IAM Specialist Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist)
South East > Thames Valley

The median Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist) daily rate in the Thames Valley 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 143 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Specialist 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £488 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,651 1,413 2,549
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 93.33% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,738 866 1,456
10th Percentile £303 £300 £212
25th Percentile £403 £409 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £606 £600
90th Percentile £653 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 58 192
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £15.85
25th Percentile £23.10 £17.50 £19.81
Median hourly rate £79.20 £45.65 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.49% +1.44% -
75th Percentile £85.50 £65.62 £62.70
90th Percentile £95.00 £78.03 £83.94
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £37.55 £47.50
% change year-on-year +33.17% -20.96% -0.61%

IAM Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

IAM Specialist job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

IAM Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IAM Specialist job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IAM Specialist job vacancies in the Thames Valley

IAM Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
IAM Specialist
South East

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley 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