Identity Access Management Job Trends in Central London

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Identity Access Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 142 155
Rank change year-on-year +21 +13 +98
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 27 40 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.15% 1.23% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.28% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 19 20 18
10th Percentile £64,500 £62,375 £66,750
25th Percentile £70,750 £72,063 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £90,000 £86,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £95,000
London median annual salary £83,750 £90,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.94% +5.88% +4.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,080 3,122 2,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 88.51% 95.65% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,552 1,933 2,592
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,950 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% - -

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Identity Access Management job vacancy trend in Central London

Identity Access Management
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Identity Access Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Identity Access Management

Identity Access Management
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management in Central London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Identity Access Management in Central London

Identity Access Management
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Access Management within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +31 26 £80,000 -11.11% 24
City of Westminster +34 1 - -
West End of London -1 1 - -
Identity Access Management
London

Identity Access Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.70%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 19 (70.37%) Azure
2 14 (51.85%) Entra ID
3 12 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (33.33%) AWS
5 5 (18.52%) OpenShift
6 4 (14.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (14.81%) SaaS
7 3 (11.11%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (7.41%) Amazon ECR
8 2 (7.41%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (7.41%) AWS CodePipeline
8 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (7.41%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (7.41%) GCP
8 2 (7.41%) Serverless
8 2 (7.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (3.70%) IaaS
9 1 (3.70%) Mimecast
9 1 (3.70%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Firewall
1 6 (22.22%) LAN
1 6 (22.22%) WAN
2 5 (18.52%) VoIP
3 4 (14.81%) Network Security
4 1 (3.70%) Broadband
4 1 (3.70%) DKIM
4 1 (3.70%) DMARC
4 1 (3.70%) DNS
4 1 (3.70%) HTTP
4 1 (3.70%) VPN
4 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 2 (7.41%) GitLab
3 1 (3.70%) CircleCI
General
1 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Billing
3 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.70%) Legal
3 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Senior
2 5 (18.52%) IT Manager
3 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (14.81%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Security Manager
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Information Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Information Security Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Operational Security Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Operations Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Security Operations Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) AWS CDK
1 2 (7.41%) OAuth
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.70%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.70%) LDAP
2 1 (3.70%) Node.js
2 1 (3.70%) OAuth2
2 1 (3.70%) OpenID
2 1 (3.70%) React
2 1 (3.70%) REST
2 1 (3.70%) RESTful
2 1 (3.70%) SAML
2 1 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) PKI
2 6 (22.22%) Security Posture
3 4 (14.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
6 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (3.70%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (3.70%) iPad
6 1 (3.70%) iPhone
6 1 (3.70%) Low-Code
6 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Linux
2 5 (18.52%) Unix
3 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.70%) OpenVMS
3 1 (3.70%) VMS
3 1 (3.70%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Cloud Security
2 10 (37.04%) Service Delivery
3 9 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 9 (33.33%) ITIL
4 8 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (25.93%) CI/CD
5 7 (25.93%) Roadmaps
5 7 (25.93%) Zero Trust
6 6 (22.22%) DevOps
6 6 (22.22%) DevSecOps
6 6 (22.22%) Identity Management
6 6 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
6 6 (22.22%) Security Operations
6 6 (22.22%) SIEM
6 6 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (18.52%) Application Packaging
7 5 (18.52%) Knowledge Transfer
7 5 (18.52%) Strategic Planning
7 5 (18.52%) Technology Roadmap
7 5 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) PowerShell
2 5 (18.52%) Python
3 3 (11.11%) SQL
4 2 (7.41%) Bash
4 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.41%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.70%) C#
5 1 (3.70%) Java
5 1 (3.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
1 1 (3.70%) CISM
1 1 (3.70%) CISSP
1 1 (3.70%) Degree
1 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) GDPR
2 8 (29.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (14.81%) NIST
4 3 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
5 2 (7.41%) SOC 2
6 1 (3.70%) NCSC
6 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (48.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (18.52%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (18.52%) XenApp
2 5 (18.52%) XenDesktop
3 1 (3.70%) Docker
3 1 (3.70%) Terminal Server
3 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (48.15%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (18.52%) SCCM
3 4 (14.81%) Kubernetes
3 4 (14.81%) Terraform
4 2 (7.41%) SCOM
5 1 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (3.70%) NetBackup
5 1 (3.70%) Progress Chef
5 1 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) Citrix
3 2 (7.41%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.70%) Apple
4 1 (3.70%) ForgeRock
4 1 (3.70%) Okta
4 1 (3.70%) OneLogin
4 1 (3.70%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Veeam
4 1 (3.70%) Veritas
4 1 (3.70%) VMware