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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 172 187
Rank change year-on-year +32 +15 +5
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,072 537 502
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.00% 1.64% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 1.81% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 370 336
10th Percentile £413 £375 £425
25th Percentile £475 £458 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £650 £673 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £525 £622
% change year-on-year +2.86% -15.59% +9.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 5
10th Percentile £19.03 £50.50 -
25th Percentile £53.25 £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 45,399 29,629 33,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.55% 90.46% 85.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,782 18,436 20,950
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% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,881 1,773 1,687
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.86
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +6.25%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +19 873 £563 +2.27% 179
UK excluding London +41 514 £540 +2.86% 134
London +16 416 £575 -1.71% 58
Work from Home +31 347 £550 +5.26% 94
North of England +29 180 £515 +8.99% 40
South East +1 128 £585 -6.40% 33
Yorkshire +27 111 £538 +14.61% 16
Scotland +35 64 £478 -20.33% 6
North West -15 57 £515 +11.35% 22
Midlands -45 56 £613 +24.64% 12
South West -15 55 £588 +17.50% 33
West Midlands -34 40 £500 -9.09% 7
East of England -2 31 £555 -14.62% 10
East Midlands -24 14 £638 +57.02% 5
North East -34 11 £500 -9.09% 2
Wales -5 10 £471 -32.68% 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 35 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 33 (3.08%) Confluence
3 31 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.84%) Apache
5 5 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.47%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.37%) IIS
7 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.28%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.19%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.19%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.093%) Drupal
9 1 (0.093%) nginx
9 1 (0.093%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.56%) 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
4 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 457 (42.63%) Azure
2 319 (29.76%) Entra ID
3 245 (22.85%) AWS
4 141 (13.15%) GCP
5 84 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
6 64 (5.97%) GitHub
7 56 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
8 51 (4.76%) Power Platform
8 51 (4.76%) SaaS
9 48 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
10 42 (3.92%) Azure AKS
11 40 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
12 38 (3.54%) Serverless
13 34 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
14 32 (2.99%) OCI
15 27 (2.52%) IaaS
15 27 (2.52%) PaaS
16 26 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
17 25 (2.33%) Azure Key Vault
18 24 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 95 (8.86%) Network Security
2 86 (8.02%) Firewall
3 69 (6.44%) DNS
4 37 (3.45%) VPN
5 34 (3.17%) WAN
6 25 (2.33%) DHCP
7 18 (1.68%) SD-WAN
8 13 (1.21%) LAN
9 11 (1.03%) SSL
10 10 (0.93%) BGP
10 10 (0.93%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.84%) Internet
11 9 (0.84%) IPsec
11 9 (0.84%) OSPF
11 9 (0.84%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.75%) BIG-IP
12 8 (0.75%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.75%) Junos
12 8 (0.75%) VXLAN
13 6 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.10%) SQL Server
2 24 (2.24%) Power BI
3 23 (2.15%) Metadata
4 13 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (1.21%) Relational Database
5 10 (0.93%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.84%) Neo4j
7 7 (0.65%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.56%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.47%) Big Data
9 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.47%) Oracle Exadata
10 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.37%) Tableau
11 3 (0.28%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.28%) Metadata Repository
11 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.28%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 52 (4.85%) JIRA
2 37 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 36 (3.36%) Git
4 19 (1.77%) GitLab
5 12 (1.12%) Gatling
6 8 (0.75%) JMeter
7 7 (0.65%) NeoLoad
8 6 (0.56%) Selenium
9 5 (0.47%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.47%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.28%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.28%) Postman
11 3 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.19%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.19%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.19%) Maven
General
1 294 (27.43%) Social Skills
2 221 (20.62%) Finance
3 139 (12.97%) Public Sector
4 110 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (6.72%) Banking
6 62 (5.78%) Retail
7 55 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
8 27 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (1.96%) Legal
10 18 (1.68%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.49%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.65%) Local Government
13 7 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.47%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.47%) Law
15 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.37%) Automotive
16 4 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 275 (25.65%) Architect
2 113 (10.54%) Lead
3 91 (8.49%) Security Architect
4 87 (8.12%) Analyst
5 74 (6.90%) Senior
6 71 (6.62%) Developer
7 50 (4.66%) Business Analyst
7 50 (4.66%) Consultant
8 48 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
8 48 (4.48%) Support Engineer
9 44 (4.10%) Project Manager
9 44 (4.10%) Technical Architect
