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 20 August 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
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 553 652
Rank change year-on-year +12 +99 +197
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IAM Project Manager 11 12 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.031% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.033% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 11
10th Percentile £476 £488 £481
25th Percentile £499 £550 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year - +0.88% -12.31%
75th Percentile £631 £638 £701
90th Percentile £643 £653 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -18.26% +0.88% -1.94%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,001 36,047 49,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.95% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,934 23,122 33,928
10th Percentile £280 £300 £304
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,547 1,979 1,479
10th Percentile £13.63 £14.16 £14.48
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.97
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +2.38% +63.55%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £37.50
% change year-on-year -42.71% +17.07% +78.15%

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
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

IAM Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IAM Project Manager over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IAM Project Manager in the UK

IAM Project Manager
Top 7 DemandTrendContract 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 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +20 7 £575 -4.17% 7
London +26 5 £613 -2.00% 4
Work from Home +22 5 £575 +2.91%
UK excluding London +11 2 £470 -18.26% 5
North West -6 1 £470 -
North of England -22 1 £470 -
East of England - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Identity Access Management
2 7 (63.64%) Project Management
3 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
5 4 (36.36%) Okta
5 4 (36.36%) SailPoint
5 4 (36.36%) Agile
5 4 (36.36%) Finance
5 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
6 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
6 3 (27.27%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (27.27%) RBAC
7 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
7 2 (18.18%) NIST
7 2 (18.18%) Privileged Access Management
7 2 (18.18%) Confluence
7 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
7 2 (18.18%) JIRA
7 2 (18.18%) Digital Media
7 2 (18.18%) CyberArk
7 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
7 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
7 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
7 2 (18.18%) Validation
7 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
7 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 2 (18.18%) Banking

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 2 (18.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Fieldglass
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) SailPoint
2 2 (18.18%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Digital Media
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Identity Access Management
1 7 (63.64%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
5 3 (27.27%) RBAC
6 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
6 2 (18.18%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (18.18%) Validation
6 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
7 1 (9.09%) Conflict Management
7 1 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
7 1 (9.09%) Regtech
7 1 (9.09%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (9.09%) Sprint Retrospective
7 1 (9.09%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
2 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (9.09%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) Okta
2 2 (18.18%) CyberArk
3 1 (9.09%) Ariba
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) Workday