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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 611 738
Rank change year-on-year -32 +127 +192
Permanent jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication 51 37 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.066% 0.089% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.096% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 29 28 86
10th Percentile £28,500 £39,750 £28,875
25th Percentile £33,750 £47,956 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £74,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.77% +66.11% -19.28%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,424 £90,375 £83,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £53,050 £42,500
% change year-on-year -29.31% +24.82% -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 59,482 38,652 75,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.48% 93.43% 86.89%
Number of salaries quoted 36,105 22,218 57,058
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -42 46 £56,750 -24.08% 19
London +17 26 £70,000 -9.68% 6
UK excluding London -53 21 £37,500 -29.31% 15
Work from Home +12 17 £37,500 -40.00% 3
North of England -38 9 £37,500 -11.76% 3
North West -17 7 £37,500 -11.76% 2
Midlands -28 6 £29,000 - 3
East Midlands - 5 £29,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £70,932 - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
West Midlands -9 1 - - 2
Scotland -21 1 £28,500 -
South East -28 1 £90,000 +69.65% 6
South West -28 1 £36,500 -33.64% 1
East of England - 1 £33,500 - 2

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 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.92%) CMS
2 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (49.02%) Entra ID
2 21 (41.18%) Azure
3 18 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (19.61%) 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%) PaaS
6 4 (7.84%) Serverless
7 2 (3.92%) IaaS
7 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 21 (41.18%) Firewall
2 18 (35.29%) VPN
3 12 (23.53%) WAN
4 8 (15.69%) BGP
4 8 (15.69%) Cisco Firepower
4 8 (15.69%) Cisco ISE
4 8 (15.69%) LAN
4 8 (15.69%) OSPF
4 8 (15.69%) SD-WAN
4 8 (15.69%) VoIP
5 6 (11.76%) Network Security
6 5 (9.80%) Kerberos
7 4 (7.84%) DHCP
7 4 (7.84%) DNS
7 4 (7.84%) SSL
8 1 (1.96%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.92%) Metadata
3 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 21 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.53%) Finance
3 8 (15.69%) Retail Banking
4 5 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Legal
5 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Law
8 1 (1.96%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (21.57%) IT Support
2 10 (19.61%) Support Engineer
3 8 (15.69%) Architect
3 8 (15.69%) Network Engineer
4 7 (13.73%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) IT Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) Senior
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
7 4 (7.84%) Applications Support
7 4 (7.84%) Operations Support Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Platform Support Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Senior Architect
7 4 (7.84%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (27.45%) OAuth
2 13 (25.49%) SAML
3 9 (17.65%) OpenID
4 8 (15.69%) 802.1X
5 6 (11.76%) LDAP
6 4 (7.84%) ADO
6 4 (7.84%) YAML
7 3 (5.88%) RESTful
8 2 (3.92%) OAuth2
8 2 (3.92%) REST
9 1 (1.96%) J2EE
9 1 (1.96%) JWT
9 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (1.96%) Middleware
9 1 (1.96%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.84%) PKI
2 4 (7.84%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.92%) NHS
5 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (29.41%) Windows
2 5 (9.80%) Apple iOS
3 4 (7.84%) Android
3 4 (7.84%) VMS
3 4 (7.84%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.96%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) Identity Access Management
2 16 (31.37%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (31.37%) RBAC
3 15 (29.41%) ITIL
4 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (19.61%) Customer Service
5 10 (19.61%) Identity Management
5 10 (19.61%) Roadmaps
6 9 (17.65%) Privileged Access Management
6 9 (17.65%) Zero Trust
7 8 (15.69%) Load Balancing
8 7 (13.73%) Change Management
8 7 (13.73%) DevOps
8 7 (13.73%) Mobile Device Management
8 7 (13.73%) Project Delivery
8 7 (13.73%) User Experience
9 6 (11.76%) Agile
9 6 (11.76%) Analytics
9 6 (11.76%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.80%) SQL
3 4 (7.84%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (3.92%) Groovy
4 2 (3.92%) Java
4 2 (3.92%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (17.65%) Degree
2 8 (15.69%) CCNP
2 8 (15.69%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (11.76%) Azure Certification
5 5 (9.80%) CISSP
6 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.96%) CISA
7 1 (1.96%) CISM
7 1 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) 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
4 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 27 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (7.84%) Docker
4 2 (3.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.96%) OpenAM
5 1 (1.96%) OpenDJ
5 1 (1.96%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 17 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (15.69%) Check_MK
4 5 (9.80%) Ansible
4 5 (9.80%) Terraform
5 4 (7.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (56.86%) Microsoft
2 12 (23.53%) Palo Alto
3 8 (15.69%) Cisco
3 8 (15.69%) SolarWinds
4 5 (9.80%) Sage
4 5 (9.80%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (7.84%) CyberArk
5 4 (7.84%) Zscaler
6 2 (3.92%) Apple
6 2 (3.92%) ForgeRock
7 1 (1.96%) Cognizant
7 1 (1.96%) Dell
7 1 (1.96%) iManage
7 1 (1.96%) Okta
7 1 (1.96%) Ping Identity
7 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.96%) Splunk