Identity Management Job Trends

Identity Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Identity Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 420 607
Rank change year-on-year -83 +187 +64
Permanent jobs citing Identity Management 216 238 291
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.55% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.59% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 162 118 228
10th Percentile £33,250 £46,175 £48,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,797 £56,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £84,919
90th Percentile £112,125 £92,150 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £55,043 £62,783
% change year-on-year -8.25% -12.33% +9.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,106 40,605 82,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 93.31% 85.17%
Number of salaries quoted 43,167 22,159 59,545
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Identity Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Identity Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Identity Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Identity Management

Identity Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Identity Management over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Identity Management in the UK

Identity Management
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Management within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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 -70 193 £57,500 -23.33% 65
UK excluding London -100 114 £50,500 -8.25% 49
London -3 85 £65,000 -21.21% 25
Work from Home +47 74 £57,500 +9.52% 32
South East -13 33 £57,500 - 16
Midlands -20 29 £35,866 -31.68% 7
North of England -86 21 £47,500 -36.67% 14
West Midlands -23 16 £41,683 -22.36% 6
Yorkshire -52 15 £47,500 -38.71% 8
East Midlands -14 13 £32,500 -38.10% 1
South West -50 10 £28,000 -49.09% 5
Scotland +4 8 £80,000 -
East of England -41 7 £57,500 +17.95% 5
North West -25 6 £52,679 -29.76% 6
Wales -27 6 £85,000 -2.86% 3

Identity 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 60 (27.78%) SharePoint
2 56 (25.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.93%) IIS
4 1 (0.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) SAP PSCD
1 2 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.46%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 153 (70.83%) Azure
2 112 (51.85%) Entra ID
3 105 (48.61%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (21.76%) SaaS
5 33 (15.28%) Azure Monitor
6 31 (14.35%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (12.04%) GitHub
8 25 (11.57%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (9.26%) PaaS
10 19 (8.80%) Azure AKS
10 19 (8.80%) Mimecast
11 18 (8.33%) IaaS
11 18 (8.33%) Power Platform
12 17 (7.87%) Datadog
12 17 (7.87%) GCP
13 16 (7.41%) AWS
14 15 (6.94%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (6.02%) Azure Key Vault
16 12 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 12 (5.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (25.00%) Firewall
2 43 (19.91%) VPN
3 31 (14.35%) DNS
4 27 (12.50%) DHCP
5 26 (12.04%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (8.80%) VLAN
6 19 (8.80%) WAN
7 14 (6.48%) TCP/IP
8 12 (5.56%) LAN
8 12 (5.56%) Network Security
9 10 (4.63%) VoIP
10 7 (3.24%) SAN
11 5 (2.31%) Wireless
12 4 (1.85%) SSL
13 3 (1.39%) Unified Communications
14 2 (0.93%) DKIM
14 2 (0.93%) DMARC
15 1 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
15 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.94%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.24%) BigQuery
2 7 (3.24%) Tableau
3 5 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.93%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.46%) Power BI
5 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (10.19%) JIRA
2 6 (2.78%) Chocolatey
General
1 61 (28.24%) Social Skills
2 48 (22.22%) Finance
3 36 (16.67%) Legal
4 26 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (5.09%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.63%) Banking
8 9 (4.17%) Retail
9 8 (3.70%) Marketing
10 4 (1.85%) Advertising
10 4 (1.85%) Law
11 2 (0.93%) Military
12 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.46%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.46%) Front Office
12 1 (0.46%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.46%) Police
12 1 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (15.74%) Support Engineer
2 32 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 32 (14.81%) Senior
3 30 (13.89%) IT Support
4 26 (12.04%) Azure Engineer
5 24 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
6 22 (10.19%) Analyst
7 20 (9.26%) IT Engineer
8 19 (8.80%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 19 (8.80%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (7.87%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (6.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 15 (6.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 15 (6.94%) Cloud Engineer
10 15 (6.94%) Lead
10 15 (6.94%) Security Engineer
11 13 (6.02%) Architect
12 11 (5.09%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (5.09%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
12 11 (5.09%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.65%) OAuth
2 17 (7.87%) SAML
3 11 (5.09%) ADO
3 11 (5.09%) YAML
4 8 (3.70%) JSON
5 7 (3.24%) CSS
5 7 (3.24%) HTML
5 7 (3.24%) OpenID
6 6 (2.78%) OAuth2
6 6 (2.78%) RESTful
7 3 (1.39%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.93%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.93%) EDI
8 2 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.93%) XML
9 1 (0.46%) FIDO
9 1 (0.46%) Kafka
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.46%) Model Context Protocol
9 1 (0.46%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.19%) Onboarding
2 15 (6.94%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 8 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (3.24%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.78%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.31%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (1.85%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.85%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.85%) Digital Signage
7 4 (1.85%) Educational Technology
7 4 (1.85%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.85%) PKI
8 3 (1.39%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.39%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.93%) CCTV
9 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 63 (29.17%) Windows
2 28 (12.96%) Windows Server
3 20 (9.26%) Mac OS
4 13 (6.02%) Windows 10
5 11 (5.09%) Linux
5 11 (5.09%) VMS
6 3 (1.39%) Unix
6 3 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.46%) Android
8 1 (0.46%) Solaris
8 1 (0.46%) tvOS
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 52 (24.07%) Cybersecurity
3 49 (22.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 46 (21.30%) Disaster Recovery
5 45 (20.83%) DevOps
5 45 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (20.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 40 (18.52%) Analytics
8 36 (16.67%) CI/CD
8 36 (16.67%) ITIL
9 35 (16.20%) Cloud Security
9 35 (16.20%) Incident Management
9 35 (16.20%) Incident Response
10 31 (14.35%) RBAC
11 28 (12.96%) Migration
12 26 (12.04%) Change Management
13 25 (11.57%) Observability
14 23 (10.65%) Root Cause Analysis
14 23 (10.65%) Service Delivery
14 23 (10.65%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 59 (27.31%) PowerShell
2 26 (12.04%) SQL
3 16 (7.41%) Python
3 16 (7.41%) R
4 15 (6.94%) Bash
5 11 (5.09%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (4.63%) Bicep
7 7 (3.24%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.31%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.46%) Java
9 1 (0.46%) Korn
9 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (17.13%) Degree
2 19 (8.80%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (6.94%) Azure Certification
3 15 (6.94%) CISSP
4 13 (6.02%) Security Cleared
5 12 (5.56%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (4.17%) CISM
7 6 (2.78%) CEH
8 5 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.85%) CCNA
9 4 (1.85%) CCSP
9 4 (1.85%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.39%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.39%) MCSE
10 3 (1.39%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.39%) PMP
10 3 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (24.07%) GDPR
2 51 (23.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (10.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (6.94%) NIST
4 15 (6.94%) SOC 2
5 11 (5.09%) QA
5 11 (5.09%) SLA
6 9 (4.17%) Data Quality
7 7 (3.24%) PERC
8 4 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.39%) GRC
9 3 (1.39%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.93%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.46%) DICOM
11 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.46%) NCSC
System Software
1 108 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.85%) Docker
6 3 (1.39%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.93%) vSphere
8 1 (0.46%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 59 (27.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (15.28%) Terraform
3 28 (12.96%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (6.02%) Ansible
5 12 (5.56%) SCCM
6 11 (5.09%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (4.17%) Kubernetes
8 8 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (2.78%) Autotask
10 4 (1.85%) logstash
11 2 (0.93%) DatAdvantage
11 2 (0.93%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.46%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.46%) Grafana
12 1 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.46%) SCOM
Vendors
1 146 (67.59%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.87%) CrowdStrike
3 14 (6.48%) Apple
4 13 (6.02%) Logitech
4 13 (6.02%) Palo Alto
4 13 (6.02%) VMware
4 13 (6.02%) Yealink
5 11 (5.09%) Google
5 11 (5.09%) Zscaler
6 9 (4.17%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.70%) Dynatrace
7 8 (3.70%) Okta
7 8 (3.70%) Veeam
8 7 (3.24%) Tenable
9 6 (2.78%) Ab Initio
9 6 (2.78%) AppDynamics
9 6 (2.78%) Cisco
9 6 (2.78%) Varonis
10 5 (2.31%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.85%) Oracle