Identity Access Management Contracts

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Identity Access Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Identity Access Management over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 202 310
Rank change year-on-year +13 +108 -29
Contract jobs citing Identity Access Management 540 761 774
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.27% 1.34% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.49% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 478 508
10th Percentile £408 £475 £425
25th Percentile £500 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £625 £586
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +6.61% +11.67%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £575 £525
% change year-on-year +13.04% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 4
10th Percentile - £61.50 £41.50
25th Percentile - £63.75 £43.75
Median hourly rate £23.80 £66.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.94% +22.22% +8.00%
75th Percentile - - £67.38
90th Percentile - - £72.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £66.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year - -10.81% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Identity Access Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

Identity Access Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Access Management within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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 +13 431 £600 -4.00% 162
London +12 227 £575 -11.54% 63
UK excluding London +51 220 £650 +13.04% 100
Work from Home -41 169 £618 +1.86% 78
South East 0 55 £625 +8.70% 35
North of England +14 53 £620 +18.10% 27
South West +20 46 £700 +3.70% 12
North West +18 29 £665 +36.83% 19
Scotland +47 28 £600 +29.73% 6
Midlands +32 28 £648 +15.88% 12
Yorkshire +3 23 £525 -8.70% 7
West Midlands +23 16 £650 +14.54% 8
East Midlands +20 10 £622 +24.40% 4
Wales +14 5 £700 +19.15%
Northern Ireland +6 5 £650 -
East of England +7 3 £535 -6.96% 9
North East +11 1 £600 -14.29% 1

