Privileged Access Management Job Trends in England

Privileged Access Management (PAM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Privileged Access Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 613 645
Rank change year-on-year +60 +32 +126
Permanent jobs citing Privileged Access Management 49 49 38
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.092% 0.10% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.11% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 35 22 31
10th Percentile £59,450 £40,662 £43,750
25th Percentile £73,750 £52,500 £55,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £105,000 £79,375 £78,000
90th Percentile £133,500 £102,625 £91,250
UK median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -3.45% +3.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Privileged 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,077 43,814 44,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.14% 90.86% 89.76%
Number of salaries quoted 25,929 21,493 34,060
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £42,500
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 £79,563
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Privileged Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Privileged Access Management job vacancy trend in England

Privileged Access Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Privileged Access Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Privileged Access Management

Privileged Access Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Privileged Access Management in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Privileged Access Management in England

Privileged Access 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 Privileged Access Management within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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 +82 40 £92,500 +26.71% 12
South West +1 3 £77,500 - 6
North of England +5 2 - - 6
Yorkshire -18 2 - - 2
South East - 1 £90,000 - 4
East of England - 1 £59,500 - 1
Privileged Access Management
UK

Privileged Access 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 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (8.16%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.04%) Confluence
3 1 (2.04%) IIS
3 1 (2.04%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 34 (69.39%) Azure
2 21 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 16 (32.65%) AWS
4 14 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (8.16%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (8.16%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.08%) SaaS
7 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.04%) OpenShift
7 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) DHCP
1 8 (16.33%) DNS
2 7 (14.29%) Firewall
3 5 (10.20%) TCP/IP
4 4 (8.16%) SD-WAN
4 4 (8.16%) VPN
4 4 (8.16%) WAN
4 4 (8.16%) Wireless
5 3 (6.12%) Kerberos
6 2 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (4.08%) Network Security
7 1 (2.04%) NGFW
7 1 (2.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
1 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (2.04%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.04%) GitLab
1 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 26 (53.06%) Finance
2 12 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.12%) Banking
5 2 (4.08%) Law
6 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Legal
6 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (24.49%) Architect
2 8 (16.33%) Security Architect
3 7 (14.29%) Senior
4 6 (12.24%) Lead
4 6 (12.24%) Security Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) CyberArk Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) IT Security Specialist
5 5 (10.20%) Security Operations Specialist
5 5 (10.20%) Security Specialist
6 4 (8.16%) Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Infrastructure Support
6 4 (8.16%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Senior Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Senior Support Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Support Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Identity Management Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (20.41%) OAuth
2 9 (18.37%) SAML
3 6 (12.24%) OpenID
4 3 (6.12%) OAuth2
5 1 (2.04%) Kafka
5 1 (2.04%) LDAP
5 1 (2.04%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Onboarding
2 6 (12.24%) PKI
3 4 (8.16%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (8.16%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (8.16%) iPad
3 4 (8.16%) iPhone
3 4 (8.16%) Mobile App
3 4 (8.16%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.08%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.08%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.49%) Windows
2 7 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.16%) Apple iOS
3 4 (8.16%) Linux
3 4 (8.16%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.04%) Unix
4 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.98%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (40.82%) Identity Access Management
3 17 (34.69%) RBAC
4 16 (32.65%) Incident Management
5 14 (28.57%) Security Architecture
6 13 (26.53%) Cloud Security
7 12 (24.49%) Incident Response
7 12 (24.49%) SIEM
8 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (20.41%) Change Management
10 9 (18.37%) Security Operations
10 9 (18.37%) Zero Trust
11 8 (16.33%) Identity Management
11 8 (16.33%) Root Cause Analysis
12 7 (14.29%) Customer Service
12 7 (14.29%) Decision-Making
12 7 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 7 (14.29%) Problem Management
12 7 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
13 6 (12.24%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 8 (16.33%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) Bash
3 1 (2.04%) Perl
3 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (34.69%) CISSP
2 13 (26.53%) CISM
3 10 (20.41%) Security Cleared
4 9 (18.37%) Azure Certification
5 6 (12.24%) Degree
6 5 (10.20%) AWS Certification
6 5 (10.20%) SC Cleared
6 5 (10.20%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (8.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (6.12%) CISA
8 3 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (6.12%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.04%) CEH
9 1 (2.04%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.04%) CRISC
9 1 (2.04%) FFIEC
9 1 (2.04%) ISACA
9 1 (2.04%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (36.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (36.73%) NIST
2 12 (24.49%) GDPR
3 7 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 6 (12.24%) NCSC
5 4 (8.16%) SLA
6 3 (6.12%) GRC
6 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 3 (6.12%) JSP 440
7 2 (4.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (2.04%) HIPAA
8 1 (2.04%) NIST 800
8 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 21 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.16%) Hyper-V
3 4 (8.16%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (28.57%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.04%) AirWatch
4 1 (2.04%) Ansible
4 1 (2.04%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (2.04%) CSIRT
4 1 (2.04%) DatAdvantage
4 1 (2.04%) Grafana
4 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.04%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 22 (44.90%) Microsoft
2 15 (30.61%) CyberArk
3 6 (12.24%) VMware
4 4 (8.16%) Okta
5 3 (6.12%) Foundry
5 3 (6.12%) Palantir
6 2 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 2 (4.08%) Splunk
6 2 (4.08%) Varonis
7 1 (2.04%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (2.04%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (2.04%) Centrify
7 1 (2.04%) Oracle
7 1 (2.04%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.04%) Thycotic