Identity Management Contracts

Identity Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Identity Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Identity Management over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 355 484
Rank change year-on-year -16 +129 -26
Contract jobs citing Identity Management 236 378 418
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.68% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.76% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 237 299
10th Percentile £411 £450 £413
25th Percentile £517 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.42% +6.36% +6.80%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £714
UK excluding London median daily rate £605 £588 £500
% change year-on-year +2.98% +17.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - - £41.50
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% -19.30%
75th Percentile - - £64.50
90th Percentile - - £71.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 £65.75
% change year-on-year - +6.46% -2.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Identity 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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 9 June 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 15 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 9 June 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 +4 196 £605 +0.83% 75
UK excluding London -7 131 £605 +2.98% 49
Work from Home +39 108 £605 +7.56% 50
London +22 75 £570 -2.56% 23
South East -11 29 £605 +0.67% 16
Midlands +30 25 £625 -5.66% 12
North of England -5 21 £620 +14.81% 13
South West +21 20 £670 -4.29% 4
East of England 0 19 £595 +0.85% 6
North West +17 18 £623 +13.18% 8
Scotland +28 12 £575 +12.20%
West Midlands +9 11 £625 -5.66% 9
East Midlands +20 10 £622 - 3
Wales +22 5 £700 - 1
Yorkshire -21 3 £300 -44.44% 4

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 45 (19.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.93%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.66%) Confluence
4 3 (1.27%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (1.27%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.85%) Apache
5 2 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.85%) IIS
5 2 (0.85%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 100 (42.37%) Azure
2 56 (23.73%) Entra ID
3 48 (20.34%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (14.41%) AWS
5 25 (10.59%) Azure Monitor
6 20 (8.47%) Azure Storage
7 13 (5.51%) GCP
8 11 (4.66%) IaaS
8 11 (4.66%) Power Platform
9 9 (3.81%) PaaS
10 7 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.54%) Mimecast
12 5 (2.12%) GitHub
12 5 (2.12%) SaaS
13 4 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.69%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.69%) PowerApps
14 3 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 45 (19.07%) Firewall
2 29 (12.29%) DNS
3 20 (8.47%) DHCP
4 15 (6.36%) VPN
5 6 (2.54%) Kerberos
5 6 (2.54%) Network Security
6 3 (1.27%) MPLS
6 3 (1.27%) WAN
7 2 (0.85%) DKIM
7 2 (0.85%) DMARC
7 2 (0.85%) Internet
7 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.42%) FTP
8 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.42%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (13.14%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.08%) Relational Database
3 9 (3.81%) RDBMS
4 5 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (2.12%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.85%) DB2
5 2 (0.85%) MySQL
5 2 (0.85%) Power BI
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.42%) Big Data
6 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.42%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.42%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.42%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 14 (5.93%) JIRA
2 7 (2.97%) GitLab
3 4 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.85%) Git
5 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.42%) Gradle
5 1 (0.42%) JUnit
5 1 (0.42%) Maven
5 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.42%) Spinnaker
5 1 (0.42%) TestNG
General
1 64 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 34 (14.41%) Finance
3 30 (12.71%) Public Sector
4 14 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.93%) Manufacturing
5 13 (5.51%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.39%) Banking
7 7 (2.97%) Electronics
7 7 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.97%) Marketing
8 6 (2.54%) Automotive
9 5 (2.12%) Legal
10 2 (0.85%) French Language
10 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.85%) Retail
11 1 (0.42%) Danish Language
11 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.42%) German Language
11 1 (0.42%) Law
11 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (22.46%) Architect
2 25 (10.59%) Consultant
3 23 (9.75%) Active Directory Support
4 17 (7.20%) Active Directory Specialist
4 17 (7.20%) Support Specialist
5 16 (6.78%) Analyst
5 16 (6.78%) Developer
5 16 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (6.36%) Azure Specialist
6 15 (6.36%) Senior
7 12 (5.08%) ForgeRock Architect
8 11 (4.66%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (4.24%) Exchange Engineer
9 10 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.81%) Active Directory Engineer
