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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 172 195
Rank change year-on-year +44 +23 -6
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,148 519 488
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.09% 1.59% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 1.75% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 836 347 325
10th Percentile £413 £367 £425
25th Percentile £475 £447 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £748 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +7.50% -20.00% +12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 5
10th Percentile £14.85 £50.50 -
25th Percentile £49.06 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £77.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +225.63% -63.94%
75th Percentile £83.02 £96.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.72 £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 46,309 29,588 32,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.42% 90.49% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,063 18,372 19,750
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,189 1,818 1,403
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +79.25% -48.10% +1.18%

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 23 September 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 23 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 18 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 23 September 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 +42 935 £555 +0.91% 661
UK excluding London +50 546 £538 +7.50% 342
London +33 449 £575 -2.13% 373
Work from Home +32 360 £550 +5.77% 337
North of England +11 192 £500 +5.71% 83
South East +21 137 £575 +15.00% 124
Yorkshire +24 117 £538 +14.36% 24
Scotland +36 73 £480 -20.08% 43
North West -18 62 £508 +12.03% 53
South West -9 55 £600 +17.07% 30
Midlands -49 51 £525 +3.45% 36
West Midlands -26 41 £510 -7.27% 24
East of England -4 38 £550 -15.38% 15
North East -31 12 £500 -6.10% 6
Wales -4 9 £475 -32.14% 2
East Midlands -34 9 £600 +47.78% 12
Northern Ireland +4 1 - - 11
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 38 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.05%) Confluence
3 34 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.61%) Apache
5 5 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.26%) IIS
6 3 (0.26%) nginx
7 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.17%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.087%) Drupal
8 1 (0.087%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.70%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.44%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.17%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.087%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 476 (41.46%) Azure
2 341 (29.70%) Entra ID
3 285 (24.83%) AWS
4 159 (13.85%) GCP
5 90 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (5.40%) SaaS
7 61 (5.31%) GitHub
8 48 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (4.18%) GitHub Actions
9 45 (3.92%) Power Platform
10 40 (3.48%) Serverless
11 38 (3.31%) Azure AKS
11 38 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 33 (2.87%) OCI
13 32 (2.79%) Azure Monitor
14 28 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
14 28 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
15 26 (2.26%) Azure Key Vault
16 24 (2.09%) PaaS
17 23 (2.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (8.36%) Network Security
2 90 (7.84%) Firewall
3 62 (5.40%) DNS
4 40 (3.48%) VPN
5 22 (1.92%) DHCP
5 22 (1.92%) WAN
6 12 (1.05%) Kerberos
7 11 (0.96%) SSL
7 11 (0.96%) TCP/IP
8 10 (0.87%) IPsec
8 10 (0.87%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.61%) HTTPS
9 7 (0.61%) Internet
9 7 (0.61%) LAN
10 6 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.52%) X.509
11 5 (0.44%) BGP
11 5 (0.44%) VLAN
12 4 (0.35%) BIG-IP
12 4 (0.35%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.01%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.70%) Metadata
3 27 (2.35%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.66%) Power BI
5 11 (0.96%) Neo4j
5 11 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.87%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.70%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.61%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.44%) Big Data
11 4 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.35%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 56 (4.88%) Git
2 50 (4.36%) JIRA
3 41 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.83%) GitLab
5 20 (1.74%) Selenium
6 11 (0.96%) Gatling
7 8 (0.70%) JMeter
8 7 (0.61%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.44%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.44%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.35%) Postman
10 4 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.26%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.26%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.17%) JUnit
12 2 (0.17%) Maven
General
1 340 (29.62%) Social Skills
2 250 (21.78%) Finance
3 145 (12.63%) Public Sector
4 127 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (7.06%) Banking
6 62 (5.40%) Retail
7 57 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (1.66%) Manufacturing
10 18 (1.57%) Legal
11 16 (1.39%) Aerospace
12 15 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.78%) Law
14 9 (0.78%) Local Government
15 7 (0.61%) Military
16 6 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.52%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.44%) Automotive
18 4 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 287 (25.00%) Architect
2 104 (9.06%) Lead
3 94 (8.19%) Analyst
3 94 (8.19%) Security Architect
4 72 (6.27%) Developer
4 72 (6.27%) Senior
5 57 (4.97%) Solutions Architect
6 55 (4.79%) Consultant
7 52 (4.53%) Security Engineer
8 49 (4.27%) Business Analyst
9 46 (4.01%) Project Manager
9 46 (4.01%) Support Engineer
10 44 (3.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 44 (3.83%) Java Developer
11 42 (3.66%) Cloud Engineer
12 41 (3.57%) Technical Architect
