Identity Access Management Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Identity Access Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 17 32
Rank change year-on-year -11 +15 -
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 13 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 5.44% 4.90% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.74% 5.74% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 2
10th Percentile £354 £533 -
25th Percentile - £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile - £731 -
90th Percentile - £788 -
North West median daily rate £550 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
North West median hourly rate £74.26 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Identity 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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 193 122 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 80.75% 85.31% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 71 89
10th Percentile £160 £300 £313
25th Percentile £339 £469 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -7.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £720
90th Percentile £732 £623 £730
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 19 55
10th Percentile £26.24 £22.24 £14.66
25th Percentile £41.94 £26.56 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.46 £31.52 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +44.23% -31.75% +8.66%
75th Percentile £68.03 £48.59 -
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £49.37
North West median hourly rate £44.00 £31.64 £26.53
% change year-on-year +39.06% +19.28% -29.27%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Identity Access Management job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Identity Access Management
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Identity Access Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Identity Access Management

Identity Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management in Lancashire over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Access Management in Lancashire

Identity Access Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Identity Access Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Identity Access Management

Identity Access Management
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Access Management within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 23 February 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
Preston -3 7 £550 -8.33%
Identity Access Management
North West

Identity Access Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 9 (69.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.69%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) GCP
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) WebEx
2 4 (30.77%) DNS
General
1 9 (69.23%) Legal
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Platform Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (69.23%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Product Ownership
2 4 (30.77%) Fat Client
2 4 (30.77%) Thin Client
3 1 (7.69%) PKI
3 1 (7.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
1 5 (38.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
1 5 (38.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Platform Engineering
2 9 (69.23%) Acceptance Criteria
2 9 (69.23%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 9 (69.23%) Product Requirements
2 9 (69.23%) Service Management
2 9 (69.23%) User Stories
3 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Change Control
4 4 (30.77%) ITSM
4 4 (30.77%) Knowledge Management
4 4 (30.77%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (30.77%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Data Security
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.69%) Security Architecture
6 1 (7.69%) SIEM
6 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) PowerShell
2 5 (38.46%) Bash
2 5 (38.46%) Perl
2 5 (38.46%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (30.77%) CCDP
3 4 (30.77%) CCNA
3 4 (30.77%) CCNP
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
1 1 (7.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Cisco
1 9 (69.23%) Citrix
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Red Hat
2 5 (38.46%) VMware