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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 182 191
Rank change year-on-year +52 +9 -2
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,164 534 492
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.13% 1.63% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 1.80% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 354 317
10th Percentile £413 £370 £425
25th Percentile £475 £447 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -9.58% -
75th Percentile £638 £649 £688
90th Percentile £738 £729 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £635
% change year-on-year +5.00% -21.26% +13.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 5 5
10th Percentile £14.85 £51.50 -
25th Percentile £49.06 £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £90.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +278.15% -66.24%
75th Percentile £83.02 £95.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.72 £98.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £79.91 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -3.14% - -

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 46,176 29,707 32,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.50% 90.53% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,774 18,450 19,527
10th Percentile £325 £297 £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 3,315 1,863 1,324
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.14 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £38.50 £25.15 £41.08
Median % change year-on-year +53.08% -38.77% -3.91%
75th Percentile £65.41 £43.21 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.40 £65.00 £74.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.72 £22.32 £42.50
% change year-on-year +73.52% -47.49% -

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +33 943 £550 +1.85% 754
UK excluding London +39 546 £525 +5.00% 398
London +26 459 £575 -1.71% 411
Work from Home +42 361 £550 +5.26% 393
North of England +2 188 £500 +5.26% 94
South East +22 135 £575 +7.08% 137
Yorkshire +18 116 £538 +13.16% 34
Scotland +30 74 £480 -15.88% 43
North West -20 58 £488 +7.62% 53
South West -6 53 £600 +20.00% 38
Midlands -41 52 £580 +16.00% 45
East of England +1 41 £550 -8.33% 21
West Midlands -33 41 £518 -5.91% 28
North East -30 13 £500 -2.91% 7
East Midlands -22 10 £625 +53.94% 17
Wales -6 9 £475 -32.14% 10
Northern Ireland +7 2 £600 -4.00% 11
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 (3.35%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.18%) Confluence
3 34 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.69%) Apache
5 4 (0.34%) nginx
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.26%) IIS
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.17%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.086%) Documentum
8 1 (0.086%) Drupal
8 1 (0.086%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (0.86%) MS Visio
2 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.52%) 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%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.17%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.086%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.086%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.086%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.086%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 476 (40.89%) Azure
2 353 (30.33%) Entra ID
3 293 (25.17%) AWS
4 165 (14.18%) GCP
5 92 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
6 66 (5.67%) GitHub
7 64 (5.50%) SaaS
8 51 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (4.21%) GitHub Actions
10 41 (3.52%) Power Platform
11 40 (3.44%) Serverless
12 39 (3.35%) OCI
13 36 (3.09%) Azure Sentinel
14 35 (3.01%) Azure AKS
15 33 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
16 32 (2.75%) Amazon EKS
17 27 (2.32%) Azure Key Vault
18 25 (2.15%) PaaS
19 24 (2.06%) IaaS
19 24 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 97 (8.33%) Network Security
2 86 (7.39%) Firewall
3 60 (5.15%) DNS
4 40 (3.44%) VPN
5 22 (1.89%) DHCP
6 18 (1.55%) WAN
7 14 (1.20%) Kerberos
8 13 (1.12%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.86%) IPsec
10 9 (0.77%) SSL
11 8 (0.69%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.60%) HTTPS
12 7 (0.60%) Internet
13 6 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.52%) X.509
14 5 (0.43%) LAN
15 4 (0.34%) MQTT
15 4 (0.34%) VLAN
16 3 (0.26%) OpenLDAP
16 3 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.66%) Metadata
3 28 (2.41%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.63%) Power BI
5 11 (0.95%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.95%) Neo4j
6 10 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.77%) NoSQL
8 8 (0.69%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
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 57 (4.90%) Git
2 50 (4.30%) JIRA
3 39 (3.35%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.80%) GitLab
5 20 (1.72%) Selenium
6 11 (0.95%) Gatling
7 8 (0.69%) 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
1 348 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 252 (21.65%) Finance
3 149 (12.80%) Public Sector
4 128 (11.00%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (6.70%) Banking
6 65 (5.58%) Retail
7 60 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.72%) Legal
9 20 (1.72%) Manufacturing
10 16 (1.37%) Aerospace
10 16 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (0.77%) Law
11 9 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (0.69%) Local Government
12 8 (0.69%) Military
12 8 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (0.69%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.43%) Automotive
13 5 (0.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 296 (25.43%) Architect
2 104 (8.93%) Lead
3 100 (8.59%) Analyst
4 98 (8.42%) Security Architect
5 71 (6.10%) Developer
6 70 (6.01%) Senior
7 62 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
8 59 (5.07%) Consultant
9 54 (4.64%) Business Analyst
10 53 (4.55%) Security Engineer
11 48 (4.12%) Support Engineer
12 45 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 44 (3.78%) Project Manager
14 42 (3.61%) Java Developer
14 42 (3.61%) Technical Architect
15 38 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
16 35 (3.01%) Service Manager
17 34 (2.92%) Service Transition Manager
17 34 (2.92%) Transition Manager
18 31 (2.66%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (16.07%) Terraform
2 115 (9.88%) OAuth
3 101 (8.68%) OpenID
4 90 (7.73%) SailPoint
5 82 (7.04%) SAML
6 62 (5.33%) LDAP
7 61 (5.24%) REST
8 44 (3.78%) OAuth2
9 34 (2.92%) .NET
10 27 (2.32%) ARM Templates
10 27 (2.32%) Kafka
11 24 (2.06%) React
12 20 (1.72%) JSON
13 18 (1.55%) .NET Framework
14 16 (1.37%) Node.js
14 16 (1.37%) Web Services
14 16 (1.37%) XML
15 15 (1.29%) RESTful
15 15 (1.29%) Spring
16 14 (1.20%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 132 (11.34%) Onboarding
2 131 (11.25%) Cloud Native
3 98 (8.42%) PKI
4 72 (6.19%) Security Posture
5 51 (4.38%) Management Information System
6 48 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (3.44%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (3.09%) Product Ownership
9 32 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
10 30 (2.58%) Operational Technology
11 29 (2.49%) Public Cloud
12 28 (2.41%) Data Centre
13 25 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
14 24 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
15 21 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
16 19 (1.63%) Enterprise Cloud
17 16 (1.37%) CMDB
17 16 (1.37%) IoT
18 14 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
19 13 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 120 (10.31%) Windows
2 88 (7.56%) Linux
3 56 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.77%) Unix
6 8 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.60%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.52%) VMS
9 5 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.43%) Debian
9 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.34%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.26%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.17%) Android
12 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.086%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (25.26%) Cybersecurity
2 267 (22.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 234 (20.10%) CI/CD
4 207 (17.78%) Agile
5 205 (17.61%) DevOps
6 203 (17.44%) Infrastructure as Code
7 186 (15.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 185 (15.89%) RBAC
9 178 (15.29%) Cloud Security
10 169 (14.52%) Security Architecture
11 163 (14.00%) Zero Trust
12 160 (13.75%) Roadmaps
13 157 (13.49%) Privileged Access Management
14 146 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
14 146 (12.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 142 (12.20%) Migration
16 124 (10.65%) AI
17 123 (10.57%) Technical Leadership
18 121 (10.40%) Identity Management
19 116 (9.97%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (16.24%) PowerShell
2 185 (15.89%) Python
3 93 (7.99%) Java
4 77 (6.62%) Bash
4 77 (6.62%) SQL
5 51 (4.38%) Bicep
6 29 (2.49%) C#
7 18 (1.55%) Go
8 14 (1.20%) Rust
9 9 (0.77%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.69%) Scala
11 7 (0.60%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.52%) 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
1 339 (29.12%) Security Cleared
2 255 (21.91%) SC Cleared
3 99 (8.51%) CISSP
4 68 (5.84%) Azure Certification
5 67 (5.76%) Degree
6 62 (5.33%) DV Cleared
7 58 (4.98%) CISM
8 48 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 39 (3.35%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (3.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 36 (3.09%) AWS Certification
11 34 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
12 29 (2.49%) CCSP
13 21 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (1.55%) PMP
15 14 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 12 (1.03%) PMI Certification
18 11 (0.95%) CISA
18 11 (0.95%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (11.00%) NIST
2 123 (10.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (5.07%) GDPR
4 46 (3.95%) NCSC
5 41 (3.52%) GRC
6 24 (2.06%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.72%) QA
8 19 (1.63%) PCI DSS
8 19 (1.63%) 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 6 (0.52%) JSP 440
12 6 (0.52%) PMO
12 6 (0.52%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.43%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 291 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 99 (8.51%) Docker
3 28 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.46%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.34%) vSphere
9 3 (0.26%) KVM
9 3 (0.26%) zsh
10 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.086%) IAG
11 1 (0.086%) Squid
11 1 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.086%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 132 (11.34%) Kubernetes
2 126 (10.82%) Single Sign-On
3 67 (5.76%) Ansible
4 47 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (3.26%) Grafana
6 19 (1.63%) Argo
6 19 (1.63%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.03%) Progress Chef
8 11 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (0.77%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.60%) Istio
11 5 (0.43%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.43%) Podman
11 5 (0.43%) Puppet
12 4 (0.34%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.34%) SCCM
13 3 (0.26%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Management
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Manager
13 3 (0.26%) WMI
Vendors
1 415 (35.65%) Microsoft
2 103 (8.85%) Okta
3 94 (8.08%) CyberArk
4 81 (6.96%) Google
5 53 (4.55%) BeyondTrust
5 53 (4.55%) Oracle
6 51 (4.38%) ServiceNow
7 45 (3.87%) VMware
8 34 (2.92%) Zscaler
9 29 (2.49%) SAP
10 22 (1.89%) ForgeRock
11 20 (1.72%) Cisco
12 19 (1.63%) Ping Identity
13 18 (1.55%) Splunk
14 15 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
15 14 (1.20%) Databricks
15 14 (1.20%) Red Hat
15 14 (1.20%) Workday
16 11 (0.95%) Palo Alto
17 9 (0.77%) WALLIX