Identity Access Management Contracts in the West Midlands

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Identity Access Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Identity Access Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 92 119
Rank change year-on-year +20 +27 +16
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 25 19 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.86% 0.98% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 1.16% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 16 14
10th Percentile £510 £608 £393
25th Percentile £562 £621 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £602 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% +6.12% +20.93%
75th Percentile £652 £675 £738
90th Percentile £746 £688 £816
England median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,188 1,636 2,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.33% 84.03% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 1,083 1,452
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £14.14 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £23.99 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.19 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Identity Access Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Identity Access Management in the West Midlands

Identity Access Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Identity Access Management in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Identity Access Management in the West Midlands

Identity Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the West Midlands

Identity Access Management
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region 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
Warwickshire +14 15 £625 -7.41% 1
Birmingham +21 8 £588 -9.62% 2
Coventry +4 1 £613 -5.77% 1
Identity Access Management
England

Identity Access Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 14 (56.00%) Azure
2 12 (48.00%) Entra ID
3 6 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (16.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (16.00%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (4.00%) AWS
5 1 (4.00%) OCI
5 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.00%) Network Security
3 1 (4.00%) Internet
3 1 (4.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) Oracle Database
1 4 (16.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 11 (44.00%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Architect
2 6 (24.00%) Senior
3 4 (16.00%) Lead
3 4 (16.00%) Security Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Security Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Senior Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Security Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) IAM Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (4.00%) IAM Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Identity Management Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) LDAP
2 5 (20.00%) SailPoint
3 3 (12.00%) OAuth
3 3 (12.00%) SAML
4 1 (4.00%) OpenID
4 1 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 5 (20.00%) Security Posture
1 5 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (16.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.00%) PKI
4 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Linux
3 2 (8.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Cloud Security
1 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (32.00%) Migration
3 7 (28.00%) ITSM
3 7 (28.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (24.00%) RBAC
5 5 (20.00%) Identity Management
5 5 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 5 (20.00%) Zero Trust
6 4 (16.00%) Agile
6 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (16.00%) Password Management
6 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
7 3 (12.00%) Information Security
7 3 (12.00%) ITIL
7 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
8 2 (8.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (16.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) Java
2 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) Degree
4 3 (12.00%) CISSP
4 3 (12.00%) Master's Degree
5 2 (8.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (8.00%) CCSP
5 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.00%) CISM
6 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (4.00%) OCP
6 1 (4.00%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
6 1 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) NIST
2 1 (4.00%) GRC
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (52.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (12.00%) CASB
3 1 (4.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) ServiceNow
2 7 (28.00%) Oracle
3 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (20.00%) CyberArk
5 4 (16.00%) SAP
6 2 (8.00%) Fortinet
6 2 (8.00%) TOWER Software
7 1 (4.00%) Cisco
7 1 (4.00%) Juniper
7 1 (4.00%) Okta
7 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto