Identity Access Management Contracts

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Identity Access Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Identity Access Management over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 208 309
Rank change year-on-year +23 +101 -23
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 540 763 774
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.27% 1.32% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.47% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 480 508
10th Percentile £408 £475 £425
25th Percentile £500 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £625 £586
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% +6.61% +11.67%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £645 £575 £525
% change year-on-year +12.17% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 4
10th Percentile - £61.50 £41.50
25th Percentile - £63.75 £43.75
Median hourly rate £23.80 £66.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.94% +22.22% +8.00%
75th Percentile - - £67.38
90th Percentile - - £72.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £66.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year - -10.81% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Identity Access Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,783 51,773 79,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.20% 89.81% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,675 35,887 56,073
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,710 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Identity Access Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Identity Access Management.

Daily rate trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Identity Access Management.

Hourly rate trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 17 Contract 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 2024. 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 +21 430 £600 -4.00% 168
London +13 228 £575 -11.54% 71
UK excluding London +52 219 £645 +12.17% 98
Work from Home -38 170 £615 +0.41% 74
South East +9 55 £625 +8.70% 41
North of England +8 50 £614 +16.86% 23
South West +19 46 £700 +4.87% 10
Scotland +51 29 £600 +29.73% 6
Midlands +31 28 £648 +14.10% 8
North West +24 26 £650 +33.74% 19
Yorkshire +8 23 £525 -8.70% 4
West Midlands +20 16 £650 +13.79% 3
East Midlands +25 10 £622 +24.40% 5
Wales +16 5 £700 +19.15%
Northern Ireland +8 5 £650 -
East of England +10 4 £605 -6.92% 12
North East +12 1 £600 -14.29%

Identity Access Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (2.96%) Confluence
4 5 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.93%) IIS
4 5 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.19%) nginx
6 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 27 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (1.85%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.30%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.93%) Temenos T24
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.19%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.19%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 163 (30.19%) Azure
2 112 (20.74%) Entra ID
3 100 (18.52%) AWS
4 48 (8.89%) GCP
5 29 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (4.63%) Power Platform
7 19 (3.52%) GitHub
7 19 (3.52%) PaaS
8 17 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (3.15%) Serverless
9 16 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.96%) SaaS
10 15 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (2.59%) IaaS
12 13 (2.41%) Power Automate
13 12 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (2.22%) Google Compute Engine
14 10 (1.85%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.85%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 58 (10.74%) Firewall
2 52 (9.63%) Network Security
3 27 (5.00%) DNS
4 21 (3.89%) WAN
5 20 (3.70%) VPN
6 13 (2.41%) SD-WAN
7 11 (2.04%) HTTPS
7 11 (2.04%) LAN
8 10 (1.85%) Kerberos
9 9 (1.67%) DHCP
9 9 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (1.30%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.30%) Wireless
11 6 (1.11%) HTTP
11 6 (1.11%) SMTP
11 6 (1.11%) SSL
12 5 (0.93%) Cisco ISE
13 4 (0.74%) Reverse Proxy
13 4 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (0.56%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.52%) Power BI
2 18 (3.33%) BigQuery
3 15 (2.78%) Data Lake
4 11 (2.04%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.93%) Metadata
7 5 (0.93%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.93%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.93%) OLAP
7 5 (0.93%) OLTP
7 5 (0.93%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.93%) Oracle OLAP
8 4 (0.74%) MySQL
9 3 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.37%) Data Mart
10 2 (0.37%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (5.74%) JIRA
2 11 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.67%) Git
4 7 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (1.11%) Maven
5 6 (1.11%) Robot Framework
6 4 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.56%) GitLab
7 3 (0.56%) gulp
7 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.37%) JUnit
8 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 147 (27.22%) Social Skills
2 111 (20.56%) Finance
3 61 (11.30%) Public Sector
4 52 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (8.52%) Banking
6 12 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (1.85%) Financial Institution
7 10 (1.85%) Legal
7 10 (1.85%) Retail
8 7 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (0.93%) Law
10 5 (0.93%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.74%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.56%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.37%) Back Office
13 2 (0.37%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.37%) Marketing
14 1 (0.19%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 143 (26.48%) Architect
2 73 (13.52%) Consultant
3 49 (9.07%) Analyst
3 49 (9.07%) Lead
4 37 (6.85%) Senior
5 36 (6.67%) Security Architect
6 30 (5.56%) Lead Architect
6 30 (5.56%) Security Consultant
7 29 (5.37%) Project Manager
8 24 (4.44%) Security Analyst
8 24 (4.44%) Security Engineer
9 23 (4.26%) IAM Consultant
10 22 (4.07%) Developer
11 21 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
12 18 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 17 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (2.78%) Business Analyst
15 14 (2.59%) Cloud Architect
16 13 (2.41%) Identity and Access Management Consultant
16 13 (2.41%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (15.19%) OAuth
2 78 (14.44%) SailPoint
3 71 (13.15%) SAML
4 65 (12.04%) OpenID
5 36 (6.67%) LDAP
6 19 (3.52%) .NET
6 19 (3.52%) RESTful
7 17 (3.15%) REST
8 16 (2.96%) OAuth2
8 16 (2.96%) SOAP
9 11 (2.04%) Web Services
10 10 (1.85%) React
11 9 (1.67%) JSON
11 9 (1.67%) Node.js
11 9 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
12 7 (1.30%) .NET Core
12 7 (1.30%) Kafka
12 7 (1.30%) Spring
13 6 (1.11%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.89%) Management Information System
2 40 (7.41%) PKI
3 20 (3.70%) Security Posture
4 18 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.15%) Cloud Native
6 15 (2.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 14 (2.59%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.22%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (1.48%) Clustering
11 7 (1.30%) Hedge funds
11 7 (1.30%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.30%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.30%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.11%) Private Cloud
13 5 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
13 5 (0.93%) DataPower
13 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (9.44%) Windows
2 25 (4.63%) Windows Server
3 17 (3.15%) Linux
4 14 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (1.85%) Unix
6 6 (1.11%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.74%) Android
8 4 (0.74%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.19%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.19%) VMS
10 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (24.26%) Cybersecurity
2 90 (16.67%) DevOps
3 80 (14.81%) Agile
3 80 (14.81%) Information Security
4 74 (13.70%) Privileged Access Management
5 73 (13.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 66 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (11.67%) Cloud Security
8 60 (11.11%) Identity Management
8 60 (11.11%) Project Management
9 57 (10.56%) Risk Management
10 54 (10.00%) Migration
11 45 (8.33%) Application Security
12 41 (7.59%) Roadmaps
13 38 (7.04%) Infrastructure as Code
14 37 (6.85%) SIEM
15 35 (6.48%) CI/CD
15 35 (6.48%) DevSecOps
16 34 (6.30%) Computer Science
17 33 (6.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 64 (11.85%) Python
2 43 (7.96%) PowerShell
3 34 (6.30%) SQL
4 28 (5.19%) Java
5 15 (2.78%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.41%) Bash
6 13 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.67%) C#
8 3 (0.56%) Go
8 3 (0.56%) Perl
8 3 (0.56%) PHP
8 3 (0.56%) Ruby
9 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.19%) ABAP
10 1 (0.19%) Bicep
10 1 (0.19%) Groovy
10 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (22.59%) Security Cleared
2 92 (17.04%) SC Cleared
3 58 (10.74%) Degree
4 47 (8.70%) CISSP
5 25 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (4.44%) CISM
7 22 (4.07%) DV Cleared
8 18 (3.33%) Azure Certification
8 18 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.85%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.48%) PMP
11 7 (1.30%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.30%) CISA
11 7 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (1.30%) ISACA
12 6 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.93%) APMP
14 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 44 (8.15%) NIST
2 34 (6.30%) QA
3 25 (4.63%) JSP 440
4 23 (4.26%) GDPR
5 17 (3.15%) GRC
6 16 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 15 (2.78%) COBIT
8 9 (1.67%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.48%) Disclosure Scotland
10 4 (0.74%) SLA
11 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.56%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.56%) NCSC
11 3 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.37%) ISA99
12 2 (0.37%) RMADS
12 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.19%) GxP
System Software
1 118 (21.85%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.78%) Docker
4 14 (2.59%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.48%) BitLocker
5 8 (1.48%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.11%) Terminal Services
7 5 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.74%) Shibboleth
9 3 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.56%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.37%) XenApp
11 1 (0.19%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.19%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
2 51 (9.44%) Terraform
3 21 (3.89%) Ansible
4 20 (3.70%) PingFederate
5 17 (3.15%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.48%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.11%) NetIQ Identity Manager
8 6 (1.11%) vMotion
9 5 (0.93%) SCCM
10 4 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.74%) Oracle Identity Management
10 4 (0.74%) SCOM
11 3 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.56%) Nessus
11 3 (0.56%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.56%) SCVMM
12 2 (0.37%) Grafana
12 2 (0.37%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 154 (28.52%) Microsoft
2 61 (11.30%) CyberArk
3 36 (6.67%) Oracle
4 29 (5.37%) VMware
5 26 (4.81%) Ping Identity
6 25 (4.63%) ForgeRock
7 21 (3.89%) Google
8 17 (3.15%) Okta
8 17 (3.15%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.41%) Cisco
10 11 (2.04%) NetIQ
11 10 (1.85%) Citrix
12 9 (1.67%) F5
12 9 (1.67%) IBM
13 8 (1.48%) BeyondTrust
13 8 (1.48%) CheckPoint
13 8 (1.48%) WALLIX
14 7 (1.30%) NEC
15 6 (1.11%) Infoblox
15 6 (1.11%) SAP