Identity Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Identity Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Identity Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Identity Management over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 275 300
Rank change year-on-year +16 +25 +71
Contract jobs citing Identity Management 75 128 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.62% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.73% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 102 131
10th Percentile £400 £482 £425
25th Percentile £463 £544 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £736 £738
UK median daily rate £558 £605 £563
% change year-on-year -7.85% +7.56% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £54.25
25th Percentile - - £56.88
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £66.88
90th Percentile - - £68.75
UK median hourly rate - - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - +3.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,553 17,505 21,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.71% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,248 10,459 14,852
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 834 2,060 1,308
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.34 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.19 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.72
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

Identity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Identity Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Identity Management in the UK excluding London

Identity Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Identity Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Identity Management in the UK excluding London

Identity Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Management in the UK excluding London

Identity Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Identity Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Identity Management in the UK excluding London

Identity Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
North of England +25 31 £484 -22.02% 52
South East +34 22 £650 +7.44% 40
Yorkshire +26 20 £600 +100.00% 19
Midlands +8 13 £556 -11.00% 33
West Midlands +21 12 £588 -6.00% 16
North West +6 9 £463 -25.40% 14
South West +27 7 £563 -14.77% 21
Scotland +7 4 £538 -8.51% 9
North East - 2 £750 - 21
East Midlands +3 1 £400 -35.69% 15
Wales -1 1 - - 5
Identity Management
UK

