IAM Specialist Contract Job Trends in the South East

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

The median Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist) daily rate in the South East is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 155 -
Rank change year-on-year -46 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Specialist 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.12% 0.033% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.036% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £552 £700
% change year-on-year -9.42% -21.14% +47.37%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,267 2,776 5,147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 92.41% 92.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,286 1,827 3,095
10th Percentile £300 £246 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £615
90th Percentile £711 £663 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 494 158 473
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £22.79 £20.89 £18.32
Median hourly rate £50.00 £37.55 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.17% -20.96% -0.61%
75th Percentile £81.04 £64.52 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £76.01 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.88% -7.14% -22.22%

IAM Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

IAM Specialist job vacancy trend in the South East

IAM Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IAM Specialist job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IAM Specialist job vacancies in the South East

IAM Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 22 April 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
Oxfordshire - 7 £488 - 2
Thames Valley - 7 £488 - 2
IAM Specialist
England

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 22 April 2026, 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 South East region featuring IAM Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) SailPoint
3 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
4 2 (28.57%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (28.57%) CyberArk
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) NIST
4 2 (28.57%) OAuth
4 2 (28.57%) OAuth2
4 2 (28.57%) OpenID
4 2 (28.57%) RBAC
4 2 (28.57%) SAML
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
5 1 (14.29%) Azure
5 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (14.29%) Change Control
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) GDPR
5 1 (14.29%) HND
5 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle
5 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
5 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) SailPoint
2 2 (28.57%) OAuth
2 2 (28.57%) OAuth2
2 2 (28.57%) OpenID
2 2 (28.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) RBAC
1 2 (28.57%) SIEM
2 1 (14.29%) Change Control
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (14.29%) Runbook
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) BeyondTrust
1 2 (28.57%) CyberArk
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk