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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 186 194
Rank change year-on-year +51 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,127 517 494
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.07% 1.58% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 1.75% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 347 331
10th Percentile £413 £367 £425
25th Percentile £475 £447 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £684
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +7.50% -20.00% +12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 5
10th Percentile £14.85 £50.50 -
25th Percentile £49.06 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £77.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +225.63% -63.94%
75th Percentile £83.02 £96.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.72 £98.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £79.91 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -3.14% - -

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 45,811 29,562 32,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.30% 90.52% 85.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,773 18,345 20,161
10th Percentile £325 £300 £309
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,152 1,818 1,440
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.23 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £67.47 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £66.15 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.06 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +84.00% -48.10% +1.18%

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 21 September 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 21 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 18 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 21 September 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 +31 917 £560 +1.82% 888
UK excluding London +50 542 £538 +7.50% 436
London +27 436 £575 -1.71% 532
Work from Home +36 350 £550 +5.77% 503
North of England +24 192 £500 +6.16% 109
South East +21 137 £575 +15.00% 149
Yorkshire +32 117 £538 +16.85% 37
Scotland +29 73 £480 -20.08% 53
North West -20 62 £508 +9.85% 63
South West -12 54 £600 +17.07% 37
Midlands -48 49 £545 +7.39% 47
West Midlands -34 39 £505 -8.18% 28
East of England -3 37 £550 -15.38% 23
North East -33 12 £500 -6.10% 9
Wales -4 9 £475 -32.14% 9
East Midlands -29 9 £600 +47.78% 19
Northern Ireland +5 1 - - 11
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 38 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.11%) Confluence
3 34 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.53%) Apache
5 5 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.27%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.18%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.18%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.18%) nginx
7 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.089%) Drupal
8 1 (0.089%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.71%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.44%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.18%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.089%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.089%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 468 (41.53%) Azure
2 336 (29.81%) Entra ID
3 276 (24.49%) AWS
4 156 (13.84%) GCP
5 89 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (5.50%) GitHub
7 60 (5.32%) SaaS
8 48 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
9 45 (3.99%) Power Platform
10 40 (3.55%) Serverless
11 37 (3.28%) Azure AKS
11 37 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
12 34 (3.02%) OCI
13 32 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
14 28 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
15 26 (2.31%) Azure Key Vault
15 26 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
16 24 (2.13%) PaaS
17 23 (2.04%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (8.52%) Network Security
2 87 (7.72%) Firewall
3 61 (5.41%) DNS
4 39 (3.46%) VPN
5 23 (2.04%) WAN
6 22 (1.95%) DHCP
7 12 (1.06%) Kerberos
8 11 (0.98%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.98%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.89%) IPsec
9 10 (0.89%) SSL
10 7 (0.62%) HTTPS
10 7 (0.62%) Internet
10 7 (0.62%) LAN
11 6 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (0.53%) X.509
12 5 (0.44%) BGP
12 5 (0.44%) VLAN
13 4 (0.35%) BIG-IP
13 4 (0.35%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 30 (2.66%) Metadata
3 26 (2.31%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.69%) Power BI
5 11 (0.98%) Neo4j
5 11 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.89%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.71%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.62%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.44%) Big Data
11 4 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.35%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.27%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 55 (4.88%) Git
2 50 (4.44%) JIRA
3 40 (3.55%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.77%) GitLab
4 20 (1.77%) Selenium
5 11 (0.98%) Gatling
6 8 (0.71%) JMeter
7 7 (0.62%) NeoLoad
8 5 (0.44%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.44%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.35%) Postman
9 4 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.27%) MSBuild
10 3 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.18%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.18%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 334 (29.64%) Social Skills
2 242 (21.47%) Finance
3 145 (12.87%) Public Sector
4 126 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (7.01%) Banking
6 62 (5.50%) Retail
7 57 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (1.69%) Manufacturing
10 18 (1.60%) Legal
11 16 (1.42%) Aerospace
12 14 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.80%) Law
14 9 (0.80%) Local Government
15 7 (0.62%) Military
16 6 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.53%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.44%) Automotive
18 4 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 282 (25.02%) Architect
2 104 (9.23%) Lead
3 93 (8.25%) Security Architect
4 91 (8.07%) Analyst
5 71 (6.30%) Developer
6 70 (6.21%) Senior
