IAM Specialist Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

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

The median Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist) daily rate in Cheltenham is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
12 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 2.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 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 79 242 196
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.78% 99.18% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 102 108
10th Percentile £440 £413 £325
25th Percentile £525 £514 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £680 £676 £691
90th Percentile £801 £771 £741
Gloucestershire median daily rate £518 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 29 8
10th Percentile - - £24.08
25th Percentile £13.50 £63.75 £28.69
Median hourly rate £14.00 £70.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -80.00% +45.83% +25.08%
75th Percentile £14.50 £72.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £25.25 £73.75 £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £61.25
% change year-on-year -50.86% +10.20% +35.51%

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 12 October 2025, IAM Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
1 2 (100.00%) SAML
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) OpenID
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (100.00%) Ping Identity
1 2 (100.00%) PingFederate
1 2 (100.00%) Web SSO
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Aviation
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding

IAM Specialist 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
1 2 (100.00%) OpenID
1 2 (100.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Web SSO
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) PingFederate
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Ping Identity
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