Multi-Factor Authentication Job Trends

Multi-Factor Authentication
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Multi-Factor Authentication skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 638 641
Rank change year-on-year +25 +3 +277
Permanent jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication 41 68 82
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.068% 0.13% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.14% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 26 39 63
10th Percentile £34,750 £37,500 £41,900
25th Percentile £44,563 £42,500 £56,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% -18.52% +22.73%
75th Percentile £77,424 £81,250 £74,125
90th Percentile £133,125 £93,000 £81,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,250 £53,050 £56,525
% change year-on-year +2.26% -6.15% +7.67%

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 requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,036 48,491 50,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.83% 90.77% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,943 23,557 38,431
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.74% -6.31%

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 job vacancy trend in the UK

Multi-Factor Authentication
Salary Trend

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

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 16 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Multi-Factor Authentication in the UK

Multi-Factor Authentication
Top 15 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 16 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 +46 36 £70,000 -6.04% 15
UK excluding London +18 20 £54,250 +2.26% 13
London +47 17 £70,000 -10.54% 3
Work from Home +46 8 £70,932 +28.97% 2
North of England +19 7 £60,966 +43.45% 1
Midlands +28 6 £57,500 - 2
North West +25 5 £51,000 +20.00% 1
West Midlands +23 5 £57,500 - 1
Yorkshire -5 2 £70,932 -
East of England - 2 £40,500 - 5
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
South East +17 1 £90,000 +69.65% 3
South West +4 1 £36,500 -51.33% 3
Scotland -5 1 £28,500 -28.75%
East Midlands - 1 £85,000 - 1

Multi-Factor Authentication
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 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.88%) CMS
3 1 (2.44%) Confluence
3 1 (2.44%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (51.22%) Azure
2 18 (43.90%) Entra ID
3 14 (34.15%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (17.07%) SaaS
5 6 (14.63%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (12.20%) AWS
7 4 (9.76%) Azure AKS
7 4 (9.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (9.76%) Azure Functions
7 4 (9.76%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (9.76%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (9.76%) Azure Pipelines
7 4 (9.76%) Azure Storage
7 4 (9.76%) Datadog
7 4 (9.76%) GitHub
7 4 (9.76%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (9.76%) PaaS
7 4 (9.76%) Serverless
8 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (4.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (31.71%) VPN
2 9 (21.95%) Firewall
3 6 (14.63%) Network Security
3 6 (14.63%) WAN
4 5 (12.20%) DNS
4 5 (12.20%) SSL
5 4 (9.76%) DHCP
5 4 (9.76%) Kerberos
6 2 (4.88%) BGP
6 2 (4.88%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (4.88%) IPsec
6 2 (4.88%) OSPF
6 2 (4.88%) SD-WAN
6 2 (4.88%) VoIP
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (2.44%) DMVPN
7 1 (2.44%) VLAN
7 1 (2.44%) VPLS
7 1 (2.44%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (4.88%) Metadata
2 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 12 (29.27%) Finance
2 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Legal
4 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Law
5 3 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (17.07%) Architect
1 7 (17.07%) Senior
2 5 (12.20%) Operations Engineer
2 5 (12.20%) Platform Engineer
2 5 (12.20%) Support Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Analyst
3 4 (9.76%) Operations Support Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Platform Support Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Senior Architect
3 4 (9.76%) Senior Technical Architect
3 4 (9.76%) Technical Architect
4 3 (7.32%) Active Directory Architect
4 3 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Identity Management Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) IT Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Network Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) IT Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Operations Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (34.15%) OAuth
2 13 (31.71%) SAML
3 9 (21.95%) OpenID
4 7 (17.07%) OAuth2
5 4 (9.76%) ADO
5 4 (9.76%) LDAP
5 4 (9.76%) RESTful
5 4 (9.76%) YAML
6 2 (4.88%) .NET
6 2 (4.88%) .NET Framework
6 2 (4.88%) 802.1X
6 2 (4.88%) Blazor
6 2 (4.88%) Entity Framework
7 1 (2.44%) J2EE
7 1 (2.44%) JWT
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (2.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.76%) Mobile App
2 4 (9.76%) PKI
2 4 (9.76%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (4.88%) NHS
5 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.44%) e-Health
5 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.07%) Windows
2 4 (9.76%) Apple iOS
2 4 (9.76%) VMS
3 2 (4.88%) Android
4 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Identity Access Management
2 16 (39.02%) RBAC
3 13 (31.71%) Identity Management
4 9 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (21.95%) DevOps
4 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (21.95%) Task Automation
5 7 (17.07%) Agile
5 7 (17.07%) CI/CD
5 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (17.07%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (17.07%) Incident Management
5 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure as Code
5 7 (17.07%) Privileged Access Management
5 7 (17.07%) Privileged Identity Management
5 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
6 6 (14.63%) Analytics
6 6 (14.63%) Roadmaps
6 6 (14.63%) Runbook
7 5 (12.20%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) PowerShell
1 8 (19.51%) SQL
2 4 (9.76%) Java
2 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
2 4 (9.76%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (7.32%) Groovy
3 3 (7.32%) Python
4 2 (4.88%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) Azure Certification
1 4 (9.76%) CISM
1 4 (9.76%) CISSP
1 4 (9.76%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) CCNP
3 2 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.88%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.44%) CISA
4 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (24.39%) GDPR
2 5 (12.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (9.76%) SOC 2
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.44%) GRC
4 1 (2.44%) NIST
4 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 19 (46.34%) Active Directory
2 6 (14.63%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (9.76%) Docker
4 2 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.44%) OpenAM
5 1 (2.44%) OpenDJ
5 1 (2.44%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 21 (51.22%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (17.07%) Ansible
3 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (14.63%) Terraform
4 4 (9.76%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.44%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (2.44%) Check_MK
5 1 (2.44%) Nagios
5 1 (2.44%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 24 (58.54%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) Palo Alto
3 5 (12.20%) Zscaler
4 4 (9.76%) ForgeRock
5 3 (7.32%) Apple
5 3 (7.32%) Cisco
5 3 (7.32%) CyberArk
6 2 (4.88%) Ping Identity
6 2 (4.88%) SolarWinds
6 2 (4.88%) Splunk
6 2 (4.88%) Xamarin
7 1 (2.44%) Darktrace
7 1 (2.44%) F5
7 1 (2.44%) iManage
7 1 (2.44%) LogRhythm
7 1 (2.44%) Meraki
7 1 (2.44%) Okta
7 1 (2.44%) Sage
7 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.44%) Ubiquiti