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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 173 190
Rank change year-on-year +23 +17 -1
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 927 514 551
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.77% 1.59% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 1.76% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 650 377 384
10th Percentile £425 £400 £414
25th Percentile £500 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £567 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -4.17% -0.41%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £700
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £635
% change year-on-year +1.85% -14.96% +10.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 3
10th Percentile £51.33 £49.50 -
25th Percentile - £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +173.11% -63.94%
75th Percentile £83.02 £86.25 -
90th Percentile £87.72 £94.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -9.99% - -

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 44,694 29,246 37,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.15% 90.54% 85.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,812 18,436 23,663
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £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 2,657 1,477 2,496
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.61 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £24.66 £38.12
% change year-on-year +80.45% -35.31% -3.62%

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 July 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 July 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 9 July 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 +7 782 £575 -0.52% 243
UK excluding London +35 452 £550 +1.85% 196
London 0 361 £575 -4.41% 121
Work from Home +26 313 £563 +2.27% 117
North of England +12 145 £550 +16.40% 41
South East +6 121 £581 -10.62% 65
Yorkshire +16 92 £540 +20.00% 19
Midlands -35 69 £550 +10.89% 13
South West -8 58 £600 +11.63% 23
West Midlands -32 55 £538 -8.51% 6
North West -11 52 £575 +16.87% 21
Scotland +19 45 £492 -7.87% 35
East of England -17 19 £560 -13.85% 6
East Midlands -22 12 £638 +54.55% 7
Wales - 8 £471 - 8
North East -33 2 £600 +20.91% 1
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 29 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.70%) Confluence
3 24 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.97%) Apache
5 7 (0.76%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.43%) IIS
7 3 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.32%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.11%) Mendix
8 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (0.86%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.54%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 435 (46.93%) Azure
2 283 (30.53%) Entra ID
3 209 (22.55%) AWS
4 128 (13.81%) GCP
5 75 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (6.26%) GitHub
7 49 (5.29%) Power Platform
8 47 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (4.96%) Azure AKS
10 41 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
11 40 (4.31%) SaaS
12 36 (3.88%) Azure Sentinel
13 30 (3.24%) Azure Monitor
14 29 (3.13%) Serverless
15 28 (3.02%) OCI
16 27 (2.91%) PaaS
17 26 (2.80%) IaaS
18 20 (2.16%) Microsoft Copilot
18 20 (2.16%) Power Automate
18 20 (2.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 89 (9.60%) Network Security
2 88 (9.49%) DNS
3 79 (8.52%) Firewall
4 49 (5.29%) DHCP
5 46 (4.96%) WAN
6 33 (3.56%) VPN
7 27 (2.91%) BGP
7 27 (2.91%) LAN
8 26 (2.80%) OSPF
9 24 (2.59%) BIG-IP
9 24 (2.59%) Ethernet VPN
9 24 (2.59%) Junos
9 24 (2.59%) VXLAN
10 22 (2.37%) Kerberos
11 19 (2.05%) Cisco ISE
12 18 (1.94%) SD-WAN
13 13 (1.40%) SSL
14 9 (0.97%) Internet
15 7 (0.76%) TCP/IP
16 6 (0.65%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.16%) Power BI
3 11 (1.19%) Neo4j
3 11 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (0.86%) Tableau
6 7 (0.76%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.65%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.54%) Big Data
8 5 (0.54%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.54%) Oracle Exadata
9 4 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.43%) Metadata
10 3 (0.32%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.22%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.22%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 60 (6.47%) JIRA
2 51 (5.50%) Jenkins
3 35 (3.78%) Git
4 24 (2.59%) GitLab
5 11 (1.19%) Gatling
5 11 (1.19%) Postman
6 6 (0.65%) JMeter
6 6 (0.65%) NeoLoad
7 5 (0.54%) Selenium
8 4 (0.43%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.43%) LoadRunner
8 4 (0.43%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.43%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.32%) MSBuild
9 3 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.32%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.22%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.22%) Maven
10 2 (0.22%) Snyk
General
1 237 (25.57%) Social Skills
2 181 (19.53%) Finance
3 127 (13.70%) Public Sector
4 82 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (6.69%) Banking
6 44 (4.75%) Documentation Skills
7 37 (3.99%) Retail
8 25 (2.70%) Legal
9 14 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (1.51%) Manufacturing
10 9 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (0.86%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.86%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.76%) Financial Institution
12 7 (0.76%) Police
13 6 (0.65%) Military
14 5 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.54%) Local Government
15 4 (0.43%) Law
15 4 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 252 (27.18%) Architect
2 81 (8.74%) Analyst
3 78 (8.41%) Lead
4 76 (8.20%) Senior
5 70 (7.55%) Developer
6 69 (7.44%) Security Architect
7 45 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
8 44 (4.75%) Java Developer
9 40 (4.31%) Consultant
10 35 (3.78%) Technical Architect
