Identity and Access Management Consultant Contracts

Identity & Access Management Consultant
UK

The median Identity & Access Management Consultant daily rate in the UK is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 569 704
Rank change year-on-year +55 +135 +150
Contract jobs requiring an Identity and Access Management Consultant 6 13 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.030% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.032% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 3
10th Percentile - £463 £523
25th Percentile £513 £500 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -1.44%
75th Percentile £781 £725 £663
90th Percentile £793 - £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Identity and Access Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Identity and Access Management Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Identity and Access Management Consultant in the UK

Identity and Access Management Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Identity and Access Management Consultant in the UK

Identity and Access Management Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity and Access Management Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Identity and Access Management Consultant in the UK

Identity and Access Management Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Identity and Access Management Consultant in the UK

Identity and Access Management Consultant
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Identity and Access Management Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +52 3 £750 +39.53% 1
London +37 3 £750 +53.85% 1
UK excluding London +56 2 £525 -25.00%
Scotland - 2 £525 -
Work from Home +41 1 - - 1

Identity and Access Management Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Identity and Access Management Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Identity and Access Management Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (66.67%) Identity Management
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Application Security
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (33.33%) SailPoint
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Migration
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (16.67%) Information Security
5 1 (16.67%) Google
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Use Case
5 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Java
5 1 (16.67%) CISSP
5 1 (16.67%) CISM
5 1 (16.67%) CyberArk
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) AWS
5 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) GCP
5 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements

Identity and Access Management Consultant Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (66.67%) Identity Management
3 2 (33.33%) Application Security
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Architectural Design
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) CyberArk
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Okta
2 1 (16.67%) Ping Identity