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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 181 190
Rank change year-on-year +11 +9 +26
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 748 464 553
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.66% 1.59% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 1.75% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 334 400
10th Percentile £400 £411 £424
25th Percentile £475 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £622
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.54% +1.55%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £725
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £585 £635
% change year-on-year -5.98% -7.87% +10.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £70.67 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
75th Percentile £83.38 - -
90th Percentile £92.50 - -
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 38,631 26,466 38,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.54% 90.55% 86.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,504 17,183 24,720
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.51% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,266 983 2,350
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.96 £31.52 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.07% -4.48% -11.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.83
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.10 £70.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.55 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +18.50% -7.69% -12.87%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 4 April 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 +22 679 £563 -6.72% 157
UK excluding London +13 373 £550 -5.98% 109
London +14 289 £575 -8.00% 70
Work from Home -3 234 £550 -4.35% 80
North of England +9 141 £550 +4.76% 21
South East -14 91 £600 -7.69% 45
Yorkshire +3 83 £531 +15.56% 3
Midlands -28 78 £550 -6.73% 10
West Midlands -24 64 £550 -8.33% 6
South West +7 57 £675 +17.39% 9
North West -11 55 £550 +4.76% 17
East Midlands -22 12 £638 +27.50% 4
Scotland -12 8 £675 +28.57% 2
East of England -36 6 £650 - 19
North East -10 4 £508 +18.14% 1
Wales -14 1 £250 -62.96% 6

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 37 (4.95%) Confluence
2 33 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (4.14%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.80%) Apache Superset
5 4 (0.53%) Apache
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) Mendix
8 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (1.74%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.94%) Maximo
3 3 (0.40%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 343 (45.86%) Azure
2 246 (32.89%) Entra ID
3 156 (20.86%) AWS
4 91 (12.17%) GCP
5 72 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (6.02%) GitHub
8 39 (5.21%) Azure AKS
9 38 (5.08%) Power Platform
10 35 (4.68%) Azure Monitor
11 34 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
11 34 (4.55%) SaaS
12 28 (3.74%) PaaS
13 26 (3.48%) IaaS
14 25 (3.34%) Serverless
15 22 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (2.54%) OneDrive
17 16 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
17 16 (2.14%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 91 (12.17%) Firewall
2 85 (11.36%) DNS
3 64 (8.56%) Network Security
4 47 (6.28%) DHCP
5 36 (4.81%) VPN
5 36 (4.81%) WAN
6 26 (3.48%) LAN
7 24 (3.21%) BGP
7 24 (3.21%) OSPF
8 23 (3.07%) SSL
9 22 (2.94%) BIG-IP
9 22 (2.94%) Ethernet VPN
9 22 (2.94%) Junos
9 22 (2.94%) VXLAN
10 21 (2.81%) Kerberos
11 17 (2.27%) Cisco ISE
12 13 (1.74%) SD-WAN
13 11 (1.47%) WebEx
14 6 (0.80%) Internet
15 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.41%) Power BI
2 14 (1.87%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.74%) NoSQL
4 12 (1.60%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (1.47%) Tableau
6 10 (1.34%) DocumentDB
7 5 (0.67%) BigQuery
7 5 (0.67%) MySQL
8 4 (0.53%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.40%) Big Data
9 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (0.40%) Redis
10 2 (0.27%) Metadata
10 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 71 (9.49%) JIRA
2 39 (5.21%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.88%) Git
4 27 (3.61%) GitLab
5 17 (2.27%) Postman
6 15 (2.01%) Selenium
7 10 (1.34%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.34%) REST Assured
8 8 (1.07%) Jaeger
9 5 (0.67%) Gatling
9 5 (0.67%) TestRail
10 4 (0.53%) JMeter
10 4 (0.53%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.53%) NeoLoad
10 4 (0.53%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.40%) JUnit
11 3 (0.40%) Maven
11 3 (0.40%) MSI
12 2 (0.27%) git-flow
12 2 (0.27%) Snyk
General
1 189 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 124 (16.58%) Finance
3 90 (12.03%) Public Sector
4 66 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (7.62%) Banking
6 31 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
6 31 (4.14%) Legal
7 16 (2.14%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.60%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.07%) Military
9 8 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (0.94%) Retail
11 5 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.67%) Police
12 4 (0.53%) Local Government
12 4 (0.53%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.40%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.27%) Front Office
14 2 (0.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 222 (29.68%) Architect
2 73 (9.76%) Senior
3 71 (9.49%) Analyst
4 70 (9.36%) Lead
5 63 (8.42%) Solutions Architect
6 51 (6.82%) Security Architect
7 33 (4.41%) Business Analyst
8 30 (4.01%) Developer
9 29 (3.88%) Consultant
10 28 (3.74%) Azure Engineer
11 26 (3.48%) Project Manager
11 26 (3.48%) Security Engineer
12 24 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
13 22 (2.94%) Cloud Architect
14 21 (2.81%) Lead Architect
14 21 (2.81%) Technical Architect
15 19 (2.54%) Azure Architect
15 19 (2.54%) Cloud Engineer
16 18 (2.41%) Identity Management Architect
16 18 (2.41%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (10.83%) SailPoint
2 75 (10.03%) SAML
3 73 (9.76%) OAuth
4 63 (8.42%) OpenID
5 53 (7.09%) LDAP
6 51 (6.82%) REST
7 31 (4.14%) ARM Templates
8 27 (3.61%) OAuth2
9 24 (3.21%) 802.1X
9 24 (3.21%) Spring Boot
10 23 (3.07%) .NET
10 23 (3.07%) Kafka
11 19 (2.54%) Middleware
12 17 (2.27%) Spring
13 15 (2.01%) Node.js
14 14 (1.87%) RESTful
15 11 (1.47%) Playwright
15 11 (1.47%) XMPP
16 10 (1.34%) HTML
17 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 57 (7.62%) PKI
3 45 (6.02%) Cloud Native
4 32 (4.28%) Data Centre
4 32 (4.28%) Enterprise Software
5 29 (3.88%) Management Information System
6 27 (3.61%) Security Posture
7 22 (2.94%) Clustering
7 22 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (2.81%) Product Ownership
9 20 (2.67%) Public Cloud
10 15 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (2.01%) Replication
11 12 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.07%) Operational Technology
13 6 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (0.67%) Fat Client
14 5 (0.67%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 113 (15.11%) Windows
2 47 (6.28%) Windows Server
3 40 (5.35%) Linux
4 10 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.20%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.94%) Unix
6 7 (0.94%) VMS
6 7 (0.94%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.67%) Android
7 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.13%) CentOS
9 1 (0.13%) Debian
9 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Rocky
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (20.86%) Cybersecurity
2 154 (20.59%) DevOps
3 152 (20.32%) RBAC
4 142 (18.98%) CI/CD
5 115 (15.37%) Agile
6 113 (15.11%) Cloud Security
7 109 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
8 104 (13.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 102 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
10 92 (12.30%) Zero Trust
11 90 (12.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 83 (11.10%) Identity Management
13 81 (10.83%) Privileged Access Management
14 71 (9.49%) Migration
15 70 (9.36%) Observability
16 69 (9.22%) Analytics
17 67 (8.96%) Data Protection
17 67 (8.96%) High Availability
18 60 (8.02%) Roadmaps
18 60 (8.02%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 131 (17.51%) PowerShell
2 84 (11.23%) Python
3 69 (9.22%) Java
4 64 (8.56%) SQL
5 40 (5.35%) Bicep
6 31 (4.14%) JavaScript
7 23 (3.07%) Bash
8 13 (1.74%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.34%) C#
9 10 (1.34%) Scala
10 9 (1.20%) Rust
11 8 (1.07%) PHP
12 7 (0.94%) Perl
13 4 (0.53%) Cypher
13 4 (0.53%) Groovy
13 4 (0.53%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.40%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.40%) C++
14 3 (0.40%) Go
14 3 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 262 (35.03%) Security Cleared
2 184 (24.60%) SC Cleared
3 72 (9.63%) DV Cleared
4 71 (9.49%) CISSP
5 54 (7.22%) CISM
6 43 (5.75%) Azure Certification
7 42 (5.61%) Degree
8 41 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (2.14%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.87%) PMP
12 13 (1.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (1.60%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.47%) CCSP
15 10 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
16 9 (1.20%) Master's Degree
17 8 (1.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 8 (1.07%) JNCIA
18 7 (0.94%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (9.89%) GDPR
2 73 (9.76%) NIST
3 72 (9.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (5.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 22 (2.94%) GRC
6 20 (2.67%) NCSC
7 18 (2.41%) QA
8 17 (2.27%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.47%) COBIT
10 10 (1.34%) NIST 800
11 9 (1.20%) Accessibility
12 8 (1.07%) Data Quality
12 8 (1.07%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.80%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.80%) ITGC
13 6 (0.80%) PMO
13 6 (0.80%) SOX 404
14 5 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.53%) SLA
16 3 (0.40%) GxP
System Software
1 226 (30.21%) Active Directory
2 57 (7.62%) Docker
3 32 (4.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.01%) VMware NSX
5 12 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (1.07%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.94%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 4 (0.53%) vSphere
10 3 (0.40%) IAG
10 3 (0.40%) RACF
11 2 (0.27%) OpenAM
11 2 (0.27%) OpenDJ
11 2 (0.27%) OpenIDM
12 1 (0.13%) GPFS
12 1 (0.13%) Lustre
12 1 (0.13%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 111 (14.84%) Terraform
2 93 (12.43%) Kubernetes
3 92 (12.30%) Single Sign-On
4 46 (6.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 30 (4.01%) Ansible
6 22 (2.94%) FortiGate
7 18 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (2.01%) Grafana
9 11 (1.47%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.34%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 10 (1.34%) NetIQ Identity Manager
11 8 (1.07%) Kiali
11 8 (1.07%) SCCM
12 4 (0.53%) Istio
13 3 (0.40%) CA Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.40%) CASB
13 3 (0.40%) Icinga
13 3 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.40%) QRadar
14 2 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 248 (33.16%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.89%) CyberArk
3 58 (7.75%) Okta
4 51 (6.82%) Google
5 47 (6.28%) Splunk
6 43 (5.75%) ServiceNow
7 40 (5.35%) VMware
8 38 (5.08%) Cisco
9 29 (3.88%) Oracle
10 25 (3.34%) SAP
11 24 (3.21%) F5
12 23 (3.07%) Juniper
13 22 (2.94%) SolarWinds
14 20 (2.67%) Extreme Networks
15 19 (2.54%) BeyondTrust
15 19 (2.54%) Citrix
16 18 (2.41%) ForgeRock
17 15 (2.01%) Red Hat
18 12 (1.60%) NetIQ
18 12 (1.60%) Zscaler