Identity Management Specialist Contract Job Trends

Identity Management Specialist
UK

The median Identity Management Specialist daily rate in the UK is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 559 636
Rank change year-on-year +1 +77 +183
Contract jobs requiring an Identity Management Specialist 3 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.011% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.011% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £524 £613 £421
25th Percentile £541 £631 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £675 £456
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +48.03% -11.02%
75th Percentile £641 £731 £478
90th Percentile £661 £758 £491
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £456

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 30,175 35,003 44,817
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 92.96% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,066 21,137 30,622
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,652 1,436 1,528
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.08 £14.60
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.56%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.52 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.18% -4.49% +97.78%

Identity Management Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Identity Management Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Identity Management Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Identity Management Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Identity Management Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Identity Management Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Identity Management Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Management Specialist over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Management Specialist in the UK

Identity Management Specialist
Top 3 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 Management Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 15 October 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
London +14 3 £588 -12.96% 1
England +10 3 £588 -12.96% 1
Work from Home - 2 £650 - 2

Identity Management Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, Identity Management Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Identity Management Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) OpenID
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) SailPoint
3 1 (33.33%) CyberArk
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) SAML
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) OAuth
3 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (33.33%) Ping Identity
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving

Identity Management Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
1 1 (33.33%) OpenID
1 1 (33.33%) SailPoint
1 1 (33.33%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) RBAC
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) CyberArk
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Okta
2 1 (33.33%) Ping Identity