Identity Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (10.67%) nginx
2 7 (9.33%) Traefik
3 5 (6.67%) Confluence
4 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (2.67%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.33%) Apache
6 1 (1.33%) Gunicorn
6 1 (1.33%) JBoss
6 1 (1.33%) Tomcat
6 1 (1.33%) WebLogic
6 1 (1.33%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (1.33%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.33%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (5.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (48.00%) Azure
2 33 (44.00%) Entra ID
3 19 (25.33%) AWS
4 10 (13.33%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (12.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 9 (12.00%) Amazon ECS
5 9 (12.00%) AWS CloudFormation
5 9 (12.00%) AWS Fargate
5 9 (12.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 8 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (9.33%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (6.67%) Azure API Management
9 4 (5.33%) Lucidchart
9 4 (5.33%) Power Platform
9 4 (5.33%) SaaS
10 3 (4.00%) Azure AKS
10 3 (4.00%) Azure Storage
10 3 (4.00%) GCP
11 2 (2.67%) Azure Table
11 2 (2.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.00%) DNS
2 9 (12.00%) TCP/IP
3 7 (9.33%) Firewall
4 6 (8.00%) Kerberos
4 6 (8.00%) Network Security
5 3 (4.00%) HTTPS
5 3 (4.00%) SSL
6 2 (2.67%) DHCP
6 2 (2.67%) HTTP
6 2 (2.67%) X.509
7 1 (1.33%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.00%) MongoDB
2 5 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.33%) Power BI
4 3 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.00%) SSDT
5 2 (2.67%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.67%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (2.67%) Power Query
6 1 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.33%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.33%) Redis
6 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (14.67%) GitLab
1 11 (14.67%) Jenkins
2 7 (9.33%) JIRA
3 1 (1.33%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (1.33%) Poetry
General
1 22 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.67%) Finance
4 4 (5.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.67%) Military
5 2 (2.67%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.33%) Banking
6 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.33%) Legal
6 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (17.33%) Analyst
1 13 (17.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 10 (13.33%) Architect
2 10 (13.33%) Senior
3 9 (12.00%) Azure Engineer
4 8 (10.67%) Senior DevOps
5 6 (8.00%) Business Analyst
6 5 (6.67%) Consultant
6 5 (6.67%) Lead
6 5 (6.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 4 (5.33%) Active Directory Engineer
7 4 (5.33%) ForgeRock Engineer
7 4 (5.33%) Security Engineer
7 4 (5.33%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (4.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.00%) Lead DevOps
8 3 (4.00%) Security Analyst
8 3 (4.00%) Security Architect
8 3 (4.00%) Software Engineer
8 3 (4.00%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (18.67%) OAuth
2 10 (13.33%) Keycloak
3 9 (12.00%) cloud-init
3 9 (12.00%) Kafka
4 8 (10.67%) OpenID
4 8 (10.67%) SAML
5 3 (4.00%) .NET
5 3 (4.00%) .NET Core
5 3 (4.00%) ARM Templates
5 3 (4.00%) JDBC
5 3 (4.00%) JWT
5 3 (4.00%) LDAP
5 3 (4.00%) Middleware
5 3 (4.00%) OAuth2
5 3 (4.00%) SOAP
5 3 (4.00%) YAML
6 2 (2.67%) ADO
6 2 (2.67%) SailPoint
6 2 (2.67%) Web Services
7 1 (1.33%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.33%) PKI
2 4 (5.33%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.33%) Replication
3 3 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.00%) Taxonomies
4 2 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.67%) NHS
5 1 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.33%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.33%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (21.33%) Linux
2 13 (17.33%) Unix
2 13 (17.33%) Windows
3 9 (12.00%) CentOS
3 9 (12.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (5.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.33%) Android
6 1 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.33%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (34.67%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 23 (30.67%) CI/CD
3 23 (30.67%) DevOps
4 17 (22.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 15 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 15 (20.00%) RBAC
6 14 (18.67%) Agile
7 12 (16.00%) Migration
8 11 (14.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 11 (14.67%) Observability
8 11 (14.67%) Static Application Security Testing
9 10 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
10 9 (12.00%) Containerisation
10 9 (12.00%) Secrets Management
11 8 (10.67%) ITIL
11 8 (10.67%) Mobile Device Management
11 8 (10.67%) Privileged Identity Management
12 7 (9.33%) Privileged Access Management
13 6 (8.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.00%) Python
2 14 (18.67%) PowerShell
3 11 (14.67%) Bash
4 9 (12.00%) Go
5 7 (9.33%) Java
6 4 (5.33%) Bicep
6 4 (5.33%) C#
6 4 (5.33%) SQL
7 3 (4.00%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.33%) VB
9 1 (1.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 15 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (12.00%) AWS Certification
4 7 (9.33%) Azure Certification
5 4 (5.33%) CISSP
5 4 (5.33%) Degree
5 4 (5.33%) DV Cleared
5 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (2.67%) CCSP
6 2 (2.67%) CISA
6 2 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.67%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.33%) CEH
7 1 (1.33%) CISM
7 1 (1.33%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.00%) NCSC
2 4 (5.33%) GDPR
3 3 (4.00%) NIST
4 2 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.33%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.33%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.33%) QA
5 1 (1.33%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (29.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.33%) Docker
3 1 (1.33%) LXC
3 1 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (24.00%) Kubernetes
1 18 (24.00%) Terraform
2 15 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (16.00%) Prometheus
4 11 (14.67%) Grafana
5 9 (12.00%) Consul
5 9 (12.00%) Istio
5 9 (12.00%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (12.00%) linkerd
5 9 (12.00%) Packer
5 9 (12.00%) Rancher
5 9 (12.00%) ZABBIX
6 7 (9.33%) HAProxy
7 4 (5.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (5.33%) Ansible
7 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (4.00%) Automic
8 3 (4.00%) Puppet
9 2 (2.67%) CASB
9 2 (2.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (16.00%) Okta
3 10 (13.33%) Splunk
4 8 (10.67%) Apple
5 7 (9.33%) ESET
6 5 (6.67%) ForgeRock
7 4 (5.33%) Oracle
8 3 (4.00%) Ping Identity
8 3 (4.00%) UiPath
9 2 (2.67%) CyberArk
9 2 (2.67%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.67%) TOWER Software
9 2 (2.67%) VMware
10 1 (1.33%) AppDynamics
10 1 (1.33%) AVEVA
10 1 (1.33%) BMC
10 1 (1.33%) Commvault
10 1 (1.33%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.33%) Imperva
10 1 (1.33%) SAP