IAM Specialist Contracts

Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist)
UK

The median Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist) daily rate in the UK is £525, 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 496 575 702
Rank change year-on-year +79 +127 +139
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Specialist 24 7 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.016% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.017% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 12
10th Percentile £425 £466 £464
25th Percentile £478 £565 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £582 - -
90th Percentile £638 - £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -10.31%

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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IAM Specialist in the UK

IAM Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IAM Specialist in the UK

IAM Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for IAM Specialist in the UK

IAM Specialist
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IAM Specialist 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 +69 19 £539 -23.07% 3
Work from Home +54 14 £480 -11.11% 8
London +40 7 £625 -10.71% 1
UK excluding London +67 5 £463 - 6
South West - 3 £450 - 1
South East - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £500 - 1

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

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

1 18 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 17 (70.83%) Entra ID
3 16 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (62.50%) Azure
5 13 (54.17%) SailPoint
5 13 (54.17%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (50.00%) Identity Management
6 12 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 11 (45.83%) Okta
7 11 (45.83%) Active Directory
7 11 (45.83%) AWS
8 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared
8 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
8 10 (41.67%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (41.67%) SAML
8 10 (41.67%) GDPR
8 10 (41.67%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (41.67%) Ping Identity
9 9 (37.50%) Task Automation
9 9 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
9 9 (37.50%) Python
9 9 (37.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (37.50%) HIPAA
9 9 (37.50%) PowerShell
9 9 (37.50%) OpenID
10 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
11 7 (29.17%) OAuth
11 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
12 5 (20.83%) RBAC
13 4 (16.67%) Finance

IAM Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (70.83%) Entra ID
2 15 (62.50%) Azure
3 11 (45.83%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
General
1 13 (54.17%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Finance
4 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Military
5 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (54.17%) SailPoint
2 10 (41.67%) SAML
3 9 (37.50%) OpenID
4 7 (29.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 16 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (50.00%) Identity Management
3 12 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 9 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
4 9 (37.50%) Task Automation
5 5 (20.83%) RBAC
6 3 (12.50%) B2B
6 3 (12.50%) B2C
6 3 (12.50%) Information Security
6 3 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
6 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 3 (12.50%) User Experience
6 3 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (8.33%) Computer Science
7 2 (8.33%) Incident Response
7 2 (8.33%) Migration
7 2 (8.33%) Privileged Identity Management
7 2 (8.33%) Process Improvement
7 2 (8.33%) Security Auditing
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 9 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 3 (12.50%) CISM
2 3 (12.50%) CISSP
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (41.67%) GDPR
2 9 (37.50%) HIPAA
2 9 (37.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (45.83%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (41.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Okta
2 10 (41.67%) Ping Identity
3 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
4 3 (12.50%) CyberArk
5 1 (4.17%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (4.17%) Google
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow