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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 629 660 607
Rank change year-on-year +31 -53 +442
Permanent jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication 39 85 130
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.12% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.090% 0.15% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 29 43 103
10th Percentile £24,750 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,803 £56,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,525 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -19.25% +21.74%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,375 £74,625
90th Percentile £129,000 £109,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £53,050 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.81% -7.74% +15.00%

All Process and 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 43,476 56,181 51,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.06% 82.51% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 25,076 29,761 39,701
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £44,388
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,725 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.46% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.74% +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 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 27 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Multi-Factor Authentication in the UK

Multi-Factor Authentication
Top 13 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 27 October 2025. 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 +26 37 £55,000 -4.39% 56
London +71 19 £55,000 -38.89% 23
UK excluding London +1 19 £50,500 -4.81% 46
West Midlands +51 7 £57,500 -4.17% 2
Midlands +36 7 £57,500 -4.17% 2
North of England +14 5 £58,000 +28.61% 11
North West +9 4 £58,000 +28.61% 2
East of England +11 3 £35,000 - 7
Work from Home +11 2 £110,000 +94.60% 23
South East +7 2 £56,250 +6.03% 21
South West +37 1 £36,500 -52.13% 4
Yorkshire +6 1 - - 5
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 5 (12.82%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.56%) CMS
3 1 (2.56%) Confluence
3 1 (2.56%) IIS
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (2.56%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 20 (51.28%) Azure
2 17 (43.59%) Entra ID
2 17 (43.59%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (25.64%) AWS
4 5 (12.82%) SaaS
5 4 (10.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (10.26%) Dropbox
5 4 (10.26%) Google Workspace
5 4 (10.26%) Mimecast
5 4 (10.26%) OneDrive
6 3 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (7.69%) PaaS
7 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.56%) GitHub
8 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.56%) Nutanix
8 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.56%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) DNS
2 5 (12.82%) VPN
3 4 (10.26%) Firewall
3 4 (10.26%) IPv4
4 3 (7.69%) Kerberos
4 3 (7.69%) Network Security
5 2 (5.13%) HTTP
5 2 (5.13%) WebEx
6 1 (2.56%) BGP
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (2.56%) DMVPN
6 1 (2.56%) DMZ
6 1 (2.56%) EIGRP
6 1 (2.56%) Internet
6 1 (2.56%) MPLS
6 1 (2.56%) OSPF
6 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.56%) SSL
6 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (5.13%) Metadata
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle Forms
General
1 9 (23.08%) Finance
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Banking
3 3 (7.69%) Legal
4 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Retail
5 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Law
5 1 (2.56%) Local Government
5 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) Analyst
2 6 (15.38%) Senior
3 5 (12.82%) Software Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Help Desk Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Active Directory Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) .NET Developer
6 2 (5.13%) AWS Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) AWS Software Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) ForgeRock Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 2 (5.13%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (5.13%) IT Support
6 2 (5.13%) Network Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Principal Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Principal Software Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (25.64%) OAuth
1 10 (25.64%) SAML
2 8 (20.51%) OpenID
3 7 (17.95%) OAuth2
4 4 (10.26%) REST
4 4 (10.26%) RESTful
5 3 (7.69%) LDAP
5 3 (7.69%) Node.js
5 3 (7.69%) Web Services
6 2 (5.13%) .NET
6 2 (5.13%) .NET Framework
6 2 (5.13%) Blazor
6 2 (5.13%) Entity Framework
6 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (2.56%) 802.1X
7 1 (2.56%) AWS CDK
7 1 (2.56%) JWT
7 1 (2.56%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (2.56%) NestJS
7 1 (2.56%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.26%) Mobile App
2 4 (10.26%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.56%) AS400
4 1 (2.56%) e-Health
4 1 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) NHS
4 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.08%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Apple iOS
3 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.13%) Android
4 2 (5.13%) Mac OS
4 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (25.64%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (20.51%) Identity Management
5 7 (17.95%) Two-Factor Authentication
6 6 (15.38%) ITIL
6 6 (15.38%) RBAC
7 5 (12.82%) Agile
7 5 (12.82%) Data Protection
7 5 (12.82%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (12.82%) Privileged Access Management
7 5 (12.82%) Software Engineering
7 5 (12.82%) Task Automation
8 4 (10.26%) CRM
8 4 (10.26%) DevOps
8 4 (10.26%) Email Filtering
8 4 (10.26%) Incident Management
8 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (10.26%) Performance Metrics
8 4 (10.26%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) PowerShell
2 6 (15.38%) JavaScript
2 6 (15.38%) Python
3 5 (12.82%) Java
3 5 (12.82%) SQL
4 3 (7.69%) Groovy
4 3 (7.69%) TypeScript
5 2 (5.13%) C#
6 1 (2.56%) Apex Code
6 1 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (10.26%) CCNA
2 4 (10.26%) CISM
2 4 (10.26%) CISSP
2 4 (10.26%) MCSA
2 4 (10.26%) MCSE
3 3 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 3 (7.69%) Degree
4 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.56%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.56%) CCNP
5 1 (2.56%) CCSP
5 1 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) GDPR
2 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 20 (51.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.82%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (10.26%) BitLocker
3 4 (10.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.56%) Docker
4 1 (2.56%) Terminal Server
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (38.46%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.26%) Ansible
3 4 (10.26%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (7.69%) Terraform
5 2 (5.13%) Progress Chef
6 1 (2.56%) AirWatch
6 1 (2.56%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (2.56%) FortiGate
6 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.56%) Nagios
6 1 (2.56%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 22 (56.41%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.95%) Apple
3 5 (12.82%) Oracle
3 5 (12.82%) Ping Identity
4 4 (10.26%) ConnectWise
4 4 (10.26%) ForgeRock
4 4 (10.26%) Google
4 4 (10.26%) Proofpoint
4 4 (10.26%) Webroot
5 3 (7.69%) Cisco
5 3 (7.69%) VMware
6 2 (5.13%) HP
6 2 (5.13%) Okta
6 2 (5.13%) Splunk
6 2 (5.13%) Xamarin
6 2 (5.13%) Zscaler
7 1 (2.56%) CyberArk
7 1 (2.56%) F5
7 1 (2.56%) Meraki
7 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow