IAM Consultant Contracts

Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant)
UK

The median Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant) daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 551 686
Rank change year-on-year +55 +135 +143
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Consultant 24 31 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.071% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.077% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 25 11
10th Percentile £498 £478 -
25th Percentile £522 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -10.51%
75th Percentile £672 £725 £638
90th Percentile £800 £755 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -18.52% +3.85% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

IAM Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IAM Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IAM Consultant.

Daily rate trend for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IAM Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IAM Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IAM Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +54 20 £600 - 4
Work from Home +44 11 £600 +4.35% 2
London +37 11 £600 +14.29% 1
UK excluding London +58 10 £550 -18.52% 3
South East +47 4 £550 -18.52%
Midlands +21 3 £625 +4.17%
West Midlands - 3 £625 -
Scotland - 3 £525 -

IAM Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IAM Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring IAM Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (41.67%) Identity Access Management
2 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 7 (29.17%) Entra ID
3 7 (29.17%) Oracle
3 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
3 7 (29.17%) Finance
4 6 (25.00%) Azure
4 6 (25.00%) SailPoint
4 6 (25.00%) CyberArk
4 6 (25.00%) Identity Management
5 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
6 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 4 (16.67%) ServiceNow
6 4 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
7 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (12.50%) RBAC
7 3 (12.50%) Cloud Security
7 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
7 3 (12.50%) Security Posture
7 3 (12.50%) Java
7 3 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (12.50%) Migration
7 3 (12.50%) Degree
7 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
8 2 (8.33%) Information Security
8 2 (8.33%) AWS

IAM Consultant Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Entra ID
2 6 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) Mimecast
4 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) SAP Fieldglass
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.17%) Law
4 1 (4.17%) Local Government
4 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) SailPoint
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (8.33%) LDAP
4 1 (4.17%) OAuth
4 1 (4.17%) SAML
4 1 (4.17%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 3 (12.50%) Security Posture
2 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Unix
2 1 (4.17%) AIX
2 1 (4.17%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Solaris
2 1 (4.17%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Identity Access Management
2 6 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 3 (12.50%) Cloud Security
3 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (12.50%) Migration
3 3 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
3 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (12.50%) RBAC
4 2 (8.33%) Application Security
4 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.33%) Incident Response
4 2 (8.33%) Information Security
4 2 (8.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (8.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (8.33%) Zero Trust
5 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.17%) Information Governance
5 1 (4.17%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (4.17%) Security Architecture
5 1 (4.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Java
2 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 2 (8.33%) CISM
3 2 (8.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) RACF
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Oracle
2 6 (25.00%) CyberArk
3 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
4 4 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 2 (8.33%) Okta
5 2 (8.33%) Ping Identity
6 1 (4.17%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (4.17%) ForgeRock
6 1 (4.17%) Google