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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 169 182
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 +8
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 815 468 552
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.67% 1.63% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 1.79% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 342 382
10th Percentile £400 £407 £419
25th Percentile £485 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £586 £606
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% -3.26% -1.06%
75th Percentile £650 £687 £712
90th Percentile £750 £736 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £650
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 3
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £100.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +320.17% -63.94%
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile £87.96 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 £100.00 -
% change year-on-year -25.74% - -

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 41,363 26,184 36,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.68% 91.01% 85.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,810 16,717 23,641
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,496 1,118 2,535
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.98 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.85 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.27% -23.70% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.19 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.14 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 3 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 3 June 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 3 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 +7 698 £575 -2.13% 205
UK excluding London +36 397 £550 - 130
London -8 312 £595 -1.33% 94
Work from Home +23 278 £550 -3.51% 112
North of England +7 137 £546 +4.00% 33
South East -9 106 £578 -11.08% 57
Yorkshire +14 92 £538 +14.61% 11
Midlands -22 70 £550 - 9
South West +3 58 £600 +9.09% 12
West Midlands -25 54 £538 -9.70% 5
North West -18 44 £575 +9.52% 18
Scotland +19 30 £540 +1.12% 7
East Midlands -28 14 £619 +42.32% 4
East of England -36 5 £608 -6.54% 7
Wales - 5 £468 - 5
North East -30 1 £400 -6.98% 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 25 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.58%) Confluence
2 21 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.86%) Apache
4 6 (0.74%) Apache Superset
5 4 (0.49%) IIS
6 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.37%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.12%) Mendix
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (1.10%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.61%) Maximo
2 5 (0.61%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 401 (49.20%) Azure
2 260 (31.90%) Entra ID
3 183 (22.45%) AWS
4 113 (13.87%) GCP
5 73 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (6.01%) Azure AKS
8 46 (5.64%) GitHub
9 43 (5.28%) Power Platform
10 39 (4.79%) Azure Sentinel
11 37 (4.54%) SaaS
12 30 (3.68%) Serverless
13 29 (3.56%) GitHub Actions
14 27 (3.31%) Azure Monitor
14 27 (3.31%) IaaS
14 27 (3.31%) PaaS
15 18 (2.21%) Power Automate
16 17 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
16 17 (2.09%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (2.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 80 (9.82%) DNS
2 79 (9.69%) Firewall
2 79 (9.69%) Network Security
3 48 (5.89%) DHCP
4 47 (5.77%) WAN
5 31 (3.80%) VPN
6 28 (3.44%) LAN
7 26 (3.19%) BGP
7 26 (3.19%) OSPF
8 24 (2.94%) BIG-IP
8 24 (2.94%) Ethernet VPN
8 24 (2.94%) Junos
8 24 (2.94%) VXLAN
9 21 (2.58%) Kerberos
10 19 (2.33%) Cisco ISE
11 18 (2.21%) SD-WAN
12 17 (2.09%) SSL
13 8 (0.98%) Internet
14 7 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.74%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.09%) Power BI
3 11 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.10%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.10%) Neo4j
4 9 (1.10%) NoSQL
4 9 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.10%) Tableau
5 6 (0.74%) MySQL
6 5 (0.61%) DocumentDB
7 3 (0.37%) Big Data
7 3 (0.37%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.25%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (7.98%) JIRA
2 55 (6.75%) Jenkins
3 30 (3.68%) Git
4 24 (2.94%) GitLab
5 17 (2.09%) Postman
6 14 (1.72%) Selenium
7 10 (1.23%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.23%) REST Assured
8 9 (1.10%) Gatling
9 8 (0.98%) Jaeger
10 5 (0.61%) Maven
10 5 (0.61%) TestRail
11 4 (0.49%) JMeter
11 4 (0.49%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.49%) NeoLoad
12 3 (0.37%) JUnit
12 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.37%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.25%) Zephyr
General
1 203 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 144 (17.67%) Finance
3 106 (13.01%) Public Sector
4 58 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (6.87%) Banking
6 37 (4.54%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (3.19%) Legal
8 19 (2.33%) Retail
9 12 (1.47%) Financial Institution
9 12 (1.47%) Investment Banking
10 11 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.86%) Police
13 6 (0.74%) Military
13 6 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.49%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.49%) Local Government
15 3 (0.37%) Aviation
15 3 (0.37%) Law
15 3 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 227 (27.85%) Architect
2 80 (9.82%) Senior
3 72 (8.83%) Analyst
3 72 (8.83%) Lead
4 60 (7.36%) Developer
5 59 (7.24%) Security Architect
6 38 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (4.29%) Java Developer
8 29 (3.56%) Consultant
8 29 (3.56%) DevOps Engineer
8 29 (3.56%) Project Manager
8 29 (3.56%) Security Engineer
9 26 (3.19%) Azure Engineer
9 26 (3.19%) Business Analyst
