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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 174 189
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 +16
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 748 474 541
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.61% 1.60% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 1.77% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 340 391
10th Percentile £400 £413 £419
25th Percentile £475 £509 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £622
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.54% -0.08%
75th Percentile £650 £689 £725
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £630
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.73% +9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 1
10th Percentile £53.25 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £72.80 - £23.80
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile £83.38 - -
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 39,369 26,799 37,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.81% 90.74% 86.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,829 17,326 24,410
10th Percentile £318 £307 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £485 £500
% change year-on-year - -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,359 1,054 2,423
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.84 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.88 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £29.90 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.11% -14.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65.60 £62.25 £58.70
90th Percentile £78.25 £75.00 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.56 £28.18 £35.00
% change year-on-year +47.46% -19.49% -6.17%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +5 666 £570 -5.47% 150
UK excluding London +19 374 £550 -4.35% 129
London 0 281 £575 -8.00% 69
Work from Home +4 241 £550 -2.22% 103
North of England +21 138 £550 +5.77% 14
South East -13 95 £600 -7.69% 51
Yorkshire +10 83 £518 +15.00% 4
Midlands -14 78 £550 -6.38% 11
West Midlands -23 64 £538 -10.64% 6
South West -2 55 £675 +20.00% 14
North West -8 52 £550 +4.76% 7
Scotland -5 14 £450 -14.29% 32
East Midlands -25 11 £638 +27.50% 3
North East -16 4 £508 +18.14% 3
East of England -30 4 £718 +10.38% 16
Wales -8 2 £363 -39.58% 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 30 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (3.88%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.61%) Confluence
4 6 (0.80%) Apache Superset
5 5 (0.67%) Apache
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.13%) Mendix
8 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
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 9 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.80%) Maximo
3 4 (0.53%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 349 (46.66%) Azure
2 237 (31.68%) Entra ID
3 161 (21.52%) AWS
4 89 (11.90%) GCP
5 69 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (6.15%) GitHub
7 43 (5.75%) Azure AKS
8 38 (5.08%) Power Platform
9 36 (4.81%) Azure Sentinel
10 32 (4.28%) SaaS
11 29 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
12 27 (3.61%) PaaS
13 25 (3.34%) IaaS
14 24 (3.21%) Serverless
15 23 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
17 17 (2.27%) OCI
18 16 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
19 15 (2.01%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 79 (10.56%) Firewall
2 78 (10.43%) DNS
3 65 (8.69%) Network Security
4 45 (6.02%) DHCP
5 37 (4.95%) WAN
6 31 (4.14%) VPN
7 27 (3.61%) LAN
8 25 (3.34%) BGP
8 25 (3.34%) OSPF
9 23 (3.07%) BIG-IP
9 23 (3.07%) Ethernet VPN
9 23 (3.07%) Junos
9 23 (3.07%) SSL
9 23 (3.07%) VXLAN
10 21 (2.81%) Kerberos
11 18 (2.41%) Cisco ISE
12 12 (1.60%) SD-WAN
13 11 (1.47%) WebEx
14 5 (0.67%) Internet
14 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.67%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.41%) Power BI
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 8 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.67%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.67%) MySQL
9 4 (0.53%) Neo4j
9 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.40%) Big Data
10 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.40%) Redis
11 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 63 (8.42%) JIRA
2 47 (6.28%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.88%) Git
4 26 (3.48%) GitLab
5 17 (2.27%) Postman
6 15 (2.01%) Selenium
7 10 (1.34%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.34%) REST Assured
8 9 (1.20%) Gatling
9 8 (1.07%) Jaeger
10 5 (0.67%) Maven
10 5 (0.67%) TestRail
11 4 (0.53%) JMeter
11 4 (0.53%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.53%) NeoLoad
11 4 (0.53%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.40%) JUnit
12 3 (0.40%) MSI
13 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.27%) git-flow
General
1 176 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 116 (15.51%) Finance
3 93 (12.43%) Public Sector
4 67 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (7.89%) Banking
6 32 (4.28%) Legal
7 28 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.14%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.60%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.07%) Military
10 8 (1.07%) Retail
11 6 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (0.80%) Police
12 5 (0.67%) Local Government
12 5 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.40%) Aviation
14 3 (0.40%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.27%) Aeronautics
15 2 (0.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 221 (29.55%) Architect
2 71 (9.49%) Analyst
3 70 (9.36%) Senior
4 67 (8.96%) Lead
5 49 (6.55%) Security Architect
6 48 (6.42%) Solutions Architect
7 44 (5.88%) Developer
8 32 (4.28%) Business Analyst
9 28 (3.74%) Consultant
9 28 (3.74%) Project Manager
10 26 (3.48%) Azure Engineer
10 26 (3.48%) DevOps Engineer
10 26 (3.48%) Security Engineer
11 21 (2.81%) Cloud Architect
11 21 (2.81%) Platform Engineer
11 21 (2.81%) Technical Architect
12 19 (2.54%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (2.54%) Java Developer
13 18 (2.41%) Azure Architect
13 18 (2.41%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (10.56%) SailPoint
2 74 (9.89%) SAML
3 70 (9.36%) OAuth
4 63 (8.42%) OpenID
5 57 (7.62%) LDAP
6 50 (6.68%) REST
7 28 (3.74%) ARM Templates
8 25 (3.34%) 802.1X
9 24 (3.21%) Spring Boot
10 23 (3.07%) Kafka
10 23 (3.07%) OAuth2
11 22 (2.94%) .NET
12 18 (2.41%) Middleware
13 17 (2.27%) Spring
14 15 (2.01%) Node.js
14 15 (2.01%) Playwright
15 13 (1.74%) RESTful
16 11 (1.47%) XMPP
17 10 (1.34%) HTML
18 9 (1.20%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.42%) Onboarding
2 55 (7.35%) PKI
3 43 (5.75%) Cloud Native
4 36 (4.81%) Data Centre
5 29 (3.88%) Management Information System
6 27 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (3.21%) Security Posture
8 23 (3.07%) Clustering
9 22 (2.94%) Product Ownership
9 22 (2.94%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (2.01%) Replication
12 12 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.07%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.67%) AI Agents
15 5 (0.67%) SCADA
15 5 (0.67%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 106 (14.17%) Windows
2 42 (5.61%) Linux
3 41 (5.48%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.20%) Unix
6 8 (1.07%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.94%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.53%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.53%) VMS
9 3 (0.40%) Android
10 2 (0.27%) Debian
10 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) CentOS
11 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (20.86%) Cybersecurity
1 156 (20.86%) DevOps
2 144 (19.25%) RBAC
3 140 (18.72%) CI/CD
4 122 (16.31%) Agile
5 112 (14.97%) Cloud Security
6 105 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
7 104 (13.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 99 (13.24%) Zero Trust
9 95 (12.70%) Infrastructure as Code
10 85 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 80 (10.70%) Identity Management
12 72 (9.63%) Privileged Access Management
13 71 (9.49%) Migration
14 70 (9.36%) Observability
15 66 (8.82%) Analytics
15 66 (8.82%) Data Protection
15 66 (8.82%) High Availability
16 64 (8.56%) Security Architecture
17 61 (8.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 123 (16.44%) PowerShell
2 92 (12.30%) Python
3 83 (11.10%) Java
4 68 (9.09%) SQL
5 37 (4.95%) Bicep
6 29 (3.88%) JavaScript
7 22 (2.94%) Bash
8 14 (1.87%) Scala
9 13 (1.74%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.20%) C#
10 9 (1.20%) Rust
11 8 (1.07%) PHP
12 7 (0.94%) Perl
13 4 (0.53%) Cypher
13 4 (0.53%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.40%) C++
14 3 (0.40%) Go
14 3 (0.40%) Groovy
14 3 (0.40%) R
15 2 (0.27%) C
Qualifications
1 272 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 194 (25.94%) SC Cleared
3 71 (9.49%) DV Cleared
4 68 (9.09%) CISSP
5 47 (6.28%) Cisco Certification
6 46 (6.15%) CISM
7 40 (5.35%) Azure Certification
8 36 (4.81%) Degree
9 31 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (2.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 19 (2.54%) CCSP
12 17 (2.27%) PMI Certification
13 15 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (2.01%) PMP
14 13 (1.74%) AWS Certification
15 8 (1.07%) JNCIA
15 8 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.94%) CCNP
16 7 (0.94%) JNCIP
16 7 (0.94%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (10.70%) GDPR
2 73 (9.76%) NIST
3 71 (9.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (4.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 25 (3.34%) GRC
6 22 (2.94%) NCSC
7 19 (2.54%) QA
8 15 (2.01%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.20%) Accessibility
9 9 (1.20%) NIST 800
10 8 (1.07%) Data Quality
10 8 (1.07%) HIPAA
10 8 (1.07%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.80%) PMO
11 6 (0.80%) SLA
12 5 (0.67%) COBIT
13 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.40%) GxP
14 1 (0.13%) COSO
14 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 211 (28.21%) Active Directory
2 59 (7.89%) Docker
3 28 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.87%) VMware NSX
5 11 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (1.07%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.94%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.40%) IAG
9 3 (0.40%) RACF
9 3 (0.40%) vSphere
10 2 (0.27%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.27%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.27%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.13%) GPFS
11 1 (0.13%) Lustre
11 1 (0.13%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.13%) Squid
11 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 106 (14.17%) Terraform
2 100 (13.37%) Kubernetes
3 81 (10.83%) Single Sign-On
4 38 (5.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 32 (4.28%) Ansible
6 23 (3.07%) FortiGate
7 15 (2.01%) Grafana
7 15 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (1.47%) Prometheus
9 10 (1.34%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 10 (1.34%) NetIQ Identity Manager
10 8 (1.07%) Kiali
11 7 (0.94%) SCCM
12 5 (0.67%) HAProxy
13 4 (0.53%) Istio
14 3 (0.40%) Icinga
14 3 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.40%) Oracle Identity Management
14 3 (0.40%) Oracle Identity Manager
15 2 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 239 (31.95%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.89%) Okta
3 50 (6.68%) CyberArk
4 48 (6.42%) Google
5 47 (6.28%) Splunk
6 44 (5.88%) ServiceNow
7 38 (5.08%) Cisco
8 37 (4.95%) VMware
9 27 (3.61%) Oracle
10 25 (3.34%) F5
11 24 (3.21%) Juniper
12 23 (3.07%) SolarWinds
13 22 (2.94%) SAP
14 21 (2.81%) Extreme Networks
14 21 (2.81%) ForgeRock
15 19 (2.54%) BeyondTrust
15 19 (2.54%) Citrix
16 15 (2.01%) Red Hat
16 15 (2.01%) Workday
17 12 (1.60%) NetIQ