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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 177 183
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 +51
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 739 466 574
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.71% 1.59% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.76% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 337 397
10th Percentile £374 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.42%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £725
90th Percentile £725 £756 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £71.02 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile £93.63 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 - -

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 37,207 26,505 38,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 90.41% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,564 17,019 25,049
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £721 £744 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,206 924 2,336
10th Percentile £14.93 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.99 £16.05
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.52 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.41 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.64 £31.50
% change year-on-year -13.08% +0.44% -10.00%

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 March 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 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 16 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 March 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 +20 673 £550 -12.00% 134
UK excluding London +19 372 £550 -8.33% 97
London +21 291 £568 -9.92% 63
Work from Home -7 217 £550 -4.35% 65
North of England +31 148 £537 +2.29% 19
Yorkshire +13 94 £525 +7.69% 4
South East -28 83 £591 -9.04% 44
Midlands -18 76 £550 -6.38% 11
West Midlands -26 62 £550 -7.71% 6
South West +3 52 £675 +17.39% 11
North West -8 49 £550 +4.76% 15
Scotland -5 13 £550 +4.76% 4
East Midlands -29 12 £638 +27.50% 5
North East -6 6 £491 +14.07%
East of England -28 6 £500 -23.08% 8
Wales -8 1 £250 -66.67% 3

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 43 (5.82%) Confluence
2 38 (5.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (4.47%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.54%) Apache Superset
5 3 (0.41%) Apache
6 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.14%) CMS
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Mendix
7 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (2.03%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.95%) Maximo
3 3 (0.41%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 331 (44.79%) Azure
2 242 (32.75%) Entra ID
3 148 (20.03%) AWS
4 94 (12.72%) GCP
5 75 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (5.82%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (5.55%) GitHub
8 36 (4.87%) SaaS
9 35 (4.74%) Azure AKS
9 35 (4.74%) Azure Sentinel
10 32 (4.33%) Azure Monitor
10 32 (4.33%) Power Platform
11 26 (3.52%) PaaS
11 26 (3.52%) Serverless
12 24 (3.25%) IaaS
13 21 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (2.71%) OneDrive
15 19 (2.57%) Microsoft Purview
16 16 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
16 16 (2.17%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 90 (12.18%) Firewall
2 77 (10.42%) DNS
3 64 (8.66%) Network Security
4 44 (5.95%) DHCP
5 32 (4.33%) VPN
5 32 (4.33%) WAN
6 27 (3.65%) Kerberos
7 25 (3.38%) LAN
8 23 (3.11%) SSL
9 22 (2.98%) BGP
9 22 (2.98%) OSPF
10 20 (2.71%) BIG-IP
10 20 (2.71%) Ethernet VPN
10 20 (2.71%) Junos
10 20 (2.71%) VXLAN
11 15 (2.03%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (1.49%) WebEx
13 10 (1.35%) Internet
13 10 (1.35%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.81%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.30%) Power BI
2 14 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.76%) NoSQL
4 11 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (1.49%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.35%) DocumentDB
6 9 (1.22%) Tableau
7 5 (0.68%) BigQuery
7 5 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.68%) MySQL
8 4 (0.54%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (0.41%) Redis
10 2 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 74 (10.01%) JIRA
2 36 (4.87%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.92%) Git
4 26 (3.52%) GitLab
5 17 (2.30%) Postman
6 15 (2.03%) Selenium
7 10 (1.35%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.35%) REST Assured
8 8 (1.08%) Jaeger
9 5 (0.68%) TestRail
10 4 (0.54%) Gatling
10 4 (0.54%) JMeter
10 4 (0.54%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.54%) NeoLoad
10 4 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.41%) JUnit
11 3 (0.41%) Maven
11 3 (0.41%) MSI
12 2 (0.27%) Fiddler
12 2 (0.27%) Metasploit
General
1 194 (26.25%) Social Skills
2 128 (17.32%) Finance
3 90 (12.18%) Public Sector
4 76 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (7.17%) Banking
6 31 (4.19%) Legal
7 30 (4.06%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.30%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.49%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.08%) Military
12 6 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.81%) Retail
13 5 (0.68%) Police
14 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.41%) Local Government
15 3 (0.41%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.27%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 226 (30.58%) Architect
2 78 (10.55%) Analyst
3 73 (9.88%) Solutions Architect
4 70 (9.47%) Lead
5 69 (9.34%) Senior
6 56 (7.58%) Security Architect
7 39 (5.28%) Business Analyst
8 31 (4.19%) Consultant
9 29 (3.92%) Security Engineer
10 28 (3.79%) Developer
11 25 (3.38%) Azure Engineer
11 25 (3.38%) Project Manager
12 23 (3.11%) Lead Architect
13 22 (2.98%) Azure Architect
13 22 (2.98%) Cloud Architect
13 22 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
14 18 (2.44%) Identity Management Architect
14 18 (2.44%) Platform Engineer
14 18 (2.44%) Technical Architect
15 15 (2.03%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (11.10%) OAuth
2 81 (10.96%) SAML
3 75 (10.15%) SailPoint
4 62 (8.39%) OpenID
5 50 (6.77%) LDAP
6 46 (6.22%) REST
7 30 (4.06%) OAuth2
8 29 (3.92%) ARM Templates
9 25 (3.38%) .NET
10 23 (3.11%) Kafka
10 23 (3.11%) Spring Boot
11 22 (2.98%) 802.1X
12 20 (2.71%) Middleware
13 17 (2.30%) Node.js
14 16 (2.17%) Spring
15 14 (1.89%) RESTful
16 13 (1.76%) Microsoft Graph
17 11 (1.49%) XMPP
18 10 (1.35%) HTML
18 10 (1.35%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.25%) Onboarding
2 56 (7.58%) PKI
3 46 (6.22%) Cloud Native
4 38 (5.14%) Management Information System
5 35 (4.74%) Security Posture
6 32 (4.33%) Data Centre
7 28 (3.79%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (2.71%) Clustering
9 20 (2.71%) Product Ownership
10 18 (2.44%) Public Cloud
11 16 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (2.17%) Replication
12 12 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.81%) BYOD
14 6 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (0.81%) Operational Technology
15 5 (0.68%) AI Agents
15 5 (0.68%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 105 (14.21%) Windows
2 47 (6.36%) Windows Server
3 35 (4.74%) Linux
4 10 (1.35%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.08%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.81%) VMS
7 5 (0.68%) Android
7 5 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.41%) Unix
9 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.14%) CentOS
10 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.14%) Rocky
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (22.06%) Cybersecurity
2 144 (19.49%) RBAC
3 136 (18.40%) CI/CD
3 136 (18.40%) DevOps
4 114 (15.43%) Cloud Security
5 113 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
6 107 (14.48%) Agile
6 107 (14.48%) Stakeholder Management
7 100 (13.53%) Infrastructure as Code
8 90 (12.18%) Identity Management
9 89 (12.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 86 (11.64%) Privileged Access Management
11 85 (11.50%) Zero Trust
12 76 (10.28%) Migration
13 72 (9.74%) Data Protection
14 67 (9.07%) Observability
15 64 (8.66%) Analytics
16 62 (8.39%) High Availability
16 62 (8.39%) Roadmaps
17 61 (8.25%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 135 (18.27%) PowerShell
2 82 (11.10%) Python
3 65 (8.80%) Java
4 58 (7.85%) SQL
5 37 (5.01%) Bicep
6 33 (4.47%) JavaScript
7 24 (3.25%) Bash
8 13 (1.76%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.22%) C#
9 9 (1.22%) Rust
9 9 (1.22%) Scala
10 8 (1.08%) PHP
11 7 (0.95%) Perl
12 4 (0.54%) Cypher
12 4 (0.54%) Groovy
13 3 (0.41%) BeanShell
13 3 (0.41%) C++
13 3 (0.41%) Go
13 3 (0.41%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.27%) C
Qualifications
1 249 (33.69%) Security Cleared
2 176 (23.82%) SC Cleared
3 85 (11.50%) CISSP
4 67 (9.07%) CISM
5 64 (8.66%) DV Cleared
6 53 (7.17%) Degree
7 44 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (5.68%) Azure Certification
9 37 (5.01%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (2.30%) TOGAF Certification
11 14 (1.89%) AWS Certification
11 14 (1.89%) Master's Degree
11 14 (1.89%) PMI Certification
12 13 (1.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (1.62%) CCSP
13 12 (1.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 12 (1.62%) PMP
14 10 (1.35%) PhD
15 9 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (1.08%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (9.88%) GDPR
1 73 (9.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (8.53%) NIST
3 32 (4.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 22 (2.98%) GRC
5 19 (2.57%) PCI DSS
6 18 (2.44%) NCSC
6 18 (2.44%) QA
7 11 (1.49%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.49%) COBIT
8 8 (1.08%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.95%) NIST 800
9 7 (0.95%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.81%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.81%) ITGC
10 6 (0.81%) SOX 404
11 5 (0.68%) PMO
11 5 (0.68%) SLA
12 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 223 (30.18%) Active Directory
2 57 (7.71%) Docker
3 28 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.62%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.95%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 7 (0.95%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.54%) vSphere
8 3 (0.41%) IAG
9 2 (0.27%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.27%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.27%) OpenIDM
9 2 (0.27%) RACF
10 1 (0.14%) GPFS
10 1 (0.14%) Lustre
10 1 (0.14%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 109 (14.75%) Terraform
2 96 (12.99%) Single Sign-On
3 87 (11.77%) Kubernetes
4 49 (6.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 28 (3.79%) Ansible
6 24 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (2.84%) FortiGate
8 16 (2.17%) Grafana
9 12 (1.62%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.35%) SCCM
11 8 (1.08%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 8 (1.08%) Kiali
11 8 (1.08%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 5 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.68%) QRadar
13 4 (0.54%) Istio
14 3 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.41%) CASB
14 3 (0.41%) Icinga
15 2 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 248 (33.56%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.12%) CyberArk
3 59 (7.98%) Okta
4 55 (7.44%) Google
5 46 (6.22%) Splunk
6 38 (5.14%) Cisco
6 38 (5.14%) ServiceNow
7 34 (4.60%) VMware
8 30 (4.06%) Oracle
9 25 (3.38%) SAP
10 22 (2.98%) F5
11 21 (2.84%) Juniper
12 20 (2.71%) SolarWinds
13 18 (2.44%) Citrix
13 18 (2.44%) Extreme Networks
14 16 (2.17%) BeyondTrust
14 16 (2.17%) BiZZdesign
15 15 (2.03%) Centrify
15 15 (2.03%) ForgeRock
15 15 (2.03%) Red Hat