Privileged Access Management Contract Job Trends in London

Privileged Access Management (PAM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Privileged Access Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 293 348
Rank change year-on-year -30 +55 +130
Contract jobs citing Privileged Access Management 44 100 94
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.33% 0.62% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.70% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 61 65
10th Percentile £503 £425 £425
25th Percentile £544 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £573 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% -4.58% -
75th Percentile £788 £675 £675
90th Percentile £850 £775 £808
England median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43.75 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £51.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £47.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Privileged 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,468 14,370 19,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.58% 89.21% 90.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,220 9,409 13,960
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% -1.71%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 178 229
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.13
25th Percentile £25.01 £24.16 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -4.00% +5.63%
75th Percentile £47.25 £56.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.38 £76.05
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +41.67%

Privileged Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Privileged Access Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Privileged Access Management in London

Privileged Access Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Privileged Access Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Privileged Access Management

Privileged Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Privileged Access Management in London over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Privileged Access Management in London

Privileged Access Management
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Privileged Access Management within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +12 8 £618 +7.39% 2
Privileged Access Management
England

Privileged Access Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (34.09%) Azure
2 11 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 7 (15.91%) AWS
4 6 (13.64%) GCP
5 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (9.09%) SaaS
7 3 (6.82%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.27%) GitHub
8 1 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (18.18%) Network Security
2 1 (2.27%) Firewall
2 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.27%) Kerberos
2 1 (2.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.27%) Power BI
2 1 (2.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Gatling
1 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
1 1 (2.27%) JMeter
1 1 (2.27%) LoadRunner
1 1 (2.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (40.91%) Finance
2 14 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 11 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Banking
4 4 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.82%) Financial Institution
5 3 (6.82%) Legal
5 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.55%) Retail
6 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Electronics
7 1 (2.27%) French Language
7 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.27%) Marketing
7 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (13.64%) Security Engineer
2 5 (11.36%) Architect
3 4 (9.09%) Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) Lead
3 4 (9.09%) Security Manager
4 3 (6.82%) IT Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) IT Security Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) Operational Security Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Operations Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Security Architect
4 3 (6.82%) Security Operations Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Senior
5 2 (4.55%) Administrator
5 2 (4.55%) CyberArk Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Identity Management Administrator
5 2 (4.55%) Identity Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (25.00%) SailPoint
2 5 (11.36%) OAuth
2 5 (11.36%) OpenID
2 5 (11.36%) SAML
3 4 (9.09%) LDAP
4 1 (2.27%) Regular Expression
4 1 (2.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 10 (22.73%) Management Information System
3 8 (18.18%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.82%) BYOD
5 2 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.27%) Mainframe
6 1 (2.27%) PKI
6 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Linux
1 4 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (45.45%) Identity Access Management
2 17 (38.64%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (22.73%) Information Security
3 10 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (22.73%) Risk Management
3 10 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (20.45%) Security Operations
4 9 (20.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (20.45%) Zero Trust
5 8 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
5 8 (18.18%) Identity Management
5 8 (18.18%) RBAC
6 7 (15.91%) Cloud Security
6 7 (15.91%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (15.91%) SIEM
7 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
7 6 (13.64%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 5 (11.36%) Computer Science
8 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (11.36%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.82%) Python
3 2 (4.55%) SQL
4 1 (2.27%) BeanShell
4 1 (2.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (36.36%) CISSP
2 9 (20.45%) SC Cleared
2 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
3 8 (18.18%) Degree
4 5 (11.36%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (11.36%) CISM
5 4 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (9.09%) CCSP
5 4 (9.09%) GCIH
6 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (4.55%) CEH
7 2 (4.55%) CISA
7 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.55%) CRISC
8 1 (2.27%) CBAP
8 1 (2.27%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.27%) PMP
8 1 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (29.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (20.45%) NIST
3 7 (15.91%) SLA
4 6 (13.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (9.09%) GDPR
6 3 (6.82%) ITGC
6 3 (6.82%) NCSC
7 2 (4.55%) GRC
8 1 (2.27%) HIPAA
8 1 (2.27%) SOX 404
System Software
1 14 (31.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (6.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.27%) AirWatch
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (45.45%) CyberArk
1 20 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.91%) BeyondTrust
2 7 (15.91%) Okta
3 3 (6.82%) Google
3 3 (6.82%) Ping Identity
3 3 (6.82%) SAP
3 3 (6.82%) Thycotic
4 2 (4.55%) ForgeRock
4 2 (4.55%) Oracle
5 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.27%) VMware