Privileged Access Management Contract Job Trends in Central London

Privileged Access Management (PAM)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Privileged Access Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 124 139
Rank change year-on-year +12 +15 +61
Contract jobs citing Privileged Access Management 8 13 18
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.41% 0.56% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.61% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 13
10th Percentile £538 £513 £450
25th Percentile £564 £558 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £638 £706 £650
90th Percentile £731 £775 £833
London median daily rate £618 £573 £600
% change year-on-year +7.86% -4.58% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Privileged Access Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,817 2,143 2,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.90% 92.05% 89.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,228 1,365 1,966
10th Percentile £321 £363 £359
25th Percentile £421 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% +3.48%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 28 18
10th Percentile £18.15 £17.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.75 £24.83 £16.71
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +30.84% -36.31%
75th Percentile £50.75 £65.63 £45.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £119.65 £57.73
London median hourly rate £30.00 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% -4.00% +5.63%

Privileged Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Privileged Access Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Privileged Access Management job vacancy trend in Central London

Privileged Access Management
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Privileged Access Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Privileged Access Management

Privileged Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Privileged Access Management in Central London over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Privileged Access Management in Central London

Privileged Access Management
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 October 2025. 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
City of London -1 8 £618 +0.82% 2
Privileged Access Management
London

Privileged Access Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Architect
1 1 (12.50%) CyberArk Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Operations Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth
1 1 (12.50%) OpenID
1 1 (12.50%) SailPoint
1 1 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) BYOD
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (12.50%) Data Security
3 1 (12.50%) E-Discovery
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Principle of Least Privilege
3 1 (12.50%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (12.50%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) CEH
3 1 (12.50%) CISM
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) AirWatch
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) CyberArk
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Okta
2 1 (12.50%) Ping Identity
2 1 (12.50%) Thycotic
2 1 (12.50%) VMware