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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 171 182
Rank change year-on-year +17 +11 +41
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 741 473 566
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.62% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 1.79% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 343 399
10th Percentile £400 £413 £413
25th Percentile £466 £504 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.04%
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 37,633 26,370 38,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.88% 90.52% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,862 17,096 24,871
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 £743 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.28% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,214 936 2,338
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £57.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.35 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.61 £31.76 £31.25
% change year-on-year -6.77% +1.63% -13.19%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +14 672 £550 -12.00% 157
UK excluding London +13 371 £550 -8.33% 113
London +8 290 £565 -9.96% 67
Work from Home -10 225 £550 - 84
North of England +21 145 £539 +2.57% 25
Yorkshire +7 92 £525 +14.25% 4
South East -30 84 £600 -7.69% 45
Midlands -27 77 £550 -6.73% 10
West Midlands -30 63 £550 -8.33% 7
South West 0 53 £675 +17.39% 13
North West -7 50 £563 +7.14% 20
Scotland -9 12 £550 +4.76% 2
East Midlands -23 12 £638 +27.50% 3
East of England -32 6 £500 -23.08% 17
North East -14 4 £508 +18.14% 1
Wales -10 1 £250 -66.67% 5

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 (5.67%) Confluence
2 37 (4.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (4.32%) 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%) 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 (2.02%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.08%) 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
1 331 (44.67%) Azure
2 242 (32.66%) Entra ID
3 152 (20.51%) AWS
4 93 (12.55%) GCP
5 75 (10.12%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (6.21%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (5.80%) GitHub
8 36 (4.86%) Azure Sentinel
9 35 (4.72%) Azure AKS
10 34 (4.59%) Power Platform
11 33 (4.45%) SaaS
12 32 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (3.37%) PaaS
13 25 (3.37%) Serverless
14 23 (3.10%) IaaS
15 20 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (2.70%) OneDrive
16 17 (2.29%) Microsoft Purview
17 16 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
17 16 (2.16%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 89 (12.01%) Firewall
2 79 (10.66%) DNS
3 67 (9.04%) Network Security
4 46 (6.21%) DHCP
5 34 (4.59%) VPN
5 34 (4.59%) WAN
6 26 (3.51%) Kerberos
6 26 (3.51%) LAN
7 23 (3.10%) BGP
7 23 (3.10%) OSPF
7 23 (3.10%) SSL
8 21 (2.83%) BIG-IP
8 21 (2.83%) Ethernet VPN
8 21 (2.83%) Junos
8 21 (2.83%) VXLAN
9 16 (2.16%) Cisco ISE
10 11 (1.48%) SD-WAN
10 11 (1.48%) WebEx
11 9 (1.21%) Internet
12 6 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.56%) Power BI
2 14 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.75%) NoSQL
4 11 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (1.48%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.35%) DocumentDB
5 10 (1.35%) Tableau
6 5 (0.67%) BigQuery
6 5 (0.67%) MySQL
7 4 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.54%) Neo4j
7 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.40%) Redis
9 2 (0.27%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.27%) Metadata
9 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 74 (9.99%) JIRA
2 37 (4.99%) Jenkins
3 28 (3.78%) Git
4 26 (3.51%) GitLab
5 17 (2.29%) Postman
6 15 (2.02%) Selenium
7 10 (1.35%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.35%) REST Assured
8 8 (1.08%) 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%) Metasploit
General
1 192 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 126 (17.00%) Finance
3 89 (12.01%) Public Sector
4 70 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (7.15%) Banking
6 31 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (3.91%) Legal
8 16 (2.16%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.62%) Financial Institution
10 11 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.08%) Military
12 6 (0.81%) Retail
13 5 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.67%) Police
14 4 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.54%) Local Government
14 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.40%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 232 (31.31%) Architect
2 76 (10.26%) Analyst
3 71 (9.58%) Solutions Architect
4 70 (9.45%) Senior
5 69 (9.31%) Lead
6 58 (7.83%) Security Architect
7 37 (4.99%) Business Analyst
8 28 (3.78%) Consultant
8 28 (3.78%) Developer
9 26 (3.51%) Security Engineer
10 25 (3.37%) Project Manager
11 24 (3.24%) Azure Engineer
12 22 (2.97%) Cloud Architect
12 22 (2.97%) DevOps Engineer
12 22 (2.97%) Lead Architect
13 21 (2.83%) Azure Architect
14 19 (2.56%) Technical Architect
15 18 (2.43%) Identity Management Architect
16 17 (2.29%) Platform Engineer
17 15 (2.02%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (10.53%) SAML
2 76 (10.26%) OAuth
3 75 (10.12%) SailPoint
4 60 (8.10%) OpenID
5 50 (6.75%) LDAP
5 50 (6.75%) REST
6 29 (3.91%) ARM Templates
6 29 (3.91%) OAuth2
7 25 (3.37%) .NET
8 23 (3.10%) 802.1X
8 23 (3.10%) Kafka
8 23 (3.10%) Spring Boot
9 19 (2.56%) Middleware
10 16 (2.16%) Node.js
10 16 (2.16%) Spring
11 14 (1.89%) RESTful
12 11 (1.48%) Playwright
12 11 (1.48%) XMPP
13 10 (1.35%) HTML
13 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.64%) Onboarding
2 57 (7.69%) PKI
3 47 (6.34%) Cloud Native
4 38 (5.13%) Management Information System
5 33 (4.45%) Data Centre
6 31 (4.18%) Enterprise Software
7 30 (4.05%) Security Posture
8 23 (3.10%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (2.83%) Clustering
10 20 (2.70%) Product Ownership
11 18 (2.43%) Public Cloud
12 16 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (2.02%) Replication
14 12 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
16 6 (0.81%) Operational Technology
17 5 (0.67%) AI Agents
17 5 (0.67%) Cloud Security Posture
17 5 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
17 5 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 105 (14.17%) Windows
2 46 (6.21%) Windows Server
3 35 (4.72%) Linux
4 10 (1.35%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.08%) 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
1 162 (21.86%) Cybersecurity
2 148 (19.97%) RBAC
3 139 (18.76%) DevOps
4 135 (18.22%) CI/CD
5 114 (15.38%) Cloud Security
6 110 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
7 108 (14.57%) Agile
8 104 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 98 (13.23%) Infrastructure as Code
10 91 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 89 (12.01%) Zero Trust
12 88 (11.88%) Identity Management
13 83 (11.20%) Privileged Access Management
14 72 (9.72%) Migration
15 67 (9.04%) Data Protection
15 67 (9.04%) Observability
16 63 (8.50%) Analytics
17 61 (8.23%) High Availability
18 60 (8.10%) Roadmaps
18 60 (8.10%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 131 (17.68%) PowerShell
2 83 (11.20%) Python
3 68 (9.18%) Java
4 61 (8.23%) SQL
5 37 (4.99%) Bicep
6 31 (4.18%) JavaScript
7 23 (3.10%) Bash
8 13 (1.75%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.35%) Scala
10 9 (1.21%) C#
10 9 (1.21%) Rust
11 8 (1.08%) 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
1 254 (34.28%) Security Cleared
2 178 (24.02%) SC Cleared
3 81 (10.93%) CISSP
4 66 (8.91%) DV Cleared
5 65 (8.77%) CISM
6 48 (6.48%) Degree
7 42 (5.67%) Azure Certification
8 41 (5.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
11 14 (1.89%) Master's Degree
11 14 (1.89%) PMI Certification
12 13 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 13 (1.75%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.62%) CCSP
13 12 (1.62%) PMP
14 10 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 10 (1.35%) PhD
15 8 (1.08%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (9.99%) GDPR
2 72 (9.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (8.77%) NIST
4 35 (4.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 22 (2.97%) GRC
6 19 (2.56%) NCSC
6 19 (2.56%) PCI DSS
7 18 (2.43%) QA
8 11 (1.48%) COBIT
9 10 (1.35%) Accessibility
10 8 (1.08%) Data Quality
10 8 (1.08%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.94%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.94%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.81%) ITGC
12 6 (0.81%) PMO
12 6 (0.81%) SOX 404
13 5 (0.67%) SLA
14 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 222 (29.96%) Active Directory
2 58 (7.83%) Docker
3 29 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.62%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.08%) 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
1 105 (14.17%) Terraform
2 96 (12.96%) Single Sign-On
3 88 (11.88%) Kubernetes
4 46 (6.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 28 (3.78%) Ansible
6 24 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 22 (2.97%) FortiGate
8 15 (2.02%) Grafana
9 11 (1.48%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.35%) SCCM
11 9 (1.21%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 9 (1.21%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 8 (1.08%) Kiali
13 5 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.67%) QRadar
14 4 (0.54%) Istio
15 3 (0.40%) CA Single Sign-On
15 3 (0.40%) CASB
15 3 (0.40%) Icinga
16 2 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 245 (33.06%) Microsoft
2 61 (8.23%) CyberArk
3 58 (7.83%) Okta
4 54 (7.29%) Google
5 47 (6.34%) Splunk
6 41 (5.53%) ServiceNow
7 39 (5.26%) Cisco
8 35 (4.72%) VMware
9 31 (4.18%) Oracle
10 26 (3.51%) SAP
11 23 (3.10%) F5
12 22 (2.97%) Juniper
13 21 (2.83%) SolarWinds
14 19 (2.56%) Extreme Networks
15 18 (2.43%) Citrix
16 16 (2.16%) BeyondTrust
16 16 (2.16%) BiZZdesign
17 15 (2.02%) Centrify
17 15 (2.02%) ForgeRock
17 15 (2.02%) Red Hat