IAM Specialist Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

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

The median Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist) daily rate in Gloucestershire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Specialist 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 1.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £475 - £675

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 276 420 439
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.90% 96.11% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 203 261
10th Percentile £212 £376 £359
25th Percentile £350 £469 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £670 £676 £675
90th Percentile £726 £738 £750
South West median daily rate £510 £505 £538
% change year-on-year +0.99% -6.05% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 46 51
10th Percentile £13.50 £30.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £14.84 £58.13 £48.72
Median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.86% +12.50% +46.23%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.25 £78.18
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £58.84
% change year-on-year -62.74% +14.73% +1.53%

IAM Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IAM Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

IAM Specialist job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

IAM Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IAM Specialist job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IAM Specialist job vacancies in Gloucestershire

IAM Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Cheltenham - 2 £475 - 2
Lechlade - 1 £475 -
IAM Specialist
South West

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 13 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 Gloucestershire region featuring IAM Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) LDAP
1 2 (50.00%) SAML
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) OpenID
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (50.00%) Ping Identity
1 2 (50.00%) PingFederate
1 2 (50.00%) Web SSO
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) Aviation
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) SailPoint

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 (50.00%) Aviation
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) LDAP
1 2 (50.00%) OpenID
1 2 (50.00%) SAML
2 1 (25.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Web SSO
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) PingFederate
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Ping Identity