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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 180 180
Rank change year-on-year +41 0 -9
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,053 523 537
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.96% 1.59% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 1.76% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 764 367 364
10th Percentile £418 £375 £425
25th Percentile £481 £463 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £565 £585
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -3.42% -2.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £751 £730 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £537 £625
% change year-on-year +2.42% -14.08% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 4 5
10th Percentile £45.31 £50.50 -
25th Percentile - £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £77.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +225.63% -63.94%
75th Percentile £82.37 £96.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.64 £98.50 -
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 45,557 29,755 33,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.99% 90.46% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,078 18,625 21,348
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £726 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,814 1,660 1,859
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.22 £17.32 £18.22
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £64.25
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £74.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.10 £41.25
% change year-on-year +90.30% -44.00% +7.56%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +23 866 £575 +1.23% 406
UK excluding London +51 494 £550 +2.42% 221
London +21 419 £575 -2.54% 195
Work from Home +36 343 £550 +2.71% 178
North of England +8 157 £550 +15.79% 67
South East +11 141 £585 -10.00% 66
Yorkshire +20 98 £538 +14.61% 31
Scotland +32 58 £478 -11.07% 16
Midlands -39 58 £590 +19.92% 21
South West -16 57 £600 +14.29% 35
North West -19 51 £550 +15.79% 35
West Midlands -33 43 £500 -9.09% 11
East of England +1 26 £550 -8.33% 14
East Midlands -20 13 £638 +55.49% 10
Wales - 9 £471 - 2
North East -40 7 £500 -9.09% 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 36 (3.42%) Confluence
2 33 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.95%) Apache
5 8 (0.76%) Apache Superset
6 5 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.38%) IIS
8 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.28%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.19%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.19%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.095%) Mendix
10 1 (0.095%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.095%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.095%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.66%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.19%) R3 Corda
4 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.095%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.095%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 467 (44.35%) Azure
2 315 (29.91%) Entra ID
3 225 (21.37%) AWS
4 132 (12.54%) GCP
5 80 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (5.60%) GitHub
7 56 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (4.65%) Power Platform
9 48 (4.56%) SaaS
10 47 (4.46%) Azure AKS
11 44 (4.18%) GitHub Actions
12 42 (3.99%) Azure Monitor
13 37 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
14 32 (3.04%) OCI
15 31 (2.94%) PaaS
16 30 (2.85%) Serverless
17 28 (2.66%) IaaS
18 23 (2.18%) Azure Key Vault
19 22 (2.09%) Microsoft Copilot
19 22 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 99 (9.40%) Network Security
2 91 (8.64%) Firewall
3 84 (7.98%) DNS
4 50 (4.75%) WAN
5 41 (3.89%) DHCP
6 35 (3.32%) VPN
7 29 (2.75%) LAN
8 26 (2.47%) BGP
9 25 (2.37%) OSPF
10 24 (2.28%) BIG-IP
10 24 (2.28%) Ethernet VPN
10 24 (2.28%) Junos
10 24 (2.28%) VXLAN
11 19 (1.80%) Cisco ISE
11 19 (1.80%) SD-WAN
12 11 (1.04%) SSL
13 10 (0.95%) TCP/IP
14 8 (0.76%) Internet
14 8 (0.76%) Kerberos
15 6 (0.57%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.89%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.90%) Power BI
3 14 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.85%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.85%) Neo4j
7 8 (0.76%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.66%) Metadata
8 7 (0.66%) Oracle Exadata
8 7 (0.66%) Tableau
9 5 (0.47%) Big Data
9 5 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.47%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.38%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.19%) Parquet
12 2 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (5.32%) JIRA
2 41 (3.89%) Jenkins
3 37 (3.51%) Git
4 20 (1.90%) GitLab
5 12 (1.14%) Gatling
6 7 (0.66%) JMeter
6 7 (0.66%) NeoLoad
7 5 (0.47%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.47%) Postman
8 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.28%) MSBuild
9 3 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.28%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.19%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.19%) Maven
10 2 (0.19%) Selenium
10 2 (0.19%) Snyk
General
1 275 (26.12%) Social Skills
2 218 (20.70%) Finance
3 135 (12.82%) Public Sector
4 104 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (6.74%) Banking
6 60 (5.70%) Retail
7 57 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
8 27 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (2.28%) Legal
10 15 (1.42%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.33%) Aerospace
12 10 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.66%) Financial Institution
13 7 (0.66%) Local Government
13 7 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.57%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.57%) Military
14 6 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.38%) Law
Job Titles
1 267 (25.36%) Architect
2 101 (9.59%) Lead
3 94 (8.93%) Security Architect
4 86 (8.17%) Analyst
5 82 (7.79%) Senior
6 73 (6.93%) Developer
7 49 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
8 48 (4.56%) Business Analyst
9 47 (4.46%) Consultant
10 45 (4.27%) Support Engineer
11 44 (4.18%) Java Developer
12 42 (3.99%) Project Manager
13 37 (3.51%) Technical Architect
14 36 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 34 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
16 33 (3.13%) Service Manager
16 33 (3.13%) Service Transition Manager
16 33 (3.13%) Transition Manager
17 32 (3.04%) DevOps Engineer
18 29 (2.75%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (9.12%) OAuth
2 95 (9.02%) SailPoint
3 82 (7.79%) OpenID
4 81 (7.69%) SAML
5 52 (4.94%) LDAP
6 50 (4.75%) REST
7 37 (3.51%) OAuth2
8 29 (2.75%) .NET
9 27 (2.56%) ARM Templates
10 26 (2.47%) 802.1X
11 16 (1.52%) .NET Framework
11 16 (1.52%) JSON
11 16 (1.52%) Middleware
11 16 (1.52%) Node.js
11 16 (1.52%) React
12 15 (1.42%) Kafka
12 15 (1.42%) Spring
13 12 (1.14%) RESTful
13 12 (1.14%) Web Services
13 12 (1.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 116 (11.02%) Onboarding
2 107 (10.16%) PKI
3 94 (8.93%) Cloud Native
4 46 (4.37%) Security Posture
5 44 (4.18%) Data Centre
6 38 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
7 36 (3.42%) Management Information System
8 32 (3.04%) Product Ownership
9 29 (2.75%) Operational Technology
9 29 (2.75%) Public Cloud
10 28 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
12 24 (2.28%) Clustering
13 20 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
13 20 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
15 12 (1.14%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.04%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 127 (12.06%) Windows
2 78 (7.41%) Linux
3 42 (3.99%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.95%) Unix
5 9 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.85%) Ubuntu
5 9 (0.85%) VMS
6 6 (0.57%) Debian
7 5 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.38%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.38%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.28%) OpenVMS
10 2 (0.19%) Android
10 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.095%) CentOS
11 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (23.55%) Cybersecurity
2 219 (20.80%) DevOps
3 196 (18.61%) CI/CD
3 196 (18.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 180 (17.09%) Agile
5 162 (15.38%) RBAC
5 162 (15.38%) Zero Trust
6 159 (15.10%) Infrastructure as Code
7 157 (14.91%) Cloud Security
8 152 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
9 140 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 134 (12.73%) Security Architecture
10 134 (12.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 123 (11.68%) Privileged Access Management
12 116 (11.02%) Roadmaps
13 112 (10.64%) Identity Management
14 103 (9.78%) Technical Leadership
15 99 (9.40%) AI
16 96 (9.12%) Migration
17 91 (8.64%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 175 (16.62%) PowerShell
2 144 (13.68%) Python
3 85 (8.07%) Java
4 77 (7.31%) SQL
5 59 (5.60%) Bash
6 55 (5.22%) Bicep
7 23 (2.18%) C#
8 14 (1.33%) Rust
9 12 (1.14%) Go
10 9 (0.85%) Scala
11 6 (0.57%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.38%) Groovy
12 4 (0.38%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.38%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.28%) Cypher
13 3 (0.28%) JavaScript
13 3 (0.28%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.28%) R
14 2 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 320 (30.39%) Security Cleared
2 230 (21.84%) SC Cleared
3 97 (9.21%) CISSP
4 66 (6.27%) DV Cleared
5 59 (5.60%) Azure Certification
6 58 (5.51%) Degree
7 57 (5.41%) CISM
8 55 (5.22%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 33 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 29 (2.75%) CCSP
13 21 (1.99%) AWS Certification
14 19 (1.80%) PMP
15 16 (1.52%) PMI Certification
16 14 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
17 12 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
18 11 (1.04%) FFIEC
19 8 (0.76%) CISA
20 7 (0.66%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (10.16%) NIST
2 102 (9.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (6.17%) GDPR
4 44 (4.18%) NCSC
5 39 (3.70%) GRC
6 23 (2.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 19 (1.80%) QA
8 16 (1.52%) SLA
9 13 (1.23%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.04%) SOC 2
11 10 (0.95%) COBIT
11 10 (0.95%) Data Quality
12 9 (0.85%) Accessibility
12 9 (0.85%) PMO
13 8 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.76%) HIPAA
14 7 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.57%) ITGC
16 5 (0.47%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 283 (26.88%) Active Directory
2 80 (7.60%) Docker
3 33 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.61%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (1.42%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.38%) vSphere
8 3 (0.28%) IAG
9 2 (0.19%) KVM
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.19%) RACF
9 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.19%) zsh
10 1 (0.095%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.095%) Squid
Systems Management
1 158 (15.00%) Terraform
2 119 (11.30%) Kubernetes
3 109 (10.35%) Single Sign-On
4 62 (5.89%) Ansible
5 33 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 28 (2.66%) Grafana
7 24 (2.28%) FortiGate
8 14 (1.33%) Argo
8 14 (1.33%) Prometheus
9 10 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 10 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.66%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 7 (0.66%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.47%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.47%) Istio
11 5 (0.47%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 4 (0.38%) Podman
12 4 (0.38%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.38%) Puppet
13 3 (0.28%) VxRail
Vendors
1 336 (31.91%) Microsoft
2 102 (9.69%) Okta
3 72 (6.84%) CyberArk
4 59 (5.60%) Google
5 51 (4.84%) VMware
6 49 (4.65%) ServiceNow
7 47 (4.46%) Oracle
8 42 (3.99%) BeyondTrust
9 41 (3.89%) Splunk
10 39 (3.70%) SAP
11 36 (3.42%) Cisco
12 30 (2.85%) ForgeRock
13 27 (2.56%) Zscaler
14 26 (2.47%) F5
15 24 (2.28%) Juniper
15 24 (2.28%) SolarWinds
16 22 (2.09%) Extreme Networks
17 20 (1.90%) Workday
18 16 (1.52%) Ping Identity
19 13 (1.23%) Databricks