Hybrid/Remote IAM Consultant Contract Job Trends

Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant)
UK > Work from Home

The median Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant) daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 293 340
Rank change year-on-year -36 +47 +114
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Consultant 12 11 8
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.099% 0.11% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 5
10th Percentile £523 £480 -
25th Percentile £525 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -1.85%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £600
90th Percentile £634 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 11,368 9,279 14,168
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 93.83% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,286 6,351 9,497
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £774 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -1.75% -2.10% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 540 227 575
10th Percentile £17.50 £14.00 £14.33
25th Percentile £27.94 £17.95 £23.29
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.25 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.12% -18.02% -20.37%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.75 £62.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.72% -20.55% -18.89%

IAM Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IAM Consultant' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IAM Consultant job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

IAM Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid IAM Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid IAM Consultant job vacancies

IAM Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid IAM Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid IAM Consultant job vacancies

IAM Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 6 May 2026, IAM Consultant 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring IAM Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 2 (16.67%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (16.67%) AWS
4 2 (16.67%) CyberArk
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (16.67%) GCP
4 2 (16.67%) LDAP
4 2 (16.67%) OAuth
4 2 (16.67%) OpenID
4 2 (16.67%) RBAC
4 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 2 (16.67%) SailPoint
4 2 (16.67%) SAML
4 2 (16.67%) SAP
4 2 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
5 1 (8.33%) AI
5 1 (8.33%) Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) Architectural Design
5 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
5 1 (8.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 1 (8.33%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (8.33%) CCSP
5 1 (8.33%) CEH

IAM Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) LDAP
1 2 (16.67%) OAuth
1 2 (16.67%) OpenID
1 2 (16.67%) SailPoint
1 2 (16.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Private Cloud
1 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Unix
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (16.67%) RBAC
4 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 1 (8.33%) Architectural Design
5 1 (8.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 1 (8.33%) Containerisation
5 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (8.33%) High Availability
5 1 (8.33%) Microservices
5 1 (8.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (8.33%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (8.33%) Programme Governance
5 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
5 1 (8.33%) System Integration Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (8.33%) CCSP
1 1 (8.33%) CEH
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (8.33%) CISM
1 1 (8.33%) CISSP
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) OSCP
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GRC
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) CyberArk
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft