IAM Specialist Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist)
South West > Dorset

The median Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist) daily rate in Dorset is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.67% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £475 £450 £675
% change year-on-year +5.56% -33.33% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 143 94 173
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 98.95% 98.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 67 108
10th Percentile £350 £214 £172
25th Percentile £382 £363 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +15.63% -15.79%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £630
90th Percentile £688 £680 £825
South West median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 47
10th Percentile £22.63 £14.86 £12.55
25th Percentile £58.43 £16.64 £13.69
Median hourly rate £72.54 £25.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +190.16% +42.86% -67.65%
75th Percentile £74.68 £67.50 £48.47
90th Percentile - - £57.40
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £64.00 £47.92
% change year-on-year -10.16% +33.57% -26.28%

IAM Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IAM Specialist within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 April 2026. 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
Bournemouth - 1 £550 - 2
IAM Specialist
South West

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 1 April 2026, 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 Dorset region featuring IAM Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (100.00%) SAML

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft