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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 179 190
Rank change year-on-year +45 +11 -3
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,140 526 494
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.08% 1.60% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 1.76% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 353 330
10th Percentile £413 £369 £425
25th Percentile £475 £450 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £686
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +7.50% -20.00% +13.64%
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 46,340 29,830 33,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.48% 90.53% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,136 18,534 20,247
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 £625 £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 3,159 1,812 1,459
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.23 £14.96
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +82.22% -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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +35 926 £560 +1.82% 740
UK excluding London +45 543 £538 +7.50% 375
London +29 443 £575 -1.37% 428
Work from Home +31 360 £550 +4.76% 355
North of England +15 192 £500 +6.27% 90
South East +20 136 £575 +7.08% 133
Yorkshire +32 117 £538 +15.72% 26
Scotland +38 73 £480 -20.08% 44
North West -25 62 £508 +9.85% 56
South West -10 55 £600 +20.00% 31
Midlands -51 50 £510 -0.97% 42
West Midlands -37 40 £500 -9.09% 28
East of England -1 37 £550 -15.38% 23
North East -43 12 £500 -6.10% 8
Wales -3 9 £475 -32.14% 4
East Midlands -29 9 £600 +47.78% 14
Northern Ireland +3 1 - - 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 38 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.07%) Confluence
3 34 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.61%) Apache
5 5 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.35%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.26%) IIS
8 2 (0.18%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.18%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.18%) nginx
8 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.088%) Drupal
9 1 (0.088%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.70%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.44%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.18%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.088%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.088%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 478 (41.93%) Azure
2 343 (30.09%) Entra ID
3 285 (25.00%) AWS
4 158 (13.86%) GCP
5 89 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
6 65 (5.70%) GitHub
7 60 (5.26%) SaaS
8 50 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (4.30%) GitHub Actions
10 47 (4.12%) Power Platform
11 41 (3.60%) Serverless
12 37 (3.25%) Azure AKS
12 37 (3.25%) Azure Sentinel
13 34 (2.98%) OCI
14 32 (2.81%) Azure Monitor
15 28 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
16 26 (2.28%) Azure Key Vault
16 26 (2.28%) Microsoft Purview
17 24 (2.11%) PaaS
18 23 (2.02%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 100 (8.77%) Network Security
2 87 (7.63%) Firewall
3 61 (5.35%) DNS
4 39 (3.42%) VPN
5 23 (2.02%) WAN
6 22 (1.93%) DHCP
7 12 (1.05%) Kerberos
8 11 (0.96%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.96%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.88%) IPsec
9 10 (0.88%) SSL
10 7 (0.61%) HTTPS
10 7 (0.61%) Internet
10 7 (0.61%) LAN
11 6 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (0.53%) X.509
12 5 (0.44%) BGP
12 5 (0.44%) VLAN
13 4 (0.35%) BIG-IP
13 4 (0.35%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (4.12%) SQL Server
2 30 (2.63%) Metadata
3 26 (2.28%) Relational Database
4 21 (1.84%) Power BI
5 12 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.96%) Neo4j
7 10 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.70%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.61%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.44%) Big Data
12 4 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
12 4 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.35%) Oracle Exadata
12 4 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.35%) Spark SQL
13 3 (0.26%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 55 (4.82%) Git
2 51 (4.47%) JIRA
3 42 (3.68%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.84%) GitLab
5 20 (1.75%) Selenium
6 12 (1.05%) Gatling
7 8 (0.70%) JMeter
8 7 (0.61%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.44%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.44%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.35%) Postman
10 4 (0.35%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.26%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.18%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.18%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 336 (29.47%) Social Skills
2 241 (21.14%) Finance
3 146 (12.81%) Public Sector
4 126 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (7.11%) Banking
6 62 (5.44%) Retail
7 58 (5.09%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (1.67%) Legal
9 19 (1.67%) Manufacturing
10 16 (1.40%) Aerospace
11 14 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.79%) Law
13 9 (0.79%) Local Government
14 7 (0.61%) Military
15 6 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.53%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.44%) Automotive
17 4 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 290 (25.44%) Architect
2 104 (9.12%) Lead
3 97 (8.51%) Security Architect
4 92 (8.07%) Analyst
5 71 (6.23%) Developer
5 71 (6.23%) Senior
6 57 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
7 55 (4.82%) Consultant
8 49 (4.30%) Security Engineer
9 48 (4.21%) Business Analyst
10 46 (4.04%) Support Engineer
11 45 (3.95%) Project Manager
12 43 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 43 (3.77%) Java Developer
13 41 (3.60%) Cloud Engineer
14 40 (3.51%) Technical Architect
15 35 (3.07%) Service Manager
16 34 (2.98%) Service Transition Manager
16 34 (2.98%) Transition Manager
17 30 (2.63%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (15.70%) Terraform
2 110 (9.65%) OAuth
3 97 (8.51%) OpenID
4 93 (8.16%) SailPoint
5 82 (7.19%) SAML
6 63 (5.53%) REST
7 62 (5.44%) LDAP
8 39 (3.42%) OAuth2
9 32 (2.81%) .NET
10 26 (2.28%) ARM Templates
11 22 (1.93%) Kafka
11 22 (1.93%) React
12 19 (1.67%) JSON
13 17 (1.49%) Web Services
14 16 (1.40%) .NET Framework
14 16 (1.40%) Node.js
14 16 (1.40%) XML
15 14 (1.23%) Spring
16 13 (1.14%) Keycloak
17 12 (1.05%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 132 (11.58%) Onboarding
2 114 (10.00%) Cloud Native
3 99 (8.68%) PKI
4 65 (5.70%) Security Posture
5 50 (4.39%) Management Information System
6 46 (4.04%) Enterprise Software
7 36 (3.16%) Product Ownership
8 34 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (2.72%) Hybrid Cloud
9 31 (2.72%) Operational Technology
10 28 (2.46%) Data Centre
10 28 (2.46%) Public Cloud
11 25 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
12 22 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
12 22 (1.93%) Enterprise Cloud
13 21 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.40%) CMDB
14 16 (1.40%) IoT
15 14 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 118 (10.35%) Windows
2 88 (7.72%) Linux
3 53 (4.65%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.05%) Unix
5 10 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.70%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.61%) VMS
8 6 (0.53%) Debian
8 6 (0.53%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.35%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.35%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.26%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.18%) Android
12 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.088%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (25.18%) Cybersecurity
2 248 (21.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 223 (19.56%) CI/CD
4 212 (18.60%) Agile
5 207 (18.16%) DevOps
6 192 (16.84%) Infrastructure as Code
7 181 (15.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 181 (15.88%) RBAC
8 178 (15.61%) Cloud Security
9 173 (15.18%) Zero Trust
10 165 (14.47%) Security Architecture
11 154 (13.51%) Privileged Access Management
12 147 (12.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 146 (12.81%) Roadmaps
14 143 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
15 131 (11.49%) Migration
16 122 (10.70%) AI
17 120 (10.53%) Identity Management
17 120 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
18 111 (9.74%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (16.58%) PowerShell
2 180 (15.79%) Python
3 93 (8.16%) Java
4 80 (7.02%) SQL
5 70 (6.14%) Bash
6 48 (4.21%) Bicep
7 26 (2.28%) C#
8 15 (1.32%) Go
9 14 (1.23%) Rust
10 9 (0.79%) Scala
10 9 (0.79%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.53%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.53%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.35%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.26%) Cypher
14 3 (0.26%) Groovy
15 2 (0.18%) DAML
15 2 (0.18%) Solidity
16 1 (0.088%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 338 (29.65%) Security Cleared
2 252 (22.11%) SC Cleared
3 105 (9.21%) CISSP
4 68 (5.96%) DV Cleared
5 66 (5.79%) Azure Certification
6 64 (5.61%) Degree
7 62 (5.44%) CISM
8 47 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 40 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (3.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 36 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (2.98%) AWS Certification
12 29 (2.54%) CCSP
13 20 (1.75%) PMP
14 18 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (1.23%) PMI Certification
16 13 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
17 12 (1.05%) CISA
18 11 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 11 (0.96%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (11.93%) NIST
2 127 (11.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (6.05%) GDPR
4 49 (4.30%) NCSC
5 41 (3.60%) GRC
6 23 (2.02%) Data Quality
7 21 (1.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 20 (1.75%) QA
9 19 (1.67%) PCI DSS
10 17 (1.49%) SLA
11 15 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.79%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.79%) COBIT
13 9 (0.79%) ITGC
14 8 (0.70%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.70%) NIST 800
14 8 (0.70%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.61%) PMO
16 6 (0.53%) JSP 440
System Software
1 283 (24.82%) Active Directory
2 94 (8.25%) Docker
3 28 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.32%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.96%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.35%) vSphere
9 2 (0.18%) KVM
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.18%) zsh
10 1 (0.088%) IAG
10 1 (0.088%) RACF
10 1 (0.088%) Squid
10 1 (0.088%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.088%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 131 (11.49%) Kubernetes
2 123 (10.79%) Single Sign-On
3 66 (5.79%) Ansible
4 42 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (2.63%) Grafana
6 15 (1.32%) Argo
6 15 (1.32%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (0.79%) Kustomize
8 9 (0.79%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.61%) Istio
10 6 (0.53%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.44%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.44%) Podman
12 4 (0.35%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 4 (0.35%) Puppet
13 3 (0.26%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Management
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 392 (34.39%) Microsoft
2 100 (8.77%) Okta
3 92 (8.07%) CyberArk
4 75 (6.58%) Google
5 55 (4.82%) ServiceNow
6 53 (4.65%) BeyondTrust
7 49 (4.30%) Oracle
8 47 (4.12%) VMware
9 33 (2.89%) Zscaler
10 30 (2.63%) SAP
11 24 (2.11%) ForgeRock
12 22 (1.93%) Splunk
13 20 (1.75%) Cisco
13 20 (1.75%) Workday
14 16 (1.40%) Ping Identity
15 15 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
15 15 (1.32%) Databricks
16 13 (1.14%) Red Hat
17 11 (0.96%) Palo Alto
18 10 (0.88%) Citrix