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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 171 182
Rank change year-on-year +18 +11 +17
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 825 462 558
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.68% 1.60% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.76% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 338 391
10th Percentile £400 £406 £419
25th Percentile £488 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £588 £620
Median % change year-on-year -4.68% -5.24% -0.80%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £722
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £650
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 2
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile £87.96 - -
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 41,610 26,282 36,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.67% 91.03% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,026 16,812 23,631
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,481 1,100 2,513
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.30 £27.97 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.26% -23.38% -1.35%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.88 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -33.82% +8.57%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +16 708 £575 -2.13% 169
UK excluding London +30 406 £550 - 113
London +9 312 £595 -4.03% 79
Work from Home +14 278 £550 - 91
North of England +13 140 £539 +2.62% 28
South East -13 108 £581 -10.62% 47
Yorkshire +11 95 £538 +14.61% 8
Midlands -26 72 £550 - 9
South West -3 60 £600 +9.09% 13
West Midlands -35 56 £525 -10.64% 6
North West -29 44 £575 +9.52% 17
Scotland +18 30 £540 +1.12% 7
East Midlands -24 14 £619 +42.32% 3
East of England -35 5 £608 -6.54% 5
Wales - 5 £468 - 4
North East -24 1 £400 -6.98% 3
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 25 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.79%) Confluence
3 21 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.85%) Apache
5 6 (0.73%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.48%) IIS
7 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.12%) Mendix
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (1.33%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.61%) Maximo
2 5 (0.61%) 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
1 407 (49.33%) Azure
2 262 (31.76%) Entra ID
3 184 (22.30%) AWS
4 111 (13.45%) GCP
5 73 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (5.94%) Azure AKS
8 48 (5.82%) GitHub
9 42 (5.09%) Power Platform
10 39 (4.73%) Azure Sentinel
11 36 (4.36%) SaaS
12 30 (3.64%) Serverless
13 29 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
14 28 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
15 27 (3.27%) IaaS
15 27 (3.27%) PaaS
16 19 (2.30%) OpenShift
17 18 (2.18%) Azure Logic Apps
17 18 (2.18%) Power Automate
18 17 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 81 (9.82%) DNS
1 81 (9.82%) Firewall
2 78 (9.45%) Network Security
3 48 (5.82%) DHCP
4 47 (5.70%) WAN
5 32 (3.88%) VPN
6 28 (3.39%) LAN
7 26 (3.15%) BGP
7 26 (3.15%) OSPF
8 24 (2.91%) BIG-IP
8 24 (2.91%) Ethernet VPN
8 24 (2.91%) Junos
8 24 (2.91%) VXLAN
9 23 (2.79%) SSL
10 21 (2.55%) Kerberos
11 19 (2.30%) Cisco ISE
12 18 (2.18%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.97%) Internet
14 7 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.73%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.79%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.94%) Power BI
3 11 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (1.21%) MongoDB
4 10 (1.21%) NoSQL
5 9 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.09%) Tableau
6 8 (0.97%) Neo4j
7 6 (0.73%) DocumentDB
7 6 (0.73%) MySQL
8 3 (0.36%) Big Data
8 3 (0.36%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.24%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (8.00%) JIRA
2 54 (6.55%) Jenkins
3 30 (3.64%) Git
4 23 (2.79%) GitLab
5 17 (2.06%) Postman
6 14 (1.70%) Selenium
7 10 (1.21%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.21%) REST Assured
8 9 (1.09%) Gatling
9 8 (0.97%) Jaeger
10 5 (0.61%) Maven
10 5 (0.61%) 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%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.24%) git-flow
13 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 201 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 144 (17.45%) Finance
3 108 (13.09%) Public Sector
4 58 (7.03%) Banking
5 56 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (4.61%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (3.15%) Legal
8 20 (2.42%) Retail
9 15 (1.82%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.45%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.09%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.85%) Military
13 7 (0.85%) Police
14 5 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.48%) 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
1 232 (28.12%) Architect
2 81 (9.82%) Senior
3 77 (9.33%) Lead
4 69 (8.36%) Analyst
5 61 (7.39%) Developer
6 60 (7.27%) Security Architect
7 39 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
8 35 (4.24%) Java Developer
9 29 (3.52%) DevOps Engineer
9 29 (3.52%) Project Manager
9 29 (3.52%) Security Engineer
10 28 (3.39%) Consultant
11 26 (3.15%) Azure Engineer
12 25 (3.03%) Technical Architect
13 24 (2.91%) Business Analyst
13 24 (2.91%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
13 24 (2.91%) Identity Management Analyst
14 23 (2.79%) Cloud Engineer
15 22 (2.67%) Cloud Architect
16 19 (2.30%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (11.64%) SailPoint
2 80 (9.70%) SAML
3 74 (8.97%) OAuth
4 68 (8.24%) OpenID
5 62 (7.52%) LDAP
6 44 (5.33%) REST
7 28 (3.39%) ARM Templates
8 27 (3.27%) OAuth2
9 26 (3.15%) 802.1X
10 23 (2.79%) Kafka
11 22 (2.67%) Spring Boot
12 21 (2.55%) Middleware
13 20 (2.42%) .NET
14 19 (2.30%) Node.js
15 15 (1.82%) Playwright
16 14 (1.70%) Spring
17 11 (1.33%) RESTful
18 10 (1.21%) YAML
19 9 (1.09%) JSON
19 9 (1.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 78 (9.45%) PKI
2 77 (9.33%) Onboarding
3 62 (7.52%) Cloud Native
4 43 (5.21%) Data Centre
5 31 (3.76%) Management Information System
6 29 (3.52%) Security Posture
7 26 (3.15%) Public Cloud
8 25 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (2.91%) Clustering
10 23 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (2.42%) Operational Technology
11 20 (2.42%) Replication
12 18 (2.18%) Product Ownership
13 16 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
17 8 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
17 8 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
17 8 (0.97%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 115 (13.94%) Windows
2 56 (6.79%) Linux
3 36 (4.36%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.09%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.09%) Unix
5 7 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.73%) Debian
6 6 (0.73%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.48%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.48%) VMS
8 3 (0.36%) Android
9 1 (0.12%) CentOS
9 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (23.64%) DevOps
2 182 (22.06%) Cybersecurity
3 160 (19.39%) CI/CD
4 142 (17.21%) Agile
5 138 (16.73%) RBAC
6 134 (16.24%) Zero Trust
7 122 (14.79%) Cloud Security
8 105 (12.73%) Infrastructure as Code
9 101 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
10 100 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 98 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
12 87 (10.55%) Security Architecture
13 83 (10.06%) Identity Management
14 76 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
15 75 (9.09%) High Availability
15 75 (9.09%) Migration
16 74 (8.97%) AI
17 73 (8.85%) Observability
18 72 (8.73%) Roadmaps
19 70 (8.48%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 140 (16.97%) PowerShell
2 106 (12.85%) Python
3 95 (11.52%) Java
4 69 (8.36%) SQL
5 44 (5.33%) Bicep
6 25 (3.03%) Bash
7 17 (2.06%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.70%) Rust
8 14 (1.70%) Scala
9 9 (1.09%) Go
9 9 (1.09%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.85%) C#
11 5 (0.61%) PHP
12 4 (0.48%) Cypher
12 4 (0.48%) Groovy
13 3 (0.36%) C++
13 3 (0.36%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.36%) R
14 2 (0.24%) C
14 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 271 (32.85%) Security Cleared
2 194 (23.52%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.09%) CISSP
4 70 (8.48%) DV Cleared
5 48 (5.82%) CISM
6 47 (5.70%) Cisco Certification
7 38 (4.61%) Azure Certification
7 38 (4.61%) Degree
8 29 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (3.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 24 (2.91%) CCSP
11 19 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.58%) AWS Certification
13 10 (1.21%) PMI Certification
13 10 (1.21%) PMP
14 8 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (0.85%) CISA
15 7 (0.85%) JNCIA
15 7 (0.85%) JNCIP
15 7 (0.85%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (11.15%) NIST
2 90 (10.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 77 (9.33%) GDPR
4 34 (4.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 27 (3.27%) GRC
5 27 (3.27%) NCSC
6 20 (2.42%) QA
7 16 (1.94%) PCI DSS
8 13 (1.58%) Accessibility
9 11 (1.33%) SLA
10 10 (1.21%) NIST 800
11 9 (1.09%) HIPAA
11 9 (1.09%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.61%) PMO
13 4 (0.48%) COBIT
13 4 (0.48%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
14 3 (0.36%) GxP
System Software
1 217 (26.30%) Active Directory
2 66 (8.00%) Docker
3 27 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.82%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.21%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.85%) 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%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Squid
11 1 (0.12%) vSphere
11 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 122 (14.79%) Terraform
2 108 (13.09%) Kubernetes
3 93 (11.27%) Single Sign-On
4 45 (5.45%) Ansible
5 30 (3.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (2.91%) FortiGate
7 21 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (2.06%) Grafana
9 12 (1.45%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.09%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 9 (1.09%) NetIQ Identity Manager
10 9 (1.09%) SCCM
11 8 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.97%) Kiali
11 8 (0.97%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.61%) HAProxy
12 5 (0.61%) Istio
13 4 (0.48%) Argo
14 3 (0.36%) Oracle Identity Management
14 3 (0.36%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 246 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 83 (10.06%) Okta
3 58 (7.03%) Google
4 49 (5.94%) Splunk
5 44 (5.33%) ServiceNow
6 38 (4.61%) CyberArk
7 35 (4.24%) VMware
8 34 (4.12%) Cisco
9 28 (3.39%) ForgeRock
10 27 (3.27%) SAP
11 26 (3.15%) F5
12 25 (3.03%) Oracle
13 24 (2.91%) Juniper
13 24 (2.91%) SolarWinds
14 22 (2.67%) Extreme Networks
15 21 (2.55%) Zscaler
16 19 (2.30%) Workday
17 17 (2.06%) BeyondTrust
18 14 (1.70%) Citrix
18 14 (1.70%) CrowdStrike