Identity Management Job Trends in London

Identity Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London 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 322 345 343
Rank change year-on-year +23 -2 +141
Permanent jobs citing Identity Management 57 93 96
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.42% 0.59% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.62% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 46 68 76
10th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £50,625
25th Percentile £55,750 £68,750 £63,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -6.25% -2.14%
75th Percentile £99,375 £85,000 £98,125
90th Percentile £120,000 £97,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,118 14,957 16,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.48% 94.35% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,728 8,393 13,166
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
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 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Identity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Identity Management job vacancy trend in London

Identity Management
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Identity Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Identity Management

Identity Management
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Identity Management in London

Identity 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 Management within the London 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
Central London +33 16 £85,000 +13.33% 17
West London - 8 £67,500 - 1
South London - 1 £55,000 -
Identity Management
England

Identity 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 5 (8.77%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 32 (56.14%) Azure
2 21 (36.84%) Entra ID
3 14 (24.56%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (21.05%) GitHub
4 12 (21.05%) GitHub Actions
5 11 (19.30%) Azure AKS
5 11 (19.30%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (15.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 8 (14.04%) Azure Pipelines
8 7 (12.28%) Azure Key Vault
8 7 (12.28%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (12.28%) Datadog
9 5 (8.77%) AWS
9 5 (8.77%) Azure Functions
9 5 (8.77%) Serverless
10 4 (7.02%) Azure Storage
10 4 (7.02%) SaaS
11 3 (5.26%) IaaS
11 3 (5.26%) PaaS
11 3 (5.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.05%) Firewall
1 12 (21.05%) VPN
2 7 (12.28%) WAN
3 6 (10.53%) Network Security
4 2 (3.51%) DHCP
4 2 (3.51%) DKIM
4 2 (3.51%) DMARC
4 2 (3.51%) DNS
4 2 (3.51%) HTTPS
5 1 (1.75%) Kerberos
5 1 (1.75%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.77%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.51%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.30%) Finance
3 10 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.04%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.26%) Legal
6 2 (3.51%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (21.05%) IT Manager
2 11 (19.30%) Azure Engineer
3 10 (17.54%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 10 (17.54%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (17.54%) Security Manager
4 9 (15.79%) IT Security Manager
5 6 (10.53%) Security Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Developer
6 5 (8.77%) ServiceNow Developer
6 5 (8.77%) Support Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Architect
7 4 (7.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Lead
7 4 (7.02%) Operations Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Operations Support Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Platform Support Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Senior
8 3 (5.26%) Services Director
8 3 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.81%) OAuth
2 11 (19.30%) SAML
3 7 (12.28%) ADO
3 7 (12.28%) REST
3 7 (12.28%) SOAP
3 7 (12.28%) YAML
4 3 (5.26%) OpenID
5 2 (3.51%) AWS CDK
5 2 (3.51%) JDBC
5 2 (3.51%) LDAP
5 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (3.51%) OAuth2
6 1 (1.75%) JSON
6 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.02%) PKI
3 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.51%) NHS
4 2 (3.51%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.75%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) Linux
1 7 (12.28%) VMS
2 4 (7.02%) Windows
3 2 (3.51%) Android
3 2 (3.51%) Mac OS
3 2 (3.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.84%) Incident Response
2 18 (31.58%) Disaster Recovery
3 17 (29.82%) DevOps
4 16 (28.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (28.07%) Infrastructure as Code
5 15 (26.32%) Business Continuity
6 14 (24.56%) Identity Access Management
7 13 (22.81%) CI/CD
7 13 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (21.05%) Information Security
9 11 (19.30%) Agile
9 11 (19.30%) Observability
9 11 (19.30%) RBAC
9 11 (19.30%) Risk Management
9 11 (19.30%) SIEM
10 10 (17.54%) Computer Science
10 10 (17.54%) Data Protection
10 10 (17.54%) Information Security Management
10 10 (17.54%) Security Management
10 10 (17.54%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 8 (14.04%) SQL
3 7 (12.28%) JavaScript
3 7 (12.28%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (10.53%) Python
5 5 (8.77%) Bicep
6 4 (7.02%) Bash
7 2 (3.51%) Java
8 1 (1.75%) Korn
Qualifications
1 11 (19.30%) Degree
2 10 (17.54%) CISM
2 10 (17.54%) CISSP
2 10 (17.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (15.79%) Azure Certification
4 3 (5.26%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.51%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (3.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (17.54%) GDPR
3 8 (14.04%) ISAE 3402
3 8 (14.04%) NIST
3 8 (14.04%) SOC 2
4 3 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 3 (5.26%) JSP 440
5 2 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.51%) PSD2
5 2 (3.51%) QA
6 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (29.82%) Active Directory
2 8 (14.04%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (7.02%) Docker
4 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (21.05%) Terraform
2 10 (17.54%) Kubernetes
3 9 (15.79%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (12.28%) Ansible
5 4 (7.02%) logstash
6 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 23 (40.35%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.28%) Palo Alto
2 7 (12.28%) Zscaler
3 6 (10.53%) Okta
4 5 (8.77%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.26%) Citrix
5 3 (5.26%) Foundry
5 3 (5.26%) Palantir
6 2 (3.51%) ForgeRock
6 2 (3.51%) Google
7 1 (1.75%) Apple
7 1 (1.75%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.75%) Varonis