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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 179 185
Rank change year-on-year +52 +6 +8
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,169 540 492
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.13% 1.64% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 1.81% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 847 360 317
10th Percentile £413 £367 £425
25th Percentile £475 £447 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £539 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% -10.21% -
75th Percentile £638 £646 £688
90th Percentile £738 £726 £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 23 5 5
10th Percentile £14.85 £51.50 -
25th Percentile £46.88 £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £90.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +278.15% -66.24%
75th Percentile £83.68 £95.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £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 46,438 29,893 32,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.57% 90.54% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,948 18,567 19,512
10th Percentile £325 £295 £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 £736 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,331 1,864 1,314
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.08 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.87 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.56% -39.40% -2.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.20 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £65.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.13 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +70.85% -48.10% +1.18%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 +30 948 £550 +2.42% 743
UK excluding London +41 551 £525 +5.00% 358
London +27 459 £575 -1.71% 420
Work from Home +45 365 £550 +5.77% 344
North of England +2 190 £500 +5.26% 85
South East +19 135 £575 +7.08% 135
Yorkshire +18 118 £538 +11.17% 35
Scotland +34 74 £480 -15.88% 34
North West -12 58 £488 +7.62% 48
South West -12 54 £600 +20.00% 28
Midlands -43 54 £575 +15.00% 42
West Midlands -34 42 £510 -7.27% 27
East of England +2 41 £550 -12.00% 22
North East -32 13 £500 -2.91% 2
East Midlands -30 11 £600 +47.78% 15
Wales -3 9 £475 -32.14% 7
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 (3.34%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.17%) Confluence
3 34 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.68%) 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 (0.51%) 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 (0.086%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle ERP
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
1 480 (41.06%) Azure
2 354 (30.28%) Entra ID
3 298 (25.49%) AWS
4 167 (14.29%) GCP
5 92 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
6 67 (5.73%) GitHub
7 63 (5.39%) SaaS
8 51 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (4.28%) GitHub Actions
10 41 (3.51%) Power Platform
10 41 (3.51%) Serverless
11 39 (3.34%) OCI
12 36 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
13 34 (2.91%) Azure AKS
14 33 (2.82%) Amazon EKS
14 33 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
15 27 (2.31%) Azure Key Vault
16 26 (2.22%) PaaS
17 24 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
17 24 (2.05%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 97 (8.30%) Network Security
2 87 (7.44%) Firewall
3 61 (5.22%) DNS
4 40 (3.42%) VPN
5 22 (1.88%) DHCP
6 18 (1.54%) WAN
7 14 (1.20%) Kerberos
8 13 (1.11%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.86%) IPsec
9 10 (0.86%) 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 46 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.65%) Metadata
3 28 (2.40%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.63%) Power BI
5 11 (0.94%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.94%) Neo4j
6 10 (0.86%) 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
10 6 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.34%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.34%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.34%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (0.34%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.34%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 58 (4.96%) 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
1 349 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 255 (21.81%) Finance
3 150 (12.83%) Public Sector
4 129 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (6.67%) Banking
6 65 (5.56%) Retail
7 60 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.71%) Legal
9 20 (1.71%) 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 (0.68%) Local Government
12 8 (0.68%) Military
12 8 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (0.68%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.51%) Police
14 5 (0.43%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 297 (25.41%) Architect
2 105 (8.98%) Lead
3 100 (8.55%) Analyst
3 100 (8.55%) Security Architect
4 71 (6.07%) Senior
5 70 (5.99%) Developer
6 61 (5.22%) Solutions Architect
7 59 (5.05%) Consultant
8 54 (4.62%) Business Analyst
9 53 (4.53%) Security Engineer
10 48 (4.11%) Support Engineer
11 45 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 44 (3.76%) Project Manager
13 42 (3.59%) Technical Architect
14 41 (3.51%) Java Developer
15 39 (3.34%) Cloud Engineer
16 35 (2.99%) Service Manager
17 34 (2.91%) Service Transition Manager
17 34 (2.91%) Transition Manager
18 32 (2.74%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (16.08%) Terraform
2 116 (9.92%) OAuth
3 102 (8.73%) OpenID
4 91 (7.78%) SailPoint
5 83 (7.10%) SAML
6 62 (5.30%) LDAP
6 62 (5.30%) REST
7 45 (3.85%) OAuth2
8 34 (2.91%) .NET
9 27 (2.31%) ARM Templates
9 27 (2.31%) Kafka
10 24 (2.05%) React
11 20 (1.71%) JSON
12 18 (1.54%) .NET Framework
13 16 (1.37%) Node.js
13 16 (1.37%) Web Services
13 16 (1.37%) XML
14 15 (1.28%) RESTful
14 15 (1.28%) Spring
15 14 (1.20%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 133 (11.38%) Onboarding
2 132 (11.29%) Cloud Native
3 100 (8.55%) PKI
4 72 (6.16%) Security Posture
5 51 (4.36%) Management Information System
6 49 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
8 37 (3.17%) Product Ownership
9 33 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 30 (2.57%) Data Centre
10 30 (2.57%) Operational Technology
11 29 (2.48%) Public Cloud
12 25 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
13 24 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
15 19 (1.63%) Enterprise Cloud
16 16 (1.37%) CMDB
16 16 (1.37%) IoT
17 14 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
18 13 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 123 (10.52%) Windows
2 91 (7.78%) Linux
3 57 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.77%) Unix
6 8 (0.68%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.60%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.51%) 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
1 297 (25.41%) Cybersecurity
2 271 (23.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 236 (20.19%) CI/CD
4 206 (17.62%) Agile
4 206 (17.62%) DevOps
5 205 (17.54%) Infrastructure as Code
6 188 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 186 (15.91%) RBAC
8 180 (15.40%) Cloud Security
9 171 (14.63%) Security Architecture
10 165 (14.11%) Zero Trust
11 161 (13.77%) Roadmaps
12 159 (13.60%) Privileged Access Management
13 146 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
13 146 (12.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 145 (12.40%) Migration
15 124 (10.61%) AI
15 124 (10.61%) Technical Leadership
16 121 (10.35%) Identity Management
17 117 (10.01%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 192 (16.42%) PowerShell
2 187 (16.00%) Python
3 92 (7.87%) Java
4 78 (6.67%) Bash
5 77 (6.59%) SQL
6 51 (4.36%) Bicep
7 29 (2.48%) C#
8 18 (1.54%) Go
9 14 (1.20%) Rust
10 9 (0.77%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.68%) Scala
12 7 (0.60%) JavaScript
13 6 (0.51%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.43%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.26%) Cypher
15 3 (0.26%) Groovy
15 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.17%) DAML
16 2 (0.17%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 340 (29.08%) Security Cleared
2 256 (21.90%) SC Cleared
3 101 (8.64%) CISSP
4 68 (5.82%) Azure Certification
4 68 (5.82%) Degree
5 62 (5.30%) DV Cleared
6 60 (5.13%) CISM
7 48 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (3.25%) AWS Certification
10 37 (3.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 34 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
12 30 (2.57%) CCSP
13 21 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (1.54%) PMP
15 14 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 14 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
16 12 (1.03%) PMI Certification
17 11 (0.94%) CRISC
17 11 (0.94%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (11.04%) NIST
2 124 (10.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (4.96%) GDPR
4 46 (3.93%) NCSC
5 41 (3.51%) GRC
6 24 (2.05%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.71%) 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 (0.51%) JSP 440
12 6 (0.51%) PMO
12 6 (0.51%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.43%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 293 (25.06%) Active Directory
2 100 (8.55%) Docker
3 28 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.45%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.68%) 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 (11.29%) Kubernetes
2 127 (10.86%) Single Sign-On
3 68 (5.82%) Ansible
4 47 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (3.25%) Grafana
6 19 (1.63%) Argo
6 19 (1.63%) 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%) SCCM
14 3 (0.26%) NetBackup
14 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Management
14 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Manager
14 3 (0.26%) WMI
Vendors
1 418 (35.76%) Microsoft
2 103 (8.81%) Okta
3 94 (8.04%) CyberArk
4 82 (7.01%) Google
5 53 (4.53%) BeyondTrust
5 53 (4.53%) Oracle
6 50 (4.28%) ServiceNow
7 46 (3.93%) VMware
8 34 (2.91%) Zscaler
9 29 (2.48%) SAP
10 22 (1.88%) ForgeRock
11 20 (1.71%) Cisco
12 19 (1.63%) Ping Identity
13 18 (1.54%) Splunk
14 15 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
15 14 (1.20%) Databricks
15 14 (1.20%) Red Hat
16 13 (1.11%) Workday
17 11 (0.94%) Palo Alto
18 9 (0.77%) WALLIX