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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 175 189
Rank change year-on-year +27 +14 +1
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 946 521 553
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.80% 1.61% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 1.78% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 380 385
10th Percentile £425 £400 £425
25th Percentile £483 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £578 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% -3.67% -
75th Percentile £650 £680 £688
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £630
% change year-on-year +1.85% -14.29% +9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 4
10th Percentile £51.30 £49.50 -
25th Percentile - £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +173.11% -63.94%
75th Percentile £78.31 £86.25 £36.60
90th Percentile £87.16 £94.50 £59.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 £82.50 -
% change year-on-year -9.99% - -

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 44,765 29,340 36,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.42% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,853 18,476 23,295
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £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 2,647 1,521 2,449
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.61 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%
75th Percentile £68.50 £52.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.70 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.25 £24.64 £38.12
% change year-on-year +83.64% -35.36% -0.99%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +7 781 £575 -1.03% 228
UK excluding London +29 456 £550 +1.85% 189
London +11 366 £575 -4.64% 102
Work from Home +17 320 £561 +2.05% 138
North of England +9 138 £550 +17.15% 44
South East -3 122 £575 -9.80% 57
Yorkshire +5 86 £542 +25.62% 19
Midlands -33 69 £550 +10.00% 25
South West -6 56 £588 +6.82% 20
Scotland +27 55 £481 -10.01% 22
West Midlands -34 55 £550 -1.35% 10
North West -15 51 £575 +16.87% 22
East of England -13 21 £555 -14.62% 4
East Midlands -21 12 £638 +54.55% 15
Wales - 8 £471 - 12
North East -40 2 £600 +20.91% 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 31 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (2.54%) Confluence
4 9 (0.95%) Apache
5 7 (0.74%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.42%) IIS
7 3 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.32%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.21%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.21%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) Mendix
9 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
1 6 (0.63%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.63%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.21%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 431 (45.56%) Azure
2 293 (30.97%) Entra ID
3 207 (21.88%) AWS
4 123 (13.00%) GCP
5 75 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
6 56 (5.92%) GitHub
7 47 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (4.86%) Power Platform
9 41 (4.33%) Azure AKS
9 41 (4.33%) GitHub Actions
10 37 (3.91%) SaaS
11 35 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
12 31 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
13 29 (3.07%) Serverless
14 28 (2.96%) OCI
15 25 (2.64%) PaaS
16 23 (2.43%) IaaS
17 20 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
17 20 (2.11%) Power Automate
17 20 (2.11%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 90 (9.51%) Network Security
2 87 (9.20%) DNS
3 84 (8.88%) Firewall
4 49 (5.18%) DHCP
5 46 (4.86%) WAN
6 34 (3.59%) VPN
7 27 (2.85%) BGP
7 27 (2.85%) LAN
8 26 (2.75%) OSPF
9 24 (2.54%) BIG-IP
9 24 (2.54%) Ethernet VPN
9 24 (2.54%) Junos
9 24 (2.54%) VXLAN
10 20 (2.11%) Kerberos
11 19 (2.01%) Cisco ISE
12 18 (1.90%) SD-WAN
13 13 (1.37%) SSL
14 9 (0.95%) Internet
15 8 (0.85%) TCP/IP
16 6 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (3.38%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.01%) Power BI
3 11 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (0.74%) Neo4j
5 7 (0.74%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.74%) Tableau
6 6 (0.63%) Metadata
6 6 (0.63%) MongoDB
6 6 (0.63%) Oracle Exadata
7 5 (0.53%) Big Data
7 5 (0.53%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.32%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.32%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.21%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.21%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 55 (5.81%) JIRA
2 47 (4.97%) Jenkins
3 35 (3.70%) Git
4 19 (2.01%) GitLab
5 7 (0.74%) Gatling
5 7 (0.74%) Postman
6 4 (0.42%) Selenium
6 4 (0.42%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.32%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.32%) MSBuild
7 3 (0.32%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.32%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.21%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.21%) Jaeger
8 2 (0.21%) JMeter
8 2 (0.21%) Maven
8 2 (0.21%) NeoLoad
8 2 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 239 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 190 (20.08%) Finance
3 127 (13.42%) Public Sector
4 85 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (6.87%) Banking
6 45 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (4.55%) Retail
8 25 (2.64%) Legal
9 16 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (1.48%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 8 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 7 (0.74%) Investment Banking
13 7 (0.74%) Police
13 7 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.63%) Military
15 5 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.42%) Law
17 3 (0.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 246 (26.00%) Architect
2 84 (8.88%) Lead
3 80 (8.46%) Analyst
4 77 (8.14%) Senior
5 70 (7.40%) Developer
6 68 (7.19%) Security Architect
7 44 (4.65%) Java Developer
8 42 (4.44%) Consultant
8 42 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
9 37 (3.91%) Project Manager
10 34 (3.59%) Technical Architect
11 32 (3.38%) Business Analyst
11 32 (3.38%) Support Engineer
12 29 (3.07%) Cloud Engineer
13 28 (2.96%) DevOps Engineer
14 27 (2.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 27 (2.85%) Security Engineer
15 25 (2.64%) IAM Developer
16 23 (2.43%) Cloud Architect
16 23 (2.43%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (10.47%) SailPoint
2 91 (9.62%) OAuth
3 81 (8.56%) SAML
4 74 (7.82%) OpenID
5 61 (6.45%) LDAP
6 45 (4.76%) REST
7 28 (2.96%) OAuth2
8 26 (2.75%) 802.1X
9 22 (2.33%) .NET
10 21 (2.22%) ARM Templates
11 19 (2.01%) Middleware
12 17 (1.80%) Node.js
13 15 (1.59%) Kafka
13 15 (1.59%) Spring
14 14 (1.48%) Spring Boot
15 13 (1.37%) JSON
15 13 (1.37%) Web Services
16 11 (1.16%) React
16 11 (1.16%) SOAP
16 11 (1.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (10.99%) Onboarding
2 92 (9.73%) PKI
3 76 (8.03%) Cloud Native
4 44 (4.65%) Data Centre
5 34 (3.59%) Security Posture
6 29 (3.07%) Public Cloud
7 28 (2.96%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.96%) Product Ownership
8 25 (2.64%) Operational Technology
9 24 (2.54%) Clustering
9 24 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
9 24 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (1.59%) Replication
14 14 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
15 11 (1.16%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 121 (12.79%) Windows
2 69 (7.29%) Linux
3 40 (4.23%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (0.95%) Ubuntu
4 9 (0.95%) Unix
5 6 (0.63%) Debian
5 6 (0.63%) VMS
6 5 (0.53%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.42%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.32%) Android
9 2 (0.21%) CentOS
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (20.93%) DevOps
2 194 (20.51%) Cybersecurity
3 167 (17.65%) Agile
4 164 (17.34%) CI/CD
5 142 (15.01%) Stakeholder Management
6 140 (14.80%) Zero Trust
7 138 (14.59%) RBAC
8 134 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
9 131 (13.85%) Infrastructure as Code
10 127 (13.42%) Cloud Security
11 110 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 104 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
13 101 (10.68%) Security Architecture
14 100 (10.57%) Identity Management
15 99 (10.47%) Privileged Access Management
16 92 (9.73%) Migration
17 87 (9.20%) AI
18 86 (9.09%) Roadmaps
19 83 (8.77%) Technical Leadership
20 75 (7.93%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 154 (16.28%) PowerShell
2 126 (13.32%) Python
3 86 (9.09%) Java
4 66 (6.98%) SQL
5 40 (4.23%) Bicep
6 38 (4.02%) Bash
7 16 (1.69%) C#
7 16 (1.69%) Rust
8 15 (1.59%) Go
9 8 (0.85%) Scala
10 7 (0.74%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.53%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.42%) Groovy
12 4 (0.42%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.32%) C++
13 3 (0.32%) JavaScript
13 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.32%) R
14 2 (0.21%) Cypher
14 2 (0.21%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 299 (31.61%) Security Cleared
2 216 (22.83%) SC Cleared
3 77 (8.14%) CISSP
4 66 (6.98%) DV Cleared
5 49 (5.18%) Cisco Certification
6 47 (4.97%) Degree
7 43 (4.55%) CISM
8 41 (4.33%) Azure Certification
9 32 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 28 (2.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 28 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (2.43%) CCSP
12 17 (1.80%) AWS Certification
13 15 (1.59%) PMP
14 14 (1.48%) PMI Certification
15 11 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (0.74%) CISA
16 7 (0.74%) JNCIA
16 7 (0.74%) JNCIS
16 7 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (9.20%) NIST
2 85 (8.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (7.08%) GDPR
4 36 (3.81%) NCSC
5 34 (3.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 27 (2.85%) GRC
7 17 (1.80%) SLA
8 16 (1.69%) QA
9 13 (1.37%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.16%) Accessibility
11 10 (1.06%) SOC 2
12 9 (0.95%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.85%) PMO
14 7 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.74%) Data Quality
15 6 (0.63%) COBIT
15 6 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
16 5 (0.53%) ITGC
16 5 (0.53%) NIST 800
System Software
1 266 (28.12%) Active Directory
2 74 (7.82%) Docker
3 28 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.69%) VMware NSX
6 13 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.27%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.42%) IAG
9 2 (0.21%) KVM
9 2 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.21%) RACF
9 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.21%) vSphere
10 1 (0.11%) GPFS
10 1 (0.11%) Lustre
10 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Squid
10 1 (0.11%) zsh
Systems Management
1 135 (14.27%) Terraform
2 115 (12.16%) Single Sign-On
3 107 (11.31%) Kubernetes
4 58 (6.13%) Ansible
5 26 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (2.54%) FortiGate
7 23 (2.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 23 (2.43%) Grafana
8 12 (1.27%) Argo
9 11 (1.16%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.85%) Kustomize
12 7 (0.74%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 5 (0.53%) HAProxy
13 5 (0.53%) NetIQ Identity Manager
14 4 (0.42%) Istio
14 4 (0.42%) Podman
14 4 (0.42%) Puppet
14 4 (0.42%) SCCM
15 3 (0.32%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 294 (31.08%) Microsoft
2 108 (11.42%) Okta
3 62 (6.55%) CyberArk
4 59 (6.24%) Google
5 45 (4.76%) ServiceNow
6 44 (4.65%) Splunk
7 41 (4.33%) Oracle
8 40 (4.23%) VMware
9 36 (3.81%) BeyondTrust
9 36 (3.81%) Cisco
10 33 (3.49%) SAP
11 30 (3.17%) ForgeRock
12 26 (2.75%) F5
13 24 (2.54%) Juniper
13 24 (2.54%) SolarWinds
13 24 (2.54%) Zscaler
14 22 (2.33%) Extreme Networks
15 20 (2.11%) Workday
16 15 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
16 15 (1.59%) Ping Identity