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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 169 181
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 +48
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 745 475 567
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.70% 1.62% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.79% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 342 397
10th Percentile £400 £413 £413
25th Percentile £466 £502 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £615
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -2.44% +0.41%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £725
90th Percentile £725 £751 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £71.02 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile £93.63 - -
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 37,710 26,528 38,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.02% 90.44% 86.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,926 17,086 24,905
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.28% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,216 926 2,329
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £12.98
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.32 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.51 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.72 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £31.76 £31.25
% change year-on-year -10.26% +1.63% -10.71%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 +20 675 £550 -12.00% 135
UK excluding London +18 372 £550 -8.33% 91
London +7 293 £570 -9.52% 62
Work from Home +2 225 £550 - 64
North of England +26 148 £537 +2.29% 19
Yorkshire +13 94 £525 +14.25% 5
South East -36 81 £591 -9.04% 42
Midlands -22 77 £550 -6.73% 10
West Midlands -31 63 £550 -8.33% 6
South West +2 53 £675 +17.39% 8
North West 0 50 £563 +7.14% 14
Scotland -6 13 £550 +4.76% 1
East Midlands -24 12 £638 +27.50% 4
East of England -26 6 £500 -23.08% 10
North East -11 5 £466 +8.37%
Wales -8 1 £250 -66.67% 3

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 42 (5.64%) Confluence
2 37 (4.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (4.30%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.67%) Apache Superset
5 4 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) Mendix
7 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (2.01%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.94%) Maximo
3 3 (0.40%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 333 (44.70%) Azure
2 247 (33.15%) Entra ID
3 154 (20.67%) AWS
4 93 (12.48%) GCP
5 76 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
6 45 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (5.64%) GitHub
8 35 (4.70%) Azure AKS
8 35 (4.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 35 (4.70%) SaaS
9 34 (4.56%) Power Platform
10 32 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
11 27 (3.62%) Serverless
12 26 (3.49%) PaaS
13 24 (3.22%) IaaS
14 20 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (2.68%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (2.55%) OneDrive
16 16 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
16 16 (2.15%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 88 (11.81%) Firewall
2 78 (10.47%) DNS
3 67 (8.99%) Network Security
4 44 (5.91%) DHCP
5 33 (4.43%) VPN
6 32 (4.30%) WAN
7 27 (3.62%) Kerberos
8 25 (3.36%) LAN
9 23 (3.09%) SSL
10 22 (2.95%) BGP
10 22 (2.95%) OSPF
11 20 (2.68%) BIG-IP
11 20 (2.68%) Ethernet VPN
11 20 (2.68%) Junos
11 20 (2.68%) VXLAN
12 15 (2.01%) Cisco ISE
13 11 (1.48%) WebEx
14 10 (1.34%) Internet
14 10 (1.34%) SD-WAN
15 6 (0.81%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.55%) Power BI
2 15 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.74%) NoSQL
4 11 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (1.48%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.34%) DocumentDB
5 10 (1.34%) Tableau
6 5 (0.67%) BigQuery
6 5 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.67%) MySQL
6 5 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.54%) Neo4j
7 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.40%) Redis
9 2 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 74 (9.93%) JIRA
2 38 (5.10%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.89%) Git
4 26 (3.49%) GitLab
5 17 (2.28%) Postman
6 15 (2.01%) Selenium
7 10 (1.34%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.34%) REST Assured
8 8 (1.07%) Jaeger
9 5 (0.67%) Gatling
9 5 (0.67%) TestRail
10 4 (0.54%) JMeter
10 4 (0.54%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.54%) NeoLoad
10 4 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.40%) JUnit
11 3 (0.40%) Maven
11 3 (0.40%) MSI
12 2 (0.27%) git-flow
12 2 (0.27%) Snyk
General
1 194 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 125 (16.78%) Finance
3 90 (12.08%) Public Sector
4 74 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (7.25%) Banking
6 32 (4.30%) Legal
7 31 (4.16%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.15%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.61%) Financial Institution
9 12 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.07%) Military
11 7 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (0.81%) Retail
13 5 (0.67%) Police
14 4 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.40%) Local Government
15 3 (0.40%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.27%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 234 (31.41%) Architect
2 77 (10.34%) Analyst
3 72 (9.66%) Solutions Architect
4 69 (9.26%) Lead
4 69 (9.26%) Senior
5 59 (7.92%) Security Architect
6 37 (4.97%) Business Analyst
7 29 (3.89%) Consultant
7 29 (3.89%) Security Engineer
8 28 (3.76%) Developer
9 25 (3.36%) Project Manager
10 24 (3.22%) Azure Engineer
11 23 (3.09%) Lead Architect
12 22 (2.95%) Cloud Architect
12 22 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
