Privileged Access Management Job Trends

Privileged Access Management (PAM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Privileged Access Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 662 681
Rank change year-on-year +63 +19 +116
Permanent jobs citing Privileged Access Management 46 52 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.077% 0.097% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.11% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 32 22 32
10th Percentile £58,550 £40,662 £43,750
25th Percentile £73,750 £52,981 £55,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.21% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £102,500 £79,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £138,375 £102,625 £94,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £50,530 £56,500
% change year-on-year +53.37% -10.57% -4.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Privileged Access Management 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 48,482 48,584 49,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.16% 90.44% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,500 23,705 37,321
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Privileged Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Privileged Access Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Privileged Access Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Privileged Access Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Privileged Access Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Privileged Access Management

Privileged Access Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Privileged Access Management over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Privileged Access Management in the UK

Privileged Access Management
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Privileged Access Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +64 46 £86,250 +23.21% 27
London +70 37 £93,750 +28.42% 14
Work from Home +73 12 £80,000 +14.29% 12
UK excluding London +36 7 £77,500 +53.37% 15
South West +6 3 £77,500 - 6
North of England +4 2 - - 3
Yorkshire -12 2 - - 1
South East - 1 £90,000 - 4
East of England - 1 £59,500 - 1

Privileged Access Management
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 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (8.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.17%) Confluence
3 1 (2.17%) IIS
3 1 (2.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 32 (69.57%) Azure
2 20 (43.48%) Entra ID
3 16 (34.78%) AWS
4 12 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (8.70%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (8.70%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.17%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.39%) DHCP
1 8 (17.39%) DNS
2 6 (13.04%) Firewall
3 5 (10.87%) TCP/IP
4 4 (8.70%) SD-WAN
4 4 (8.70%) VPN
4 4 (8.70%) WAN
4 4 (8.70%) Wireless
5 3 (6.52%) Kerberos
6 2 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (4.35%) Network Security
7 1 (2.17%) NGFW
7 1 (2.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.17%) Power BI
1 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (2.17%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.17%) GitLab
1 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 23 (50.00%) Finance
2 12 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.52%) Banking
5 2 (4.35%) Law
6 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Legal
6 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (26.09%) Architect
2 8 (17.39%) Security Architect
3 6 (13.04%) Lead
3 6 (13.04%) Security Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) Senior
4 5 (10.87%) CyberArk Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Support
5 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) IT Security Specialist
5 4 (8.70%) Security Operations Specialist
5 4 (8.70%) Security Specialist
5 4 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Senior Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Senior Support Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Support Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (21.74%) OAuth
2 9 (19.57%) SAML
3 6 (13.04%) OpenID
4 3 (6.52%) OAuth2
5 1 (2.17%) Kafka
5 1 (2.17%) LDAP
5 1 (2.17%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) Onboarding
2 6 (13.04%) PKI
3 4 (8.70%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (8.70%) iPad
3 4 (8.70%) iPhone
3 4 (8.70%) Mobile App
3 4 (8.70%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.17%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) Windows
2 6 (13.04%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.70%) Apple iOS
3 4 (8.70%) Linux
3 4 (8.70%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.17%) Unix
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (41.30%) Identity Access Management
3 16 (34.78%) RBAC
4 15 (32.61%) Incident Management
5 13 (28.26%) Security Architecture
6 12 (26.09%) Cloud Security
7 11 (23.91%) Incident Response
7 11 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (21.74%) SIEM
9 9 (19.57%) Change Management
10 8 (17.39%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (17.39%) Security Operations
10 8 (17.39%) Zero Trust
11 7 (15.22%) Customer Service
11 7 (15.22%) Decision-Making
11 7 (15.22%) Identity Management
11 7 (15.22%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 6 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (13.04%) Information Security
12 6 (13.04%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.26%) PowerShell
2 8 (17.39%) Python
3 1 (2.17%) Bash
3 1 (2.17%) Perl
3 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (34.78%) CISSP
2 13 (28.26%) CISM
3 10 (21.74%) Security Cleared
4 9 (19.57%) Azure Certification
5 5 (10.87%) AWS Certification
5 5 (10.87%) Degree
5 5 (10.87%) SC Cleared
5 5 (10.87%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (6.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (6.52%) CISA
6 3 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.17%) A+ Certification
7 1 (2.17%) CEH
7 1 (2.17%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.17%) FFIEC
7 1 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (2.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (39.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (39.13%) NIST
2 12 (26.09%) GDPR
3 7 (15.22%) PCI DSS
4 6 (13.04%) NCSC
5 4 (8.70%) SLA
6 3 (6.52%) GRC
6 3 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 3 (6.52%) JSP 440
7 2 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (2.17%) HIPAA
8 1 (2.17%) NIST 800
8 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 20 (43.48%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.70%) Hyper-V
3 4 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (28.26%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.17%) AirWatch
3 1 (2.17%) Ansible
3 1 (2.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.17%) CSIRT
3 1 (2.17%) Grafana
3 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.17%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 19 (41.30%) Microsoft
2 15 (32.61%) CyberArk
3 6 (13.04%) VMware
4 4 (8.70%) Okta
5 3 (6.52%) Foundry
5 3 (6.52%) Palantir
6 2 (4.35%) Splunk
7 1 (2.17%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (2.17%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (2.17%) Centrify
7 1 (2.17%) Oracle
7 1 (2.17%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.17%) Thycotic
7 1 (2.17%) Varonis