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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 166 184
Rank change year-on-year +8 +18 +11
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 831 501 552
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.66% 1.70% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 1.86% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 360 377
10th Percentile £412 £402 £416
25th Percentile £488 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £585 £613
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -4.49% -1.01%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £703
90th Percentile £754 £731 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £650
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 3
10th Percentile £51.33 £61.75 -
25th Percentile - £68.13 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £82.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +246.64% -63.94%
75th Percentile £83.02 £93.13 -
90th Percentile £87.96 £97.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -9.99% - -

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 42,415 26,864 37,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.78% 91.03% 85.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,461 17,061 23,740
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,543 1,206 2,581
10th Percentile £14.71 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.13 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.06% -25.68% +1.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% +9.23%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -4 711 £575 -1.71% 174
UK excluding London +19 404 £550 - 119
London -5 322 £575 -4.17% 79
Work from Home +12 288 £555 +0.91% 100
North of England +14 134 £550 +4.76% 29
South East -12 111 £578 -11.08% 48
Yorkshire +14 89 £538 +14.61% 10
Midlands -33 67 £550 - 12
South West +8 58 £600 +9.09% 14
West Midlands -24 55 £550 -6.38% 3
North West -23 45 £575 +9.52% 15
Scotland +5 33 £540 +1.12% 6
East Midlands -26 10 £638 +51.79% 9
East of England -30 9 £555 -14.62% 5
Wales - 5 £468 - 4
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 29 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (2.29%) Confluence
4 7 (0.84%) Apache
5 6 (0.72%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.48%) IIS
7 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.12%) Mendix
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
9 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (0.96%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.60%) Maximo
2 5 (0.60%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 403 (48.50%) Azure
2 259 (31.17%) Entra ID
3 180 (21.66%) AWS
4 109 (13.12%) GCP
5 73 (8.78%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (5.90%) Azure AKS
7 48 (5.78%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (5.54%) Power Platform
9 45 (5.42%) GitHub
10 39 (4.69%) Azure Sentinel
11 33 (3.97%) SaaS
12 31 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
13 29 (3.49%) Azure Monitor
14 28 (3.37%) Serverless
15 27 (3.25%) IaaS
15 27 (3.25%) PaaS
16 19 (2.29%) Power Automate
16 19 (2.29%) PowerApps
17 18 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
18 17 (2.05%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 82 (9.87%) Network Security
2 79 (9.51%) DNS
3 77 (9.27%) Firewall
4 47 (5.66%) DHCP
5 46 (5.54%) WAN
6 31 (3.73%) VPN
7 27 (3.25%) LAN
8 26 (3.13%) BGP
8 26 (3.13%) OSPF
9 24 (2.89%) BIG-IP
9 24 (2.89%) Ethernet VPN
9 24 (2.89%) Junos
9 24 (2.89%) VXLAN
10 19 (2.29%) Cisco ISE
10 19 (2.29%) Kerberos
11 18 (2.17%) SD-WAN
12 14 (1.68%) SSL
13 8 (0.96%) Internet
14 7 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.72%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.29%) Power BI
2 17 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.08%) Neo4j
3 9 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.08%) Tableau
4 8 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (0.72%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.36%) Big Data
8 3 (0.36%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.36%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.24%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.24%) DocumentDB
9 2 (0.24%) Metadata
9 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 58 (6.98%) JIRA
2 49 (5.90%) Jenkins
3 32 (3.85%) Git
4 21 (2.53%) GitLab
5 11 (1.32%) Postman
6 9 (1.08%) Gatling
7 7 (0.84%) Selenium
8 6 (0.72%) Jaeger
9 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.48%) JMeter
9 4 (0.48%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.48%) Maven
9 4 (0.48%) NeoLoad
9 4 (0.48%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.48%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.24%) JUnit
10 2 (0.24%) Snyk
10 2 (0.24%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
General
1 207 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 161 (19.37%) Finance
3 111 (13.36%) Public Sector
4 61 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (6.38%) Banking
6 39 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (3.13%) Legal
7 26 (3.13%) Retail
8 11 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (1.32%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.20%) Financial Institution
9 10 (1.20%) Manufacturing
10 7 (0.84%) Police
10 7 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.72%) Aerospace
11 6 (0.72%) Military
12 5 (0.60%) Local Government
13 4 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.36%) Aviation
14 3 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 225 (27.08%) Architect
2 80 (9.63%) Senior
3 74 (8.90%) Analyst
4 67 (8.06%) Lead
5 66 (7.94%) Security Architect
6 62 (7.46%) Developer
7 38 (4.57%) Solutions Architect
8 37 (4.45%) Java Developer
9 36 (4.33%) Consultant
10 34 (4.09%) Project Manager
11 29 (3.49%) Business Analyst
12 28 (3.37%) DevOps Engineer
13 26 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
14 25 (3.01%) Security Engineer
15 24 (2.89%) Technical Architect
16 22 (2.65%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
16 22 (2.65%) Identity Management Analyst
17 21 (2.53%) Cloud Architect
18 20 (2.41%) Cloud Engineer
19 19 (2.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (11.55%) SailPoint
2 78 (9.39%) SAML
3 73 (8.78%) OAuth
4 63 (7.58%) OpenID
5 56 (6.74%) LDAP
6 38 (4.57%) REST
7 27 (3.25%) OAuth2
8 26 (3.13%) 802.1X
8 26 (3.13%) ARM Templates
9 20 (2.41%) Middleware
10 19 (2.29%) Kafka
11 17 (2.05%) Spring Boot
12 15 (1.81%) Playwright
13 14 (1.68%) Node.js
14 11 (1.32%) .NET
14 11 (1.32%) Spring
14 11 (1.32%) YAML
15 10 (1.20%) JSON
15 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
15 10 (1.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 85 (10.23%) Onboarding
2 71 (8.54%) PKI
3 67 (8.06%) Cloud Native
4 44 (5.29%) Data Centre
5 31 (3.73%) Security Posture
6 29 (3.49%) Management Information System
7 27 (3.25%) Public Cloud
8 24 (2.89%) Clustering
8 24 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (2.77%) Operational Technology
10 22 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 22 (2.65%) Product Ownership
11 18 (2.17%) Replication
12 17 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
17 9 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
18 8 (0.96%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 110 (13.24%) Windows
2 62 (7.46%) Linux
3 36 (4.33%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.20%) Unix
5 7 (0.84%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.72%) Debian
7 5 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.48%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.48%) Android
8 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.48%) VMS
9 2 (0.24%) CentOS
9 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (22.74%) Cybersecurity
2 186 (22.38%) DevOps
3 149 (17.93%) Agile
3 149 (17.93%) CI/CD
4 134 (16.13%) Zero Trust
5 129 (15.52%) RBAC
6 122 (14.68%) Cloud Security
7 113 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
8 108 (13.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 108 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
9 98 (11.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 93 (11.19%) Security Architecture
11 86 (10.35%) Identity Management
12 83 (9.99%) AI
13 79 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
14 76 (9.15%) Migration
15 74 (8.90%) Privileged Access Management
16 71 (8.54%) High Availability
17 69 (8.30%) Roadmaps
18 68 (8.18%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 135 (16.25%) PowerShell
2 107 (12.88%) Python
3 88 (10.59%) Java
4 62 (7.46%) SQL
5 42 (5.05%) Bicep
6 20 (2.41%) Bash
7 16 (1.93%) Rust
8 14 (1.68%) Scala
9 11 (1.32%) Go
10 9 (1.08%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.72%) C#
11 6 (0.72%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.48%) Cypher
12 4 (0.48%) Groovy
12 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.36%) C++
13 3 (0.36%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.36%) R
14 2 (0.24%) C
14 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 271 (32.61%) Security Cleared
2 197 (23.71%) SC Cleared
3 73 (8.78%) CISSP
4 67 (8.06%) DV Cleared
5 49 (5.90%) Cisco Certification
6 44 (5.29%) CISM
7 42 (5.05%) Degree
8 37 (4.45%) Azure Certification
9 28 (3.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 28 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (2.89%) CCSP
11 21 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (1.68%) AWS Certification
13 13 (1.56%) PMP
14 11 (1.32%) PMI Certification
15 10 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (0.84%) CISA
16 7 (0.84%) JNCIA
16 7 (0.84%) JNCIP
16 7 (0.84%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (11.55%) NIST
2 90 (10.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (8.30%) GDPR
4 34 (4.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 30 (3.61%) NCSC
6 27 (3.25%) GRC
7 16 (1.93%) QA
8 14 (1.68%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.32%) Accessibility
9 11 (1.32%) SLA
10 10 (1.20%) NIST 800
10 10 (1.20%) SOC 2
11 9 (1.08%) HIPAA
12 7 (0.84%) PMO
13 5 (0.60%) COBIT
14 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.36%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
15 3 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 219 (26.35%) Active Directory
2 65 (7.82%) Docker
3 22 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.81%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.20%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.72%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.36%) IAG
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.24%) RACF
10 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.12%) GPFS
11 1 (0.12%) KVM
11 1 (0.12%) Lustre
11 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.12%) Squid
11 1 (0.12%) vSphere
11 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 121 (14.56%) Terraform
2 102 (12.27%) Kubernetes
3 95 (11.43%) Single Sign-On
4 49 (5.90%) Ansible
5 27 (3.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (2.89%) FortiGate
7 20 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (2.05%) Grafana
9 13 (1.56%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.96%) Kustomize
12 7 (0.84%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 7 (0.84%) NetIQ Identity Manager
13 6 (0.72%) Kiali
14 5 (0.60%) HAProxy
14 5 (0.60%) Istio
15 4 (0.48%) Argo
15 4 (0.48%) Podman
15 4 (0.48%) Puppet
15 4 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 242 (29.12%) Microsoft
2 90 (10.83%) Okta
3 56 (6.74%) Google
4 47 (5.66%) Splunk
5 42 (5.05%) ServiceNow
6 36 (4.33%) CyberArk
7 34 (4.09%) Cisco
8 30 (3.61%) VMware
9 29 (3.49%) ForgeRock
10 27 (3.25%) Oracle
10 27 (3.25%) SAP
11 26 (3.13%) F5
12 24 (2.89%) Juniper
12 24 (2.89%) SolarWinds
13 22 (2.65%) Extreme Networks
14 21 (2.53%) Zscaler
15 19 (2.29%) Workday
16 16 (1.93%) BeyondTrust
17 15 (1.81%) CrowdStrike
18 12 (1.44%) Ping Identity