Identity Access Management Contracts

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Identity Access Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Identity Access Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 185 205
Rank change year-on-year +14 +20 +98
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 471 545 781
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.61% 1.25% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.45% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 388 489
10th Percentile £413 £411 £462
25th Percentile £508 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £614 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -1.84% +8.70%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £725
90th Percentile £746 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £633 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 11
10th Percentile - - £61.50
25th Percentile - - £63.75
Median hourly rate - £23.80 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - -63.94% +22.22%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £66.00
% change year-on-year - - -10.81%

All Process and 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 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Identity Access Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Identity Access Management.

Daily rate trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Identity Access Management.

Hourly rate trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 16 Contract 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 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 +29 392 £600 - 325
London +22 212 £625 +9.17% 142
Work from Home +41 192 £550 -10.57% 128
UK excluding London +23 180 £575 -9.09% 227
South East +50 53 £650 +13.04% 76
North of England +10 44 £520 -15.24% 50
Midlands +19 28 £588 -7.48% 27
South West +24 26 £550 -21.43% 25
West Midlands +20 25 £602 -7.46% 12
North West +14 25 £525 -19.23% 27
Scotland +5 23 £525 -19.23% 20
Yorkshire +2 18 £450 -21.74% 19
East of England +34 8 £650 +7.44% 25
East Midlands +3 3 £500 -19.61% 13
North East 0 1 £430 -28.33% 4
Wales -3 1 £600 -14.29% 11

Identity Access Management
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 19 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.70%) Confluence
4 2 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.42%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.21%) Camunda
Applications
1 11 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (1.70%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Notion
Business Applications
1 11 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.70%) SAP GRC
3 4 (0.85%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.64%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 168 (35.67%) Azure
2 120 (25.48%) Entra ID
3 80 (16.99%) AWS
4 42 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (7.22%) GCP
6 15 (3.18%) SaaS
6 15 (3.18%) Serverless
7 13 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.76%) GitHub
7 13 (2.76%) IaaS
7 13 (2.76%) PaaS
7 13 (2.76%) Power Platform
8 12 (2.55%) Azure Sentinel
9 11 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (1.91%) OCI
11 8 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (1.70%) Azure AKS
11 8 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 36 (7.64%) Network Security
2 22 (4.67%) Firewall
3 13 (2.76%) VPN
4 10 (2.12%) DNS
5 8 (1.70%) HTTPS
6 5 (1.06%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.06%) OpenLDAP
7 4 (0.85%) DHCP
7 4 (0.85%) NAS
7 4 (0.85%) SSL
7 4 (0.85%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.64%) Internet
9 2 (0.42%) DKIM
9 2 (0.42%) DMARC
9 2 (0.42%) Extranet
9 2 (0.42%) HTTP
9 2 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.42%) Skype
9 2 (0.42%) SMTP
10 1 (0.21%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.12%) Power BI
2 7 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.06%) Oracle Database
3 5 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.85%) Parquet
4 4 (0.85%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.64%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.64%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.21%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.21%) MySQL
7 1 (0.21%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (2.34%) JIRA
2 9 (1.91%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.27%) GitLab
4 5 (1.06%) Git
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.21%) JMeter
6 1 (0.21%) Postman
6 1 (0.21%) Selenium
6 1 (0.21%) Snyk
6 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.21%) Terragrunt
General
1 145 (30.79%) Social Skills
2 115 (24.42%) Finance
3 62 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (12.31%) Public Sector
5 38 (8.07%) Banking
6 24 (5.10%) Manufacturing
7 22 (4.67%) Telecoms
8 21 (4.46%) Electronics
8 21 (4.46%) Marketing
9 12 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.34%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.34%) Legal
11 7 (1.49%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.06%) Aviation
13 5 (1.06%) French Language
13 5 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 155 (32.91%) Architect
2 62 (13.16%) Senior
3 51 (10.83%) Security Architect
4 47 (9.98%) Analyst
5 37 (7.86%) Consultant
6 26 (5.52%) Active Directory Architect
7 19 (4.03%) Cloud Engineer
7 19 (4.03%) Security Engineer
7 19 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (3.82%) Business Analyst
8 18 (3.82%) Developer
8 18 (3.82%) IAM Specialist
8 18 (3.82%) Security Consultant
9 16 (3.40%) Cloud Architect
9 16 (3.40%) Senior Architect
10 15 (3.18%) Lead
11 14 (2.97%) Project Manager
12 12 (2.55%) Software Engineer
12 12 (2.55%) Technical Analyst
12 12 (2.55%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (14.01%) OAuth
2 65 (13.80%) SailPoint
3 62 (13.16%) SAML
4 55 (11.68%) OpenID
5 27 (5.73%) LDAP
6 20 (4.25%) OAuth2
7 10 (2.12%) SAP Fiori
8 9 (1.91%) SOAP
8 9 (1.91%) XACML
9 8 (1.70%) ARM Templates
9 8 (1.70%) Kafka
9 8 (1.70%) REST
10 7 (1.49%) CSS
10 7 (1.49%) HTML
10 7 (1.49%) Node.js
11 6 (1.27%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.27%) FIDO
11 6 (1.27%) HTML5
11 6 (1.27%) JDBC
11 6 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.22%) Security Posture
2 30 (6.37%) Management Information System
3 28 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 24 (5.10%) Onboarding
4 24 (5.10%) PKI
5 20 (4.25%) Cloud Native
6 17 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (3.40%) Data Centre
8 15 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.76%) Private Cloud
9 13 (2.76%) Product Ownership
10 11 (2.34%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.49%) Taxonomies
12 5 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
14 3 (0.64%) BYOD
14 3 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.64%) Hedge funds
14 3 (0.64%) Reinsurance
14 3 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 67 (14.23%) Windows
2 21 (4.46%) Linux
3 18 (3.82%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.34%) Unix
5 6 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.64%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.42%) Android
9 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.42%) VMS
9 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (17.41%) RBAC
3 77 (16.35%) Cloud Security
4 74 (15.71%) Agile
5 72 (15.29%) Cybersecurity
6 70 (14.86%) Identity Management
7 63 (13.38%) Migration
8 51 (10.83%) Privileged Access Management
9 47 (9.98%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 47 (9.98%) Stakeholder Management
10 45 (9.55%) DevOps
11 38 (8.07%) Security Architecture
12 37 (7.86%) Information Security
12 37 (7.86%) Roadmaps
13 36 (7.64%) CI/CD
13 36 (7.64%) Infrastructure as Code
14 32 (6.79%) Project Management
15 30 (6.37%) Business Intelligence
15 30 (6.37%) DevSecOps
15 30 (6.37%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (22.29%) PowerShell
2 57 (12.10%) Python
3 34 (7.22%) Java
4 26 (5.52%) SQL
5 16 (3.40%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.12%) Bicep
7 7 (1.49%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.85%) BeanShell
9 3 (0.64%) Bash
9 3 (0.64%) VBA
9 3 (0.64%) VBScript
10 2 (0.42%) C#
10 2 (0.42%) Groovy
10 2 (0.42%) VB
11 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.21%) C
11 1 (0.21%) PHP
11 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 123 (26.11%) Security Cleared
2 71 (15.07%) SC Cleared
3 49 (10.40%) CISSP
4 44 (9.34%) DV Cleared
5 42 (8.92%) Degree
6 27 (5.73%) CISM
7 21 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (4.25%) Azure Certification
8 20 (4.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (3.18%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (1.49%) CCSP
10 7 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.49%) OCP
10 7 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (1.27%) CISA
11 6 (1.27%) CRISC
11 6 (1.27%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.27%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (12.53%) NIST
2 57 (12.10%) GDPR
3 49 (10.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (10.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 23 (4.88%) HIPAA
6 17 (3.61%) GRC
7 10 (2.12%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 9 (1.91%) SOC 2
9 5 (1.06%) NCSC
10 4 (0.85%) COBIT
10 4 (0.85%) SLA
11 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.42%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.42%) PMO
13 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 158 (33.55%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.76%) Docker
3 11 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.27%) OpenAM
6 4 (0.85%) IAG
6 4 (0.85%) RACF
7 3 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.42%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.42%) OpenDJ
8 2 (0.42%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.21%) vSphere
9 1 (0.21%) Xen
Systems Management
1 60 (12.74%) Single Sign-On
2 37 (7.86%) Ansible
3 35 (7.43%) Terraform
4 28 (5.94%) Kubernetes
5 16 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.49%) SCCM
7 5 (1.06%) CASB
7 5 (1.06%) OPNET
8 4 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.85%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.85%) Grafana
8 4 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.85%) Puppet
8 4 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.64%) AirWatch
9 3 (0.64%) Automic
10 2 (0.42%) Nessus
10 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.21%) PingFederate
11 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 126 (26.75%) Microsoft
2 44 (9.34%) Okta
3 42 (8.92%) CyberArk
3 42 (8.92%) SAP
4 26 (5.52%) Ping Identity
5 22 (4.67%) Google
5 22 (4.67%) ServiceNow
6 21 (4.46%) ForgeRock
7 20 (4.25%) Oracle
8 10 (2.12%) VMware
9 9 (1.91%) BeyondTrust
10 6 (1.27%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.06%) Cisco
12 4 (0.85%) IBM
12 4 (0.85%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.64%) Apple
13 3 (0.64%) F5
13 3 (0.64%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.64%) Splunk
13 3 (0.64%) Tenable