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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 178 186
Rank change year-on-year +15 +8 +77
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 686 440 563
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.43% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 1.60% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 304 383
10th Percentile £368 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £512 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £635
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -5.51% +3.67%
75th Percentile £650 £689 £725
90th Percentile £725 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £67.73 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £75.00
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile £93.88 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +7.14%

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 35,252 27,502 38,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.92% 89.66% 87.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,364 16,881 25,241
10th Percentile £310 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £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 £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,119 838 2,150
10th Percentile £14.53 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.08 £72.97
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% -12.06% +6.22%

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 18 February 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 18 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 15 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 18 February 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 +36 631 £550 -8.33% 136
UK excluding London +23 341 £550 -8.33% 100
London +18 281 £570 -8.80% 55
Work from Home -3 200 £525 -8.70% 81
North of England +14 141 £519 -2.90% 19
Yorkshire +8 92 £509 -15.21% 4
Midlands -13 69 £550 -6.38% 16
South East -6 65 £581 -10.62% 50
West Midlands -17 58 £550 -6.73% 11
South West +8 52 £675 +17.39% 7
North West -5 44 £550 +4.76% 14
Scotland -7 12 £800 +52.38% 2
East Midlands -14 10 £550 +10.00% 5
East of England -29 8 £575 -11.54% 9
North East -8 6 £491 -9.17% 1

