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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 175 184
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 +28
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 741 478 553
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.61% 1.63% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 1.80% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 344 399
10th Percentile £387 £413 £418
25th Percentile £472 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £622
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.54% +0.32%
75th Percentile £650 £689 £725
90th Percentile £725 £751 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £645
% change year-on-year -4.35% -10.85% +12.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £52.20 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £88.85 - -
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 39,056 26,574 37,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.05% 90.71% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,707 17,203 24,522
10th Percentile £316 £306 £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 £613 £635 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £488 £500
% change year-on-year - -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,310 1,024 2,401
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.93 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.54 £18.51 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.16 £30.45 £33.55
Median % change year-on-year +22.04% -9.24% -7.45%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £57.83
90th Percentile £78.25 £75.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £29.00 £33.07
% change year-on-year +31.90% -12.29% -8.47%

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 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 16 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 16 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 +18 665 £568 -5.80% 139
UK excluding London +19 375 £550 -4.35% 93
London 0 277 £563 -10.00% 71
Work from Home -5 233 £550 -4.35% 66
North of England +10 136 £550 +8.37% 13
South East -14 93 £600 -7.69% 49
Yorkshire +2 80 £521 +15.83% 2
Midlands -22 77 £550 -7.37% 6
West Midlands -23 64 £538 -10.42% 3
South West +7 61 £675 +17.39% 16
North West -8 53 £550 +4.76% 10
Scotland -7 13 £450 -14.29%
East Midlands -25 11 £638 +27.50% 2
East of England -38 5 £718 +10.38% 13
North East -14 4 £508 +18.14% 1
Wales -14 1 £250 -58.33% 1

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 31 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (3.91%) Confluence
2 29 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.81%) Apache Superset
4 5 (0.67%) Apache
5 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.13%) Mendix
7 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 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 7 (0.94%) 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
1 341 (46.02%) Azure
2 238 (32.12%) Entra ID
3 155 (20.92%) AWS
4 88 (11.88%) GCP
5 71 (9.58%) Microsoft 365
6 47 (6.34%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (6.34%) GitHub
7 41 (5.53%) Azure AKS
8 38 (5.13%) Power Platform
9 36 (4.86%) Azure Sentinel
10 32 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
10 32 (4.32%) SaaS
11 27 (3.64%) PaaS
12 25 (3.37%) IaaS
13 24 (3.24%) GitHub Actions
13 24 (3.24%) Serverless
14 19 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
15 16 (2.16%) OneDrive
15 16 (2.16%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 88 (11.88%) Firewall
2 84 (11.34%) DNS
3 64 (8.64%) Network Security
4 46 (6.21%) DHCP
5 36 (4.86%) WAN
6 32 (4.32%) VPN
7 27 (3.64%) LAN
8 25 (3.37%) BGP
8 25 (3.37%) OSPF
9 23 (3.10%) BIG-IP
9 23 (3.10%) Ethernet VPN
9 23 (3.10%) Junos
9 23 (3.10%) SSL
9 23 (3.10%) VXLAN
10 20 (2.70%) Kerberos
11 18 (2.43%) Cisco ISE
12 12 (1.62%) SD-WAN
13 11 (1.48%) WebEx
14 6 (0.81%) Internet
15 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.43%) Power BI
3 13 (1.75%) NoSQL
4 12 (1.62%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (1.48%) Tableau
6 10 (1.35%) DocumentDB
7 7 (0.94%) 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%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.40%) Redis
11 2 (0.27%) Metadata
11 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 63 (8.50%) JIRA
2 43 (5.80%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.91%) Git
4 27 (3.64%) GitLab
5 17 (2.29%) Postman
6 15 (2.02%) Selenium
7 10 (1.35%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.35%) REST Assured
8 8 (1.08%) Gatling
8 8 (1.08%) Jaeger
9 5 (0.67%) TestRail
10 4 (0.54%) JMeter
10 4 (0.54%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.54%) Maven
10 4 (0.54%) NeoLoad
10 4 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.40%) JUnit
11 3 (0.40%) MSI
12 2 (0.27%) git-flow
12 2 (0.27%) Snyk
General
1 184 (24.83%) Social Skills
2 117 (15.79%) Finance
3 89 (12.01%) Public Sector
4 64 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (7.56%) Banking
6 31 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
6 31 (4.18%) Legal
7 16 (2.16%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.62%) 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%) Aeronautics
14 2 (0.27%) Aviation
14 2 (0.27%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 221 (29.82%) Architect
2 70 (9.45%) Senior
3 69 (9.31%) Analyst
4 66 (8.91%) Lead
5 53 (7.15%) Solutions Architect
6 47 (6.34%) Security Architect
7 37 (4.99%) Developer
8 33 (4.45%) Business Analyst
9 28 (3.78%) Azure Engineer
10 27 (3.64%) Project Manager
10 27 (3.64%) Security Engineer
11 26 (3.51%) Consultant
12 25 (3.37%) DevOps Engineer
13 21 (2.83%) Cloud Architect
13 21 (2.83%) Technical Architect
14 20 (2.70%) Platform Engineer
15 19 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
16 18 (2.43%) Azure Architect
16 18 (2.43%) Identity Management Architect
16 18 (2.43%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (10.93%) SailPoint
2 74 (9.99%) SAML
3 72 (9.72%) OAuth
4 64 (8.64%) OpenID
5 54 (7.29%) LDAP
6 49 (6.61%) REST
7 29 (3.91%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.51%) OAuth2
9 25 (3.37%) 802.1X
10 24 (3.24%) Spring Boot
11 23 (3.10%) .NET
11 23 (3.10%) Kafka
12 18 (2.43%) Middleware
13 17 (2.29%) Spring
14 15 (2.02%) Node.js
15 14 (1.89%) Playwright
16 13 (1.75%) RESTful
17 11 (1.48%) XMPP
18 10 (1.35%) HTML
19 8 (1.08%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.50%) Onboarding
2 58 (7.83%) PKI
3 44 (5.94%) Cloud Native
4 34 (4.59%) Data Centre
5 30 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (3.78%) Security Posture
7 27 (3.64%) Management Information System
8 23 (3.10%) Clustering
9 22 (2.97%) Product Ownership
9 22 (2.97%) Public Cloud
10 21 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (2.02%) Replication
12 12 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (0.94%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (0.67%) AI Agents
15 5 (0.67%) Cloud Security Posture
15 5 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 111 (14.98%) Windows
2 46 (6.21%) Windows Server
3 41 (5.53%) Linux
4 10 (1.35%) 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
1 156 (21.05%) DevOps
2 148 (19.97%) RBAC
3 146 (19.70%) Cybersecurity
4 142 (19.16%) CI/CD
5 119 (16.06%) Agile
6 111 (14.98%) Cloud Security
7 105 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
8 103 (13.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 101 (13.63%) Infrastructure as Code
10 93 (12.55%) Zero Trust
11 88 (11.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 82 (11.07%) Identity Management
13 71 (9.58%) Observability
14 70 (9.45%) Migration
14 70 (9.45%) Privileged Access Management
15 67 (9.04%) Analytics
15 67 (9.04%) Data Protection
16 66 (8.91%) High Availability
17 64 (8.64%) Roadmaps
18 61 (8.23%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 126 (17.00%) PowerShell
2 88 (11.88%) Python
3 74 (9.99%) Java
4 64 (8.64%) SQL
5 39 (5.26%) Bicep
6 30 (4.05%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.83%) Bash
8 13 (1.75%) Scala
8 13 (1.75%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.35%) 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
1 269 (36.30%) Security Cleared
2 189 (25.51%) SC Cleared
3 73 (9.85%) DV Cleared
4 60 (8.10%) CISSP
5 44 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (5.53%) CISM
7 40 (5.40%) Azure Certification
8 37 (4.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 35 (4.72%) Degree
10 18 (2.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 16 (2.16%) CCSP
11 16 (2.16%) PMI Certification
12 15 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (1.89%) PMP
14 12 (1.62%) AWS Certification
15 8 (1.08%) JNCIA
16 7 (0.94%) CCNP
16 7 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 7 (0.94%) JNCIP
16 7 (0.94%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (9.99%) GDPR
2 71 (9.58%) NIST
3 69 (9.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (4.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 23 (3.10%) GRC
6 22 (2.97%) NCSC
7 19 (2.56%) QA
8 15 (2.02%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.35%) NIST 800
10 9 (1.21%) Accessibility
11 8 (1.08%) Data Quality
11 8 (1.08%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.81%) COBIT
12 6 (0.81%) PMO
13 5 (0.67%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.67%) SLA
14 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.40%) GxP
15 2 (0.27%) ITGC
15 2 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 219 (29.55%) Active Directory
2 59 (7.96%) Docker
3 30 (4.05%) 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%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 111 (14.98%) Terraform
2 98 (13.23%) Kubernetes
3 85 (11.47%) Single Sign-On
4 44 (5.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 30 (4.05%) Ansible
6 23 (3.10%) FortiGate
7 16 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (2.02%) Grafana
9 11 (1.48%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.35%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 10 (1.35%) NetIQ Identity Manager
11 8 (1.08%) Kiali
12 7 (0.94%) SCCM
13 4 (0.54%) HAProxy
13 4 (0.54%) Istio
14 3 (0.40%) CASB
14 3 (0.40%) Icinga
14 3 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.40%) QRadar
15 2 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 243 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.69%) Okta
3 51 (6.88%) CyberArk
3 51 (6.88%) Google
4 48 (6.48%) Splunk
5 42 (5.67%) ServiceNow
6 39 (5.26%) VMware
7 37 (4.99%) Cisco
8 29 (3.91%) Oracle
9 25 (3.37%) F5
10 24 (3.24%) Juniper
11 23 (3.10%) SolarWinds
12 21 (2.83%) Extreme Networks
13 20 (2.70%) Citrix
14 19 (2.56%) BeyondTrust
14 19 (2.56%) SAP
15 18 (2.43%) ForgeRock
16 15 (2.02%) Red Hat
17 12 (1.62%) NetIQ
17 12 (1.62%) Workday