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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 176 194
Rank change year-on-year +29 +18 -15
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 996 522 523
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.90% 1.59% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 1.76% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 372 356
10th Percentile £425 £384 £425
25th Percentile £481 £464 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -1.71% -2.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
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 44,620 29,684 34,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.91% 90.46% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,627 18,648 21,888
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £734 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,682 1,621 1,980
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.73 £17.33 £17.74
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.35 £68.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.57 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.55% -41.56% -

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +18 811 £575 - 288
UK excluding London +42 464 £550 +2.42% 169
London +23 394 £575 -4.17% 143
Work from Home +31 334 £550 +2.33% 132
South East +5 138 £575 -11.54% 54
North of England +2 137 £550 +16.40% 52
Yorkshire +10 85 £538 +16.97% 27
Scotland +27 60 £478 -10.86% 9
Midlands -48 57 £580 +17.89% 13
South West -14 54 £575 +9.52% 27
North West -22 49 £575 +16.87% 24
West Midlands -40 42 £525 -4.55% 7
East of England -5 22 £553 -18.21% 10
East Midlands -22 13 £638 +55.49% 6
Wales - 8 £471 - 4
North East -45 4 £550 +10.83% 1
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 31 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.01%) Confluence
3 27 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.90%) Apache
5 7 (0.70%) 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%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.20%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.10%) Mendix
9 1 (0.10%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (0.60%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.70%) 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 (44.98%) Azure
2 299 (30.02%) Entra ID
3 213 (21.39%) AWS
4 124 (12.45%) GCP
5 72 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (5.52%) GitHub
7 48 (4.82%) Power Platform
8 45 (4.52%) Azure AKS
9 42 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
10 41 (4.12%) SaaS
11 40 (4.02%) Azure Monitor
12 38 (3.82%) Azure Sentinel
13 31 (3.11%) OCI
14 30 (3.01%) PaaS
15 28 (2.81%) Serverless
16 26 (2.61%) IaaS
17 22 (2.21%) Azure Key Vault
18 21 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
19 20 (2.01%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 95 (9.54%) Network Security
2 84 (8.43%) Firewall
3 79 (7.93%) DNS
4 47 (4.72%) WAN
5 40 (4.02%) DHCP
6 31 (3.11%) VPN
7 27 (2.71%) LAN
8 26 (2.61%) BGP
9 25 (2.51%) OSPF
10 24 (2.41%) BIG-IP
10 24 (2.41%) Ethernet VPN
10 24 (2.41%) Junos
10 24 (2.41%) VXLAN
11 19 (1.91%) Cisco ISE
12 18 (1.81%) SD-WAN
13 11 (1.10%) SSL
14 10 (1.00%) TCP/IP
15 8 (0.80%) Internet
16 7 (0.70%) Kerberos
17 6 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.11%) Power BI
3 14 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.90%) Data Lake
5 9 (0.90%) NoSQL
5 9 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.80%) Neo4j
7 7 (0.70%) Oracle Exadata
7 7 (0.70%) Tableau
8 6 (0.60%) Metadata
9 5 (0.50%) Big Data
9 5 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.50%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.40%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.20%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.20%) Parquet
12 2 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 52 (5.22%) JIRA
2 42 (4.22%) Jenkins
3 35 (3.51%) Git
4 19 (1.91%) GitLab
5 10 (1.00%) Gatling
6 5 (0.50%) JMeter
6 5 (0.50%) NeoLoad
7 4 (0.40%) Postman
7 4 (0.40%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.30%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.30%) MSBuild
8 3 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.30%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.20%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.20%) Maven
9 2 (0.20%) Snyk
10 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
General
1 258 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 209 (20.98%) Finance
3 127 (12.75%) Public Sector
4 92 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (6.73%) Banking
6 55 (5.52%) Retail
7 54 (5.42%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (2.41%) Legal
9 23 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (1.51%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.41%) Aerospace
12 8 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (0.80%) Investment Banking
13 7 (0.70%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.60%) Military
14 6 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.50%) Local Government
16 3 (0.30%) Law
16 3 (0.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 257 (25.80%) Architect
2 94 (9.44%) Lead
3 86 (8.63%) Security Architect
4 82 (8.23%) Analyst
5 80 (8.03%) Senior
6 73 (7.33%) Developer
7 46 (4.62%) Consultant
7 46 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
8 45 (4.52%) Business Analyst
9 44 (4.42%) Java Developer
10 41 (4.12%) Project Manager
11 38 (3.82%) Support Engineer
12 33 (3.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 32 (3.21%) Cloud Engineer
13 32 (3.21%) Technical Architect
14 31 (3.11%) Service Manager
14 31 (3.11%) Service Transition Manager
14 31 (3.11%) Transition Manager
15 29 (2.91%) DevOps Engineer
16 27 (2.71%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (9.44%) OAuth
1 94 (9.44%) SailPoint
2 81 (8.13%) OpenID
3 79 (7.93%) SAML
4 50 (5.02%) LDAP
5 48 (4.82%) REST
6 34 (3.41%) OAuth2
7 27 (2.71%) .NET
7 27 (2.71%) ARM Templates
8 26 (2.61%) 802.1X
9 16 (1.61%) Node.js
10 15 (1.51%) .NET Framework
10 15 (1.51%) JSON
10 15 (1.51%) Spring
11 14 (1.41%) Kafka
11 14 (1.41%) Middleware
11 14 (1.41%) React
12 12 (1.20%) Web Services
13 11 (1.10%) RESTful
13 11 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (11.04%) Onboarding
2 98 (9.84%) PKI
3 87 (8.73%) Cloud Native
4 44 (4.42%) Data Centre
5 40 (4.02%) Security Posture
6 33 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
6 33 (3.31%) Management Information System
7 32 (3.21%) Product Ownership
8 28 (2.81%) Operational Technology
9 27 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
10 26 (2.61%) Public Cloud
11 24 (2.41%) Clustering
12 23 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
13 20 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
14 19 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
15 17 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
16 16 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
17 14 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
18 11 (1.10%) IoT
18 11 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 117 (11.75%) Windows
2 71 (7.13%) Linux
3 34 (3.41%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.00%) Unix
5 9 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.90%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.80%) VMS
7 6 (0.60%) Debian
8 5 (0.50%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.40%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.20%) Android
11 2 (0.20%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.10%) CentOS
12 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (21.89%) Cybersecurity
2 210 (21.08%) DevOps
3 183 (18.37%) CI/CD
4 175 (17.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 171 (17.17%) Agile
6 150 (15.06%) Zero Trust
7 147 (14.76%) RBAC
8 144 (14.46%) Infrastructure as Code
9 142 (14.26%) Problem-Solving
10 140 (14.06%) Cloud Security
11 126 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 124 (12.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 117 (11.75%) Security Architecture
14 114 (11.45%) Privileged Access Management
15 107 (10.74%) Identity Management
16 106 (10.64%) Roadmaps
17 93 (9.34%) Migration
18 91 (9.14%) AI
19 88 (8.84%) Technical Leadership
20 82 (8.23%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 162 (16.27%) PowerShell
2 131 (13.15%) Python
3 81 (8.13%) Java
4 75 (7.53%) SQL
5 53 (5.32%) Bicep
6 51 (5.12%) Bash
7 22 (2.21%) C#
8 14 (1.41%) Rust
9 12 (1.20%) Go
10 7 (0.70%) Scala
11 5 (0.50%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.40%) Groovy
12 4 (0.40%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.40%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.30%) Cypher
13 3 (0.30%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.30%) R
14 2 (0.20%) DAML
14 2 (0.20%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.20%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 305 (30.62%) Security Cleared
2 221 (22.19%) SC Cleared
3 91 (9.14%) CISSP
4 65 (6.53%) DV Cleared
5 55 (5.52%) Degree
6 54 (5.42%) Azure Certification
6 54 (5.42%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (5.32%) CISM
8 35 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 33 (3.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 30 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (2.81%) CCSP
12 19 (1.91%) PMP
13 18 (1.81%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.61%) PMI Certification
15 14 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
16 10 (1.00%) FFIEC
17 9 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
18 8 (0.80%) CISA
19 7 (0.70%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (9.94%) NIST
2 96 (9.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 64 (6.43%) GDPR
4 39 (3.92%) NCSC
5 35 (3.51%) GRC
6 24 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (1.61%) QA
7 16 (1.61%) SLA
8 12 (1.20%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.20%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.10%) SOC 2
10 10 (1.00%) Data Quality
11 9 (0.90%) COBIT
11 9 (0.90%) PMO
12 8 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.80%) HIPAA
13 7 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.60%) ITGC
15 5 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
15 5 (0.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 269 (27.01%) Active Directory
2 74 (7.43%) Docker
3 29 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (1.51%) VMware NSX
6 13 (1.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.40%) IAG
7 4 (0.40%) vSphere
8 2 (0.20%) KVM
8 2 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.20%) RACF
8 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.20%) zsh
9 1 (0.10%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.10%) Squid
Systems Management
1 147 (14.76%) Terraform
2 111 (11.14%) Kubernetes
3 101 (10.14%) Single Sign-On
4 59 (5.92%) Ansible
5 30 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (2.41%) FortiGate
6 24 (2.41%) Grafana
7 13 (1.31%) Argo
8 11 (1.10%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.70%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 7 (0.70%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.50%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.50%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 4 (0.40%) Podman
12 4 (0.40%) Puppet
12 4 (0.40%) SCCM
13 3 (0.30%) Istio
13 3 (0.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 304 (30.52%) Microsoft
2 95 (9.54%) Okta
3 70 (7.03%) CyberArk
4 52 (5.22%) Google
5 46 (4.62%) ServiceNow
6 45 (4.52%) Oracle
6 45 (4.52%) VMware
7 42 (4.22%) Splunk
8 38 (3.82%) BeyondTrust
8 38 (3.82%) SAP
9 36 (3.61%) Cisco
10 30 (3.01%) ForgeRock
11 26 (2.61%) F5
11 26 (2.61%) Zscaler
12 24 (2.41%) Juniper
12 24 (2.41%) SolarWinds
13 22 (2.21%) Extreme Networks
14 20 (2.01%) Workday
15 15 (1.51%) Ping Identity
16 13 (1.31%) Databricks