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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 169 190
Rank change year-on-year +34 +21 -8
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,069 535 521
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.00% 1.63% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 1.80% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 785 373 354
10th Percentile £419 £375 £425
25th Percentile £481 £450 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £552 £586
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -5.84% -2.29%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £736 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £622
% change year-on-year +4.76% -15.59% +8.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 5
10th Percentile £38.85 £50.50 -
25th Percentile - £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £77.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +225.63% -63.94%
75th Percentile £83.68 £96.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £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 45,377 29,691 33,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.71% 90.48% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,881 18,495 21,183
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £727 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,839 1,731 1,775
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.38 £17.30 £18.15
Median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% +0.61%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year +88.67% -45.18% +18.88%

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 August 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 August 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 19 August 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 +25 879 £575 +4.55% 451
UK excluding London +45 504 £550 +4.76% 272
London +22 424 £575 -1.71% 224
Work from Home +36 348 £550 +4.76% 215
North of England +13 167 £538 +13.76% 77
South East -6 135 £588 -6.00% 91
Yorkshire +28 104 £544 +15.94% 30
Scotland +32 60 £478 -15.96% 21
Midlands -34 58 £625 +26.01% 26
South West -17 55 £563 +9.76% 36
North West -26 52 £550 +18.92% 41
West Midlands -43 41 £525 -4.55% 15
East of England -8 29 £550 -8.33% 15
East Midlands -23 15 £638 +57.02% 11
Wales -6 10 £471 -32.68% 4
North East -32 10 £500 -9.09% 7
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 36 (3.37%) Confluence
2 33 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.84%) Apache
5 6 (0.56%) Apache Superset
6 5 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.37%) IIS
8 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.28%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.19%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.19%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.094%) Drupal
10 1 (0.094%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.094%) nginx
10 1 (0.094%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.094%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.65%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.19%) R3 Corda
4 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.094%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.094%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.094%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.094%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 474 (44.34%) Azure
2 324 (30.31%) Entra ID
3 235 (21.98%) AWS
4 138 (12.91%) GCP
5 79 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
6 65 (6.08%) GitHub
7 56 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (4.86%) SaaS
9 49 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
9 49 (4.58%) Power Platform
10 48 (4.49%) Azure AKS
11 42 (3.93%) Azure Monitor
12 35 (3.27%) Azure Sentinel
12 35 (3.27%) Serverless
13 32 (2.99%) OCI
14 31 (2.90%) PaaS
15 29 (2.71%) IaaS
16 25 (2.34%) Azure Key Vault
17 23 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
17 23 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 97 (9.07%) Network Security
2 86 (8.04%) Firewall
3 74 (6.92%) DNS
4 39 (3.65%) WAN
5 36 (3.37%) VPN
6 30 (2.81%) DHCP
7 19 (1.78%) SD-WAN
8 17 (1.59%) LAN
9 14 (1.31%) BGP
10 13 (1.22%) OSPF
11 12 (1.12%) BIG-IP
11 12 (1.12%) Ethernet VPN
11 12 (1.12%) Junos
11 12 (1.12%) SSL
11 12 (1.12%) VXLAN
12 9 (0.84%) Cisco ISE
12 9 (0.84%) Kerberos
12 9 (0.84%) TCP/IP
13 8 (0.75%) Internet
14 7 (0.65%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.12%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.68%) Power BI
3 14 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.03%) Metadata
6 10 (0.94%) Data Lake
6 10 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.84%) Neo4j
8 8 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.56%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.56%) Oracle Exadata
10 5 (0.47%) Big Data
10 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.47%) Tableau
11 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.28%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (0.19%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 58 (5.43%) JIRA
2 43 (4.02%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.65%) Git
4 21 (1.96%) GitLab
5 12 (1.12%) Gatling
6 7 (0.65%) JMeter
6 7 (0.65%) NeoLoad
7 5 (0.47%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.47%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.37%) Postman
8 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.28%) MSBuild
9 3 (0.28%) Selenium
9 3 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.19%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.19%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.19%) Maven
General
1 290 (27.13%) Social Skills
2 228 (21.33%) Finance
3 140 (13.10%) Public Sector
4 109 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (6.83%) Banking
6 63 (5.89%) Retail
7 56 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (2.06%) Legal
10 16 (1.50%) Aerospace
11 15 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.65%) Financial Institution
13 7 (0.65%) Local Government
13 7 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.47%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.47%) Law
15 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.28%) Military
Job Titles
1 265 (24.79%) Architect
2 109 (10.20%) Lead
3 94 (8.79%) Security Architect
4 90 (8.42%) Analyst
5 78 (7.30%) Senior
6 76 (7.11%) Developer
7 51 (4.77%) Business Analyst
8 47 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
8 47 (4.40%) Support Engineer
9 46 (4.30%) Consultant
9 46 (4.30%) Java Developer
10 43 (4.02%) Project Manager
11 39 (3.65%) Technical Architect
12 38 (3.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 35 (3.27%) Cloud Engineer
14 34 (3.18%) Service Manager
14 34 (3.18%) Service Transition Manager
14 34 (3.18%) Transition Manager
15 33 (3.09%) Security Engineer
16 32 (2.99%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (8.98%) OAuth
2 91 (8.51%) SailPoint
3 85 (7.95%) OpenID
4 77 (7.20%) SAML
5 59 (5.52%) REST
6 57 (5.33%) LDAP
7 34 (3.18%) OAuth2
8 31 (2.90%) .NET
9 26 (2.43%) ARM Templates
10 18 (1.68%) React
11 17 (1.59%) Kafka
11 17 (1.59%) Middleware
12 16 (1.50%) .NET Framework
12 16 (1.50%) JSON
12 16 (1.50%) Node.js
13 15 (1.40%) 802.1X
13 15 (1.40%) Spring
13 15 (1.40%) Web Services
14 13 (1.22%) XML
15 12 (1.12%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 119 (11.13%) Onboarding
2 103 (9.64%) Cloud Native
3 98 (9.17%) PKI
4 51 (4.77%) Security Posture
5 42 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
6 37 (3.46%) Management Information System
7 33 (3.09%) Product Ownership
8 32 (2.99%) Data Centre
9 31 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (2.71%) Operational Technology
10 29 (2.71%) Public Cloud
11 25 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
12 23 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
16 16 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
17 13 (1.22%) Clustering
17 13 (1.22%) Virtual Team
18 11 (1.03%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 119 (11.13%) Windows
2 83 (7.76%) Linux
3 45 (4.21%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.03%) Unix
5 10 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.84%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.84%) VMS
7 6 (0.56%) Debian
8 5 (0.47%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.37%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.28%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.19%) Android
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.094%) CentOS
12 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (24.23%) Cybersecurity
2 215 (20.11%) DevOps
3 209 (19.55%) CI/CD
3 209 (19.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 188 (17.59%) Agile
5 170 (15.90%) RBAC
6 167 (15.62%) Infrastructure as Code
7 158 (14.78%) Cloud Security
8 156 (14.59%) Zero Trust
9 150 (14.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 145 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
11 140 (13.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 137 (12.82%) Security Architecture
13 132 (12.35%) Privileged Access Management
14 121 (11.32%) Roadmaps
15 116 (10.85%) Identity Management
16 111 (10.38%) Technical Leadership
17 104 (9.73%) Migration
18 103 (9.64%) AI
19 97 (9.07%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 178 (16.65%) PowerShell
2 151 (14.13%) Python
3 88 (8.23%) Java
4 77 (7.20%) SQL
5 62 (5.80%) Bash
6 58 (5.43%) Bicep
7 25 (2.34%) C#
8 14 (1.31%) Rust
9 12 (1.12%) Go
10 9 (0.84%) Scala
11 6 (0.56%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.47%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.37%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.28%) Cypher
14 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.28%) Groovy
14 3 (0.28%) JavaScript
14 3 (0.28%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.19%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 309 (28.91%) Security Cleared
2 229 (21.42%) SC Cleared
3 98 (9.17%) CISSP
4 63 (5.89%) Degree
5 61 (5.71%) Azure Certification
6 59 (5.52%) CISM
7 58 (5.43%) DV Cleared
8 44 (4.12%) Cisco Certification
9 41 (3.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 31 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 31 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (2.53%) CCSP
12 22 (2.06%) AWS Certification
13 19 (1.78%) PMP
14 15 (1.40%) PMI Certification
15 14 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (1.12%) FFIEC
16 12 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
17 8 (0.75%) CISA
18 7 (0.65%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (10.85%) NIST
2 108 (10.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (6.17%) GDPR
4 47 (4.40%) NCSC
5 39 (3.65%) GRC
6 22 (2.06%) QA
6 22 (2.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (1.50%) SLA
8 14 (1.31%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.03%) COBIT
9 11 (1.03%) Data Quality
9 11 (1.03%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.84%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.84%) PMO
11 8 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.75%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.56%) ITGC
12 6 (0.56%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 286 (26.75%) Active Directory
2 83 (7.76%) Docker
3 35 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.68%) Hyper-V
6 14 (1.31%) VMware NSX
7 13 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.37%) vSphere
9 3 (0.28%) IAG
10 2 (0.19%) KVM
10 2 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.19%) RACF
10 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.19%) zsh
11 1 (0.094%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.094%) Squid
Systems Management
1 166 (15.53%) Terraform
2 122 (11.41%) Kubernetes
3 110 (10.29%) Single Sign-On
4 64 (5.99%) Ansible
5 31 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 29 (2.71%) Grafana
7 15 (1.40%) Prometheus
8 14 (1.31%) Argo
9 12 (1.12%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (0.65%) Istio
11 7 (0.65%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (0.56%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 6 (0.56%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.47%) HAProxy
14 4 (0.37%) NetIQ Identity Manager
14 4 (0.37%) Podman
14 4 (0.37%) Puppet
15 3 (0.28%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 355 (33.21%) Microsoft
2 103 (9.64%) Okta
3 79 (7.39%) CyberArk
4 63 (5.89%) Google
5 54 (5.05%) VMware
6 49 (4.58%) Oracle
6 49 (4.58%) ServiceNow
7 45 (4.21%) BeyondTrust
8 39 (3.65%) SAP
9 29 (2.71%) ForgeRock
9 29 (2.71%) Splunk
10 27 (2.53%) Cisco
10 27 (2.53%) Zscaler
11 20 (1.87%) Workday
12 16 (1.50%) Ping Identity
13 15 (1.40%) Databricks
13 15 (1.40%) F5
14 13 (1.22%) Juniper
15 12 (1.12%) Extreme Networks
15 12 (1.12%) SolarWinds