Identity Access Management Contracts in the South East

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Identity Access Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Identity Access Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 106 143
Rank change year-on-year -3 +37 +69
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 55 84 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.57% 1.68% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 2.03% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 56 37
10th Percentile £419 £469 £450
25th Percentile £539 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £580
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +16.38% +13.06%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £700
90th Percentile - - £757
England median daily rate £575 £575 £625
% change year-on-year - -8.00% +7.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.50
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
75th Percentile - - £64.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £23.80 £66.00
% change year-on-year +173.11% -63.94% -8.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,150 4,135 5,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 90.05% 82.93% 89.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,966 2,507 3,413
10th Percentile £250 £260 £263
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.39% +3.60%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 328 238
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.43
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.02 £21.23
Median hourly rate £21.90 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.81% +14.70% +108.33%
75th Percentile £50.50 £70.00 £63.56
90th Percentile £74.75 £76.90 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Identity Access Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Identity Access Management in the South East

Identity Access Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Identity Access Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Identity Access Management in the South East

Identity Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management in the South East over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Identity Access Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Identity Access Management in the South East

Identity Access Management
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 Identity Access Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Thames Valley +17 37 £650 +4.00% 15
Berkshire +20 34 £650 +4.00% 8
Hampshire -16 10 £625 -13.79% 6
Surrey +20 5 £498 -11.56% 1
Oxfordshire -8 3 £600 -7.69% 1
West Sussex +2 2 £550 -4.35%
Kent - 1 £413 - 1
Identity Access Management
England

Identity Access Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.82%) Confluence
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (7.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (29.09%) Azure
2 14 (25.45%) Entra ID
3 7 (12.73%) AWS
3 7 (12.73%) GCP
3 7 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.45%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (3.64%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (3.64%) SaaS
6 1 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.82%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.82%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.82%) Azure App Service
6 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.82%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.82%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (1.82%) Azure Storage
6 1 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.82%) IaaS
6 1 (1.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.73%) Network Security
2 6 (10.91%) Firewall
3 3 (5.45%) VPN
4 2 (3.64%) LAN
5 1 (1.82%) HTTP
5 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.82%) NAS
5 1 (1.82%) SAN
5 1 (1.82%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.82%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.82%) Parquet
2 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Git
1 2 (3.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) Fiddler
General
1 23 (41.82%) Finance
2 22 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 20 (36.36%) Electronics
3 20 (36.36%) Manufacturing
3 20 (36.36%) Marketing
3 20 (36.36%) Telecoms
4 12 (21.82%) Social Skills
5 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.45%) Legal
7 1 (1.82%) Automotive
7 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (63.64%) Architect
2 25 (45.45%) Active Directory Architect
3 5 (9.09%) Consultant
3 5 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 5 (9.09%) Security Consultant
4 4 (7.27%) Cloud Architect
4 4 (7.27%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (7.27%) SAP Security Consultant
5 2 (3.64%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (3.64%) Migration Architect
5 2 (3.64%) Project Manager
5 2 (3.64%) Security Manager
5 2 (3.64%) Security Project Manager
5 2 (3.64%) Support Engineer
5 2 (3.64%) Technical Specialist
6 1 (1.82%) Analyst
6 1 (1.82%) Business Analyst
6 1 (1.82%) Developer
6 1 (1.82%) IT Manager
6 1 (1.82%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (5.45%) SailPoint
3 2 (3.64%) OAuth
4 1 (1.82%) .NET
4 1 (1.82%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.82%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.82%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.82%) Entity Framework
4 1 (1.82%) JSON
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.82%) OpenID
4 1 (1.82%) React
4 1 (1.82%) REST
4 1 (1.82%) RESTful
4 1 (1.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (7.27%) Cloud Native
2 4 (7.27%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.27%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.45%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (5.45%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.45%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.82%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.82%) PKI
5 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.82%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 33 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (5.45%) Linux
3 2 (3.64%) Mac OS
3 2 (3.64%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.64%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.82%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (54.55%) Test Automation
2 27 (49.09%) Agile
3 20 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
3 20 (36.36%) Digital Marketing
3 20 (36.36%) Programme Management
4 10 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 8 (14.55%) Application Security
5 8 (14.55%) Data Protection
5 8 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (14.55%) Roadmaps
6 7 (12.73%) Data Security
6 7 (12.73%) SIEM
7 6 (10.91%) DevOps
7 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (10.91%) Migration
7 6 (10.91%) Zero Trust
8 5 (9.09%) CI/CD
8 5 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
8 5 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (61.82%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.45%) Bash
3 2 (3.64%) Python
4 1 (1.82%) Bicep
4 1 (1.82%) C#
4 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (52.73%) Security Cleared
2 25 (45.45%) DV Cleared
3 5 (9.09%) CISSP
4 4 (7.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (7.27%) CCSP
4 4 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (5.45%) AWS Certification
5 3 (5.45%) Azure Certification
5 3 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.45%) Degree
5 3 (5.45%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.64%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.64%) SANS
6 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.82%) CCSK
7 1 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.82%) GIAC
7 1 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (16.36%) GDPR
3 6 (10.91%) NIST
4 4 (7.27%) PCI DSS
5 3 (5.45%) PSD2
6 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.82%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (1.82%) COBIT
7 1 (1.82%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.82%) NCSC
System Software
1 37 (67.27%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.09%) Docker
3 3 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.45%) SCCM
4 2 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.82%) CASB
5 1 (1.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (43.64%) SAP
2 8 (14.55%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.27%) CyberArk
3 4 (7.27%) VMware
4 3 (5.45%) Zscaler
5 2 (3.64%) Cisco
5 2 (3.64%) Citrix
5 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.64%) Sophos
6 1 (1.82%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.82%) Google
6 1 (1.82%) Okta
6 1 (1.82%) QNX
6 1 (1.82%) Rapid7