IAM Specialist Contracts in England

Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist)
UK > England

The median Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist) daily rate in England is £522, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 539 624
Rank change year-on-year +68 +85 +141
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Specialist 21 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.084% 0.032% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.035% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 3
10th Percentile £444 £488 £353
25th Percentile £463 £606 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £700 £475
Median % change year-on-year -25.46% +47.37% -17.75%
75th Percentile £582 - £619
90th Percentile £638 £723 £698
UK median daily rate £537 £700 £543
% change year-on-year -23.29% +29.03% -4.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 23,106 34,702 44,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 92.89% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,171 22,647 31,568
10th Percentile £293 £291 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,050 2,652 1,333
10th Percentile £13.99 £12.86 £14.27
25th Percentile £18.11 £16.58 £19.51
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -27.31% -9.35% +78.37%
75th Percentile £58.66 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.44 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.03% -12.79% +72.00%

IAM Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured IAM Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IAM Specialist in England

IAM Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IAM Specialist in England.

Daily rate trend for IAM Specialist in England

IAM Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IAM Specialist in England over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IAM Specialist in England

IAM Specialist
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
London +53 7 £575 -17.86% 5
South West - 5 £475 -
IAM Specialist
UK

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, IAM Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring IAM Specialist in the job title.

1 14 (66.67%) SailPoint
1 14 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 13 (61.90%) Entra ID
2 13 (61.90%) Azure
2 13 (61.90%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (57.14%) AWS
4 11 (52.38%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 11 (52.38%) Ping Identity
4 11 (52.38%) Identity Management
4 11 (52.38%) Okta
5 10 (47.62%) SC Cleared
5 10 (47.62%) Security Cleared
5 10 (47.62%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (47.62%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (42.86%) OpenID
6 9 (42.86%) SAML
7 8 (38.10%) Python
7 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
7 8 (38.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (38.10%) PowerShell
7 8 (38.10%) HIPAA
7 8 (38.10%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (38.10%) Task Automation
7 8 (38.10%) Regulatory Compliance
7 8 (38.10%) GDPR
8 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
9 6 (28.57%) RBAC
9 6 (28.57%) OAuth
10 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
11 4 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 13 (61.90%) Azure
1 13 (61.90%) Entra ID
2 12 (57.14%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) GCP
4 1 (4.76%) Amazon Cognito
4 1 (4.76%) AWS CloudTrail
General
1 10 (47.62%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (66.67%) SailPoint
2 9 (42.86%) OpenID
2 9 (42.86%) SAML
3 6 (28.57%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 13 (61.90%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (52.38%) Identity Management
3 11 (52.38%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 8 (38.10%) Regulatory Compliance
4 8 (38.10%) Task Automation
5 6 (28.57%) RBAC
6 4 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (14.29%) B2B
7 3 (14.29%) B2C
7 3 (14.29%) Migration
7 3 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
7 3 (14.29%) Requirements Workshops
8 2 (9.52%) Computer Science
8 2 (9.52%) Incident Response
8 2 (9.52%) Privileged Identity Management
8 2 (9.52%) Security Auditing
9 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security
9 1 (4.76%) Roadmaps
9 1 (4.76%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) PowerShell
1 8 (38.10%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) SC Cleared
1 10 (47.62%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (9.52%) CISM
3 2 (9.52%) CISSP
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) GDPR
1 8 (38.10%) HIPAA
1 8 (38.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (47.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Okta
1 11 (52.38%) Ping Identity
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) CyberArk
3 2 (9.52%) Google
4 1 (4.76%) ForgeRock