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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 182 192
Rank change year-on-year +53 +10 -5
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,170 540 498
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.15% 1.63% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 1.80% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 356 323
10th Percentile £413 £367 £425
25th Percentile £475 £447 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -10.50% -
75th Percentile £638 £639 £688
90th Percentile £736 £728 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £630
% change year-on-year +5.00% -20.63% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 5
10th Percentile £14.85 £51.50 -
25th Percentile £42.50 £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £90.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +278.15% -66.24%
75th Percentile £85.00 £95.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.96 £98.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.46 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -0.05% - -

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 46,102 30,004 32,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.59% 90.46% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,718 18,629 19,703
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
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 £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,326 1,885 1,303
10th Percentile £13.58 £14.33 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -8.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.52 £65.00 £73.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £41.25
% change year-on-year +68.43% -46.02% -2.94%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +34 953 £550 +2.42% 762
UK excluding London +43 552 £525 +5.00% 332
London +25 459 £575 - 447
Work from Home +42 361 £550 +5.77% 353
North of England +6 197 £508 +4.96% 82
South East +20 136 £574 +6.89% 110
Yorkshire +21 120 £538 +8.37% 34
Scotland +26 71 £481 -15.61% 34
North West -20 63 £500 +6.16% 45
Midlands -42 53 £578 +15.50% 39
South West -2 52 £600 +20.00% 36
West Midlands -32 41 £518 -5.91% 21
East of England -3 40 £550 -12.00% 19
North East -33 13 £500 -2.91% 3
East Midlands -31 11 £600 +47.78% 18
Wales -2 9 £475 -32.14% 8
Northern Ireland +7 2 £600 -4.00% 6
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 39 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 38 (3.25%) Confluence
3 36 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.60%) Apache
5 4 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.34%) nginx
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.17%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.17%) IIS
8 1 (0.085%) Documentum
8 1 (0.085%) Drupal
8 1 (0.085%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.085%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.085%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.85%) MS Visio
2 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.43%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.17%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.085%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.085%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.085%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.085%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.085%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.085%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.085%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 484 (41.37%) Azure
2 363 (31.03%) Entra ID
3 298 (25.47%) AWS
4 166 (14.19%) GCP
5 92 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
6 67 (5.73%) GitHub
7 64 (5.47%) SaaS
8 52 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
10 42 (3.59%) Serverless
11 41 (3.50%) Power Platform
12 38 (3.25%) OCI
13 35 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
14 34 (2.91%) Azure AKS
15 33 (2.82%) Amazon EKS
15 33 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
16 27 (2.31%) Azure Key Vault
17 26 (2.22%) PaaS
18 25 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
19 24 (2.05%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 98 (8.38%) Network Security
2 88 (7.52%) Firewall
3 63 (5.38%) DNS
4 40 (3.42%) VPN
5 22 (1.88%) DHCP
6 18 (1.54%) WAN
7 17 (1.45%) Kerberos
8 13 (1.11%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.85%) IPsec
9 10 (0.85%) SSL
10 8 (0.68%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.60%) HTTPS
11 7 (0.60%) Internet
11 7 (0.60%) X.509
12 6 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.43%) LAN
14 4 (0.34%) MQTT
14 4 (0.34%) VLAN
15 3 (0.26%) OpenLDAP
15 3 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.65%) Metadata
3 28 (2.39%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.62%) Power BI
5 11 (0.94%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.94%) Neo4j
6 10 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.77%) NoSQL
8 8 (0.68%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.34%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.34%) Metadata Repository
12 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.34%) Oracle Exadata
12 4 (0.34%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.34%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 59 (5.04%) Git
2 49 (4.19%) JIRA
3 40 (3.42%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.88%) GitLab
5 20 (1.71%) Selenium
6 11 (0.94%) Gatling
7 8 (0.68%) JMeter
8 7 (0.60%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.43%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.43%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.34%) Postman
10 4 (0.34%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.26%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.26%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.17%) JUnit
12 2 (0.17%) Maven
General
1 353 (30.17%) Social Skills
2 255 (21.79%) Finance
3 151 (12.91%) Public Sector
4 132 (11.28%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (6.58%) Banking
6 65 (5.56%) Retail
7 60 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
8 40 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (2.05%) Legal
10 20 (1.71%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.37%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (0.94%) Military
13 9 (0.77%) Law
13 9 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.77%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.68%) Local Government
14 8 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.51%) Police
16 5 (0.43%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 294 (25.13%) Architect
