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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 161 185
Rank change year-on-year +1 +24 +40
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 740 479 566
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.62% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 1.79% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 345 399
10th Percentile £400 £413 £413
25th Percentile £466 £508 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.84%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £725
90th Percentile £725 £751 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £71.02 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile £93.63 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 - -

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 37,591 26,736 38,298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 90.46% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,832 17,220 24,877
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.54% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,217 938 2,335
10th Percentile £14.99 £15.21 £12.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.94 £16.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.51 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.28 £71.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.31 £31.76 £31.13
% change year-on-year -7.73% +2.04% -12.14%

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 23 March 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 23 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 16 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 23 March 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 +19 670 £550 -12.00% 143
UK excluding London +10 370 £550 -8.33% 97
London +22 290 £570 -9.16% 63
Work from Home -10 224 £550 - 65
North of England +20 146 £537 +2.29% 19
Yorkshire +6 92 £525 +14.25% 4
South East -41 81 £591 -9.04% 46
Midlands -23 77 £550 -6.73% 11
West Midlands -27 63 £550 -8.33% 7
South West +5 53 £675 +17.39% 8
North West +1 50 £563 +7.14% 15
Scotland -7 13 £550 +4.76% 1
East Midlands -26 12 £638 +27.50% 4
East of England -31 6 £500 -23.08% 11
North East -10 5 £466 +8.37%
Wales -8 1 £250 -66.67% 3

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 42 (5.68%) Confluence
2 37 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (4.32%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.68%) Apache Superset
5 4 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.14%) CMS
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Mendix
7 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (2.03%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.95%) Maximo
3 3 (0.41%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 330 (44.59%) Azure
2 242 (32.70%) Entra ID
3 153 (20.68%) AWS
4 93 (12.57%) GCP
5 75 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (6.22%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (5.81%) GitHub
8 35 (4.73%) Azure AKS
8 35 (4.73%) Azure Sentinel
8 35 (4.73%) SaaS
9 34 (4.59%) Power Platform
10 32 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
11 27 (3.65%) Serverless
12 26 (3.51%) PaaS
13 24 (3.24%) IaaS
14 20 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (2.57%) OneDrive
16 18 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
17 16 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
17 16 (2.16%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 87 (11.76%) Firewall
2 77 (10.41%) DNS
3 67 (9.05%) Network Security
4 44 (5.95%) DHCP
5 33 (4.46%) VPN
5 33 (4.46%) WAN
6 26 (3.51%) Kerberos
7 25 (3.38%) LAN
8 23 (3.11%) SSL
9 22 (2.97%) BGP
9 22 (2.97%) OSPF
10 20 (2.70%) BIG-IP
10 20 (2.70%) Ethernet VPN
10 20 (2.70%) Junos
10 20 (2.70%) VXLAN
11 15 (2.03%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (1.49%) SD-WAN
12 11 (1.49%) WebEx
13 9 (1.22%) Internet
14 6 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.57%) Power BI
2 15 (2.03%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.76%) NoSQL
4 11 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (1.49%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.35%) DocumentDB
5 10 (1.35%) Tableau
6 5 (0.68%) BigQuery
6 5 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.68%) MySQL
6 5 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.54%) Neo4j
7 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.41%) Redis
9 2 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 74 (10.00%) JIRA
2 38 (5.14%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.92%) Git
4 26 (3.51%) GitLab
5 17 (2.30%) Postman
6 15 (2.03%) Selenium
7 10 (1.35%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.35%) REST Assured
8 8 (1.08%) Jaeger
9 5 (0.68%) Gatling
9 5 (0.68%) TestRail
10 4 (0.54%) JMeter
10 4 (0.54%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.54%) NeoLoad
10 4 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.41%) JUnit
11 3 (0.41%) Maven
11 3 (0.41%) MSI
12 2 (0.27%) Fiddler
12 2 (0.27%) Metasploit
General
1 191 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 124 (16.76%) Finance
3 90 (12.16%) Public Sector
4 72 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (7.16%) Banking
6 31 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (4.05%) Legal
8 16 (2.16%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.62%) Financial Institution
10 11 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.08%) Military
12 7 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.81%) Retail
14 5 (0.68%) Police
15 4 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.41%) Local Government
16 3 (0.41%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.27%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 233 (31.49%) Architect
2 76 (10.27%) Analyst
3 72 (9.73%) Solutions Architect
4 69 (9.32%) Lead
4 69 (9.32%) Senior
5 58 (7.84%) Security Architect
6 37 (5.00%) Business Analyst
7 28 (3.78%) Consultant
7 28 (3.78%) Developer
8 27 (3.65%) Security Engineer
9 24 (3.24%) Azure Engineer
9 24 (3.24%) Project Manager
10 22 (2.97%) Cloud Architect
10 22 (2.97%) DevOps Engineer
10 22 (2.97%) Lead Architect
11 21 (2.84%) Azure Architect
12 19 (2.57%) Technical Architect
13 18 (2.43%) Identity Management Architect
14 17 (2.30%) Platform Engineer
15 15 (2.03%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (10.68%) SAML
2 78 (10.54%) OAuth
3 74 (10.00%) SailPoint
4 61 (8.24%) OpenID
5 50 (6.76%) LDAP
5 50 (6.76%) REST
6 29 (3.92%) ARM Templates
6 29 (3.92%) OAuth2
7 25 (3.38%) .NET
8 23 (3.11%) Kafka
8 23 (3.11%) Spring Boot
9 22 (2.97%) 802.1X
10 19 (2.57%) Middleware
11 17 (2.30%) Node.js
12 16 (2.16%) Spring
13 14 (1.89%) RESTful
14 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Graph
14 11 (1.49%) Playwright
14 11 (1.49%) XMPP
15 10 (1.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.65%) Onboarding
2 55 (7.43%) PKI
3 47 (6.35%) Cloud Native
4 39 (5.27%) Management Information System
5 32 (4.32%) Data Centre
6 31 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (4.19%) Security Posture
7 23 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (2.70%) Clustering
8 20 (2.70%) Product Ownership
9 18 (2.43%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (2.03%) Replication
12 12 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.81%) Operational Technology
15 5 (0.68%) AI Agents
15 5 (0.68%) Cloud Security Posture
15 5 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
15 5 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 104 (14.05%) Windows
2 47 (6.35%) Windows Server
3 35 (4.73%) Linux
4 10 (1.35%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.08%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.81%) VMS
7 5 (0.68%) Android
7 5 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.41%) Unix
9 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.14%) CentOS
10 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.14%) Rocky
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (21.76%) Cybersecurity
2 147 (19.86%) RBAC
3 139 (18.78%) DevOps
4 135 (18.24%) CI/CD
5 116 (15.68%) Cloud Security
6 112 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
7 107 (14.46%) Agile
8 103 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 99 (13.38%) Infrastructure as Code
10 90 (12.16%) Identity Management
10 90 (12.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 88 (11.89%) Zero Trust
12 84 (11.35%) Privileged Access Management
13 73 (9.86%) Migration
14 69 (9.32%) Data Protection
15 66 (8.92%) Observability
16 63 (8.51%) Analytics
17 62 (8.38%) Roadmaps
18 60 (8.11%) High Availability
19 59 (7.97%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 131 (17.70%) PowerShell
2 84 (11.35%) Python
3 68 (9.19%) Java
4 61 (8.24%) SQL
5 37 (5.00%) Bicep
6 31 (4.19%) JavaScript
7 23 (3.11%) Bash
8 13 (1.76%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.35%) Scala
10 9 (1.22%) C#
10 9 (1.22%) Rust
11 8 (1.08%) PHP
12 7 (0.95%) Perl
13 4 (0.54%) Cypher
13 4 (0.54%) Groovy
14 3 (0.41%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.41%) C++
14 3 (0.41%) Go
14 3 (0.41%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 252 (34.05%) Security Cleared
2 179 (24.19%) SC Cleared
3 82 (11.08%) CISSP
4 65 (8.78%) CISM
5 64 (8.65%) DV Cleared
6 50 (6.76%) Degree
7 42 (5.68%) Azure Certification
7 42 (5.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (2.30%) TOGAF Certification
10 15 (2.03%) AWS Certification
11 14 (1.89%) Master's Degree
11 14 (1.89%) PMI Certification
12 13 (1.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (1.62%) CCSP
13 12 (1.62%) PMP
14 10 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 10 (1.35%) PhD
15 8 (1.08%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (9.86%) GDPR
2 71 (9.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 64 (8.65%) NIST
4 35 (4.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 22 (2.97%) GRC
6 19 (2.57%) QA
7 18 (2.43%) NCSC
7 18 (2.43%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.49%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.49%) COBIT
9 9 (1.22%) HIPAA
10 8 (1.08%) Data Quality
11 7 (0.95%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.95%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.81%) ITGC
12 6 (0.81%) SOX 404
13 5 (0.68%) PMO
13 5 (0.68%) SLA
14 2 (0.27%) GxP
System Software
1 223 (30.14%) Active Directory
2 58 (7.84%) Docker
3 29 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.62%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.08%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.95%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 4 (0.54%) vSphere
9 3 (0.41%) IAG
10 2 (0.27%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.27%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.27%) OpenIDM
10 2 (0.27%) RACF
11 1 (0.14%) GPFS
11 1 (0.14%) Lustre
11 1 (0.14%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 107 (14.46%) Terraform
2 94 (12.70%) Single Sign-On
3 88 (11.89%) Kubernetes
4 47 (6.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 28 (3.78%) Ansible
6 23 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (2.84%) FortiGate
8 15 (2.03%) Grafana
9 11 (1.49%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.35%) SCCM
11 8 (1.08%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 8 (1.08%) Kiali
11 8 (1.08%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 5 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.68%) QRadar
13 4 (0.54%) Istio
14 3 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.41%) CASB
14 3 (0.41%) Icinga
15 2 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 246 (33.24%) Microsoft
2 61 (8.24%) CyberArk
3 58 (7.84%) Okta
4 54 (7.30%) Google
5 46 (6.22%) Splunk
6 41 (5.54%) ServiceNow
7 38 (5.14%) Cisco
8 35 (4.73%) VMware
9 31 (4.19%) Oracle
10 26 (3.51%) SAP
11 22 (2.97%) F5
12 21 (2.84%) Juniper
13 20 (2.70%) SolarWinds
14 18 (2.43%) Citrix
14 18 (2.43%) Extreme Networks
15 16 (2.16%) BeyondTrust
15 16 (2.16%) BiZZdesign
16 15 (2.03%) Centrify
16 15 (2.03%) ForgeRock
16 15 (2.03%) Red Hat