Identity Access Management Job Trends

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Identity Access Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 380 392
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +25
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 297 355 395
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.67% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.74% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 147 195 250
10th Percentile £33,898 £50,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £82,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +17.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £90,000 £105,625 £90,000
90th Percentile £108,500 £120,000 £102,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,307 48,088 54,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.63% 90.91% 89.35%
Number of salaries quoted 29,027 23,255 41,501
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Identity Access Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Identity Access Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Identity Access Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Identity Access Management

Identity Access Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 17 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England -16 231 £70,000 -16.67% 243
UK excluding London +48 156 £55,000 -21.43% 226
Work from Home +52 126 £70,000 -6.67% 213
London +4 124 £85,000 -8.11% 96
Scotland +36 48 £70,000 +3.70% 22
North of England +6 36 £56,250 +0.45% 40
Midlands +24 21 £60,000 -7.69% 27
North West +33 20 £55,000 -15.38% 22
South East -9 20 £45,000 -43.75% 76
West Midlands +23 16 £58,750 +6.82% 16
South West -2 16 £50,000 -40.48% 29
North East +2 9 £90,000 +63.64% 2
East of England +28 8 £42,980 -41.72% 29
Yorkshire -18 7 £48,000 -14.29% 16
East Midlands -5 5 £65,000 -18.57% 11
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 1
Wales - 2 £62,500 - 17

Identity Access Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 32 (10.77%) SharePoint
2 27 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.68%) Confluence
4 3 (1.01%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.01%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.01%) WebLogic Portal
5 2 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.34%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) JBoss
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (6.73%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.01%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 205 (69.02%) Azure
2 159 (53.54%) Entra ID
3 80 (26.94%) AWS
4 76 (25.59%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (11.78%) GitHub
6 35 (11.78%) Google Workspace
7 34 (11.45%) SaaS
8 30 (10.10%) OneDrive
9 28 (9.43%) GCP
10 25 (8.42%) Azure Monitor
11 24 (8.08%) OCI
12 20 (6.73%) PaaS
13 19 (6.40%) Azure Sentinel
14 18 (6.06%) IaaS
14 18 (6.06%) Power Platform
15 15 (5.05%) Microsoft Purview
16 10 (3.37%) Azure AKS
16 10 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (3.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (13.13%) Firewall
2 35 (11.78%) Broadband
2 35 (11.78%) VPN
3 31 (10.44%) DNS
4 25 (8.42%) Network Security
5 23 (7.74%) WAN
6 18 (6.06%) DHCP
7 12 (4.04%) SD-WAN
7 12 (4.04%) TCP/IP
7 12 (4.04%) Wireless
8 8 (2.69%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (2.36%) LAN
10 5 (1.68%) SSL
11 4 (1.35%) VoIP
11 4 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.01%) HTTP
13 2 (0.67%) Internet
13 2 (0.67%) SSH
14 1 (0.34%) NGFW
14 1 (0.34%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (1.68%) Power BI
2 3 (1.01%) Oracle Database
2 3 (1.01%) Oracle Discoverer
2 3 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.67%) Metadata
3 2 (0.67%) Tableau
4 1 (0.34%) GIS
4 1 (0.34%) Power Query
4 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (8.08%) Jenkins
2 23 (7.74%) Oracle Forms
3 9 (3.03%) JIRA
4 5 (1.68%) Git
5 4 (1.35%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.01%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.34%) GitLab
7 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 107 (36.03%) Social Skills
2 95 (31.99%) Finance
3 39 (13.13%) Organisational Skills
4 26 (8.75%) Games
5 24 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.72%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.39%) Banking
8 15 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.04%) Legal
10 11 (3.70%) Law
11 10 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.69%) Retail
13 6 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.68%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.35%) Back Office
15 4 (1.35%) Billing
15 4 (1.35%) Marketing
16 3 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 89 (29.97%) Senior
2 54 (18.18%) Cloud Engineer
3 31 (10.44%) Architect
4 26 (8.75%) Developer
4 26 (8.75%) Security Engineer
4 26 (8.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 23 (7.74%) Applications Engineer
6 21 (7.07%) Azure Engineer
7 20 (6.73%) Lead
8 18 (6.06%) Analyst
8 18 (6.06%) IAM Developer
9 17 (5.72%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 16 (5.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (5.05%) Administrator
12 13 (4.38%) Systems Engineer
13 12 (4.04%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (4.04%) Senior Architect
13 12 (4.04%) Senior Developer
14 11 (3.70%) Cloud Automation Engineer
14 11 (3.70%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (19.19%) SOAP
2 55 (18.52%) OAuth
3 51 (17.17%) SAML
4 46 (15.49%) OpenID
5 38 (12.79%) LDAP
6 37 (12.46%) REST
7 35 (11.78%) GraphQL
8 21 (7.07%) RESTful
9 20 (6.73%) JSON
9 20 (6.73%) XML
10 8 (2.69%) SailPoint
11 6 (2.02%) YAML
12 5 (1.68%) ARM Templates
13 4 (1.35%) ADO
13 4 (1.35%) OAuth2
13 4 (1.35%) React
14 3 (1.01%) .NET
14 3 (1.01%) ModSecurity
14 3 (1.01%) Oracle ADF
14 3 (1.01%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.48%) Cloud Native
2 40 (13.47%) Enterprise Software
3 38 (12.79%) Cyber Threat
4 35 (11.78%) Cyberattack
5 33 (11.11%) Security Posture
6 23 (7.74%) Management Information System
7 21 (7.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (5.05%) Onboarding
9 12 (4.04%) PKI
10 8 (2.69%) iPad
10 8 (2.69%) iPhone
10 8 (2.69%) Mobile App
11 7 (2.36%) Hedge funds
12 6 (2.02%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
13 5 (1.68%) Blog
13 5 (1.68%) Data Centre
14 4 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
15 3 (1.01%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 53 (17.85%) Windows
2 26 (8.75%) Windows Server
3 21 (7.07%) Windows 10
4 17 (5.72%) Apple iOS
5 16 (5.39%) Unix
6 13 (4.38%) Linux
7 10 (3.37%) VMS
8 6 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.01%) Android
10 3 (1.01%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.67%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.67%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.34%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (31.31%) Cybersecurity
2 81 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 80 (26.94%) DevOps
4 70 (23.57%) Cloud Security
5 69 (23.23%) Roadmaps
6 65 (21.89%) CI/CD
7 62 (20.88%) RBAC
8 60 (20.20%) Agile
9 55 (18.52%) Incident Response
10 52 (17.51%) Continuous Improvement
11 50 (16.84%) Infrastructure as Code
12 47 (15.82%) Root Cause Analysis
13 46 (15.49%) Observability
14 45 (15.15%) Regulatory Compliance
15 44 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
16 43 (14.48%) Migration
17 41 (13.80%) Information Security
17 41 (13.80%) ITIL
18 37 (12.46%) Zero Trust
19 36 (12.12%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 77 (25.93%) PowerShell
2 61 (20.54%) Python
3 51 (17.17%) Bash
4 49 (16.50%) SQL
5 35 (11.78%) T-SQL
6 26 (8.75%) Java
7 23 (7.74%) PL/SQL
8 20 (6.73%) Shell Script
9 19 (6.40%) Bicep
10 17 (5.72%) JavaScript
11 7 (2.36%) Go
12 5 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (1.35%) C#
14 2 (0.67%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.34%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 39 (13.13%) CISSP
2 29 (9.76%) Security Cleared
3 28 (9.43%) Degree
4 20 (6.73%) CISM
5 17 (5.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.70%) DV Cleared
8 10 (3.37%) AWS Certification
9 9 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (3.03%) SC Cleared
10 8 (2.69%) Azure Certification
11 7 (2.36%) CCSK
11 7 (2.36%) CISA
11 7 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (2.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (2.02%) CEH
13 5 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.68%) CCSP
13 5 (1.68%) CESG Certified Professional
14 4 (1.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (21.89%) NIST
2 57 (19.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (14.14%) NCSC
4 26 (8.75%) GDPR
5 17 (5.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (4.04%) GRC
8 11 (3.70%) PCI DSS
9 9 (3.03%) SLA
9 9 (3.03%) SOC 2
10 7 (2.36%) QA
11 4 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (1.35%) NIST 800
12 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (1.01%) JSP 440
12 3 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.67%) Basel III
13 2 (0.67%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.67%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.67%) MiFID
System Software
1 154 (51.85%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.40%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (5.72%) Docker
4 12 (4.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.35%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.01%) XenApp
7 3 (1.01%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.34%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.34%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.34%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 74 (24.92%) Single Sign-On
2 70 (23.57%) Terraform
3 47 (15.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (10.10%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.36%) Ansible
6 6 (2.02%) Grafana
6 6 (2.02%) SCCM
7 4 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.35%) Cilium
7 4 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.35%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.01%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (1.01%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (1.01%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.67%) Nessus
9 2 (0.67%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.67%) SCOM
9 2 (0.67%) WSUS
10 1 (0.34%) Nagios
10 1 (0.34%) QRadar
Vendors
1 119 (40.07%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.11%) Okta
3 25 (8.42%) Oracle
4 17 (5.72%) Google
5 15 (5.05%) VMware
6 14 (4.71%) Splunk
7 13 (4.38%) CyberArk
8 11 (3.70%) Zscaler
9 9 (3.03%) Apple
9 9 (3.03%) New Relic
9 9 (3.03%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.03%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.02%) Atlassian
10 6 (2.02%) Samsung
11 5 (1.68%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.68%) SAP
12 4 (1.35%) Cisco
13 3 (1.01%) Citrix
13 3 (1.01%) Forcepoint
13 3 (1.01%) Proofpoint