IAM Consultant Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant) daily rate in Cheltenham is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Consultant 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 5.88% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 89 194 192
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.25% 99.49% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 103 105
10th Percentile £386 £413 £342
25th Percentile £500 £522 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £675 £689 £675
90th Percentile £762 £969 £723
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £578 £550
% change year-on-year -17.82% +5.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 25 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile £13.50 £63.75 £27.38
Median hourly rate £14.00 £67.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -79.26% +87.50% -44.83%
75th Percentile £25.25 £73.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £60.10 - £78.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -50.86% +38.55% -19.82%

IAM Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IAM Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

IAM Consultant job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

IAM Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, IAM Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring IAM Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) PingFederate
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (83.33%) Web SSO
3 3 (50.00%) GDPR
3 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (50.00%) LDAP
3 3 (50.00%) OpenID
3 3 (50.00%) Ping Identity
3 3 (50.00%) SAML
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (33.33%) Linux
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) NIST
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 1 (16.67%) AWS
5 1 (16.67%) Azure
5 1 (16.67%) CISM
5 1 (16.67%) CISSP
5 1 (16.67%) GCP
5 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (16.67%) OAuth
5 1 (16.67%) OAuth2
5 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance

IAM Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Aviation
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) LDAP
1 3 (50.00%) OpenID
1 3 (50.00%) SAML
2 1 (16.67%) OAuth
2 1 (16.67%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Web SSO
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GDPR
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (16.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) PingFederate
1 6 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Ping Identity
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce