Identity Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Identity Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Identity Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 604 684 769
Rank change year-on-year +80 +85 -137
Permanent jobs citing Identity Management 304 296 497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.28% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.30% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 230 196 289
10th Percentile £48,821 £38,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,982 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £84,919 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £92,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,783 £57,500 £56,992
% change year-on-year +9.19% +0.89% -5.01%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Identity Management in the UK

Identity Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Identity Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Identity Management in the UK

Identity Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +102 268 £67,000 +3.08% 73
UK excluding London +101 174 £62,783 +9.19% 36
Work from Home +103 136 £62,783 -6.99% 28
London +64 103 £75,000 +11.11% 33
South East +48 48 £65,000 - 15
North of England +90 44 £65,000 -7.14% 5
South West +20 36 £50,000 +5.26% 4
Midlands +12 30 £60,000 +26.32% 6
North West +36 27 £65,000 -13.33% 2
West Midlands +33 27 £60,000 +28.34% 5
Yorkshire +102 10 £79,842 +59.68% 3
Wales +18 7 £50,685 +40.79% 1
North East +4 7 £79,842 +45.17%
Scotland -60 5 £54,750 -36.52% 4
East of England +10 4 £42,500 -22.73% 1
East Midlands -17 3 £55,000 -4.35% 1

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 40 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.61%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (3.95%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.30%) Confluence
5 3 (0.99%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.66%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Cognos Controller
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.33%) HFM
1 1 (0.33%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 1 (0.33%) Oracle FAH
1 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.33%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 199 (65.46%) Azure
2 130 (42.76%) AWS
3 80 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (22.37%) Entra ID
5 35 (11.51%) Azure Monitor
6 34 (11.18%) AWS CloudFormation
6 34 (11.18%) PaaS
7 32 (10.53%) IaaS
8 25 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (7.57%) Azure Key Vault
10 22 (7.24%) SaaS
11 18 (5.92%) Azure Storage
12 16 (5.26%) Serverless
13 15 (4.93%) Azure Service Bus
13 15 (4.93%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (3.95%) AWS KMS
14 12 (3.95%) Power Platform
15 11 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (3.62%) PowerApps
16 10 (3.29%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 84 (27.63%) DNS
2 64 (21.05%) Firewall
3 54 (17.76%) DHCP
4 38 (12.50%) WAN
5 35 (11.51%) SD-WAN
6 29 (9.54%) HTTP
6 29 (9.54%) TCP/IP
7 26 (8.55%) VPN
8 23 (7.57%) LAN
9 12 (3.95%) Wireless
10 10 (3.29%) Broadband
10 10 (3.29%) NAS
11 9 (2.96%) Network Security
12 7 (2.30%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (1.97%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (1.64%) VoIP
15 4 (1.32%) OpenLDAP
16 2 (0.66%) IPv4
16 2 (0.66%) SAN
16 2 (0.66%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.58%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (3.29%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.99%) MySQL
4 3 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.99%) Power BI
4 3 (0.99%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.33%) Redis
5 1 (0.33%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.92%) Git
2 13 (4.28%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.62%) JIRA
4 8 (2.63%) Bitbucket
4 8 (2.63%) Subversion
5 7 (2.30%) GitLab
6 5 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.99%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.99%) JUnit
7 3 (0.99%) Selenium
7 3 (0.99%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.99%) TestNG
7 3 (0.99%) Travis CI
General
1 104 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 65 (21.38%) Finance
3 58 (19.08%) Public Sector
4 44 (14.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (3.62%) Games
8 10 (3.29%) Banking
9 9 (2.96%) Law
10 8 (2.63%) Retail
11 6 (1.97%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.97%) Police
12 5 (1.64%) Legal
13 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.33%) Back Office
14 1 (0.33%) Front Office
14 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 98 (32.24%) Architect
2 72 (23.68%) Senior
3 57 (18.75%) Security Architect
4 46 (15.13%) Lead
5 30 (9.87%) Lead Architect
6 29 (9.54%) Cloud Engineer
6 29 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (8.88%) Consultant
7 27 (8.88%) Lead Security Architect
8 26 (8.55%) Technical Architect
9 22 (7.24%) Azure Engineer
9 22 (7.24%) Senior Architect
10 18 (5.92%) Cloud Architect
10 18 (5.92%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 18 (5.92%) Security Technical Architect
11 16 (5.26%) Developer
11 16 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (4.61%) Active Directory Specialist
12 14 (4.61%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (12.17%) SAML
2 36 (11.84%) OpenID
3 32 (10.53%) HTML
4 25 (8.22%) ARM Templates
5 18 (5.92%) .NET
6 9 (2.96%) OAuth
6 9 (2.96%) SailPoint
7 8 (2.63%) LDAP
8 7 (2.30%) RESTful
9 4 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web API
9 4 (1.32%) Keycloak
9 4 (1.32%) React
9 4 (1.32%) Spring
9 4 (1.32%) Spring Boot
10 3 (0.99%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.99%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.99%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (0.99%) Azure Blueprints
10 3 (0.99%) CSS
10 3 (0.99%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 65 (21.38%) Management Information System
2 62 (20.39%) Cyberattack
3 56 (18.42%) PKI
4 35 (11.51%) Cloud Native
5 33 (10.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 31 (10.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 29 (9.54%) Onboarding
8 23 (7.57%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (6.91%) Data Centre
10 15 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (4.28%) iPhone
12 12 (3.95%) Public Cloud
12 12 (3.95%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (2.63%) Product Ownership
15 7 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
16 6 (1.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 5 (1.64%) Security Posture
18 4 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
18 4 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 66 (21.71%) Windows
2 39 (12.83%) Windows Server
3 36 (11.84%) Linux
4 14 (4.61%) Mac OS
4 14 (4.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (4.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (2.63%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.30%) Android
7 6 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.64%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (28.29%) CI/CD
2 74 (24.34%) Cybersecurity
3 73 (24.01%) Roadmaps
4 70 (23.03%) DevOps
5 66 (21.71%) Information Security
5 66 (21.71%) Infrastructure as Code
6 62 (20.39%) Security Architecture
7 54 (17.76%) Agile
8 47 (15.46%) Application Security
9 45 (14.80%) Analytics
10 43 (14.14%) Technical Leadership
11 41 (13.49%) ITIL
12 36 (11.84%) Cloud Security
12 36 (11.84%) Coaching
12 36 (11.84%) DevSecOps
13 35 (11.51%) Log Analytics
14 34 (11.18%) OWASP
14 34 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (11.18%) SDLC
14 34 (11.18%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.14%) PowerShell
2 30 (9.87%) Bash
2 30 (9.87%) C#
3 25 (8.22%) SQL
4 23 (7.57%) Bicep
5 16 (5.26%) Python
6 14 (4.61%) VB
6 14 (4.61%) VBScript
7 10 (3.29%) Java
8 6 (1.97%) Perl
9 5 (1.64%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.32%) C
10 4 (1.32%) C++
10 4 (1.32%) Go
10 4 (1.32%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.32%) Scala
11 2 (0.66%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.66%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.33%) PHP
12 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (34.54%) Security Cleared
2 80 (26.32%) AWS Certification
3 60 (19.74%) CISSP
4 55 (18.09%) SC Cleared
5 54 (17.76%) CISM
6 52 (17.11%) Azure Certification
7 47 (15.46%) Degree
8 46 (15.13%) DV Cleared
9 38 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 38 (12.50%) CCSP
9 38 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (10.86%) CCSK
11 31 (10.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 29 (9.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 20 (6.58%) Master's Degree
14 14 (4.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 13 (4.28%) OSCP
16 9 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
17 7 (2.30%) CREST Certified
18 5 (1.64%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (12.83%) NIST
2 28 (9.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (3.62%) SOC 2
5 10 (3.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 6 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (1.97%) GDPR
6 6 (1.97%) IASME
7 5 (1.64%) QA
7 5 (1.64%) SLA
8 4 (1.32%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.99%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.66%) COBIT
10 2 (0.66%) GRC
10 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 110 (36.18%) Active Directory
2 52 (17.11%) Docker
3 31 (10.20%) Virtual Machines
3 31 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (5.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (5.59%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.99%) VirtualBox
7 2 (0.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 84 (27.63%) Single Sign-On
2 76 (25.00%) Kubernetes
3 70 (23.03%) Terraform
4 45 (14.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (8.22%) Ansible
5 25 (8.22%) SCCM
6 20 (6.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 18 (5.92%) SCOM
8 17 (5.59%) Puppet
9 14 (4.61%) WSUS
10 12 (3.95%) CA Single Sign-On
11 8 (2.63%) Progress Chef
12 5 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (1.64%) Packer
12 5 (1.64%) Salt
13 4 (1.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 4 (1.32%) Nagios
14 3 (0.99%) Kibana
14 3 (0.99%) logstash
14 3 (0.99%) QRadar
Vendors
1 121 (39.80%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.83%) VMware
3 16 (5.26%) CyberArk
4 15 (4.93%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.61%) CA
6 13 (4.28%) Oracle
7 12 (3.95%) Cisco
7 12 (3.95%) Red Hat
8 11 (3.62%) Google
9 10 (3.29%) Apple
10 8 (2.63%) Splunk
11 7 (2.30%) Atlassian
11 7 (2.30%) Okta
12 6 (1.97%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.97%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.32%) BeyondTrust
13 4 (1.32%) Citrix
13 4 (1.32%) SAP
13 4 (1.32%) SolarWinds
14 3 (0.99%) F5