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 45 (6.56%) Confluence
2 33 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (4.08%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.17%) Apache
5 6 (0.87%) IIS
5 6 (0.87%) iPlanet
5 6 (0.87%) JBoss
5 6 (0.87%) WebSphere
5 6 (0.87%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.29%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.15%) CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Mendix
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.15%) Traefik
Applications
1 19 (2.77%) MS Visio
2 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.17%) Maximo
2 3 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 281 (40.96%) Azure
2 206 (30.03%) Entra ID
3 139 (20.26%) AWS
4 92 (13.41%) GCP
5 64 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (5.39%) SaaS
7 34 (4.96%) GitHub
8 33 (4.81%) Azure Sentinel
9 31 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (3.94%) OpenShift
11 22 (3.21%) Serverless
12 21 (3.06%) Azure AKS
12 21 (3.06%) IaaS
13 20 (2.92%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (2.92%) PaaS
14 18 (2.62%) Amazon EKS
14 18 (2.62%) Microsoft Purview
15 17 (2.48%) Power Platform
16 15 (2.19%) OneDrive
17 14 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 78 (11.37%) Firewall
2 64 (9.33%) DNS
3 56 (8.16%) Network Security
4 35 (5.10%) DHCP
4 35 (5.10%) Kerberos
5 32 (4.66%) VPN
6 25 (3.64%) SSL
7 16 (2.33%) BGP
7 16 (2.33%) OSPF
7 16 (2.33%) WAN
8 15 (2.19%) LAN
9 12 (1.75%) BIG-IP
9 12 (1.75%) Ethernet VPN
9 12 (1.75%) Junos
9 12 (1.75%) VXLAN
10 10 (1.46%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (1.46%) TCP/IP
11 9 (1.31%) WebEx
12 7 (1.02%) Internet
13 6 (0.87%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.19%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.75%) NoSQL
2 12 (1.75%) Power BI
3 11 (1.60%) MongoDB
4 10 (1.46%) DocumentDB
4 10 (1.46%) Oracle Database
5 6 (0.87%) Tableau
6 5 (0.73%) BigQuery
6 5 (0.73%) MySQL
7 4 (0.58%) Neo4j
7 4 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.44%) Redis
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.29%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (9.33%) JIRA
2 39 (5.69%) Jenkins
3 31 (4.52%) Git
4 25 (3.64%) GitLab
5 16 (2.33%) Postman
6 15 (2.19%) Selenium
7 10 (1.46%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.46%) REST Assured
8 8 (1.17%) Jaeger
9 6 (0.87%) Bitbucket Server
9 6 (0.87%) CA Release Automation
9 6 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (0.87%) TestRail
10 4 (0.58%) Gatling
10 4 (0.58%) JMeter
10 4 (0.58%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.58%) NeoLoad
10 4 (0.58%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.44%) JUnit
11 3 (0.44%) MSI
General
1 191 (27.84%) Social Skills
2 138 (20.12%) Finance
3 77 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (10.50%) Public Sector
5 56 (8.16%) Banking
6 29 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.35%) Legal
8 18 (2.62%) Investment Banking
9 17 (2.48%) Financial Institution
10 13 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.17%) Military
13 7 (1.02%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.73%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.73%) Police
16 4 (0.58%) Electronics
16 4 (0.58%) Marketing
16 4 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 214 (31.20%) Architect
2 79 (11.52%) Analyst
3 78 (11.37%) Solutions Architect
4 57 (8.31%) Senior
5 53 (7.73%) Lead
6 50 (7.29%) Security Architect
7 41 (5.98%) Business Analyst
8 39 (5.69%) Consultant
9 28 (4.08%) Security Engineer
10 23 (3.35%) Developer
11 22 (3.21%) Azure Architect
12 21 (3.06%) Azure Engineer
12 21 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
13 20 (2.92%) Cloud Architect
14 19 (2.77%) Project Manager
15 18 (2.62%) Identity Management Architect
16 16 (2.33%) Cloud Engineer
16 16 (2.33%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
16 16 (2.33%) Identity Management Analyst
17 15 (2.19%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (12.68%) SAML
2 84 (12.24%) OAuth
2 84 (12.24%) SailPoint
3 66 (9.62%) OpenID
4 59 (8.60%) LDAP
5 40 (5.83%) REST
6 26 (3.79%) ARM Templates
6 26 (3.79%) OAuth2
7 23 (3.35%) .NET
7 23 (3.35%) Kafka
8 19 (2.77%) Spring Boot
9 17 (2.48%) Node.js
10 15 (2.19%) Middleware
11 13 (1.90%) RESTful
12 12 (1.75%) 802.1X
12 12 (1.75%) Spring
13 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Graph
14 10 (1.46%) HTML
14 10 (1.46%) Playwright
15 9 (1.31%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.02%) Onboarding
2 45 (6.56%) PKI
3 43 (6.27%) Management Information System
4 38 (5.54%) Cloud Native
5 29 (4.23%) Security Posture
6 26 (3.79%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (3.50%) Hybrid Cloud
8 22 (3.21%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.62%) Product Ownership
10 17 (2.48%) Replication
11 12 (1.75%) Clustering
12 10 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.31%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.87%) Cloud Security Posture
16 5 (0.73%) BYOD
16 5 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
16 5 (0.73%) NHS
16 5 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 99 (14.43%) Windows
2 50 (7.29%) Windows Server
3 48 (7.00%) Linux
4 12 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (1.60%) Mac OS
6 9 (1.31%) Unix
7 8 (1.17%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.73%) Android
8 5 (0.73%) VMS
9 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.29%) CentOS
11 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.15%) Rocky
12 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (22.01%) Cybersecurity
2 137 (19.97%) RBAC
3 126 (18.37%) CI/CD
4 116 (16.91%) DevOps
5 115 (16.76%) Cloud Security
6 100 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 96 (13.99%) Privileged Access Management
8 95 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
9 94 (13.70%) Agile
10 89 (12.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 88 (12.83%) Infrastructure as Code
12 79 (11.52%) Identity Management
13 77 (11.22%) Zero Trust
14 69 (10.06%) Data Protection
15 62 (9.04%) Roadmaps
16 61 (8.89%) Incident Response
17 59 (8.60%) SIEM
18 57 (8.31%) Migration
19 55 (8.02%) Test Automation
20 51 (7.43%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 125 (18.22%) PowerShell
2 78 (11.37%) Python
3 57 (8.31%) Java
4 47 (6.85%) SQL
5 36 (5.25%) JavaScript
6 27 (3.94%) Bicep
7 25 (3.64%) Bash
8 16 (2.33%) TypeScript
9 11 (1.60%) C#
10 10 (1.46%) Groovy
11 9 (1.31%) Rust
11 9 (1.31%) Scala
12 8 (1.17%) PHP
13 7 (1.02%) Perl
13 7 (1.02%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.73%) Go
15 4 (0.58%) Cypher
16 3 (0.44%) C++
16 3 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.29%) C
Qualifications
1 224 (32.65%) Security Cleared
2 166 (24.20%) SC Cleared
3 83 (12.10%) CISSP
4 67 (9.77%) CISM
5 57 (8.31%) DV Cleared
6 44 (6.41%) Degree
7 43 (6.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (5.25%) Azure Certification
9 28 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (2.62%) TOGAF Certification
11 17 (2.48%) AWS Certification
12 14 (2.04%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 11 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (1.60%) PMI Certification
15 10 (1.46%) CCSP
15 10 (1.46%) PhD
16 9 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (1.31%) PMP
17 8 (1.17%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (12.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (10.93%) GDPR
3 71 (10.35%) NIST
4 33 (4.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (2.92%) GRC
5 20 (2.92%) PCI DSS
6 16 (2.33%) QA
7 13 (1.90%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.90%) NCSC
8 10 (1.46%) HIPAA
9 8 (1.17%) COBIT
9 8 (1.17%) NIST 800
10 7 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (1.02%) Data Quality
10 7 (1.02%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.87%) ITGC
11 6 (0.87%) SOX 404
12 5 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.73%) SLA
13 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 200 (29.15%) Active Directory
2 63 (9.18%) Docker
3 20 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.46%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (1.02%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 6 (0.87%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 5 (0.73%) vSphere
9 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.29%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.29%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.29%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.15%) GPFS
11 1 (0.15%) IAG
11 1 (0.15%) NDS
11 1 (0.15%) NetIQ eDirectory
11 1 (0.15%) NFS
11 1 (0.15%) RACF
11 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 98 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
2 96 (13.99%) Terraform
3 77 (11.22%) Kubernetes
4 49 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 25 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (3.35%) Ansible
7 14 (2.04%) Grafana
8 13 (1.90%) FortiGate
9 11 (1.60%) Prometheus
9 11 (1.60%) SCCM
10 9 (1.31%) CA Single Sign-On
11 8 (1.17%) Kiali
12 7 (1.02%) Progress Chef
13 6 (0.87%) CA Wily
13 6 (0.87%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 6 (0.87%) NetIQ Identity Manager
13 6 (0.87%) Tivoli
14 5 (0.73%) Istio
14 5 (0.73%) QRadar
15 4 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 227 (33.09%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.18%) CyberArk
3 56 (8.16%) Google
4 51 (7.43%) Okta
5 44 (6.41%) Splunk
6 34 (4.96%) ServiceNow
7 32 (4.66%) Oracle
8 28 (4.08%) Cisco
8 28 (4.08%) VMware
9 18 (2.62%) SAP
10 17 (2.48%) Citrix
10 17 (2.48%) Red Hat
11 16 (2.33%) BiZZdesign
11 16 (2.33%) Zscaler
12 15 (2.19%) Centrify
12 15 (2.19%) IBM
13 13 (1.90%) BeyondTrust
13 13 (1.90%) F5
13 13 (1.90%) Juniper
14 12 (1.75%) SolarWinds