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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 185 191
Rank change year-on-year +56 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,150 525 497
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.10% 1.59% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 1.76% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 353 329
10th Percentile £411 £367 £425
25th Percentile £475 £447 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £742 £748 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +6.00% -20.00% +12.11%
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% -63.94%
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 46,295 29,870 32,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.37% 90.52% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,040 18,573 20,019
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 £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,185 1,844 1,407
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.33 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.03 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.91% -47.67% +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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 +31 933 £550 - 696
UK excluding London +47 542 £530 +6.00% 336
London +24 451 £575 -1.92% 409
Work from Home +44 359 £550 +5.26% 359
North of England +30 191 £500 +6.16% 81
South East +9 133 £575 +15.00% 123
Yorkshire +31 118 £538 +14.36% 22
Scotland +31 73 £480 -20.08% 35
North West -25 60 £488 +7.62% 53
South West -9 55 £600 +17.07% 32
Midlands -46 51 £525 +3.45% 36
West Midlands -25 41 £510 -7.27% 24
East of England -7 39 £550 -15.38% 15
North East -37 12 £500 -2.91% 6
Wales -5 9 £475 -32.14% 2
East Midlands -26 9 £600 +47.78% 12
Northern Ireland +3 1 - - 14
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 38 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.04%) Confluence
3 33 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.61%) Apache
5 5 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Superset
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%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.17%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.087%) Drupal
8 1 (0.087%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.70%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.04%) 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 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.087%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 475 (41.30%) Azure
2 338 (29.39%) Entra ID
3 285 (24.78%) AWS
4 161 (14.00%) GCP
5 91 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (5.48%) SaaS
7 61 (5.30%) GitHub
8 48 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
9 45 (3.91%) Power Platform
10 40 (3.48%) Serverless
11 38 (3.30%) Azure AKS
12 37 (3.22%) Azure Sentinel
13 34 (2.96%) OCI
14 32 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
15 28 (2.43%) Amazon EKS
15 28 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
16 26 (2.26%) Azure Key Vault
17 24 (2.09%) PaaS
18 23 (2.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (8.35%) Network Security
2 90 (7.83%) Firewall
3 62 (5.39%) DNS
4 40 (3.48%) VPN
5 21 (1.83%) DHCP
6 20 (1.74%) WAN
7 13 (1.13%) TCP/IP
8 12 (1.04%) Kerberos
9 11 (0.96%) SSL
10 10 (0.87%) IPsec
11 9 (0.78%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.61%) HTTPS
12 7 (0.61%) Internet
13 6 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.52%) LAN
13 6 (0.52%) X.509
14 4 (0.35%) BGP
14 4 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
14 4 (0.35%) MQTT
14 4 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.70%) Metadata
3 28 (2.43%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.65%) Power BI
5 11 (0.96%) Neo4j
5 11 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.87%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.78%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.61%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.43%) Big Data
10 5 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (0.35%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 56 (4.87%) Git
2 51 (4.43%) JIRA
3 41 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.83%) GitLab
5 20 (1.74%) Selenium
6 11 (0.96%) Gatling
7 8 (0.70%) JMeter
8 7 (0.61%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.43%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.43%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.35%) Postman
10 4 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.35%) 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
1 342 (29.74%) Social Skills
2 247 (21.48%) Finance
3 145 (12.61%) Public Sector
4 127 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (6.96%) Banking
6 63 (5.48%) Retail
7 58 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
8 37 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.74%) Manufacturing
10 18 (1.57%) Legal
11 16 (1.39%) Aerospace
12 15 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.78%) Law
13 9 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.70%) Local Government
15 7 (0.61%) Military
16 6 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.52%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.43%) Automotive
18 4 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 288 (25.04%) Architect
2 104 (9.04%) Lead
3 94 (8.17%) Analyst
4 93 (8.09%) Security Architect
5 73 (6.35%) Developer
6 70 (6.09%) Senior
7 60 (5.22%) Solutions Architect
8 55 (4.78%) Consultant
9 52 (4.52%) Security Engineer
10 50 (4.35%) Business Analyst
11 47 (4.09%) Support Engineer
12 45 (3.91%) Java Developer
13 44 (3.83%) Project Manager
14 43 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 42 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
15 42 (3.65%) Technical Architect
16 35 (3.04%) Service Manager
17 34 (2.96%) Service Transition Manager
17 34 (2.96%) Transition Manager
18 31 (2.70%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (16.00%) Terraform
2 114 (9.91%) OAuth
3 99 (8.61%) OpenID
4 91 (7.91%) SailPoint
5 80 (6.96%) SAML
6 60 (5.22%) LDAP
6 60 (5.22%) REST
7 41 (3.57%) OAuth2
8 32 (2.78%) .NET
9 27 (2.35%) ARM Templates
10 26 (2.26%) Kafka
11 22 (1.91%) React
12 18 (1.57%) JSON
13 17 (1.48%) Web Services
14 16 (1.39%) .NET Framework
14 16 (1.39%) Node.js
14 16 (1.39%) Spring
14 16 (1.39%) XML
15 14 (1.22%) Keycloak
16 13 (1.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 134 (11.65%) Onboarding
2 123 (10.70%) Cloud Native
3 97 (8.43%) PKI
4 69 (6.00%) Security Posture
5 47 (4.09%) Management Information System
6 44 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
8 35 (3.04%) Product Ownership
9 32 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 30 (2.61%) Public Cloud
11 29 (2.52%) Operational Technology
12 28 (2.43%) Data Centre
13 25 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
14 22 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
15 21 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
16 20 (1.74%) Enterprise Cloud
17 16 (1.39%) CMDB
17 16 (1.39%) IoT
18 14 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
19 13 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 116 (10.09%) Windows
2 87 (7.57%) Linux
3 53 (4.61%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.96%) Unix
5 10 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.78%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.70%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.61%) VMS
9 5 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.43%) Debian
9 5 (0.43%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.26%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.17%) Android
12 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.087%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (24.61%) Cybersecurity
2 251 (21.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 231 (20.09%) CI/CD
4 210 (18.26%) Agile
4 210 (18.26%) DevOps
5 196 (17.04%) Infrastructure as Code
6 186 (16.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 182 (15.83%) RBAC
8 176 (15.30%) Cloud Security
9 166 (14.43%) Zero Trust
10 164 (14.26%) Security Architecture
11 153 (13.30%) Privileged Access Management
12 150 (13.04%) Roadmaps
13 145 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 144 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
15 139 (12.09%) Migration
16 128 (11.13%) AI
17 122 (10.61%) Technical Leadership
18 119 (10.35%) Identity Management
19 111 (9.65%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 187 (16.26%) PowerShell
2 181 (15.74%) Python
3 97 (8.43%) Java
4 77 (6.70%) SQL
5 72 (6.26%) Bash
6 51 (4.43%) Bicep
7 27 (2.35%) C#
8 17 (1.48%) Go
9 14 (1.22%) Rust
10 9 (0.78%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.70%) Scala
12 7 (0.61%) 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 (0.087%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 336 (29.22%) Security Cleared
2 252 (21.91%) SC Cleared
3 101 (8.78%) CISSP
4 68 (5.91%) Azure Certification
5 64 (5.57%) Degree
5 64 (5.57%) DV Cleared
6 59 (5.13%) CISM
7 48 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (3.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 35 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (2.96%) AWS Certification
12 29 (2.52%) CCSP
13 20 (1.74%) PMP
14 18 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (1.22%) PMI Certification
16 13 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
17 12 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 12 (1.04%) CISA
18 11 (0.96%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (11.22%) NIST
2 123 (10.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (5.48%) GDPR
4 47 (4.09%) NCSC
5 41 (3.57%) GRC
6 23 (2.00%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.65%) QA
7 19 (1.65%) SLA
8 18 (1.57%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.78%) Accessibility
12 9 (0.78%) COBIT
12 9 (0.78%) ITGC
13 7 (0.61%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.52%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.52%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.52%) PMO
15 5 (0.43%) HIPAA
System Software
1 279 (24.26%) Active Directory
2 96 (8.35%) Docker
3 28 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.78%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.35%) vSphere
8 3 (0.26%) zsh
9 2 (0.17%) KVM
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.087%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.087%) IAG
10 1 (0.087%) RACF
10 1 (0.087%) Squid
10 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.087%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 136 (11.83%) Kubernetes
2 124 (10.78%) Single Sign-On
3 67 (5.83%) Ansible
4 44 (3.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 32 (2.78%) Grafana
6 17 (1.48%) Prometheus
7 16 (1.39%) Argo
8 11 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
9 10 (0.87%) Progress Chef
10 9 (0.78%) Kustomize
11 7 (0.61%) Istio
12 5 (0.43%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.43%) HAProxy
12 5 (0.43%) Podman
12 5 (0.43%) Puppet
13 4 (0.35%) SCCM
14 3 (0.26%) Forefront Identity Manager
14 3 (0.26%) NetBackup
14 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Management
14 3 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 400 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 100 (8.70%) Okta
3 90 (7.83%) CyberArk
4 75 (6.52%) Google
5 51 (4.43%) BeyondTrust
5 51 (4.43%) ServiceNow
6 49 (4.26%) Oracle
7 45 (3.91%) VMware
8 34 (2.96%) Zscaler
9 29 (2.52%) SAP
10 24 (2.09%) ForgeRock
11 21 (1.83%) Splunk
12 20 (1.74%) Cisco
13 16 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
13 16 (1.39%) Databricks
13 16 (1.39%) Ping Identity
14 15 (1.30%) Workday
15 13 (1.13%) Red Hat
16 11 (0.96%) Palo Alto
17 9 (0.78%) WALLIX