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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 178 197
Rank change year-on-year +40 +19 -7
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,081 536 503
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.01% 1.64% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 1.81% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 793 363 336
10th Percentile £410 £375 £425
25th Percentile £475 £454 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £525 £624
% change year-on-year +2.38% -15.80% +13.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 5
10th Percentile £14.85 £50.50 -
25th Percentile £51.38 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £77.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +225.63% -63.94%
75th Percentile £83.68 £96.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £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 45,369 29,617 32,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.56% 90.44% 85.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,730 18,446 20,728
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,902 1,758 1,607
10th Percentile £14.10 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.78 £17.30 £18.82
Median hourly rate £41.09 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.39% -40.82% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67.88 £47.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.56 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +92.49% -47.37% +14.67%

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 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 1 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 1 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 +23 881 £563 +2.27% 638
UK excluding London +53 520 £538 +2.38% 328
London +14 417 £575 -1.71% 367
Work from Home +36 345 £550 +4.76% 313
North of England +26 185 £515 +8.42% 91
South East +3 132 £580 -7.20% 108
Yorkshire +36 114 £538 +14.61% 36
Scotland +31 66 £478 -20.33% 24
North West -25 58 £515 +6.51% 45
South West -14 55 £588 +14.63% 45
Midlands -50 51 £580 +17.89% 29
West Midlands -35 39 £505 -8.18% 18
East of England -2 32 £555 -14.62% 15
North East -37 12 £500 -9.09% 11
East Midlands -26 10 £619 +53.92% 11
Wales -6 9 £475 -32.14% 6
Northern Ireland +4 1 - - 12
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 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.15%) Confluence
3 32 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.83%) Apache
5 5 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.46%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.37%) IIS
7 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.28%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.19%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.19%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.093%) Drupal
9 1 (0.093%) nginx
9 1 (0.093%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.46%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.19%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.093%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.093%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.093%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 458 (42.37%) Azure
2 317 (29.32%) Entra ID
3 260 (24.05%) AWS
4 143 (13.23%) GCP
5 85 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
6 67 (6.20%) GitHub
7 56 (5.18%) Azure DevOps
8 51 (4.72%) SaaS
9 50 (4.63%) GitHub Actions
10 49 (4.53%) Power Platform
11 42 (3.89%) Serverless
12 38 (3.52%) Azure Monitor
13 37 (3.42%) Azure AKS
14 35 (3.24%) Azure Sentinel
15 32 (2.96%) OCI
16 27 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
16 27 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
17 26 (2.41%) IaaS
17 26 (2.41%) PaaS
18 25 (2.31%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 90 (8.33%) Network Security
2 89 (8.23%) Firewall
3 67 (6.20%) DNS
4 38 (3.52%) VPN
5 33 (3.05%) WAN
6 25 (2.31%) DHCP
7 18 (1.67%) SD-WAN
8 12 (1.11%) LAN
9 11 (1.02%) SSL
10 10 (0.93%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.83%) BGP
11 9 (0.83%) IPsec
11 9 (0.83%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.74%) Internet
12 8 (0.74%) OSPF
13 7 (0.65%) BIG-IP
13 7 (0.65%) Ethernet VPN
13 7 (0.65%) HTTPS
13 7 (0.65%) Junos
13 7 (0.65%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 24 (2.22%) Metadata
3 23 (2.13%) Power BI
4 18 (1.67%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.93%) Data Lake
6 10 (0.93%) Neo4j
7 8 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.65%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.56%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.46%) Big Data
10 5 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.37%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (0.37%) Spark SQL
11 4 (0.37%) Tableau
12 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.28%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.28%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 51 (4.72%) JIRA
2 44 (4.07%) Git
3 39 (3.61%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.85%) GitLab
5 12 (1.11%) Gatling
5 12 (1.11%) Selenium
6 8 (0.74%) JMeter
7 7 (0.65%) NeoLoad
8 5 (0.46%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.46%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.28%) MSBuild
10 3 (0.28%) Postman
10 3 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.19%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.19%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.19%) Maven
General
1 309 (28.58%) Social Skills
2 224 (20.72%) Finance
3 135 (12.49%) Public Sector
4 112 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (6.75%) Banking
6 62 (5.74%) Retail
7 56 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
8 28 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.85%) Legal
10 19 (1.76%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.48%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.65%) Local Government
15 6 (0.56%) Law
15 6 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.56%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.46%) Automotive
16 5 (0.46%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 271 (25.07%) Architect
2 106 (9.81%) Lead
3 93 (8.60%) Security Architect
4 90 (8.33%) Analyst
5 74 (6.85%) Senior
6 69 (6.38%) Developer
7 51 (4.72%) Consultant
8 50 (4.63%) Business Analyst
