Identity Access Management Jobs

Identity and Access Management (IDAM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Identity Access Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Identity Access Management over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 406 293 613
Rank change year-on-year -113 +320 -176
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 630 1,245 765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 1.23% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.29% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 362 411 501
10th Percentile £41,325 £46,737 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,970 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -3.70%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Identity Access Management over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Identity Access Management in the UK

Identity Access Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Identity Access Management within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -144 426 £72,500 +3.57% 150
UK excluding London -186 361 £65,000 +8.33% 90
London +52 223 £75,000 -10.16% 61
Work from Home -32 190 £71,250 -5.00% 72
Scotland -18 151 £54,500 -8.44% 6
South East -109 66 £72,500 +16.00% 41
Midlands -90 41 £56,250 -16.04% 10
South West -96 41 £60,000 +3.79% 12
North of England -98 38 £55,750 -10.08% 13
West Midlands -43 32 £55,000 -21.43% 4
Yorkshire +22 20 £56,500 -13.08% 3
North West -83 17 £35,000 -39.46% 10
East of England -9 14 £75,000 -6.25% 9
East Midlands -50 9 £73,500 +40.00% 6
Wales -24 8 - -
Northern Ireland +17 4 £72,500 - 1
North East -7 1 £50,000 -2.44%

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 23 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.54%) Confluence
3 14 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.90%) Apache
5 8 (1.27%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.63%) JBoss
7 4 (0.63%) nginx
8 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.95%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Cognos Controller
1 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 271 (43.02%) Azure
2 205 (32.54%) AWS
3 94 (14.92%) Entra ID
4 89 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (9.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 57 (9.05%) GCP
7 56 (8.89%) Datadog
8 53 (8.41%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (6.67%) PaaS
10 37 (5.87%) SaaS
11 35 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
12 34 (5.40%) IaaS
13 27 (4.29%) Azure AKS
13 27 (4.29%) GitHub
14 26 (4.13%) Serverless
15 24 (3.81%) Azure Sentinel
16 18 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
17 17 (2.70%) Azure API Management
18 16 (2.54%) Amazon S3
19 13 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 124 (19.68%) Firewall
2 72 (11.43%) Network Security
3 70 (11.11%) Kerberos
4 61 (9.68%) DNS
5 37 (5.87%) VPN
6 34 (5.40%) WAN
7 27 (4.29%) LAN
7 27 (4.29%) TCP/IP
8 16 (2.54%) Wireshark
9 15 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
10 14 (2.22%) DHCP
11 13 (2.06%) Internet
12 12 (1.90%) Unified Communications
13 11 (1.75%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.95%) Software-Defined Networking
14 6 (0.95%) SSL
14 6 (0.95%) WLAN
15 5 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
16 4 (0.63%) HTTP
16 4 (0.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (10.63%) Metadata
2 23 (3.65%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (1.59%) Redis
5 9 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.11%) Apache Hive
6 7 (1.11%) Presto
7 6 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 6 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.79%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.63%) Big Data
9 4 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.63%) Power BI
10 3 (0.48%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.48%) MySQL
11 2 (0.32%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.32%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.32%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 95 (15.08%) Jenkins
2 85 (13.49%) Bitbucket
3 76 (12.06%) Git
4 65 (10.32%) Artifactory
5 20 (3.17%) GitLab
6 17 (2.70%) JIRA
7 12 (1.90%) Sonatype Nexus
8 10 (1.59%) Subversion
9 7 (1.11%) Katalon Studio
9 7 (1.11%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.79%) Postman
11 3 (0.48%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.48%) JUnit
11 3 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.48%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.32%) Burp Suite
12 2 (0.32%) Maven
12 2 (0.32%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.32%) Selenium
13 1 (0.16%) Gatling
General
1 236 (37.46%) Finance
2 187 (29.68%) Social Skills
3 156 (24.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 130 (20.63%) Law
5 92 (14.60%) Marketing
6 41 (6.51%) Banking
7 36 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
8 35 (5.56%) Public Sector
9 27 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (3.97%) Games
11 19 (3.02%) Legal
12 10 (1.59%) Retail
13 9 (1.43%) Electronics
14 8 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.27%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.63%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.63%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.48%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 137 (21.75%) Architect
2 128 (20.32%) Software Engineer
3 120 (19.05%) Lead
4 99 (15.71%) Senior
5 90 (14.29%) Lead Software Engineer
6 74 (11.75%) Cloud Engineer
7 73 (11.59%) Analyst
8 52 (8.25%) Cloud Software Engineer
9 47 (7.46%) Security Engineer
10 44 (6.98%) Security Architect
11 42 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
12 32 (5.08%) Consultant
13 31 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
