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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 176 185
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 +21
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 757 471 545
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.60% 1.61% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.77% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 336 388
10th Percentile £400 £413 £411
25th Percentile £481 £508 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £600 £614
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% -2.20% -1.84%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £725
90th Percentile £738 £746 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £633
% change year-on-year -4.35% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 2
10th Percentile £51.40 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile £81.56 - -
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 39,989 26,597 37,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.62% 90.89% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,206 17,155 24,229
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +0.62% -3.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,387 1,068 2,445
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.65 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.96 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year +43.29% -18.65% -4.42%
75th Percentile £66.00 £60.84 £59.95
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.69 £27.76 £37.18
% change year-on-year +57.38% -25.34% +3.28%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +8 667 £575 -4.17% 135
UK excluding London +24 376 £550 -4.35% 97
London -2 284 £575 -8.00% 59
Work from Home +6 252 £550 - 61
North of England +12 134 £546 +5.00% 17
South East -13 96 £600 -7.69% 40
Yorkshire +14 87 £525 +16.67% 6
Midlands -27 78 £550 -6.38% 11
West Midlands -23 65 £550 -8.56% 5
South West +4 60 £675 +22.73% 12
North West -21 45 £575 +9.52% 11
Scotland -10 17 £450 -14.29% 2
East Midlands -22 11 £638 +27.50% 4
East of England -32 3 £718 +10.38% 15
Wales -7 2 £363 -39.58% 5
North East -18 2 £433 +0.70%

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 28 (3.70%) Confluence
2 23 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (2.91%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.79%) Apache Superset
5 5 (0.66%) Apache
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.26%) IIS
7 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.13%) Mendix
8 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (1.72%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.79%) Maximo
3 5 (0.66%) SAP GRC
4 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 355 (46.90%) Azure
2 233 (30.78%) Entra ID
3 164 (21.66%) AWS
4 91 (12.02%) GCP
5 66 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
6 45 (5.94%) Azure AKS
6 45 (5.94%) GitHub
7 44 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (5.02%) Power Platform
9 35 (4.62%) Azure Sentinel
10 31 (4.10%) SaaS
11 27 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
11 27 (3.57%) PaaS
12 25 (3.30%) IaaS
13 22 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (2.91%) Serverless
14 17 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
15 16 (2.11%) OCI
15 16 (2.11%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 77 (10.17%) DNS
1 77 (10.17%) Firewall
2 64 (8.45%) Network Security
3 45 (5.94%) DHCP
4 38 (5.02%) WAN
5 31 (4.10%) VPN
6 28 (3.70%) LAN
7 26 (3.43%) BGP
7 26 (3.43%) OSPF
8 24 (3.17%) BIG-IP
8 24 (3.17%) Ethernet VPN
8 24 (3.17%) Junos
8 24 (3.17%) VXLAN
9 21 (2.77%) Kerberos
9 21 (2.77%) SSL
10 19 (2.51%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (1.59%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.66%) Internet
12 5 (0.66%) WebEx
13 4 (0.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.51%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.38%) Power BI
3 13 (1.72%) NoSQL
4 12 (1.59%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (1.45%) Tableau
6 10 (1.32%) DocumentDB
7 8 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.66%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.66%) 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 (0.26%) Metadata
11 2 (0.26%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 65 (8.59%) JIRA
2 53 (7.00%) Jenkins
3 30 (3.96%) Git
4 26 (3.43%) GitLab
5 17 (2.25%) Postman
6 15 (1.98%) Selenium
7 10 (1.32%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.32%) REST Assured
8 9 (1.19%) Gatling
9 8 (1.06%) Jaeger
10 5 (0.66%) Maven
10 5 (0.66%) 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 (0.26%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.26%) git-flow
General
1 176 (23.25%) Social Skills
2 118 (15.59%) Finance
3 93 (12.29%) Public Sector
4 60 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (7.93%) Banking
5 29 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (3.43%) Legal
7 16 (2.11%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.59%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.06%) Military
9 8 (1.06%) Retail
10 7 (0.92%) Police
11 6 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.53%) Local Government
13 4 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.40%) Aviation
14 3 (0.40%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.26%) Law
15 2 (0.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 220 (29.06%) Architect
2 71 (9.38%) Analyst
3 70 (9.25%) Senior
4 68 (8.98%) Lead
5 54 (7.13%) Developer
6 51 (6.74%) Security Architect
7 44 (5.81%) Solutions Architect
8 30 (3.96%) Business Analyst
9 29 (3.83%) Consultant
10 27 (3.57%) Java Developer
10 27 (3.57%) Project Manager
11 26 (3.43%) Security Engineer
12 25 (3.30%) DevOps Engineer
13 24 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
14 20 (2.64%) Cloud Architect
