Identity Access Management Job Trends in Scotland

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Identity Access Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 133 117
Rank change year-on-year +42 -16 +24
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 42 15 153
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.27% 0.61% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 0.67% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 23
10th Percentile - £36,250 £37,700
25th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +9.65% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,938 £76,250
90th Percentile - £82,125 £102,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,353 2,253 5,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 70.96% 90.88% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,382 999 2,454
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,968 £28,075
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,851 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Identity Access Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Identity Access Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Identity Access Management

Identity Access Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Identity Access Management in Scotland

Identity Access Management
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 July 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
West Lothian - 8 - -
Highlands - 8 £57,500 - 21
Edinburgh +18 6 £57,500 +25.68% 2
Stirling - 5 - -
Midlothian - 5 - - 2
Fife - 4 - -
Glasgow +6 2 £48,750 -22.00%
Falkirk - 2 - -
Clackmannanshire - 1 - -
East Lothian - 1 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
North Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Identity Access Management
UK

Identity Access Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.38%) PlantUML
Cloud Services
1 17 (40.48%) Azure
1 17 (40.48%) Entra ID
2 15 (35.71%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (59.52%) Broadband
2 1 (2.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.38%) Network Security
General
1 26 (61.90%) Games
2 22 (52.38%) Social Skills
3 15 (35.71%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Finance
6 1 (2.38%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (33.33%) Senior
2 10 (23.81%) Analyst
3 6 (14.29%) Developer
3 6 (14.29%) IAM Developer
3 6 (14.29%) Lead
4 4 (9.52%) Architect
4 4 (9.52%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) Senior Developer
4 4 (9.52%) Support Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (7.14%) Senior Architect
6 2 (4.76%) IT Operations Manager
6 2 (4.76%) IT Security Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Operational Security Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Platform Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Security Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Security Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Security Operations Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (40.48%) LDAP
2 15 (35.71%) GraphQL
2 15 (35.71%) OAuth
2 15 (35.71%) OpenID
2 15 (35.71%) REST
2 15 (35.71%) SAML
2 15 (35.71%) SOAP
3 2 (4.76%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 25 (59.52%) Cyber Threat
1 25 (59.52%) Cyberattack
2 11 (26.19%) AI Agents
3 5 (11.90%) Social Media
4 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (2.38%) Windows
2 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (69.05%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (40.48%) Roadmaps
3 14 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 14 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 14 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 13 (30.95%) Information Security
5 11 (26.19%) AI
5 11 (26.19%) Data Loss Prevention
5 11 (26.19%) Decision-Making
5 11 (26.19%) Design Patterns
5 11 (26.19%) Human-in-the-Loop
5 11 (26.19%) Line Management
5 11 (26.19%) LLM
5 11 (26.19%) Threat Modelling
6 6 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (7.14%) Digital Innovation
7 3 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (7.14%) Security Operations
7 3 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (38.10%) PowerShell
2 15 (35.71%) Bash
2 15 (35.71%) T-SQL
3 2 (4.76%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (40.48%) GDPR
2 15 (35.71%) NIST
3 14 (33.33%) NCSC
4 4 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (7.14%) SOC 2
6 2 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.38%) GRC
System Software
1 18 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Meraki
3 1 (2.38%) Google
3 1 (2.38%) VMware