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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 203 319
Rank change year-on-year +19 +116 -36
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 541 770 771
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.26% 1.32% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.47% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 485 506
10th Percentile £408 £474 £425
25th Percentile £500 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £625 £583
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +7.30% +10.95%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £640 £575 £525
% change year-on-year +11.30% +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 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
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% +8.48%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +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 12 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 12 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 +15 430 £600 -4.00% 170
London +6 229 £575 -11.54% 72
UK excluding London +46 218 £640 +11.30% 98
Work from Home -38 173 £614 -0.45% 79
South East +3 53 £600 +4.35% 41
North of England +8 51 £612 +16.57% 21
South West +21 45 £700 +4.87% 10
Scotland +55 29 £600 +35.21% 5
Midlands +37 29 £645 +13.66% 11
North West +18 26 £650 +33.74% 15
Yorkshire +9 24 £575 - 5
West Midlands +16 17 £650 +13.79% 5
East Midlands +29 10 £622 +24.40% 6
Wales +16 5 £700 +19.15%
Northern Ireland +7 5 £650 -
East of England +3 4 £605 -12.00% 12
North East +15 1 £600 -14.29% 1

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 (5.18%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (2.96%) Confluence
4 5 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.92%) IIS
4 5 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 27 (4.99%) 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 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.29%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.92%) 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 (0.18%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.18%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 164 (30.31%) Azure
2 111 (20.52%) Entra ID
3 100 (18.48%) AWS
4 48 (8.87%) GCP
5 30 (5.55%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (4.44%) Power Platform
7 20 (3.70%) GitHub
8 19 (3.51%) PaaS
9 17 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (3.14%) Serverless
10 16 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (2.96%) SaaS
11 15 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.59%) IaaS
13 13 (2.40%) Power Automate
14 12 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (2.22%) Google Compute Engine
15 10 (1.85%) Amazon S3
15 10 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 61 (11.28%) Firewall
2 54 (9.98%) Network Security
3 28 (5.18%) DNS
4 21 (3.88%) WAN
5 20 (3.70%) VPN
6 13 (2.40%) SD-WAN
7 11 (2.03%) HTTPS
7 11 (2.03%) LAN
8 10 (1.85%) DHCP
8 10 (1.85%) Kerberos
9 9 (1.66%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (1.48%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.29%) Wireless
12 6 (1.11%) HTTP
12 6 (1.11%) SMTP
12 6 (1.11%) SSL
13 5 (0.92%) Cisco ISE
14 4 (0.74%) Reverse Proxy
14 4 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (0.55%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.33%) BigQuery
1 18 (3.33%) Power BI
2 15 (2.77%) Data Lake
3 11 (2.03%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.92%) Metadata
6 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.92%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.92%) OLAP
6 5 (0.92%) OLTP
6 5 (0.92%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.92%) Oracle OLAP
7 4 (0.74%) MySQL
8 3 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.37%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (5.55%) JIRA
2 11 (2.03%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.48%) Git
4 7 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (1.11%) Maven
5 6 (1.11%) Robot Framework
6 4 (0.74%) GitLab
7 3 (0.55%) gulp
7 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.37%) JUnit
9 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.18%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 145 (26.80%) Social Skills
2 113 (20.89%) Finance
3 60 (11.09%) Public Sector
4 54 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (8.87%) Banking
6 12 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (1.85%) Legal
7 10 (1.85%) Retail
8 9 (1.66%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.11%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.92%) Law
11 5 (0.92%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.55%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.37%) Back Office
13 2 (0.37%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.37%) Marketing
14 1 (0.18%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 143 (26.43%) Architect
2 73 (13.49%) Consultant
3 51 (9.43%) Lead
4 50 (9.24%) Analyst
5 37 (6.84%) Senior
6 36 (6.65%) Security Architect
7 30 (5.55%) Lead Architect
7 30 (5.55%) Security Consultant
8 28 (5.18%) Project Manager
9 24 (4.44%) Security Analyst
9 24 (4.44%) Security Engineer
10 23 (4.25%) IAM Consultant
11 22 (4.07%) Developer
12 21 (3.88%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 17 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (2.96%) Business Analyst
16 14 (2.59%) Cloud Architect
17 13 (2.40%) Identity and Access Management Consultant
17 13 (2.40%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (15.16%) OAuth
2 79 (14.60%) SailPoint
3 71 (13.12%) SAML
4 65 (12.01%) OpenID
5 35 (6.47%) LDAP
6 19 (3.51%) .NET
6 19 (3.51%) RESTful
7 16 (2.96%) OAuth2
8 15 (2.77%) REST
8 15 (2.77%) SOAP
9 10 (1.85%) React
9 10 (1.85%) Web Services
10 9 (1.66%) JSON
10 9 (1.66%) Node.js
10 9 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (1.29%) .NET Core
11 7 (1.29%) Kafka
11 7 (1.29%) Spring
12 6 (1.11%) Spring Boot
12 6 (1.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.06%) Management Information System
2 40 (7.39%) PKI
3 22 (4.07%) Security Posture
4 18 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.14%) Cloud Native
6 15 (2.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 13 (2.40%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.22%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
9 8 (1.48%) Clustering
10 7 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.29%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.29%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.29%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.11%) Hedge funds
11 6 (1.11%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (0.92%) DataPower
12 5 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (9.43%) Windows
2 25 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 18 (3.33%) Linux
4 14 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (1.66%) Unix
6 7 (1.29%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.92%) 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 (0.18%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.18%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.18%) VMS
10 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (24.40%) Cybersecurity
2 91 (16.82%) DevOps
3 79 (14.60%) Agile
3 79 (14.60%) Information Security
4 73 (13.49%) Privileged Access Management
5 71 (13.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 68 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (12.01%) Cloud Security
8 60 (11.09%) Identity Management
9 59 (10.91%) Project Management
10 57 (10.54%) Risk Management
11 54 (9.98%) Migration
12 45 (8.32%) Application Security
13 41 (7.58%) Roadmaps
14 39 (7.21%) SIEM
15 38 (7.02%) Infrastructure as Code
16 36 (6.65%) CI/CD
17 35 (6.47%) Computer Science
17 35 (6.47%) DevSecOps
18 33 (6.10%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 63 (11.65%) Python
2 42 (7.76%) PowerShell
3 32 (5.91%) SQL
4 26 (4.81%) Java
5 15 (2.77%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.77%) Kusto Query Language
6 13 (2.40%) Bash
7 9 (1.66%) C#
8 3 (0.55%) Go
8 3 (0.55%) Perl
8 3 (0.55%) PHP
8 3 (0.55%) Ruby
9 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.18%) ABAP
10 1 (0.18%) Bicep
10 1 (0.18%) Groovy
10 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (22.55%) Security Cleared
2 93 (17.19%) SC Cleared
3 59 (10.91%) Degree
4 47 (8.69%) CISSP
5 27 (4.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (4.25%) CISM
7 20 (3.70%) Azure Certification
7 20 (3.70%) DV Cleared
7 20 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.85%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.66%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.48%) PMP
11 7 (1.29%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.29%) CISA
11 7 (1.29%) ISACA
12 6 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.92%) APMP
14 3 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 44 (8.13%) NIST
2 32 (5.91%) QA
3 25 (4.62%) JSP 440
4 22 (4.07%) GDPR
5 17 (3.14%) GRC
6 16 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 15 (2.77%) COBIT
8 9 (1.66%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.48%) Disclosure Scotland
10 4 (0.74%) SLA
11 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.55%) NCSC
11 3 (0.55%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.37%) ISA99
12 2 (0.37%) RMADS
12 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.18%) GxP
13 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 118 (21.81%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.77%) 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 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.74%) Shibboleth
9 3 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.55%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.37%) XenApp
11 1 (0.18%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.18%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (11.09%) Single Sign-On
2 52 (9.61%) Terraform
3 21 (3.88%) Ansible
4 19 (3.51%) PingFederate
5 17 (3.14%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.48%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.11%) vMotion
9 5 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.92%) NetIQ Identity Manager
9 5 (0.92%) SCCM
10 4 (0.74%) Oracle Identity Management
10 4 (0.74%) SCOM
11 3 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.55%) Nessus
11 3 (0.55%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.55%) SCVMM
12 2 (0.37%) Grafana
12 2 (0.37%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 156 (28.84%) Microsoft
2 59 (10.91%) CyberArk
3 33 (6.10%) Oracle
4 30 (5.55%) VMware
5 26 (4.81%) Ping Identity
6 24 (4.44%) ForgeRock
7 21 (3.88%) Google
8 17 (3.14%) Okta
8 17 (3.14%) ServiceNow
9 14 (2.59%) Cisco
10 10 (1.85%) Citrix
10 10 (1.85%) NetIQ
11 9 (1.66%) F5
11 9 (1.66%) IBM
12 8 (1.48%) BeyondTrust
12 8 (1.48%) CheckPoint
12 8 (1.48%) WALLIX
13 7 (1.29%) NEC
14 6 (1.11%) Infoblox
15 5 (0.92%) TSYS