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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 184 194
Rank change year-on-year +54 +10 -6
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,163 530 491
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.12% 1.60% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 1.77% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 354 318
10th Percentile £413 £367 £425
25th Percentile £475 £447 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £738 £735 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £500 £630
% change year-on-year +6.00% -20.63% +12.50%
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% -66.24%
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 46,382 29,970 32,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.48% 90.66% 85.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,008 18,622 19,630
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
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 £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £733 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,245 1,858 1,349
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.32 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.19 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £65.60 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.64 £65.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.01% -48.10% +1.18%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +34 944 £550 - 642
UK excluding London +47 545 £530 +6.00% 314
London +33 459 £575 -1.71% 337
Work from Home +46 363 £550 +5.26% 325
North of England +16 192 £500 +5.26% 90
South East +19 135 £575 +15.00% 99
Yorkshire +29 120 £538 +13.16% 24
Scotland +32 74 £480 -20.08% 27
North West -20 59 £500 +10.38% 61
South West -4 55 £600 +20.00% 36
Midlands -49 50 £553 +10.50% 39
West Midlands -24 40 £518 -5.91% 25
East of England 0 39 £550 -15.38% 17
North East -31 12 £500 -2.91% 5
Wales -6 9 £475 -32.14% 2
East Midlands -30 9 £600 +47.78% 14
Northern Ireland +7 1 - - 6
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 39 (3.35%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.10%) Confluence
3 34 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.60%) Apache
5 4 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.26%) IIS
6 3 (0.26%) nginx
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.17%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.086%) Drupal
8 1 (0.086%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (0.77%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.43%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.17%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.086%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.086%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.086%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.086%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 476 (40.93%) Azure
2 349 (30.01%) Entra ID
3 288 (24.76%) AWS
4 165 (14.19%) GCP
5 91 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (5.33%) SaaS
7 61 (5.25%) GitHub
8 49 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
10 41 (3.53%) Power Platform
11 39 (3.35%) Serverless
12 38 (3.27%) Azure AKS
13 36 (3.10%) Azure Sentinel
14 35 (3.01%) OCI
15 32 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
16 28 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
17 27 (2.32%) Azure Key Vault
18 25 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
19 23 (1.98%) PaaS
20 22 (1.89%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 95 (8.17%) Network Security
2 87 (7.48%) Firewall
3 60 (5.16%) DNS
4 41 (3.53%) VPN
5 23 (1.98%) DHCP
6 19 (1.63%) WAN
7 15 (1.29%) Kerberos
8 13 (1.12%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.86%) IPsec
9 10 (0.86%) SSL
10 8 (0.69%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.60%) HTTPS
11 7 (0.60%) Internet
12 6 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.52%) LAN
12 6 (0.52%) X.509
13 4 (0.34%) BGP
13 4 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
13 4 (0.34%) MQTT
13 4 (0.34%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (4.04%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.67%) Metadata
3 28 (2.41%) Relational Database
4 18 (1.55%) Power BI
5 11 (0.95%) Neo4j
5 11 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.86%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.77%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.69%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.34%) Big Data
11 4 (0.34%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.34%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (0.34%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.34%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 57 (4.90%) Git
2 52 (4.47%) JIRA
3 41 (3.53%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.81%) GitLab
5 20 (1.72%) Selenium
6 11 (0.95%) Gatling
7 8 (0.69%) JMeter
8 7 (0.60%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.43%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.43%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.34%) Postman
10 4 (0.34%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.26%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.26%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.17%) JUnit
12 2 (0.17%) Maven
General
1 348 (29.92%) Social Skills
2 253 (21.75%) Finance
3 146 (12.55%) Public Sector
4 129 (11.09%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (6.96%) Banking
6 66 (5.67%) Retail
7 60 (5.16%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.72%) Legal
9 20 (1.72%) Manufacturing
10 16 (1.38%) Aerospace
11 15 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.77%) Law
12 9 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.69%) Local Government
13 8 (0.69%) Military
13 8 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (0.69%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.43%) Automotive
15 4 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 291 (25.02%) Architect
2 103 (8.86%) Lead
3 97 (8.34%) Analyst
4 96 (8.25%) Security Architect
5 74 (6.36%) Developer
6 71 (6.10%) Senior
7 60 (5.16%) Solutions Architect
8 59 (5.07%) Consultant
9 53 (4.56%) Business Analyst
9 53 (4.56%) Security Engineer
10 48 (4.13%) Support Engineer
11 45 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 45 (3.87%) Java Developer
11 45 (3.87%) Project Manager
12 42 (3.61%) Technical Architect
13 40 (3.44%) Cloud Engineer
14 35 (3.01%) Service Manager
15 34 (2.92%) Service Transition Manager
15 34 (2.92%) Transition Manager
16 30 (2.58%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (15.82%) Terraform
2 118 (10.15%) OAuth
3 103 (8.86%) OpenID
4 93 (8.00%) SailPoint
5 84 (7.22%) SAML
6 64 (5.50%) LDAP
7 60 (5.16%) REST
8 44 (3.78%) OAuth2
9 33 (2.84%) .NET
10 27 (2.32%) ARM Templates
11 26 (2.24%) Kafka
12 23 (1.98%) React
13 19 (1.63%) JSON
14 17 (1.46%) .NET Framework
15 16 (1.38%) Node.js
15 16 (1.38%) Spring
15 16 (1.38%) Web Services
15 16 (1.38%) XML
16 14 (1.20%) Keycloak
16 14 (1.20%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 134 (11.52%) Onboarding
2 128 (11.01%) Cloud Native
3 98 (8.43%) PKI
4 71 (6.10%) Security Posture
5 47 (4.04%) Management Information System
6 46 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (3.44%) Distributed Systems
8 37 (3.18%) Product Ownership
9 32 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
10 30 (2.58%) Data Centre
11 29 (2.49%) Operational Technology
12 28 (2.41%) Public Cloud
13 24 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
14 23 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
15 21 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
16 20 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
17 16 (1.38%) CMDB
17 16 (1.38%) IoT
18 14 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
18 14 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 122 (10.49%) Windows
2 87 (7.48%) Linux
3 57 (4.90%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (0.86%) Unix
5 9 (0.77%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.60%) VMS
7 7 (0.60%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.43%) Debian
8 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.34%) Alpine Linux
10 3 (0.26%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.17%) Android
11 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.086%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (24.85%) Cybersecurity
2 264 (22.70%) Stakeholder Management
3 231 (19.86%) CI/CD
4 214 (18.40%) Agile
5 204 (17.54%) DevOps
6 200 (17.20%) Infrastructure as Code
7 187 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 185 (15.91%) RBAC
9 175 (15.05%) Cloud Security
10 167 (14.36%) Security Architecture
11 164 (14.10%) Zero Trust
12 158 (13.59%) Privileged Access Management
13 157 (13.50%) Roadmaps
14 146 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
15 145 (12.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 140 (12.04%) Migration
17 123 (10.58%) AI
18 121 (10.40%) Technical Leadership
19 119 (10.23%) Identity Management
20 112 (9.63%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 193 (16.60%) PowerShell
2 182 (15.65%) Python
3 97 (8.34%) Java
4 77 (6.62%) SQL
5 73 (6.28%) Bash
6 50 (4.30%) Bicep
7 28 (2.41%) C#
8 17 (1.46%) Go
9 14 (1.20%) Rust
10 9 (0.77%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.69%) Scala
12 7 (0.60%) JavaScript
13 6 (0.52%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.43%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.26%) Cypher
15 3 (0.26%) Groovy
16 2 (0.17%) DAML
16 2 (0.17%) Solidity
17 1 (0.086%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 337 (28.98%) Security Cleared
2 252 (21.67%) SC Cleared
3 101 (8.68%) CISSP
4 68 (5.85%) Azure Certification
5 65 (5.59%) Degree
6 63 (5.42%) DV Cleared
7 59 (5.07%) CISM
8 48 (4.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 41 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
10 37 (3.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 34 (2.92%) AWS Certification
12 33 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
13 29 (2.49%) CCSP
14 20 (1.72%) PMP
15 19 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (1.20%) PMI Certification
17 13 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
18 12 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 12 (1.03%) CISA
19 11 (0.95%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (11.01%) NIST
2 123 (10.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 61 (5.25%) GDPR
4 46 (3.96%) NCSC
5 41 (3.53%) GRC
6 23 (1.98%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.63%) PCI DSS
7 19 (1.63%) QA
7 19 (1.63%) SLA
8 17 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 14 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.77%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.77%) COBIT
11 9 (0.77%) ITGC
12 6 (0.52%) JSP 440
12 6 (0.52%) PMO
12 6 (0.52%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.43%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 289 (24.85%) Active Directory
2 96 (8.25%) Docker
3 29 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.46%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.77%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.34%) vSphere
9 3 (0.26%) KVM
9 3 (0.26%) zsh
10 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.086%) IAG
11 1 (0.086%) RACF
11 1 (0.086%) Squid
11 1 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.086%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 134 (11.52%) Kubernetes
2 126 (10.83%) Single Sign-On
3 68 (5.85%) Ansible
4 46 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 32 (2.75%) Grafana
6 17 (1.46%) Prometheus
7 16 (1.38%) Argo
8 11 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
8 11 (0.95%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.77%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.60%) Istio
11 5 (0.43%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.43%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.43%) Podman
11 5 (0.43%) Puppet
12 4 (0.34%) SCCM
13 3 (0.26%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Management
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Manager
13 3 (0.26%) WMI
Vendors
1 409 (35.17%) Microsoft
2 104 (8.94%) Okta
3 95 (8.17%) CyberArk
4 79 (6.79%) Google
5 54 (4.64%) BeyondTrust
6 51 (4.39%) ServiceNow
7 50 (4.30%) Oracle
8 46 (3.96%) VMware
9 34 (2.92%) Zscaler
10 29 (2.49%) SAP
11 24 (2.06%) ForgeRock
12 20 (1.72%) Cisco
12 20 (1.72%) Splunk
13 19 (1.63%) Ping Identity
14 16 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
15 15 (1.29%) Databricks
16 14 (1.20%) Workday
17 13 (1.12%) Red Hat
18 11 (0.95%) Palo Alto
19 9 (0.77%) WALLIX