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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 174 191
Rank change year-on-year +19 +17 -8
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 955 521 535
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.81% 1.60% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 1.77% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 680 375 369
10th Percentile £425 £391 £425
25th Percentile £484 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £688
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £537 £625
% change year-on-year +2.37% -14.04% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 4
10th Percentile £51.30 £49.50 -
25th Percentile - £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +173.11% -63.94%
75th Percentile £78.31 £86.25 £36.60
90th Percentile £87.16 £94.50 £59.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -9.99% - -

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 45,026 29,407 35,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.11% 90.34% 85.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,974 18,494 23,016
10th Percentile £325 £300 £301
25th Percentile £419 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,554 2,302
10th Percentile £14.87 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.37 £16.71
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.50 £51.55 £62.00
90th Percentile £82.46 £70.00 £73.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.33 £38.20
% change year-on-year +84.96% -36.30% -4.51%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +12 781 £575 -0.52% 200
UK excluding London +30 456 £550 +2.37% 141
London +15 369 £575 -6.50% 97
Work from Home +26 322 £560 +1.82% 101
North of England -3 132 £550 +17.27% 32
South East +6 123 £575 -9.80% 53
Yorkshire +10 79 £544 +31.82% 14
Midlands -34 69 £550 +10.89% 15
Scotland +30 59 £478 -10.57% 11
South West -10 57 £600 +11.63% 16
West Midlands -28 55 £550 - 7
North West -24 51 £575 +16.87% 17
East of England -7 21 £555 -17.84% 5
East Midlands -23 12 £638 +55.49% 8
Wales - 8 £471 - 7
North East -33 3 £600 +20.91% 1
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 30 (3.14%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (2.20%) Confluence
4 9 (0.94%) Apache
5 7 (0.73%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.42%) IIS
7 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.31%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.31%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.21%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.21%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.10%) Mendix
9 1 (0.10%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (0.63%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.63%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.21%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 435 (45.55%) Azure
2 300 (31.41%) Entra ID
3 207 (21.68%) AWS
4 120 (12.57%) GCP
5 73 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (5.55%) GitHub
7 47 (4.92%) Power Platform
8 45 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (4.19%) Azure AKS
9 40 (4.19%) GitHub Actions
9 40 (4.19%) SaaS
10 38 (3.98%) Azure Sentinel
11 31 (3.25%) Azure Monitor
12 29 (3.04%) OCI
12 29 (3.04%) Serverless
13 27 (2.83%) PaaS
14 25 (2.62%) IaaS
15 20 (2.09%) Microsoft Copilot
15 20 (2.09%) Power Automate
15 20 (2.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 91 (9.53%) Network Security
2 84 (8.80%) Firewall
3 83 (8.69%) DNS
4 46 (4.82%) DHCP
4 46 (4.82%) WAN
5 33 (3.46%) VPN
6 27 (2.83%) BGP
6 27 (2.83%) LAN
7 26 (2.72%) OSPF
8 24 (2.51%) BIG-IP
8 24 (2.51%) Ethernet VPN
8 24 (2.51%) Junos
8 24 (2.51%) VXLAN
9 19 (1.99%) Cisco ISE
10 18 (1.88%) SD-WAN
11 16 (1.68%) Kerberos
12 11 (1.15%) SSL
13 8 (0.84%) Internet
13 8 (0.84%) TCP/IP
14 6 (0.63%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.09%) Power BI
3 11 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (0.84%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.73%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.73%) Neo4j
6 7 (0.73%) Oracle Exadata
6 7 (0.73%) Tableau
7 6 (0.63%) Metadata
8 5 (0.52%) Big Data
8 5 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.42%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.42%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.31%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.21%) MySQL
11 2 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 50 (5.24%) JIRA
2 43 (4.50%) Jenkins
3 33 (3.46%) Git
4 18 (1.88%) GitLab
5 7 (0.73%) Gatling
6 4 (0.42%) Postman
6 4 (0.42%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.31%) MSBuild
7 3 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.31%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.21%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.21%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.21%) JMeter
8 2 (0.21%) Maven
8 2 (0.21%) NeoLoad
8 2 (0.21%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.21%) Selenium
8 2 (0.21%) Snyk
9 1 (0.10%) CircleCI
General
1 236 (24.71%) Social Skills
2 191 (20.00%) Finance
3 126 (13.19%) Public Sector
4 89 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (6.81%) Banking
6 50 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (4.92%) Retail
8 22 (2.30%) Legal
9 16 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (1.47%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.15%) Aerospace
12 7 (0.73%) Financial Institution
12 7 (0.73%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.73%) Police
13 6 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.63%) Military
13 6 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.42%) Law
16 3 (0.31%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 251 (26.28%) Architect
2 83 (8.69%) Lead
3 80 (8.38%) Analyst
4 77 (8.06%) Senior
5 76 (7.96%) Security Architect
6 68 (7.12%) Developer
7 44 (4.61%) Consultant
7 44 (4.61%) Java Developer
8 41 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
9 38 (3.98%) Project Manager
10 36 (3.77%) Business Analyst
11 34 (3.56%) Support Engineer
11 34 (3.56%) Technical Architect
12 29 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
13 28 (2.93%) DevOps Engineer
13 28 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 27 (2.83%) Cloud Architect
15 26 (2.72%) Security Engineer
16 25 (2.62%) IAM Developer
17 24 (2.51%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (10.68%) SailPoint
2 91 (9.53%) OAuth
3 78 (8.17%) SAML
4 74 (7.75%) OpenID
5 59 (6.18%) LDAP
6 42 (4.40%) REST
7 30 (3.14%) OAuth2
8 26 (2.72%) 802.1X
9 21 (2.20%) .NET
9 21 (2.20%) ARM Templates
10 18 (1.88%) Middleware
11 16 (1.68%) Node.js
12 14 (1.47%) JSON
12 14 (1.47%) Spring
13 13 (1.36%) Kafka
13 13 (1.36%) Web Services
14 12 (1.26%) React
14 12 (1.26%) Spring Boot
15 11 (1.15%) SOAP
15 11 (1.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (10.99%) Onboarding
2 95 (9.95%) PKI
3 75 (7.85%) Cloud Native
4 45 (4.71%) Data Centre
5 35 (3.66%) Security Posture
6 28 (2.93%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.93%) Public Cloud
7 27 (2.83%) Operational Technology
7 27 (2.83%) Product Ownership
8 25 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
9 24 (2.51%) Clustering
9 24 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
14 11 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.15%) Replication
15 10 (1.05%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 119 (12.46%) Windows
2 71 (7.43%) Linux
3 38 (3.98%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.05%) Unix
5 9 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.94%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.63%) Debian
6 6 (0.63%) VMS
7 5 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.42%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.42%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.31%) Android
10 2 (0.21%) CentOS
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.10%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.10%) Rocky
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (20.84%) Cybersecurity
2 194 (20.31%) DevOps
3 166 (17.38%) Agile
4 161 (16.86%) CI/CD
5 151 (15.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 145 (15.18%) Zero Trust
7 139 (14.55%) RBAC
8 137 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
9 134 (14.03%) Infrastructure as Code
10 132 (13.82%) Cloud Security
11 115 (12.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 108 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
13 107 (11.20%) Security Architecture
14 105 (10.99%) Identity Management
15 103 (10.79%) Privileged Access Management
16 95 (9.95%) Migration
17 90 (9.42%) Roadmaps
18 88 (9.21%) AI
19 84 (8.80%) Technical Leadership
20 75 (7.85%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 156 (16.34%) PowerShell
2 122 (12.77%) Python
3 79 (8.27%) Java
4 65 (6.81%) SQL
5 43 (4.50%) Bicep
6 40 (4.19%) Bash
7 18 (1.88%) C#
8 15 (1.57%) Go
8 15 (1.57%) Rust
9 5 (0.52%) Scala
9 5 (0.52%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.42%) Groovy
10 4 (0.42%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.42%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.31%) C++
11 3 (0.31%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.31%) R
12 2 (0.21%) C
12 2 (0.21%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.21%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 302 (31.62%) Security Cleared
2 219 (22.93%) SC Cleared
3 81 (8.48%) CISSP
4 67 (7.02%) DV Cleared
5 53 (5.55%) Cisco Certification
6 48 (5.03%) Degree
7 46 (4.82%) CISM
8 44 (4.61%) Azure Certification
9 32 (3.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 32 (3.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 31 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 27 (2.83%) CCSP
12 17 (1.78%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.78%) PMP
13 15 (1.57%) PMI Certification
14 11 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (0.73%) CISA
15 7 (0.73%) JNCIA
15 7 (0.73%) MCSE
15 7 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (9.63%) NIST
2 90 (9.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (6.91%) GDPR
4 37 (3.87%) NCSC
5 30 (3.14%) GRC
5 30 (3.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 16 (1.68%) SLA
7 15 (1.57%) QA
8 12 (1.26%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.15%) Accessibility
10 10 (1.05%) Data Quality
10 10 (1.05%) SOC 2
11 9 (0.94%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.84%) PMO
13 7 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.63%) COBIT
14 6 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
15 5 (0.52%) ITGC
15 5 (0.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 273 (28.59%) Active Directory
2 72 (7.54%) Docker
3 29 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.78%) VMware NSX
6 13 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.42%) IAG
8 3 (0.31%) vSphere
9 2 (0.21%) KVM
9 2 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.21%) RACF
9 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.10%) GPFS
10 1 (0.10%) Lustre
10 1 (0.10%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.10%) Squid
10 1 (0.10%) zsh
Systems Management
1 138 (14.45%) Terraform
2 111 (11.62%) Single Sign-On
3 105 (10.99%) Kubernetes
4 60 (6.28%) Ansible
5 26 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (2.51%) FortiGate
7 23 (2.41%) Grafana
8 19 (1.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (1.26%) Argo
10 11 (1.15%) Prometheus
11 9 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (0.73%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 7 (0.73%) Kustomize
13 5 (0.52%) HAProxy
13 5 (0.52%) NetIQ Identity Manager
14 4 (0.42%) Podman
14 4 (0.42%) Puppet
14 4 (0.42%) SCCM
15 3 (0.31%) Oracle Identity Management
15 3 (0.31%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 294 (30.79%) Microsoft
2 106 (11.10%) Okta
3 65 (6.81%) CyberArk
4 56 (5.86%) Google
5 43 (4.50%) ServiceNow
5 43 (4.50%) Splunk
6 42 (4.40%) Oracle
6 42 (4.40%) VMware
7 38 (3.98%) BeyondTrust
8 35 (3.66%) Cisco
9 33 (3.46%) SAP
10 30 (3.14%) ForgeRock
11 26 (2.72%) F5
12 24 (2.51%) Juniper
12 24 (2.51%) SolarWinds
12 24 (2.51%) Zscaler
13 22 (2.30%) Extreme Networks
14 20 (2.09%) Workday
15 15 (1.57%) CrowdStrike
15 15 (1.57%) Ping Identity