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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 177 193
Rank change year-on-year +45 +16 -5
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 1,112 531 497
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.05% 1.61% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 1.78% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 362 333
10th Percentile £410 £375 £425
25th Percentile £475 £450 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £737 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +7.50% -20.00% +12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 5
10th Percentile £14.85 £50.50 -
25th Percentile £51.38 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £77.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +225.63% -63.94%
75th Percentile £83.68 £96.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £98.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £79.91 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -3.14% - -

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 45,937 29,792 32,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.50% 90.51% 85.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,939 18,514 20,418
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,060 1,790 1,498
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.44 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £43.94 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.10 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.13 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.36% -47.67% +7.50%

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 13 September 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 13 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 18 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 13 September 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 +23 904 £563 +2.27% 550
UK excluding London +52 534 £538 +7.50% 301
London +12 428 £575 -1.71% 308
Work from Home +32 351 £550 +5.26% 447
North of England +16 188 £515 +9.46% 75
South East +17 136 £575 - 97
Yorkshire +29 115 £538 +15.72% 22
Scotland +31 71 £478 -20.33% 27
North West -27 60 £515 +9.34% 45
South West -19 53 £588 +17.50% 37
Midlands -41 51 £505 -0.49% 29
West Midlands -33 40 £500 -9.09% 18
East of England +1 35 £550 -15.38% 28
North East -33 12 £500 -9.09% 8
Wales -6 9 £475 -32.14% 5
East Midlands -29 9 £600 +49.25% 11
Northern Ireland +3 1 - - 6
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 39 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (3.06%) Confluence
4 7 (0.63%) Apache
5 5 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.36%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.27%) IIS
8 2 (0.18%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.18%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.18%) nginx
8 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.090%) Drupal
9 1 (0.090%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (0.45%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.45%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.18%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.090%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.090%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 466 (41.91%) Azure
2 329 (29.59%) Entra ID
3 274 (24.64%) AWS
4 149 (13.40%) GCP
5 89 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
6 67 (6.03%) GitHub
7 52 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (4.68%) SaaS
8 49 (4.41%) GitHub Actions
9 46 (4.14%) Power Platform
10 41 (3.69%) Serverless
11 34 (3.06%) Azure AKS
11 34 (3.06%) Azure Sentinel
12 32 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
12 32 (2.88%) OCI
13 28 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
13 28 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
14 24 (2.16%) Azure Key Vault
14 24 (2.16%) IaaS
14 24 (2.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 92 (8.27%) Network Security
2 83 (7.46%) Firewall
3 59 (5.31%) DNS
4 36 (3.24%) VPN
5 27 (2.43%) WAN
6 21 (1.89%) DHCP
7 15 (1.35%) SD-WAN
8 12 (1.08%) Kerberos
8 12 (1.08%) SSL
9 9 (0.81%) IPsec
9 9 (0.81%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.72%) LAN
11 7 (0.63%) HTTPS
12 6 (0.54%) Internet
13 5 (0.45%) BGP
13 5 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.45%) VLAN
14 4 (0.36%) BIG-IP
14 4 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
14 4 (0.36%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (4.23%) SQL Server
2 27 (2.43%) Metadata
3 26 (2.34%) Relational Database
4 21 (1.89%) Power BI
5 12 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.99%) Neo4j
7 10 (0.90%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.63%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.45%) Big Data
11 4 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.36%) Metadata Repository
11 4 (0.36%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
11 4 (0.36%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.27%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 52 (4.68%) Git
2 50 (4.50%) JIRA
3 39 (3.51%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.89%) GitLab
5 20 (1.80%) Selenium
6 12 (1.08%) Gatling
7 8 (0.72%) JMeter
8 7 (0.63%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.45%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.45%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.36%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.27%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.27%) Postman
11 3 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.18%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.18%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 329 (29.59%) Social Skills
2 233 (20.95%) Finance
3 142 (12.77%) Public Sector
4 119 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (7.01%) Banking
6 61 (5.49%) Retail
7 57 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
8 29 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.80%) Legal
10 19 (1.71%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.44%) Aerospace
12 14 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.72%) Local Government
15 7 (0.63%) Law
15 7 (0.63%) Military
16 6 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.54%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.45%) Automotive
18 4 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 279 (25.09%) Architect
2 104 (9.35%) Lead
3 96 (8.63%) Security Architect
4 91 (8.18%) Analyst
5 73 (6.56%) Senior
6 70 (6.29%) Developer
7 51 (4.59%) Consultant
7 51 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
8 47 (4.23%) Business Analyst
8 47 (4.23%) Support Engineer
9 46 (4.14%) Project Manager
10 42 (3.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 42 (3.78%) Java Developer
11 41 (3.69%) Security Engineer
12 39 (3.51%) Technical Architect
13 38 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
14 34 (3.06%) Service Manager
14 34 (3.06%) Service Transition Manager
14 34 (3.06%) Transition Manager
15 32 (2.88%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (15.20%) Terraform
2 106 (9.53%) OAuth
3 95 (8.54%) OpenID
4 90 (8.09%) SailPoint
5 81 (7.28%) SAML
6 62 (5.58%) LDAP
7 61 (5.49%) REST
8 40 (3.60%) OAuth2
9 32 (2.88%) .NET
10 25 (2.25%) ARM Templates
11 21 (1.89%) React
12 19 (1.71%) Kafka
13 17 (1.53%) JSON
14 16 (1.44%) .NET Framework
14 16 (1.44%) Node.js
15 15 (1.35%) Web Services
15 15 (1.35%) XML
16 12 (1.08%) Keycloak
16 12 (1.08%) Middleware
16 12 (1.08%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 126 (11.33%) Onboarding
2 110 (9.89%) Cloud Native
3 94 (8.45%) PKI
4 56 (5.04%) Security Posture
5 45 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (3.87%) Management Information System
7 36 (3.24%) Product Ownership
8 33 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
9 30 (2.70%) Operational Technology
10 26 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
11 24 (2.16%) Data Centre
12 22 (1.98%) Public Cloud
13 21 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
13 21 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
15 15 (1.35%) CMDB
15 15 (1.35%) IoT
16 14 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
17 12 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 121 (10.88%) Windows
2 89 (8.00%) Linux
3 53 (4.77%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.08%) Unix
5 10 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.72%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.63%) VMS
8 6 (0.54%) Debian
8 6 (0.54%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.45%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.45%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.36%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.27%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.18%) Android
12 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.090%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (24.46%) Cybersecurity
2 239 (21.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 224 (20.14%) CI/CD
4 210 (18.88%) DevOps
5 209 (18.79%) Agile
6 183 (16.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 175 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 172 (15.47%) RBAC
9 164 (14.75%) Cloud Security
10 163 (14.66%) Zero Trust
11 154 (13.85%) Security Architecture
12 149 (13.40%) Privileged Access Management
13 142 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 139 (12.50%) Roadmaps
15 136 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
16 124 (11.15%) Migration
17 118 (10.61%) AI
17 118 (10.61%) Identity Management
18 115 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
19 108 (9.71%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 182 (16.37%) PowerShell
2 174 (15.65%) Python
3 87 (7.82%) Java
4 81 (7.28%) SQL
5 67 (6.03%) Bash
6 47 (4.23%) Bicep
7 26 (2.34%) C#
8 14 (1.26%) Go
8 14 (1.26%) Rust
9 9 (0.81%) Scala
10 8 (0.72%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.54%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.54%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.36%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.27%) Cypher
14 3 (0.27%) Groovy
14 3 (0.27%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.18%) DAML
15 2 (0.18%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 328 (29.50%) Security Cleared
2 242 (21.76%) SC Cleared
3 98 (8.81%) CISSP
4 68 (6.12%) DV Cleared
5 61 (5.49%) Azure Certification
6 59 (5.31%) CISM
6 59 (5.31%) Degree
7 46 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (3.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 33 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (2.61%) AWS Certification
11 29 (2.61%) CCSP
12 19 (1.71%) PMP
13 17 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (1.17%) PMI Certification
14 13 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (0.99%) CISA
16 10 (0.90%) CRISC
16 10 (0.90%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (11.60%) NIST
2 121 (10.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (5.94%) GDPR
4 45 (4.05%) NCSC
5 40 (3.60%) GRC
6 23 (2.07%) Data Quality
7 22 (1.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 19 (1.71%) QA
9 17 (1.53%) SLA
10 16 (1.44%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.81%) Accessibility
13 9 (0.81%) COBIT
13 9 (0.81%) ITGC
14 8 (0.72%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.72%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.63%) PMO
16 6 (0.54%) JSP 440
16 6 (0.54%) NIST 800
System Software
1 283 (25.45%) Active Directory
2 92 (8.27%) Docker
3 32 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.53%) Hyper-V
6 12 (1.08%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.36%) vSphere
9 2 (0.18%) KVM
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.18%) zsh
10 1 (0.090%) IAG
10 1 (0.090%) RACF
10 1 (0.090%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.090%) Squid
10 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 123 (11.06%) Kubernetes
2 116 (10.43%) Single Sign-On
3 61 (5.49%) Ansible
4 38 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (2.61%) Grafana
6 15 (1.35%) Argo
7 14 (1.26%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (0.81%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.63%) Istio
9 7 (0.63%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.54%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.45%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 5 (0.45%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.45%) Podman
12 4 (0.36%) Puppet
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Management
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Identity Manager
13 3 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 377 (33.90%) Microsoft
2 99 (8.90%) Okta
3 88 (7.91%) CyberArk
4 67 (6.03%) Google
5 56 (5.04%) ServiceNow
6 51 (4.59%) VMware
7 49 (4.41%) BeyondTrust
7 49 (4.41%) Oracle
8 32 (2.88%) Zscaler
9 31 (2.79%) SAP
10 22 (1.98%) ForgeRock
11 21 (1.89%) Splunk
11 21 (1.89%) Workday
12 19 (1.71%) Cisco
13 15 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
13 15 (1.35%) Databricks
13 15 (1.35%) Ping Identity
14 12 (1.08%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.90%) Palo Alto
16 9 (0.81%) WALLIX