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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 175 190
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 +97
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 580 498 632
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.68% 1.36% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.58% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 337 397
10th Percentile £367 £425 £425
25th Percentile £428 £496 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £595
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.84% -0.83%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £688
90th Percentile £701 £777 £761
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £628 £575
% change year-on-year -17.93% +9.13% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 7
10th Percentile £54.50 £34.04 £66.00
25th Percentile £70.07 £49.40 £70.50
Median hourly rate £80.88 £75.00 £87.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -14.29% +25.00%
75th Percentile £95.00 - £91.25
90th Percentile £96.50 - £93.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 - £87.50
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Process and 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 31,196 31,430 41,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.11% 86.05% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,528 18,901 27,760
10th Percentile £296 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,021 1,108 1,576
10th Percentile £14.41 £15.02 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.38 £20.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +26.43%
75th Percentile £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.58 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -35.50% -20.90% +50.00%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025. 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 +22 525 £525 -12.50% 458
UK excluding London +14 276 £515 -17.93% 399
London +6 249 £575 -4.17% 205
Work from Home +11 170 £520 -13.33% 285
North of England +26 108 £500 -16.67% 60
Yorkshire +7 61 £500 -14.16% 13
Midlands -8 60 £517 -12.65% 28
South East -23 42 £500 -25.93% 197
North West +5 39 £471 -34.45% 28
West Midlands -22 36 £550 -8.33% 18
South West +8 31 £625 +38.89% 38
East Midlands - 23 £402 - 8
East of England -1 18 £600 -7.69% 32
Scotland -3 16 £540 -16.92% 45
North East -2 9 £533 -18.08% 19
Wales 0 1 £700 -6.67% 15
Northern Ireland - 1 £625 - 2

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 35 (6.03%) Confluence
1 35 (6.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (4.66%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.55%) Apache
3 9 (1.55%) WebSphere
3 9 (1.55%) WebSphere Application Server
4 8 (1.38%) IIS
4 8 (1.38%) iPlanet
4 8 (1.38%) JBoss
5 6 (1.03%) CMS
6 5 (0.86%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.17%) CICS
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.17%) Traefik
Applications
1 12 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.55%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.52%) Maximo
3 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 243 (41.90%) Azure
2 156 (26.90%) Entra ID
3 138 (23.79%) AWS
4 73 (12.59%) GCP
5 62 (10.69%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (5.34%) SaaS
7 26 (4.48%) Azure Sentinel
8 25 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (4.14%) Microsoft Purview
10 22 (3.79%) GitHub
11 21 (3.62%) OpenShift
12 17 (2.93%) Azure Monitor
12 17 (2.93%) OneDrive
12 17 (2.93%) Serverless
13 16 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (2.41%) PaaS
15 13 (2.24%) IaaS
16 12 (2.07%) Azure Key Vault
17 10 (1.72%) Azure AKS
17 10 (1.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 60 (10.34%) Network Security
2 57 (9.83%) Firewall
3 30 (5.17%) DNS
4 20 (3.45%) Kerberos
5 17 (2.93%) VPN
6 12 (2.07%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.90%) DHCP
8 9 (1.55%) SSL
9 8 (1.38%) SSH
10 7 (1.21%) Internet
10 7 (1.21%) WebEx
11 6 (1.03%) HTTP
11 6 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (1.03%) Wireshark
12 5 (0.86%) NAS
12 5 (0.86%) SAN
13 4 (0.69%) WAN
14 3 (0.52%) BGP
14 3 (0.52%) LAN
14 3 (0.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.55%) Power BI
1 9 (1.55%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.38%) Oracle Database
3 6 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
4 5 (0.86%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.69%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.69%) Tableau
6 3 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.52%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.34%) Big Data
7 2 (0.34%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.34%) MySQL
8 1 (0.17%) Metadata
8 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 55 (9.48%) JIRA
2 23 (3.97%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.79%) Git
4 10 (1.72%) GitLab
4 10 (1.72%) Postman
4 10 (1.72%) SoapUI
5 9 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (1.38%) Bitbucket Server
6 8 (1.38%) CA Release Automation
7 3 (0.52%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.52%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.52%) MSI
8 2 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.17%) Gatling
9 1 (0.17%) JMeter
9 1 (0.17%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.17%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 207 (35.69%) Social Skills
2 146 (25.17%) Finance
3 86 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (9.83%) Public Sector
5 47 (8.10%) Banking
6 21 (3.62%) Legal
7 18 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (1.72%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.38%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.21%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.21%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.03%) Electronics
14 6 (1.03%) Law
14 6 (1.03%) Marketing
14 6 (1.03%) Retail
15 4 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 151 (26.03%) Architect
2 76 (13.10%) Analyst
3 55 (9.48%) Security Architect
4 52 (8.97%) Solutions Architect
5 47 (8.10%) Consultant
6 43 (7.41%) Senior
7 36 (6.21%) Business Analyst
8 24 (4.14%) Lead
9 23 (3.97%) Security Engineer
10 20 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
11 19 (3.28%) Project Manager
12 16 (2.76%) Azure Engineer
12 16 (2.76%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (2.41%) Security Consultant
14 13 (2.24%) Azure Architect
14 13 (2.24%) Cloud Architect
14 13 (2.24%) Developer
14 13 (2.24%) Enterprise Architect
14 13 (2.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 13 (2.24%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (14.31%) OAuth
2 77 (13.28%) SAML
3 72 (12.41%) SailPoint
4 64 (11.03%) OpenID
5 48 (8.28%) LDAP
6 34 (5.86%) OAuth2
7 24 (4.14%) REST
8 18 (3.10%) ARM Templates
9 14 (2.41%) ADO
10 10 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
11 9 (1.55%) .NET
11 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
12 7 (1.21%) Hibernate
12 7 (1.21%) React
12 7 (1.21%) Spring
12 7 (1.21%) XMPP
13 6 (1.03%) .NET Framework
13 6 (1.03%) Keycloak
13 6 (1.03%) YAML
14 5 (0.86%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.86%) Onboarding
2 33 (5.69%) Enterprise Software
2 33 (5.69%) Management Information System
3 31 (5.34%) Security Posture
4 28 (4.83%) Cloud Native
5 23 (3.97%) Product Ownership
6 20 (3.45%) PKI
7 14 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (1.90%) Cloud Security Posture
8 11 (1.90%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.72%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
11 8 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.03%) NHS
14 5 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (0.69%) Cyber Defence
15 4 (0.69%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 98 (16.90%) Windows
2 57 (9.83%) Linux
3 40 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.10%) Unix
5 11 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.72%) VMS
7 8 (1.38%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.03%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.52%) Android
9 3 (0.52%) CentOS
9 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.17%) MVS
11 1 (0.17%) Solaris
11 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (25.86%) Cybersecurity
2 114 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (18.28%) Cloud Security
4 103 (17.76%) Agile
5 100 (17.24%) CI/CD
6 99 (17.07%) Privileged Access Management
7 91 (15.69%) RBAC
8 83 (14.31%) Identity Management
8 83 (14.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 81 (13.97%) DevOps
10 77 (13.28%) Infrastructure as Code
11 76 (13.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 71 (12.24%) Zero Trust
13 70 (12.07%) Roadmaps
14 60 (10.34%) SIEM
15 57 (9.83%) DevSecOps
15 57 (9.83%) Incident Response
16 55 (9.48%) Data Protection
17 53 (9.14%) Vulnerability Management
18 49 (8.45%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 121 (20.86%) PowerShell
2 77 (13.28%) Python
3 46 (7.93%) Bash
4 38 (6.55%) Java
5 29 (5.00%) SQL
6 21 (3.62%) Bicep
7 20 (3.45%) JavaScript
8 13 (2.24%) Groovy
9 12 (2.07%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.55%) C#
11 8 (1.38%) TypeScript
12 6 (1.03%) Go
12 6 (1.03%) Perl
13 5 (0.86%) BeanShell
14 4 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.34%) PHP
15 2 (0.34%) VBScript
16 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 138 (23.79%) Security Cleared
2 118 (20.34%) SC Cleared
3 88 (15.17%) CISSP
4 70 (12.07%) CISM
5 48 (8.28%) Degree
6 41 (7.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (5.86%) Azure Certification
8 29 (5.00%) AWS Certification
9 19 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (2.93%) DV Cleared
11 13 (2.24%) Master's Degree
11 13 (2.24%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (1.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 9 (1.55%) CCSP
12 9 (1.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 8 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (1.38%) CCNP
13 8 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.38%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (17.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (15.34%) GDPR
2 89 (15.34%) NIST
3 29 (5.00%) HIPAA
4 27 (4.66%) PCI DSS
5 22 (3.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 16 (2.76%) QA
7 14 (2.41%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.90%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.90%) GRC
9 10 (1.72%) NCSC
10 8 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.38%) ITGC
10 8 (1.38%) NIST 800
11 6 (1.03%) COBIT
11 6 (1.03%) SOX 404
12 5 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.86%) PSD2
13 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 174 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 40 (6.90%) Docker
3 22 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.38%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 6 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.86%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.69%) vSphere
8 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.34%) NFS
8 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.17%) KVM
9 1 (0.17%) NDS
9 1 (0.17%) NetIQ eDirectory
9 1 (0.17%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.17%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.17%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.17%) RACF
9 1 (0.17%) SRDF
9 1 (0.17%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 87 (15.00%) Single Sign-On
2 74 (12.76%) Terraform
3 50 (8.62%) Kubernetes
4 29 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (4.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 24 (4.14%) Ansible
6 12 (2.07%) SCCM
7 10 (1.72%) CA Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.38%) CA Wily
8 8 (1.38%) Grafana
8 8 (1.38%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.38%) Tivoli
9 7 (1.21%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 6 (1.03%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.69%) Istio
11 4 (0.69%) QRadar
12 3 (0.52%) Argo
12 3 (0.52%) PingFederate
13 2 (0.34%) Consul
13 2 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 208 (35.86%) Microsoft
2 77 (13.28%) CyberArk
3 41 (7.07%) Okta
4 39 (6.72%) Oracle
5 34 (5.86%) Google
6 32 (5.52%) VMware
7 27 (4.66%) Splunk
8 26 (4.48%) SAP
9 24 (4.14%) BeyondTrust
10 22 (3.79%) ServiceNow
11 21 (3.62%) Cisco
11 21 (3.62%) IBM
12 20 (3.45%) ForgeRock
13 16 (2.76%) BiZZdesign
13 16 (2.76%) Red Hat
14 15 (2.59%) Citrix
14 15 (2.59%) Ping Identity
14 15 (2.59%) Thycotic
15 13 (2.24%) Workday
16 11 (1.90%) Centrify