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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 174 185
Rank change year-on-year +15 +11 +7
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 831 494 557
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.65% 1.66% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 1.82% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 556 356 382
10th Percentile £414 £402 £413
25th Percentile £500 £499 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £567 £585 £606
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -3.47% -3.04%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £703
90th Percentile £755 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £650
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 2 3
10th Percentile £51.35 £61.75 -
25th Percentile - £68.13 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £82.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +246.64% -63.94%
75th Percentile £85.00 £93.13 -
90th Percentile £87.96 £97.25 -
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 42,754 27,087 37,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.83% 91.00% 85.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,630 17,192 23,755
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -3.79% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £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 2,570 1,249 2,608
10th Percentile £14.80 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.02 £17.87 £16.02
Median hourly rate £43.96 £26.21 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +67.72% -29.51% +6.14%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.32 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +17.29%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +5 715 £575 -1.71% 149
UK excluding London +25 406 £550 - 119
London +6 325 £575 -4.64% 74
Work from Home +19 286 £560 +1.82% 79
North of England +15 133 £550 +4.76% 30
South East -1 113 £578 -11.08% 41
Yorkshire +13 88 £540 +15.14% 8
Midlands -31 67 £550 +4.76% 11
South West +4 58 £600 +9.09% 5
West Midlands -22 55 £550 -6.38% 4
North West -16 45 £575 +9.52% 17
Scotland +8 33 £540 +1.12% 15
East Midlands -30 10 £638 +53.61% 7
East of England -30 10 £540 -16.92% 4
Wales - 5 £468 - 8
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 30 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.17%) Confluence
4 7 (0.84%) Apache
5 6 (0.72%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.48%) IIS
7 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.12%) Mendix
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (0.84%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.60%) Maximo
2 5 (0.60%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 402 (48.38%) Azure
2 262 (31.53%) Entra ID
3 177 (21.30%) AWS
4 109 (13.12%) GCP
5 76 (9.15%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (5.90%) Azure AKS
7 48 (5.78%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (5.66%) Power Platform
9 44 (5.29%) GitHub
10 39 (4.69%) Azure Sentinel
11 34 (4.09%) SaaS
12 31 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
13 29 (3.49%) Azure Monitor
14 28 (3.37%) Serverless
15 27 (3.25%) IaaS
15 27 (3.25%) PaaS
16 19 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
16 19 (2.29%) Power Automate
16 19 (2.29%) PowerApps
17 18 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 78 (9.39%) DNS
2 77 (9.27%) Firewall
2 77 (9.27%) Network Security
3 47 (5.66%) DHCP
4 46 (5.54%) WAN
5 31 (3.73%) VPN
6 27 (3.25%) LAN
7 26 (3.13%) BGP
7 26 (3.13%) OSPF
8 24 (2.89%) BIG-IP
8 24 (2.89%) Ethernet VPN
8 24 (2.89%) Junos
8 24 (2.89%) VXLAN
9 19 (2.29%) Cisco ISE
9 19 (2.29%) Kerberos
10 18 (2.17%) SD-WAN
11 13 (1.56%) SSL
12 9 (1.08%) Internet
13 6 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.72%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.29%) Power BI
2 17 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.08%) Neo4j
3 9 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.08%) Tableau
4 8 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.60%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.48%) Big Data
6 4 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.48%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.36%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.36%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.24%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.24%) Metadata
8 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.12%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 57 (6.86%) JIRA
2 47 (5.66%) Jenkins
3 32 (3.85%) Git
4 22 (2.65%) GitLab
5 11 (1.32%) Postman
6 9 (1.08%) Gatling
7 6 (0.72%) Jaeger
8 5 (0.60%) Selenium
9 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.48%) JMeter
9 4 (0.48%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.48%) NeoLoad
9 4 (0.48%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.48%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.24%) Maven
10 2 (0.24%) Snyk
11 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
General
1 214 (25.75%) Social Skills
2 164 (19.74%) Finance
3 109 (13.12%) Public Sector
4 64 (7.70%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (6.38%) Banking
6 38 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
7 27 (3.25%) Retail
8 25 (3.01%) Legal
9 11 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.20%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.20%) Investment Banking
10 10 (1.20%) Manufacturing
11 8 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (0.84%) Police
13 6 (0.72%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.72%) Military
14 5 (0.60%) Local Government
15 4 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.36%) Aviation
16 3 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 220 (26.47%) Architect
2 76 (9.15%) Senior
3 74 (8.90%) Analyst
4 67 (8.06%) Lead
5 63 (7.58%) Developer
6 60 (7.22%) Security Architect
7 38 (4.57%) Solutions Architect
8 37 (4.45%) Consultant
8 37 (4.45%) Java Developer
9 35 (4.21%) Project Manager
10 29 (3.49%) Business Analyst
10 29 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
11 26 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
12 25 (3.01%) Security Engineer
12 25 (3.01%) Technical Architect
13 21 (2.53%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
13 21 (2.53%) Identity Management Analyst
14 20 (2.41%) Cloud Architect
14 20 (2.41%) Cloud Engineer
15 19 (2.29%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (11.67%) SailPoint
2 80 (9.63%) SAML
3 77 (9.27%) OAuth
4 65 (7.82%) OpenID
5 57 (6.86%) LDAP
6 39 (4.69%) REST
7 28 (3.37%) OAuth2
8 26 (3.13%) 802.1X
8 26 (3.13%) ARM Templates
9 21 (2.53%) Middleware
10 18 (2.17%) Kafka
11 16 (1.93%) Spring Boot
12 15 (1.81%) Playwright
13 14 (1.68%) Node.js
14 11 (1.32%) .NET
14 11 (1.32%) JSON
14 11 (1.32%) YAML
15 10 (1.20%) Spring
15 10 (1.20%) Web Services
16 9 (1.08%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 80 (9.63%) Onboarding
2 71 (8.54%) PKI
3 67 (8.06%) Cloud Native
4 43 (5.17%) Data Centre
5 32 (3.85%) Security Posture
6 30 (3.61%) Management Information System
7 27 (3.25%) Public Cloud
8 24 (2.89%) Clustering
8 24 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (2.89%) Product Ownership
9 23 (2.77%) Operational Technology
10 22 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (2.17%) Replication
12 17 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
13 15 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
17 9 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
18 8 (0.96%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 112 (13.48%) Windows
2 63 (7.58%) Linux
3 37 (4.45%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.20%) Unix
5 7 (0.84%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.72%) Debian
7 5 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.48%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.48%) Android
8 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.48%) VMS
9 2 (0.24%) CentOS
9 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (22.62%) DevOps
2 183 (22.02%) Cybersecurity
3 150 (18.05%) CI/CD
4 147 (17.69%) Agile
5 130 (15.64%) RBAC
6 129 (15.52%) Zero Trust
7 117 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 116 (13.96%) Cloud Security
9 112 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
10 107 (12.88%) Infrastructure as Code
11 99 (11.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 87 (10.47%) Security Architecture
13 84 (10.11%) AI
14 82 (9.87%) Identity Management
15 80 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
16 77 (9.27%) Migration
17 73 (8.78%) Roadmaps
18 71 (8.54%) High Availability
19 70 (8.42%) Privileged Access Management
20 69 (8.30%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 135 (16.25%) PowerShell
2 109 (13.12%) Python
3 86 (10.35%) Java
4 63 (7.58%) SQL
5 42 (5.05%) Bicep
6 20 (2.41%) Bash
7 17 (2.05%) Rust
8 14 (1.68%) Scala
9 12 (1.44%) Go
10 10 (1.20%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.72%) C#
12 5 (0.60%) JavaScript
13 4 (0.48%) Cypher
13 4 (0.48%) Groovy
13 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.36%) C++
14 3 (0.36%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.36%) R
15 2 (0.24%) C
15 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 263 (31.65%) Security Cleared
2 189 (22.74%) SC Cleared
3 74 (8.90%) CISSP
4 65 (7.82%) DV Cleared
5 49 (5.90%) Cisco Certification
6 44 (5.29%) CISM
7 43 (5.17%) Degree
8 37 (4.45%) Azure Certification
9 28 (3.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 27 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (2.89%) CCSP
12 21 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (1.56%) AWS Certification
13 13 (1.56%) PMP
14 11 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (1.32%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.84%) CISA
15 7 (0.84%) JNCIA
15 7 (0.84%) JNCIP
15 7 (0.84%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (10.83%) NIST
2 86 (10.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (8.18%) GDPR
4 35 (4.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 30 (3.61%) NCSC
6 27 (3.25%) GRC
7 16 (1.93%) QA
8 14 (1.68%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.32%) SLA
10 10 (1.20%) Accessibility
10 10 (1.20%) NIST 800
10 10 (1.20%) SOC 2
11 9 (1.08%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.96%) PMO
13 6 (0.72%) COBIT
14 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.36%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
15 3 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 223 (26.84%) Active Directory
2 64 (7.70%) Docker
3 22 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.81%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.20%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.36%) IAG
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.24%) RACF
10 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.12%) GPFS
11 1 (0.12%) KVM
11 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Squid
11 1 (0.12%) vSphere
11 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 122 (14.68%) Terraform
2 101 (12.15%) Kubernetes
3 96 (11.55%) Single Sign-On
4 50 (6.02%) Ansible
5 27 (3.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (2.89%) FortiGate
7 21 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (2.05%) Grafana
9 13 (1.56%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.96%) Kustomize
12 7 (0.84%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 7 (0.84%) NetIQ Identity Manager
13 6 (0.72%) Kiali
14 5 (0.60%) HAProxy
14 5 (0.60%) Istio
15 4 (0.48%) Argo
15 4 (0.48%) Podman
15 4 (0.48%) Puppet
15 4 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 248 (29.84%) Microsoft
2 94 (11.31%) Okta
3 58 (6.98%) Google
4 46 (5.54%) Splunk
5 43 (5.17%) ServiceNow
6 36 (4.33%) CyberArk
7 34 (4.09%) Cisco
8 30 (3.61%) ForgeRock
8 30 (3.61%) VMware
9 28 (3.37%) SAP
10 27 (3.25%) Oracle
11 26 (3.13%) F5
12 24 (2.89%) Juniper
12 24 (2.89%) SolarWinds
13 22 (2.65%) Extreme Networks
13 22 (2.65%) Zscaler
14 20 (2.41%) Workday
15 16 (1.93%) BeyondTrust
16 14 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
17 13 (1.56%) Ping Identity