13 21 (2.82%) Azure Architect
14 19 (2.55%) Technical Architect
15 18 (2.42%) Identity Management Architect
16 17 (2.28%) Platform Engineer
17 15 (2.01%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (11.14%) SAML
2 82 (11.01%) OAuth
3 75 (10.07%) SailPoint
4 64 (8.59%) OpenID
5 52 (6.98%) LDAP
6 50 (6.71%) REST
7 30 (4.03%) OAuth2
8 29 (3.89%) ARM Templates
9 25 (3.36%) .NET
10 23 (3.09%) Kafka
10 23 (3.09%) Spring Boot
11 22 (2.95%) 802.1X
12 19 (2.55%) Middleware
13 17 (2.28%) Node.js
14 16 (2.15%) Spring
15 14 (1.88%) RESTful
16 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Graph
17 11 (1.48%) Playwright
17 11 (1.48%) XMPP
18 10 (1.34%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.72%) Onboarding
2 56 (7.52%) PKI
3 47 (6.31%) Cloud Native
4 41 (5.50%) Management Information System
5 33 (4.43%) Security Posture
6 32 (4.30%) Data Centre
6 32 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (2.68%) Clustering
8 20 (2.68%) Product Ownership
9 18 (2.42%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (2.01%) Replication
12 12 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.81%) BYOD
14 6 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (0.81%) Operational Technology
15 5 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
15 5 (0.67%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 105 (14.09%) Windows
2 47 (6.31%) Windows Server
3 35 (4.70%) Linux
4 10 (1.34%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.07%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.81%) VMS
7 5 (0.67%) Android
7 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.40%) Unix
9 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.13%) CentOS
10 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.13%) Rocky
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (22.15%) Cybersecurity
2 149 (20.00%) RBAC
3 139 (18.66%) DevOps
4 135 (18.12%) CI/CD
5 116 (15.57%) Cloud Security
6 114 (15.30%) Problem-Solving
7 106 (14.23%) Agile
8 104 (13.96%) Stakeholder Management
9 99 (13.29%) Infrastructure as Code
10 93 (12.48%) Identity Management
11 90 (12.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 89 (11.95%) Zero Trust
13 86 (11.54%) Privileged Access Management
14 73 (9.80%) Migration
15 69 (9.26%) Data Protection
16 66 (8.86%) Observability
17 63 (8.46%) Analytics
17 63 (8.46%) Roadmaps
18 61 (8.19%) Vulnerability Management
19 60 (8.05%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 135 (18.12%) PowerShell
2 85 (11.41%) Python
3 68 (9.13%) Java
4 61 (8.19%) SQL
5 37 (4.97%) Bicep
6 32 (4.30%) JavaScript
7 23 (3.09%) Bash
8 13 (1.74%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.34%) Scala
10 9 (1.21%) C#
10 9 (1.21%) Rust
11 8 (1.07%) PHP
12 7 (0.94%) Perl
13 4 (0.54%) Cypher
13 4 (0.54%) Groovy
14 3 (0.40%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.40%) C++
14 3 (0.40%) Go
14 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 252 (33.83%) Security Cleared
2 179 (24.03%) SC Cleared
3 86 (11.54%) CISSP
4 67 (8.99%) CISM
5 64 (8.59%) DV Cleared
6 52 (6.98%) Degree
7 44 (5.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 43 (5.77%) Azure Certification
9 37 (4.97%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (2.28%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (2.01%) AWS Certification
12 14 (1.88%) Master's Degree
12 14 (1.88%) PMI Certification
13 13 (1.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (1.61%) CCSP
14 12 (1.61%) PMP
15 10 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 10 (1.34%) PhD
16 8 (1.07%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (9.93%) GDPR
2 72 (9.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (8.72%) NIST
4 35 (4.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 22 (2.95%) GRC
6 19 (2.55%) QA
7 18 (2.42%) NCSC
7 18 (2.42%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.48%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.48%) COBIT
9 9 (1.21%) HIPAA
10 8 (1.07%) Data Quality
11 7 (0.94%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.94%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.81%) ITGC
12 6 (0.81%) SOX 404
13 5 (0.67%) PMO
13 5 (0.67%) SLA
14 2 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 225 (30.20%) Active Directory
2 58 (7.79%) Docker
3 29 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.61%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.07%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.94%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 4 (0.54%) vSphere
9 3 (0.40%) IAG
10 2 (0.27%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.27%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.27%) OpenIDM
10 2 (0.27%) RACF
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%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 108 (14.50%) Terraform
2 96 (12.89%) Single Sign-On
3 88 (11.81%) Kubernetes
4 48 (6.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 28 (3.76%) Ansible
6 24 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (2.82%) FortiGate
8 15 (2.01%) Grafana
9 11 (1.48%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.34%) SCCM
11 8 (1.07%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 8 (1.07%) Kiali
11 8 (1.07%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 5 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.67%) QRadar
13 4 (0.54%) Istio
14 3 (0.40%) CA Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.40%) CASB
14 3 (0.40%) Icinga
15 2 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 248 (33.29%) Microsoft
2 62 (8.32%) CyberArk
3 58 (7.79%) Okta
4 54 (7.25%) Google
5 46 (6.17%) Splunk
6 41 (5.50%) ServiceNow
7 38 (5.10%) Cisco
8 35 (4.70%) VMware
9 30 (4.03%) Oracle
10 27 (3.62%) SAP
11 22 (2.95%) F5
12 21 (2.82%) Juniper
13 20 (2.68%) SolarWinds
14 18 (2.42%) Citrix
14 18 (2.42%) Extreme Networks
15 16 (2.15%) BeyondTrust
15 16 (2.15%) BiZZdesign
16 15 (2.01%) Centrify
16 15 (2.01%) ForgeRock
16 15 (2.01%) Red Hat