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 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 385 261 645
Rank change year-on-year -124 +384 -157
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 720 1,346 796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 1.45% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 1.52% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 385 403 504
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,502 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,970 £56,250
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 £106,500 £103,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,750 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -7.69% -7.14%

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 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 9 June 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -147 517 £72,500 +3.57% 119
UK excluding London -197 438 £63,750 +6.25% 71
London +6 238 £75,000 -11.76% 48
Work from Home +10 237 £70,000 -6.67% 55
Scotland -37 155 £55,000 -4.86% 7
North of England -118 78 £45,000 -30.77% 19
South East -114 72 £72,500 +25.00% 18
South West -99 58 £70,000 +37.37% 7
Midlands -114 51 £59,250 -6.32% 18
West Midlands -50 42 £57,500 -17.86% 13
North West -91 41 £40,000 -30.81% 13
Yorkshire -10 29 £56,500 -13.08% 5
East of England -32 17 £75,000 -6.25% 5
East Midlands -80 9 £61,000 +16.19% 5
North East -8 8 £45,000 -14.29% 1
Wales -30 5 - -
Northern Ireland +7 4 £72,500 +2.84%

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 29 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.50%) Apache
3 14 (1.94%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.67%) Confluence
5 11 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.83%) JBoss
6 6 (0.83%) nginx
7 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.69%) Trello
5 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.28%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.14%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 291 (40.42%) Azure
2 223 (30.97%) AWS
3 149 (20.69%) Entra ID
4 88 (12.22%) Microsoft 365
5 74 (10.28%) GCP
6 59 (8.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 58 (8.06%) Datadog
8 48 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (5.56%) PaaS
10 33 (4.58%) Cloud Computing
11 32 (4.44%) IaaS
12 31 (4.31%) SaaS
13 27 (3.75%) Azure AKS
14 23 (3.19%) GitHub
15 22 (3.06%) Azure Sentinel
16 21 (2.92%) Serverless
17 15 (2.08%) Azure API Management
17 15 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
18 10 (1.39%) Amazon S3
19 9 (1.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 119 (16.53%) Firewall
2 70 (9.72%) Kerberos
3 66 (9.17%) Network Security
4 65 (9.03%) DNS
5 35 (4.86%) WAN
6 33 (4.58%) VPN
7 26 (3.61%) TCP/IP
8 25 (3.47%) LAN
9 19 (2.64%) DHCP
10 15 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
11 13 (1.81%) Wireshark
12 12 (1.67%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.67%) Unified Communications
13 11 (1.53%) Internet
14 8 (1.11%) SSL
15 6 (0.83%) Software-Defined Networking
15 6 (0.83%) WLAN
16 5 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
17 4 (0.56%) HTTP
17 4 (0.56%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (9.17%) Metadata
2 26 (3.61%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.53%) Apache Hive
3 11 (1.53%) Presto
3 11 (1.53%) Redis
4 9 (1.25%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.25%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (0.97%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.83%) Big Data
8 4 (0.56%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.56%) MySQL
8 4 (0.56%) Power BI
9 3 (0.42%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.42%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.28%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.28%) OLAP
10 2 (0.28%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 93 (12.92%) Jenkins
2 83 (11.53%) Bitbucket
3 78 (10.83%) Git
4 65 (9.03%) Artifactory
5 21 (2.92%) GitLab
6 15 (2.08%) JIRA
7 8 (1.11%) SonarQube
8 7 (0.97%) Katalon Studio
8 7 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (0.69%) Postman
9 5 (0.69%) Subversion
9 5 (0.69%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.42%) JUnit
12 2 (0.28%) Burp Suite
12 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.28%) Maven
12 2 (0.28%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.28%) Selenium
13 1 (0.14%) Gatling
General
1 295 (40.97%) Finance
2 182 (25.28%) Social Skills
3 159 (22.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 130 (18.06%) Law
5 92 (12.78%) Banking
5 92 (12.78%) Marketing
6 70 (9.72%) Legal
7 38 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
8 36 (5.00%) Public Sector
9 27 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.50%) Games
11 13 (1.81%) Electronics
12 11 (1.53%) Retail
12 11 (1.53%) Retail Banking
13 9 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.97%) Advertising
16 6 (0.83%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 150 (20.83%) Senior
2 148 (20.56%) Architect
3 139 (19.31%) Software Engineer
4 137 (19.03%) Analyst
5 126 (17.50%) Lead
6 97 (13.47%) Lead Software Engineer
7 68 (9.44%) Cloud Engineer
8 56 (7.78%) Senior Analyst
9 53 (7.36%) Governance Analyst
10 52 (7.22%) Cloud Software Engineer
11 42 (5.83%) Senior Software Engineer
12 40 (5.56%) Security Engineer
13 37 (5.14%) Security Architect
14 32 (4.44%) Consultant
15 30 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
15 30 (4.17%) Technical Architect
16 29 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
17 26 (3.61%) Security Analyst
18 25 (3.47%) Cloud Architect
19 24 (3.33%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (15.28%) SAML
2 100 (13.89%) OpenID
3 84 (11.67%) LDAP
4 74 (10.28%) Web Services
5 70 (9.72%) RESTful
6 65 (9.03%) JSON
6 65 (9.03%) JSON-LD
6 65 (9.03%) XML
7 57 (7.92%) OAuth
8 52 (7.22%) OpenTelemetry
9 31 (4.31%) SailPoint
10 27 (3.75%) REST
11 21 (2.92%) http4s
11 21 (2.92%) Lambda Expressions
12 16 (2.22%) Middleware
13 12 (1.67%) React
14 11 (1.53%) ARM Templates
15 10 (1.39%) Node.js
15 10 (1.39%) OAuth2
16 8 (1.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 215 (29.86%) Management Information System
2 93 (12.92%) Cloud Native
3 90 (12.50%) Public Cloud
4 72 (10.00%) Enterprise Cloud
5 65 (9.03%) Reference Data
6 34 (4.72%) Security Posture
7 32 (4.44%) Data Centre
7 32 (4.44%) Onboarding
8 27 (3.75%) Product Ownership
9 25 (3.47%) Cyber Threat
10 23 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
11 22 (3.06%) PKI
12 15 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 15 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
13 13 (1.81%) Cloud Security Posture
14 12 (1.67%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (1.25%) SCADA
15 9 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
16 7 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 111 (15.42%) Windows
2 68 (9.44%) Linux
3 40 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.92%) Unix
5 18 (2.50%) Apple iOS
6 17 (2.36%) Android
7 15 (2.08%) Ubuntu
8 13 (1.81%) Solaris
9 11 (1.53%) Windows 10
10 10 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.97%) CentOS
11 7 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.83%) Mac OS
12 6 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.69%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.56%) VMS
14 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.56%) zOS
15 2 (0.28%) OpenVMS
15 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (48.89%) Agile
2 269 (37.36%) Cybersecurity
3 206 (28.61%) CI/CD
4 186 (25.83%) Roadmaps
5 158 (21.94%) Information Security
6 155 (21.53%) Software Engineering
7 140 (19.44%) SDLC
8 126 (17.50%) Security Operations
9 120 (16.67%) Architectural Design
10 117 (16.25%) Community of Practice
10 117 (16.25%) Continuous Delivery
10 117 (16.25%) Information Architecture
10 117 (16.25%) Operational Stability
11 116 (16.11%) Cloud Security
12 113 (15.69%) DevOps
13 92 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
14 91 (12.64%) Privileged Access Management
15 87 (12.08%) RBAC
16 86 (11.94%) Scrum
17 84 (11.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 121 (16.81%) Java
2 116 (16.11%) PowerShell
3 90 (12.50%) SQL
4 70 (9.72%) Python
5 68 (9.44%) Go
6 65 (9.03%) Prolog
6 65 (9.03%) SPARQL
7 23 (3.19%) Kotlin
7 23 (3.19%) Scala
8 17 (2.36%) JavaScript
9 16 (2.22%) Bash
10 9 (1.25%) Bicep
11 8 (1.11%) C#
12 4 (0.56%) Perl
13 3 (0.42%) BeanShell
13 3 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.28%) Ruby
15 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.14%) Groovy
15 1 (0.14%) Lua
Qualifications
1 100 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 90 (12.50%) CISSP
3 72 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 63 (8.75%) Degree
5 46 (6.39%) Azure Certification
6 39 (5.42%) CISM
7 27 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (3.61%) AWS Certification
9 25 (3.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 24 (3.33%) CCSP
11 23 (3.19%) CEH
12 22 (3.06%) CISA
13 17 (2.36%) SANS
14 15 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (1.67%) DV Cleared
16 11 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 11 (1.53%) SSCP
17 8 (1.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (10.42%) NIST
2 68 (9.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (5.00%) PCI DSS
4 32 (4.44%) QA
5 23 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (2.92%) GDPR
7 15 (2.08%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.39%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (1.39%) NCSC
9 9 (1.25%) SLA
10 7 (0.97%) COBIT
10 7 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.83%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.42%) COSO
12 3 (0.42%) GRC
12 3 (0.42%) ITGC
13 2 (0.28%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.28%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 230 (31.94%) Active Directory
2 55 (7.64%) Docker
3 50 (6.94%) RACF
4 34 (4.72%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 22 (3.06%) Virtual Servers
7 21 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.53%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.97%) XenApp
10 6 (0.83%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.56%) vSphere
12 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.14%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 138 (19.17%) Terraform
2 75 (10.42%) Kubernetes
3 64 (8.89%) Single Sign-On
4 57 (7.92%) Grafana
5 42 (5.83%) Microsoft Intune
6 36 (5.00%) Ansible
7 19 (2.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (2.22%) Puppet
9 15 (2.08%) Progress Chef
10 12 (1.67%) QRadar
10 12 (1.67%) SCCM
11 11 (1.53%) Nmap
12 9 (1.25%) Nessus
13 8 (1.11%) Prometheus
14 7 (0.97%) Istio
14 7 (0.97%) Nagios
15 6 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
15 6 (0.83%) Packer
16 5 (0.69%) Kibana
16 5 (0.69%) Suricata
Vendors
1 248 (34.44%) Microsoft
2 95 (13.19%) Splunk
3 67 (9.31%) CyberArk
4 53 (7.36%) Dynatrace
5 36 (5.00%) Google
6 33 (4.58%) VMware
7 31 (4.31%) Oracle
8 28 (3.89%) ServiceNow
9 24 (3.33%) Zscaler
10 23 (3.19%) Cisco
10 23 (3.19%) Qualys
11 17 (2.36%) Adobe
12 16 (2.22%) Rapid7
13 15 (2.08%) Apple
14 13 (1.81%) Atlassian
15 12 (1.67%) Palo Alto
16 11 (1.53%) Databricks
16 11 (1.53%) ForgeRock
16 11 (1.53%) Red Hat
16 11 (1.53%) Thycotic