IAM Consultant Contract Job Trends

Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant)
UK

The median Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant) daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 569 513 577
Rank change year-on-year -56 +64 +205
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Consultant 17 22 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.065% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.070% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 18
10th Percentile - £494 £463
25th Percentile £463 £525 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £554
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +3.84% -3.70%
75th Percentile £495 £628 £650
90th Percentile £534 £764 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +31.72%

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 33,430 31,506 40,926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.78% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,135 19,373 27,542
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,981 981 1,444
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.53 £15.04
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.71 £72.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

IAM Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IAM Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IAM Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

IAM Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IAM Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IAM Consultant job vacancies in the UK

IAM Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IAM Consultant over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IAM Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IAM Consultant job vacancies in the UK

IAM Consultant
Top 5 Contract Job 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 21 December 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 -35 13 £475 -17.39% 1
UK excluding London -30 8 £475 -13.64% 1
South West - 8 £475 -
London -10 4 £500 -16.67% 1
Work from Home -15 3 £525 -4.55%

IAM Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, IAM Consultant 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 featuring IAM Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (58.82%) SC Cleared
1 10 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 9 (52.94%) PingFederate
3 8 (47.06%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (41.18%) Web SSO
5 6 (35.29%) GDPR
5 6 (35.29%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (29.41%) Azure
7 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
7 4 (23.53%) CISSP
7 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (23.53%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
7 4 (23.53%) Ping Identity
7 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (17.65%) Degree
8 3 (17.65%) LDAP
8 3 (17.65%) Linux
8 3 (17.65%) Migration
8 3 (17.65%) OpenID
8 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
8 3 (17.65%) SailPoint
8 3 (17.65%) SAML
8 3 (17.65%) Zero Trust
9 2 (11.76%) AWS
9 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (11.76%) CyberArk
9 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
9 2 (11.76%) Identity Management

IAM Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) GCP
3 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
3 1 (5.88%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) HTTP
1 1 (5.88%) SSL
1 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Aviation
3 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) LDAP
1 3 (17.65%) OpenID
1 3 (17.65%) SailPoint
1 3 (17.65%) SAML
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (5.88%) OAuth
2 1 (5.88%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Web SSO
2 6 (35.29%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (23.53%) Knowledge Transfer
3 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Zero Trust
5 2 (11.76%) Identity Management
5 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
5 2 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (11.76%) SABSA
6 1 (5.88%) Agile
6 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (5.88%) DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) ITIL
6 1 (5.88%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (5.88%) Reverse Engineering
6 1 (5.88%) Security Architecture
6 1 (5.88%) Service Management
6 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.76%) Python
3 1 (5.88%) Java
3 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) SC Cleared
1 10 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) CISSP
3 3 (17.65%) Degree
4 1 (5.88%) CISA
4 1 (5.88%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) GDPR
2 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (11.76%) NIST
3 2 (11.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (5.88%) HIPAA
4 1 (5.88%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Docker
2 1 (5.88%) NDS
2 1 (5.88%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 9 (52.94%) PingFederate
2 8 (47.06%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
1 4 (23.53%) Ping Identity
2 2 (11.76%) CyberArk
3 1 (5.88%) Meraki
3 1 (5.88%) NetIQ
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.88%) Workday