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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 169 184
Rank change year-on-year +17 +15 +4
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 947 518 550
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.80% 1.59% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 1.76% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 672 376 384
10th Percentile £425 £400 £425
25th Percentile £487 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £578 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% -3.67% -
75th Percentile £650 £682 £688
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £539 £625
% change year-on-year +2.09% -13.80% +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 44,779 29,366 36,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.09% 90.39% 85.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,858 18,449 23,259
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
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 2,648 1,547 2,431
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.22 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.21 £17.45 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.29%
75th Percentile £68.50 £52.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.65 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.34 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.88% -36.15% -3.74%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +14 775 £575 -1.03% 202
UK excluding London +34 455 £550 +2.09% 158
London +11 362 £575 -6.50% 94
Work from Home +24 321 £560 +1.82% 103
North of England -2 134 £550 +17.27% 35
South East 0 123 £575 -9.80% 54
Yorkshire +6 82 £550 +33.33% 15
Midlands -37 69 £550 +10.00% 16
Scotland +27 57 £481 -10.01% 17
South West -1 56 £588 +9.30% 18
West Midlands -26 55 £550 -1.35% 7
North West -22 51 £575 +16.87% 19
East of England -10 21 £555 -17.84% 5
East Midlands -20 12 £638 +54.55% 9
Wales - 8 £471 - 8
North East -39 2 £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 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (2.32%) Confluence
4 9 (0.95%) Apache
5 7 (0.74%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.42%) IIS
7 3 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.32%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.21%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.21%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) Mendix
9 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.11%) 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 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (1.48%) 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 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 433 (45.72%) Azure
2 298 (31.47%) Entra ID
3 205 (21.65%) AWS
4 120 (12.67%) GCP
5 73 (7.71%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (5.60%) GitHub
7 46 (4.86%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (4.86%) Power Platform
8 40 (4.22%) Azure AKS
8 40 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
9 39 (4.12%) SaaS
10 38 (4.01%) Azure Sentinel
11 31 (3.27%) Azure Monitor
12 28 (2.96%) OCI
12 28 (2.96%) Serverless
13 27 (2.85%) PaaS
14 25 (2.64%) IaaS
15 20 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
15 20 (2.11%) Power Automate
15 20 (2.11%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 90 (9.50%) Network Security
2 86 (9.08%) DNS
3 84 (8.87%) Firewall
4 48 (5.07%) DHCP
5 46 (4.86%) WAN
6 34 (3.59%) VPN
7 27 (2.85%) BGP
7 27 (2.85%) LAN
8 26 (2.75%) OSPF
9 24 (2.53%) BIG-IP
9 24 (2.53%) Ethernet VPN
9 24 (2.53%) Junos
9 24 (2.53%) VXLAN
10 19 (2.01%) Cisco ISE
10 19 (2.01%) Kerberos
11 18 (1.90%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.27%) SSL
13 9 (0.95%) Internet
14 8 (0.84%) TCP/IP
15 6 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.48%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.01%) Power BI
3 11 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (0.74%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.74%) Neo4j
5 7 (0.74%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.74%) Tableau
6 6 (0.63%) Metadata
6 6 (0.63%) Oracle Exadata
7 5 (0.53%) Big Data
7 5 (0.53%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.42%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.32%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.21%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.21%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 53 (5.60%) JIRA
2 44 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 33 (3.48%) Git
4 19 (2.01%) GitLab
5 7 (0.74%) Gatling
6 5 (0.53%) Postman
7 4 (0.42%) Selenium
7 4 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.32%) MSBuild
8 3 (0.32%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.32%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.21%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.21%) JMeter
9 2 (0.21%) Maven
9 2 (0.21%) NeoLoad
9 2 (0.21%) Snyk
10 1 (0.11%) AppScan
General
1 235 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 191 (20.17%) Finance
3 126 (13.31%) Public Sector
4 86 (9.08%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (6.86%) Banking
6 50 (5.28%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (4.65%) Retail
8 24 (2.53%) Legal
9 15 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (1.48%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 7 (0.74%) Financial Institution
12 7 (0.74%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.74%) Police
13 6 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.63%) Military
13 6 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.42%) Law
16 3 (0.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 249 (26.29%) Architect
2 84 (8.87%) Lead
3 78 (8.24%) Analyst
4 76 (8.03%) Senior
5 73 (7.71%) Security Architect
6 69 (7.29%) Developer
7 44 (4.65%) Java Developer
8 43 (4.54%) Consultant
9 41 (4.33%) Solutions Architect
