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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 168 179
Rank change year-on-year +15 +11 +20
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 816 473 551
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.67% 1.62% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 1.78% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 543 345 382
10th Percentile £400 £408 £419
25th Percentile £487 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £585 £606
Median % change year-on-year -4.27% -3.47% -2.06%
75th Percentile £650 £684 £712
90th Percentile £750 £733 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £650
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 3
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £100.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +320.17% -63.94%
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile £87.96 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 £100.00 -
% change year-on-year -25.74% - -

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 41,434 26,510 36,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.66% 90.99% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,895 16,942 23,625
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,481 1,120 2,526
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.85 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -0.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £60.71
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 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 1 June 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 1 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 +3 699 £575 -1.92% 215
UK excluding London +29 402 £550 - 153
London -7 308 £595 -2.30% 97
Work from Home +16 274 £550 -2.65% 138
North of England +16 139 £539 +2.62% 35
South East -11 106 £578 -11.08% 61
Yorkshire +16 94 £538 +14.61% 10
Midlands -19 72 £550 - 11
South West +4 59 £600 +9.09% 10
West Midlands -22 56 £525 -10.64% 7
North West -27 44 £575 +9.52% 21
Scotland +18 30 £540 +1.12% 31
East Midlands -28 14 £619 +42.32% 4
East of England -38 5 £608 -6.54% 6
Wales - 5 £468 - 5
North East -26 1 £400 -6.98% 4
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 25 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.57%) Confluence
2 21 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.86%) Apache
4 6 (0.74%) Apache Superset
5 4 (0.49%) IIS
6 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.37%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.12%) Mendix
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (1.23%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.61%) Maximo
2 5 (0.61%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.25%) 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 (49.26%) Azure
2 258 (31.62%) Entra ID
3 182 (22.30%) AWS
4 111 (13.60%) GCP
5 73 (8.95%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (6.37%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (6.00%) Azure AKS
8 46 (5.64%) GitHub
9 42 (5.15%) Power Platform
10 39 (4.78%) Azure Sentinel
11 37 (4.53%) SaaS
12 30 (3.68%) Serverless
13 29 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
14 28 (3.43%) Azure Monitor
15 27 (3.31%) IaaS
15 27 (3.31%) PaaS
16 19 (2.33%) OpenShift
17 18 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
17 18 (2.21%) Power Automate
18 17 (2.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 81 (9.93%) DNS
1 81 (9.93%) Firewall
2 78 (9.56%) Network Security
3 48 (5.88%) DHCP
4 47 (5.76%) WAN
5 31 (3.80%) VPN
6 28 (3.43%) LAN
7 26 (3.19%) BGP
7 26 (3.19%) OSPF
8 24 (2.94%) BIG-IP
8 24 (2.94%) Ethernet VPN
8 24 (2.94%) Junos
8 24 (2.94%) VXLAN
9 22 (2.70%) SSL
10 21 (2.57%) Kerberos
11 19 (2.33%) Cisco ISE
12 18 (2.21%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.98%) Internet
14 7 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.74%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.96%) Power BI
3 11 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.10%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.10%) NoSQL
4 9 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.10%) Tableau
5 8 (0.98%) Neo4j
6 6 (0.74%) MySQL
7 5 (0.61%) DocumentDB
8 3 (0.37%) Big Data
8 3 (0.37%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.25%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (7.84%) JIRA
2 54 (6.62%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.55%) Git
4 23 (2.82%) GitLab
5 17 (2.08%) Postman
6 14 (1.72%) Selenium
7 10 (1.23%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.23%) REST Assured
8 9 (1.10%) Gatling
9 8 (0.98%) Jaeger
10 5 (0.61%) Maven
10 5 (0.61%) TestRail
11 4 (0.49%) JMeter
11 4 (0.49%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.49%) NeoLoad
12 3 (0.37%) JUnit
12 3 (0.37%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.25%) Snyk
13 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 200 (24.51%) Social Skills
2 141 (17.28%) Finance
3 106 (12.99%) Public Sector
4 56 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (6.86%) Banking
5 38 (4.66%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (3.19%) Legal
7 19 (2.33%) Retail
8 12 (1.47%) Financial Institution
8 12 (1.47%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.10%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.86%) Police
12 6 (0.74%) Military
12 6 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.49%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.49%) Local Government
14 3 (0.37%) Aviation
14 3 (0.37%) Law
14 3 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 229 (28.06%) Architect
2 80 (9.80%) Senior
3 73 (8.95%) Lead
4 69 (8.46%) Analyst
5 60 (7.35%) Developer
6 59 (7.23%) Security Architect
7 38 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
8 35 (4.29%) Java Developer
9 29 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
9 29 (3.55%) Project Manager
9 29 (3.55%) Security Engineer
10 28 (3.43%) Consultant
11 26 (3.19%) Azure Engineer
12 25 (3.06%) Technical Architect
13 24 (2.94%) Business Analyst
14 23 (2.82%) Cloud Engineer
14 23 (2.82%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
14 23 (2.82%) Identity Management Analyst
15 22 (2.70%) Cloud Architect
16 19 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (11.76%) SailPoint
2 78 (9.56%) SAML
3 72 (8.82%) OAuth
4 66 (8.09%) OpenID
5 62 (7.60%) LDAP
6 43 (5.27%) REST
7 28 (3.43%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.19%) 802.1X
8 26 (3.19%) OAuth2
9 22 (2.70%) Kafka
10 21 (2.57%) Middleware
10 21 (2.57%) Spring Boot
11 20 (2.45%) .NET
12 18 (2.21%) Node.js
13 15 (1.84%) Playwright
14 13 (1.59%) Spring
15 10 (1.23%) RESTful
15 10 (1.23%) YAML
16 9 (1.10%) JSON
16 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 77 (9.44%) Onboarding
1 77 (9.44%) PKI
2 62 (7.60%) Cloud Native
3 43 (5.27%) Data Centre
4 31 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 29 (3.55%) Security Posture
6 26 (3.19%) Public Cloud
7 25 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (2.94%) Clustering
9 23 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.45%) Operational Technology
10 20 (2.45%) Replication
11 18 (2.21%) Product Ownership
12 16 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
16 8 (0.98%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 115 (14.09%) Windows
2 56 (6.86%) Linux
3 36 (4.41%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.10%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.10%) Unix
5 7 (0.86%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.74%) Debian
6 6 (0.74%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.49%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.49%) VMS
8 3 (0.37%) Android
9 1 (0.12%) CentOS
9 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (23.77%) DevOps
2 181 (22.18%) Cybersecurity
3 157 (19.24%) CI/CD
4 142 (17.40%) Agile
5 137 (16.79%) RBAC
6 135 (16.54%) Zero Trust
7 122 (14.95%) Cloud Security
8 105 (12.87%) Infrastructure as Code
9 100 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
10 99 (12.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 98 (12.01%) Stakeholder Management
12 87 (10.66%) Security Architecture
13 83 (10.17%) Identity Management
14 75 (9.19%) Continuous Improvement
14 75 (9.19%) High Availability
14 75 (9.19%) Migration
15 74 (9.07%) AI
16 72 (8.82%) Observability
16 72 (8.82%) Roadmaps
17 71 (8.70%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 140 (17.16%) PowerShell
2 105 (12.87%) Python
3 94 (11.52%) Java
4 69 (8.46%) SQL
5 44 (5.39%) Bicep
6 25 (3.06%) Bash
7 16 (1.96%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.72%) Rust
8 14 (1.72%) Scala
9 9 (1.10%) Go
9 9 (1.10%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.86%) C#
11 5 (0.61%) PHP
12 4 (0.49%) Cypher
12 4 (0.49%) Groovy
13 3 (0.37%) C++
13 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.37%) R
14 2 (0.25%) C
14 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 267 (32.72%) Security Cleared
2 192 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.19%) CISSP
4 69 (8.46%) DV Cleared
5 48 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
5 48 (5.88%) CISM
6 38 (4.66%) Azure Certification
7 37 (4.53%) Degree
8 29 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (3.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 24 (2.94%) CCSP
11 19 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.59%) AWS Certification
13 10 (1.23%) PMP
14 9 (1.10%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (0.86%) CISA
16 7 (0.86%) JNCIA
16 7 (0.86%) JNCIP
16 7 (0.86%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (11.03%) NIST
2 89 (10.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (9.31%) GDPR
4 34 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 28 (3.43%) GRC
6 27 (3.31%) NCSC
7 20 (2.45%) QA
8 15 (1.84%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.47%) Accessibility
10 11 (1.35%) SLA
11 10 (1.23%) NIST 800
12 9 (1.10%) HIPAA
12 9 (1.10%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.61%) PMO
14 4 (0.49%) COBIT
14 4 (0.49%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
15 3 (0.37%) GxP
System Software
1 216 (26.47%) Active Directory
2 65 (7.97%) Docker
3 27 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.84%) VMware NSX
5 14 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.23%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.86%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.37%) IAG
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.25%) RACF
10 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.25%) 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 (14.95%) Terraform
2 107 (13.11%) Kubernetes
3 92 (11.27%) Single Sign-On
4 45 (5.51%) Ansible
5 29 (3.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (2.94%) FortiGate
7 21 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (2.08%) Grafana
9 12 (1.47%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 9 (1.10%) NetIQ Identity Manager
10 9 (1.10%) SCCM
11 8 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.98%) Kiali
11 8 (0.98%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.61%) HAProxy
12 5 (0.61%) Istio
13 4 (0.49%) Argo
14 3 (0.37%) Oracle Identity Management
14 3 (0.37%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 246 (30.15%) Microsoft
2 83 (10.17%) Okta
3 58 (7.11%) Google
4 49 (6.00%) Splunk
5 45 (5.51%) ServiceNow
6 35 (4.29%) VMware
7 34 (4.17%) Cisco
7 34 (4.17%) CyberArk
8 28 (3.43%) ForgeRock
9 27 (3.31%) SAP
10 26 (3.19%) F5
11 25 (3.06%) Oracle
12 24 (2.94%) Juniper
12 24 (2.94%) SolarWinds
13 22 (2.70%) Extreme Networks
14 19 (2.33%) Workday
14 19 (2.33%) Zscaler
15 16 (1.96%) BeyondTrust
16 14 (1.72%) Citrix
16 14 (1.72%) CrowdStrike