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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 174 190
Rank change year-on-year +26 +16 -4
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 983 522 523
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.86% 1.59% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 1.76% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 705 371 357
10th Percentile £425 £384 £425
25th Percentile £481 £472 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £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 44,902 29,618 34,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.94% 90.44% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,798 18,592 22,057
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.10% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,679 1,619 2,026
10th Percentile £14.79 £14.20 £13.56
25th Percentile £20.06 £17.33 £17.55
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 £82.39 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +87.06% -41.25% -

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +20 798 £575 - 280
UK excluding London +35 466 £550 +2.42% 169
London +14 382 £575 -4.64% 135
Work from Home +28 331 £550 +0.92% 128
North of England +5 139 £550 +17.02% 55
South East +6 138 £575 -11.54% 49
Yorkshire +12 86 £538 +19.44% 29
Scotland +30 62 £478 -10.86% 11
Midlands -39 57 £580 +17.89% 13
South West -12 53 £563 +7.14% 27
North West -19 50 £575 +16.87% 25
West Midlands -32 42 £525 -4.55% 8
East of England -7 22 £553 -18.21% 10
East Midlands -22 13 £638 +55.49% 5
Wales - 8 £471 - 5
North East -40 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 30 (3.05%) Confluence
1 30 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.92%) Apache
4 7 (0.71%) Apache Superset
5 4 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.41%) IIS
6 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.31%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.31%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.20%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.10%) Mendix
8 1 (0.10%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (0.61%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.71%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.31%) 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
1 442 (44.96%) Azure
2 297 (30.21%) Entra ID
3 212 (21.57%) AWS
4 124 (12.61%) GCP
5 72 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (5.60%) GitHub
7 54 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (4.78%) Power Platform
9 46 (4.68%) Azure AKS
10 42 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
11 41 (4.17%) SaaS
12 39 (3.97%) Azure Monitor
12 39 (3.97%) Azure Sentinel
13 31 (3.15%) OCI
14 29 (2.95%) PaaS
14 29 (2.95%) Serverless
15 26 (2.64%) IaaS
16 21 (2.14%) Azure Key Vault
16 21 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
16 21 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 95 (9.66%) Network Security
2 84 (8.55%) Firewall
3 77 (7.83%) DNS
4 47 (4.78%) WAN
5 39 (3.97%) DHCP
6 30 (3.05%) VPN
7 27 (2.75%) LAN
8 26 (2.64%) BGP
9 25 (2.54%) OSPF
10 24 (2.44%) BIG-IP
10 24 (2.44%) Ethernet VPN
10 24 (2.44%) Junos
10 24 (2.44%) VXLAN
11 19 (1.93%) Cisco ISE
12 18 (1.83%) SD-WAN
13 11 (1.12%) SSL
14 9 (0.92%) TCP/IP
15 8 (0.81%) Internet
15 8 (0.81%) Kerberos
16 6 (0.61%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.76%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.14%) Power BI
3 14 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.92%) Data Lake
5 9 (0.92%) NoSQL
5 9 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.81%) Neo4j
7 7 (0.71%) Oracle Exadata
7 7 (0.71%) Tableau
8 6 (0.61%) Metadata
9 5 (0.51%) Big Data
9 5 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.41%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.20%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.20%) Parquet
12 2 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 52 (5.29%) JIRA
2 43 (4.37%) Jenkins
3 35 (3.56%) Git
4 19 (1.93%) GitLab
5 10 (1.02%) Gatling
6 5 (0.51%) JMeter
6 5 (0.51%) NeoLoad
7 4 (0.41%) Postman
7 4 (0.41%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.31%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.31%) MSBuild
8 3 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.31%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.20%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.20%) Maven
9 2 (0.20%) Snyk
10 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
General
1 251 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 202 (20.55%) Finance
3 128 (13.02%) Public Sector
4 89 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (6.61%) Banking
6 55 (5.60%) Retail
7 53 (5.39%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (2.44%) Legal
9 22 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (1.53%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.42%) Aerospace
12 8 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.71%) Financial Institution
13 7 (0.71%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.61%) Military
14 6 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.51%) Local Government
16 3 (0.31%) Law
16 3 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 258 (26.25%) Architect
2 93 (9.46%) Lead
3 85 (8.65%) Security Architect
4 79 (8.04%) Senior
5 77 (7.83%) Analyst
6 73 (7.43%) Developer
7 46 (4.68%) Consultant
7 46 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
8 44 (4.48%) Java Developer
9 40 (4.07%) Business Analyst
9 40 (4.07%) Project Manager
10 37 (3.76%) Support Engineer
11 32 (3.26%) Technical Architect
12 31 (3.15%) Cloud Engineer
12 31 (3.15%) Service Manager
12 31 (3.15%) Service Transition Manager
12 31 (3.15%) Transition Manager
13 30 (3.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 29 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
15 27 (2.75%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (9.56%) OAuth
1 94 (9.56%) SailPoint
2 81 (8.24%) OpenID
3 79 (8.04%) SAML
4 51 (5.19%) LDAP
5 48 (4.88%) REST
6 34 (3.46%) OAuth2
7 27 (2.75%) ARM Templates
8 26 (2.64%) .NET
8 26 (2.64%) 802.1X
9 16 (1.63%) Node.js
10 15 (1.53%) .NET Framework
10 15 (1.53%) JSON
10 15 (1.53%) Spring
11 14 (1.42%) Kafka
11 14 (1.42%) Middleware
11 14 (1.42%) React
12 12 (1.22%) Web Services
13 11 (1.12%) XML
13 11 (1.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 109 (11.09%) Onboarding
2 96 (9.77%) PKI
3 87 (8.85%) Cloud Native
4 43 (4.37%) Data Centre
5 40 (4.07%) Security Posture
6 33 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
6 33 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 32 (3.26%) Product Ownership
8 28 (2.85%) Operational Technology
9 27 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
9 27 (2.75%) Public Cloud
10 24 (2.44%) Clustering
11 23 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
12 21 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (1.63%) Enterprise Cloud
15 14 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (1.12%) IoT
16 11 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 112 (11.39%) Windows
2 68 (6.92%) Linux
3 31 (3.15%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.02%) Unix
5 9 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.92%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.61%) Debian
6 6 (0.61%) VMS
7 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.41%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.20%) Android
10 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.10%) CentOS
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (21.46%) Cybersecurity
1 211 (21.46%) DevOps
2 182 (18.51%) CI/CD
3 173 (17.60%) Agile
4 169 (17.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 151 (15.36%) Zero Trust
6 143 (14.55%) RBAC
7 142 (14.45%) Infrastructure as Code
8 138 (14.04%) Cloud Security
8 138 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
9 124 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 120 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 118 (12.00%) Security Architecture
12 111 (11.29%) Privileged Access Management
13 107 (10.89%) Identity Management
14 104 (10.58%) Roadmaps
15 94 (9.56%) Migration
16 88 (8.95%) AI
16 88 (8.95%) Technical Leadership
17 81 (8.24%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 160 (16.28%) PowerShell
2 130 (13.22%) Python
3 81 (8.24%) Java
4 67 (6.82%) SQL
5 52 (5.29%) Bicep
6 48 (4.88%) Bash
7 21 (2.14%) C#
8 14 (1.42%) Rust
9 12 (1.22%) Go
10 7 (0.71%) Scala
11 5 (0.51%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.41%) Groovy
12 4 (0.41%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.41%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.31%) Cypher
13 3 (0.31%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.31%) R
14 2 (0.20%) DAML
14 2 (0.20%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.20%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 301 (30.62%) Security Cleared
2 220 (22.38%) SC Cleared
3 89 (9.05%) CISSP
4 63 (6.41%) DV Cleared
5 53 (5.39%) Cisco Certification
6 52 (5.29%) Azure Certification
6 52 (5.29%) Degree
7 51 (5.19%) CISM
8 35 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (3.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 30 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (2.75%) CCSP
12 18 (1.83%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.83%) PMP
13 15 (1.53%) PMI Certification
14 14 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.71%) JNCIA
16 7 (0.71%) JNCIP
16 7 (0.71%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (9.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (9.46%) NIST
3 63 (6.41%) GDPR
4 38 (3.87%) NCSC
5 35 (3.56%) GRC
6 24 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (1.63%) QA
8 15 (1.53%) SLA
9 12 (1.22%) Accessibility
9 12 (1.22%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.12%) SOC 2
11 10 (1.02%) Data Quality
12 8 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.81%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.81%) PMO
13 7 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.61%) ITGC
15 5 (0.51%) COBIT
15 5 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
15 5 (0.51%) NIST 800
System Software
1 267 (27.16%) Active Directory
2 73 (7.43%) Docker
3 26 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.42%) VMware NSX
7 12 (1.22%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.41%) IAG
9 3 (0.31%) vSphere
10 2 (0.20%) KVM
10 2 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.20%) RACF
10 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.20%) zsh
11 1 (0.10%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.10%) Squid
Systems Management
1 144 (14.65%) Terraform
2 110 (11.19%) Kubernetes
3 101 (10.27%) Single Sign-On
4 57 (5.80%) Ansible
5 30 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (2.44%) FortiGate
6 24 (2.44%) Grafana
7 13 (1.32%) Argo
8 11 (1.12%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.71%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 7 (0.71%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.51%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.51%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 4 (0.41%) Podman
12 4 (0.41%) Puppet
12 4 (0.41%) SCCM
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Identity Management
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 298 (30.32%) Microsoft
2 95 (9.66%) Okta
3 68 (6.92%) CyberArk
4 53 (5.39%) Google
5 45 (4.58%) ServiceNow
6 43 (4.37%) Oracle
7 42 (4.27%) Splunk
8 41 (4.17%) VMware
9 37 (3.76%) BeyondTrust
9 37 (3.76%) SAP
10 36 (3.66%) Cisco
11 30 (3.05%) ForgeRock
12 26 (2.64%) F5
12 26 (2.64%) Zscaler
13 24 (2.44%) Juniper
13 24 (2.44%) SolarWinds
14 22 (2.24%) Extreme Networks
15 20 (2.03%) Workday
16 15 (1.53%) Ping Identity
17 13 (1.32%) Databricks