IAM Specialist Contracts in London

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

The median Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist) daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 386 491
Rank change year-on-year +40 +105 +98
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Specialist 7 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.028% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.030% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile £505 £592 £491
25th Percentile £513 - £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 £613
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +14.29% -2.00%
75th Percentile £638 - £684
90th Percentile - - £724
England median daily rate £539 £700 £475
% change year-on-year -23.07% +47.37% -18.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IAM Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IAM Specialist in London

IAM Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IAM Specialist in London

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 London region featuring IAM Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) RBAC
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
3 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 4 (57.14%) Entra ID
4 3 (42.86%) Privileged Access Management
4 3 (42.86%) Azure Certification
4 3 (42.86%) B2B
4 3 (42.86%) B2C
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (28.57%) CISSP
5 2 (28.57%) CISM
5 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
5 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 2 (28.57%) Migration
5 2 (28.57%) AWS
5 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
5 2 (28.57%) Privileged Identity Management
5 2 (28.57%) Okta
5 2 (28.57%) Security Auditing
5 2 (28.57%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (14.29%) Ping Identity

IAM Specialist Skill Set
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 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) RBAC
3 3 (42.86%) B2B
3 3 (42.86%) B2C
3 3 (42.86%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (28.57%) Privileged Identity Management
4 2 (28.57%) Security Auditing
5 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Azure Certification
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Okta
3 1 (14.29%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (14.29%) CyberArk
3 1 (14.29%) Google
3 1 (14.29%) Ping Identity