10 37 (3.91%) Project Manager
11 34 (3.59%) Technical Architect
12 33 (3.48%) Support Engineer
13 32 (3.38%) Business Analyst
14 29 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
15 27 (2.85%) DevOps Engineer
15 27 (2.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (2.75%) Cloud Architect
16 26 (2.75%) Security Engineer
17 25 (2.64%) IAM Developer
18 24 (2.53%) Service Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (10.77%) SailPoint
2 92 (9.71%) OAuth
3 81 (8.55%) SAML
4 75 (7.92%) OpenID
5 62 (6.55%) LDAP
6 44 (4.65%) REST
7 29 (3.06%) OAuth2
8 26 (2.75%) 802.1X
9 21 (2.22%) .NET
9 21 (2.22%) ARM Templates
10 18 (1.90%) Middleware
11 16 (1.69%) Node.js
12 14 (1.48%) JSON
12 14 (1.48%) Spring
13 13 (1.37%) Web Services
14 12 (1.27%) Kafka
14 12 (1.27%) Spring Boot
15 11 (1.16%) React
15 11 (1.16%) SOAP
15 11 (1.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (10.98%) Onboarding
2 93 (9.82%) PKI
3 75 (7.92%) Cloud Native
4 44 (4.65%) Data Centre
5 36 (3.80%) Security Posture
6 28 (2.96%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.96%) Product Ownership
6 28 (2.96%) Public Cloud
7 25 (2.64%) Operational Technology
8 24 (2.53%) Clustering
8 24 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
13 14 (1.48%) Replication
14 10 (1.06%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 121 (12.78%) Windows
2 68 (7.18%) Linux
3 40 (4.22%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (0.95%) Ubuntu
4 9 (0.95%) Unix
5 6 (0.63%) Debian
5 6 (0.63%) VMS
6 5 (0.53%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.42%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.32%) Android
9 2 (0.21%) CentOS
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (20.80%) Cybersecurity
2 194 (20.49%) DevOps
3 166 (17.53%) Agile
4 161 (17.00%) CI/CD
5 145 (15.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 142 (14.99%) RBAC
7 141 (14.89%) Zero Trust
8 135 (14.26%) Problem-Solving
9 131 (13.83%) Infrastructure as Code
10 129 (13.62%) Cloud Security
11 113 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 106 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 105 (11.09%) Security Architecture
14 102 (10.77%) Identity Management
15 99 (10.45%) Privileged Access Management
16 94 (9.93%) Migration
17 87 (9.19%) Roadmaps
18 86 (9.08%) AI
19 82 (8.66%) Technical Leadership
20 74 (7.81%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 156 (16.47%) PowerShell
2 123 (12.99%) Python
3 82 (8.66%) Java
4 65 (6.86%) SQL
5 43 (4.54%) Bicep
6 38 (4.01%) Bash
7 17 (1.80%) C#
8 15 (1.58%) Go
8 15 (1.58%) Rust
9 6 (0.63%) Scala
10 5 (0.53%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.53%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.42%) Groovy
11 4 (0.42%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.32%) C++
12 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.32%) R
13 2 (0.21%) C
13 2 (0.21%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.21%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 303 (32.00%) Security Cleared
2 221 (23.34%) SC Cleared
3 80 (8.45%) CISSP
4 66 (6.97%) DV Cleared
5 52 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
6 48 (5.07%) Degree
7 46 (4.86%) CISM
8 44 (4.65%) Azure Certification
9 32 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 31 (3.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 31 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 26 (2.75%) CCSP
12 17 (1.80%) AWS Certification
13 15 (1.58%) PMP
14 14 (1.48%) PMI Certification
15 11 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (0.74%) CISA
16 7 (0.74%) JNCIA
16 7 (0.74%) MCSE
16 7 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (9.61%) NIST
2 89 (9.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (7.29%) GDPR
4 37 (3.91%) NCSC
5 33 (3.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 30 (3.17%) GRC
7 16 (1.69%) QA
7 16 (1.69%) SLA
8 12 (1.27%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.16%) Accessibility
10 10 (1.06%) Data Quality
10 10 (1.06%) SOC 2
11 9 (0.95%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.84%) PMO
13 7 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.63%) COBIT
14 6 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
15 5 (0.53%) ITGC
15 5 (0.53%) NIST 800
System Software
1 270 (28.51%) Active Directory
2 70 (7.39%) Docker
3 28 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (1.69%) VMware NSX
5 13 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (1.27%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.42%) IAG
8 2 (0.21%) KVM
8 2 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.21%) RACF
8 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.21%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) GPFS
9 1 (0.11%) Lustre
9 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Squid
9 1 (0.11%) zsh
Systems Management
1 135 (14.26%) Terraform
2 114 (12.04%) Single Sign-On
3 102 (10.77%) Kubernetes
4 58 (6.12%) Ansible
5 26 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (2.53%) FortiGate
7 22 (2.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 22 (2.32%) Grafana
8 12 (1.27%) Argo
9 10 (1.06%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (0.74%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 7 (0.74%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.53%) HAProxy
12 5 (0.53%) NetIQ Identity Manager
13 4 (0.42%) Podman
13 4 (0.42%) Puppet
13 4 (0.42%) SCCM
14 3 (0.32%) Oracle Identity Management
14 3 (0.32%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 295 (31.15%) Microsoft
2 109 (11.51%) Okta
3 62 (6.55%) CyberArk
4 57 (6.02%) Google
5 45 (4.75%) ServiceNow
6 43 (4.54%) Splunk
7 41 (4.33%) Oracle
8 40 (4.22%) VMware
9 37 (3.91%) BeyondTrust
10 36 (3.80%) Cisco
11 33 (3.48%) SAP
12 30 (3.17%) ForgeRock
13 26 (2.75%) F5
14 24 (2.53%) Juniper
14 24 (2.53%) SolarWinds
15 23 (2.43%) Zscaler
16 22 (2.32%) Extreme Networks
17 20 (2.11%) Workday
18 15 (1.58%) CrowdStrike
18 15 (1.58%) Ping Identity