Identity Access Management Job Trends in Birmingham

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Identity Access Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 121 99
Rank change year-on-year +27 -22 +34
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 11 12 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.64% 0.67% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.72% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 6
10th Percentile £51,250 £43,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £44,125 £32,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,200 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.15% +0.38% -12.61%
75th Percentile £61,875 £85,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £83,450 £102,500 £64,375
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -13.21%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Identity Access Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,372 1,678 1,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.21% 93.27% 88.11%
Number of salaries quoted 971 782 1,015
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,125 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Identity Access Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Identity Access Management job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Identity Access Management
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Identity Access Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Identity Access Management

Identity Access Management
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management in Birmingham over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Identity Access Management in Birmingham

Identity Access Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Entra ID
2 9 (81.82%) Azure
3 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (36.36%) IaaS
4 4 (36.36%) PaaS
4 4 (36.36%) Power Platform
5 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
5 1 (9.09%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) HTTP
1 2 (18.18%) SSH
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
1 2 (18.18%) VPN
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Legal
3 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Information Security Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Service Management
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Cloud Native
1 6 (54.55%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (36.36%) Security Posture
3 2 (18.18%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Information Security
1 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Roadmaps
3 4 (36.36%) AI
3 4 (36.36%) API Management
3 4 (36.36%) Architectural Design
3 4 (36.36%) Architecture Roadmap
3 4 (36.36%) Case Management
3 4 (36.36%) CRM
3 4 (36.36%) Data Governance
3 4 (36.36%) Data Privacy
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Document Management
3 4 (36.36%) Identity Management
3 4 (36.36%) Integration Patterns
3 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
3 4 (36.36%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CEH
1 2 (18.18%) CISSP
1 2 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (18.18%) GSEC
1 2 (18.18%) OSCP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (18.18%) Nessus
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Qualys
3 1 (9.09%) Apple
3 1 (9.09%) Dell
3 1 (9.09%) HP
3 1 (9.09%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow