Privileged Access Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Privileged Access Management (PAM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Privileged Access Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Privileged Access Management over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 329 392
Rank change year-on-year +60 +63 +20
Contract jobs citing Privileged Access Management 68 59 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.29% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.34% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 48 41
10th Percentile £450 £508 £400
25th Percentile £545 £548 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +17.59%
75th Percentile £725 £675 £638
90th Percentile £746 £696 £775
UK median daily rate £613 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +2.08% - +5.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Privileged Access 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 11,463 17,414 21,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.37% 84.70% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,190 10,403 14,840
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £375 £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 £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 832 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.30 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.56
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 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Privileged Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Privileged Access Management in the UK excluding London

Privileged Access Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Privileged Access Management in the UK excluding London

Privileged Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Privileged Access Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Privileged Access Management in the UK excluding London

Privileged Access 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 Privileged Access Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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 +42 22 £600 -6.80% 8
South East +29 18 £630 -3.08% 17
Midlands +30 17 £625 +3.09% 9
West Midlands +29 17 £625 +3.09% 5
North West +25 13 £613 -4.85% 5
South West +43 9 £663 +6.00% 4
Yorkshire +24 9 £469 - 2
Scotland +5 7 £550 +6.80% 4
Privileged Access Management
UK

Privileged Access 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 4 (5.88%) Confluence
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.94%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (10.29%) MS Visio
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (29.41%) Azure
2 17 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 7 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (7.35%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (5.88%) AWS
5 4 (5.88%) Google Workspace
5 4 (5.88%) Lucidchart
5 4 (5.88%) SaaS
6 1 (1.47%) Akamai
6 1 (1.47%) GCP
6 1 (1.47%) GitHub
6 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.35%) Kerberos
1 5 (7.35%) VPN
2 3 (4.41%) Network Security
3 2 (2.94%) DNS
3 2 (2.94%) Firewall
4 1 (1.47%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.82%) JIRA
General
1 25 (36.76%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.12%) Public Sector
3 8 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.35%) Finance
5 2 (2.94%) Law
5 2 (2.94%) Publishing
6 1 (1.47%) Banking
6 1 (1.47%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (48.53%) Architect
2 13 (19.12%) Analyst
2 13 (19.12%) Infrastructure Architect
3 7 (10.29%) CyberArk Engineer
4 6 (8.82%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.35%) Security Architect
6 4 (5.88%) Security Analyst
6 4 (5.88%) Systems Analyst
6 4 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Azure Architect
8 2 (2.94%) Business Analyst
8 2 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) Implementation Analyst
8 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 2 (2.94%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) Security Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Security Project Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.82%) OAuth
1 6 (8.82%) OpenID
1 6 (8.82%) SailPoint
1 6 (8.82%) SAML
2 3 (4.41%) LDAP
3 2 (2.94%) .NET
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.47%) REST
4 1 (1.47%) SPML
4 1 (1.47%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.71%) Onboarding
2 7 (10.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.94%) PKI
5 1 (1.47%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.47%) Insider Threat
5 1 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (33.82%) Windows
2 15 (22.06%) Linux
3 9 (13.24%) Windows Server
4 6 (8.82%) Windows 10
5 4 (5.88%) Unix
6 2 (2.94%) Android
6 2 (2.94%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.94%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.94%) Identity Access Management
2 18 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (20.59%) RBAC
4 13 (19.12%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (13.24%) Migration
5 9 (13.24%) Process Improvement
6 7 (10.29%) Identity Management
7 6 (8.82%) ITSM
7 6 (8.82%) Password Management
7 6 (8.82%) SIEM
7 6 (8.82%) User Experience
7 6 (8.82%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (7.35%) Business Analysis
8 5 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (7.35%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (5.88%) Data Security
9 4 (5.88%) GAP Analysis
9 4 (5.88%) Release Management
9 4 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (4.41%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.24%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.94%) C#
2 2 (2.94%) VB
2 2 (2.94%) VBScript
3 1 (1.47%) Bash
3 1 (1.47%) Python
3 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (44.12%) Security Cleared
2 16 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 14 (20.59%) DV Cleared
4 5 (7.35%) Degree
5 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.94%) CISSP
6 2 (2.94%) MCP
6 2 (2.94%) MCSA
6 2 (2.94%) MCSE
7 1 (1.47%) CISM
7 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.41%) NCSC
1 3 (4.41%) NIST
2 2 (2.94%) GDPR
2 2 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (63.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.82%) BitLocker
3 5 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.94%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (23.53%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.41%) Ansible
4 2 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.94%) Progress Chef
4 2 (2.94%) Puppet
4 2 (2.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (39.71%) CyberArk
2 24 (35.29%) Microsoft
3 15 (22.06%) VMware
4 6 (8.82%) SAP
5 5 (7.35%) CheckPoint
5 5 (7.35%) ServiceNow
6 4 (5.88%) Citrix
6 4 (5.88%) Google
6 4 (5.88%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.94%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (2.94%) McAfee
7 2 (2.94%) Oracle
7 2 (2.94%) Symantec
7 2 (2.94%) Thycotic
8 1 (1.47%) Centrify
8 1 (1.47%) Commvault
8 1 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.47%) Imperva
8 1 (1.47%) Okta
8 1 (1.47%) Virgin Media