13 35 (3.05%) Service Manager
14 34 (2.96%) Service Transition Manager
14 34 (2.96%) Transition Manager
15 30 (2.61%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (15.85%) Terraform
2 115 (10.02%) OAuth
3 101 (8.80%) OpenID
4 94 (8.19%) SailPoint
5 81 (7.06%) SAML
6 60 (5.23%) LDAP
6 60 (5.23%) REST
7 41 (3.57%) OAuth2
8 32 (2.79%) .NET
9 26 (2.26%) ARM Templates
10 25 (2.18%) Kafka
11 22 (1.92%) React
12 18 (1.57%) JSON
13 17 (1.48%) Web Services
14 16 (1.39%) .NET Framework
14 16 (1.39%) Node.js
14 16 (1.39%) XML
15 15 (1.31%) Spring
16 14 (1.22%) Keycloak
17 12 (1.05%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 132 (11.50%) Onboarding
2 118 (10.28%) Cloud Native
3 100 (8.71%) PKI
4 67 (5.84%) Security Posture
5 47 (4.09%) Management Information System
6 43 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
7 37 (3.22%) Distributed Systems
8 35 (3.05%) Product Ownership
9 31 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
9 31 (2.70%) Operational Technology
10 29 (2.53%) Data Centre
11 28 (2.44%) Public Cloud
12 25 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
13 21 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (1.83%) Enterprise Cloud
13 21 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.39%) CMDB
14 16 (1.39%) IoT
15 14 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 119 (10.37%) Windows
2 89 (7.75%) Linux
3 53 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.05%) Unix
5 10 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.70%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.61%) VMS
8 6 (0.52%) Debian
9 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.35%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.35%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.26%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.17%) Android
12 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.087%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (24.83%) Cybersecurity
2 251 (21.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 227 (19.77%) CI/CD
4 210 (18.29%) Agile
5 208 (18.12%) DevOps
6 193 (16.81%) Infrastructure as Code
7 182 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 181 (15.77%) RBAC
9 176 (15.33%) Cloud Security
10 167 (14.55%) Zero Trust
11 163 (14.20%) Security Architecture
12 155 (13.50%) Privileged Access Management
13 148 (12.89%) Roadmaps
14 147 (12.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 142 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
16 135 (11.76%) Migration
17 125 (10.89%) AI
18 122 (10.63%) Technical Leadership
19 117 (10.19%) Identity Management
20 110 (9.58%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 188 (16.38%) PowerShell
2 178 (15.51%) Python
3 95 (8.28%) Java
4 77 (6.71%) SQL
5 70 (6.10%) Bash
6 49 (4.27%) Bicep
7 27 (2.35%) C#
8 16 (1.39%) Go
9 14 (1.22%) Rust
10 9 (0.78%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.70%) Scala
12 7 (0.61%) JavaScript
13 6 (0.52%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.35%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.26%) Cypher
16 3 (0.26%) Groovy
17 2 (0.17%) DAML
17 2 (0.17%) Solidity
18 1 (0.087%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 336 (29.27%) Security Cleared
2 249 (21.69%) SC Cleared
3 101 (8.80%) CISSP
4 69 (6.01%) DV Cleared
5 66 (5.75%) Azure Certification
6 64 (5.57%) Degree
7 59 (5.14%) CISM
8 47 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 41 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
10 37 (3.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 35 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
12 33 (2.87%) AWS Certification
13 29 (2.53%) CCSP
14 20 (1.74%) PMP
15 18 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (1.22%) PMI Certification
17 13 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
18 12 (1.05%) CISA
19 11 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 11 (0.96%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (11.59%) NIST
2 128 (11.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (5.66%) GDPR
4 48 (4.18%) NCSC
5 41 (3.57%) GRC
6 23 (2.00%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.66%) PCI DSS
7 19 (1.66%) QA
7 19 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 18 (1.57%) SLA
9 15 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.78%) COBIT
11 9 (0.78%) ITGC
12 8 (0.70%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.70%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.61%) PMO
14 6 (0.52%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.44%) HIPAA
System Software
1 282 (24.56%) Active Directory
2 93 (8.10%) Docker
3 28 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.96%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.35%) vSphere
9 2 (0.17%) KVM
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.17%) zsh
10 1 (0.087%) IAG
10 1 (0.087%) RACF
10 1 (0.087%) Squid
10 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.087%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 133 (11.59%) Kubernetes
2 126 (10.98%) Single Sign-On
3 67 (5.84%) Ansible
4 44 (3.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (2.70%) Grafana
6 16 (1.39%) Argo
6 16 (1.39%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
7 10 (0.87%) Progress Chef
8 9 (0.78%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.61%) Istio
10 6 (0.52%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.44%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.44%) Podman
11 5 (0.44%) Puppet
12 4 (0.35%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 3 (0.26%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Management
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 398 (34.67%) Microsoft
2 100 (8.71%) Okta
3 92 (8.01%) CyberArk
4 75 (6.53%) Google
5 53 (4.62%) BeyondTrust
5 53 (4.62%) ServiceNow
6 48 (4.18%) Oracle
7 47 (4.09%) VMware
8 33 (2.87%) Zscaler
9 29 (2.53%) SAP
10 24 (2.09%) ForgeRock
11 22 (1.92%) Splunk
12 20 (1.74%) Cisco
13 17 (1.48%) Workday
14 16 (1.39%) Ping Identity
15 15 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
15 15 (1.31%) Databricks
16 13 (1.13%) Red Hat
17 11 (0.96%) Palo Alto
18 10 (0.87%) Citrix