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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 175 190
Rank change year-on-year +13 +15 +55
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 696 454 569
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.71% 1.49% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 1.66% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 317 397
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £510 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +0.40%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £725
90th Percentile £724 £780 £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 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 35,244 27,423 38,727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.69% 89.85% 87.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,345 16,931 25,318
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 £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,112 856 2,183
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.94 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £32.91 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.68% -3.93% -2.14%
75th Percentile £60.79 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.38 £72.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.81% -9.26% -

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 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 23 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 23 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 +29 645 £550 -8.33% 135
UK excluding London +26 350 £550 -8.33% 101
London +21 282 £568 -9.20% 53
Work from Home +10 202 £531 -7.65% 76
North of England +22 145 £520 -2.62% 17
Yorkshire +1 93 £518 -13.75% 2
Midlands -13 72 £550 -6.73% 19
South East -5 67 £583 -10.38% 46
West Midlands -26 61 £550 -7.07% 13
South West +11 53 £675 +17.39% 11
North West -5 47 £550 +4.76% 14
Scotland -8 11 £800 +52.38% 1
East Midlands -17 10 £550 +10.00% 6
East of England -32 8 £500 -23.08% 9
North East -12 6 £491 -9.17% 1

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 46 (6.61%) Confluence
2 35 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (4.31%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.01%) Apache
5 5 (0.72%) IIS
5 5 (0.72%) iPlanet
5 5 (0.72%) JBoss
5 5 (0.72%) WebSphere
5 5 (0.72%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.43%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Mendix
8 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.14%) Traefik
Applications
1 18 (2.59%) MS Visio
2 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.15%) Maximo
2 3 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.29%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 291 (41.81%) Azure
2 214 (30.75%) Entra ID
3 143 (20.55%) AWS
4 90 (12.93%) GCP
5 66 (9.48%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (5.03%) GitHub
6 35 (5.03%) SaaS
7 34 (4.89%) Azure Sentinel
8 33 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (3.59%) OpenShift
10 23 (3.30%) Azure AKS
10 23 (3.30%) Serverless
11 22 (3.16%) Azure Monitor
11 22 (3.16%) IaaS
12 21 (3.02%) PaaS
13 20 (2.87%) Power Platform
14 19 (2.73%) Microsoft Purview
15 18 (2.59%) Amazon EKS
16 17 (2.44%) OneDrive
17 15 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 76 (10.92%) Firewall
2 67 (9.63%) DNS
3 58 (8.33%) Network Security
4 37 (5.32%) DHCP
5 34 (4.89%) Kerberos
6 31 (4.45%) VPN
7 25 (3.59%) SSL
8 17 (2.44%) BGP
8 17 (2.44%) OSPF
8 17 (2.44%) WAN
9 16 (2.30%) LAN
10 13 (1.87%) BIG-IP
10 13 (1.87%) Ethernet VPN
10 13 (1.87%) Junos
10 13 (1.87%) VXLAN
11 11 (1.58%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (1.44%) TCP/IP
12 10 (1.44%) WebEx
13 7 (1.01%) Internet
14 6 (0.86%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.16%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.87%) NoSQL
2 13 (1.87%) Power BI
3 11 (1.58%) MongoDB
4 10 (1.44%) DocumentDB
5 9 (1.29%) Oracle Database
6 7 (1.01%) Tableau
7 5 (0.72%) BigQuery
7 5 (0.72%) MySQL
8 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.57%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.43%) 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 65 (9.34%) JIRA
2 37 (5.32%) Jenkins
3 31 (4.45%) Git
4 25 (3.59%) GitLab
5 16 (2.30%) Postman
6 15 (2.16%) Selenium
7 10 (1.44%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.44%) REST Assured
8 8 (1.15%) Jaeger
9 6 (0.86%) TestRail
10 5 (0.72%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (0.72%) CA Release Automation
10 5 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.57%) Gatling
11 4 (0.57%) JMeter
11 4 (0.57%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.57%) NeoLoad
11 4 (0.57%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.43%) JUnit
12 3 (0.43%) MSI
General
1 199 (28.59%) Social Skills
2 136 (19.54%) Finance
3 81 (11.64%) Public Sector
4 78 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (7.76%) Banking
6 27 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.45%) Legal
8 18 (2.59%) Financial Institution
9 16 (2.30%) Investment Banking
10 13 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.15%) Military
13 6 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.86%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.86%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.72%) Police
15 4 (0.57%) Electronics
15 4 (0.57%) Marketing
15 4 (0.57%) Retail
16 3 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 219 (31.47%) Architect
2 78 (11.21%) Analyst
3 77 (11.06%) Solutions Architect
4 59 (8.48%) Senior
5 56 (8.05%) Security Architect
6 53 (7.61%) Lead
7 39 (5.60%) Business Analyst
8 36 (5.17%) Consultant
9 29 (4.17%) Security Engineer
10 24 (3.45%) Developer
11 22 (3.16%) Azure Architect
12 21 (3.02%) Azure Engineer
12 21 (3.02%) DevOps Engineer
13 20 (2.87%) Cloud Architect
13 20 (2.87%) Project Manager
14 18 (2.59%) Identity Management Architect
15 16 (2.30%) Cloud Engineer
16 15 (2.16%) Lead Architect
17 14 (2.01%) Platform Engineer
17 14 (2.01%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (12.36%) SAML
2 84 (12.07%) OAuth
3 81 (11.64%) SailPoint
4 65 (9.34%) OpenID
5 57 (8.19%) LDAP
6 43 (6.18%) REST
7 28 (4.02%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.74%) OAuth2
9 24 (3.45%) .NET
10 23 (3.30%) Kafka
11 20 (2.87%) Spring Boot
12 17 (2.44%) Middleware
12 17 (2.44%) Node.js
13 13 (1.87%) 802.1X
13 13 (1.87%) RESTful
13 13 (1.87%) Spring
14 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Graph
15 10 (1.44%) HTML
15 10 (1.44%) Playwright
15 10 (1.44%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.76%) Onboarding
2 46 (6.61%) PKI
3 42 (6.03%) Management Information System
4 39 (5.60%) Cloud Native
5 30 (4.31%) Security Posture
6 28 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (3.30%) Data Centre
7 23 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (2.73%) Product Ownership
9 17 (2.44%) Replication
10 13 (1.87%) Clustering
11 12 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.29%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.86%) BYOD
15 5 (0.72%) Cloud Security Posture
15 5 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.72%) NHS
15 5 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 99 (14.22%) Windows
2 50 (7.18%) Windows Server
3 46 (6.61%) Linux
4 11 (1.58%) Mac OS
4 11 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.15%) Unix
5 8 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.72%) Android
6 5 (0.72%) VMS
7 4 (0.57%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.29%) CentOS
9 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.14%) Rocky
10 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (21.70%) Cybersecurity
2 137 (19.68%) RBAC
3 128 (18.39%) CI/CD
4 117 (16.81%) DevOps
5 114 (16.38%) Cloud Security
6 104 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
7 102 (14.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 95 (13.65%) Privileged Access Management
9 94 (13.51%) Agile
10 92 (13.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 87 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
12 83 (11.93%) Identity Management
13 79 (11.35%) Zero Trust
14 70 (10.06%) Data Protection
15 62 (8.91%) Incident Response
16 61 (8.76%) Roadmaps
17 60 (8.62%) Migration
17 60 (8.62%) SIEM
18 56 (8.05%) Test Automation
19 53 (7.61%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 127 (18.25%) PowerShell
2 80 (11.49%) Python
3 58 (8.33%) Java
4 49 (7.04%) SQL
5 36 (5.17%) JavaScript
6 29 (4.17%) Bicep
7 24 (3.45%) Bash
8 16 (2.30%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.72%) C#
10 9 (1.29%) Groovy
10 9 (1.29%) Rust
10 9 (1.29%) Scala
11 8 (1.15%) PHP
12 7 (1.01%) Perl
13 6 (0.86%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.72%) Go
15 4 (0.57%) Cypher
16 3 (0.43%) C++
17 2 (0.29%) BeanShell
17 2 (0.29%) C
Qualifications
1 228 (32.76%) Security Cleared
2 166 (23.85%) SC Cleared
3 88 (12.64%) CISSP
4 70 (10.06%) CISM
5 58 (8.33%) DV Cleared
6 47 (6.75%) Degree
7 44 (6.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (5.46%) Azure Certification
9 29 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (2.59%) TOGAF Certification
11 16 (2.30%) AWS Certification
12 14 (2.01%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 13 (1.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 12 (1.72%) CCSP
15 11 (1.58%) PMI Certification
16 10 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.44%) PhD
17 9 (1.29%) PMP
18 7 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (11.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (10.49%) GDPR
3 70 (10.06%) NIST
4 33 (4.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (2.87%) GRC
6 19 (2.73%) PCI DSS
7 16 (2.30%) QA
8 13 (1.87%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.87%) NCSC
9 8 (1.15%) COBIT
9 8 (1.15%) HIPAA
9 8 (1.15%) NIST 800
10 7 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (1.01%) Data Quality
11 6 (0.86%) ITGC
11 6 (0.86%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.86%) SOX 404
12 5 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.72%) SLA
13 4 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 205 (29.45%) Active Directory
2 62 (8.91%) Docker
3 20 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.44%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (1.01%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (0.72%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 5 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.72%) vSphere
8 3 (0.43%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.29%) IAG
9 2 (0.29%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.29%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.29%) OpenIDM
9 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.14%) GPFS
10 1 (0.14%) Lustre
10 1 (0.14%) NetIQ eDirectory
10 1 (0.14%) RACF
10 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 97 (13.94%) Terraform
2 96 (13.79%) Single Sign-On
3 80 (11.49%) Kubernetes
4 49 (7.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 26 (3.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (3.16%) Ansible
7 14 (2.01%) FortiGate
7 14 (2.01%) Grafana
8 11 (1.58%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.58%) SCCM
9 8 (1.15%) CA Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.15%) Kiali
10 6 (0.86%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 6 (0.86%) NetIQ Identity Manager
10 6 (0.86%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.72%) CA Wily
11 5 (0.72%) Istio
11 5 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.72%) QRadar
11 5 (0.72%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 236 (33.91%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.05%) CyberArk
3 55 (7.90%) Google
4 53 (7.61%) Okta
5 46 (6.61%) Splunk
6 35 (5.03%) ServiceNow
7 31 (4.45%) Oracle
8 29 (4.17%) Cisco
9 28 (4.02%) VMware
10 20 (2.87%) SAP
11 18 (2.59%) Citrix
12 17 (2.44%) Red Hat
13 16 (2.30%) BiZZdesign
13 16 (2.30%) Zscaler
14 15 (2.16%) Centrify
15 14 (2.01%) BeyondTrust
15 14 (2.01%) F5
15 14 (2.01%) IBM
15 14 (2.01%) Juniper
16 13 (1.87%) SolarWinds