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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 173 191
Rank change year-on-year +35 +18 -4
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,070 532 511
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.99% 1.62% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 1.79% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 790 369 344
10th Percentile £413 £375 £425
25th Percentile £476 £463 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £552 £589
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -6.24% -1.88%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £732 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £525 £622
% change year-on-year +2.86% -15.59% +8.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 4 5
10th Percentile £37.30 £50.50 -
25th Percentile - £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £77.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +225.63% -63.94%
75th Percentile £84.34 £96.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.88 £98.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.46 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -0.05% - -

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 45,595 29,691 33,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.72% 90.49% 85.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,992 18,509 21,072
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% -3.58%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £727 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,871 1,749 1,744
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.87
25th Percentile £18.27 £17.30 £18.00
Median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.68% -37.90% -2.41%
75th Percentile £67.89 £47.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -44.58% +10.67%

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 22 August 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 22 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 17 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 22 August 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 +23 871 £570 +3.64% 464
UK excluding London +37 507 £540 +2.86% 278
London +19 419 £575 -1.71% 232
Work from Home +45 347 £560 +6.67% 234
North of England +26 174 £515 +8.99% 82
South East -2 132 £588 -6.00% 86
Yorkshire +27 105 £538 +14.61% 31
Scotland +34 63 £478 -20.33% 19
North West -17 57 £517 +11.78% 45
South West -14 55 £575 +15.00% 42
Midlands -43 54 £626 +27.18% 26
West Midlands -34 38 £500 -9.09% 17
East of England -3 29 £550 -15.38% 15
East Midlands -26 14 £638 +57.02% 9
North East -36 11 £500 -9.09% 7
Wales -10 10 £471 -32.68% 4
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 35 (3.27%) Confluence
2 33 (3.08%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.84%) Apache
5 5 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.47%) 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 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.093%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.56%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.19%) R3 Corda
4 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.093%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 468 (43.74%) Azure
2 323 (30.19%) Entra ID
3 239 (22.34%) AWS
4 139 (12.99%) GCP
5 81 (7.57%) Microsoft 365
6 64 (5.98%) GitHub
7 55 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (4.86%) SaaS
9 50 (4.67%) Power Platform
10 48 (4.49%) GitHub Actions
11 46 (4.30%) Azure AKS
12 40 (3.74%) Azure Monitor
13 35 (3.27%) Serverless
14 34 (3.18%) Azure Sentinel
15 31 (2.90%) OCI
16 29 (2.71%) PaaS
17 27 (2.52%) IaaS
18 25 (2.34%) Microsoft Purview
19 24 (2.24%) Azure Key Vault
20 23 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 95 (8.88%) Network Security
2 89 (8.32%) Firewall
3 72 (6.73%) DNS
4 38 (3.55%) WAN
5 36 (3.36%) VPN
6 28 (2.62%) DHCP
7 19 (1.78%) SD-WAN
8 16 (1.50%) LAN
9 13 (1.21%) BGP
10 12 (1.12%) OSPF
11 11 (1.03%) BIG-IP
11 11 (1.03%) Ethernet VPN
11 11 (1.03%) Junos
11 11 (1.03%) SSL
11 11 (1.03%) VXLAN
12 10 (0.93%) Kerberos
13 9 (0.84%) TCP/IP
14 8 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
14 8 (0.75%) Internet
15 7 (0.65%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.87%) Power BI
3 13 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (1.21%) Metadata
3 13 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.03%) Relational Database
5 10 (0.93%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.84%) Neo4j
7 7 (0.65%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.56%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.56%) Oracle Exadata
9 5 (0.47%) Big Data
9 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.37%) Tableau
11 3 (0.28%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.28%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.19%) Trino
Development Applications
1 58 (5.42%) JIRA
2 43 (4.02%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.64%) Git
4 21 (1.96%) GitLab
5 12 (1.12%) Gatling
6 8 (0.75%) JMeter
7 7 (0.65%) NeoLoad
8 6 (0.56%) Selenium
9 5 (0.47%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.47%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.37%) Postman
10 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.28%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.19%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.19%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.19%) Maven
General
1 286 (26.73%) Social Skills
2 224 (20.93%) Finance
3 134 (12.52%) Public Sector
4 109 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (6.73%) Banking
6 62 (5.79%) Retail
7 56 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.87%) Legal
10 16 (1.50%) Aerospace
10 16 (1.50%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.65%) Local Government
14 6 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.47%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.47%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.47%) Law
15 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.28%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 267 (24.95%) Architect
2 112 (10.47%) Lead
3 91 (8.50%) Security Architect
4 90 (8.41%) Analyst
5 76 (7.10%) Senior
6 75 (7.01%) Developer
7 52 (4.86%) Business Analyst
8 48 (4.49%) Consultant
9 47 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
9 47 (4.39%) Support Engineer
10 46 (4.30%) Java Developer
11 43 (4.02%) Project Manager
12 42 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 42 (3.93%) Technical Architect
13 36 (3.36%) Cloud Engineer
14 34 (3.18%) Service Manager
14 34 (3.18%) Service Transition Manager
14 34 (3.18%) Transition Manager
15 33 (3.08%) Security Engineer
16 32 (2.99%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (15.33%) Terraform
2 94 (8.79%) OAuth
3 89 (8.32%) SailPoint
4 84 (7.85%) OpenID
5 76 (7.10%) SAML
6 58 (5.42%) LDAP
7 56 (5.23%) REST
8 33 (3.08%) OAuth2
9 30 (2.80%) .NET
10 24 (2.24%) ARM Templates
11 18 (1.68%) React
12 17 (1.59%) Kafka
13 16 (1.50%) Node.js
14 15 (1.40%) .NET Framework
14 15 (1.40%) JSON
14 15 (1.40%) Middleware
15 14 (1.31%) 802.1X
15 14 (1.31%) Spring
15 14 (1.31%) Web Services
16 13 (1.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 120 (11.21%) Onboarding
2 103 (9.63%) Cloud Native
3 98 (9.16%) PKI
4 50 (4.67%) Security Posture
5 40 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (3.27%) Management Information System
7 33 (3.08%) Product Ownership
8 31 (2.90%) Data Centre
9 30 (2.80%) Operational Technology
10 29 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (2.71%) Public Cloud
11 25 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
12 23 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
13 21 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (1.68%) Enterprise Cloud
15 15 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (1.21%) IoT
16 13 (1.21%) Virtual Team
17 12 (1.12%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 120 (11.21%) Windows
2 83 (7.76%) Linux
3 47 (4.39%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.03%) Unix
5 10 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.84%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.84%) VMS
7 6 (0.56%) Debian
8 5 (0.47%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.47%) 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
1 261 (24.39%) Cybersecurity
2 213 (19.91%) DevOps
2 213 (19.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 208 (19.44%) CI/CD
4 193 (18.04%) Agile
5 170 (15.89%) RBAC
6 167 (15.61%) Infrastructure as Code
7 158 (14.77%) Cloud Security
7 158 (14.77%) Zero Trust
8 150 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 141 (13.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 138 (12.90%) Security Architecture
11 136 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
12 133 (12.43%) Privileged Access Management
13 126 (11.78%) Roadmaps
14 115 (10.75%) Identity Management
15 114 (10.65%) Technical Leadership
16 113 (10.56%) Migration
17 101 (9.44%) AI
18 96 (8.97%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 174 (16.26%) PowerShell
2 150 (14.02%) Python
3 88 (8.22%) Java
4 77 (7.20%) SQL
5 62 (5.79%) Bash
6 55 (5.14%) Bicep
7 24 (2.24%) C#
8 14 (1.31%) Rust
9 12 (1.12%) Go
10 9 (0.84%) Scala
11 6 (0.56%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.47%) JavaScript
12 5 (0.47%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.37%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.28%) Cypher
14 3 (0.28%) Groovy
14 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.19%) DAML
15 2 (0.19%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 312 (29.16%) Security Cleared
2 231 (21.59%) SC Cleared
3 91 (8.50%) CISSP
4 61 (5.70%) Degree
5 59 (5.51%) DV Cleared
6 58 (5.42%) Azure Certification
7 54 (5.05%) CISM
8 41 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
9 39 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 31 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (2.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 25 (2.34%) CCSP
13 22 (2.06%) AWS Certification
14 19 (1.78%) PMP
15 15 (1.40%) PMI Certification
16 14 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
17 12 (1.12%) FFIEC
17 12 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
18 8 (0.75%) CISA
19 7 (0.65%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (11.12%) NIST
2 110 (10.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (6.17%) GDPR
4 47 (4.39%) NCSC
5 39 (3.64%) GRC
6 24 (2.24%) QA
7 21 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (1.50%) SLA
9 14 (1.31%) PCI DSS
10 13 (1.21%) Data Quality
11 12 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (1.03%) COBIT
12 11 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.93%) SOC 2
14 9 (0.84%) Accessibility
15 8 (0.75%) HIPAA
15 8 (0.75%) PMO
16 6 (0.56%) ITGC
16 6 (0.56%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 282 (26.36%) Active Directory
2 83 (7.76%) Docker
3 36 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.78%) Hyper-V
6 14 (1.31%) VMware NSX
7 11 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.37%) vSphere
9 2 (0.19%) IAG
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%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.093%) Squid
10 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 118 (11.03%) Kubernetes
2 108 (10.09%) Single Sign-On
3 65 (6.07%) Ansible
4 33 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (2.71%) Grafana
6 15 (1.40%) Prometheus
7 14 (1.31%) Argo
8 13 (1.21%) FortiGate
9 8 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.65%) Istio
10 7 (0.65%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.56%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 6 (0.56%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.47%) HAProxy
13 4 (0.37%) NetIQ Identity Manager
13 4 (0.37%) Podman
13 4 (0.37%) Puppet
14 3 (0.28%) NetBackup
14 3 (0.28%) WMI
Vendors
1 353 (32.99%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.72%) Okta
3 79 (7.38%) CyberArk
4 64 (5.98%) Google
5 55 (5.14%) VMware
6 48 (4.49%) Oracle
7 47 (4.39%) ServiceNow
8 45 (4.21%) BeyondTrust
9 37 (3.46%) SAP
10 28 (2.62%) ForgeRock
10 28 (2.62%) Zscaler
11 27 (2.52%) Cisco
12 26 (2.43%) Splunk
13 20 (1.87%) Workday
14 15 (1.40%) Databricks
15 14 (1.31%) F5
15 14 (1.31%) Ping Identity
16 12 (1.12%) Juniper
17 11 (1.03%) Red Hat
17 11 (1.03%) SolarWinds