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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 658 589 762
Rank change year-on-year -69 +173 +125
Permanent jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication 51 56 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 29 44 108
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,625 £27,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £50,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.49% +44.50% -11.50%
75th Percentile £71,250 £84,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,424 £90,000 £83,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £62,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -40.00% +47.06% -22.73%

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 67,110 39,339 81,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.81% 92.87% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 41,656 22,592 59,463
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 29 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Multi-Factor Authentication in the UK

Multi-Factor Authentication
Top 12 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 29 April 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 -55 48 £63,750 -8.93% 13
London -10 33 £65,000 -14.75% 7
Work from Home +3 20 £37,500 -40.00% 6
UK excluding London -76 15 £37,500 -40.00% 8
North of England -57 7 £37,500 -30.23%
North West -38 6 £37,500 -30.23%
Midlands -34 5 £29,000 -36.96% 1
East Midlands -45 5 £29,000 +7.41% 1
Scotland -23 1 £28,500 -61.74%
South East -32 1 £90,000 +44.00% 4
Yorkshire - 1 £70,932 -
Northern Ireland - 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 1 (1.96%) CMS
1 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (50.98%) Entra ID
2 20 (39.22%) Azure
3 14 (27.45%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (15.69%) SaaS
5 5 (9.80%) Intacct
6 4 (7.84%) Azure AKS
6 4 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (7.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (7.84%) Azure Functions
6 4 (7.84%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (7.84%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (7.84%) Azure Pipelines
6 4 (7.84%) Azure Storage
6 4 (7.84%) Datadog
6 4 (7.84%) GitHub
6 4 (7.84%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (7.84%) Serverless
7 3 (5.88%) PaaS
8 1 (1.96%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.96%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (47.06%) Firewall
2 18 (35.29%) VPN
3 13 (25.49%) WAN
4 9 (17.65%) BGP
4 9 (17.65%) Cisco Firepower
4 9 (17.65%) Cisco ISE
4 9 (17.65%) LAN
4 9 (17.65%) Network Security
4 9 (17.65%) OSPF
4 9 (17.65%) SD-WAN
4 9 (17.65%) VoIP
5 8 (15.69%) Kerberos
6 4 (7.84%) SSL
7 1 (1.96%) DHCP
7 1 (1.96%) DNS
7 1 (1.96%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.96%) Metadata
2 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.53%) Finance
3 8 (15.69%) Retail Banking
4 7 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.88%) Legal
6 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Advertising
8 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) IT Support
2 11 (21.57%) Architect
3 10 (19.61%) Support Engineer
4 9 (17.65%) Network Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) IT Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (9.80%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Senior
7 4 (7.84%) Analyst
7 4 (7.84%) Applications Support
7 4 (7.84%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Platform Support Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Senior Technical Architect
7 4 (7.84%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (33.33%) OAuth
2 16 (31.37%) SAML
3 13 (25.49%) OpenID
4 8 (15.69%) 802.1X
4 8 (15.69%) LDAP
5 5 (9.80%) REST
6 4 (7.84%) ADO
6 4 (7.84%) YAML
7 3 (5.88%) SailPoint
8 2 (3.92%) RESTful
9 1 (1.96%) J2EE
9 1 (1.96%) Middleware
9 1 (1.96%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.61%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.84%) PKI
2 4 (7.84%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.84%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.92%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.96%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (27.45%) Windows
2 5 (9.80%) Apple iOS
3 4 (7.84%) Android
3 4 (7.84%) VMS
3 4 (7.84%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) Identity Access Management
2 17 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (31.37%) ITIL
3 16 (31.37%) RBAC
4 13 (25.49%) Roadmaps
5 12 (23.53%) Privileged Access Management
5 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (23.53%) Zero Trust
6 11 (21.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (17.65%) Computer Science
7 9 (17.65%) Identity Management
7 9 (17.65%) Load Balancing
8 7 (13.73%) Biometrics
8 7 (13.73%) Change Management
8 7 (13.73%) DevOps
8 7 (13.73%) Infrastructure Automation
8 7 (13.73%) Threat Detection
8 7 (13.73%) User Experience
8 7 (13.73%) Workflow
9 6 (11.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.57%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.80%) SQL
3 4 (7.84%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.96%) Groovy
4 1 (1.96%) Java
4 1 (1.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (25.49%) Degree
2 9 (17.65%) CCNP
2 9 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (15.69%) CISSP
4 6 (11.76%) Azure Certification
4 6 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.96%) CISA
7 1 (1.96%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.76%) GDPR
2 5 (9.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (9.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.84%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.96%) GRC
4 1 (1.96%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (54.90%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.80%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (7.84%) Docker
4 1 (1.96%) OpenAM
4 1 (1.96%) OpenDJ
4 1 (1.96%) OpenIDM
4 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (17.65%) Check_MK
2 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (7.84%) Ansible
3 4 (7.84%) Kubernetes
3 4 (7.84%) Terraform
4 2 (3.92%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 30 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 13 (25.49%) Palo Alto
3 9 (17.65%) Cisco
3 9 (17.65%) SolarWinds
4 5 (9.80%) Sage
4 5 (9.80%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (7.84%) CyberArk
5 4 (7.84%) Zscaler
6 3 (5.88%) Apple
6 3 (5.88%) Okta
7 1 (1.96%) Cognizant
7 1 (1.96%) Dell
7 1 (1.96%) ForgeRock
7 1 (1.96%) iManage
7 1 (1.96%) Ping Identity