Identity Access Management Contract Job Trends in Preston

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Identity Access Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 10 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 8 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 8.79% 8.70% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.13% 9.52% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile £230 £558 -
25th Percentile £438 £569 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% - -
75th Percentile - £647 -
90th Percentile - £731 -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

Identity 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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 79 42 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 86.81% 91.30% 98.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 19 22
10th Percentile £250 £290 £328
25th Percentile £403 £469 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +26.59% +0.88%
75th Percentile £578 £559 £498
90th Percentile £680 £600 £500
Lancashire median daily rate £455 £500 £623
% change year-on-year -9.00% -19.68% +18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 36
10th Percentile £29.21 £24.43 £20.58
25th Percentile £39.53 £25.17 £33.66
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.96 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +35.47% -32.96% +15.39%
75th Percentile £45.84 £44.63 £51.63
90th Percentile £71.79 £67.70 £74.37
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.45%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Identity Access Management job vacancy trend in Preston

Identity Access Management
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Identity Access Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Identity Access Management

Identity Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management in Preston over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Access Management in Preston

Identity Access Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) XMPP
2 2 (25.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (37.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (37.50%) Product Requirements
2 3 (37.50%) Service Management
2 3 (37.50%) User Stories
3 2 (25.00%) Change Control
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) ITSM
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Bash
1 3 (37.50%) Perl
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 3 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CCDP
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) CCNP
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Citrix
2 3 (37.50%) Red Hat
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) CyberArk