Identity Access Management Job Trends in the City of London

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Identity Access Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 133 149
Rank change year-on-year +20 +16 +87
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 21 30 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.93% 1.14% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.19% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 16
10th Percentile £59,100 £62,000 -
25th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £92,500 £125,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £106,000 £132,500 £93,125
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £90,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,949 2,527 2,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.28% 95.61% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,424 1,615 2,410
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
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 £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Identity Access Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Identity Access Management
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Identity Access Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Identity Access Management

Identity Access Management
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Identity Access Management in the City of London

Identity Access Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 15 (71.43%) Azure
2 12 (57.14%) Entra ID
3 11 (52.38%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (28.57%) AWS
5 4 (19.05%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (19.05%) OpenShift
6 3 (14.29%) SaaS
7 2 (9.52%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (9.52%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (9.52%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (4.76%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (4.76%) GCP
8 1 (4.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (4.76%) Mimecast
8 1 (4.76%) Serverless
8 1 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) Firewall
2 4 (19.05%) LAN
2 4 (19.05%) VoIP
2 4 (19.05%) WAN
3 3 (14.29%) Network Security
4 1 (4.76%) Broadband
4 1 (4.76%) DKIM
4 1 (4.76%) DMARC
4 1 (4.76%) DNS
4 1 (4.76%) HTTP
4 1 (4.76%) VPN
4 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.76%) GitLab
General
1 5 (23.81%) Finance
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Billing
3 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Senior
2 5 (23.81%) IT Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (19.05%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) Security Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Lead
5 1 (4.76%) IAM Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Identity Management Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Information Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Lead Cloud Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Mobile Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) OAuth
2 1 (4.76%) AWS CDK
2 1 (4.76%) GraphQL
2 1 (4.76%) LDAP
2 1 (4.76%) OAuth2
2 1 (4.76%) OpenID
2 1 (4.76%) REST
2 1 (4.76%) RESTful
2 1 (4.76%) SAML
2 1 (4.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) PKI
1 6 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 4 (19.05%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (9.52%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.76%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.76%) iPad
4 1 (4.76%) iPhone
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 4 (19.05%) Unix
3 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.76%) OpenVMS
3 1 (4.76%) VMS
3 1 (4.76%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 8 (38.10%) Cloud Security
2 8 (38.10%) ITIL
3 7 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 6 (28.57%) SIEM
4 6 (28.57%) Zero Trust
5 5 (23.81%) DevSecOps
5 5 (23.81%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (23.81%) Technology Strategy
5 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (19.05%) Budget Management
6 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
6 4 (19.05%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
6 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
6 4 (19.05%) Service Management
6 4 (19.05%) Technology Roadmap
6 4 (19.05%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) C#
3 1 (4.76%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
1 1 (4.76%) CISM
1 1 (4.76%) CISSP
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (33.33%) GDPR
3 3 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (14.29%) NIST
4 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (9.52%) SOC 2
5 1 (4.76%) NCSC
5 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (52.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (19.05%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (19.05%) XenApp
2 4 (19.05%) XenDesktop
3 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (52.38%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (19.05%) SCCM
3 3 (14.29%) Terraform
4 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
4 2 (9.52%) SCOM
5 1 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (4.76%) NetBackup
5 1 (4.76%) Progress Chef
5 1 (4.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Citrix
3 2 (9.52%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.76%) Apple
4 1 (4.76%) ForgeRock
4 1 (4.76%) Okta
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) Veeam
4 1 (4.76%) Veritas
4 1 (4.76%) VMware