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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 182 187
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 +66
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 687 452 560
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.68% 1.47% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 1.63% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 315 384
10th Percentile £372 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £509 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £635
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -5.51% +4.10%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £725
90th Percentile £719 £783 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £596 £650
% change year-on-year -7.71% -8.32% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £70.67 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £75.00
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile £93.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +7.14%

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 35,472 27,688 38,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.86% 89.76% 87.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,461 17,051 25,269
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -1.84% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,140 862 2,156
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.64 £32.50 £34.77
Median % change year-on-year -21.12% -6.52% -0.67%
75th Percentile £60.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.41% -13.00% -

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 20 February 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 20 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 15 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 20 February 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 +27 634 £550 -8.33% 221
UK excluding London +25 345 £550 -7.71% 164
London +15 279 £563 -10.00% 86
Work from Home -11 201 £525 -8.70% 102
North of England +15 142 £519 -2.90% 32
Yorkshire -4 93 £518 -13.75% 4
Midlands -14 71 £550 -6.73% 24
South East -10 66 £566 -13.00% 70
West Midlands -17 61 £550 -7.07% 14
South West +14 52 £675 +17.39% 16
North West -3 44 £550 +4.76% 26
Scotland -14 12 £800 +52.38% 7
East Midlands -18 9 £550 +10.00% 10
East of England -28 8 £575 -11.54% 14
North East -11 6 £491 -9.17% 2

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 45 (6.55%) Confluence
2 33 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (4.08%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.02%) Apache
5 5 (0.73%) IIS
5 5 (0.73%) iPlanet
5 5 (0.73%) JBoss
5 5 (0.73%) WebSphere
5 5 (0.73%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.29%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.15%) CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Mendix
7 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.15%) Traefik
Applications
1 19 (2.77%) MS Visio
2 13 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.16%) Maximo
2 3 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.29%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 283 (41.19%) Azure
2 206 (29.99%) Entra ID
3 141 (20.52%) AWS
4 90 (13.10%) GCP
5 64 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (5.09%) SaaS
7 34 (4.95%) GitHub
8 32 (4.66%) Azure Sentinel
9 31 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (3.64%) OpenShift
11 22 (3.20%) Serverless
12 21 (3.06%) Azure AKS
12 21 (3.06%) IaaS
13 20 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (2.91%) PaaS
14 19 (2.77%) Microsoft Purview
15 18 (2.62%) Amazon EKS
16 17 (2.47%) Power Platform
17 15 (2.18%) OneDrive
18 14 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 78 (11.35%) Firewall
2 66 (9.61%) DNS
3 56 (8.15%) Network Security
4 36 (5.24%) DHCP
5 34 (4.95%) Kerberos
6 31 (4.51%) VPN
7 25 (3.64%) SSL
8 17 (2.47%) BGP
8 17 (2.47%) OSPF
8 17 (2.47%) WAN
9 16 (2.33%) LAN
10 13 (1.89%) BIG-IP
10 13 (1.89%) Ethernet VPN
10 13 (1.89%) Junos
10 13 (1.89%) VXLAN
11 11 (1.60%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (1.46%) TCP/IP
12 10 (1.46%) WebEx
13 7 (1.02%) Internet
14 6 (0.87%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.18%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.75%) NoSQL
2 12 (1.75%) Power BI
3 11 (1.60%) MongoDB
4 10 (1.46%) DocumentDB
5 9 (1.31%) Oracle Database
6 6 (0.87%) Tableau
7 5 (0.73%) BigQuery
7 5 (0.73%) MySQL
8 4 (0.58%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.44%) Redis
10 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.29%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (9.32%) JIRA
2 37 (5.39%) Jenkins
3 29 (4.22%) Git
4 25 (3.64%) GitLab
5 16 (2.33%) Postman
6 15 (2.18%) Selenium
7 10 (1.46%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.46%) REST Assured
8 8 (1.16%) Jaeger
9 6 (0.87%) TestRail
10 5 (0.73%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (0.73%) CA Release Automation
10 5 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.58%) Gatling
11 4 (0.58%) JMeter
11 4 (0.58%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.58%) NeoLoad
11 4 (0.58%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.44%) JUnit
12 3 (0.44%) MSI
General
1 189 (27.51%) Social Skills
2 134 (19.51%) Finance
3 77 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (10.77%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.01%) Banking
6 28 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.64%) Legal
8 18 (2.62%) Investment Banking
9 16 (2.33%) Financial Institution
10 13 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.16%) Military
13 6 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.87%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.87%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.73%) Police
15 4 (0.58%) Electronics
15 4 (0.58%) Marketing
15 4 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 216 (31.44%) Architect
2 79 (11.50%) Analyst
3 78 (11.35%) Solutions Architect
4 57 (8.30%) Senior
5 54 (7.86%) Lead
6 53 (7.71%) Security Architect
7 40 (5.82%) Business Analyst
8 37 (5.39%) Consultant
9 29 (4.22%) Security Engineer
10 23 (3.35%) Developer
11 22 (3.20%) Azure Architect
12 21 (3.06%) Azure Engineer
12 21 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
13 20 (2.91%) Cloud Architect
14 19 (2.77%) Project Manager
15 18 (2.62%) Identity Management Architect
16 16 (2.33%) Cloud Engineer
17 15 (2.18%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
17 15 (2.18%) Identity Management Analyst
17 15 (2.18%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (12.52%) SAML
2 83 (12.08%) OAuth
2 83 (12.08%) SailPoint
3 65 (9.46%) OpenID
4 57 (8.30%) LDAP
5 41 (5.97%) REST
6 26 (3.78%) ARM Templates
6 26 (3.78%) OAuth2
7 23 (3.35%) .NET
7 23 (3.35%) Kafka
8 20 (2.91%) Spring Boot
9 17 (2.47%) Node.js
10 16 (2.33%) Middleware
11 13 (1.89%) 802.1X
11 13 (1.89%) RESTful
11 13 (1.89%) Spring
12 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (1.46%) HTML
13 10 (1.46%) Playwright
13 10 (1.46%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (8.15%) Onboarding
2 46 (6.70%) PKI
3 42 (6.11%) Management Information System
4 38 (5.53%) Cloud Native
5 29 (4.22%) Security Posture
6 27 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (3.35%) Data Centre
7 23 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (2.77%) Product Ownership
9 17 (2.47%) Replication
10 13 (1.89%) Clustering
11 11 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.31%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.87%) BYOD
15 5 (0.73%) Cloud Security Posture
15 5 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.73%) NHS
15 5 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 99 (14.41%) Windows
2 49 (7.13%) Windows Server
3 47 (6.84%) Linux
4 12 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (1.60%) Mac OS
6 8 (1.16%) Unix
6 8 (1.16%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.73%) Android
7 5 (0.73%) VMS
8 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.29%) CentOS
10 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.15%) Rocky
11 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (22.56%) Cybersecurity
2 137 (19.94%) RBAC
3 124 (18.05%) CI/CD
4 113 (16.45%) Cloud Security
4 113 (16.45%) DevOps
5 99 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
6 98 (14.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 97 (14.12%) Privileged Access Management
8 95 (13.83%) Agile
9 90 (13.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 87 (12.66%) Infrastructure as Code
11 81 (11.79%) Identity Management
12 77 (11.21%) Zero Trust
13 70 (10.19%) Data Protection
14 62 (9.02%) Roadmaps
15 61 (8.88%) Incident Response
16 59 (8.59%) Migration
16 59 (8.59%) SIEM
17 55 (8.01%) Test Automation
18 51 (7.42%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 124 (18.05%) PowerShell
2 77 (11.21%) Python
3 58 (8.44%) Java
4 47 (6.84%) SQL
5 36 (5.24%) JavaScript
6 27 (3.93%) Bicep
7 24 (3.49%) Bash
8 16 (2.33%) TypeScript
9 11 (1.60%) C#
10 9 (1.31%) Groovy
10 9 (1.31%) Rust
10 9 (1.31%) Scala
11 8 (1.16%) PHP
12 7 (1.02%) Perl
13 6 (0.87%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.73%) Go
15 4 (0.58%) Cypher
16 3 (0.44%) C++
17 2 (0.29%) BeanShell
17 2 (0.29%) C
Qualifications
1 226 (32.90%) Security Cleared
2 166 (24.16%) SC Cleared
3 87 (12.66%) CISSP
4 70 (10.19%) CISM
5 57 (8.30%) DV Cleared
6 45 (6.55%) Degree
7 43 (6.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (5.09%) Azure Certification
9 28 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (2.62%) TOGAF Certification
11 16 (2.33%) AWS Certification
12 14 (2.04%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 11 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (1.60%) PMI Certification
15 10 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.46%) CCSP
15 10 (1.46%) PhD
16 9 (1.31%) PMP
17 7 (1.02%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (12.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (10.63%) GDPR
3 70 (10.19%) NIST
4 33 (4.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (2.91%) GRC
6 19 (2.77%) PCI DSS
7 16 (2.33%) QA
8 13 (1.89%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.89%) NCSC
9 9 (1.31%) HIPAA
10 8 (1.16%) COBIT
10 8 (1.16%) NIST 800
11 7 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (1.02%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.87%) ITGC
12 6 (0.87%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.87%) SOX 404
13 5 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.73%) SLA
14 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 199 (28.97%) Active Directory
2 61 (8.88%) Docker
3 19 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.46%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (1.02%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (0.73%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 5 (0.73%) vSphere
8 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.29%) IAG
9 2 (0.29%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.29%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.29%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.15%) GPFS
10 1 (0.15%) NetIQ eDirectory
10 1 (0.15%) NFS
10 1 (0.15%) RACF
10 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 96 (13.97%) Single Sign-On
2 95 (13.83%) Terraform
3 77 (11.21%) Kubernetes
4 49 (7.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 26 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (3.20%) Ansible
7 14 (2.04%) FortiGate
7 14 (2.04%) Grafana
8 11 (1.60%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.60%) SCCM
9 8 (1.16%) CA Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.16%) Kiali
10 6 (0.87%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 6 (0.87%) NetIQ Identity Manager
10 6 (0.87%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.73%) CA Wily
11 5 (0.73%) Istio
11 5 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.73%) QRadar
11 5 (0.73%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 228 (33.19%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.17%) CyberArk
3 55 (8.01%) Google
4 50 (7.28%) Okta
5 44 (6.40%) Splunk
6 34 (4.95%) ServiceNow
7 32 (4.66%) Oracle
8 29 (4.22%) Cisco
9 27 (3.93%) VMware
10 20 (2.91%) SAP
11 18 (2.62%) Citrix
12 17 (2.47%) Red Hat
13 16 (2.33%) BiZZdesign
13 16 (2.33%) Zscaler
14 15 (2.18%) Centrify
15 14 (2.04%) BeyondTrust
15 14 (2.04%) F5
15 14 (2.04%) IBM
15 14 (2.04%) Juniper
16 13 (1.89%) SolarWinds