Identity Management Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Identity Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Identity Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 141 166
Rank change year-on-year -41 +25 +15
Contract jobs citing Identity Management 39 26 24
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.82% 0.74% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.85% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 15 12
10th Percentile £367 £400 £366
25th Percentile £447 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £506
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +3.70% -22.12%
75th Percentile £551 £744 £602
90th Percentile £624 £750 £612
England median daily rate £525 £603 £600
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.46 - -
England median hourly rate £90.00 - £55.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Identity 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,204 3,052 4,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.23% 87.18% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,797 1,740 2,710
10th Percentile £220 £263 £293
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £644 £669 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 144 199
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.07 £15.21
25th Percentile £19.75 £17.08 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.26 £30.05
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% -9.30% +33.56%
75th Percentile £55.00 £44.92 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.25 £66.98 £62.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%

Identity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Identity Management job vacancy trend in the North of England

Identity Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Identity Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Identity Management

Identity Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Management in the North of England

Identity Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Identity Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Identity Management

Identity Management
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Management within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Yorkshire -34 31 £509 -27.32% 10
North West -30 7 £608 +51.75% 7
North East -8 1 - -
Identity Management
England

Identity Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (20.51%) Confluence
2 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) Azure
2 10 (25.64%) Entra ID
3 8 (20.51%) AWS
4 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (10.26%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (10.26%) GCP
6 3 (7.69%) GitHub
6 3 (7.69%) OneDrive
6 3 (7.69%) OpenShift
7 2 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (2.56%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (2.56%) PaaS
8 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.56%) Rubrik
8 1 (2.56%) SaaS
8 1 (2.56%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) Kerberos
2 4 (10.26%) SSL
3 3 (7.69%) DNS
3 3 (7.69%) Firewall
3 3 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.56%) Network Security
4 1 (2.56%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (20.51%) JIRA
2 3 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 3 (7.69%) JUnit
2 3 (7.69%) Maven
2 3 (7.69%) Selenium
2 3 (7.69%) WebDriver
3 2 (5.13%) MSI
4 1 (2.56%) Postman
4 1 (2.56%) SoapUI
4 1 (2.56%) Zephyr
General
1 17 (43.59%) Finance
2 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Banking
4 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.13%) Retail
6 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Legal
6 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) Architect
2 6 (15.38%) Lead
3 5 (12.82%) Design Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Security Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Security Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Test Leader
6 2 (5.13%) Administrator
6 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (5.13%) IT Security Officer
6 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
6 2 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Security Officer
7 1 (2.56%) AWS Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Lead Security Architect
7 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (23.08%) OAuth
1 9 (23.08%) SAML
2 8 (20.51%) LDAP
3 5 (12.82%) SailPoint
4 4 (10.26%) OpenID
5 2 (5.13%) React
6 1 (2.56%) ARM Templates
6 1 (2.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Management Information System
1 5 (12.82%) Security Posture
2 4 (10.26%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.69%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (7.69%) PKI
4 2 (5.13%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.13%) NHS
5 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) Linux
1 3 (7.69%) Unix
1 3 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (53.85%) Identity Access Management
2 18 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (38.46%) Privileged Access Management
4 11 (28.21%) Incident Response
5 10 (25.64%) Risk Management
5 10 (25.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (23.08%) Migration
6 9 (23.08%) Secrets Management
6 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (23.08%) UML
6 9 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (17.95%) Cloud Security
7 7 (17.95%) Matrix Organization
7 7 (17.95%) Security Operations
8 6 (15.38%) Cryptography
8 6 (15.38%) Decision-Making
9 5 (12.82%) Commercial Awareness
9 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
9 5 (12.82%) Software Engineering
9 5 (12.82%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.69%) Java
2 3 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.13%) Python
3 2 (5.13%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 14 (35.90%) CISSP
2 10 (25.64%) CISM
3 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (15.38%) Degree
5 4 (10.26%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (10.26%) Master's Degree
5 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
5 4 (10.26%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (7.69%) MCSA
6 3 (7.69%) MCSE
6 3 (7.69%) PhD
6 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.56%) ISTQB
7 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) GDPR
2 6 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (7.69%) PCI DSS
4 2 (5.13%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (28.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.69%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (7.69%) CASB
2 3 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.69%) Nessus
2 3 (7.69%) Terraform
3 2 (5.13%) Grafana
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) CyberArk
2 5 (12.82%) Splunk
3 4 (10.26%) BiZZdesign
4 3 (7.69%) Remedy
4 3 (7.69%) Tenable
5 2 (5.13%) Cribl.io
6 1 (2.56%) OpenAI
6 1 (2.56%) SAP
6 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow