Digital Identity Contract Job Trends

Digital Identity
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Digital Identity 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 543 544 627
Rank change year-on-year +1 +83 +148
Contract jobs citing Digital Identity 25 21 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.055% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.064% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 13 14
10th Percentile £375 £387 £515
25th Percentile £402 £431 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £750 £566
Median % change year-on-year -35.53% +32.45% -3.62%
75th Percentile £521 £775 £586
90th Percentile £597 - £614
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £570
% change year-on-year -2.70% -18.86% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.63
Median hourly rate - - £11.75
75th Percentile - - £11.88
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £11.75

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Digital Identity 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,920 32,855 44,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.54% 85.85% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,585 19,899 30,019
10th Percentile £295 £308 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,858 1,386 1,571
10th Percentile £14.29 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.73
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% - +47.06%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £74.44 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -47.67% +1.18% +80.85%

Digital Identity
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Digital Identity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Identity in the UK

Digital Identity
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Digital Identity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Digital Identity

Digital Identity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Identity over the 6 months to 27 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Identity in the UK

Digital Identity
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Identity within the UK 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
England +9 25 £484 -35.53% 42
UK excluding London -7 17 £450 -2.70% 29
East Midlands - 9 £400 -
Midlands - 9 £400 - 2
London +18 7 £500 -33.33% 25
Work from Home +14 4 £402 +5.79% 8
North of England - 4 £585 - 6
Yorkshire - 3 £599 -
South East +24 2 - - 13
South West +20 2 £487 -35.13% 6
Scotland -3 1 £523 -11.92% 2
North West - 1 £450 - 6

Digital Identity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (76.00%) AWS
2 18 (72.00%) Azure
3 7 (28.00%) GCP
4 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (12.00%) AWS KMS
6 2 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (8.00%) GitHub
7 1 (4.00%) Akamai
7 1 (4.00%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) SSL
2 2 (8.00%) Firewall
3 1 (4.00%) Network Security
3 1 (4.00%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.00%) Looker
2 1 (4.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) Tableau
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Finance
3 8 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.00%) Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (12.00%) ForgeRock Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Product Owner
4 3 (12.00%) Programme Director
5 2 (8.00%) AWS Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Data Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Fraud Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Fraud Business Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Security Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) LDAP
2 5 (20.00%) OAuth
2 5 (20.00%) OAuth2
2 5 (20.00%) SAML
3 4 (16.00%) FIDO
3 4 (16.00%) OpenID
3 4 (16.00%) REST
3 4 (16.00%) RESTful
3 4 (16.00%) Web Services
4 2 (8.00%) Node.js
5 1 (4.00%) .NET
5 1 (4.00%) AWS CDK
5 1 (4.00%) HTML
5 1 (4.00%) NestJS
5 1 (4.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) PKI
1 4 (16.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (12.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.00%) Algorithms
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.00%) Mobile Wallet
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (52.00%) Identity Access Management
3 12 (48.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 10 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (36.00%) Agile
5 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (32.00%) Scrum
7 7 (28.00%) Cloud Security
8 6 (24.00%) Biometrics
8 6 (24.00%) Risk Management
9 5 (20.00%) Decision-Making
9 5 (20.00%) Incident Response
9 5 (20.00%) SDLC
9 5 (20.00%) Visualisation
10 4 (16.00%) Facial Recognition
10 4 (16.00%) Key Management
10 4 (16.00%) Regulatory Compliance
10 4 (16.00%) Sprint Planning
10 4 (16.00%) Threat Intelligence
10 4 (16.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) Python
1 7 (28.00%) SQL
2 4 (16.00%) Java
3 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (12.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (4.00%) CCSP
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.00%) CISSP
5 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (36.00%) GDPR
2 8 (32.00%) NIST
3 7 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (16.00%) QA
5 3 (12.00%) NIST 800
5 3 (12.00%) PSD2
5 3 (12.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (8.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (8.00%) SLA
7 1 (4.00%) HIPAA
7 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (28.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (8.00%) Terraform
3 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) ForgeRock
2 4 (16.00%) Ping Identity
3 2 (8.00%) Apple
3 2 (8.00%) Google
3 2 (8.00%) Thales
4 1 (4.00%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.00%) Micro Focus
4 1 (4.00%) NetIQ
4 1 (4.00%) Okta