10 25 (3.07%) Technical Architect
11 23 (2.82%) Cloud Engineer
11 23 (2.82%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
11 23 (2.82%) Identity Management Analyst
12 22 (2.70%) Cloud Architect
13 19 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (11.78%) SailPoint
2 77 (9.45%) SAML
3 71 (8.71%) OAuth
4 65 (7.98%) OpenID
5 62 (7.61%) LDAP
6 44 (5.40%) REST
7 28 (3.44%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.19%) 802.1X
9 25 (3.07%) OAuth2
10 23 (2.82%) Kafka
11 22 (2.70%) Middleware
12 21 (2.58%) Spring Boot
13 20 (2.45%) .NET
14 18 (2.21%) Node.js
15 15 (1.84%) Playwright
16 13 (1.60%) Spring
17 11 (1.35%) RESTful
18 10 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
18 10 (1.23%) YAML
19 9 (1.10%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 78 (9.57%) Onboarding
2 72 (8.83%) PKI
3 63 (7.73%) Cloud Native
4 43 (5.28%) Data Centre
5 31 (3.80%) Management Information System
6 29 (3.56%) Security Posture
7 26 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (3.19%) Public Cloud
8 24 (2.94%) Clustering
9 23 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.45%) Operational Technology
10 20 (2.45%) Replication
11 19 (2.33%) Product Ownership
12 16 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
16 8 (0.98%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 115 (14.11%) Windows
2 58 (7.12%) Linux
3 35 (4.29%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.10%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.10%) Unix
5 7 (0.86%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.74%) Debian
6 6 (0.74%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.49%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.49%) VMS
8 3 (0.37%) Android
9 1 (0.12%) CentOS
9 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (23.44%) DevOps
2 184 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
3 155 (19.02%) CI/CD
4 142 (17.42%) Agile
5 138 (16.93%) RBAC
6 135 (16.56%) Zero Trust
7 117 (14.36%) Cloud Security
8 105 (12.88%) Infrastructure as Code
9 103 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
10 101 (12.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 100 (12.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 84 (10.31%) Security Architecture
13 82 (10.06%) Identity Management
14 76 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 75 (9.20%) AI
15 75 (9.20%) High Availability
16 73 (8.96%) Privileged Access Management
17 71 (8.71%) Observability
17 71 (8.71%) Roadmaps
18 70 (8.59%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 140 (17.18%) PowerShell
2 105 (12.88%) Python
3 94 (11.53%) Java
4 70 (8.59%) SQL
5 43 (5.28%) Bicep
6 26 (3.19%) Bash
7 16 (1.96%) JavaScript
8 15 (1.84%) Rust
9 14 (1.72%) Scala
10 9 (1.10%) Go
10 9 (1.10%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.86%) C#
12 5 (0.61%) PHP
13 4 (0.49%) Cypher
13 4 (0.49%) Groovy
14 3 (0.37%) C++
14 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.37%) R
14 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.25%) C
Qualifications
1 267 (32.76%) Security Cleared
2 193 (23.68%) SC Cleared
3 70 (8.59%) CISSP
4 69 (8.47%) DV Cleared
5 48 (5.89%) Cisco Certification
6 43 (5.28%) CISM
7 38 (4.66%) Degree
8 37 (4.54%) Azure Certification
9 27 (3.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 26 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (2.94%) CCSP
12 20 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (1.60%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.23%) PMP
15 9 (1.10%) PMI Certification
16 8 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
17 7 (0.86%) CISA
17 7 (0.86%) JNCIA
17 7 (0.86%) JNCIP
17 7 (0.86%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (11.29%) NIST
2 89 (10.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (9.08%) GDPR
4 34 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 28 (3.44%) GRC
6 27 (3.31%) NCSC
7 20 (2.45%) QA
8 13 (1.60%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.47%) Accessibility
10 11 (1.35%) SLA
11 10 (1.23%) NIST 800
12 9 (1.10%) HIPAA
12 9 (1.10%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.61%) COBIT
13 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.61%) PMO
14 4 (0.49%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
15 3 (0.37%) GxP
System Software
1 217 (26.63%) Active Directory
2 66 (8.10%) Docker
3 27 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.84%) VMware NSX
5 14 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.23%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.86%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.37%) IAG
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.25%) RACF
10 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.12%) GPFS
11 1 (0.12%) KVM
11 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Squid
11 1 (0.12%) vSphere
11 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 119 (14.60%) Terraform
2 103 (12.64%) Kubernetes
3 92 (11.29%) Single Sign-On
4 44 (5.40%) Ansible
5 28 (3.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (2.94%) FortiGate
7 21 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (2.21%) Grafana
9 13 (1.60%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 9 (1.10%) NetIQ Identity Manager
10 9 (1.10%) SCCM
11 8 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.98%) Kiali
11 8 (0.98%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.61%) HAProxy
12 5 (0.61%) Istio
13 4 (0.49%) Argo
14 3 (0.37%) Podman
14 3 (0.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 243 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 84 (10.31%) Okta
3 59 (7.24%) Google
4 49 (6.01%) Splunk
5 45 (5.52%) ServiceNow
6 35 (4.29%) CyberArk
6 35 (4.29%) VMware
7 34 (4.17%) Cisco
8 28 (3.44%) ForgeRock
9 27 (3.31%) SAP
10 26 (3.19%) F5
11 25 (3.07%) Oracle
12 24 (2.94%) Juniper
12 24 (2.94%) SolarWinds
13 22 (2.70%) Extreme Networks
14 19 (2.33%) Workday
14 19 (2.33%) Zscaler
15 16 (1.96%) BeyondTrust
16 14 (1.72%) Citrix
16 14 (1.72%) CrowdStrike