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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 183 187
Rank change year-on-year +24 +4 +66
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 710 446 568
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.72% 1.46% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.63% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 314 396
10th Percentile £392 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £510 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +0.40%
75th Percentile £650 £693 £725
90th Percentile £725 £784 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £596 £650
% change year-on-year -7.71% -8.32% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £70.67 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £75.00
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile £93.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +7.14%

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 35,855 27,377 38,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.81% 89.88% 87.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 16,975 25,075
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £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 £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.28% -1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,138 862 2,184
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.94 £33.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year -21.39% -0.20% -5.53%
75th Percentile £61.18 £63.75 £59.93
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.23 £71.97
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.41% -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 25 February 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 25 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 15 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 25 February 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 +35 659 £550 -10.20% 129
UK excluding London +27 357 £550 -7.71% 97
London +11 289 £570 -8.80% 56
Work from Home -3 207 £537 -6.61% 68
North of England +22 150 £520 -1.79% 13
Yorkshire +6 96 £518 -11.16% 1
Midlands -17 72 £550 -6.73% 19
South East -11 69 £583 -10.38% 51
West Midlands -23 61 £550 -7.07% 13
South West +4 53 £675 +17.39% 8
North West -9 49 £550 +4.76% 11
Scotland -6 11 £800 +52.38%
East Midlands -19 10 £550 +10.00% 6
East of England -25 8 £500 -23.08% 8
North East -11 6 £491 -9.17% 1

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 46 (6.48%) Confluence
2 37 (5.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (4.51%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.99%) Apache
5 5 (0.70%) IIS
5 5 (0.70%) iPlanet
5 5 (0.70%) JBoss
5 5 (0.70%) WebSphere
5 5 (0.70%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.42%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Mendix
8 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.14%) Traefik
Applications
1 18 (2.54%) MS Visio
2 13 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.13%) Maximo
2 3 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.28%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 300 (42.25%) Azure
2 220 (30.99%) Entra ID
3 145 (20.42%) AWS
4 92 (12.96%) GCP
5 68 (9.58%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (5.07%) SaaS
7 35 (4.93%) GitHub
8 34 (4.79%) Azure Sentinel
9 33 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (3.52%) OpenShift
11 23 (3.24%) Azure AKS
11 23 (3.24%) Serverless
12 22 (3.10%) Azure Monitor
12 22 (3.10%) IaaS
12 22 (3.10%) PaaS
12 22 (3.10%) Power Platform
13 19 (2.68%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (2.68%) OneDrive
14 18 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 78 (10.99%) Firewall
2 68 (9.58%) DNS
3 59 (8.31%) Network Security
4 38 (5.35%) DHCP
5 34 (4.79%) Kerberos
6 31 (4.37%) VPN
7 25 (3.52%) SSL
8 18 (2.54%) BGP
8 18 (2.54%) OSPF
8 18 (2.54%) WAN
9 17 (2.39%) LAN
10 14 (1.97%) BIG-IP
10 14 (1.97%) Ethernet VPN
10 14 (1.97%) Junos
10 14 (1.97%) VXLAN
11 11 (1.55%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (1.41%) TCP/IP
12 10 (1.41%) WebEx
13 7 (0.99%) Internet
14 6 (0.85%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.83%) NoSQL
2 13 (1.83%) Power BI
3 11 (1.55%) MongoDB
4 10 (1.41%) DocumentDB
5 9 (1.27%) Oracle Database
6 7 (0.99%) Tableau
7 5 (0.70%) BigQuery
7 5 (0.70%) MySQL
8 4 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.56%) Neo4j
8 4 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.42%) Redis
10 2 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Exadata
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.28%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.28%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (9.15%) JIRA
2 37 (5.21%) Jenkins
3 31 (4.37%) Git
4 25 (3.52%) GitLab
5 16 (2.25%) Postman
6 15 (2.11%) Selenium
7 10 (1.41%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.41%) REST Assured
8 8 (1.13%) Jaeger
9 6 (0.85%) TestRail
10 5 (0.70%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (0.70%) CA Release Automation
10 5 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.56%) Gatling
11 4 (0.56%) JMeter
11 4 (0.56%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.56%) NeoLoad
11 4 (0.56%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.42%) JUnit
12 3 (0.42%) MSI
General
1 201 (28.31%) Social Skills
2 142 (20.00%) Finance
3 83 (11.69%) Public Sector
4 81 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (7.89%) Banking
6 28 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.38%) Legal
8 18 (2.54%) Financial Institution
9 17 (2.39%) Investment Banking
10 13 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.13%) Military
13 6 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.85%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.85%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.70%) Police
15 4 (0.56%) Electronics
15 4 (0.56%) Marketing
15 4 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 221 (31.13%) Architect
2 82 (11.55%) Analyst
3 77 (10.85%) Solutions Architect
4 60 (8.45%) Senior
5 57 (8.03%) Security Architect
6 53 (7.46%) Lead
7 40 (5.63%) Business Analyst
8 36 (5.07%) Consultant
9 30 (4.23%) Security Engineer
10 24 (3.38%) Developer
11 22 (3.10%) Azure Architect
11 22 (3.10%) Project Manager
12 21 (2.96%) Azure Engineer
12 21 (2.96%) Cloud Architect
12 21 (2.96%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (2.54%) Identity Management Architect
14 16 (2.25%) Cloud Engineer
15 15 (2.11%) Lead Architect
16 14 (1.97%) Platform Engineer
16 14 (1.97%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (12.11%) SAML
2 84 (11.83%) OAuth
3 83 (11.69%) SailPoint
4 65 (9.15%) OpenID
5 57 (8.03%) LDAP
6 43 (6.06%) REST
7 28 (3.94%) ARM Templates
8 26 (3.66%) OAuth2
9 24 (3.38%) .NET
10 23 (3.24%) Kafka
11 20 (2.82%) Spring Boot
12 17 (2.39%) Middleware
12 17 (2.39%) Node.js
13 14 (1.97%) 802.1X
14 13 (1.83%) RESTful
14 13 (1.83%) Spring
15 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
16 10 (1.41%) HTML
16 10 (1.41%) Playwright
16 10 (1.41%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (7.75%) Onboarding
2 47 (6.62%) PKI
3 42 (5.92%) Management Information System
4 40 (5.63%) Cloud Native
5 32 (4.51%) Security Posture
6 28 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (3.38%) Data Centre
8 23 (3.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (2.68%) Product Ownership
10 17 (2.39%) Replication
11 14 (1.97%) Clustering
12 12 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.27%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.85%) BYOD
15 5 (0.70%) Cloud Security Posture
15 5 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.70%) NHS
15 5 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 101 (14.23%) Windows
2 50 (7.04%) Windows Server
3 46 (6.48%) Linux
4 11 (1.55%) Mac OS
4 11 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.27%) Unix
6 8 (1.13%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.70%) Android
7 5 (0.70%) VMS
8 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.28%) CentOS
10 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.14%) Rocky
11 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (22.25%) Cybersecurity
2 140 (19.72%) RBAC
3 129 (18.17%) CI/CD
4 117 (16.48%) DevOps
5 115 (16.20%) Cloud Security
6 109 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
7 103 (14.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 97 (13.66%) Privileged Access Management
9 96 (13.52%) Agile
10 95 (13.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 88 (12.39%) Infrastructure as Code
12 86 (12.11%) Identity Management
13 81 (11.41%) Zero Trust
14 71 (10.00%) Data Protection
15 62 (8.73%) Incident Response
15 62 (8.73%) Migration
15 62 (8.73%) Roadmaps
16 60 (8.45%) SIEM
17 56 (7.89%) Test Automation
18 55 (7.75%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 127 (17.89%) PowerShell
2 80 (11.27%) Python
3 58 (8.17%) Java
4 49 (6.90%) SQL
5 36 (5.07%) JavaScript
6 29 (4.08%) Bicep
7 24 (3.38%) Bash
8 16 (2.25%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.69%) C#
10 9 (1.27%) Groovy
10 9 (1.27%) Rust
10 9 (1.27%) Scala
11 8 (1.13%) PHP
12 7 (0.99%) Perl
13 6 (0.85%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.70%) Go
15 4 (0.56%) Cypher
16 3 (0.42%) C++
17 2 (0.28%) BeanShell
17 2 (0.28%) C
Qualifications
1 229 (32.25%) Security Cleared
2 166 (23.38%) SC Cleared
3 91 (12.82%) CISSP
4 72 (10.14%) CISM
5 59 (8.31%) DV Cleared
6 51 (7.18%) Degree
7 46 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (5.35%) Azure Certification
9 30 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (2.54%) TOGAF Certification
11 16 (2.25%) AWS Certification
12 14 (1.97%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 13 (1.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 13 (1.83%) PMI Certification
14 12 (1.69%) CCSP
15 11 (1.55%) PMP
16 10 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.41%) PhD
17 7 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (11.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (10.42%) GDPR
3 72 (10.14%) NIST
4 34 (4.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (2.82%) GRC
6 19 (2.68%) PCI DSS
7 16 (2.25%) QA
8 13 (1.83%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.83%) NCSC
9 9 (1.27%) COBIT
10 8 (1.13%) HIPAA
10 8 (1.13%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.99%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.85%) ITGC
12 6 (0.85%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.85%) SOX 404
13 5 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.70%) PMO
13 5 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 210 (29.58%) Active Directory
2 62 (8.73%) Docker
3 20 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.41%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.99%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (0.70%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 5 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.70%) vSphere
8 3 (0.42%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.28%) IAG
9 2 (0.28%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.28%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.28%) OpenIDM
9 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.14%) GPFS
10 1 (0.14%) Lustre
10 1 (0.14%) NetIQ eDirectory
10 1 (0.14%) RACF
10 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 98 (13.80%) Single Sign-On
1 98 (13.80%) Terraform
2 81 (11.41%) Kubernetes
3 49 (6.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 26 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (3.10%) Ansible
6 15 (2.11%) FortiGate
7 14 (1.97%) Grafana
8 11 (1.55%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.55%) SCCM
9 8 (1.13%) CA Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.13%) Kiali
10 6 (0.85%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 6 (0.85%) NetIQ Identity Manager
10 6 (0.85%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.70%) CA Wily
11 5 (0.70%) Istio
11 5 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.70%) QRadar
11 5 (0.70%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 240 (33.80%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.01%) CyberArk
3 55 (7.75%) Google
3 55 (7.75%) Okta
4 47 (6.62%) Splunk
5 35 (4.93%) ServiceNow
6 32 (4.51%) Oracle
7 30 (4.23%) Cisco
8 28 (3.94%) VMware
9 20 (2.82%) SAP
10 18 (2.54%) Citrix
11 17 (2.39%) Red Hat
12 16 (2.25%) BiZZdesign
12 16 (2.25%) Zscaler
13 15 (2.11%) Centrify
13 15 (2.11%) F5
13 15 (2.11%) Juniper
14 14 (1.97%) BeyondTrust
14 14 (1.97%) IBM
14 14 (1.97%) SolarWinds