10 42 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 42 (3.92%) Java Developer
11 36 (3.36%) Cloud Engineer
12 34 (3.17%) Service Manager
12 34 (3.17%) Service Transition Manager
12 34 (3.17%) Transition Manager
13 33 (3.08%) Security Engineer
14 31 (2.89%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (15.11%) Terraform
2 100 (9.33%) OAuth
3 88 (8.21%) OpenID
4 87 (8.12%) SailPoint
5 79 (7.37%) SAML
6 58 (5.41%) LDAP
7 55 (5.13%) REST
8 34 (3.17%) OAuth2
9 30 (2.80%) .NET
10 24 (2.24%) ARM Templates
11 19 (1.77%) React
12 17 (1.59%) Kafka
13 16 (1.49%) JSON
13 16 (1.49%) Node.js
14 15 (1.40%) .NET Framework
15 14 (1.31%) Web Services
16 13 (1.21%) Middleware
16 13 (1.21%) XML
17 12 (1.12%) Spring
18 11 (1.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (11.38%) Onboarding
2 103 (9.61%) Cloud Native
3 95 (8.86%) PKI
4 46 (4.29%) Security Posture
5 43 (4.01%) Enterprise Software
6 38 (3.54%) Management Information System
7 33 (3.08%) Product Ownership
8 30 (2.80%) Operational Technology
9 29 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
9 29 (2.71%) Public Cloud
10 28 (2.61%) Data Centre
11 26 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
12 24 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (1.77%) Enterprise Cloud
16 15 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
17 14 (1.31%) IoT
18 13 (1.21%) CMDB
19 12 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 116 (10.82%) Windows
2 83 (7.74%) Linux
3 48 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (0.93%) Unix
5 9 (0.84%) Ubuntu
5 9 (0.84%) VMS
6 6 (0.56%) Debian
7 5 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.37%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.19%) Android
10 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.093%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (24.63%) Cybersecurity
2 227 (21.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 210 (19.59%) DevOps
4 204 (19.03%) CI/CD
5 192 (17.91%) Agile
6 170 (15.86%) RBAC
7 165 (15.39%) Infrastructure as Code
8 161 (15.02%) Cloud Security
9 158 (14.74%) Zero Trust
10 148 (13.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 140 (13.06%) Security Architecture
12 137 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
13 136 (12.69%) Privileged Access Management
13 136 (12.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 131 (12.22%) Roadmaps
15 115 (10.73%) Identity Management
15 115 (10.73%) Migration
16 111 (10.35%) Technical Leadership
17 108 (10.07%) AI
18 98 (9.14%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 175 (16.32%) PowerShell
2 149 (13.90%) Python
3 85 (7.93%) Java
4 76 (7.09%) SQL
5 61 (5.69%) Bash
6 55 (5.13%) Bicep
7 24 (2.24%) C#
8 14 (1.31%) Rust
9 12 (1.12%) Go
10 9 (0.84%) Scala
11 7 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.56%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.37%) JavaScript
13 4 (0.37%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.28%) Cypher
14 3 (0.28%) Groovy
14 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.19%) DAML
15 2 (0.19%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 312 (29.10%) Security Cleared
2 236 (22.01%) SC Cleared
3 89 (8.30%) CISSP
4 58 (5.41%) Azure Certification
5 57 (5.32%) Degree
6 56 (5.22%) DV Cleared
7 53 (4.94%) CISM
8 38 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 31 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 29 (2.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 25 (2.33%) CCSP
12 22 (2.05%) AWS Certification
13 18 (1.68%) PMP
14 15 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (1.21%) PMI Certification
15 13 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.93%) FFIEC
17 8 (0.75%) CISA
18 7 (0.65%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (11.29%) NIST
2 113 (10.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 70 (6.53%) GDPR
4 47 (4.38%) NCSC
5 40 (3.73%) GRC
6 24 (2.24%) QA
7 20 (1.87%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (1.49%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.49%) SLA
9 13 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.84%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.84%) COBIT
12 8 (0.75%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.75%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.65%) PMO
14 6 (0.56%) ITGC
14 6 (0.56%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 279 (26.03%) Active Directory
2 82 (7.65%) Docker
3 35 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.77%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.21%) VMware NSX
7 11 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.37%) vSphere
9 2 (0.19%) IAG
9 2 (0.19%) KVM
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.19%) RACF
9 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.19%) zsh
10 1 (0.093%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.093%) Squid
10 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 112 (10.45%) Kubernetes
2 110 (10.26%) Single Sign-On
3 61 (5.69%) Ansible
4 34 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (2.61%) Grafana
6 14 (1.31%) Argo
6 14 (1.31%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.93%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.65%) Istio
9 7 (0.65%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.56%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 6 (0.56%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.47%) HAProxy
12 4 (0.37%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 4 (0.37%) Podman
12 4 (0.37%) Puppet
13 3 (0.28%) Oracle Identity Management
13 3 (0.28%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 357 (33.30%) Microsoft
2 97 (9.05%) Okta
3 80 (7.46%) CyberArk
4 65 (6.06%) Google
5 54 (5.04%) VMware
6 53 (4.94%) ServiceNow
7 48 (4.48%) Oracle
8 44 (4.10%) BeyondTrust
9 37 (3.45%) SAP
10 30 (2.80%) Zscaler
11 25 (2.33%) Cisco
12 24 (2.24%) Splunk
13 21 (1.96%) ForgeRock
13 21 (1.96%) Workday
14 15 (1.40%) Databricks
14 15 (1.40%) Ping Identity
15 13 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
16 11 (1.03%) F5
16 11 (1.03%) Palo Alto
16 11 (1.03%) Red Hat