Identity Access 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 28 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (3.33%) Confluence
4 6 (1.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.93%) IIS
6 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.19%) nginx
7 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 27 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.22%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.30%) NEC Housing
2 7 (1.30%) Temenos T24
3 5 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.19%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.19%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 165 (30.56%) Azure
2 112 (20.74%) Entra ID
3 101 (18.70%) AWS
4 49 (9.07%) GCP
5 28 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (4.63%) Power Platform
7 19 (3.52%) GitHub
7 19 (3.52%) PaaS
8 17 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (3.15%) Serverless
9 16 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.96%) SaaS
10 15 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (2.59%) IaaS
12 13 (2.41%) Power Automate
13 12 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (2.22%) Google Compute Engine
14 10 (1.85%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.85%) Apigee
14 10 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 57 (10.56%) Firewall
2 53 (9.81%) Network Security
3 26 (4.81%) DNS
4 21 (3.89%) WAN
5 19 (3.52%) VPN
6 13 (2.41%) SD-WAN
7 11 (2.04%) HTTPS
7 11 (2.04%) LAN
8 10 (1.85%) Kerberos
9 9 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (1.48%) DHCP
11 7 (1.30%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.30%) Wireless
12 6 (1.11%) HTTP
12 6 (1.11%) SSL
13 5 (0.93%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (0.93%) SMTP
14 4 (0.74%) Reverse Proxy
14 4 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (0.56%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.52%) Power BI
2 18 (3.33%) BigQuery
3 15 (2.78%) Data Lake
4 11 (2.04%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.30%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.30%) OLAP
7 7 (1.30%) OLTP
8 6 (1.11%) Oracle OLAP
9 5 (0.93%) Metadata
9 5 (0.93%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.93%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.74%) MySQL
11 3 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.37%) Data Mart
12 2 (0.37%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (6.30%) JIRA
2 11 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.85%) Git
4 7 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (1.11%) Maven
5 6 (1.11%) Robot Framework
6 4 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.56%) GitLab
7 3 (0.56%) gulp
7 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.37%) JUnit
8 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 144 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 114 (21.11%) Finance
3 62 (11.48%) Public Sector
4 52 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (8.89%) Banking
6 12 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (1.85%) Financial Institution
7 10 (1.85%) Legal
7 10 (1.85%) Retail
8 7 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (0.93%) Law
10 5 (0.93%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.74%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.56%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.37%) Back Office
13 2 (0.37%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.37%) Marketing
14 1 (0.19%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 144 (26.67%) Architect
2 72 (13.33%) Consultant
3 49 (9.07%) Lead
4 48 (8.89%) Analyst
5 38 (7.04%) Senior
6 36 (6.67%) Security Architect
7 30 (5.56%) Lead Architect
7 30 (5.56%) Security Consultant
8 29 (5.37%) Project Manager
9 24 (4.44%) Security Analyst
9 24 (4.44%) Security Engineer
10 23 (4.26%) IAM Consultant
11 22 (4.07%) Cloud Engineer
11 22 (4.07%) Developer
12 18 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 18 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.78%) Cloud Architect
14 14 (2.59%) Business Analyst
15 13 (2.41%) Identity Management Consultant
15 13 (2.41%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (15.19%) OAuth
2 78 (14.44%) SailPoint
3 72 (13.33%) SAML
4 66 (12.22%) OpenID
5 35 (6.48%) LDAP
6 19 (3.52%) .NET
6 19 (3.52%) RESTful
7 18 (3.33%) SOAP
8 17 (3.15%) REST
9 16 (2.96%) OAuth2
10 13 (2.41%) Web Services
11 10 (1.85%) React
12 9 (1.67%) JSON
12 9 (1.67%) Kafka
12 9 (1.67%) Node.js
12 9 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
12 9 (1.67%) Spring
13 8 (1.48%) Spring Boot
14 7 (1.30%) IBM Integration Bus
14 7 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.89%) Management Information System
2 39 (7.22%) PKI
3 21 (3.89%) Security Posture
4 18 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.15%) Cloud Native
6 15 (2.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 14 (2.59%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.22%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (1.30%) Clustering
10 7 (1.30%) DataPower
10 7 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.30%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.30%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.30%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.30%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.11%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.26%) Windows
2 24 (4.44%) Windows Server
3 17 (3.15%) Linux
4 13 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (1.85%) Unix
6 6 (1.11%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.56%) Android
8 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.19%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.19%) VMS
10 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (24.44%) Cybersecurity
2 92 (17.04%) DevOps
3 81 (15.00%) Agile
4 80 (14.81%) Information Security
5 75 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 73 (13.52%) Privileged Access Management
7 67 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (12.04%) Cloud Security
9 60 (11.11%) Identity Management
9 60 (11.11%) Project Management
9 60 (11.11%) Risk Management
10 54 (10.00%) Migration
11 45 (8.33%) Application Security
12 42 (7.78%) Roadmaps
13 39 (7.22%) Infrastructure as Code
14 37 (6.85%) SIEM
15 36 (6.67%) DevSecOps
16 35 (6.48%) CI/CD
17 34 (6.30%) Computer Science
18 33 (6.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 64 (11.85%) Python
2 42 (7.78%) PowerShell
3 34 (6.30%) SQL
4 30 (5.56%) Java
5 15 (2.78%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.41%) Bash
6 13 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.67%) C#
8 3 (0.56%) Go
8 3 (0.56%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.56%) Perl
8 3 (0.56%) PHP
8 3 (0.56%) Ruby
9 1 (0.19%) ABAP
9 1 (0.19%) Bicep
9 1 (0.19%) Groovy
9 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (22.59%) Security Cleared
2 91 (16.85%) SC Cleared
3 58 (10.74%) Degree
4 47 (8.70%) CISSP
5 25 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (4.44%) CISM
7 22 (4.07%) DV Cleared
8 18 (3.33%) Azure Certification
8 18 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.85%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.48%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.48%) PMP
11 7 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.30%) CISA
11 7 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (1.30%) ISACA
12 6 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.93%) APMP
14 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.15%) NIST
2 43 (7.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (6.30%) QA
4 25 (4.63%) JSP 440
5 22 (4.07%) GDPR
6 17 (3.15%) GRC
7 16 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 15 (2.78%) COBIT
9 9 (1.67%) PCI DSS
10 8 (1.48%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.74%) SLA
12 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.56%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.56%) NCSC
12 3 (0.56%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.37%) ISA99
13 2 (0.37%) RMADS
13 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 118 (21.85%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.15%) Docker
4 13 (2.41%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.30%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.30%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.93%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.74%) Shibboleth
8 3 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.56%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.37%) XenApp
10 1 (0.19%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.19%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (11.48%) Single Sign-On
2 52 (9.63%) Terraform
3 21 (3.89%) Ansible
4 20 (3.70%) PingFederate
5 18 (3.33%) Kubernetes
6 7 (1.30%) NetIQ Identity Manager
6 7 (1.30%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.93%) SCCM
8 5 (0.93%) vMotion
9 4 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.74%) Oracle Identity Management
9 4 (0.74%) SCOM
10 3 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (0.56%) Nessus
10 3 (0.56%) NetBackup
10 3 (0.56%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.37%) Grafana
11 2 (0.37%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 153 (28.33%) Microsoft
2 60 (11.11%) CyberArk
3 37 (6.85%) Oracle
4 28 (5.19%) VMware
5 26 (4.81%) Ping Identity
6 25 (4.63%) ForgeRock
7 21 (3.89%) Google
8 17 (3.15%) Okta
8 17 (3.15%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.41%) Cisco
10 12 (2.22%) NetIQ
11 11 (2.04%) IBM
12 9 (1.67%) Citrix
12 9 (1.67%) F5
13 8 (1.48%) BeyondTrust
13 8 (1.48%) CheckPoint
13 8 (1.48%) WALLIX
14 7 (1.30%) NEC
14 7 (1.30%) TSYS
15 6 (1.11%) SAP