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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 180 188
Rank change year-on-year +23 +8 +11
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 783 458 537
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.65% 1.58% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 1.74% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 328 380
10th Percentile £400 £413 £408
25th Percentile £481 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £595 £618
Median % change year-on-year -4.54% -3.64% -1.20%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £725
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £645
% change year-on-year -4.35% -10.85% +12.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 2
10th Percentile £48.28 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile £73.69 - -
90th Percentile £79.73 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £71.33 - -

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 40,111 26,361 36,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.33% 90.96% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,183 16,941 23,723
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +2.71% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,380 1,073 2,431
10th Percentile £14.89 £14.41 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.38 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.25 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.78 £38.00
% change year-on-year +74.59% -32.17% +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 14 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 14 May 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 14 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 +15 682 £575 -4.17% 165
UK excluding London +25 385 £550 -4.35% 116
London +3 298 £578 -7.60% 70
Work from Home +15 257 £550 - 75
North of England +16 133 £548 +4.38% 25
South East -12 99 £581 -10.62% 43
Yorkshire +15 88 £531 -0.61% 10
Midlands -9 78 £550 -2.65% 14
West Midlands -10 65 £550 -8.79% 7
South West -2 60 £675 +22.73% 14
North West -15 44 £575 +9.52% 15
Scotland +9 22 £450 -14.29% 6
East Midlands -25 11 £638 +43.34% 5
Wales -8 4 £468 -22.08% 6
East of England -38 4 £710 +9.23% 12
North East -17 1 £400 -6.98%

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 26 (3.32%) Confluence
1 26 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.77%) Apache
3 6 (0.77%) Apache Superset
4 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.38%) IIS
5 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.13%) Mendix
6 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (1.40%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.64%) Maximo
2 5 (0.64%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 374 (47.77%) Azure
2 239 (30.52%) Entra ID
3 168 (21.46%) AWS
4 102 (13.03%) GCP
5 71 (9.07%) Microsoft 365
6 48 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (6.13%) GitHub
7 46 (5.87%) Azure AKS
8 40 (5.11%) Power Platform
9 34 (4.34%) Azure Sentinel
10 33 (4.21%) SaaS
11 28 (3.58%) PaaS
12 27 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
13 26 (3.32%) IaaS
14 24 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (2.68%) Serverless
16 17 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
16 17 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (2.17%) OpenShift
17 16 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 81 (10.34%) Firewall
2 75 (9.58%) DNS
3 66 (8.43%) Network Security
4 48 (6.13%) DHCP
5 42 (5.36%) WAN
6 34 (4.34%) VPN
7 28 (3.58%) LAN
8 26 (3.32%) BGP
8 26 (3.32%) OSPF
9 24 (3.07%) BIG-IP
9 24 (3.07%) Ethernet VPN
9 24 (3.07%) Junos
9 24 (3.07%) VXLAN
10 23 (2.94%) SSL
11 21 (2.68%) Kerberos
12 19 (2.43%) Cisco ISE
13 14 (1.79%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.77%) Internet
14 6 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (0.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.81%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.04%) Power BI
3 13 (1.66%) NoSQL
4 12 (1.53%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (1.28%) DocumentDB
7 9 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.15%) Tableau
8 6 (0.77%) MySQL
9 5 (0.64%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.51%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.38%) Big Data
11 3 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle Exadata
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.38%) Redis
11 3 (0.38%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.26%) Metadata
12 2 (0.26%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 62 (7.92%) JIRA
2 53 (6.77%) Jenkins
3 33 (4.21%) Git
4 25 (3.19%) GitLab
5 17 (2.17%) Postman
6 15 (1.92%) Selenium
7 10 (1.28%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.28%) REST Assured
8 9 (1.15%) Gatling
9 8 (1.02%) Jaeger
10 5 (0.64%) Maven
10 5 (0.64%) TestRail
11 4 (0.51%) JMeter
11 4 (0.51%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.51%) NeoLoad
11 4 (0.51%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.38%) JUnit
13 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.26%) git-flow
13 2 (0.26%) Snyk
General
1 181 (23.12%) Social Skills
2 134 (17.11%) Finance
3 96 (12.26%) Public Sector
4 58 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (7.28%) Banking
6 30 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.19%) Legal
8 16 (2.04%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.66%) Retail
10 12 (1.53%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.02%) Military
12 7 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.89%) Police
13 6 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.51%) Local Government
14 4 (0.51%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.38%) Aviation
16 2 (0.26%) Front Office
16 2 (0.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 227 (28.99%) Architect
2 74 (9.45%) Senior
3 71 (9.07%) Analyst
3 71 (9.07%) Lead
4 60 (7.66%) Developer
5 51 (6.51%) Security Architect
6 43 (5.49%) Solutions Architect
7 30 (3.83%) Java Developer
8 28 (3.58%) Project Manager
9 27 (3.45%) Business Analyst
9 27 (3.45%) Security Engineer
10 26 (3.32%) Consultant
11 24 (3.07%) Azure Engineer
11 24 (3.07%) DevOps Engineer
12 22 (2.81%) Cloud Architect
12 22 (2.81%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
12 22 (2.81%) Identity Management Analyst
13 20 (2.55%) Cloud Engineer
13 20 (2.55%) Technical Architect
14 18 (2.30%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (11.88%) SailPoint
2 70 (8.94%) SAML
3 67 (8.56%) OAuth
4 61 (7.79%) LDAP
5 59 (7.54%) OpenID
6 46 (5.87%) REST
7 26 (3.32%) 802.1X
7 26 (3.32%) ARM Templates
8 25 (3.19%) Spring Boot
9 23 (2.94%) Kafka
10 21 (2.68%) .NET
11 20 (2.55%) Node.js
11 20 (2.55%) OAuth2
12 18 (2.30%) Middleware
12 18 (2.30%) Spring
13 15 (1.92%) Playwright
14 13 (1.66%) RESTful
15 10 (1.28%) HTML
16 9 (1.15%) J2EE
16 9 (1.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.56%) Onboarding
1 67 (8.56%) PKI
2 46 (5.87%) Cloud Native
3 41 (5.24%) Data Centre
4 30 (3.83%) Management Information System
5 24 (3.07%) Clustering
5 24 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.07%) Security Posture
6 22 (2.81%) Public Cloud
7 18 (2.30%) Replication
8 17 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.79%) Product Ownership
11 12 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.53%) Operational Technology
12 9 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.89%) SCADA
14 5 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (13.28%) Windows
2 43 (5.49%) Linux
3 33 (4.21%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.15%) Unix
5 8 (1.02%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.89%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.51%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.51%) VMS
9 3 (0.38%) Android
9 3 (0.38%) Debian
10 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) CentOS
11 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (22.09%) DevOps
2 158 (20.18%) Cybersecurity
3 149 (19.03%) CI/CD
4 137 (17.50%) RBAC
5 129 (16.48%) Agile
6 110 (14.05%) Cloud Security
7 105 (13.41%) Zero Trust
8 98 (12.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 95 (12.13%) Problem-Solving
10 91 (11.62%) Infrastructure as Code
11 84 (10.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 74 (9.45%) Identity Management
13 73 (9.32%) Security Architecture
14 70 (8.94%) High Availability
15 69 (8.81%) AI
15 69 (8.81%) Migration
15 69 (8.81%) Observability
15 69 (8.81%) Privileged Access Management
16 66 (8.43%) Analytics
17 65 (8.30%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 125 (15.96%) PowerShell
2 93 (11.88%) Java
3 92 (11.75%) Python
4 70 (8.94%) SQL
5 36 (4.60%) Bicep
6 23 (2.94%) JavaScript
7 22 (2.81%) Bash
8 14 (1.79%) Scala
9 11 (1.40%) Rust
10 9 (1.15%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.89%) C#
12 6 (0.77%) Go
12 6 (0.77%) PHP
13 5 (0.64%) Groovy
14 4 (0.51%) Cypher
14 4 (0.51%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.38%) C++
15 3 (0.38%) R
16 2 (0.26%) C
16 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 265 (33.84%) Security Cleared
2 187 (23.88%) SC Cleared
3 69 (8.81%) DV Cleared
4 66 (8.43%) CISSP
5 46 (5.87%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (5.36%) CISM
7 39 (4.98%) Azure Certification
8 37 (4.73%) Degree
9 28 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (3.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 23 (2.94%) CCSP
12 16 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (1.79%) PMI Certification
14 13 (1.66%) PMP
15 12 (1.53%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.89%) JNCIA
16 7 (0.89%) JNCIP
16 7 (0.89%) JNCIS
16 7 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
17 6 (0.77%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (10.34%) NIST
2 79 (10.09%) GDPR
2 79 (10.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (4.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 30 (3.83%) GRC
5 24 (3.07%) NCSC
6 19 (2.43%) QA
7 14 (1.79%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.53%) Accessibility
9 10 (1.28%) NIST 800
9 10 (1.28%) SLA
10 7 (0.89%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.89%) PMO
10 7 (0.89%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.77%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.64%) COBIT
13 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.38%) GxP
15 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.26%) ITGC
System Software
1 211 (26.95%) Active Directory
2 63 (8.05%) Docker
3 26 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.53%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.15%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.89%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 3 (0.38%) IAG
10 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.26%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.26%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.26%) OpenIDM
10 2 (0.26%) RACF
10 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.13%) GPFS
11 1 (0.13%) Lustre
11 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.13%) Squid
11 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 105 (13.41%) Terraform
2 103 (13.15%) Kubernetes
3 86 (10.98%) Single Sign-On
4 36 (4.60%) Ansible
5 31 (3.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (3.07%) FortiGate
7 20 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (1.92%) Grafana
9 11 (1.40%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.28%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 10 (1.28%) NetIQ Identity Manager
11 9 (1.15%) SCCM
12 8 (1.02%) Kiali
13 6 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.64%) HAProxy
15 4 (0.51%) Istio
16 3 (0.38%) Argo
16 3 (0.38%) Icinga
16 3 (0.38%) Kustomize
16 3 (0.38%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 231 (29.50%) Microsoft
2 68 (8.68%) Okta
3 54 (6.90%) Google
4 44 (5.62%) Splunk
5 43 (5.49%) CyberArk
6 42 (5.36%) ServiceNow
7 33 (4.21%) Cisco
8 31 (3.96%) VMware
9 27 (3.45%) Oracle
10 26 (3.32%) F5
11 25 (3.19%) ForgeRock
12 24 (3.07%) Juniper
12 24 (3.07%) SolarWinds
13 23 (2.94%) SAP
14 22 (2.81%) Extreme Networks
15 17 (2.17%) BeyondTrust
16 16 (2.04%) Zscaler
17 15 (1.92%) Workday
18 12 (1.53%) NetIQ
19 11 (1.40%) Red Hat