7 57 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
8 54 (4.79%) Consultant
9 49 (4.35%) Security Engineer
10 48 (4.26%) Business Analyst
11 46 (4.08%) Support Engineer
12 45 (3.99%) Project Manager
13 43 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 43 (3.82%) Java Developer
14 41 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
15 39 (3.46%) Technical Architect
16 35 (3.11%) Service Manager
17 34 (3.02%) Service Transition Manager
17 34 (3.02%) Transition Manager
18 30 (2.66%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (15.79%) Terraform
2 108 (9.58%) OAuth
3 95 (8.43%) OpenID
4 91 (8.07%) SailPoint
5 80 (7.10%) SAML
6 60 (5.32%) LDAP
7 58 (5.15%) REST
8 39 (3.46%) OAuth2
9 32 (2.84%) .NET
10 26 (2.31%) ARM Templates
11 22 (1.95%) Kafka
11 22 (1.95%) React
12 17 (1.51%) JSON
12 17 (1.51%) Web Services
13 16 (1.42%) .NET Framework
13 16 (1.42%) Node.js
13 16 (1.42%) XML
14 14 (1.24%) Spring
15 13 (1.15%) Keycloak
16 12 (1.06%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 127 (11.27%) Onboarding
2 113 (10.03%) Cloud Native
3 99 (8.78%) PKI
4 65 (5.77%) Security Posture
5 47 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 42 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
7 35 (3.11%) Product Ownership
8 34 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
9 31 (2.75%) Operational Technology
10 29 (2.57%) Data Centre
11 28 (2.48%) Public Cloud
12 25 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
13 21 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (1.86%) Enterprise Cloud
13 21 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.42%) CMDB
14 16 (1.42%) IoT
15 14 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 118 (10.47%) Windows
2 88 (7.81%) Linux
3 53 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.06%) Unix
5 10 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.62%) VMS
8 6 (0.53%) Debian
8 6 (0.53%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.35%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.35%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.27%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.18%) Android
12 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.089%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (25.02%) Cybersecurity
2 248 (22.01%) Stakeholder Management
3 221 (19.61%) CI/CD
4 210 (18.63%) Agile
5 203 (18.01%) DevOps
6 191 (16.95%) Infrastructure as Code
7 180 (15.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 175 (15.53%) RBAC
9 174 (15.44%) Cloud Security
10 167 (14.82%) Zero Trust
11 160 (14.20%) Security Architecture
12 153 (13.58%) Privileged Access Management
13 145 (12.87%) Roadmaps
14 144 (12.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 141 (12.51%) Problem-Solving
16 131 (11.62%) Migration
17 120 (10.65%) AI
17 120 (10.65%) Technical Leadership
18 116 (10.29%) Identity Management
19 110 (9.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 187 (16.59%) PowerShell
2 176 (15.62%) Python
3 90 (7.99%) Java
4 77 (6.83%) SQL
5 70 (6.21%) Bash
6 48 (4.26%) Bicep
7 26 (2.31%) C#
8 15 (1.33%) Go
9 14 (1.24%) Rust
10 9 (0.80%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.71%) Scala
12 6 (0.53%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.53%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.35%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.27%) Cypher
15 3 (0.27%) Groovy
16 2 (0.18%) DAML
16 2 (0.18%) Solidity
17 1 (0.089%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 334 (29.64%) Security Cleared
2 248 (22.01%) SC Cleared
3 100 (8.87%) CISSP
4 68 (6.03%) DV Cleared
5 65 (5.77%) Azure Certification
6 64 (5.68%) Degree
7 59 (5.24%) CISM
8 47 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 40 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (3.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 35 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 33 (2.93%) AWS Certification
13 29 (2.57%) CCSP
14 20 (1.77%) PMP
15 18 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (1.24%) PMI Certification
17 13 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
18 12 (1.06%) CISA
19 11 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 11 (0.98%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (11.71%) NIST
2 124 (11.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (5.59%) GDPR
4 48 (4.26%) NCSC
5 41 (3.64%) GRC
6 23 (2.04%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.69%) PCI DSS
7 19 (1.69%) QA
8 17 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 17 (1.51%) SLA
9 15 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.80%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.80%) COBIT
11 9 (0.80%) ITGC
12 8 (0.71%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.71%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.62%) PMO
14 6 (0.53%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.44%) HIPAA
System Software
1 279 (24.76%) Active Directory
2 92 (8.16%) Docker
3 28 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.98%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.35%) vSphere
9 2 (0.18%) KVM
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.18%) zsh
10 1 (0.089%) IAG
10 1 (0.089%) RACF
10 1 (0.089%) Squid
10 1 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.089%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 129 (11.45%) Kubernetes
2 122 (10.83%) Single Sign-On
3 66 (5.86%) Ansible
4 42 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (2.66%) Grafana
6 15 (1.33%) Argo
6 15 (1.33%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (0.80%) Kustomize
8 9 (0.80%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.62%) Istio
10 6 (0.53%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.44%) Podman
12 4 (0.35%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 4 (0.35%) HAProxy
12 4 (0.35%) Puppet
13 3 (0.27%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Management
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 391 (34.69%) Microsoft
2 100 (8.87%) Okta
3 90 (7.99%) CyberArk
4 75 (6.65%) Google
5 53 (4.70%) BeyondTrust
6 52 (4.61%) ServiceNow
7 49 (4.35%) Oracle
8 47 (4.17%) VMware
9 33 (2.93%) Zscaler
10 27 (2.40%) SAP
11 24 (2.13%) ForgeRock
12 22 (1.95%) Splunk
13 20 (1.77%) Cisco
14 17 (1.51%) Workday
15 16 (1.42%) Ping Identity
16 15 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
16 15 (1.33%) Databricks
17 13 (1.15%) Red Hat
18 11 (0.98%) Palo Alto
19 10 (0.89%) Citrix