10 9 (3.81%) Administrator
10 9 (3.81%) Full Stack Engineer
10 9 (3.81%) Security Architect
10 9 (3.81%) SharePoint Administrator
11 8 (3.39%) IAM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (16.95%) OAuth
2 39 (16.53%) SAML
3 34 (14.41%) OpenID
4 24 (10.17%) ARM Templates
4 24 (10.17%) HTML
5 20 (8.47%) LDAP
6 19 (8.05%) React
7 16 (6.78%) CSS
8 12 (5.08%) SailPoint
9 10 (4.24%) Middleware
10 8 (3.39%) HTML5
10 8 (3.39%) Web Services
10 8 (3.39%) XML
11 6 (2.54%) REST
12 5 (2.12%) JSON
12 5 (2.12%) SOAP
13 4 (1.69%) .NET
13 4 (1.69%) Kafka
14 3 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
14 3 (1.27%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.02%) PKI
2 21 (8.90%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.66%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.66%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 6 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.12%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.69%) IoT
8 3 (1.27%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.27%) CMDB
8 3 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.27%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.27%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (0.85%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (25.85%) Windows
2 46 (19.49%) Linux
3 35 (14.83%) Windows Server
4 22 (9.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (8.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (5.93%) Unix
7 12 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.97%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.42%) Android
10 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.42%) VMS
10 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (31.78%) Agile
2 64 (27.12%) DevOps
3 61 (25.85%) Identity Access Management
4 54 (22.88%) CI/CD
5 48 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (15.68%) Analytics
7 36 (15.25%) Migration
8 31 (13.14%) Infrastructure as Code
8 31 (13.14%) ITIL
8 31 (13.14%) Roadmaps
9 29 (12.29%) RBAC
10 28 (11.86%) Privileged Identity Management
10 28 (11.86%) Service Management
11 24 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (10.17%) Log Analytics
12 22 (9.32%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 22 (9.32%) Technical Leadership
13 21 (8.90%) Release Management
13 21 (8.90%) Software Engineering
14 20 (8.47%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 53 (22.46%) PowerShell
2 37 (15.68%) SQL
3 32 (13.56%) Java
4 24 (10.17%) C#
5 23 (9.75%) Bicep
6 20 (8.47%) VB
6 20 (8.47%) VBScript
7 15 (6.36%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.81%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.97%) Python
10 4 (1.69%) Scala
11 3 (1.27%) Go
12 2 (0.85%) Bash
12 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.42%) DataFlex
13 1 (0.42%) Perl
13 1 (0.42%) XPath
Qualifications
1 66 (27.97%) Security Cleared
2 60 (25.42%) SC Cleared
3 47 (19.92%) Degree
4 24 (10.17%) DV Cleared
5 20 (8.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 11 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.24%) CISSP
8 5 (2.12%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.12%) CISM
9 3 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.85%) CAPM
10 2 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.85%) SANS
11 1 (0.42%) CISA
11 1 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.42%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.39%) QA
3 7 (2.97%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.54%) GDPR
4 6 (2.54%) NIST
5 4 (1.69%) NCSC
6 3 (1.27%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.85%) COBIT
7 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.85%) GRC
7 2 (0.85%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 96 (40.68%) Active Directory
2 26 (11.02%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (9.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (2.54%) Docker
4 6 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.85%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.42%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 37 (15.68%) Single Sign-On
2 34 (14.41%) Kubernetes
3 32 (13.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 27 (11.44%) SCCM
5 25 (10.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (8.90%) WSUS
7 20 (8.47%) SCOM
8 14 (5.93%) Terraform
9 9 (3.81%) PingFederate
10 7 (2.97%) Ansible
11 3 (1.27%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.85%) CASB
12 2 (0.85%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 2 (0.85%) McAfee ePO
12 2 (0.85%) Oracle Identity Management
12 2 (0.85%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.42%) HP SIM
13 1 (0.42%) SCDPM
13 1 (0.42%) SCVMM
13 1 (0.42%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 104 (44.07%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.32%) CyberArk
3 20 (8.47%) Oracle
4 13 (5.51%) ForgeRock
4 13 (5.51%) Okta
5 11 (4.66%) Atlassian
6 10 (4.24%) Citrix
7 9 (3.81%) Google
7 9 (3.81%) Ping Identity
7 9 (3.81%) SAP
8 7 (2.97%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.97%) VMware
9 3 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (1.27%) Workday
10 2 (0.85%) Imperva
10 2 (0.85%) McAfee
10 2 (0.85%) Netskope
10 2 (0.85%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.85%) Sophos
10 2 (0.85%) WALLIX