11 34 (3.67%) Project Manager
12 30 (3.24%) Business Analyst
13 29 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
14 28 (3.02%) Security Engineer
15 27 (2.91%) Cloud Engineer
15 27 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (2.70%) IAM Developer
16 25 (2.70%) Support Engineer
17 24 (2.59%) Cloud Architect
18 22 (2.37%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (11.22%) SailPoint
2 89 (9.60%) OAuth
3 81 (8.74%) SAML
4 76 (8.20%) OpenID
5 61 (6.58%) LDAP
6 49 (5.29%) REST
7 28 (3.02%) OAuth2
8 26 (2.80%) 802.1X
9 20 (2.16%) ARM Templates
10 19 (2.05%) Middleware
11 18 (1.94%) .NET
12 16 (1.73%) Node.js
13 15 (1.62%) Kafka
13 15 (1.62%) Playwright
14 14 (1.51%) Spring Boot
15 13 (1.40%) JSON
15 13 (1.40%) Spring
15 13 (1.40%) Web Services
16 11 (1.19%) SOAP
16 11 (1.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 98 (10.57%) Onboarding
2 85 (9.17%) PKI
3 76 (8.20%) Cloud Native
4 44 (4.75%) Data Centre
5 35 (3.78%) Security Posture
6 29 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 29 (3.13%) Public Cloud
7 27 (2.91%) Product Ownership
8 25 (2.70%) Operational Technology
9 24 (2.59%) Clustering
10 23 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.83%) Replication
13 15 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
15 10 (1.08%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 123 (13.27%) Windows
2 65 (7.01%) Linux
3 41 (4.42%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (0.97%) Unix
5 8 (0.86%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.65%) Debian
6 6 (0.65%) VMS
7 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.54%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.43%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.43%) Android
9 2 (0.22%) CentOS
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (21.68%) DevOps
2 191 (20.60%) Cybersecurity
3 169 (18.23%) CI/CD
4 163 (17.58%) Agile
5 146 (15.75%) RBAC
6 136 (14.67%) Zero Trust
7 134 (14.46%) Stakeholder Management
8 132 (14.24%) Infrastructure as Code
9 131 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
10 126 (13.59%) Cloud Security
11 114 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 98 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 98 (10.57%) Identity Management
12 98 (10.57%) Security Architecture
13 89 (9.60%) AI
13 89 (9.60%) Privileged Access Management
14 87 (9.39%) Migration
15 86 (9.28%) Roadmaps
16 84 (9.06%) Technical Leadership
17 76 (8.20%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 147 (15.86%) PowerShell
2 126 (13.59%) Python
3 88 (9.49%) Java
4 67 (7.23%) SQL
5 43 (4.64%) Bicep
6 34 (3.67%) Bash
7 14 (1.51%) Rust
8 13 (1.40%) Go
9 12 (1.29%) Scala
10 10 (1.08%) C#
10 10 (1.08%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.65%) Cypher
12 5 (0.54%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.43%) Groovy
13 4 (0.43%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.32%) C++
14 3 (0.32%) JavaScript
14 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.32%) R
15 2 (0.22%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 295 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 214 (23.09%) SC Cleared
3 74 (7.98%) CISSP
4 68 (7.34%) DV Cleared
5 51 (5.50%) Cisco Certification
6 46 (4.96%) Degree
7 40 (4.31%) Azure Certification
7 40 (4.31%) CISM
8 30 (3.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 28 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 28 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (2.70%) CCSP
11 16 (1.73%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.40%) PMP
13 12 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (1.29%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.76%) CISA
14 7 (0.76%) JNCIA
14 7 (0.76%) JNCIP
14 7 (0.76%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (9.49%) NIST
2 85 (9.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (7.34%) GDPR
4 36 (3.88%) NCSC
5 34 (3.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 28 (3.02%) GRC
7 19 (2.05%) QA
8 15 (1.62%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.40%) SLA
10 11 (1.19%) Accessibility
10 11 (1.19%) SOC 2
11 9 (0.97%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.86%) PMO
13 6 (0.65%) COBIT
13 6 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.54%) Data Quality
14 5 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
14 5 (0.54%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 253 (27.29%) Active Directory
2 72 (7.77%) Docker
3 27 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.73%) VMware NSX
6 12 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (1.19%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.43%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.32%) IAG
10 2 (0.22%) KVM
10 2 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.22%) RACF
10 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.22%) vSphere
11 1 (0.11%) GPFS
11 1 (0.11%) Lustre
11 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.11%) Squid
11 1 (0.11%) zsh
Systems Management
1 137 (14.78%) Terraform
2 112 (12.08%) Single Sign-On
3 104 (11.22%) Kubernetes
4 56 (6.04%) Ansible
5 26 (2.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (2.59%) FortiGate
7 23 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (2.37%) Grafana
9 11 (1.19%) Argo
10 10 (1.08%) Prometheus
11 9 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.86%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 8 (0.86%) Kustomize
13 6 (0.65%) NetIQ Identity Manager
14 5 (0.54%) HAProxy
14 5 (0.54%) Istio
15 4 (0.43%) Podman
15 4 (0.43%) Puppet
15 4 (0.43%) SCCM
16 3 (0.32%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 282 (30.42%) Microsoft
2 105 (11.33%) Okta
3 63 (6.80%) Google
4 56 (6.04%) CyberArk
5 49 (5.29%) ServiceNow
6 42 (4.53%) Splunk
7 38 (4.10%) Oracle
8 37 (3.99%) VMware
9 35 (3.78%) Cisco
10 31 (3.34%) SAP
11 30 (3.24%) ForgeRock
12 26 (2.80%) BeyondTrust
12 26 (2.80%) F5
13 24 (2.59%) Juniper
13 24 (2.59%) SolarWinds
14 22 (2.37%) Extreme Networks
14 22 (2.37%) Zscaler
15 20 (2.16%) Workday
16 14 (1.51%) CrowdStrike
16 14 (1.51%) Ping Identity