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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 496 489 455
Rank change year-on-year -7 -34 +176
Permanent jobs citing Identity Management 116 190 229
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.39% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.43% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 94 119 168
10th Percentile £34,674 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £54,169 £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 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -

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 42,692 44,038 42,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.67% 90.44% 90.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,525 21,717 32,741
10th Percentile £28,518 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £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 6 January 2026.

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 6 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
London +18 59 £75,000 - 23
Midlands +6 16 £55,000 +7.31% 2
South East +27 15 £67,500 -14.29% 15
North of England -1 15 £47,500 -36.67% 12
West Midlands +22 14 £52,500 +2.44% 1
Yorkshire -11 9 £47,500 -22.76% 8
North West +8 6 £35,000 -53.33% 4
South West +3 5 £67,500 +65.64% 5
East of England +20 2 £46,500 -26.19% 2
East Midlands -9 2 £60,000 +14.29% 1
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 16 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 13 (11.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.86%) Confluence
3 1 (0.86%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (65.52%) Azure
2 51 (43.97%) Entra ID
3 42 (36.21%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (17.24%) Azure Monitor
5 18 (15.52%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (13.79%) AWS
7 15 (12.93%) Azure AKS
7 15 (12.93%) GitHub
8 14 (12.07%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (11.21%) SaaS
10 12 (10.34%) GCP
11 11 (9.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 11 (9.48%) Azure Key Vault
12 9 (7.76%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (6.90%) Azure Pipelines
13 8 (6.90%) Datadog
13 8 (6.90%) IaaS
13 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (6.90%) PaaS
13 8 (6.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 25 (21.55%) Firewall
2 22 (18.97%) VPN
3 18 (15.52%) DNS
4 15 (12.93%) DHCP
5 9 (7.76%) Network Security
6 8 (6.90%) WAN
7 3 (2.59%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.72%) DKIM
8 2 (1.72%) DMARC
8 2 (1.72%) HTTP
8 2 (1.72%) HTTPS
8 2 (1.72%) LAN
8 2 (1.72%) SSH
8 2 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.86%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.86%) NGFW
9 1 (0.86%) SAN
9 1 (0.86%) SSL
9 1 (0.86%) VLAN
9 1 (0.86%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.72%) Power BI
3 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) GitLab
General
1 31 (26.72%) Social Skills
2 25 (21.55%) Finance
3 15 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.90%) Legal
6 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.72%) Banking
7 2 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.86%) Electronics
8 1 (0.86%) Law
8 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.86%) Marketing
8 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.86%) Retail
8 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (12.93%) Azure Engineer
2 13 (11.21%) IT Manager
3 12 (10.34%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 12 (10.34%) DevOps Engineer
3 12 (10.34%) Security Engineer
4 11 (9.48%) Security Manager
4 11 (9.48%) Support Engineer
5 10 (8.62%) Analyst
5 10 (8.62%) Senior
6 9 (7.76%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (7.76%) IT Security Manager
7 8 (6.90%) Architect
7 8 (6.90%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (6.03%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 6 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (4.31%) Developer
10 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Engineer
10 5 (4.31%) ServiceNow Developer
11 4 (3.45%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.66%) OAuth
2 16 (13.79%) SAML
3 8 (6.90%) ADO
3 8 (6.90%) YAML
4 7 (6.03%) REST
4 7 (6.03%) SOAP
5 6 (5.17%) OpenID
6 4 (3.45%) LDAP
6 4 (3.45%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.72%) JDBC
7 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (1.72%) RESTful
7 2 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.86%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.86%) JSON
8 1 (0.86%) JWT
8 1 (0.86%) Node.js
8 1 (0.86%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.21%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.76%) Security Posture
3 8 (6.90%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.17%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.45%) PKI
6 3 (2.59%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.59%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.72%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.72%) NHS
7 2 (1.72%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.86%) Clustering
8 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.86%) Replication
8 1 (0.86%) SCADA
8 1 (0.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.97%) Windows
2 17 (14.66%) Linux
3 16 (13.79%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.90%) VMS
5 2 (1.72%) Android
5 2 (1.72%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.86%) CentOS
6 1 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.86%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (30.17%) Disaster Recovery
2 28 (24.14%) Incident Response
3 27 (23.28%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (21.55%) Business Continuity
4 25 (21.55%) Infrastructure as Code
5 24 (20.69%) DevOps
6 22 (18.97%) Identity Access Management
7 21 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (16.38%) Information Security
8 19 (16.38%) RBAC
8 19 (16.38%) SIEM
9 18 (15.52%) CI/CD
9 18 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (14.66%) Migration
11 16 (13.79%) Cloud Security
11 16 (13.79%) Data Protection
12 14 (12.07%) Zero Trust
13 13 (11.21%) Observability
13 13 (11.21%) Privileged Identity Management
13 13 (11.21%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (30.17%) PowerShell
2 13 (11.21%) SQL
3 10 (8.62%) JavaScript
3 10 (8.62%) Python
4 8 (6.90%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (6.03%) Bash
5 7 (6.03%) Bicep
6 4 (3.45%) Java
7 2 (1.72%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (1.72%) Groovy
8 1 (0.86%) Korn
8 1 (0.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (14.66%) CISSP
2 16 (13.79%) CISM
3 14 (12.07%) Degree
4 11 (9.48%) Azure Certification
4 11 (9.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (9.48%) Security Cleared
5 7 (6.03%) CEH
5 7 (6.03%) DV Cleared
6 6 (5.17%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (3.45%) CISA
8 4 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (2.59%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.59%) CCSP
10 2 (1.72%) GSEC
10 2 (1.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.72%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (31.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (12.07%) GDPR
2 14 (12.07%) NIST
3 9 (7.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (7.76%) SOC 2
4 8 (6.90%) ISAE 3402
5 6 (5.17%) GRC
6 5 (4.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (2.59%) JSP 440
7 3 (2.59%) PCI DSS
7 3 (2.59%) QA
8 2 (1.72%) PSD2
9 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
System Software
1 43 (37.07%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.48%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (5.17%) Docker
4 3 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.72%) vSphere
6 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.86%) KVM
6 1 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.86%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (19.83%) Single Sign-On
2 21 (18.10%) Terraform
3 13 (11.21%) Ansible
4 12 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (9.48%) Kubernetes
6 4 (3.45%) logstash
7 2 (1.72%) Nessus
8 1 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.86%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 50 (43.10%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.34%) Palo Alto
3 9 (7.76%) Dynatrace
4 8 (6.90%) Google
4 8 (6.90%) Zscaler
5 6 (5.17%) Okta
6 5 (4.31%) ServiceNow
7 4 (3.45%) ForgeRock
8 3 (2.59%) Cisco
8 3 (2.59%) Citrix
8 3 (2.59%) Foundry
8 3 (2.59%) Palantir
8 3 (2.59%) SAP
8 3 (2.59%) Tenable
8 3 (2.59%) VMware
9 2 (1.72%) Apple
9 2 (1.72%) Logitech
9 2 (1.72%) Qualys
9 2 (1.72%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.72%) Yealink