2 108 (9.23%) Lead
3 99 (8.46%) Security Architect
4 96 (8.21%) Analyst
5 72 (6.15%) Senior
6 69 (5.90%) Developer
7 61 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
8 58 (4.96%) Consultant
9 54 (4.62%) Security Engineer
10 52 (4.44%) Business Analyst
11 49 (4.19%) Support Engineer
12 45 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 42 (3.59%) Project Manager
13 42 (3.59%) Technical Architect
14 41 (3.50%) Java Developer
15 40 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
16 35 (2.99%) Service Manager
17 34 (2.91%) Service Transition Manager
17 34 (2.91%) Transition Manager
18 31 (2.65%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (16.24%) Terraform
2 121 (10.34%) OAuth
3 106 (9.06%) OpenID
4 92 (7.86%) SailPoint
5 87 (7.44%) SAML
6 67 (5.73%) LDAP
7 63 (5.38%) REST
8 47 (4.02%) OAuth2
9 35 (2.99%) .NET
10 27 (2.31%) ARM Templates
10 27 (2.31%) Kafka
11 24 (2.05%) React
12 19 (1.62%) JSON
13 18 (1.54%) .NET Framework
14 17 (1.45%) Web Services
14 17 (1.45%) XML
15 16 (1.37%) Node.js
15 16 (1.37%) RESTful
16 15 (1.28%) Spring
17 14 (1.20%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 135 (11.54%) Onboarding
2 134 (11.45%) Cloud Native
3 99 (8.46%) PKI
4 72 (6.15%) Security Posture
5 53 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
6 50 (4.27%) Management Information System
7 41 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
8 38 (3.25%) Product Ownership
9 33 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 30 (2.56%) Operational Technology
11 29 (2.48%) Data Centre
12 28 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
12 28 (2.39%) Public Cloud
13 24 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
15 20 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
16 16 (1.37%) CMDB
17 15 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
17 15 (1.28%) IoT
18 14 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 125 (10.68%) Windows
2 90 (7.69%) Linux
3 60 (5.13%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.77%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.68%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.68%) Unix
7 7 (0.60%) VMS
7 7 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.34%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.34%) Debian
10 4 (0.34%) OpenVMS
11 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.17%) Android
12 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.085%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (25.64%) Cybersecurity
2 277 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 239 (20.43%) CI/CD
4 211 (18.03%) DevOps
5 210 (17.95%) Infrastructure as Code
6 209 (17.86%) Agile
7 193 (16.50%) RBAC
8 191 (16.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 183 (15.64%) Cloud Security
10 170 (14.53%) Security Architecture
11 166 (14.19%) Zero Trust
12 163 (13.93%) Roadmaps
13 162 (13.85%) Privileged Access Management
14 151 (12.91%) Problem-Solving
15 147 (12.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 142 (12.14%) Migration
17 128 (10.94%) Technical Leadership
18 124 (10.60%) AI
19 123 (10.51%) Identity Management
20 119 (10.17%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 199 (17.01%) PowerShell
2 187 (15.98%) Python
3 91 (7.78%) Java
4 79 (6.75%) Bash
4 79 (6.75%) SQL
5 52 (4.44%) Bicep
6 30 (2.56%) C#
7 18 (1.54%) Go
8 14 (1.20%) Rust
9 9 (0.77%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.68%) Scala
11 7 (0.60%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.51%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.43%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.26%) Cypher
14 3 (0.26%) Groovy
14 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.17%) DAML
15 2 (0.17%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 343 (29.32%) Security Cleared
2 260 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 101 (8.63%) CISSP
4 69 (5.90%) Degree
5 67 (5.73%) Azure Certification
6 62 (5.30%) CISM
6 62 (5.30%) DV Cleared
7 48 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (3.25%) AWS Certification
8 38 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (2.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 34 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (2.39%) CCSP
12 21 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 18 (1.54%) PMP
14 15 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
15 14 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 12 (1.03%) PMI Certification
17 11 (0.94%) CRISC
17 11 (0.94%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (10.68%) NIST
2 120 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (4.79%) GDPR
4 45 (3.85%) NCSC
5 40 (3.42%) GRC
6 25 (2.14%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.62%) PCI DSS
7 19 (1.62%) QA
8 18 (1.54%) SLA
9 16 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.77%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.77%) COBIT
11 9 (0.77%) ITGC
12 7 (0.60%) PMO
13 6 (0.51%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.43%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 303 (25.90%) Active Directory
2 100 (8.55%) Docker
3 29 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.45%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.60%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.34%) vSphere
8 3 (0.26%) KVM
8 3 (0.26%) zsh
9 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.17%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.085%) IAG
10 1 (0.085%) Squid
10 1 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.085%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 135 (11.54%) Single Sign-On
2 133 (11.37%) Kubernetes
3 67 (5.73%) Ansible
4 47 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (3.25%) Grafana
6 19 (1.62%) Argo
6 19 (1.62%) Prometheus
7 13 (1.11%) Progress Chef
8 11 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (0.77%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.60%) Istio
11 6 (0.51%) Puppet
12 5 (0.43%) HAProxy
12 5 (0.43%) Podman
13 4 (0.34%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.34%) NetBackup
13 4 (0.34%) SCCM
14 3 (0.26%) FreeIPA
14 3 (0.26%) VxRail
14 3 (0.26%) WMI
Vendors
1 427 (36.50%) Microsoft
2 108 (9.23%) Okta
3 97 (8.29%) CyberArk
4 82 (7.01%) Google
5 59 (5.04%) BeyondTrust
6 53 (4.53%) ServiceNow
7 52 (4.44%) Oracle
8 46 (3.93%) VMware
9 34 (2.91%) Zscaler
10 29 (2.48%) SAP
11 22 (1.88%) ForgeRock
12 21 (1.79%) Ping Identity
13 20 (1.71%) Cisco
14 18 (1.54%) Splunk
15 16 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
16 14 (1.20%) Databricks
16 14 (1.20%) Red Hat
17 13 (1.11%) Workday
18 10 (0.85%) Palo Alto
19 9 (0.77%) WALLIX