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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 178 195
Rank change year-on-year +50 +17 -6
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,122 530 491
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.07% 1.61% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 1.78% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 356 328
10th Percentile £411 £375 £425
25th Percentile £475 £450 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £534 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +6.75% -20.00% +13.64%
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 45,839 29,816 32,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.46% 90.52% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,855 18,531 20,147
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
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 £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,070 1,799 1,460
10th Percentile £13.84 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.68 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.56 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +83.63% -47.37% +5.81%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +29 911 £555 +0.91% 900
UK excluding London +47 538 £534 +6.75% 445
London +15 431 £575 -1.71% 539
Work from Home +38 354 £550 +4.76% 438
North of England +15 190 £500 +6.38% 113
South East +16 135 £575 +7.08% 149
Yorkshire +22 116 £538 +15.72% 39
Scotland +35 71 £478 -20.33% 53
North West -15 61 £515 +11.47% 66
South West -23 53 £588 +17.50% 46
Midlands -40 53 £500 -2.91% 47
West Midlands -36 42 £500 -9.09% 29
East of England +1 36 £550 -15.38% 20
North East -31 12 £500 -9.09% 7
Wales -3 9 £475 -32.14% 7
East Midlands -25 9 £600 +47.78% 18
Northern Ireland +4 1 - - 13
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 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.03%) Confluence
2 34 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.62%) Apache
4 5 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.36%) 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%) nginx
7 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.089%) Drupal
8 1 (0.089%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.45%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (0.89%) 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 (0.089%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.089%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.089%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 468 (41.71%) Azure
2 332 (29.59%) Entra ID
3 275 (24.51%) AWS
4 151 (13.46%) GCP
5 89 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
6 64 (5.70%) GitHub
7 58 (5.17%) SaaS
8 49 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (4.28%) GitHub Actions
10 46 (4.10%) Power Platform
11 42 (3.74%) Serverless
12 36 (3.21%) Azure AKS
12 36 (3.21%) Azure Sentinel
13 32 (2.85%) Azure Monitor
13 32 (2.85%) OCI
14 28 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
15 27 (2.41%) Microsoft Purview
16 25 (2.23%) Azure Key Vault
17 24 (2.14%) PaaS
18 23 (2.05%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (8.56%) Network Security
2 84 (7.49%) Firewall
3 60 (5.35%) DNS
4 37 (3.30%) VPN
5 23 (2.05%) WAN
6 21 (1.87%) DHCP
7 12 (1.07%) Kerberos
7 12 (1.07%) SSL
8 11 (0.98%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.98%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.80%) IPsec
10 7 (0.62%) HTTPS
10 7 (0.62%) Internet
10 7 (0.62%) LAN
11 6 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.45%) BGP
12 5 (0.45%) VLAN
12 5 (0.45%) X.509
13 4 (0.36%) BIG-IP
13 4 (0.36%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (4.19%) SQL Server
2 28 (2.50%) Metadata
3 26 (2.32%) Relational Database
4 21 (1.87%) Power BI
5 12 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.98%) Neo4j
7 10 (0.89%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.62%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.62%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.45%) Big Data
11 4 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
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%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.27%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 54 (4.81%) Git
2 51 (4.55%) JIRA
3 41 (3.65%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.87%) GitLab
5 20 (1.78%) Selenium
6 12 (1.07%) Gatling
7 8 (0.71%) JMeter
8 7 (0.62%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.45%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.45%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.36%) Postman
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%) 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
1 330 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 235 (20.94%) Finance
3 143 (12.75%) Public Sector
4 122 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (6.95%) Banking
6 61 (5.44%) Retail
7 59 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
8 29 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.78%) Legal
10 19 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.43%) Aerospace
12 14 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.80%) Local Government
15 8 (0.71%) Law
16 7 (0.62%) Military
17 6 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.53%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.45%) Automotive
19 4 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 281 (25.04%) Architect
2 104 (9.27%) Lead
3 96 (8.56%) Security Architect
4 92 (8.20%) Analyst
5 72 (6.42%) Senior
6 70 (6.24%) Developer
7 53 (4.72%) Consultant
8 52 (4.63%) Solutions Architect
9 48 (4.28%) Business Analyst
10 46 (4.10%) Project Manager
10 46 (4.10%) Support Engineer
11 45 (4.01%) Security Engineer
12 42 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 42 (3.74%) Java Developer
13 40 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
14 39 (3.48%) Technical Architect
15 34 (3.03%) Service Manager
15 34 (3.03%) Service Transition Manager
15 34 (3.03%) Transition Manager
16 31 (2.76%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (15.24%) Terraform
2 109 (9.71%) OAuth
3 97 (8.65%) OpenID
4 93 (8.29%) SailPoint
5 82 (7.31%) SAML
6 63 (5.61%) LDAP
6 63 (5.61%) REST
7 40 (3.57%) OAuth2
8 32 (2.85%) .NET
9 25 (2.23%) ARM Templates
10 22 (1.96%) React
11 21 (1.87%) Kafka
12 19 (1.69%) JSON
13 16 (1.43%) .NET Framework
13 16 (1.43%) Node.js
13 16 (1.43%) Web Services
13 16 (1.43%) XML
14 14 (1.25%) Spring
15 13 (1.16%) Keycloak
16 12 (1.07%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 129 (11.50%) Onboarding
2 112 (9.98%) Cloud Native
3 93 (8.29%) PKI
4 60 (5.35%) Security Posture
5 47 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
5 47 (4.19%) Management Information System
6 36 (3.21%) Product Ownership
7 33 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
8 31 (2.76%) Operational Technology
9 28 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
10 23 (2.05%) Data Centre
11 22 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
11 22 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
11 22 (1.96%) Public Cloud
12 21 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
13 19 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
14 16 (1.43%) CMDB
14 16 (1.43%) IoT
15 14 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 119 (10.61%) Windows
2 90 (8.02%) Linux
3 54 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.07%) Unix
5 10 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.62%) VMS
8 6 (0.53%) Debian
8 6 (0.53%) Mac OS
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
10 4 (0.36%) Windows 10
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 (0.089%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (24.96%) Cybersecurity
2 240 (21.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 223 (19.88%) CI/CD
4 208 (18.54%) DevOps
5 206 (18.36%) Agile
6 184 (16.40%) Infrastructure as Code
7 178 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 178 (15.86%) RBAC
8 167 (14.88%) Cloud Security
9 166 (14.80%) Zero Trust
10 156 (13.90%) Security Architecture
11 153 (13.64%) Privileged Access Management
12 145 (12.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 140 (12.48%) Roadmaps
14 139 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
15 128 (11.41%) Migration
16 122 (10.87%) Identity Management
17 120 (10.70%) AI
18 116 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
19 111 (9.89%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 185 (16.49%) PowerShell
2 176 (15.69%) Python
3 92 (8.20%) Java
4 82 (7.31%) SQL
5 68 (6.06%) Bash
6 47 (4.19%) Bicep
7 26 (2.32%) C#
8 14 (1.25%) Go
8 14 (1.25%) Rust
9 9 (0.80%) Scala
9 9 (0.80%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.53%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.36%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.27%) Cypher
13 3 (0.27%) Groovy
13 3 (0.27%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.18%) DAML
14 2 (0.18%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 330 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 245 (21.84%) SC Cleared
3 99 (8.82%) CISSP
4 65 (5.79%) DV Cleared
5 62 (5.53%) Azure Certification
5 62 (5.53%) Degree
6 59 (5.26%) CISM
7 46 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (3.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 34 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 29 (2.58%) AWS Certification
11 29 (2.58%) CCSP
12 20 (1.78%) PMP
13 18 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
14 14 (1.25%) PMI Certification
15 13 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (0.98%) CISA
17 10 (0.89%) CRISC
17 10 (0.89%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (11.41%) NIST
2 120 (10.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (6.06%) GDPR
4 47 (4.19%) NCSC
5 40 (3.57%) GRC
6 23 (2.05%) Data Quality
7 21 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 20 (1.78%) QA
9 17 (1.52%) SLA
10 16 (1.43%) PCI DSS
11 15 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.80%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.80%) COBIT
13 9 (0.80%) ITGC
14 8 (0.71%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.71%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.62%) PMO
16 6 (0.53%) JSP 440
16 6 (0.53%) NIST 800
System Software
1 281 (25.04%) Active Directory
2 93 (8.29%) Docker
3 31 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.43%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.98%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.89%) 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 (0.089%) IAG
10 1 (0.089%) RACF
10 1 (0.089%) Squid
10 1 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.089%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 127 (11.32%) Kubernetes
2 121 (10.78%) Single Sign-On
3 62 (5.53%) Ansible
4 39 (3.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (2.67%) Grafana
6 15 (1.34%) Argo
6 15 (1.34%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (0.80%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.71%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.62%) Istio
11 6 (0.53%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.45%) HAProxy
12 5 (0.45%) Podman
13 4 (0.36%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 4 (0.36%) Puppet
14 3 (0.27%) NetBackup
14 3 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Management
14 3 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 384 (34.22%) Microsoft
2 100 (8.91%) Okta
3 89 (7.93%) CyberArk
4 69 (6.15%) Google
5 57 (5.08%) ServiceNow
6 51 (4.55%) BeyondTrust
7 50 (4.46%) VMware
8 49 (4.37%) Oracle
9 33 (2.94%) Zscaler
10 31 (2.76%) SAP
11 23 (2.05%) ForgeRock
12 22 (1.96%) Splunk
13 21 (1.87%) Workday
14 20 (1.78%) Cisco
15 16 (1.43%) Ping Identity
16 15 (1.34%) CrowdStrike
16 15 (1.34%) Databricks
17 13 (1.16%) Red Hat
18 11 (0.98%) Palo Alto
19 10 (0.89%) Citrix