
75th Percentile £688 £673 £650
90th Percentile £775 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £605 £563 £475
% change year-on-year +7.56% +18.42% -2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - - £52.75
25th Percentile - £52.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £60.25
Median % change year-on-year - +3.73% -19.67%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £67.38
90th Percentile - - £72.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £62.50 £65.75
% change year-on-year - -4.94% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Identity Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Identity Management in the UK

Identity Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Identity Management.

Daily rate trend for Identity Management in the UK

Identity Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Management in the UK

Identity Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Identity Management.

Hourly rate trend for Identity Management in the UK

Identity Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Management within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +21 186 £605 +2.98% 67
UK excluding London +23 128 £605 +7.56% 32
Work from Home +62 106 £605 +10.00% 28
London +54 69 £600 +2.56% 31
South East +3 28 £605 +0.83% 11
North of England +2 23 £620 +14.81% 4
South West +27 20 £660 +10.00% 4
Midlands +29 19 £625 +4.17% 8
East of England +28 19 £595 +19.00%
North West +23 18 £620 +12.73% 2
Scotland +32 10 £588 +14.63% 5
East Midlands +26 10 £622 +3.67% 4
Wales +22 9 £700 -
West Midlands +14 7 £625 +4.17% 4
Yorkshire -5 5 £300 -44.44% 2

Identity 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 39 (17.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.11%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.80%) Confluence
4 3 (1.31%) Apache
4 3 (1.31%) IIS
4 3 (1.31%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.31%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 9 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.31%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 78 (34.06%) Azure
2 42 (18.34%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (17.90%) Entra ID
4 27 (11.79%) AWS
5 19 (8.30%) Azure Monitor
6 17 (7.42%) Azure Storage
7 11 (4.80%) GCP
7 11 (4.80%) IaaS
7 11 (4.80%) Power Platform
8 10 (4.37%) PaaS
9 9 (3.93%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.62%) Mimecast
10 6 (2.62%) SaaS
11 4 (1.75%) GitHub
11 4 (1.75%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.31%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.31%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 40 (17.47%) Firewall
2 25 (10.92%) DNS
3 17 (7.42%) DHCP
4 15 (6.55%) VPN
5 7 (3.06%) Kerberos
6 5 (2.18%) Network Security
7 4 (1.75%) MPLS
8 2 (0.87%) DKIM
8 2 (0.87%) DMARC
9 1 (0.44%) Internet
9 1 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.44%) LAN
9 1 (0.44%) OpenLDAP
9 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.04%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.18%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.18%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.31%) DB2
3 3 (1.31%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.87%) Metadata
4 2 (0.87%) MySQL
4 2 (0.87%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.44%) Big Data
5 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.44%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.44%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 14 (6.11%) JIRA
2 7 (3.06%) GitLab
3 4 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.87%) Git
5 1 (0.44%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.44%) Gradle
5 1 (0.44%) JUnit
5 1 (0.44%) Maven
5 1 (0.44%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.44%) Spinnaker
5 1 (0.44%) TestNG
General
1 57 (24.89%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.28%) Finance
3 25 (10.92%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.68%) Telecoms
5 11 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.80%) Manufacturing
6 8 (3.49%) Banking
7 7 (3.06%) Electronics
7 7 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.06%) Marketing
8 4 (1.75%) Automotive
8 4 (1.75%) French Language
9 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.87%) Legal
9 2 (0.87%) Retail
10 1 (0.44%) Advertising
10 1 (0.44%) Danish Language
10 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.44%) German Language
10 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (21.40%) Architect
2 24 (10.48%) Consultant
3 19 (8.30%) Active Directory Support
4 17 (7.42%) Active Directory Specialist
4 17 (7.42%) Support Specialist
5 16 (6.99%) Analyst
5 16 (6.99%) Senior
6 15 (6.55%) Azure Specialist
6 15 (6.55%) Developer
7 14 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (5.24%) ForgeRock Architect
9 11 (4.80%) Administrator
9 11 (4.80%) SharePoint Administrator
10 10 (4.37%) IAM Consultant
11 9 (3.93%) Exchange Engineer
11 9 (3.93%) Full Stack Engineer
11 9 (3.93%) Identity Management Consultant
12 8 (3.49%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.49%) Java Engineer
12 8 (3.49%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.72%) OAuth
2 34 (14.85%) SAML
3 31 (13.54%) OpenID
4 24 (10.48%) LDAP
5 21 (9.17%) HTML
6 19 (8.30%) React
7 18 (7.86%) CSS
8 17 (7.42%) ARM Templates
9 14 (6.11%) SailPoint
10 10 (4.37%) XML
11 9 (3.93%) Web Services
12 7 (3.06%) REST
13 6 (2.62%) JSON
13 6 (2.62%) SOAP
14 5 (2.18%) .NET
15 4 (1.75%) Kafka
15 4 (1.75%) Middleware
15 4 (1.75%) Servlets
16 3 (1.31%) HTML5
16 3 (1.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.48%) PKI
2 19 (8.30%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.06%) Security Posture
5 6 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 5 (2.18%) CMDB
6 5 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.18%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.31%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.87%) IoT
8 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.87%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.44%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 51 (22.27%) Windows
2 35 (15.28%) Linux
3 29 (12.66%) Windows Server
4 17 (7.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (6.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (5.68%) Unix
7 8 (3.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (3.49%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.87%) Android
8 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (29.69%) Agile
2 59 (25.76%) Identity Access Management
3 54 (23.58%) DevOps
4 50 (21.83%) CI/CD
5 42 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (14.85%) Migration
7 29 (12.66%) ITIL
7 29 (12.66%) Roadmaps
8 28 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (11.79%) Service Management
10 25 (10.92%) Analytics
10 25 (10.92%) RBAC
11 24 (10.48%) Software Engineering
12 23 (10.04%) Infrastructure as Code
13 22 (9.61%) Privileged Identity Management
13 22 (9.61%) Technical Leadership
14 20 (8.73%) Full Stack Development
14 20 (8.73%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 19 (8.30%) Log Analytics
15 19 (8.30%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (21.83%) PowerShell
2 32 (13.97%) Java
3 30 (13.10%) SQL
4 20 (8.73%) C#
5 17 (7.42%) Bicep
5 17 (7.42%) VB
5 17 (7.42%) VBScript
6 15 (6.55%) TypeScript
7 11 (4.80%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.06%) Python
9 4 (1.75%) Scala
10 3 (1.31%) Go
11 1 (0.44%) Bash
11 1 (0.44%) DataFlex
11 1 (0.44%) Groovy
11 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.44%) Perl
11 1 (0.44%) XPath
Qualifications
1 60 (26.20%) Security Cleared
2 55 (24.02%) SC Cleared
3 42 (18.34%) Degree
4 21 (9.17%) DV Cleared
5 18 (7.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (5.24%) CISSP
7 10 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.62%) CISM
9 4 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.75%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.31%) CAPM
10 3 (1.31%) SANS
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.87%) PMP
12 1 (0.44%) CISA
12 1 (0.44%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.06%) NIST
3 5 (2.18%) GDPR
3 5 (2.18%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.18%) QA
4 3 (1.31%) GRC
5 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.87%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.87%) NCSC
6 1 (0.44%) COBIT
6 1 (0.44%) GxP
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 74 (32.31%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 18 (7.86%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.18%) Docker
6 2 (0.87%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.87%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.44%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.44%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 36 (15.72%) Single Sign-On
2 30 (13.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 29 (12.66%) Kubernetes
4 23 (10.04%) SCCM
5 22 (9.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (7.42%) SCOM
6 17 (7.42%) WSUS
7 11 (4.80%) PingFederate
8 10 (4.37%) Terraform
9 6 (2.62%) Ansible
10 3 (1.31%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.87%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 2 (0.87%) McAfee ePO
12 1 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.44%) Consul
12 1 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 82 (35.81%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.17%) CyberArk
3 15 (6.55%) Okta
4 13 (5.68%) ForgeRock
5 12 (5.24%) Oracle
6 11 (4.80%) Atlassian
6 11 (4.80%) Ping Identity
7 10 (4.37%) Citrix
7 10 (4.37%) SAP
8 8 (3.49%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.06%) Google
9 7 (3.06%) VMware
10 4 (1.75%) WALLIX
11 2 (0.87%) McAfee
11 2 (0.87%) Sophos
11 2 (0.87%) Workday
12 1 (0.44%) Ariba
12 1 (0.44%) BMC
12 1 (0.44%) HP
12 1 (0.44%) Remedy