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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 179 190
Rank change year-on-year +19 +11 +20
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 744 474 546
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.61% 1.61% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 1.78% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 341 395
10th Percentile £400 £413 £413
25th Percentile £475 £508 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £622
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.54% -0.48%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £725
90th Percentile £725 £751 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £635
% change year-on-year -4.35% -9.45% +10.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 0
10th Percentile £52.55 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £87.03 - -
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 39,180 26,703 37,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.95% 90.74% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,749 17,293 24,471
10th Percentile £316 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +0.41% -3.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,327 1,032 2,410
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.85 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.80 £18.51 £15.85
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.18% -5.92%
75th Percentile £65.25 £62.50 £57.83
90th Percentile £78.10 £75.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £28.75 £34.21
% change year-on-year +39.13% -15.96% -2.26%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 +12 665 £569 -5.68% 198
UK excluding London +21 374 £550 -4.35% 156
London -1 277 £563 -10.00% 73
Work from Home -5 237 £550 -4.35% 95
North of England +15 139 £550 +5.77% 22
South East -2 94 £600 -7.69% 62
Yorkshire +5 84 £509 +13.06% 8
Midlands -21 79 £550 -6.38% 17
West Midlands -28 66 £538 -10.42% 7
South West +4 56 £675 +17.39% 25
North West -18 52 £550 +4.76% 9
Scotland -10 13 £450 -14.29% 3
East Midlands -26 11 £638 +27.50% 8
East of England -35 5 £718 +10.38% 27
North East -10 4 £508 +18.14% 5
Wales -7 1 £250 -58.33% 5

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 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (3.90%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.76%) Confluence
4 6 (0.81%) Apache Superset
5 5 (0.67%) Apache
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.13%) Mendix
8 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (1.75%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.81%) Maximo
3 3 (0.40%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 344 (46.24%) Azure
2 235 (31.59%) Entra ID
3 159 (21.37%) AWS
4 89 (11.96%) GCP
5 69 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
6 48 (6.45%) GitHub
7 47 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (5.65%) Azure AKS
9 38 (5.11%) Power Platform
10 36 (4.84%) Azure Sentinel
11 31 (4.17%) SaaS
12 29 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
13 27 (3.63%) PaaS
14 25 (3.36%) GitHub Actions
14 25 (3.36%) IaaS
15 24 (3.23%) Serverless
16 19 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
17 16 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
17 16 (2.15%) OCI
18 15 (2.02%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 86 (11.56%) Firewall
2 83 (11.16%) DNS
3 65 (8.74%) Network Security
4 46 (6.18%) DHCP
5 36 (4.84%) WAN
6 31 (4.17%) VPN
7 27 (3.63%) LAN
8 25 (3.36%) BGP
8 25 (3.36%) OSPF
9 23 (3.09%) BIG-IP
9 23 (3.09%) Ethernet VPN
9 23 (3.09%) Junos
9 23 (3.09%) SSL
9 23 (3.09%) VXLAN
10 20 (2.69%) Kerberos
11 18 (2.42%) Cisco ISE
12 12 (1.61%) SD-WAN
13 11 (1.48%) WebEx
14 6 (0.81%) Internet
15 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.69%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.42%) Power BI
3 13 (1.75%) NoSQL
4 12 (1.61%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (1.48%) Tableau
6 10 (1.34%) DocumentDB
7 8 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.67%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.67%) MySQL
9 4 (0.54%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.40%) Big Data
10 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (0.40%) Redis
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (8.60%) JIRA
2 47 (6.32%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.90%) Git
4 27 (3.63%) GitLab
5 17 (2.28%) Postman
6 15 (2.02%) Selenium
7 10 (1.34%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.34%) REST Assured
8 9 (1.21%) Gatling
9 8 (1.08%) Jaeger
10 5 (0.67%) Maven
10 5 (0.67%) TestRail
11 4 (0.54%) JMeter
11 4 (0.54%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.54%) NeoLoad
11 4 (0.54%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.40%) JUnit
12 3 (0.40%) MSI
13 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.27%) git-flow
General
1 177 (23.79%) Social Skills
2 117 (15.73%) Finance
3 91 (12.23%) Public Sector
4 63 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (7.80%) Banking
6 32 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
6 32 (4.30%) Legal
7 16 (2.15%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.61%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.08%) Military
9 8 (1.08%) Retail
10 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (0.81%) Police
10 6 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.67%) Local Government
12 4 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.40%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.27%) Front Office
14 2 (0.27%) Law
14 2 (0.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 218 (29.30%) Architect
2 71 (9.54%) Senior
3 69 (9.27%) Analyst
4 67 (9.01%) Lead
5 51 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
6 48 (6.45%) Security Architect
7 42 (5.65%) Developer
8 33 (4.44%) Business Analyst
9 27 (3.63%) Project Manager
10 26 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
10 26 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
10 26 (3.49%) Security Engineer
11 25 (3.36%) Consultant
12 21 (2.82%) Cloud Architect
12 21 (2.82%) Platform Engineer
12 21 (2.82%) Technical Architect
13 19 (2.55%) Cloud Engineer
14 18 (2.42%) Azure Architect
14 18 (2.42%) Java Developer
15 17 (2.28%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (10.75%) SailPoint
2 74 (9.95%) SAML
3 72 (9.68%) OAuth
4 63 (8.47%) OpenID
5 54 (7.26%) LDAP
6 48 (6.45%) REST
7 28 (3.76%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.49%) OAuth2
9 25 (3.36%) 802.1X
10 24 (3.23%) Spring Boot
11 23 (3.09%) Kafka
12 22 (2.96%) .NET
13 18 (2.42%) Middleware
14 17 (2.28%) Spring
15 15 (2.02%) Node.js
15 15 (2.02%) Playwright
16 13 (1.75%) RESTful
17 11 (1.48%) XMPP
18 10 (1.34%) HTML
19 8 (1.08%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.47%) Onboarding
2 57 (7.66%) PKI
3 43 (5.78%) Cloud Native
4 35 (4.70%) Data Centre
5 28 (3.76%) Management Information System
6 27 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (3.49%) Security Posture
8 23 (3.09%) Clustering
8 23 (3.09%) Public Cloud
9 22 (2.96%) Product Ownership
10 18 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (2.02%) Replication
12 12 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.94%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.67%) AI Agents
15 5 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
15 5 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 110 (14.78%) Windows
2 45 (6.05%) Windows Server
3 42 (5.65%) Linux
4 10 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.21%) Unix
6 8 (1.08%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.94%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.67%) VMS
9 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.40%) Android
11 2 (0.27%) Debian
11 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.13%) CentOS
12 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.13%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (21.24%) DevOps
2 150 (20.16%) Cybersecurity
3 145 (19.49%) RBAC
4 144 (19.35%) CI/CD
5 122 (16.40%) Agile
6 112 (15.05%) Cloud Security
7 105 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
8 103 (13.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 99 (13.31%) Infrastructure as Code
10 94 (12.63%) Zero Trust
11 86 (11.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 80 (10.75%) Identity Management
13 72 (9.68%) Privileged Access Management
14 71 (9.54%) Migration
14 71 (9.54%) Observability
15 67 (9.01%) Analytics
16 66 (8.87%) Data Protection
16 66 (8.87%) High Availability
17 64 (8.60%) Security Architecture
18 63 (8.47%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 126 (16.94%) PowerShell
2 90 (12.10%) Python
3 79 (10.62%) Java
4 63 (8.47%) SQL
5 36 (4.84%) Bicep
6 29 (3.90%) JavaScript
7 22 (2.96%) Bash
8 14 (1.88%) Scala
9 13 (1.75%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.21%) C#
10 9 (1.21%) Rust
11 8 (1.08%) PHP
12 7 (0.94%) Perl
13 4 (0.54%) Cypher
13 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.40%) C++
14 3 (0.40%) Go
14 3 (0.40%) Groovy
14 3 (0.40%) R
15 2 (0.27%) C
Qualifications
1 270 (36.29%) Security Cleared
2 190 (25.54%) SC Cleared
3 73 (9.81%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.47%) CISSP
5 47 (6.32%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (5.51%) CISM
7 40 (5.38%) Azure Certification
8 35 (4.70%) Degree
8 35 (4.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (2.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 19 (2.55%) CCSP
11 17 (2.28%) PMI Certification
12 15 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (2.02%) PMP
13 14 (1.88%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.08%) JNCIA
15 7 (0.94%) CCNP
15 7 (0.94%) JNCIP
15 7 (0.94%) JNCIS
16 6 (0.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (10.22%) GDPR
2 73 (9.81%) NIST
3 71 (9.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (4.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 24 (3.23%) GRC
6 20 (2.69%) NCSC
7 19 (2.55%) QA
8 16 (2.15%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.21%) Accessibility
9 9 (1.21%) NIST 800
10 8 (1.08%) Data Quality
10 8 (1.08%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.81%) COBIT
11 6 (0.81%) PMO
12 5 (0.67%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.67%) SLA
13 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.40%) GxP
14 2 (0.27%) ITGC
14 2 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 213 (28.63%) Active Directory
2 60 (8.06%) Docker
3 30 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.02%) VMware NSX
5 11 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (1.08%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.94%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 4 (0.54%) vSphere
10 3 (0.40%) IAG
10 3 (0.40%) RACF
11 2 (0.27%) OpenAM
11 2 (0.27%) OpenDJ
11 2 (0.27%) OpenIDM
12 1 (0.13%) GPFS
12 1 (0.13%) Lustre
12 1 (0.13%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.13%) Squid
12 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 109 (14.65%) Terraform
2 101 (13.58%) Kubernetes
3 84 (11.29%) Single Sign-On
4 42 (5.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 32 (4.30%) Ansible
6 23 (3.09%) FortiGate
7 16 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (2.02%) Grafana
9 11 (1.48%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.34%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 10 (1.34%) NetIQ Identity Manager
11 8 (1.08%) Kiali
12 7 (0.94%) SCCM
13 5 (0.67%) HAProxy
14 4 (0.54%) Istio
15 3 (0.40%) CASB
15 3 (0.40%) Icinga
15 3 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.40%) QRadar
16 2 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 240 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.93%) Okta
3 51 (6.85%) CyberArk
3 51 (6.85%) Google
4 48 (6.45%) Splunk
5 42 (5.65%) ServiceNow
6 39 (5.24%) VMware
7 37 (4.97%) Cisco
8 28 (3.76%) Oracle
9 25 (3.36%) F5
10 24 (3.23%) Juniper
11 23 (3.09%) SolarWinds
12 21 (2.82%) Extreme Networks
12 21 (2.82%) ForgeRock
13 20 (2.69%) Citrix
14 19 (2.55%) BeyondTrust
14 19 (2.55%) SAP
15 14 (1.88%) Red Hat
16 12 (1.61%) NetIQ
16 12 (1.61%) Workday