14 20 (2.64%) Technical Architect
15 19 (2.51%) Cloud Engineer
16 18 (2.38%) Azure Architect
16 18 (2.38%) Lead Architect
17 17 (2.25%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (11.10%) SailPoint
2 74 (9.78%) SAML
3 70 (9.25%) OAuth
4 62 (8.19%) OpenID
5 60 (7.93%) LDAP
6 47 (6.21%) REST
7 26 (3.43%) 802.1X
7 26 (3.43%) ARM Templates
8 25 (3.30%) Spring Boot
9 23 (3.04%) Kafka
10 22 (2.91%) OAuth2
11 20 (2.64%) .NET
12 18 (2.38%) Middleware
12 18 (2.38%) Spring
13 17 (2.25%) Node.js
14 15 (1.98%) Playwright
15 13 (1.72%) RESTful
16 10 (1.32%) HTML
17 9 (1.19%) J2EE
18 8 (1.06%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.72%) Onboarding
2 57 (7.53%) PKI
3 44 (5.81%) Cloud Native
4 37 (4.89%) Data Centre
5 29 (3.83%) Management Information System
6 26 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
7 25 (3.30%) Security Posture
8 24 (3.17%) Clustering
9 20 (2.64%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.25%) Replication
11 16 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (2.11%) Product Ownership
12 15 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.06%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
16 5 (0.66%) AI Agents
16 5 (0.66%) SCADA
16 5 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 99 (13.08%) Windows
2 36 (4.76%) Linux
3 33 (4.36%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.19%) Unix
5 8 (1.06%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.92%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.53%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.40%) Android
9 3 (0.40%) VMS
10 2 (0.26%) Debian
10 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) CentOS
11 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (21.27%) DevOps
2 158 (20.87%) Cybersecurity
3 142 (18.76%) RBAC
4 141 (18.63%) CI/CD
5 129 (17.04%) Agile
6 111 (14.66%) Cloud Security
7 103 (13.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 96 (12.68%) Zero Trust
9 93 (12.29%) Infrastructure as Code
9 93 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
10 81 (10.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 79 (10.44%) Identity Management
12 72 (9.51%) Privileged Access Management
13 69 (9.11%) Migration
13 69 (9.11%) Observability
14 68 (8.98%) High Availability
15 66 (8.72%) Analytics
16 65 (8.59%) Security Architecture
17 64 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
18 62 (8.19%) AI
Programming Languages
1 114 (15.06%) PowerShell
2 89 (11.76%) Java
2 89 (11.76%) Python
3 68 (8.98%) SQL
4 37 (4.89%) Bicep
5 27 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.98%) Bash
7 14 (1.85%) Scala
8 13 (1.72%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.32%) Rust
10 7 (0.92%) C#
11 6 (0.79%) PHP
12 5 (0.66%) Go
12 5 (0.66%) Groovy
13 4 (0.53%) Cypher
13 4 (0.53%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.40%) C++
14 3 (0.40%) R
15 2 (0.26%) C
15 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 274 (36.20%) Security Cleared
2 195 (25.76%) SC Cleared
3 70 (9.25%) CISSP
3 70 (9.25%) DV Cleared
4 47 (6.21%) CISM
5 44 (5.81%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (5.15%) Degree
7 38 (5.02%) Azure Certification
8 29 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (3.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 21 (2.77%) CCSP
11 17 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (2.25%) PMI Certification
12 15 (1.98%) PMP
13 12 (1.59%) AWS Certification
14 9 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.92%) JNCIA
15 7 (0.92%) JNCIP
15 7 (0.92%) JNCIS
16 6 (0.79%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (10.57%) GDPR
2 77 (10.17%) NIST
3 73 (9.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (5.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 28 (3.70%) GRC
6 24 (3.17%) NCSC
7 19 (2.51%) QA
8 14 (1.85%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.32%) Accessibility
10 9 (1.19%) NIST 800
11 8 (1.06%) HIPAA
11 8 (1.06%) SLA
11 8 (1.06%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.92%) Data Quality
12 7 (0.92%) PMO
13 5 (0.66%) COBIT
14 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.40%) GxP
15 2 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.26%) ITGC
System Software
1 203 (26.82%) Active Directory
2 61 (8.06%) Docker
3 25 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.72%) VMware NSX
5 11 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (1.06%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.92%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.40%) IAG
9 3 (0.40%) RACF
10 2 (0.26%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.26%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.26%) OpenIDM
10 2 (0.26%) vSphere
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 (14.00%) Terraform
2 104 (13.74%) Kubernetes
3 84 (11.10%) Single Sign-On
4 33 (4.36%) Ansible
5 32 (4.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (3.17%) FortiGate
7 16 (2.11%) Grafana
8 14 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (1.45%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.32%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 10 (1.32%) NetIQ Identity Manager
11 8 (1.06%) Kiali
12 7 (0.92%) SCCM
13 5 (0.66%) HAProxy
14 4 (0.53%) Istio
15 3 (0.40%) Icinga
15 3 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.40%) Kustomize
15 3 (0.40%) Oracle Identity Management
15 3 (0.40%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 231 (30.52%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.59%) Okta
3 49 (6.47%) Google
4 48 (6.34%) CyberArk
4 48 (6.34%) Splunk
5 44 (5.81%) ServiceNow
6 32 (4.23%) Cisco
7 29 (3.83%) VMware
8 27 (3.57%) Oracle
9 26 (3.43%) F5
10 25 (3.30%) ForgeRock
11 24 (3.17%) Juniper
11 24 (3.17%) SolarWinds
12 22 (2.91%) Extreme Networks
12 22 (2.91%) SAP
13 18 (2.38%) BeyondTrust
14 15 (1.98%) Workday
15 12 (1.59%) Citrix
15 12 (1.59%) NetIQ
16 11 (1.45%) Zscaler