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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 175 199
Rank change year-on-year +27 +24 -19
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 990 522 531
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.88% 1.60% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.77% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 704 375 366
10th Percentile £425 £385 £425
25th Percentile £481 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £598
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -3.77% -0.42%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £686
90th Percentile £750 £730 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £537 £625
% change year-on-year +2.42% -14.08% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 4
10th Percentile £51.33 £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 £83.02 £86.25 £36.60
90th Percentile £87.72 £94.50 £59.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £77.09 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -6.56% - -

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 44,871 29,543 34,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.02% 90.39% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,803 18,563 22,435
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.46%
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 2,660 1,589 2,131
10th Percentile £14.85 £14.20 £13.46
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.44 £17.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -6.98%
75th Percentile £68.13 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £69.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £24.34 £40.00
% change year-on-year +82.83% -39.15% -1.95%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +16 807 £575 - 275
UK excluding London +38 469 £550 +2.42% 185
London +8 386 £575 -4.17% 127
Work from Home +30 332 £550 +2.09% 126
South East +11 135 £575 -11.54% 57
North of England +9 134 £550 +17.15% 55
Yorkshire +2 79 £544 +20.83% 30
Midlands -30 68 £550 +11.79% 17
Scotland +33 61 £478 -10.65% 15
South West -17 54 £563 +7.14% 28
West Midlands -31 53 £525 -4.55% 9
North West -13 52 £575 +16.87% 25
East of England -6 22 £553 -18.21% 7
East Midlands -21 13 £638 +55.49% 8
Wales - 8 £471 - 6
North East -34 4 £550 +10.83%
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 32 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.93%) Confluence
3 28 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.91%) Apache
5 7 (0.71%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.40%) IIS
7 3 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.30%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.30%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.20%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.10%) Mendix
9 1 (0.10%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (0.61%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.71%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.20%) R3 Corda
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 448 (45.25%) Azure
2 309 (31.21%) Entra ID
3 212 (21.41%) AWS
4 121 (12.22%) GCP
5 75 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (5.56%) GitHub
7 49 (4.95%) Power Platform
8 46 (4.65%) Azure AKS
9 42 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
10 40 (4.04%) Azure Sentinel
10 40 (4.04%) SaaS
11 39 (3.94%) Azure Monitor
12 31 (3.13%) OCI
13 30 (3.03%) PaaS
14 28 (2.83%) Serverless
15 27 (2.73%) IaaS
16 21 (2.12%) Azure Key Vault
16 21 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
16 21 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 93 (9.39%) Network Security
2 87 (8.79%) Firewall
3 78 (7.88%) DNS
4 47 (4.75%) WAN
5 40 (4.04%) DHCP
6 34 (3.43%) VPN
7 27 (2.73%) BGP
7 27 (2.73%) LAN
8 26 (2.63%) OSPF
9 24 (2.42%) BIG-IP
9 24 (2.42%) Ethernet VPN
9 24 (2.42%) Junos
9 24 (2.42%) VXLAN
10 19 (1.92%) Cisco ISE
11 18 (1.82%) SD-WAN
12 11 (1.11%) SSL
13 10 (1.01%) Kerberos
14 9 (0.91%) TCP/IP
15 8 (0.81%) Internet
16 7 (0.71%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.12%) Power BI
3 14 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.91%) Data Lake
5 9 (0.91%) NoSQL
5 9 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.71%) Neo4j
6 7 (0.71%) Oracle Exadata
6 7 (0.71%) Tableau
7 6 (0.61%) Metadata
8 5 (0.51%) Big Data
8 5 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.40%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.20%) MySQL
11 2 (0.20%) Parquet
11 2 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 54 (5.45%) JIRA
2 44 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 36 (3.64%) Git
4 19 (1.92%) GitLab
5 7 (0.71%) Gatling
6 4 (0.40%) Postman
6 4 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.30%) MSBuild
7 3 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.30%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.20%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.20%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.20%) JMeter
8 2 (0.20%) Maven
8 2 (0.20%) NeoLoad
8 2 (0.20%) Selenium
8 2 (0.20%) Snyk
General
1 247 (24.95%) Social Skills
2 204 (20.61%) Finance
3 132 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 90 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (6.67%) Banking
6 53 (5.35%) Documentation Skills
6 53 (5.35%) Retail
7 25 (2.53%) Legal
8 18 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (1.52%) Manufacturing
10 14 (1.41%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.81%) Financial Institution
11 8 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (0.71%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.71%) Police
13 6 (0.61%) Military
14 5 (0.51%) Local Government
14 5 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 258 (26.06%) Architect
2 87 (8.79%) Lead
3 83 (8.38%) Analyst
4 82 (8.28%) Security Architect
5 79 (7.98%) Senior
6 73 (7.37%) Developer
7 47 (4.75%) Consultant
8 44 (4.44%) Java Developer
8 44 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
9 40 (4.04%) Business Analyst
9 40 (4.04%) Project Manager
10 36 (3.64%) Support Engineer
