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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 172 186
Rank change year-on-year +15 +14 +10
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 838 491 553
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.69% 1.68% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.84% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 556 353 374
10th Percentile £402 £403 £414
25th Percentile £481 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £585 £614
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% -4.68% +0.20%
75th Percentile £650 £684 £703
90th Percentile £750 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £650
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 2 3
10th Percentile £51.30 £61.75 -
25th Percentile - £68.13 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £82.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +246.64% -63.94%
75th Percentile £78.31 £93.13 -
90th Percentile £87.80 £97.25 -
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 42,104 26,621 36,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.75% 90.94% 85.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,283 16,896 23,594
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,537 1,167 2,565
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%
75th Percentile £67.89 £56.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +1 717 £570 -2.56% 160
UK excluding London +27 408 £550 - 136
London -2 322 £575 -4.17% 67
Work from Home +19 290 £550 - 119
North of England +17 143 £539 +2.62% 28
South East -6 108 £575 -11.54% 52
Yorkshire +18 96 £538 +14.61% 13
Midlands -31 70 £550 +4.76% 10
South West 0 58 £600 +9.09% 9
West Midlands -28 54 £538 -9.70% 3
North West -17 47 £550 +4.76% 11
Scotland +12 31 £540 +1.98% 33
East Midlands -31 14 £619 +47.32% 7
East of England -38 6 £505 -22.31% 5
Wales - 5 £468 - 5
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 27 (3.22%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.51%) Confluence
2 21 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.84%) Apache
4 6 (0.72%) Apache Superset
5 4 (0.48%) IIS
6 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.12%) Mendix
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (1.07%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.60%) Maximo
2 5 (0.60%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 410 (48.93%) Azure
2 270 (32.22%) Entra ID
3 186 (22.20%) AWS
4 117 (13.96%) GCP
5 76 (9.07%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (5.85%) Azure AKS
8 46 (5.49%) GitHub
8 46 (5.49%) Power Platform
9 38 (4.53%) Azure Sentinel
9 38 (4.53%) SaaS
10 30 (3.58%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (3.58%) Serverless
11 28 (3.34%) Azure Monitor
11 28 (3.34%) IaaS
11 28 (3.34%) PaaS
12 19 (2.27%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.27%) PowerApps
13 18 (2.15%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (2.15%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 81 (9.67%) DNS
2 78 (9.31%) Network Security
3 77 (9.19%) Firewall
4 48 (5.73%) DHCP
5 47 (5.61%) WAN
6 32 (3.82%) VPN
7 28 (3.34%) LAN
8 26 (3.10%) BGP
8 26 (3.10%) OSPF
9 24 (2.86%) BIG-IP
9 24 (2.86%) Ethernet VPN
9 24 (2.86%) Junos
9 24 (2.86%) VXLAN
10 21 (2.51%) Kerberos
11 19 (2.27%) Cisco ISE
12 18 (2.15%) SD-WAN
13 16 (1.91%) SSL
14 8 (0.95%) Internet
15 7 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
16 6 (0.72%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.74%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.27%) Power BI
3 11 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.07%) Neo4j
4 9 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.07%) Tableau
5 8 (0.95%) MongoDB
5 8 (0.95%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.72%) MySQL
7 4 (0.48%) DocumentDB
8 3 (0.36%) Big Data
8 3 (0.36%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.36%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (7.76%) JIRA
2 55 (6.56%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.70%) Git
4 25 (2.98%) GitLab
5 17 (2.03%) Postman
6 14 (1.67%) Selenium
7 10 (1.19%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.19%) REST Assured
8 9 (1.07%) Gatling
9 8 (0.95%) Jaeger
10 5 (0.60%) Maven
10 5 (0.60%) TestRail
11 4 (0.48%) JMeter
11 4 (0.48%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.48%) NeoLoad
12 3 (0.36%) JUnit
12 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.36%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 210 (25.06%) Social Skills
2 157 (18.74%) Finance
3 109 (13.01%) Public Sector
4 63 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (6.80%) Banking
6 37 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (3.10%) Legal
8 25 (2.98%) Retail
9 12 (1.43%) Financial Institution
9 12 (1.43%) Investment Banking
10 11 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.84%) Police
13 6 (0.72%) Military
13 6 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.60%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.48%) Local Government
16 3 (0.36%) Aviation
16 3 (0.36%) Law
16 3 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 228 (27.21%) Architect
2 79 (9.43%) Senior
3 74 (8.83%) Analyst
4 72 (8.59%) Lead
5 61 (7.28%) Developer
5 61 (7.28%) Security Architect
6 38 (4.53%) Solutions Architect
7 36 (4.30%) Java Developer
8 33 (3.94%) Consultant
9 32 (3.82%) Project Manager
10 29 (3.46%) Business Analyst
10 29 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
11 26 (3.10%) Azure Engineer
12 25 (2.98%) Security Engineer
12 25 (2.98%) Technical Architect
13 23 (2.74%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
13 23 (2.74%) Identity Management Analyst
14 22 (2.63%) Cloud Architect
15 21 (2.51%) Cloud Engineer
16 19 (2.27%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (11.93%) SailPoint
2 79 (9.43%) SAML
3 73 (8.71%) OAuth
4 67 (8.00%) OpenID
5 63 (7.52%) LDAP
6 44 (5.25%) REST
7 28 (3.34%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.10%) 802.1X
9 25 (2.98%) OAuth2
10 22 (2.63%) Kafka
10 22 (2.63%) Middleware
11 20 (2.39%) .NET
11 20 (2.39%) Spring Boot
12 16 (1.91%) Node.js
13 15 (1.79%) Playwright
14 12 (1.43%) Spring
15 11 (1.31%) Microsoft Graph
15 11 (1.31%) YAML
16 10 (1.19%) RESTful
17 9 (1.07%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.79%) Onboarding
2 73 (8.71%) PKI
3 64 (7.64%) Cloud Native
4 44 (5.25%) Data Centre
5 33 (3.94%) Management Information System
6 30 (3.58%) Security Posture
7 26 (3.10%) Public Cloud
8 25 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (2.86%) Clustering
10 23 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
11 22 (2.63%) Operational Technology
11 22 (2.63%) Product Ownership
12 20 (2.39%) Replication
13 16 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
15 13 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
18 8 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
18 8 (0.95%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 115 (13.72%) Windows
2 61 (7.28%) Linux
3 36 (4.30%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.07%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.07%) Unix
5 6 (0.72%) Debian
5 6 (0.72%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.48%) Alpine Linux
6 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.48%) VMS
7 3 (0.36%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (22.91%) DevOps
2 188 (22.43%) Cybersecurity
3 156 (18.62%) CI/CD
4 150 (17.90%) Agile
5 137 (16.35%) RBAC
5 137 (16.35%) Zero Trust
6 118 (14.08%) Cloud Security
7 110 (13.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 106 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
9 105 (12.53%) Infrastructure as Code
10 104 (12.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 86 (10.26%) Identity Management
11 86 (10.26%) Security Architecture
12 81 (9.67%) AI
12 81 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 74 (8.83%) High Availability
13 74 (8.83%) Migration
13 74 (8.83%) Privileged Access Management
13 74 (8.83%) Roadmaps
14 73 (8.71%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 143 (17.06%) PowerShell
2 106 (12.65%) Python
3 95 (11.34%) Java
4 73 (8.71%) SQL
5 44 (5.25%) Bicep
6 25 (2.98%) Bash
7 16 (1.91%) Rust
8 14 (1.67%) Scala
9 13 (1.55%) JavaScript
10 10 (1.19%) Go
11 9 (1.07%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.84%) C#
13 5 (0.60%) PHP
14 4 (0.48%) Cypher
14 4 (0.48%) Groovy
15 3 (0.36%) C++
15 3 (0.36%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.36%) R
15 3 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 270 (32.22%) Security Cleared
2 195 (23.27%) SC Cleared
3 71 (8.47%) CISSP
4 67 (8.00%) DV Cleared
5 48 (5.73%) Cisco Certification
6 43 (5.13%) CISM
7 40 (4.77%) Degree
8 37 (4.42%) Azure Certification
9 27 (3.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 27 (3.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (2.86%) CCSP
11 20 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (1.67%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.43%) PMP
14 10 (1.19%) PMI Certification
15 9 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (0.84%) CISA
16 7 (0.84%) JNCIA
16 7 (0.84%) JNCIP
16 7 (0.84%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (10.98%) NIST
2 90 (10.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (8.83%) GDPR
4 34 (4.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 28 (3.34%) NCSC
6 27 (3.22%) GRC
7 20 (2.39%) QA
8 13 (1.55%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.43%) Accessibility
10 11 (1.31%) SLA
11 10 (1.19%) NIST 800
12 9 (1.07%) HIPAA
12 9 (1.07%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.84%) PMO
14 5 (0.60%) COBIT
14 5 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.48%) Data Quality
16 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
16 3 (0.36%) GxP
System Software
1 226 (26.97%) Active Directory
2 67 (8.00%) Docker
3 27 (3.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.79%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.19%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.84%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.36%) IAG
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.24%) RACF
10 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.12%) GPFS
11 1 (0.12%) KVM
11 1 (0.12%) Lustre
11 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.12%) Squid
11 1 (0.12%) vSphere
11 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 120 (14.32%) Terraform
2 103 (12.29%) Kubernetes
3 98 (11.69%) Single Sign-On
4 47 (5.61%) Ansible
5 28 (3.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (2.86%) FortiGate
7 23 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (2.27%) Grafana
9 14 (1.67%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (1.07%) SCCM
11 8 (0.95%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 8 (0.95%) Kiali
11 8 (0.95%) Kustomize
11 8 (0.95%) NetIQ Identity Manager
12 5 (0.60%) HAProxy
12 5 (0.60%) Istio
13 4 (0.48%) Argo
14 3 (0.36%) Podman
14 3 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 249 (29.71%) Microsoft
2 89 (10.62%) Okta
3 61 (7.28%) Google
4 49 (5.85%) Splunk
5 45 (5.37%) ServiceNow
6 36 (4.30%) CyberArk
7 35 (4.18%) VMware
8 34 (4.06%) Cisco
9 29 (3.46%) ForgeRock
10 27 (3.22%) SAP
11 26 (3.10%) F5
11 26 (3.10%) Oracle
12 24 (2.86%) Juniper
12 24 (2.86%) SolarWinds
13 22 (2.63%) Extreme Networks
14 21 (2.51%) Zscaler
15 19 (2.27%) Workday
16 16 (1.91%) BeyondTrust
17 14 (1.67%) Citrix
17 14 (1.67%) CrowdStrike