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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 93 113
Rank change year-on-year +20 +20 +32
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 23 16 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.68% 0.85% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.01% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 13 14
10th Percentile £510 - £366
25th Percentile £550 £625 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £650 £571
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +13.79% +14.14%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £719
90th Percentile £741 £688 £738
England median daily rate £585 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.00% +5.04%

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 1,219 1,577 1,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.91% 83.40% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 793 1,053 1,333
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -3.85% +6.12%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £668 £750 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 114 50
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.08 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.49 £14.03 £13.87
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £21.69
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +3.73% +28.92%
75th Percentile £28.18 £40.38 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £58.00 £48.13
England median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%

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 23 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 23 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 +3 15 £625 -7.41%
Birmingham +8 4 £556 -14.42% 12
Coventry +2 2 £619 -4.81% 9
Worcestershire - 1 £550 - 11
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 11 (47.83%) Azure
2 9 (39.13%) Entra ID
3 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (17.39%) Power Platform
4 4 (17.39%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (13.04%) AWS
6 1 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (4.35%) OCI
6 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Firewall
2 2 (8.70%) Network Security
3 1 (4.35%) Internet
3 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle Database
1 4 (17.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) GitLab
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 10 (43.48%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Architect
2 4 (17.39%) Lead
2 4 (17.39%) Security Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) AWS Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (4.35%) IAM Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Lead Security Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) LDAP
2 5 (21.74%) SailPoint
3 1 (4.35%) OAuth
3 1 (4.35%) OpenID
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (4.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Security Posture
1 5 (21.74%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
2 4 (17.39%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) PKI
3 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Amazon Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Ubuntu
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (43.48%) Cloud Security
3 7 (30.43%) ITSM
3 7 (30.43%) Privileged Access Management
4 6 (26.09%) Migration
5 5 (21.74%) Agile
5 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (21.74%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 5 (21.74%) RBAC
5 5 (21.74%) Zero Trust
6 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (17.39%) Password Management
6 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (13.04%) Identity Management
8 2 (8.70%) Business Analysis
8 2 (8.70%) Change Control
8 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
8 2 (8.70%) ITIL
8 2 (8.70%) Security Management
8 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) Java
3 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.35%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.35%) Degree
4 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.35%) OCP
4 1 (4.35%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) NIST
2 1 (4.35%) GRC
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (60.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (17.39%) Terraform
3 3 (13.04%) Ansible
4 1 (4.35%) CASB
4 1 (4.35%) FortiGate
4 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) ServiceNow
2 5 (21.74%) CyberArk
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Oracle
3 4 (17.39%) SAP
4 2 (8.70%) ForgeRock
4 2 (8.70%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco
5 1 (4.35%) Juniper
5 1 (4.35%) Okta
5 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto