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 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 385 386 363
Rank change year-on-year +1 -23 +79
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 282 363 377
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.65% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.73% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 153 199 241
10th Percentile £31,250 £49,190 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £81,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.18% +12.41% -3.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £101,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £96,750 £120,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £70,000 £69,250
% change year-on-year -23.57% +1.08% +10.80%

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 48,537 49,891 46,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.05% 89.96% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28,419 24,819 35,711
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,532 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

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 31 December 2025.

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 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
England -32 221 £70,000 -15.92% 166
UK excluding London +39 150 £53,500 -23.57% 126
London -4 118 £83,750 -6.94% 71
Work from Home +40 107 £70,000 -5.08% 95
Scotland +37 42 £70,000 +12.00% 5
North of England +16 38 £53,500 -6.96% 35
North West +37 21 £53,500 -17.69% 12
South East -6 21 £48,822 -40.82% 37
Midlands +23 18 £57,500 -14.81% 16
West Midlands +25 15 £57,500 -4.17% 6
South West -1 13 £52,500 -12.50% 16
East of England +25 9 £32,500 -56.67% 13
North East +3 9 £90,000 +63.64% 2
Yorkshire -5 8 £48,000 -15.42% 23
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 3
Wales - 4 £52,500 - 9
East Midlands -6 3 - - 10

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 35 (12.41%) SharePoint
2 29 (10.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.77%) Confluence
4 3 (1.06%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.06%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.06%) WebLogic Portal
5 2 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) JBoss
6 1 (0.35%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (7.09%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.06%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 192 (68.09%) Azure
2 150 (53.19%) Entra ID
3 84 (29.79%) Microsoft 365
4 82 (29.08%) AWS
5 44 (15.60%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (12.41%) GitHub
7 33 (11.70%) SaaS
8 30 (10.64%) OneDrive
9 28 (9.93%) GCP
10 25 (8.87%) Azure Monitor
10 25 (8.87%) OCI
11 22 (7.80%) Google Workspace
12 21 (7.45%) Azure Sentinel
13 20 (7.09%) PaaS
14 19 (6.74%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (6.74%) Power Platform
15 18 (6.38%) IaaS
16 12 (4.26%) Serverless
17 10 (3.55%) Azure AKS
17 10 (3.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (14.54%) Firewall
2 28 (9.93%) VPN
3 26 (9.22%) DNS
4 25 (8.87%) Network Security
4 25 (8.87%) WAN
5 22 (7.80%) Broadband
6 16 (5.67%) Wireless
7 13 (4.61%) DHCP
8 11 (3.90%) LAN
9 9 (3.19%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (3.19%) SD-WAN
9 9 (3.19%) TCP/IP
10 6 (2.13%) VoIP
11 4 (1.42%) HTTP
11 4 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.71%) DMARC
12 2 (0.71%) Internet
12 2 (0.71%) SSH
13 1 (0.35%) DKIM
13 1 (0.35%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (1.77%) Power BI
2 3 (1.06%) Oracle Database
2 3 (1.06%) Oracle Discoverer
2 3 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.71%) Metadata
3 2 (0.71%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.71%) Tableau
4 1 (0.35%) DTS
4 1 (0.35%) GIS
4 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.35%) Power Query
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (8.87%) Jenkins
2 23 (8.16%) Oracle Forms
3 8 (2.84%) JIRA
4 4 (1.42%) Git
4 4 (1.42%) TeamCity
5 3 (1.06%) GitLab
5 3 (1.06%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.71%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 94 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 84 (29.79%) Finance
3 26 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (9.22%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (6.38%) Games
5 14 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.96%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.61%) Banking
7 11 (3.90%) Legal
8 10 (3.55%) Law
9 7 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.48%) Retail
10 5 (1.77%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.42%) Back Office
11 4 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Billing
12 3 (1.06%) Marketing
12 3 (1.06%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (25.18%) Senior
2 52 (18.44%) Cloud Engineer
3 26 (9.22%) Applications Engineer
3 26 (9.22%) Security Engineer
3 26 (9.22%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 22 (7.80%) Developer
5 21 (7.45%) Architect
5 21 (7.45%) Lead
6 19 (6.74%) Administrator
6 19 (6.74%) Azure Engineer
7 17 (6.03%) Analyst
8 15 (5.32%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 15 (5.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (4.96%) IT Administrator
9 14 (4.96%) IT Support
10 13 (4.61%) IAM Developer
11 12 (4.26%) IT Manager
11 12 (4.26%) Platform Engineer
11 12 (4.26%) Support Engineer
11 12 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (15.25%) SOAP
2 41 (14.54%) OAuth
3 38 (13.48%) SAML
4 32 (11.35%) OpenID
5 25 (8.87%) LDAP
6 24 (8.51%) REST
7 22 (7.80%) GraphQL
8 21 (7.45%) RESTful
9 20 (7.09%) JSON
9 20 (7.09%) XML
10 7 (2.48%) SailPoint
11 6 (2.13%) YAML
12 5 (1.77%) ARM Templates
12 5 (1.77%) React
13 4 (1.42%) .NET
13 4 (1.42%) ADO
14 3 (1.06%) AWS CDK
14 3 (1.06%) ModSecurity
14 3 (1.06%) Oracle ADF
14 3 (1.06%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.60%) Cloud Native
2 40 (14.18%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (12.06%) Security Posture
4 25 (8.87%) Cyber Threat
5 22 (7.80%) Cyberattack
5 22 (7.80%) Management Information System
6 21 (7.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 16 (5.67%) Onboarding
8 10 (3.55%) PKI
9 7 (2.48%) iPad
9 7 (2.48%) iPhone
9 7 (2.48%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.48%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (2.13%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.77%) Blog
11 5 (1.77%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.77%) Hedge funds
12 4 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (1.06%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 58 (20.57%) Windows
2 26 (9.22%) Windows Server
3 21 (7.45%) Windows 10
4 17 (6.03%) Linux
5 16 (5.67%) Unix
6 15 (5.32%) Apple iOS
7 10 (3.55%) VMS
8 8 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.77%) Android
10 5 (1.77%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.71%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.71%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.35%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (28.72%) DevOps
2 75 (26.60%) Cybersecurity
3 72 (25.53%) Cloud Security
4 65 (23.05%) CI/CD
5 64 (22.70%) Mentoring
6 58 (20.57%) Incident Response
6 58 (20.57%) Roadmaps
7 57 (20.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (19.86%) Agile
9 52 (18.44%) RBAC
10 49 (17.38%) Infrastructure as Code
11 48 (17.02%) ITIL
11 48 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
12 45 (15.96%) Observability
13 43 (15.25%) Migration
14 42 (14.89%) Information Security
14 42 (14.89%) Root Cause Analysis
15 37 (13.12%) Regulatory Compliance
15 37 (13.12%) Service Delivery
15 37 (13.12%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 73 (25.89%) PowerShell
2 64 (22.70%) Python
3 44 (15.60%) SQL
4 38 (13.48%) Bash
5 26 (9.22%) Java
6 23 (8.16%) PL/SQL
7 22 (7.80%) T-SQL
8 20 (7.09%) Shell Script
9 17 (6.03%) Bicep
9 17 (6.03%) JavaScript
10 7 (2.48%) Go
11 5 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (1.42%) C#
13 3 (1.06%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.71%) Groovy
15 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 31 (10.99%) CISSP
2 23 (8.16%) Degree
2 23 (8.16%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (5.67%) CISM
5 13 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.55%) AWS Certification
6 10 (3.55%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.84%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.48%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.13%) CEH
10 5 (1.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.77%) CCSK
10 5 (1.77%) CISA
10 5 (1.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.42%) CESG Certified Professional
11 4 (1.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (19.15%) NIST
2 50 (17.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (12.41%) GDPR
4 28 (9.93%) NCSC
5 18 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (4.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 13 (4.61%) GRC
7 11 (3.90%) PCI DSS
8 10 (3.55%) SOC 2
9 9 (3.19%) SLA
10 6 (2.13%) QA
11 3 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (1.06%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.71%) Basel III
12 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.71%) MiFID
12 2 (0.71%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.71%) PMO
12 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 144 (51.06%) Active Directory
2 20 (7.09%) Docker
3 17 (6.03%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (3.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.77%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.77%) XenApp
6 5 (1.77%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.71%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.35%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.35%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.35%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 76 (26.95%) Single Sign-On
2 67 (23.76%) Terraform
3 46 (16.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (11.70%) Kubernetes
5 8 (2.84%) SCCM
6 6 (2.13%) Ansible
7 5 (1.77%) Grafana
8 4 (1.42%) Cilium
9 3 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (1.06%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (1.06%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.71%) Nessus
10 2 (0.71%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.71%) QRadar
10 2 (0.71%) SCOM
10 2 (0.71%) WSUS
11 1 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.35%) PingFederate
11 1 (0.35%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 129 (45.74%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.64%) Okta
3 25 (8.87%) Oracle
4 17 (6.03%) Google
5 15 (5.32%) Splunk
6 13 (4.61%) CyberArk
7 12 (4.26%) VMware
8 10 (3.55%) Apple
8 10 (3.55%) Palo Alto
8 10 (3.55%) Samsung
8 10 (3.55%) Zscaler
9 9 (3.19%) New Relic
10 8 (2.84%) Citrix
10 8 (2.84%) ServiceNow
11 6 (2.13%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.77%) Cisco
13 4 (1.42%) Forcepoint
13 4 (1.42%) OneLogin
13 4 (1.42%) SAP
14 3 (1.06%) IFS