Privileged Access Management Contracts

Privileged Access Management (PAM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Privileged Access Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Privileged Access Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 513 609
Rank change year-on-year +96 +96 -37
Contract jobs citing Privileged Access Management 164 187 254
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.31% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.35% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 139 173
10th Percentile £413 £453 £313
25th Percentile £513 £513 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £569
Median % change year-on-year - +5.45% +8.38%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £643
90th Percentile £750 £850 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £600 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +19.94% +5.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Privileged Access 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 37,600 53,916 80,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.32% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,240 37,368 56,382
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
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% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,775 1,932
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.34%

Privileged Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Privileged Access Management in the UK

Privileged Access Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Privileged Access Management in the UK

Privileged Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Privileged Access Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Privileged Access Management in the UK

Privileged Access Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Privileged Access Management within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 +103 123 £620 +3.33% 33
London +106 72 £600 +5.45% 16
UK excluding London +71 63 £625 +4.17% 16
Work from Home +82 58 £600 +4.35% 4
South East +37 31 £650 +13.04% 11
Scotland +38 17 £525 +12.90% 2
West Midlands +32 6 £606 -11.82% 1
Midlands +29 6 £606 -11.82% 2
North of England +20 4 £575 +9.52% 1
North West +19 3 £575 -4.17% 1
East of England +9 2 £725 +31.82%
Wales - 2 £368 -
South West +15 1 £625 +4.17%
Yorkshire +14 1 - -

