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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 169 186
Rank change year-on-year +5 +17 +32
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 744 465 560
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.67% 1.60% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 1.77% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 483 335 403
10th Percentile £400 £413 £425
25th Percentile £467 £508 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £620
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -3.23% +1.64%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £725
90th Percentile £725 £751 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £588 £633
% change year-on-year -6.38% -7.11% +10.00%
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 38,122 26,294 38,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.61% 90.44% 86.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,155 17,082 24,859
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 £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.51% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,251 966 2,351
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.00 £12.84
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.24 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% -1.91% -10.48%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.72 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.00 £31.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -12.50%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +18 675 £550 -10.93% 157
UK excluding London +8 375 £550 -6.38% 109
London +7 284 £575 -8.37% 70
Work from Home -1 230 £550 -4.35% 80
North of England +22 146 £543 +3.43% 21
Yorkshire +8 89 £525 +14.25% 3
South East -24 88 £600 -7.69% 45
Midlands -23 78 £550 -7.07% 10
West Midlands -26 64 £550 -8.33% 6
South West +1 54 £675 +17.39% 9
North West -1 54 £550 +4.76% 17
East Midlands -28 12 £638 +27.50% 4
Scotland -13 8 £675 +28.57% 2
East of England -38 7 £575 -11.54% 19
North East -9 4 £508 +18.14% 1
Wales -12 1 £250 -66.67% 6

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 40 (5.38%) Confluence
2 34 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (4.17%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.81%) Apache Superset
5 4 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) Mendix
7 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (2.02%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.94%) Maximo
3 3 (0.40%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 332 (44.62%) Azure
2 241 (32.39%) Entra ID
3 155 (20.83%) AWS
4 89 (11.96%) GCP
5 72 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (6.18%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (5.78%) GitHub
8 36 (4.84%) Power Platform
9 35 (4.70%) Azure AKS
10 33 (4.44%) Azure Monitor
10 33 (4.44%) Azure Sentinel
11 32 (4.30%) SaaS
12 27 (3.63%) PaaS
13 25 (3.36%) IaaS
14 24 (3.23%) Serverless
15 20 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (2.55%) OneDrive
17 18 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
18 16 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
18 16 (2.15%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 90 (12.10%) Firewall
2 83 (11.16%) DNS
3 66 (8.87%) Network Security
4 46 (6.18%) DHCP
5 35 (4.70%) VPN
5 35 (4.70%) WAN
6 25 (3.36%) LAN
7 23 (3.09%) BGP
7 23 (3.09%) OSPF
8 22 (2.96%) Kerberos
8 22 (2.96%) SSL
9 21 (2.82%) BIG-IP
9 21 (2.82%) Ethernet VPN
9 21 (2.82%) Junos
9 21 (2.82%) VXLAN
10 16 (2.15%) Cisco ISE
11 13 (1.75%) SD-WAN
12 11 (1.48%) WebEx
13 9 (1.21%) Internet
14 5 (0.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.42%) Power BI
2 13 (1.75%) NoSQL
2 13 (1.75%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (1.48%) MongoDB
3 11 (1.48%) Tableau
4 10 (1.34%) DocumentDB
5 5 (0.67%) BigQuery
5 5 (0.67%) MySQL
6 4 (0.54%) Neo4j
6 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.40%) Redis
8 2 (0.27%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.27%) Metadata
8 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 71 (9.54%) JIRA
2 36 (4.84%) Jenkins
3 27 (3.63%) Git
4 26 (3.49%) GitLab
5 17 (2.28%) Postman
6 15 (2.02%) Selenium
7 10 (1.34%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.34%) REST Assured
8 8 (1.08%) Jaeger
9 5 (0.67%) Gatling
9 5 (0.67%) TestRail
10 4 (0.54%) JMeter
10 4 (0.54%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.54%) NeoLoad
10 4 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.40%) JUnit
11 3 (0.40%) Maven
11 3 (0.40%) MSI
12 2 (0.27%) git-flow
12 2 (0.27%) Snyk
General
1 190 (25.54%) Social Skills
2 124 (16.67%) Finance
3 89 (11.96%) Public Sector
4 68 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (7.39%) Banking
6 31 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (4.03%) Legal
8 16 (2.15%) Investment Banking
9 12 (1.61%) Financial Institution
10 11 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.08%) Military
12 7 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.81%) Retail
14 5 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.67%) Police
15 4 (0.54%) Local Government
15 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.40%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.27%) Front Office
17 2 (0.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 228 (30.65%) Architect
2 75 (10.08%) Analyst
3 70 (9.41%) Lead
3 70 (9.41%) Senior
4 69 (9.27%) Solutions Architect
5 56 (7.53%) Security Architect
6 37 (4.97%) Business Analyst
7 28 (3.76%) Consultant
7 28 (3.76%) Developer
8 26 (3.49%) Security Engineer
9 25 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
9 25 (3.36%) Project Manager
10 23 (3.09%) DevOps Engineer
11 22 (2.96%) Cloud Architect
11 22 (2.96%) Lead Architect
12 20 (2.69%) Technical Architect
13 19 (2.55%) Azure Architect
14 18 (2.42%) Identity Management Architect
15 17 (2.28%) Cloud Engineer
15 17 (2.28%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (10.48%) SailPoint
2 74 (9.95%) SAML
3 71 (9.54%) OAuth
4 60 (8.06%) OpenID
5 50 (6.72%) LDAP
5 50 (6.72%) REST
6 30 (4.03%) ARM Templates
7 27 (3.63%) OAuth2
8 23 (3.09%) .NET
8 23 (3.09%) 802.1X
8 23 (3.09%) Kafka
8 23 (3.09%) Spring Boot
9 19 (2.55%) Middleware
10 16 (2.15%) Spring
11 15 (2.02%) Node.js
12 14 (1.88%) RESTful
13 11 (1.48%) Playwright
13 11 (1.48%) XMPP
14 10 (1.34%) HTML
15 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.47%) Onboarding
2 57 (7.66%) PKI
3 46 (6.18%) Cloud Native
4 32 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
5 31 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 30 (4.03%) Data Centre
7 29 (3.90%) Security Posture
8 23 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (2.82%) Clustering
10 20 (2.69%) Product Ownership
10 20 (2.69%) Public Cloud
11 15 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (2.02%) Replication
12 12 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.08%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
15 6 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
16 5 (0.67%) Cloud Security Posture
16 5 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 110 (14.78%) Windows
2 46 (6.18%) Windows Server
3 39 (5.24%) Linux
4 10 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.21%) Mac OS
6 8 (1.08%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.81%) Unix
7 6 (0.81%) VMS
8 5 (0.67%) Android
8 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.13%) CentOS
10 1 (0.13%) Debian
10 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.13%) Rocky
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (21.91%) Cybersecurity
2 149 (20.03%) RBAC
3 146 (19.62%) DevOps
4 135 (18.15%) CI/CD
5 112 (15.05%) Cloud Security
6 109 (14.65%) Agile
6 109 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
7 102 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 96 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
9 91 (12.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 89 (11.96%) Zero Trust
11 87 (11.69%) Identity Management
12 84 (11.29%) Privileged Access Management
13 70 (9.41%) Migration
14 68 (9.14%) Observability
15 65 (8.74%) Analytics
15 65 (8.74%) High Availability
16 64 (8.60%) Data Protection
17 60 (8.06%) Test Automation
18 58 (7.80%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 127 (17.07%) PowerShell
2 81 (10.89%) Python
3 65 (8.74%) Java
4 63 (8.47%) SQL
5 38 (5.11%) Bicep
6 31 (4.17%) JavaScript
7 22 (2.96%) Bash
8 13 (1.75%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.34%) Scala
10 9 (1.21%) C#
10 9 (1.21%) Rust
11 8 (1.08%) PHP
12 7 (0.94%) Perl
13 4 (0.54%) Cypher
13 4 (0.54%) Groovy
13 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.40%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.40%) C++
14 3 (0.40%) Go
14 3 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 256 (34.41%) Security Cleared
2 180 (24.19%) SC Cleared
3 74 (9.95%) CISSP
4 71 (9.54%) DV Cleared
5 58 (7.80%) CISM
6 44 (5.91%) Degree
7 41 (5.51%) Azure Certification
7 41 (5.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.88%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 12 (1.61%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.61%) PMP
10 12 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
11 11 (1.48%) CCSP
12 10 (1.34%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 8 (1.08%) JNCIA
13 8 (1.08%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (9.68%) GDPR
2 71 (9.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (9.54%) NIST
3 38 (5.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 22 (2.96%) GRC
5 19 (2.55%) NCSC
6 18 (2.42%) QA
7 17 (2.28%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.48%) COBIT
9 10 (1.34%) NIST 800
10 9 (1.21%) Accessibility
11 8 (1.08%) Data Quality
11 8 (1.08%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.81%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.81%) ITGC
13 6 (0.81%) PMO
13 6 (0.81%) SOX 404
14 4 (0.54%) SLA
15 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 224 (30.11%) Active Directory
2 56 (7.53%) Docker
3 31 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.88%) VMware NSX
5 11 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (1.08%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.94%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 4 (0.54%) vSphere
10 3 (0.40%) IAG
11 2 (0.27%) OpenAM
11 2 (0.27%) OpenDJ
11 2 (0.27%) OpenIDM
11 2 (0.27%) RACF
12 1 (0.13%) GPFS
12 1 (0.13%) Lustre
12 1 (0.13%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 106 (14.25%) Terraform
2 93 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
3 88 (11.83%) Kubernetes
4 45 (6.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 28 (3.76%) Ansible
6 21 (2.82%) FortiGate
7 19 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (2.02%) Grafana
9 11 (1.48%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.21%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 9 (1.21%) NetIQ Identity Manager
10 9 (1.21%) SCCM
11 8 (1.08%) Kiali
12 5 (0.67%) QRadar
13 4 (0.54%) Istio
14 3 (0.40%) CA Single Sign-On
14 3 (0.40%) CASB
14 3 (0.40%) Icinga
14 3 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
15 2 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 245 (32.93%) Microsoft
2 63 (8.47%) CyberArk
3 55 (7.39%) Okta
4 53 (7.12%) Google
5 48 (6.45%) Splunk
6 42 (5.65%) ServiceNow
7 39 (5.24%) VMware
8 38 (5.11%) Cisco
9 29 (3.90%) Oracle
10 25 (3.36%) SAP
11 23 (3.09%) F5
12 22 (2.96%) Juniper
13 21 (2.82%) SolarWinds
14 19 (2.55%) Citrix
14 19 (2.55%) Extreme Networks
15 18 (2.42%) BeyondTrust
16 15 (2.02%) Centrify
16 15 (2.02%) ForgeRock
16 15 (2.02%) Red Hat
17 14 (1.88%) BiZZdesign