Digital Identity Contract Job Trends in London

Digital Identity
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Digital Identity skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 382 435
Rank change year-on-year +17 +53 +128
Contract jobs citing Digital Identity 7 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.052% 0.062% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.069% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 3
10th Percentile £454 £600 £510
25th Percentile £471 £725 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £750 £550
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +36.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £546 £775 £559
90th Percentile £595 - £565
England median daily rate £484 £750 £570
% change year-on-year -35.53% +31.58% -0.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Digital Identity 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,372 14,498 19,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.58% 89.16% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,169 9,513 14,263
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 181 233
10th Percentile £17.08 £17.25 £18.20
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.15 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% -2.67% +4.90%
75th Percentile £47.00 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £75.80
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.16%

Digital Identity
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Digital Identity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Identity in London

Digital Identity
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Digital Identity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Digital Identity

Digital Identity
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Identity in London over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Identity in London

Digital Identity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (71.43%) AWS
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Akamai
3 1 (14.29%) AWS KMS
3 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) GitHub
3 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SSL
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) S/MIME
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (28.57%) AWS Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 1 (14.29%) ForgeRock Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Fraud Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Fraud Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) IAM Developer
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) OAuth
1 3 (42.86%) OAuth2
1 3 (42.86%) SAML
2 2 (28.57%) OpenID
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) FIDO
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) Node.js
3 1 (14.29%) RESTful
3 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile Wallet
1 2 (28.57%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) API Design
2 2 (28.57%) API Integration
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
2 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (28.57%) Key Management
2 2 (28.57%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) Design Patterns
3 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
3 1 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) OSINT
3 1 (14.29%) RBAC
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (14.29%) CCSP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) PSD2
2 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Apple
1 2 (28.57%) Google
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) CyberArk
2 1 (14.29%) ForgeRock
2 1 (14.29%) Ping Identity