Hybrid/Remote Identity Management Specialist Contract Job Trends

Identity Management Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Identity Management Specialist daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 - 403
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Identity Management Specialist 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.031% - 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% - 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £445 - £421
25th Percentile £475 - £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £456
75th Percentile £625 - £478
90th Percentile £655 - £491
UK median daily rate £525 £675 £456
% change year-on-year -22.22% +48.03% -11.02%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 9,111 11,615 18,049
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.42% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,953 7,333 12,740
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £737 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 246 409
10th Percentile £14.00 £20.63 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.58 £30.56 £25.71
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.13 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -38.66% -8.89% +69.81%

Identity Management Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Identity Management Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Identity Management Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Identity Management Specialist job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Identity Management Specialist job vacancies

Identity Management Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Identity Management Specialist over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Identity Management Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Identity Management Specialist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Identity Management Specialist 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 Identity Management Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (33.33%) OAuth
3 1 (33.33%) OpenID
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) RBAC
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) SAML
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On

Identity Management Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
1 1 (33.33%) OpenID
1 1 (33.33%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) B2C
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft