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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 139 153
Rank change year-on-year +18 +14 +92
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 22 39 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.88% 1.22% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.27% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 15 19 20
10th Percentile £59,100 £62,250 £69,750
25th Percentile £75,000 £71,625 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £92,500 £109,375 £90,000
90th Percentile £106,000 £132,500 £95,000
London median annual salary £85,000 £91,250 £82,500
% change year-on-year -6.85% +10.61% -

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 2,181 3,066 2,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 87.21% 95.75% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,607 1,844 2,595
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £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 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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 11 January 2026.

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 11 January 2026. 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 +17 21 £90,000 - 18
City of Westminster +31 1 - - 9
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 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 16 (72.73%) Azure
2 13 (59.09%) Entra ID
3 11 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (27.27%) AWS
5 4 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (18.18%) OpenShift
6 3 (13.64%) SaaS
7 2 (9.09%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (9.09%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (4.55%) Amazon ECR
8 1 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (4.55%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (4.55%) GCP
8 1 (4.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
8 1 (4.55%) Serverless
8 1 (4.55%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Firewall
2 4 (18.18%) LAN
2 4 (18.18%) VoIP
2 4 (18.18%) WAN
3 3 (13.64%) Network Security
4 1 (4.55%) Broadband
4 1 (4.55%) DKIM
4 1 (4.55%) DMARC
4 1 (4.55%) DNS
4 1 (4.55%) HTTP
4 1 (4.55%) VPN
4 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Billing
3 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Senior
2 5 (22.73%) IT Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (18.18%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Information Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (4.55%) IT Security Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Information Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) OAuth
2 1 (4.55%) AWS CDK
2 1 (4.55%) GraphQL
2 1 (4.55%) LDAP
2 1 (4.55%) OAuth2
2 1 (4.55%) OpenID
2 1 (4.55%) REST
2 1 (4.55%) RESTful
2 1 (4.55%) SAML
2 1 (4.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) PKI
1 6 (27.27%) Security Posture
2 4 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.55%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.55%) iPad
4 1 (4.55%) iPhone
4 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Linux
2 4 (18.18%) Unix
3 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.55%) OpenVMS
3 1 (4.55%) VMS
3 1 (4.55%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Service Delivery
2 8 (36.36%) Cloud Security
2 8 (36.36%) ITIL
3 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 6 (27.27%) SIEM
4 6 (27.27%) Zero Trust
5 5 (22.73%) DevSecOps
5 5 (22.73%) Identity Management
5 5 (22.73%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (22.73%) Technology Strategy
5 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (18.18%) Budget Management
6 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
6 4 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (18.18%) Migration
6 4 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
6 4 (18.18%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
3 1 (4.55%) Bash
3 1 (4.55%) C#
3 1 (4.55%) Java
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.55%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
1 1 (4.55%) CISM
1 1 (4.55%) CISSP
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (31.82%) GDPR
3 3 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (13.64%) NIST
4 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (9.09%) SOC 2
5 1 (4.55%) NCSC
5 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (18.18%) XenApp
2 4 (18.18%) XenDesktop
3 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (18.18%) SCCM
3 3 (13.64%) Terraform
4 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
4 2 (9.09%) SCOM
5 1 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (4.55%) NetBackup
5 1 (4.55%) Progress Chef
5 1 (4.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Citrix
3 2 (9.09%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.55%) Apple
4 1 (4.55%) ForgeRock
4 1 (4.55%) Okta
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Veeam
4 1 (4.55%) Veritas
4 1 (4.55%) VMware