Identity Access Management Contract Job Trends

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Identity Access Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 176 186
Rank change year-on-year +40 +10 +6
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,083 536 504
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.01% 1.64% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 1.81% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 802 367 338
10th Percentile £413 £375 £425
25th Percentile £475 £458 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £649 £664 £675
90th Percentile £750 £733 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £525 £622
% change year-on-year +2.86% -15.59% +11.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 4 5
10th Percentile £16.94 £50.50 -
25th Percentile £52.38 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £77.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +225.63% -63.94%
75th Percentile £84.34 £96.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.88 £98.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.46 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -0.05% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Identity Access Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,469 29,582 33,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.59% 90.43% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,813 18,412 20,921
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,891 1,754 1,674
10th Percentile £14.10 £14.20 £13.86
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £67.89 £47.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.92 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.80% -46.07% +6.25%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Identity Access Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Identity Access Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Identity Access Management
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Identity Access Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Identity Access Management

Identity Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Identity Access Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Identity Access Management

Identity Access Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Identity Access Management over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Access Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 August 2026. 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 +17 883 £563 +2.27% 637
UK excluding London +49 517 £540 +2.86% 324
London +10 422 £575 -1.71% 363
Work from Home +37 352 £550 +4.76% 298
North of England +25 181 £515 +8.99% 93
South East +3 131 £580 -7.20% 102
Yorkshire +29 112 £538 +14.61% 36
Scotland +37 64 £478 -20.33% 24
North West -14 57 £515 +11.35% 49
South West -3 55 £588 +17.50% 48
Midlands -40 55 £600 +21.95% 31
West Midlands -39 40 £500 -9.09% 17
East of England 0 31 £555 -14.62% 14
East Midlands -26 13 £638 +58.58% 14
North East -32 11 £500 -9.09% 9
Wales -9 10 £471 -32.68% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £575 -

Identity Access Management
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 36 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 33 (3.05%) Confluence
3 31 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.83%) Apache
5 5 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.46%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.37%) IIS
7 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.28%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.18%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.18%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.092%) Drupal
9 1 (0.092%) nginx
9 1 (0.092%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 15 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.55%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.18%) R3 Corda
4 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.092%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.092%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 464 (42.84%) Azure
2 321 (29.64%) Entra ID
3 252 (23.27%) AWS
4 144 (13.30%) GCP
5 85 (7.85%) Microsoft 365
6 67 (6.19%) GitHub
7 56 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
8 51 (4.71%) Power Platform
8 51 (4.71%) SaaS
9 50 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
10 42 (3.88%) Azure AKS
11 41 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
11 41 (3.79%) Serverless
12 35 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
13 33 (3.05%) OCI
14 27 (2.49%) IaaS
14 27 (2.49%) Microsoft Purview
14 27 (2.49%) PaaS
15 26 (2.40%) Amazon EKS
16 25 (2.31%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 96 (8.86%) Network Security
2 89 (8.22%) Firewall
3 68 (6.28%) DNS
4 37 (3.42%) VPN
5 34 (3.14%) WAN
6 25 (2.31%) DHCP
7 18 (1.66%) SD-WAN
8 13 (1.20%) LAN
9 11 (1.02%) SSL
10 10 (0.92%) BGP
10 10 (0.92%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.83%) Internet
11 9 (0.83%) IPsec
11 9 (0.83%) OSPF
11 9 (0.83%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.74%) BIG-IP
12 8 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.74%) Junos
12 8 (0.74%) VXLAN
13 6 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.06%) SQL Server
2 24 (2.22%) Metadata
2 24 (2.22%) Power BI
3 13 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.20%) Relational Database
4 10 (0.92%) Data Lake
4 10 (0.92%) Neo4j
5 7 (0.65%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.55%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.46%) Big Data
7 5 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.46%) Oracle Exadata
8 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.37%) Spark SQL
8 4 (0.37%) Tableau
9 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.28%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 52 (4.80%) JIRA
2 39 (3.60%) Jenkins
3 38 (3.51%) Git
4 20 (1.85%) GitLab
5 12 (1.11%) Gatling
6 8 (0.74%) JMeter
7 7 (0.65%) NeoLoad
7 7 (0.65%) Selenium
8 5 (0.46%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.46%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.28%) MSBuild
10 3 (0.28%) Postman
10 3 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.18%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.18%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 301 (27.79%) Social Skills
2 222 (20.50%) Finance
3 140 (12.93%) Public Sector
4 110 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (6.65%) Banking
6 62 (5.72%) Retail
7 55 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
8 28 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.85%) Legal
10 18 (1.66%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.48%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.65%) Local Government
15 6 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.55%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.46%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.46%) Law
16 5 (0.46%) Military
17 4 (0.37%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 279 (25.76%) Architect
2 114 (10.53%) Lead
3 94 (8.68%) Security Architect
4 86 (7.94%) Analyst
5 74 (6.83%) Senior
6 71 (6.56%) Developer
7 50 (4.62%) Business Analyst
7 50 (4.62%) Consultant
8 49 (4.52%) Support Engineer
9 48 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
10 46 (4.25%) Project Manager
11 44 (4.06%) Technical Architect
12 43 (3.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 42 (3.88%) Java Developer
14 36 (3.32%) Cloud Engineer
15 34 (3.14%) Security Engineer
15 34 (3.14%) Service Manager
15 34 (3.14%) Service Transition Manager
15 34 (3.14%) Transition Manager
16 32 (2.95%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (15.60%) Terraform
2 100 (9.23%) OAuth
3 88 (8.13%) OpenID
4 87 (8.03%) SailPoint
5 79 (7.29%) SAML
6 58 (5.36%) LDAP
7 55 (5.08%) REST
8 34 (3.14%) OAuth2
9 30 (2.77%) .NET
10 25 (2.31%) ARM Templates
11 20 (1.85%) React
12 18 (1.66%) Kafka
13 16 (1.48%) JSON
13 16 (1.48%) Node.js
14 15 (1.39%) .NET Framework
15 14 (1.29%) Web Services
16 13 (1.20%) Middleware
16 13 (1.20%) XML
17 12 (1.11%) Spring
18 11 (1.02%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 126 (11.63%) Onboarding
2 107 (9.88%) Cloud Native
3 95 (8.77%) PKI
4 48 (4.43%) Security Posture
5 44 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
6 39 (3.60%) Management Information System
7 33 (3.05%) Product Ownership
8 30 (2.77%) Operational Technology
9 29 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
10 28 (2.59%) Data Centre
10 28 (2.59%) Public Cloud
11 26 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
12 24 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (1.75%) Enterprise Cloud
16 15 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
17 14 (1.29%) IoT
18 13 (1.20%) CMDB
19 12 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 116 (10.71%) Windows
2 83 (7.66%) Linux
3 48 (4.43%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (0.92%) Unix
5 9 (0.83%) Ubuntu
5 9 (0.83%) VMS
6 6 (0.55%) Debian
7 5 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.37%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.18%) Android
10 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.092%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (24.65%) Cybersecurity
2 231 (21.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 215 (19.85%) DevOps
4 210 (19.39%) CI/CD
5 197 (18.19%) Agile
6 171 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 171 (15.79%) RBAC
7 164 (15.14%) Cloud Security
8 161 (14.87%) Zero Trust
9 152 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 144 (13.30%) Security Architecture
11 137 (12.65%) Privileged Access Management
11 137 (12.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 136 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
13 134 (12.37%) Roadmaps
14 117 (10.80%) Migration
15 114 (10.53%) Identity Management
15 114 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
16 110 (10.16%) AI
17 104 (9.60%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 177 (16.34%) PowerShell
2 154 (14.22%) Python
3 85 (7.85%) Java
4 77 (7.11%) SQL
5 65 (6.00%) Bash
6 55 (5.08%) Bicep
7 24 (2.22%) C#
8 14 (1.29%) Rust
9 12 (1.11%) Go
10 9 (0.83%) Scala
11 7 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.55%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.46%) JavaScript
14 4 (0.37%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.28%) Cypher
15 3 (0.28%) Groovy
15 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.18%) DAML
16 2 (0.18%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 317 (29.27%) Security Cleared
2 240 (22.16%) SC Cleared
3 92 (8.49%) CISSP
4 61 (5.63%) Azure Certification
5 56 (5.17%) Degree
5 56 (5.17%) DV Cleared
6 55 (5.08%) CISM
7 41 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
8 40 (3.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (2.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 31 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (2.49%) CCSP
12 25 (2.31%) AWS Certification
13 20 (1.85%) PMP
14 15 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
14 15 (1.39%) PMI Certification
15 13 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.92%) FFIEC
17 8 (0.74%) CISA
18 7 (0.65%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (11.27%) NIST
2 114 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 70 (6.46%) GDPR
4 48 (4.43%) NCSC
5 39 (3.60%) GRC
6 24 (2.22%) QA
7 21 (1.94%) Data Quality
8 20 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 16 (1.48%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.48%) SLA
10 13 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.83%) Accessibility
12 9 (0.83%) COBIT
13 8 (0.74%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.74%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.65%) PMO
15 6 (0.55%) ITGC
15 6 (0.55%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.46%) NIST 800
System Software
1 278 (25.67%) Active Directory
2 88 (8.13%) Docker
3 35 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.75%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.20%) VMware NSX
7 11 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.37%) vSphere
9 2 (0.18%) IAG
9 2 (0.18%) KVM
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.18%) RACF
9 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.18%) zsh
10 1 (0.092%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.092%) Squid
10 1 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 117 (10.80%) Kubernetes
2 111 (10.25%) Single Sign-On
3 64 (5.91%) Ansible
4 34 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (2.77%) Grafana
6 15 (1.39%) Argo
6 15 (1.39%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.92%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (0.74%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.65%) Istio
10 6 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.55%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 6 (0.55%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.46%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.46%) Podman
12 4 (0.37%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 4 (0.37%) Puppet
13 3 (0.28%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.28%) WMI
Vendors
1 361 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 97 (8.96%) Okta
3 80 (7.39%) CyberArk
4 67 (6.19%) Google
5 54 (4.99%) VMware
6 53 (4.89%) ServiceNow
7 49 (4.52%) Oracle
8 44 (4.06%) BeyondTrust
9 36 (3.32%) SAP
10 30 (2.77%) Zscaler
11 26 (2.40%) Splunk
12 24 (2.22%) Cisco
13 21 (1.94%) ForgeRock
13 21 (1.94%) Workday
14 15 (1.39%) Databricks
14 15 (1.39%) Ping Identity
15 14 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
16 11 (1.02%) F5
16 11 (1.02%) Palo Alto
16 11 (1.02%) Red Hat