9 49 (4.53%) Solutions Architect
10 47 (4.35%) Support Engineer
11 46 (4.26%) Project Manager
12 43 (3.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 40 (3.70%) Java Developer
14 38 (3.52%) Technical Architect
15 36 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
16 35 (3.24%) Security Engineer
17 34 (3.15%) Service Manager
17 34 (3.15%) Service Transition Manager
17 34 (3.15%) Transition Manager
18 32 (2.96%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (15.36%) Terraform
2 102 (9.44%) OAuth
3 90 (8.33%) OpenID
4 87 (8.05%) SailPoint
5 80 (7.40%) SAML
6 58 (5.37%) LDAP
7 56 (5.18%) REST
8 36 (3.33%) OAuth2
9 29 (2.68%) .NET
10 25 (2.31%) ARM Templates
11 20 (1.85%) React
12 18 (1.67%) Kafka
13 17 (1.57%) JSON
14 16 (1.48%) Node.js
15 15 (1.39%) .NET Framework
16 13 (1.20%) Middleware
16 13 (1.20%) Web Services
16 13 (1.20%) XML
17 12 (1.11%) Spring
18 11 (1.02%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 123 (11.38%) Onboarding
2 108 (9.99%) Cloud Native
3 95 (8.79%) PKI
4 48 (4.44%) Security Posture
5 44 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
6 40 (3.70%) Management Information System
7 35 (3.24%) Product Ownership
8 31 (2.87%) Operational Technology
9 29 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
10 27 (2.50%) Data Centre
11 26 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
12 25 (2.31%) Public Cloud
13 21 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
15 19 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
16 15 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
16 15 (1.39%) IoT
17 13 (1.20%) CMDB
18 12 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 117 (10.82%) Windows
2 83 (7.68%) Linux
3 50 (4.63%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (0.93%) Unix
5 9 (0.83%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.65%) VMS
7 6 (0.56%) Debian
8 5 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.46%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.37%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.28%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.19%) Android
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.093%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (24.42%) Cybersecurity
2 230 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 214 (19.80%) CI/CD
4 212 (19.61%) DevOps
5 199 (18.41%) Agile
6 172 (15.91%) Infrastructure as Code
7 170 (15.73%) RBAC
8 161 (14.89%) Zero Trust
9 160 (14.80%) Cloud Security
9 160 (14.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 146 (13.51%) Security Architecture
11 139 (12.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 138 (12.77%) Privileged Access Management
13 135 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
14 133 (12.30%) Roadmaps
15 118 (10.92%) Migration
16 114 (10.55%) Technical Leadership
17 112 (10.36%) AI
17 112 (10.36%) Identity Management
18 105 (9.71%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 174 (16.10%) PowerShell
2 159 (14.71%) Python
3 84 (7.77%) Java
4 76 (7.03%) SQL
5 65 (6.01%) Bash
6 52 (4.81%) Bicep
7 24 (2.22%) C#
8 14 (1.30%) Rust
9 12 (1.11%) Go
10 9 (0.83%) Scala
11 7 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.56%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.46%) JavaScript
14 4 (0.37%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.28%) Cypher
15 3 (0.28%) Groovy
15 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.19%) DAML
16 2 (0.19%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 317 (29.32%) Security Cleared
2 237 (21.92%) SC Cleared
3 93 (8.60%) CISSP
4 60 (5.55%) Azure Certification
4 60 (5.55%) DV Cleared
5 56 (5.18%) CISM
5 56 (5.18%) Degree
6 41 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (3.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 31 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 28 (2.59%) CCSP
10 26 (2.41%) AWS Certification
11 20 (1.85%) PMP
12 15 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (1.39%) PMI Certification
13 13 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.93%) FFIEC
15 9 (0.83%) CISA
16 8 (0.74%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (11.56%) NIST
2 117 (10.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (6.20%) GDPR
4 42 (3.89%) NCSC
5 37 (3.42%) GRC
6 21 (1.94%) Data Quality
6 21 (1.94%) QA
7 20 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (1.48%) PCI DSS
8 16 (1.48%) SLA
9 14 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (0.93%) COBIT
12 9 (0.83%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.74%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.74%) SOC 2
14 7 (0.65%) ITGC
14 7 (0.65%) PMO
15 6 (0.56%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 271 (25.07%) Active Directory
2 88 (8.14%) Docker
3 36 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (1.85%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.20%) VMware NSX
7 11 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.37%) vSphere
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 Workstation
9 2 (0.19%) zsh
10 1 (0.093%) IAG
10 1 (0.093%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.093%) Squid
10 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 117 (10.82%) Kubernetes
2 108 (9.99%) Single Sign-On
3 64 (5.92%) Ansible
4 36 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (2.78%) Grafana
6 15 (1.39%) Argo
6 15 (1.39%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (0.74%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.65%) Istio
10 6 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.56%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.46%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 5 (0.46%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.46%) Podman
12 4 (0.37%) Puppet
13 3 (0.28%) NetIQ Identity Manager
13 3 (0.28%) Oracle Identity Management
13 3 (0.28%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 360 (33.30%) Microsoft
2 98 (9.07%) Okta
3 80 (7.40%) CyberArk
4 66 (6.11%) Google
5 55 (5.09%) VMware
6 52 (4.81%) ServiceNow
7 48 (4.44%) Oracle
8 44 (4.07%) BeyondTrust
9 32 (2.96%) SAP
10 30 (2.78%) Zscaler
11 25 (2.31%) Splunk
12 23 (2.13%) Cisco
13 21 (1.94%) ForgeRock
13 21 (1.94%) Workday
14 15 (1.39%) Databricks
14 15 (1.39%) Ping Identity
15 14 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
16 11 (1.02%) Palo Alto
16 11 (1.02%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.93%) F5