Identity Management Contracts

Identity Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Identity Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Identity Management over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 350 486
Rank change year-on-year -21 +136 +21
Contract jobs citing Identity Management 198 316 410
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.63% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.71% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 196 268
10th Percentile £380 £425 £413
25th Percentile £463 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £605 £600 £525
% change year-on-year +0.83% +14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - - £46.38
25th Percentile £69.06 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £69.38 £55.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.14% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £69.69 - £75.81
90th Percentile - - £76.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.38 £55.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year +26.14% -24.14% +20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Identity Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,912 44,388 77,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.73% 89.02% 90.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,157 30,166 54,294
10th Percentile £309 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,439 1,570 1,739
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.25 £13.16
25th Percentile £20.00 £18.79 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £42.50 £28.90
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +47.06% +34.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.00 £42.50 £23.45
% change year-on-year +1.18% +81.28% +27.91%

Identity Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Identity Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Identity Management in the UK

Identity Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Identity Management.

Daily rate trend for Identity Management in the UK

Identity Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Management over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Management in the UK

Identity Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Identity Management.

Hourly rate trend for Identity Management in the UK

Identity Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Management within the UK over the 6 months to 20 September 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
England -22 171 £605 +0.83% 67
UK excluding London -35 102 £605 +0.83% 43
Work from Home +14 75 £605 +0.83% 39
London +34 67 £575 - 28
South East -1 40 £605 -5.10% 7
Midlands +14 24 £622 -0.48% 9
South West +32 20 £550 +2.33% 6
North of England -8 11 £620 +14.81% 12
North West +10 10 £620 +37.78% 5
East Midlands +9 10 £622 +24.40% 2
West Midlands +5 10 £675 - 7
Scotland +17 4 £475 -7.32% 6
East of England +5 4 £391 -33.91% 7
Yorkshire -14 1 £300 -46.19% 6

