Privileged Access Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 114 113 129
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 +64
Contract jobs citing Privileged Access Management 8 10 18
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.46% 0.47% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.52% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 13
10th Percentile £538 £486 £450
25th Percentile £564 £533 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% +2.08% -
75th Percentile £638 £775 £650
90th Percentile £731 - £833
Central London median daily rate £618 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +7.39% -4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,642 1,941 2,637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.37% 91.95% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,104 1,207 1,828
10th Percentile £325 £372 £363
25th Percentile £420 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £689 £700
90th Percentile £770 £795 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 17
10th Percentile £16.96 £15.60 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.88 £21.25 £16.61
Median hourly rate £28.15 £38.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.88% +40.00% -35.67%
75th Percentile £50.25 £102.25 £46.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £137.50 £59.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -18.57% +30.84% -36.31%

Privileged Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Privileged Access Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Privileged Access Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Privileged Access Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Privileged Access Management

Privileged Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Privileged Access Management in the City of London

Privileged Access Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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