Identity Management Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Identity Management
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Identity Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 41 51
Rank change year-on-year -20 +10 +7
Contract jobs citing Identity Management 27 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 3.75% 0.68% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 0.73% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 1 1
10th Percentile £372 - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.22% -25.00% +1.05%
75th Percentile £543 - -
90th Percentile £588 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +8.22% -25.00% +1.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 686 273 368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 95.28% 92.54% 96.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 153 232
10th Percentile £319 £220 £389
25th Percentile £400 £421 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.27% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £650
90th Percentile £613 £690 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £478 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -6.37% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £19.10
25th Percentile £14.71 £14.35 £20.00
Median hourly rate £20.08 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -19.58% +18.42%
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.38 £23.75
90th Percentile - £21.05 £28.25
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.08 £18.10 £22.50
% change year-on-year +10.94% -19.58% +52.54%

Identity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Identity Management job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Identity Management
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Identity Management

Identity Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Management in Sheffield over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Management in Sheffield

Identity Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 7 (25.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 6 (22.22%) AWS
2 6 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 5 (18.52%) GCP
4 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (11.11%) OpenShift
5 2 (7.41%) SaaS
6 1 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (3.70%) Azure AKS
6 1 (3.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (3.70%) IaaS
6 1 (3.70%) PaaS
6 1 (3.70%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) Kerberos
2 1 (3.70%) SSH
2 1 (3.70%) SSL
Development Applications
1 6 (22.22%) JIRA
2 3 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 3 (11.11%) JUnit
2 3 (11.11%) Maven
2 3 (11.11%) Selenium
2 3 (11.11%) WebDriver
3 1 (3.70%) Postman
3 1 (3.70%) SoapUI
3 1 (3.70%) Zephyr
General
1 13 (48.15%) Finance
2 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Design Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Lead
3 4 (14.81%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Security Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Test Leader
5 2 (7.41%) Business Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (7.41%) IT Security Officer
5 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Security Officer
6 1 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Designer
6 1 (3.70%) Lead Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Lead Security Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Security Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (37.04%) OAuth
1 10 (37.04%) SAML
2 5 (18.52%) LDAP
2 5 (18.52%) OpenID
3 4 (14.81%) SailPoint
4 1 (3.70%) ARM Templates
4 1 (3.70%) JSON
4 1 (3.70%) OAuth2
4 1 (3.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Management Information System
2 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
3 3 (11.11%) PKI
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 16 (59.26%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (51.85%) Privileged Access Management
4 10 (37.04%) Risk Management
4 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (33.33%) Secrets Management
5 9 (33.33%) UML
6 8 (29.63%) Incident Response
7 7 (25.93%) Migration
7 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (22.22%) Cryptography
8 6 (22.22%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (22.22%) Security Operations
9 5 (18.52%) Architecture Governance
9 5 (18.52%) Commercial Awareness
9 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
9 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
9 5 (18.52%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 5 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
10 4 (14.81%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Java
2 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.70%) Bicep
3 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) CISM
1 9 (33.33%) CISSP
2 5 (18.52%) Degree
3 4 (14.81%) Master's Degree
3 4 (14.81%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (11.11%) PhD
5 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.70%) ISTQB
6 1 (3.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) GDPR
2 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.70%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (14.81%) Kubernetes
3 3 (11.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (7.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (3.70%) Alibaba
3 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.70%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow