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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 613 659 615
Rank change year-on-year +46 -44 +394
Permanent jobs citing Multi-Factor Authentication 40 91 109
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.075% 0.14% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.088% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 26 49 87
10th Percentile £24,750 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £32,563 £44,106 £56,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £56,525 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.66% -19.25% +21.74%
75th Percentile £69,063 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £133,125 £98,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £53,050 £56,525
% change year-on-year -8.11% -6.15% +13.05%

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 45,560 57,007 47,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.92% 84.85% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,788 29,760 36,892
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.75% +3.69% -0.19%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 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 +59 35 £51,000 -9.77% 31
UK excluding London +40 20 £48,750 -8.11% 23
London +59 18 £55,000 -38.03% 16
West Midlands +52 6 £57,500 -4.17% 3
Midlands +42 6 £57,500 -4.17% 3
North of England +42 4 £51,000 +13.09% 2
Work from Home +53 3 £28,500 -49.58% 11
North West +43 3 £51,000 +13.09% 1
South East +28 3 £62,500 +17.81% 15
East of England +28 3 £35,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
South West +10 1 £36,500 -43.85% 2
Yorkshire +10 1 - - 1
Scotland +7 1 £28,500 -28.75% 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 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.00%) CMS
4 1 (2.50%) Confluence
4 1 (2.50%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (55.00%) Azure
2 21 (52.50%) Entra ID
3 19 (47.50%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (15.00%) AWS
5 5 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (12.50%) SaaS
6 4 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (10.00%) Dropbox
6 4 (10.00%) Google Workspace
6 4 (10.00%) Mimecast
7 3 (7.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (7.50%) Azure Functions
7 3 (7.50%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (7.50%) Azure Pipelines
7 3 (7.50%) Azure Storage
7 3 (7.50%) Datadog
7 3 (7.50%) GitHub
7 3 (7.50%) OneDrive
7 3 (7.50%) PaaS
7 3 (7.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) DNS
1 8 (20.00%) VPN
2 6 (15.00%) Firewall
2 6 (15.00%) Network Security
3 4 (10.00%) IPv4
3 4 (10.00%) WAN
4 3 (7.50%) DHCP
4 3 (7.50%) Kerberos
5 2 (5.00%) HTTP
5 2 (5.00%) WebEx
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (2.50%) DMVPN
6 1 (2.50%) DMZ
6 1 (2.50%) EIGRP
6 1 (2.50%) FTP
6 1 (2.50%) Internet
6 1 (2.50%) SMTP
6 1 (2.50%) SSL
6 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (5.00%) Metadata
3 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 10 (25.00%) Finance
2 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Legal
4 3 (7.50%) Law
4 3 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Local Government
6 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Analyst
2 4 (10.00%) Architect
2 4 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 4 (10.00%) Platform Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) Active Directory Architect
3 3 (7.50%) Developer
3 3 (7.50%) Operations Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) Operations Support Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) Platform Support Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) Senior
3 3 (7.50%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Digital Product Manager
4 2 (5.00%) ForgeRock Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
4 2 (5.00%) Identity Management Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 2 (5.00%) IT Operations Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Product Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (27.50%) OAuth
1 11 (27.50%) SAML
2 7 (17.50%) OpenID
3 6 (15.00%) OAuth2
4 4 (10.00%) RESTful
5 3 (7.50%) ADO
5 3 (7.50%) LDAP
5 3 (7.50%) YAML
6 2 (5.00%) .NET
6 2 (5.00%) .NET Framework
6 2 (5.00%) Blazor
6 2 (5.00%) Entity Framework
7 1 (2.50%) 802.1X
7 1 (2.50%) JWT
7 1 (2.50%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (2.50%) REST
7 1 (2.50%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 4 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (5.00%) NHS
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.50%) e-Health
5 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (27.50%) Windows
2 5 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 3 (7.50%) VMS
4 2 (5.00%) Android
4 2 (5.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (5.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Identity Access Management
2 11 (27.50%) RBAC
3 10 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (20.00%) Task Automation
6 7 (17.50%) DevOps
6 7 (17.50%) Privileged Access Management
7 6 (15.00%) CI/CD
7 6 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (15.00%) Incident Management
7 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (15.00%) ITIL
7 6 (15.00%) Privileged Identity Management
7 6 (15.00%) Service Delivery
7 6 (15.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
8 5 (12.50%) Business Continuity
8 5 (12.50%) Containerisation
8 5 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 5 (12.50%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (17.50%) SQL
3 4 (10.00%) Java
3 4 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (7.50%) Groovy
4 3 (7.50%) Python
5 2 (5.00%) C#
6 1 (2.50%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (12.50%) CISM
2 5 (12.50%) CISSP
3 4 (10.00%) CCNA
3 4 (10.00%) MCSA
3 4 (10.00%) MCSE
4 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
4 3 (7.50%) Degree
5 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.50%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.50%) CCNP
6 1 (2.50%) CCSP
6 1 (2.50%) CISA
6 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (22.50%) GDPR
2 4 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (7.50%) SOC 2
4 1 (2.50%) GRC
4 1 (2.50%) NIST
4 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 23 (57.50%) Active Directory
2 8 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (10.00%) BitLocker
3 4 (10.00%) Docker
3 4 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.50%) Terminal Server
4 1 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (37.50%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (15.00%) Ansible
4 5 (12.50%) Terraform
5 4 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (10.00%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.50%) AirWatch
6 1 (2.50%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (2.50%) Nagios
6 1 (2.50%) PingFederate
6 1 (2.50%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 29 (72.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) Apple
3 4 (10.00%) ConnectWise
3 4 (10.00%) Google
3 4 (10.00%) Oracle
3 4 (10.00%) Palo Alto
3 4 (10.00%) Proofpoint
3 4 (10.00%) Webroot
3 4 (10.00%) Zscaler
4 3 (7.50%) ForgeRock
5 2 (5.00%) Cisco
5 2 (5.00%) CyberArk
5 2 (5.00%) HP
5 2 (5.00%) Splunk
5 2 (5.00%) VMware
5 2 (5.00%) Xamarin
6 1 (2.50%) Adobe
6 1 (2.50%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.50%) Dell
6 1 (2.50%) Salesforce