Identity Management Contract Job Trends in the South West

Identity Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Identity Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 127 152
Rank change year-on-year +27 +25 +6
Contract jobs citing Identity Management 21 14 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.06% 0.54% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.65% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 3
10th Percentile £543 - £290
25th Percentile £725 £129 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £284 £538
Median % change year-on-year +164.32% -47.21% -6.52%
75th Percentile £775 £550 £648
90th Percentile - £606 £703
England median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £69.38 £55.00
% change year-on-year -6.31% +26.14% -10.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,790 2,167 2,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.63% 84.09% 87.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,030 1,266 1,976
10th Percentile £213 £302 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 208 260
10th Percentile £15.13 £21.70 £22.30
25th Percentile £18.60 £48.00 £46.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £74.06
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.27% +51.44%

Identity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Identity Management in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Identity Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Identity Management

Identity Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Management in the South West over the 6 months to 27 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Management in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Identity Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Identity Management

Identity Management
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 Identity Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
Bristol - 16 £750 - 3
Wiltshire +8 3 £531 -3.41%
Gloucestershire +11 1 £475 - 2
Somerset - 1 - -
Identity Management
England

Identity Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Akamai
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.76%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
1 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (4.76%) VPN
General
1 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (85.71%) Architect
2 16 (76.19%) Integration Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Lead
3 2 (9.52%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Security Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) OAuth
1 1 (4.76%) OpenID
1 1 (4.76%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) PKI
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (76.19%) Logistics
2 16 (76.19%) Visualisation
3 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (14.29%) Zero Trust
4 2 (9.52%) Incident Response
4 2 (9.52%) Security Architecture
4 2 (9.52%) SIEM
5 1 (4.76%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (4.76%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) High Availability
5 1 (4.76%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (4.76%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) Security Operations
5 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.76%) Threat Detection
5 1 (4.76%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.76%) Bash
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (95.24%) Security Cleared
2 17 (80.95%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) CEH
4 1 (4.76%) CISM
4 1 (4.76%) CISSP
4 1 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.76%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (9.52%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.76%) JSP 440
2 1 (4.76%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft