Identity Access Management Job Trends in London

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Identity 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 250 257 294
Rank change year-on-year +7 +37 +72
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 124 184 159
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.88% 1.18% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.25% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 73 105 121
10th Percentile £45,500 £66,800 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,969 £75,000 £64,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £92,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +12.12% +1.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £117,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,500 £124,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £84,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +15.86% -1.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,403 14,702 16,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.67% 94.61% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,935 8,102 13,389
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Identity Access Management job vacancy trend in London

Identity Access Management
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Identity Access Management

Identity Access Management
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Identity Access Management in London

Identity Access Management
Job Locations in 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 London 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
Central London +21 21 £90,000 - 16
West London - 4 £95,000 - 10
East London -8 2 £70,000 +20.69% 15
Identity Access Management
England

Identity Access Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 21 (16.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (8.87%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 79 (63.71%) Azure
2 61 (49.19%) Entra ID
3 41 (33.06%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (24.19%) AWS
5 17 (13.71%) GCP
6 13 (10.48%) Azure Sentinel
6 13 (10.48%) SaaS
7 12 (9.68%) OneDrive
8 10 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (8.06%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (7.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 8 (6.45%) GitHub
10 8 (6.45%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (6.45%) Google Workspace
11 7 (5.65%) IaaS
11 7 (5.65%) PaaS
11 7 (5.65%) Serverless
12 5 (4.03%) Azure AKS
12 5 (4.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (3.23%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.97%) Firewall
2 21 (16.94%) WAN
3 18 (14.52%) DNS
3 18 (14.52%) Network Security
3 18 (14.52%) VPN
4 16 (12.90%) DHCP
5 11 (8.87%) SD-WAN
6 9 (7.26%) TCP/IP
7 8 (6.45%) Broadband
7 8 (6.45%) LAN
8 6 (4.84%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (4.84%) Wireless
9 4 (3.23%) VoIP
10 1 (0.81%) DKIM
10 1 (0.81%) DMARC
10 1 (0.81%) HTTP
10 1 (0.81%) Internet
10 1 (0.81%) NGFW
10 1 (0.81%) VLAN
10 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.42%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.61%) Power BI
3 2 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.23%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.81%) GitLab
General
1 43 (34.68%) Finance
2 35 (28.23%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.68%) Banking
4 10 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (7.26%) Law
6 7 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.65%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.03%) Financial Institution
7 5 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.03%) Retail
8 4 (3.23%) Back Office
9 3 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.61%) Legal
10 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Advertising
11 1 (0.81%) Billing
11 1 (0.81%) Games
11 1 (0.81%) Marketing
11 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (29.84%) Senior
2 18 (14.52%) Security Engineer
3 16 (12.90%) Cloud Engineer
4 14 (11.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 12 (9.68%) Azure Engineer
5 12 (9.68%) Lead
6 11 (8.87%) Analyst
6 11 (8.87%) Automation Engineer
6 11 (8.87%) Cloud Automation Engineer
7 10 (8.06%) Infrastructure Manager
7 10 (8.06%) IT Manager
8 9 (7.26%) Operations Engineer
9 8 (6.45%) Architect
9 8 (6.45%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (6.45%) GCP Engineer
9 8 (6.45%) Python Engineer
10 6 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.84%) Security Analyst
10 6 (4.84%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (4.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (16.13%) OAuth
2 18 (14.52%) SAML
3 12 (9.68%) OpenID
4 11 (8.87%) LDAP
5 8 (6.45%) GraphQL
5 8 (6.45%) REST
5 8 (6.45%) SailPoint
5 8 (6.45%) SOAP
6 4 (3.23%) ADO
6 4 (3.23%) YAML
7 2 (1.61%) AWS SAM
7 2 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.81%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.81%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.81%) EDI
8 1 (0.81%) J2EE
8 1 (0.81%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.81%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (21.77%) Security Posture
2 15 (12.10%) Hybrid Cloud
2 15 (12.10%) Management Information System
3 9 (7.26%) Cloud Native
4 8 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (6.45%) Cyberattack
5 7 (5.65%) Hedge funds
5 7 (5.65%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.65%) PKI
6 6 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (4.84%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (4.03%) Blog
7 5 (4.03%) iPad
7 5 (4.03%) iPhone
7 5 (4.03%) Mobile App
8 4 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (2.42%) CMDB
9 3 (2.42%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (2.42%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.61%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 35 (28.23%) Windows
2 18 (14.52%) Windows Server
3 14 (11.29%) Unix
4 13 (10.48%) Windows 10
5 10 (8.06%) Apple iOS
6 8 (6.45%) Linux
7 6 (4.84%) VMS
8 3 (2.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.61%) OpenVMS
9 2 (1.61%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.81%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (32.26%) Cloud Security
2 34 (27.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (25.81%) Zero Trust
4 31 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (24.19%) Infrastructure as Code
5 30 (24.19%) RBAC
5 30 (24.19%) Service Delivery
6 26 (20.97%) ITIL
7 24 (19.35%) Information Security
8 23 (18.55%) Mentoring
8 23 (18.55%) Roadmaps
8 23 (18.55%) SIEM
9 22 (17.74%) Incident Response
10 21 (16.94%) CI/CD
10 21 (16.94%) DevOps
10 21 (16.94%) Disaster Recovery
11 20 (16.13%) Vulnerability Management
12 19 (15.32%) Regulatory Compliance
12 19 (15.32%) Service Management
12 19 (15.32%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.35%) PowerShell
2 21 (16.94%) Bash
2 21 (16.94%) Python
3 14 (11.29%) SQL
4 8 (6.45%) T-SQL
5 7 (5.65%) Go
6 5 (4.03%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (3.23%) Bicep
7 4 (3.23%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.42%) Java
9 1 (0.81%) C#
9 1 (0.81%) Groovy
9 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (18.55%) CISSP
2 15 (12.10%) Degree
3 9 (7.26%) CISM
4 8 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 7 (5.65%) CCSK
5 7 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.84%) AWS Certification
7 5 (4.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.23%) CISA
8 4 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.42%) CRISC
9 3 (2.42%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.42%) SC Cleared
9 3 (2.42%) SSCP
10 2 (1.61%) CCNA
10 2 (1.61%) CCNP
11 1 (0.81%) CCSP
11 1 (0.81%) Check Point Certification
11 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (31.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (22.58%) NIST
3 21 (16.94%) GDPR
4 10 (8.06%) GRC
5 9 (7.26%) PCI DSS
5 9 (7.26%) SOC 2
6 8 (6.45%) NCSC
7 6 (4.84%) SLA
8 4 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (2.42%) JSP 440
10 2 (1.61%) Basel III
10 2 (1.61%) MiFID
10 2 (1.61%) PMO
10 2 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
System Software
1 63 (50.81%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.45%) Docker
3 8 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (3.23%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (3.23%) XenApp
4 4 (3.23%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.81%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.81%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.81%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 27 (21.77%) Terraform
2 25 (20.16%) Single Sign-On
3 24 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (15.32%) Kubernetes
5 7 (5.65%) SCCM
6 6 (4.84%) Ansible
6 6 (4.84%) Grafana
7 4 (3.23%) Cilium
8 3 (2.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (2.42%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.61%) NetBackup
9 2 (1.61%) SCOM
9 2 (1.61%) WSUS
10 1 (0.81%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.81%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.81%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 58 (46.77%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.29%) VMware
3 11 (8.87%) CyberArk
4 9 (7.26%) Google
4 9 (7.26%) Palo Alto
5 8 (6.45%) Okta
5 8 (6.45%) Zscaler
6 4 (3.23%) Cisco
6 4 (3.23%) Citrix
7 3 (2.42%) BeyondTrust
7 3 (2.42%) Foundry
7 3 (2.42%) OneLogin
7 3 (2.42%) Palantir
7 3 (2.42%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.61%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.61%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.61%) Ping Identity
8 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.61%) Veeam
8 2 (1.61%) Veritas