Identity Management Job Trends in England

Identity Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Identity 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 498 490 444
Rank change year-on-year -8 -46 +206
Permanent jobs citing Identity Management 114 193 224
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.39% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.43% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 93 121 164
10th Percentile £34,674 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,688 £56,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £86,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +7.41% +3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Identity 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,784 44,895 41,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.28% 90.18% 91.26%
Number of salaries quoted 25,500 22,481 31,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Identity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Identity Management job vacancy trend in England

Identity Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Identity Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Identity Management

Identity Management
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Identity Management in England

Identity Management
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Management within the England 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
London +23 57 £76,250 +1.67% 56
South East +34 16 £67,500 -14.29% 75
Midlands +13 15 £57,500 +12.19% 60
North of England -9 15 £47,500 -32.14% 75
West Midlands +26 13 £55,000 +7.31% 28
Yorkshire -6 8 £50,000 -18.70% 37
North West +12 7 £35,000 -53.33% 35
South West +10 5 £67,500 +65.64% 30
East of England +12 2 £46,500 -25.30% 31
East Midlands -17 2 £60,000 +14.29% 28
Identity Management
UK

Identity Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 17 (14.91%) SharePoint
2 14 (12.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.88%) Confluence
3 1 (0.88%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (64.91%) Azure
2 50 (43.86%) Entra ID
3 41 (35.96%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (15.79%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (14.91%) AWS
6 16 (14.04%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (12.28%) Azure AKS
7 14 (12.28%) GitHub
8 13 (11.40%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (11.40%) SaaS
9 12 (10.53%) GCP
10 10 (8.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 10 (8.77%) Azure Key Vault
11 9 (7.89%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (7.02%) Azure Pipelines
12 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (7.02%) Serverless
13 7 (6.14%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (6.14%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 25 (21.93%) Firewall
2 19 (16.67%) VPN
3 18 (15.79%) DNS
4 15 (13.16%) DHCP
5 10 (8.77%) Network Security
6 7 (6.14%) WAN
7 3 (2.63%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.75%) DKIM
8 2 (1.75%) DMARC
8 2 (1.75%) HTTP
8 2 (1.75%) HTTPS
8 2 (1.75%) SSH
9 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.88%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.88%) NAS
9 1 (0.88%) NGFW
9 1 (0.88%) SAN
9 1 (0.88%) SSL
9 1 (0.88%) VLAN
9 1 (0.88%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.75%) Power BI
3 1 (0.88%) DTS
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.75%) JIRA
3 1 (0.88%) GitLab
General
1 31 (27.19%) Social Skills
2 24 (21.05%) Finance
3 16 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.02%) Legal
6 3 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.75%) Banking
7 2 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Electronics
8 1 (0.88%) Humanities
8 1 (0.88%) Law
8 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.88%) Marketing
8 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Retail
8 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (11.40%) Azure Engineer
1 13 (11.40%) IT Manager
2 12 (10.53%) Security Engineer
2 12 (10.53%) Security Manager
3 10 (8.77%) Analyst
3 10 (8.77%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 10 (8.77%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (8.77%) Senior
3 10 (8.77%) Support Engineer
4 9 (7.89%) IT Security Manager
5 8 (7.02%) Architect
5 8 (7.02%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (7.02%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (6.14%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 6 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Engineer
7 6 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.39%) Developer
8 5 (4.39%) ServiceNow Developer
9 4 (3.51%) Operations Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.04%) OAuth
2 15 (13.16%) SAML
3 7 (6.14%) ADO
3 7 (6.14%) REST
3 7 (6.14%) SOAP
3 7 (6.14%) YAML
4 6 (5.26%) OpenID
5 4 (3.51%) LDAP
5 4 (3.51%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.75%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.75%) JDBC
6 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.75%) RESTful
6 2 (1.75%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.88%) JSON
7 1 (0.88%) JWT
7 1 (0.88%) Node.js
7 1 (0.88%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.40%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.89%) Security Posture
3 7 (6.14%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.26%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.51%) PKI
6 4 (3.51%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.63%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.75%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.75%) NHS
8 2 (1.75%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.88%) Clustering
9 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.88%) Replication
9 1 (0.88%) SCADA
9 1 (0.88%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 22 (19.30%) Windows
2 18 (15.79%) Linux
3 16 (14.04%) Windows Server
4 7 (6.14%) VMS
5 2 (1.75%) Android
5 2 (1.75%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.75%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.88%) CentOS
6 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.95%) Disaster Recovery
2 29 (25.44%) Incident Response
3 27 (23.68%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (21.05%) Business Continuity
4 24 (21.05%) Identity Access Management
5 23 (20.18%) DevOps
5 23 (20.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 20 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (17.54%) Information Security
6 20 (17.54%) SIEM
7 18 (15.79%) CI/CD
7 18 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (15.79%) RBAC
8 17 (14.91%) Migration
9 16 (14.04%) Cloud Security
9 16 (14.04%) Data Protection
10 13 (11.40%) Privileged Identity Management
10 13 (11.40%) Risk Management
10 13 (11.40%) Zero Trust
11 12 (10.53%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (28.95%) PowerShell
2 12 (10.53%) SQL
3 10 (8.77%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.89%) Python
5 7 (6.14%) Bicep
5 7 (6.14%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (5.26%) Bash
7 4 (3.51%) Java
8 2 (1.75%) Groovy
9 1 (0.88%) Korn
9 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (14.91%) CISSP
2 16 (14.04%) CISM
3 15 (13.16%) Degree
4 11 (9.65%) Azure Certification
4 11 (9.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (7.89%) Security Cleared
6 7 (6.14%) CEH
6 7 (6.14%) DV Cleared
7 5 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (3.51%) CISA
8 4 (3.51%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.51%) SC Cleared
9 3 (2.63%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.63%) CCSP
10 2 (1.75%) GSEC
10 2 (1.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.75%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (30.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (12.28%) NIST
3 13 (11.40%) GDPR
4 9 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (7.02%) ISAE 3402
5 8 (7.02%) SOC 2
6 7 (6.14%) GRC
7 5 (4.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (2.63%) JSP 440
8 3 (2.63%) PCI DSS
8 3 (2.63%) QA
9 2 (1.75%) PSD2
10 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 41 (35.96%) Active Directory
2 10 (8.77%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (5.26%) Docker
4 3 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.75%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.75%) vSphere
6 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.88%) KVM
6 1 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (19.30%) Single Sign-On
2 20 (17.54%) Terraform
3 12 (10.53%) Ansible
3 12 (10.53%) Kubernetes
4 11 (9.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.51%) logstash
6 2 (1.75%) Nessus
7 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.88%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (41.23%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.65%) Palo Alto
3 9 (7.89%) Dynatrace
4 7 (6.14%) Zscaler
5 6 (5.26%) Google
5 6 (5.26%) Okta
6 5 (4.39%) ServiceNow
7 4 (3.51%) ForgeRock
8 3 (2.63%) Cisco
8 3 (2.63%) Citrix
8 3 (2.63%) Foundry
8 3 (2.63%) Palantir
8 3 (2.63%) SAP
8 3 (2.63%) Tenable
8 3 (2.63%) VMware
9 2 (1.75%) Apple
9 2 (1.75%) Qualys
10 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.88%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.88%) Splunk