Identity Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 36 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.52%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.01%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.51%) Apache
5 1 (0.51%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.51%) IIS
5 1 (0.51%) Liferay
5 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.51%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 88 (44.44%) Azure
2 58 (29.29%) Entra ID
3 42 (21.21%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (13.64%) AWS
5 18 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
6 15 (7.58%) Azure Storage
7 12 (6.06%) GCP
8 8 (4.04%) Mimecast
9 7 (3.54%) Google Workspace
9 7 (3.54%) IaaS
9 7 (3.54%) SaaS
10 6 (3.03%) PaaS
11 5 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.53%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.53%) WhatsApp
12 4 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (2.02%) Cloudflare
12 4 (2.02%) OCI
12 4 (2.02%) Yammer
13 3 (1.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 31 (15.66%) Firewall
2 20 (10.10%) DNS
3 16 (8.08%) DHCP
4 6 (3.03%) Internet
4 6 (3.03%) Network Security
5 4 (2.02%) PuTTY
5 4 (2.02%) SSH
5 4 (2.02%) Telnet
5 4 (2.02%) VLAN
5 4 (2.02%) Wireless
6 3 (1.52%) Kerberos
6 3 (1.52%) WAN
7 2 (1.01%) 5G
7 2 (1.01%) DKIM
7 2 (1.01%) DMARC
7 2 (1.01%) MVNO
7 2 (1.01%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.51%) 4G
8 1 (0.51%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (17.17%) SQL Server
2 25 (12.63%) Relational Database
3 23 (11.62%) RDBMS
4 4 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.52%) Power BI
6 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.51%) DB2
6 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (2.53%) JIRA
2 4 (2.02%) Toad
3 3 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.01%) GitLab
5 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 70 (35.35%) Social Skills
2 26 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (10.10%) Finance
4 19 (9.60%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.05%) Retail
6 9 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.04%) Legal
8 7 (3.54%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.52%) Back Office
10 2 (1.01%) Automotive
10 2 (1.01%) Banking
10 2 (1.01%) Electronics
10 2 (1.01%) Marketing
11 1 (0.51%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.51%) French Language
11 1 (0.51%) German Language
11 1 (0.51%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 46 (23.23%) Architect
2 33 (16.67%) Consultant
3 19 (9.60%) Active Directory Engineer
4 17 (8.59%) Azure Engineer
5 15 (7.58%) Active Directory Support
5 15 (7.58%) Security Engineer
6 13 (6.57%) Support Engineer
7 12 (6.06%) Analyst
7 12 (6.06%) ForgeRock Architect
8 11 (5.56%) Active Directory Support Engineer
8 11 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (5.56%) Senior
9 10 (5.05%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (5.05%) CyberArk Specialist
10 7 (3.54%) Active Directory Architect
10 7 (3.54%) Azure Architect
10 7 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.54%) Technical Consultant
11 6 (3.03%) Developer
11 6 (3.03%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (14.65%) OAuth
1 29 (14.65%) SAML
2 27 (13.64%) LDAP
3 24 (12.12%) OpenID
4 23 (11.62%) Middleware
5 18 (9.09%) ARM Templates
6 11 (5.56%) HTML
7 8 (4.04%) HTML5
8 5 (2.53%) SailPoint
9 4 (2.02%) Web Services
10 3 (1.52%) CSS
10 3 (1.52%) React
10 3 (1.52%) XML
11 2 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (1.01%) GraphQL
11 2 (1.01%) Kafka
12 1 (0.51%) AngularJS
12 1 (0.51%) Node.js
12 1 (0.51%) OAuth2
12 1 (0.51%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (17.68%) Onboarding
2 17 (8.59%) PKI
3 16 (8.08%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.04%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.54%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.03%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.02%) IoT
8 4 (2.02%) Life Science
8 4 (2.02%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.52%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.52%) EPoS
9 3 (1.52%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 75 (37.88%) Windows
2 56 (28.28%) Linux
3 33 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 26 (13.13%) Unix
5 16 (8.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (8.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (5.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (4.55%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.01%) Android
9 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.51%) VMS
9 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.51%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (20.71%) Identity Access Management
3 37 (18.69%) DevOps
4 32 (16.16%) Privileged Identity Management
5 31 (15.66%) Agile
6 30 (15.15%) Analytics
7 29 (14.65%) Migration
8 27 (13.64%) ITIL
8 27 (13.64%) RBAC
9 26 (13.13%) CI/CD
10 23 (11.62%) Privileged Access Management
11 22 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 21 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
13 20 (10.10%) Infrastructure as Code
13 20 (10.10%) Technical Leadership
14 19 (9.60%) Time Management
15 18 (9.09%) Information Security
15 18 (9.09%) Service Management
16 17 (8.59%) Log Analytics
17 16 (8.08%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (19.19%) SQL
2 35 (17.68%) PowerShell
3 18 (9.09%) Bicep
4 17 (8.59%) C#
5 15 (7.58%) VB
5 15 (7.58%) VBScript
6 8 (4.04%) Python
7 5 (2.53%) Java
7 5 (2.53%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.01%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.51%) Bash
9 1 (0.51%) DataFlex
9 1 (0.51%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.51%) Perl
9 1 (0.51%) Scala
9 1 (0.51%) XPath
Qualifications
1 60 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 58 (29.29%) SC Cleared
3 27 (13.64%) Degree
4 21 (10.61%) DV Cleared
5 15 (7.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 9 (4.55%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.03%) CISSP
8 5 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.02%) CCNA
9 4 (2.02%) CCNP
9 4 (2.02%) CHECK Team Member
9 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.01%) GCIH
11 2 (1.01%) GSEC
11 2 (1.01%) Linux+ Certification
11 2 (1.01%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.10%) QA
2 10 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.54%) GDPR
4 5 (2.53%) NIST
4 5 (2.53%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.52%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.01%) COBIT
6 2 (1.01%) NCSC
6 2 (1.01%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.51%) GRC
7 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.51%) SLA
7 1 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 116 (58.59%) Active Directory
2 21 (10.61%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (8.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (3.54%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.53%) Docker
7 4 (2.02%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 4 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.02%) vSphere
8 2 (1.01%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (1.01%) Snort
9 1 (0.51%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 36 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
2 24 (12.12%) Kubernetes
3 20 (10.10%) SCCM
4 19 (9.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (8.59%) SCOM
6 16 (8.08%) WSUS
7 13 (6.57%) Terraform
8 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Clustering
8 4 (2.02%) Tivoli
9 3 (1.52%) Ansible
9 3 (1.52%) CASB
10 2 (1.01%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 2 (1.01%) logstash
10 2 (1.01%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (1.01%) Nessus
10 2 (1.01%) Oracle Identity Management
10 2 (1.01%) PingFederate
10 2 (1.01%) Prometheus
10 2 (1.01%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 104 (52.53%) Microsoft
2 38 (19.19%) Oracle
3 32 (16.16%) CyberArk
4 15 (7.58%) Google
5 13 (6.57%) ForgeRock
5 13 (6.57%) SAP
6 12 (6.06%) VMware
7 8 (4.04%) Citrix
7 8 (4.04%) Okta
8 6 (3.03%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.53%) BeyondTrust
9 5 (2.53%) Qualys
10 4 (2.02%) CA
10 4 (2.02%) Cisco
10 4 (2.02%) Meraki
10 4 (2.02%) Novell
10 4 (2.02%) Proofpoint
10 4 (2.02%) Splunk
10 4 (2.02%) Sun
10 4 (2.02%) Thycotic