11 32 (3.23%) Technical Architect
12 30 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
12 30 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
13 29 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 29 (2.93%) Service Manager
13 29 (2.93%) Service Transition Manager
13 29 (2.93%) Transition Manager
14 27 (2.73%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (10.51%) SailPoint
2 88 (8.89%) OAuth
3 77 (7.78%) OpenID
4 76 (7.68%) SAML
5 54 (5.45%) LDAP
6 50 (5.05%) REST
7 30 (3.03%) OAuth2
8 28 (2.83%) ARM Templates
9 26 (2.63%) 802.1X
10 25 (2.53%) .NET
11 16 (1.62%) Middleware
11 16 (1.62%) Node.js
12 15 (1.52%) JSON
12 15 (1.52%) Kafka
13 14 (1.41%) .NET Framework
13 14 (1.41%) React
13 14 (1.41%) Spring
14 13 (1.31%) Web Services
15 12 (1.21%) Spring Boot
16 11 (1.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 109 (11.01%) Onboarding
2 95 (9.60%) PKI
3 78 (7.88%) Cloud Native
4 44 (4.44%) Data Centre
5 39 (3.94%) Security Posture
6 31 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (3.13%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.83%) Operational Technology
7 28 (2.83%) Product Ownership
8 27 (2.73%) Public Cloud
9 26 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (2.42%) Clustering
11 23 (2.32%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
13 18 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
15 16 (1.62%) Enterprise Cloud
16 14 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
17 11 (1.11%) IoT
17 11 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 112 (11.31%) Windows
2 69 (6.97%) Linux
3 30 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.01%) Unix
5 9 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.91%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.61%) Debian
6 6 (0.61%) VMS
7 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.40%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.20%) Android
10 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.10%) CentOS
11 1 (0.10%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (21.21%) DevOps
2 205 (20.71%) Cybersecurity
3 176 (17.78%) CI/CD
4 171 (17.27%) Agile
5 162 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 147 (14.85%) Zero Trust
7 146 (14.75%) RBAC
8 141 (14.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 141 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
9 136 (13.74%) Cloud Security
10 124 (12.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 118 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 110 (11.11%) Security Architecture
13 108 (10.91%) Privileged Access Management
14 102 (10.30%) Identity Management
15 101 (10.20%) Roadmaps
16 96 (9.70%) Migration
17 92 (9.29%) AI
18 84 (8.48%) Technical Leadership
19 79 (7.98%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 162 (16.36%) PowerShell
2 128 (12.93%) Python
3 79 (7.98%) Java
4 69 (6.97%) SQL
5 52 (5.25%) Bicep
6 47 (4.75%) Bash
7 23 (2.32%) C#
8 15 (1.52%) Rust
9 12 (1.21%) Go
10 5 (0.51%) Scala
10 5 (0.51%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.40%) Groovy
11 4 (0.40%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.40%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.30%) C++
12 3 (0.30%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.30%) R
13 2 (0.20%) C
13 2 (0.20%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.20%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 301 (30.40%) Security Cleared
2 221 (22.32%) SC Cleared
3 86 (8.69%) CISSP
4 63 (6.36%) DV Cleared
5 53 (5.35%) Azure Certification
5 53 (5.35%) Cisco Certification
6 51 (5.15%) Degree
7 48 (4.85%) CISM
8 35 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 30 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (2.73%) CCSP
12 18 (1.82%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.72%) PMP
14 15 (1.52%) PMI Certification
15 13 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.71%) CISA
17 7 (0.71%) JNCIA
17 7 (0.71%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (9.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 93 (9.39%) NIST
2 63 (6.36%) GDPR
3 37 (3.74%) NCSC
4 34 (3.43%) GRC
5 25 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 16 (1.62%) QA
6 16 (1.62%) SLA
7 13 (1.31%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.21%) Accessibility
9 11 (1.11%) SOC 2
10 10 (1.01%) Data Quality
11 8 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.81%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.81%) PMO
12 7 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.61%) COBIT
13 6 (0.61%) ITGC
14 5 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
14 5 (0.51%) NIST 800
System Software
1 278 (28.08%) Active Directory
2 72 (7.27%) Docker
3 26 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (1.41%) VMware NSX
6 13 (1.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.40%) IAG
8 3 (0.30%) vSphere
9 2 (0.20%) KVM
9 2 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.20%) RACF
9 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.20%) zsh
10 1 (0.10%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.10%) Squid
Systems Management
1 144 (14.55%) Terraform
2 106 (10.71%) Single Sign-On
3 105 (10.61%) Kubernetes
4 59 (5.96%) Ansible
5 30 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (2.53%) Grafana
7 24 (2.42%) FortiGate
8 13 (1.31%) Argo
9 12 (1.21%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (0.71%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 7 (0.71%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.51%) HAProxy
12 5 (0.51%) NetIQ Identity Manager
13 4 (0.40%) Podman
13 4 (0.40%) Puppet
13 4 (0.40%) SCCM
14 3 (0.30%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 309 (31.21%) Microsoft
2 101 (10.20%) Okta
3 67 (6.77%) CyberArk
4 52 (5.25%) Google
5 47 (4.75%) ServiceNow
6 44 (4.44%) Splunk
7 43 (4.34%) Oracle
8 41 (4.14%) BeyondTrust
9 40 (4.04%) VMware
10 38 (3.84%) SAP
11 36 (3.64%) Cisco
12 30 (3.03%) ForgeRock
13 26 (2.63%) F5
13 26 (2.63%) Zscaler
14 24 (2.42%) Juniper
14 24 (2.42%) SolarWinds
15 22 (2.22%) Extreme Networks
16 20 (2.02%) Workday
17 15 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
17 15 (1.52%) Ping Identity