14 27 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
15 25 (3.97%) Security Analyst
15 25 (3.97%) Security Manager
16 23 (3.65%) Cloud Architect
16 23 (3.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
17 21 (3.33%) Lead Cloud Engineer
18 20 (3.17%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (17.94%) SAML
2 95 (15.08%) OpenID
3 79 (12.54%) LDAP
4 73 (11.59%) RESTful
5 70 (11.11%) Web Services
6 67 (10.63%) XML
7 65 (10.32%) JSON
7 65 (10.32%) JSON-LD
8 56 (8.89%) OAuth
9 52 (8.25%) OpenTelemetry
10 29 (4.60%) SailPoint
11 26 (4.13%) REST
12 16 (2.54%) Middleware
13 11 (1.75%) .NET
14 10 (1.59%) ARM Templates
14 10 (1.59%) http4s
14 10 (1.59%) Kafka
14 10 (1.59%) Lambda Expressions
14 10 (1.59%) Node.js
15 9 (1.43%) React
Miscellaneous
1 165 (26.19%) Management Information System
2 88 (13.97%) Cloud Native
3 87 (13.81%) Public Cloud
4 72 (11.43%) Enterprise Cloud
5 65 (10.32%) Reference Data
6 36 (5.71%) Security Posture
7 31 (4.92%) Data Centre
7 31 (4.92%) Onboarding
7 31 (4.92%) Product Ownership
8 26 (4.13%) Cyber Threat
9 25 (3.97%) PKI
10 18 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
11 15 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 14 (2.22%) Cloud Security Posture
13 13 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.75%) Operational Technology
15 10 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
16 9 (1.43%) SCADA
17 8 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 107 (16.98%) Windows
2 55 (8.73%) Linux
3 39 (6.19%) Windows Server
4 23 (3.65%) Apple iOS
5 22 (3.49%) Android
6 17 (2.70%) Unix
7 13 (2.06%) Ubuntu
8 11 (1.75%) Solaris
9 8 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.11%) Mac OS
10 7 (1.11%) Windows 10
10 7 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.79%) Kali Linux
11 5 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.63%) CentOS
12 4 (0.63%) VMS
12 4 (0.63%) zOS
13 2 (0.32%) OpenVMS
13 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (45.24%) Agile
2 224 (35.56%) Cybersecurity
3 198 (31.43%) CI/CD
4 144 (22.86%) Software Engineering
5 140 (22.22%) SDLC
6 139 (22.06%) Roadmaps
7 122 (19.37%) Cloud Security
8 120 (19.05%) Architectural Design
9 119 (18.89%) Information Architecture
10 117 (18.57%) Community of Practice
10 117 (18.57%) Continuous Delivery
10 117 (18.57%) Operational Stability
11 116 (18.41%) DevOps
12 107 (16.98%) Information Security
13 89 (14.13%) SIEM
13 89 (14.13%) Vulnerability Management
14 84 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
14 84 (13.33%) Test Automation
15 81 (12.86%) Security Operations
16 79 (12.54%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 111 (17.62%) Java
2 71 (11.27%) Go
3 70 (11.11%) Python
4 65 (10.32%) Prolog
4 65 (10.32%) SPARQL
5 62 (9.84%) PowerShell
6 38 (6.03%) SQL
7 17 (2.70%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.90%) Bash
8 12 (1.90%) C#
8 12 (1.90%) Kotlin
8 12 (1.90%) Scala
9 8 (1.27%) Bicep
10 5 (0.79%) Ruby
11 4 (0.63%) Lua
11 4 (0.63%) Rust
12 3 (0.48%) BeanShell
12 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.32%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 96 (15.24%) Security Cleared
2 90 (14.29%) CISSP
3 62 (9.84%) SC Cleared
4 56 (8.89%) Degree
5 39 (6.19%) Azure Certification
6 37 (5.87%) CISM
7 30 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (4.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 28 (4.44%) CCSP
10 24 (3.81%) CEH
11 21 (3.33%) AWS Certification
11 21 (3.33%) CISA
12 20 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (3.17%) SANS
13 15 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (2.22%) SSCP
15 12 (1.90%) DV Cleared
16 8 (1.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 8 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 8 (1.27%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (12.22%) NIST
2 70 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (6.03%) PCI DSS
4 22 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (3.17%) QA
6 19 (3.02%) GDPR
7 16 (2.54%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (1.59%) NCSC
9 8 (1.27%) HIPAA
9 8 (1.27%) SLA
10 6 (0.95%) COBIT
10 6 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.95%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.63%) GRC
12 2 (0.32%) COSO
12 2 (0.32%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.32%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.32%) ITGC
13 1 (0.16%) Def Stans
System Software
1 169 (26.83%) Active Directory
2 56 (8.89%) Docker
3 32 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (3.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 20 (3.17%) Virtual Servers
7 12 (1.90%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.63%) vSphere
9 3 (0.48%) XenApp
10 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.32%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.16%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 127 (20.16%) Terraform
2 79 (12.54%) Kubernetes
3 57 (9.05%) Grafana
4 56 (8.89%) Single Sign-On
5 39 (6.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 30 (4.76%) Ansible
7 17 (2.70%) Puppet
8 16 (2.54%) Progress Chef
9 14 (2.22%) Nmap
10 13 (2.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (1.90%) QRadar
12 11 (1.75%) Packer
13 9 (1.43%) Nessus
14 8 (1.27%) SCCM
15 7 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
16 6 (0.95%) Istio
16 6 (0.95%) Prometheus
17 5 (0.79%) Kibana
17 5 (0.79%) Salt
17 5 (0.79%) Suricata
Vendors
1 185 (29.37%) Microsoft
2 96 (15.24%) Splunk
3 53 (8.41%) Dynatrace
4 30 (4.76%) VMware
5 28 (4.44%) ServiceNow
6 27 (4.29%) Google
7 25 (3.97%) Cisco
7 25 (3.97%) Qualys
8 22 (3.49%) Oracle
9 21 (3.33%) Rapid7
10 20 (3.17%) Zscaler
11 18 (2.86%) CyberArk
12 16 (2.54%) Apple
12 16 (2.54%) Atlassian
13 14 (2.22%) Adobe
13 14 (2.22%) Thycotic
14 13 (2.06%) Palo Alto
15 12 (1.90%) Fortinet
15 12 (1.90%) Okta
16 9 (1.43%) Salesforce