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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 178 197
Rank change year-on-year +52 +19 -6
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,156 521 487
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.11% 1.58% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 1.74% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 837 350 319
10th Percentile £413 £367 £425
25th Percentile £475 £447 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £741 £739 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +6.00% -20.00% +12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 5
10th Percentile £14.85 £50.50 -
25th Percentile £49.06 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £77.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +225.63% -63.94%
75th Percentile £83.02 £96.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.72 £98.50 -
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 46,293 29,942 32,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.37% 90.52% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,017 18,609 19,950
10th Percentile £325 £300 £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 £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,198 1,849 1,396
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.32 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.23 £17.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £66.00 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.78% -47.67% +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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 +28 940 £550 - 726
UK excluding London +54 546 £530 +6.00% 361
London +31 453 £575 -1.71% 409
Work from Home +43 361 £550 +5.26% 371
North of England +19 191 £500 +6.16% 88
South East +15 137 £575 +15.00% 129
Yorkshire +31 119 £538 +14.36% 23
Scotland +31 73 £480 -20.08% 37
North West -16 59 £500 +10.38% 59
South West -11 56 £600 +14.29% 36
Midlands -46 50 £553 +8.87% 43
West Midlands -32 40 £518 -5.91% 29
East of England -8 39 £550 -15.38% 16
North East -33 12 £500 -2.91% 6
Wales -2 9 £475 -32.14% 2
East Midlands -30 9 £600 +47.78% 14
Northern Ireland 0 1 - - 12
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 38 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.03%) Confluence
3 33 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.61%) Apache
5 5 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.26%) IIS
6 3 (0.26%) nginx
7 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.17%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.087%) Drupal
8 1 (0.087%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.69%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.04%) 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 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.087%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.087%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 477 (41.26%) Azure
2 341 (29.50%) Entra ID
3 289 (25.00%) AWS
4 163 (14.10%) GCP
5 91 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
6 64 (5.54%) SaaS
7 61 (5.28%) GitHub
8 48 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (4.15%) GitHub Actions
9 42 (3.63%) Power Platform
10 39 (3.37%) Serverless
11 37 (3.20%) Azure AKS
11 37 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
12 35 (3.03%) OCI
13 31 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
14 28 (2.42%) Amazon EKS
15 26 (2.25%) Azure Key Vault
16 25 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
17 24 (2.08%) PaaS
18 23 (1.99%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (8.30%) Network Security
2 89 (7.70%) Firewall
3 63 (5.45%) DNS
4 41 (3.55%) VPN
5 23 (1.99%) DHCP
6 19 (1.64%) WAN
7 13 (1.12%) Kerberos
7 13 (1.12%) TCP/IP
8 10 (0.87%) IPsec
8 10 (0.87%) SSL
9 8 (0.69%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.61%) HTTPS
10 7 (0.61%) Internet
11 6 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (0.52%) LAN
11 6 (0.52%) X.509
12 4 (0.35%) BGP
12 4 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (0.35%) MQTT
12 4 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.98%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.68%) Metadata
3 28 (2.42%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.64%) Power BI
5 11 (0.95%) Neo4j
5 11 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.87%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.78%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.61%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.43%) Big Data
10 5 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (0.35%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 56 (4.84%) Git
2 51 (4.41%) JIRA
3 41 (3.55%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.82%) GitLab
5 20 (1.73%) Selenium
6 11 (0.95%) Gatling
7 8 (0.69%) JMeter
8 7 (0.61%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.43%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.43%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.35%) Postman
10 4 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.35%) 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
1 344 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 249 (21.54%) Finance
3 145 (12.54%) Public Sector
4 129 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (6.92%) Banking
6 64 (5.54%) Retail
7 60 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.73%) Legal
9 20 (1.73%) Manufacturing
10 16 (1.38%) Aerospace
11 15 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.78%) Law
12 9 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.69%) Local Government
13 8 (0.69%) Military
14 7 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.52%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.43%) Automotive
17 4 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 291 (25.17%) Architect
2 104 (9.00%) Lead
3 97 (8.39%) Security Architect
4 94 (8.13%) Analyst
5 73 (6.31%) Developer
6 70 (6.06%) Senior
7 60 (5.19%) Solutions Architect
8 55 (4.76%) Consultant
9 53 (4.58%) Security Engineer
10 50 (4.33%) Business Analyst
11 48 (4.15%) Support Engineer
12 45 (3.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 45 (3.89%) Java Developer
13 44 (3.81%) Project Manager
14 42 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
14 42 (3.63%) Technical Architect
15 35 (3.03%) Service Manager
16 34 (2.94%) Service Transition Manager
16 34 (2.94%) Transition Manager
17 31 (2.68%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (15.92%) Terraform
2 115 (9.95%) OAuth
3 100 (8.65%) OpenID
4 92 (7.96%) SailPoint
5 81 (7.01%) SAML
6 62 (5.36%) LDAP
7 59 (5.10%) REST
8 42 (3.63%) OAuth2
9 32 (2.77%) .NET
10 26 (2.25%) ARM Templates
10 26 (2.25%) Kafka
11 22 (1.90%) React
12 18 (1.56%) JSON
13 16 (1.38%) .NET Framework
13 16 (1.38%) Node.js
13 16 (1.38%) Spring
13 16 (1.38%) Web Services
13 16 (1.38%) XML
14 14 (1.21%) Keycloak
15 13 (1.12%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 133 (11.51%) Onboarding
2 124 (10.73%) Cloud Native
3 97 (8.39%) PKI
4 71 (6.14%) Security Posture
5 47 (4.07%) Management Information System
6 45 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
8 35 (3.03%) Product Ownership
9 32 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 30 (2.60%) Data Centre
10 30 (2.60%) Public Cloud
11 29 (2.51%) Operational Technology
12 25 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
13 22 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
14 21 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
15 20 (1.73%) Enterprise Cloud
16 16 (1.38%) CMDB
16 16 (1.38%) IoT
17 14 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
17 14 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 119 (10.29%) Windows
2 87 (7.53%) Linux
3 54 (4.67%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (0.87%) Unix
5 9 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.61%) VMS
8 6 (0.52%) Windows 10
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 (0.35%) 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 (0.087%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (24.91%) Cybersecurity
2 256 (22.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 230 (19.90%) CI/CD
4 210 (18.17%) Agile
5 207 (17.91%) DevOps
6 199 (17.21%) Infrastructure as Code
7 185 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 181 (15.66%) RBAC
9 178 (15.40%) Cloud Security
10 168 (14.53%) Security Architecture
11 166 (14.36%) Zero Trust
12 156 (13.49%) Privileged Access Management
13 154 (13.32%) Roadmaps
14 146 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 145 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
16 141 (12.20%) Migration
17 125 (10.81%) AI
18 121 (10.47%) Technical Leadership
19 119 (10.29%) Identity Management
20 113 (9.78%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (16.35%) PowerShell
2 181 (15.66%) Python
3 97 (8.39%) Java
4 76 (6.57%) SQL
5 73 (6.31%) Bash
6 51 (4.41%) Bicep
7 27 (2.34%) C#
8 17 (1.47%) Go
9 14 (1.21%) Rust
10 9 (0.78%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.69%) Scala
12 7 (0.61%) JavaScript
13 6 (0.52%) 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
16 2 (0.17%) DAML
16 2 (0.17%) Solidity
17 1 (0.087%) Swift
Qualifications
1 342 (29.58%) Security Cleared
2 258 (22.32%) SC Cleared
3 102 (8.82%) CISSP
4 67 (5.80%) Azure Certification
5 64 (5.54%) Degree
5 64 (5.54%) DV Cleared
6 59 (5.10%) CISM
7 48 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (3.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 34 (2.94%) AWS Certification
11 33 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
12 30 (2.60%) CCSP
13 20 (1.73%) PMP
14 18 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (1.21%) PMI Certification
16 13 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
17 12 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 12 (1.04%) CISA
18 11 (0.95%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (11.16%) NIST
2 124 (10.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 62 (5.36%) GDPR
4 47 (4.07%) NCSC
5 41 (3.55%) GRC
6 23 (1.99%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 19 (1.64%) QA
7 19 (1.64%) SLA
8 17 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 14 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.78%) COBIT
11 9 (0.78%) ITGC
12 7 (0.61%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.52%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.52%) PMO
14 5 (0.43%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 282 (24.39%) Active Directory
2 96 (8.30%) Docker
3 29 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.47%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.78%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.35%) vSphere
9 3 (0.26%) zsh
10 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.17%) KVM
10 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.087%) IAG
11 1 (0.087%) RACF
11 1 (0.087%) Squid
11 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.087%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 135 (11.68%) Kubernetes
2 122 (10.55%) Single Sign-On
3 68 (5.88%) Ansible
4 45 (3.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 32 (2.77%) Grafana
6 17 (1.47%) Prometheus
7 16 (1.38%) Argo
8 11 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
8 11 (0.95%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.78%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.61%) Istio
11 5 (0.43%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.43%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.43%) Podman
11 5 (0.43%) Puppet
12 4 (0.35%) SCCM
13 3 (0.26%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 3 (0.26%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Management
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 405 (35.03%) Microsoft
2 102 (8.82%) Okta
3 92 (7.96%) CyberArk
4 78 (6.75%) Google
5 52 (4.50%) BeyondTrust
6 51 (4.41%) ServiceNow
7 50 (4.33%) Oracle
8 46 (3.98%) VMware
9 34 (2.94%) Zscaler
10 29 (2.51%) SAP
11 24 (2.08%) ForgeRock
12 21 (1.82%) Splunk
13 20 (1.73%) Cisco
14 17 (1.47%) Ping Identity
15 16 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
15 16 (1.38%) Databricks
16 14 (1.21%) Workday
17 13 (1.12%) Red Hat
18 11 (0.95%) Palo Alto
19 9 (0.78%) WALLIX