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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 174 186
Rank change year-on-year +40 +12 +3
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,114 532 496
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.05% 1.62% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 1.80% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 815 361 331
10th Percentile £409 £375 £425
25th Percentile £475 £450 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £730 £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 23 4 5
10th Percentile £14.85 £50.50 -
25th Percentile £51.38 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £77.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +225.63% -63.94%
75th Percentile £83.68 £96.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £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 46,106 29,609 32,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.64% 90.43% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,135 18,363 20,196
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,994 1,772 1,501
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.23 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £40.03 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.17% -41.51% +1.96%
75th Percentile £67.84 £45.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.86 £22.60 £43.00
% change year-on-year +85.18% -47.44% +7.50%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +30 906 £563 +2.27% 587
UK excluding London +45 536 £538 +7.50% 304
London +13 426 £575 -1.71% 350
Work from Home +38 356 £550 +4.76% 296
North of England +19 189 £515 +9.81% 83
South East +7 139 £580 -3.33% 106
Yorkshire +34 116 £538 +16.85% 28
Scotland +28 69 £478 -20.33% 33
North West -20 60 £515 +11.47% 47
South West -24 55 £588 +14.63% 36
Midlands -44 51 £545 +10.77% 26
West Midlands -31 39 £500 -9.09% 17
East of England -2 34 £550 -15.38% 11
North East -38 12 £500 -9.09% 9
East Midlands -26 10 £619 +53.92% 9
Wales -8 9 £475 -32.14% 4
Northern Ireland +3 1 - - 7
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 37 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.05%) Confluence
3 33 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.72%) Apache
5 5 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.45%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.18%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.18%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.090%) Drupal
8 1 (0.090%) nginx
8 1 (0.090%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.45%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.18%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.090%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.090%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 466 (41.83%) Azure
2 328 (29.44%) Entra ID
3 275 (24.69%) AWS
4 148 (13.29%) GCP
5 87 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
6 68 (6.10%) GitHub
7 55 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (4.76%) SaaS
9 51 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
10 49 (4.40%) Power Platform
11 42 (3.77%) Serverless
12 37 (3.32%) Azure Monitor
13 35 (3.14%) Azure AKS
13 35 (3.14%) Azure Sentinel
14 33 (2.96%) OCI
15 28 (2.51%) Amazon EKS
15 28 (2.51%) Microsoft Purview
16 26 (2.33%) IaaS
16 26 (2.33%) PaaS
17 25 (2.24%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 93 (8.35%) Network Security
2 89 (7.99%) Firewall
3 64 (5.75%) DNS
4 36 (3.23%) VPN
5 31 (2.78%) WAN
6 24 (2.15%) DHCP
7 17 (1.53%) SD-WAN
8 12 (1.08%) Kerberos
9 11 (0.99%) LAN
9 11 (0.99%) SSL
10 9 (0.81%) IPsec
10 9 (0.81%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.72%) BGP
12 7 (0.63%) HTTPS
12 7 (0.63%) Internet
12 7 (0.63%) OSPF
13 6 (0.54%) BIG-IP
13 6 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (0.54%) VLAN
13 6 (0.54%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (4.22%) SQL Server
2 27 (2.42%) Metadata
3 25 (2.24%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.97%) Power BI
5 13 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.99%) Neo4j
7 10 (0.90%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.63%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.63%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.45%) Big Data
10 5 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.36%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (0.36%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (4.58%) JIRA
2 50 (4.49%) Git
3 39 (3.50%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.89%) GitLab
5 19 (1.71%) Selenium
6 12 (1.08%) Gatling
7 8 (0.72%) JMeter
8 7 (0.63%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.45%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.45%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.36%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.27%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.27%) Postman
11 3 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.18%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.18%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 327 (29.35%) Social Skills
2 233 (20.92%) Finance
3 141 (12.66%) Public Sector
4 120 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (6.91%) Banking
6 61 (5.48%) Retail
7 58 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
8 29 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.80%) Legal
10 19 (1.71%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.44%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.72%) Local Government
15 7 (0.63%) Military
16 6 (0.54%) Law
16 6 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.54%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.45%) Automotive
18 4 (0.36%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 277 (24.87%) Architect
2 108 (9.69%) Lead
3 96 (8.62%) Security Architect
4 91 (8.17%) Analyst
5 76 (6.82%) Senior
6 71 (6.37%) Developer
7 52 (4.67%) Consultant
8 49 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
9 48 (4.31%) Business Analyst
10 47 (4.22%) Project Manager
10 47 (4.22%) Support Engineer
11 43 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 42 (3.77%) Java Developer
13 39 (3.50%) Security Engineer
13 39 (3.50%) Technical Architect
14 38 (3.41%) Cloud Engineer
15 34 (3.05%) Service Manager
15 34 (3.05%) Service Transition Manager
15 34 (3.05%) Transition Manager
16 32 (2.87%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (14.99%) Terraform
2 106 (9.52%) OAuth
3 95 (8.53%) OpenID
4 90 (8.08%) SailPoint
5 81 (7.27%) SAML
6 60 (5.39%) LDAP
6 60 (5.39%) REST
7 40 (3.59%) OAuth2
8 32 (2.87%) .NET
9 25 (2.24%) ARM Templates
10 20 (1.80%) React
11 19 (1.71%) Kafka
12 17 (1.53%) JSON
13 16 (1.44%) Node.js
14 15 (1.35%) .NET Framework
14 15 (1.35%) Web Services
14 15 (1.35%) XML
15 13 (1.17%) Middleware
16 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
16 12 (1.08%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 125 (11.22%) Onboarding
2 111 (9.96%) Cloud Native
3 95 (8.53%) PKI
4 54 (4.85%) Security Posture
5 47 (4.22%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (3.86%) Management Information System
7 36 (3.23%) Product Ownership
8 33 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (2.78%) Operational Technology
10 26 (2.33%) Data Centre
10 26 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 24 (2.15%) Public Cloud
12 21 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
13 20 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
14 19 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
15 15 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (1.35%) CMDB
15 15 (1.35%) IoT
16 12 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 119 (10.68%) Windows
2 87 (7.81%) Linux
3 52 (4.67%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.08%) Unix
5 11 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.81%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.63%) VMS
8 6 (0.54%) Debian
9 5 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.45%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.36%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.36%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.27%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.18%) Android
12 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.090%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (24.51%) Cybersecurity
2 238 (21.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 225 (20.20%) CI/CD
4 213 (19.12%) DevOps
5 210 (18.85%) Agile
6 181 (16.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 175 (15.71%) RBAC
8 173 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 165 (14.81%) Zero Trust
10 163 (14.63%) Cloud Security
11 150 (13.46%) Security Architecture
12 146 (13.11%) Privileged Access Management
13 142 (12.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 139 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
15 137 (12.30%) Roadmaps
16 121 (10.86%) Migration
17 118 (10.59%) Identity Management
18 117 (10.50%) AI
19 114 (10.23%) Technical Leadership
20 109 (9.78%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 182 (16.34%) PowerShell
2 172 (15.44%) Python
3 87 (7.81%) Java
4 83 (7.45%) SQL
5 67 (6.01%) Bash
6 51 (4.58%) Bicep
7 27 (2.42%) C#
8 14 (1.26%) Rust
9 13 (1.17%) Go
10 9 (0.81%) Scala
11 7 (0.63%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.54%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.45%) JavaScript
14 4 (0.36%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.27%) Cypher
15 3 (0.27%) Groovy
15 3 (0.27%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.18%) DAML
16 2 (0.18%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 327 (29.35%) Security Cleared
2 240 (21.54%) SC Cleared
3 97 (8.71%) CISSP
4 66 (5.92%) DV Cleared
5 60 (5.39%) Degree
6 59 (5.30%) Azure Certification
6 59 (5.30%) CISM
7 44 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (2.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 33 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 28 (2.51%) CCSP
11 27 (2.42%) AWS Certification
12 20 (1.80%) PMP
13 16 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
14 15 (1.35%) PMI Certification
15 13 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (0.99%) CISA
17 10 (0.90%) CRISC
17 10 (0.90%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (11.58%) NIST
2 121 (10.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (6.10%) GDPR
4 44 (3.95%) NCSC
5 39 (3.50%) GRC
6 23 (2.06%) Data Quality
7 22 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 21 (1.89%) QA
9 16 (1.44%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.44%) SLA
10 14 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.81%) Accessibility
12 9 (0.81%) COBIT
12 9 (0.81%) ITGC
12 9 (0.81%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.72%) HIPAA
14 7 (0.63%) PMO
15 6 (0.54%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.54%) NIST 800
System Software
1 280 (25.13%) Active Directory
2 89 (7.99%) Docker
3 34 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.71%) Hyper-V
6 12 (1.08%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.36%) vSphere
9 2 (0.18%) KVM
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.18%) zsh
10 1 (0.090%) IAG
10 1 (0.090%) RACF
10 1 (0.090%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.090%) Squid
10 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 120 (10.77%) Kubernetes
2 116 (10.41%) Single Sign-On
3 62 (5.57%) Ansible
4 36 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (2.69%) Grafana
6 15 (1.35%) Argo
6 15 (1.35%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.81%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.72%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.63%) Istio
9 7 (0.63%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.45%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 5 (0.45%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.45%) Podman
12 4 (0.36%) Puppet
13 3 (0.27%) NetIQ Identity Manager
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Management
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 372 (33.39%) Microsoft
2 99 (8.89%) Okta
3 86 (7.72%) CyberArk
4 66 (5.92%) Google
5 55 (4.94%) ServiceNow
6 53 (4.76%) VMware
7 50 (4.49%) Oracle
8 49 (4.40%) BeyondTrust
9 33 (2.96%) SAP
10 31 (2.78%) Zscaler
11 23 (2.06%) Splunk
12 22 (1.97%) Cisco
12 22 (1.97%) ForgeRock
13 21 (1.89%) Workday
14 15 (1.35%) Databricks
14 15 (1.35%) Ping Identity
15 14 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
16 12 (1.08%) Red Hat
17 11 (0.99%) Palo Alto
18 9 (0.81%) F5