IAM Consultant Contract Job Trends in the South West

Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant)
England > South West

The median Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant) daily rate in the South West is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 128 154
Rank change year-on-year +4 +26 -
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Consultant 6 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.28% 0.042% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.046% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £554
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £672 £558
Median % change year-on-year -29.32% +20.54% -
75th Percentile £488 - £561
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £613 £575
% change year-on-year -22.45% +6.52% +12.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,922 2,177 2,999
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.15% 92.25% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,103 1,327 1,988
10th Percentile £220 £246 £263
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £715 £710
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 173 314
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.79 £17.71
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.00 £40.89
Median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +15.06% -10.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.37 £73.75 £82.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +53.19%

IAM Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

IAM Consultant job vacancy trend in the South West

IAM Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IAM Consultant job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IAM Consultant job vacancies in the South West

IAM Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IAM Consultant within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Gloucestershire - 6 £475 - 3
IAM Consultant
England

IAM Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, IAM Consultant 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 West region featuring IAM Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) PingFederate
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (83.33%) Web SSO
3 3 (50.00%) GDPR
3 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (50.00%) LDAP
3 3 (50.00%) OpenID
3 3 (50.00%) Ping Identity
3 3 (50.00%) SAML
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (33.33%) Linux
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) NIST
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 1 (16.67%) AWS
5 1 (16.67%) Azure
5 1 (16.67%) CISM
5 1 (16.67%) CISSP
5 1 (16.67%) GCP
5 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (16.67%) OAuth
5 1 (16.67%) OAuth2
5 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance

IAM Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Aviation
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) LDAP
1 3 (50.00%) OpenID
1 3 (50.00%) SAML
2 1 (16.67%) OAuth
2 1 (16.67%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Web SSO
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GDPR
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (16.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) PingFederate
1 6 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Ping Identity
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce