IAM Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Identity and Access Management Specialist (IAM Specialist) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £591, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 402 506
Rank change year-on-year +38 +104 +7
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Specialist 5 11 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.030% 0.053% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.056% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 1
10th Percentile £496 £370 -
25th Percentile £527 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £525 £272
Median % change year-on-year +12.48% +93.01% -45.43%
75th Percentile £642 £538 -
90th Percentile £665 £550 -
UK median daily rate £658 £519 £513
% change year-on-year +26.84% +1.22% +2.66%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,430 19,609 28,575
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 93.93% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,847 13,032 20,128
10th Percentile £220 £213 £215
25th Percentile £375 £381 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 1,268 1,341
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.25 £12.48
25th Percentile £19.41 £18.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +89.36% +31.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £70.30
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

IAM Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IAM Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IAM Specialist in the UK excluding London

IAM Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IAM Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IAM Specialist in the UK excluding London

IAM Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IAM Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IAM Specialist in the UK excluding London

IAM Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IAM Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +23 2 £681 +29.71%
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
East of England - 1 £500 -
IAM Specialist
UK

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, IAM Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IAM Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) SAML
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Google
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (40.00%) OAuth
3 2 (40.00%) API Management
4 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Entra ID

IAM Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) OAuth
1 2 (40.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) API Management
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Biometrics
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (20.00%) Presales
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Google
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow