IAM Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Identity and Access Management (IAM Project Manager)
UK

The median Project Manager - Identity and Access Management (IAM Project Manager) daily rate in the UK is £575, 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 506 571 699
Rank change year-on-year +65 +128 +130
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Project Manager 14 11 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.025% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.027% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 12
10th Percentile £478 £553 £453
25th Percentile £500 £563 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +17.07% -12.77%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £659
90th Percentile £640 £706 £699
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £575 £431
% change year-on-year -13.04% +33.33% -15.89%

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 Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IAM Project Manager in the UK

IAM Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IAM Project Manager in the UK

IAM Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for IAM Project Manager in the UK

IAM Project Manager
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 Project Manager 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 +55 9 £538 -10.42% 1
Work from Home - 8 £575 - 1
London +39 7 £575 -8.00%
UK excluding London +61 2 £500 -13.04%
North of England +19 1 £500 -
North West +17 1 £500 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -

IAM Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IAM Project Manager 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) Project Management
2 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (57.14%) Identity Access Management
3 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
5 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 4 (28.57%) Dependency Management
5 4 (28.57%) Banking
5 4 (28.57%) Change Control
6 3 (21.43%) CyberArk
6 3 (21.43%) Agile
6 3 (21.43%) SailPoint
6 3 (21.43%) Privileged Access Management
6 3 (21.43%) Migration
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
7 2 (14.29%) CISSP
7 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 2 (14.29%) PMP
7 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
7 2 (14.29%) SAML
7 2 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (14.29%) Okta
7 2 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
7 2 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
7 2 (14.29%) Sprint Review
7 2 (14.29%) RBAC
7 2 (14.29%) NIST
8 1 (7.14%) SAP Fieldglass

IAM Project Manager 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 (7.14%) Confluence
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
1 1 (7.14%) SAP Fieldglass
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) SailPoint
2 2 (14.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Project Management
2 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (57.14%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (28.57%) Change Control
4 4 (28.57%) Dependency Management
4 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) Migration
5 3 (21.43%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 2 (14.29%) RBAC
6 2 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
6 2 (14.29%) Sprint Review
7 1 (7.14%) Backlog Management
7 1 (7.14%) Business Case
7 1 (7.14%) Regtech
7 1 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) CISSP
1 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 2 (14.29%) PMP
2 1 (7.14%) CISM
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) CyberArk
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Okta
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (7.14%) Virgin Media
3 1 (7.14%) Workday