Privileged 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 11 (6.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.83%) Apache
2 3 (1.83%) IIS
2 3 (1.83%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.83%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.44%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.61%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 55 (33.54%) Azure
2 40 (24.39%) AWS
3 20 (12.20%) GCP
4 19 (11.59%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.27%) GitHub
6 4 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.83%) Amazon Cognito
7 3 (1.83%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.83%) SaaS
8 2 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.22%) AWS Step Functions
8 2 (1.22%) IaaS
8 2 (1.22%) Serverless
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.54%) DHCP
1 14 (8.54%) DNS
2 13 (7.93%) Firewall
3 11 (6.71%) Network Security
4 6 (3.66%) VPN
5 5 (3.05%) LAN
5 5 (3.05%) WAN
6 4 (2.44%) DMZ
6 4 (2.44%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (1.83%) Multicast
7 3 (1.83%) SSH
8 2 (1.22%) BGP
8 2 (1.22%) EIGRP
8 2 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.22%) MPLS
8 2 (1.22%) OSPF
8 2 (1.22%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.61%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.61%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.98%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 14 (8.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (7.93%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.83%) DB2
4 3 (1.83%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 21 (12.80%) JIRA
2 18 (10.98%) Jenkins
3 12 (7.32%) Git
4 11 (6.71%) Maven
4 11 (6.71%) Postman
4 11 (6.71%) SoapUI
5 6 (3.66%) JMeter
5 6 (3.66%) LoadRunner
5 6 (3.66%) Robot Framework
5 6 (3.66%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 33 (20.12%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.51%) Finance
3 19 (11.59%) Public Sector
4 16 (9.76%) Banking
5 10 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.05%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.44%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.83%) Front Office
9 3 (1.83%) Law
9 3 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.61%) Advertising
11 1 (0.61%) French Language
11 1 (0.61%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (25.00%) Architect
2 18 (10.98%) Consultant
3 16 (9.76%) Analyst
3 16 (9.76%) Project Manager
4 15 (9.15%) Security Manager
5 14 (8.54%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 13 (7.93%) Developer
6 13 (7.93%) Security Architect
6 13 (7.93%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (7.32%) Infrastructure Architect
8 11 (6.71%) Security Engineer
9 10 (6.10%) Security Analyst
9 10 (6.10%) Security Project Manager
10 9 (5.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 9 (5.49%) Management Consultant
10 9 (5.49%) Node.js Developer
10 9 (5.49%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
10 9 (5.49%) Senior
11 7 (4.27%) IAM Consultant
11 7 (4.27%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (17.07%) SailPoint
2 12 (7.32%) Node.js
3 10 (6.10%) LDAP
4 7 (4.27%) .NET
4 7 (4.27%) SAML
5 6 (3.66%) OpenID
6 4 (2.44%) RESTful
6 4 (2.44%) Web Services
7 3 (1.83%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.83%) EJB
7 3 (1.83%) J2EE
7 3 (1.83%) JSP
7 3 (1.83%) OAuth
7 3 (1.83%) Servlets
7 3 (1.83%) XML
8 1 (0.61%) JDBC
8 1 (0.61%) JSON
8 1 (0.61%) REST
8 1 (0.61%) SOAP
8 1 (0.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.41%) Management Information System
2 16 (9.76%) Private Cloud
3 15 (9.15%) Data Centre
4 11 (6.71%) Onboarding
5 10 (6.10%) PKI
6 8 (4.88%) Cloud Native
7 7 (4.27%) Product Ownership
8 6 (3.66%) Security Posture
9 5 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (3.05%) Hedge funds
9 5 (3.05%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.44%) CMDB
10 4 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.83%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.83%) Public Cloud
12 2 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.76%) Windows
2 10 (6.10%) Unix
2 10 (6.10%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.27%) Linux
4 6 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (41.46%) Identity Access Management
2 56 (34.15%) Cybersecurity
3 40 (24.39%) Information Security
4 37 (22.56%) Agile
5 29 (17.68%) DevOps
6 28 (17.07%) Use Case
7 21 (12.80%) Vulnerability Management
8 20 (12.20%) SIEM
9 18 (10.98%) Secrets Management
10 16 (9.76%) Cloud Security
11 15 (9.15%) Project Management
11 15 (9.15%) RBAC
12 14 (8.54%) Security Monitoring
13 13 (7.93%) Migration
13 13 (7.93%) Penetration Testing
13 13 (7.93%) Risk Management
13 13 (7.93%) Test Automation
14 12 (7.32%) Containerisation
14 12 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (7.32%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.76%) SQL
2 10 (6.10%) Python
3 9 (5.49%) PowerShell
4 7 (4.27%) Java
5 2 (1.22%) C#
5 2 (1.22%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.61%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 32 (19.51%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.37%) Degree
3 13 (7.93%) CISSP
3 13 (7.93%) DV Cleared
3 13 (7.93%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.27%) PMI Certification
5 6 (3.66%) PMP
6 5 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.05%) CISM
6 5 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (1.83%) SANS
8 2 (1.22%) CCNP
8 2 (1.22%) CEH
8 2 (1.22%) GIAC
8 2 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.61%) CCNA
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (5.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 9 (5.49%) NIST
3 6 (3.66%) GRC
4 3 (1.83%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.22%) GDPR
5 2 (1.22%) NCSC
6 1 (0.61%) COBIT
6 1 (0.61%) GxP
6 1 (0.61%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.61%) QA
6 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (24.39%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.27%) Docker
4 3 (1.83%) Terminal Services
4 3 (1.83%) vSphere
5 2 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (8.54%) Ansible
1 14 (8.54%) Terraform
2 10 (6.10%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (5.49%) Kubernetes
4 7 (4.27%) Puppet
5 1 (0.61%) CASB
5 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.61%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 46 (28.05%) CyberArk
2 38 (23.17%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.71%) Centrify
4 10 (6.10%) Okta
4 10 (6.10%) ServiceNow
4 10 (6.10%) VMware
5 8 (4.88%) Google
6 7 (4.27%) F5
7 6 (3.66%) Cisco
7 6 (3.66%) Oracle
8 5 (3.05%) BeyondTrust
9 4 (2.44%) CheckPoint
9 4 (2.44%) Genesys
9 4 (2.44%) WALLIX
10 3 (1.83%) Citrix
11 2 (1.22%) Adobe
11 2 (1.22%) ForgeRock
11 2 (1.22%) McAfee
11 2 (1.22%) SAP
12 1 (0.61%) Concur