Privileged Identity Management Contract Job Trends in England

Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Privileged Identity Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 485 526
Rank change year-on-year -40 +41 +201
Contract jobs citing Privileged Identity Management 23 12 30
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.073% 0.043% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.082% 0.049% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 28
10th Percentile £356 - £324
25th Percentile £488 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £610
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -22.13% +16.19%
75th Percentile £581 £608 £615
90th Percentile £615 £616 £658
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £610
% change year-on-year +7.69% -20.08% +16.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Privileged Identity 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,067 24,730 32,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.57% 88.83% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,937 15,201 21,830
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,762 813 1,440
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%
75th Percentile £57.44 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%

Privileged Identity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Privileged Identity Management job vacancy trend in England

Privileged Identity Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Privileged Identity Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Privileged Identity Management

Privileged Identity Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Privileged Identity Management in England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Privileged Identity Management in England

Privileged Identity Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Privileged Identity Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Privileged Identity Management

Privileged Identity Management
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 Privileged Identity Management within the England region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
London -11 12 £519 +3.75% 2
North of England -38 3 £470 +17.50%
Yorkshire -48 3 £470 +17.50%
South East -16 2 £575 -4.96% 1
South West - 2 - -
West Midlands -37 1 £639 -
Midlands -37 1 £639 -
Privileged Identity Management
UK

Privileged Identity Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (86.96%) Entra ID
2 19 (82.61%) Azure
3 13 (56.52%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (21.74%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (17.39%) AWS
7 3 (13.04%) GCP
8 2 (8.70%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (8.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (8.70%) SaaS
9 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (4.35%) GitHub
9 1 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (4.35%) IaaS
9 1 (4.35%) Nutanix
9 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) Firewall
1 7 (30.43%) Kerberos
2 2 (8.70%) HTTP
2 2 (8.70%) Network Security
2 2 (8.70%) Wireshark
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (4.35%) DHCP
3 1 (4.35%) DKIM
3 1 (4.35%) DMARC
3 1 (4.35%) DNS
3 1 (4.35%) Internet
3 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Fiddler
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Legal
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Security Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Consultant
3 6 (26.09%) Security Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Security Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Support
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Active Directory Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Data Analytics Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Lead
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (43.48%) OAuth
2 8 (34.78%) OpenID
2 8 (34.78%) SAML
3 7 (30.43%) LDAP
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (4.35%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Security Posture
2 5 (21.74%) BYOD
3 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
3 4 (17.39%) Onboarding
4 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (13.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (4.35%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.35%) Android
3 1 (4.35%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Identity Management
2 9 (39.13%) Cloud Security
2 9 (39.13%) Identity Access Management
2 9 (39.13%) Zero Trust
3 8 (34.78%) Incident Response
3 8 (34.78%) Privileged Access Management
4 7 (30.43%) Roadmaps
4 7 (30.43%) Threat Detection
5 6 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (26.09%) Risk Management
5 6 (26.09%) Security Operations
6 5 (21.74%) Agile
6 5 (21.74%) AI
6 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
6 5 (21.74%) Data Loss Prevention
6 5 (21.74%) Data Security
6 5 (21.74%) E-Discovery
6 5 (21.74%) SIEM
6 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.70%) Bicep
2 2 (8.70%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (4.35%) Python
3 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
2 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
3 6 (26.09%) Degree
4 5 (21.74%) CISSP
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
5 1 (4.35%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) NCSC
2 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.70%) NIST
3 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 17 (73.91%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (13.04%) Terraform
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (4.35%) SCCM
4 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco
2 1 (4.35%) Databricks
2 1 (4.35%) VMware
2 1 (4.35%) Zscaler