Multi-Factor Authentication Contracts

Multi-Factor Authentication
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Multi-Factor Authentication skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Multi-Factor Authentication over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 465 579
Rank change year-on-year +70 +114 +189
Contract jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication 113 113 137
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.26% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.30% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 96 101
10th Percentile £173 £208 £210
25th Percentile £388 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +3.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £644
90th Percentile £654 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £605 £500
% change year-on-year -33.88% +21.00% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 0
10th Percentile £15.08 - -
25th Percentile £15.22 £14.17 -
Median hourly rate £18.13 £14.49 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.16% - -
75th Percentile £23.75 £15.82 -
90th Percentile £24.04 £16.44 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.13 £14.49 -
% change year-on-year +25.16% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Multi-Factor Authentication 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 26,635 37,480 53,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.90% 86.37% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,151 24,166 36,804
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,086 2,447 1,751
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.96 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% -0.11% +44.00%
75th Percentile £61.28 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%

Multi-Factor Authentication
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Multi-Factor Authentication as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Multi-Factor Authentication in the UK

Multi-Factor Authentication
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication.

Daily rate trend for Multi-Factor Authentication in the UK

Multi-Factor Authentication
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Multi-Factor Authentication in the UK

Multi-Factor Authentication
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication.

Hourly rate trend for Multi-Factor Authentication in the UK

Multi-Factor Authentication
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 +62 98 £525 -12.50% 57
UK excluding London +55 53 £400 -33.88% 35
London +49 43 £525 -4.55% 29
Work from Home +30 38 £525 -13.22% 46
Midlands +29 16 £525 +50.00% 6
West Midlands +28 16 £525 +50.00% 3
North of England +28 13 £425 +240.00% 11
South West +43 12 £425 +41.67% 2
North West +23 8 £400 - 9
Scotland +21 8 £148 -68.43%
East of England +33 4 £375 - 4
Yorkshire +17 3 £400 +220.00% 2
South East +5 2 £503 -16.94% 11
North East - 2 £600 -

Multi-Factor Authentication
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 23 (20.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (18.58%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.54%) Skype for Business
4 3 (2.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.77%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.88%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 77 (68.14%) Azure
2 60 (53.10%) Entra ID
3 47 (41.59%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (16.81%) AWS
5 10 (8.85%) OneDrive
5 10 (8.85%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.31%) GCP
7 5 (4.42%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (3.54%) SaaS
9 3 (2.65%) Asana
9 3 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.65%) Slack
10 2 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.77%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.88%) GitHub
11 1 (0.88%) IaaS
11 1 (0.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.39%) VPN
2 9 (7.96%) DNS
3 8 (7.08%) DHCP
4 5 (4.42%) Firewall
5 4 (3.54%) SAN
5 4 (3.54%) Skype
5 4 (3.54%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.65%) Unified Communications
7 2 (1.77%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.77%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (1.77%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (1.77%) Kerberos
7 2 (1.77%) LAN
7 2 (1.77%) Network Security
7 2 (1.77%) SNMP
7 2 (1.77%) TACACS
7 2 (1.77%) Wireless
7 2 (1.77%) WLAN
8 1 (0.88%) PBX
8 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.96%) Power BI
2 4 (3.54%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.54%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Bitbucket
1 3 (2.65%) JIRA
1 3 (2.65%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.88%) Snyk
General
1 48 (42.48%) Social Skills
2 32 (28.32%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (11.50%) Finance
4 11 (9.73%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.96%) Legal
6 5 (4.42%) Law
7 4 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.65%) French Language
9 2 (1.77%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.77%) Banking
9 2 (1.77%) German Language
9 2 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.88%) Automotive
10 1 (0.88%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.88%) Electronics
10 1 (0.88%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.88%) Local Government
10 1 (0.88%) Marketing
10 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (17.70%) Senior
2 16 (14.16%) Support Engineer
3 12 (10.62%) Architect
3 12 (10.62%) IAM Specialist
3 12 (10.62%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 10 (8.85%) Analyst
4 10 (8.85%) Azure Engineer
5 9 (7.96%) AWS Specialist
5 9 (7.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.08%) IT Engineer
6 8 (7.08%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (6.19%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) Service Analyst
8 6 (5.31%) Service Desk Analyst
9 5 (4.42%) Desktop Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) Exchange Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (18.58%) OpenID
2 20 (17.70%) SAML
3 16 (14.16%) OAuth
4 13 (11.50%) SailPoint
5 11 (9.73%) LDAP
6 4 (3.54%) FIDO
7 2 (1.77%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.88%) .NET
8 1 (0.88%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.88%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.88%) React
8 1 (0.88%) REST
8 1 (0.88%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.27%) Onboarding
2 12 (10.62%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (7.96%) PKI
3 9 (7.96%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (7.08%) Data Centre
4 8 (7.08%) Security Posture
5 6 (5.31%) Management Information System
5 6 (5.31%) NHS
6 3 (2.65%) BYOD
6 3 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.88%) Insider Threat
8 1 (0.88%) iPhone
8 1 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 38 (33.63%) Windows
2 13 (11.50%) Windows 10
2 13 (11.50%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.08%) Linux
3 8 (7.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (4.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (3.54%) Android
5 4 (3.54%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.54%) Unix
5 4 (3.54%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.77%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.88%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.88%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (47.79%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (41.59%) Identity Access Management
3 32 (28.32%) Identity Management
4 29 (25.66%) RBAC
5 15 (13.27%) Cloud Security
5 15 (13.27%) Collaborative Working
6 12 (10.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (10.62%) ITIL
6 12 (10.62%) Migration
6 12 (10.62%) Task Automation
7 11 (9.73%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (8.85%) Time Management
9 9 (7.96%) ITSM
9 9 (7.96%) Privileged Access Management
9 9 (7.96%) Regulatory Compliance
10 8 (7.08%) Artificial Intelligence
10 8 (7.08%) B2C
10 8 (7.08%) Customer Service
10 8 (7.08%) Privileged Identity Management
11 7 (6.19%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 27 (23.89%) PowerShell
2 20 (17.70%) Python
3 7 (6.19%) SQL
4 2 (1.77%) C#
4 2 (1.77%) Java
5 1 (0.88%) Bicep
5 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.88%) VB
5 1 (0.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (19.47%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.81%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.50%) Degree
4 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (5.31%) Azure Certification
6 5 (4.42%) CISSP
7 4 (3.54%) DV Cleared
7 4 (3.54%) MCSE
7 4 (3.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.77%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.77%) CCIE
8 2 (1.77%) CCIE Security
8 2 (1.77%) CCNA
8 2 (1.77%) CCNP
8 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.77%) CISM
9 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.50%) HIPAA
2 12 (10.62%) GDPR
3 11 (9.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (7.96%) QA
5 7 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (4.42%) NIST
7 4 (3.54%) NCSC
8 2 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.77%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.77%) PMO
9 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (62.83%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.96%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (5.31%) BitLocker
4 4 (3.54%) OpenAM
4 4 (3.54%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.65%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.65%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (25.66%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (16.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (8.85%) SCCM
4 8 (7.08%) WSUS
5 5 (4.42%) Terraform
6 4 (3.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (3.54%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.88%) Ansible
7 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.88%) Nessus
7 1 (0.88%) SCOM
Vendors
1 54 (47.79%) Microsoft
2 20 (17.70%) Citrix
3 14 (12.39%) Okta
4 11 (9.73%) Cisco
4 11 (9.73%) ServiceNow
5 9 (7.96%) Ping Identity
6 8 (7.08%) CyberArk
7 7 (6.19%) Nexthink
8 6 (5.31%) Google
9 5 (4.42%) iManage
10 4 (3.54%) Oracle
10 4 (3.54%) VMware
11 3 (2.65%) Atlassian
11 3 (2.65%) Veeam
12 2 (1.77%) BeyondTrust
12 2 (1.77%) ForgeRock
12 2 (1.77%) IBM
12 2 (1.77%) QAD
13 1 (0.88%) Progress
13 1 (0.88%) SAP