IAM Specialist Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist)
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist) daily rate in Oxfordshire is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £488 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 154 127 190
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.02% 90.71% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 76 140
10th Percentile £174 £175 £170
25th Percentile £252 £372 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £600 £644 £651
South East median daily rate £500 £509 £510
% change year-on-year -1.82% -0.15% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 13
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.97 £25.05
25th Percentile £19.54 £19.25 £25.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.50 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year +22.68% -36.57% +90.12%
75th Percentile £27.25 £26.37 £50.00
90th Percentile £86.98 £39.50 -
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.50 £51.24
% change year-on-year -63.84% +12.22% +45.52%

IAM Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IAM Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

IAM Specialist job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

IAM Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IAM Specialist within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Abingdon - 1 - -
IAM Specialist
South East

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, IAM Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Oxfordshire region featuring IAM Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (50.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) HND
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) RBAC
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) RBAC
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) HND
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (50.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk