Identity Management Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Identity Management
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Identity Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 40 52
Rank change year-on-year -22 +12 +7
Contract jobs citing Identity Management 27 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 3.44% 0.67% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.63% 0.72% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 1 1
10th Percentile £355 - -
25th Percentile £400 - -
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 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £509 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -27.32% +16.67% +2.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 743 278 420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 94.65% 92.67% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 164 256
10th Percentile £317 £210 £375
25th Percentile £402 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £511 £531
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% -3.76% +1.19%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £632
90th Percentile £635 £675 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 10
10th Percentile £16.11 £12.79 £12.45
25th Percentile £19.50 £14.35 £14.55
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.10 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +38.99% -14.85% +116.84%
75th Percentile - £20.38 £23.75
90th Percentile - £21.05 £33.13
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £21.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year +15.63% +8.75% +6.67%

Identity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Identity Management job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Identity Management
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Identity Management
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Management in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Management in South Yorkshire

Identity Management
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Sheffield -19 27 £487 +8.22% 7
Identity Management
Yorkshire

Identity Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) AWS
2 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
3 4 (14.81%) GCP
4 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (11.11%) OpenShift
5 1 (3.70%) IaaS
5 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.70%) PaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Rubrik
5 1 (3.70%) SaaS
5 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 14 (51.85%) Finance
2 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Design Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Lead
3 3 (11.11%) Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Test Leader
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (7.41%) IT Security Officer
4 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Security Officer
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Identity Management Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Lead Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (33.33%) OAuth
1 9 (33.33%) SAML
2 5 (18.52%) LDAP
3 4 (14.81%) OpenID
3 4 (14.81%) SailPoint
4 1 (3.70%) ARM Templates
4 1 (3.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 3 (11.11%) PKI
3 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
8 6 (22.22%) Cryptography
8 6 (22.22%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (22.22%) Security Operations
8 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
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%) Architectural Patterns
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 5 (18.52%) GDPR
2 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.70%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (11.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.70%) SAP
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow