Multi-Factor Authentication Job Trends

Multi-Factor Authentication
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	733	628	647
Rank change year-on-year	-105	+19	-38
Permanent jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication	99	43	88
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.081%	0.086%	0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.11%	0.098%	0.16%
Number of salaries quoted	61	31	44
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£24,750	£37,500
25^th Percentile	£36,500	£35,375	£46,652
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£48,445	£55,000	£57,025
Median % change year-on-year	-11.92%	-3.55%	-18.54%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£73,750	£82,938
90^th Percentile	£81,250	£126,250	£107,250
UK excluding London median annual salary	£47,500	£50,500	£53,050
% change year-on-year	-5.94%	-4.81%	-7.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Multi-Factor Authentication falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	90,023	43,892	56,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.61%	87.48%	82.57%
Number of salaries quoted	60,411	25,743	29,547
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,717	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£59,000	£54,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.26%	-10.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£46,500	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+18.28%	-13.89%	+2.86%

Multi-Factor Authentication Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Multi-Factor Authentication relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Multi-Factor Authentication Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multi-Factor Authentication.

Multi-Factor Authentication Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication over the 6 months to 2 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Multi-Factor Authentication in the UK

Multi-Factor Authentication Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication within the UK over the 6 months to 2 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-65	99	£48,445	-11.92%	55
UK excluding London	-84	74	£47,500	-5.94%	40
Work from Home	-25	39	£62,788	-42.92%	18
South East	-53	27	£38,000	-32.44%	12
London	-82	27	£60,000	-14.29%	21
East of England	-36	21	£50,000	+42.86%	5
North of England	-67	18	£40,000	-31.03%	8
Yorkshire	-29	10	£40,000	-
North West	-47	7	£57,010	-1.71%	7
Midlands	-64	6	£80,000	+39.13%	6
East Midlands	-	5	£80,000	-	3
South West	-78	2	-	-	8
West Midlands	-64	1	£85,000	+47.83%	3
North East	-	1	£48,445	-	1

Multi-Factor Authentication Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, job vacancies citing Multi-Factor Authentication also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Multi-Factor Authentication.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Active Directory	85.9%	85
2	Entra ID	71.7%	71
2	Microsoft	71.7%	71
4	Azure	70.7%	70
5	Microsoft 365	61.6%	61
6	Identity Access Management	55.6%	55
7	Cybersecurity	50.5%	50
8	Windows	49.5%	49
9	Zero Trust	43.4%	43
10	RBAC	42.4%	42
11	Privileged Access Management	39.4%	39
12	Single Sign-On	37.4%	37
13	Microsoft Exchange	29.3%	29
13	SAML	29.3%	29
15	OAuth	27.3%	27
16	OpenID	26.3%	26
17	DNS	25.3%	25
17	Identity Management	25.3%	25
17	Microsoft Intune	25.3%	25
20	Continuous Improvement	24.2%	24
20	Data Protection	24.2%	24
20	LDAP	24.2%	24
20	PowerShell	24.2%	24
20	SharePoint	24.2%	24
20	Windows 10	24.2%	24
26	Azure Certification	23.2%	23
26	CISSP	23.2%	23
26	DHCP	23.2%	23
26	Mentoring	23.2%	23
30	Degree	22.2%	22

Multi-Factor Authentication Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Identity Access Management	55.6%	55
2	Cybersecurity	50.5%	50
3	Zero Trust	43.4%	43
4	RBAC	42.4%	42
5	Privileged Access Management	39.4%	39
6	Identity Management	25.3%	25
7	Continuous Improvement	24.2%	24
7	Data Protection	24.2%	24
9	Mentoring	23.2%	23
10	Problem-Solving	21.2%	21
11	Incident Response	20.2%	20
11	ITIL	20.2%	20
11	Stakeholder Engagement	20.2%	20
14	Privileged Identity Management	19.2%	19
14	Security Architecture	19.2%	19
14	Technical Leadership	19.2%	19
17	Infrastructure Engineering	18.2%	18
17	Microservices	18.2%	18
17	Service Management	18.2%	18
17	User Experience	18.2%	18