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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 170 182
Rank change year-on-year +15 +12 +13
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 811 468 540
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.67% 1.62% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.78% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 534 341 378
10th Percentile £400 £406 £407
25th Percentile £481 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £655 £684 £725
90th Percentile £750 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £650
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 2
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile £87.96 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 - -

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 41,043 26,226 36,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.43% 91.02% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,708 16,839 23,557
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.74% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,067 2,473
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.26 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.87 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.28 £27.94 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.31% -22.39% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.09 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.25 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.85 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.33% -32.93% +7.14%

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 24 May 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 24 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 16 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 24 May 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 +13 703 £575 -1.71% 184
UK excluding London +36 406 £550 - 130
London +7 304 £588 -5.62% 73
Work from Home +21 269 £550 - 95
North of England +6 138 £538 +2.38% 32
South East -8 107 £583 -10.38% 54
Yorkshire +17 95 £538 +0.56% 8
Midlands -32 76 £550 - 10
South West +3 63 £606 +10.23% 15
West Midlands -26 61 £525 -10.64% 5
North West -25 42 £575 +9.52% 21
Scotland +16 27 £540 +1.12% 6
East Midlands -28 13 £619 +40.78% 4
Wales -6 5 £468 -22.08% 5
East of England -37 5 £608 -6.54% 8
North East -27 1 £400 -6.98% 3

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 26 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 25 (3.08%) Confluence
3 21 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.86%) Apache
5 6 (0.74%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.49%) IIS
7 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.37%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.12%) Mendix
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (1.36%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.62%) Maximo
2 5 (0.62%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 388 (47.84%) Azure
2 249 (30.70%) Entra ID
3 178 (21.95%) AWS
4 109 (13.44%) GCP
5 71 (8.75%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (6.17%) GitHub
8 47 (5.80%) Azure AKS
9 41 (5.06%) Power Platform
10 34 (4.19%) Azure Sentinel
10 34 (4.19%) SaaS
11 27 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
11 27 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
11 27 (3.33%) IaaS
11 27 (3.33%) PaaS
11 27 (3.33%) Serverless
12 19 (2.34%) OpenShift
13 18 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
14 17 (2.10%) Power Automate
14 17 (2.10%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 81 (9.99%) Firewall
2 75 (9.25%) DNS
3 72 (8.88%) Network Security
4 48 (5.92%) DHCP
5 43 (5.30%) WAN
6 35 (4.32%) VPN
7 28 (3.45%) LAN
8 26 (3.21%) BGP
8 26 (3.21%) OSPF
9 24 (2.96%) BIG-IP
9 24 (2.96%) Ethernet VPN
9 24 (2.96%) Junos
9 24 (2.96%) VXLAN
10 23 (2.84%) SSL
11 21 (2.59%) Kerberos
12 19 (2.34%) Cisco ISE
13 14 (1.73%) SD-WAN
14 7 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.74%) Internet
16 5 (0.62%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.84%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.97%) Power BI
3 15 (1.85%) NoSQL
4 14 (1.73%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (1.23%) DocumentDB
7 9 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.11%) Tableau
8 8 (0.99%) Neo4j
9 6 (0.74%) MySQL
10 3 (0.37%) Big Data
10 3 (0.37%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.37%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.37%) Redis
11 2 (0.25%) Metadata
11 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.25%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 67 (8.26%) JIRA
2 53 (6.54%) Jenkins
3 32 (3.95%) Git
4 24 (2.96%) GitLab
5 17 (2.10%) Postman
6 15 (1.85%) Selenium
7 10 (1.23%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.23%) REST Assured
8 9 (1.11%) Gatling
9 8 (0.99%) Jaeger
10 5 (0.62%) Maven
10 5 (0.62%) TestRail
11 4 (0.49%) JMeter
11 4 (0.49%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.49%) NeoLoad
11 4 (0.49%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.37%) JUnit
13 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.25%) git-flow
13 2 (0.25%) Snyk
General
1 192 (23.67%) Social Skills
2 142 (17.51%) Finance
3 103 (12.70%) Public Sector
4 56 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (6.91%) Banking
5 32 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (3.08%) Legal
7 19 (2.34%) Retail
8 15 (1.85%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.48%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 8 (0.99%) Military
12 7 (0.86%) Police
13 5 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.49%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.49%) Local Government
15 3 (0.37%) Aviation
15 3 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 221 (27.25%) Architect
2 78 (9.62%) Lead
3 77 (9.49%) Senior
4 73 (9.00%) Analyst
5 64 (7.89%) Developer
6 53 (6.54%) Security Architect
7 39 (4.81%) Solutions Architect
8 35 (4.32%) Java Developer
9 29 (3.58%) Project Manager
10 28 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
10 28 (3.45%) Security Engineer
11 27 (3.33%) Business Analyst
11 27 (3.33%) Consultant
12 25 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
13 23 (2.84%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
13 23 (2.84%) Identity Management Analyst
14 22 (2.71%) Cloud Architect
14 22 (2.71%) Cloud Engineer
15 20 (2.47%) Technical Architect
16 19 (2.34%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (12.21%) SailPoint
2 74 (9.12%) SAML
3 71 (8.75%) OAuth
4 62 (7.64%) LDAP
4 62 (7.64%) OpenID
5 48 (5.92%) REST
6 28 (3.45%) Kafka
7 27 (3.33%) Spring Boot
8 26 (3.21%) 802.1X
8 26 (3.21%) ARM Templates
9 23 (2.84%) Node.js
10 22 (2.71%) OAuth2
11 20 (2.47%) .NET
11 20 (2.47%) Middleware
12 19 (2.34%) Spring
13 15 (1.85%) Playwright
13 15 (1.85%) RESTful
14 10 (1.23%) HTML
14 10 (1.23%) YAML
15 9 (1.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.12%) PKI
2 70 (8.63%) Onboarding
3 51 (6.29%) Cloud Native
4 43 (5.30%) Data Centre
5 29 (3.58%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.08%) Security Posture
7 24 (2.96%) Clustering
7 24 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (2.96%) Public Cloud
8 18 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (2.22%) Product Ownership
8 18 (2.22%) Replication
9 17 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (2.10%) Operational Technology
10 15 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.99%) SCADA
13 7 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
14 6 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 108 (13.32%) Windows
2 51 (6.29%) Linux
3 32 (3.95%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.11%) Unix
5 8 (0.99%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.86%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.62%) Debian
7 5 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.49%) VMS
9 3 (0.37%) Android
10 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.12%) CentOS
11 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.12%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (22.81%) DevOps
2 173 (21.33%) Cybersecurity
3 160 (19.73%) CI/CD
4 144 (17.76%) Agile
5 135 (16.65%) RBAC
6 118 (14.55%) Zero Trust
7 111 (13.69%) Cloud Security
8 100 (12.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 97 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
10 93 (11.47%) Infrastructure as Code
11 89 (10.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 79 (9.74%) Identity Management
13 76 (9.37%) Security Architecture
14 75 (9.25%) Observability
15 72 (8.88%) AI
15 72 (8.88%) Privileged Access Management
16 71 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
16 71 (8.75%) Migration
17 70 (8.63%) High Availability
18 68 (8.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 130 (16.03%) PowerShell
2 97 (11.96%) Python
3 96 (11.84%) Java
4 69 (8.51%) SQL
5 37 (4.56%) Bicep
6 23 (2.84%) JavaScript
7 22 (2.71%) Bash
8 14 (1.73%) Rust
8 14 (1.73%) Scala
9 9 (1.11%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.99%) Go
11 7 (0.86%) C#
12 5 (0.62%) PHP
13 4 (0.49%) Cypher
14 3 (0.37%) C++
14 3 (0.37%) Groovy
14 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.37%) R
15 2 (0.25%) C
15 2 (0.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 272 (33.54%) Security Cleared
2 196 (24.17%) SC Cleared
3 71 (8.75%) DV Cleared
4 69 (8.51%) CISSP
5 46 (5.67%) Cisco Certification
6 43 (5.30%) CISM
7 39 (4.81%) Degree
8 37 (4.56%) Azure Certification
9 25 (3.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 25 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.84%) CCSP
11 17 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.48%) PMI Certification
12 12 (1.48%) PMP
13 10 (1.23%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.86%) JNCIA
14 7 (0.86%) JNCIP
14 7 (0.86%) JNCIS
15 6 (0.74%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (10.23%) NIST
2 81 (9.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 78 (9.62%) GDPR
4 35 (4.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 29 (3.58%) GRC
6 26 (3.21%) NCSC
7 22 (2.71%) QA
8 14 (1.73%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.60%) Accessibility
10 10 (1.23%) NIST 800
10 10 (1.23%) SLA
11 7 (0.86%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.86%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.74%) PMO
13 4 (0.49%) COBIT
13 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.49%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
14 3 (0.37%) GxP
15 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 213 (26.26%) Active Directory
2 69 (8.51%) Docker
3 27 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.73%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.23%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.86%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.37%) IAG
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.25%) RACF
10 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.12%) GPFS
11 1 (0.12%) KVM
11 1 (0.12%) Lustre
11 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Squid
11 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 110 (13.56%) Terraform
2 109 (13.44%) Kubernetes
3 87 (10.73%) Single Sign-On
4 42 (5.18%) Ansible
5 30 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (2.96%) FortiGate
7 22 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (2.10%) Grafana
9 12 (1.48%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.23%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 10 (1.23%) NetIQ Identity Manager
11 9 (1.11%) SCCM
12 8 (0.99%) Kiali
13 7 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.86%) Kustomize
14 5 (0.62%) HAProxy
14 5 (0.62%) Istio
15 4 (0.49%) Argo
16 3 (0.37%) Icinga
16 3 (0.37%) Podman
Vendors
1 231 (28.48%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.00%) Okta
3 53 (6.54%) Google
4 44 (5.43%) Splunk
5 42 (5.18%) ServiceNow
6 41 (5.06%) CyberArk
7 34 (4.19%) Cisco
7 34 (4.19%) VMware
8 26 (3.21%) F5
8 26 (3.21%) ForgeRock
8 26 (3.21%) SAP
9 25 (3.08%) Oracle
10 24 (2.96%) Juniper
10 24 (2.96%) SolarWinds
11 22 (2.71%) Extreme Networks
12 18 (2.22%) Workday
12 18 (2.22%) Zscaler
13 17 (2.10%) BeyondTrust
14 13 (1.60%) Citrix
15 12 (1.48%) Red Hat