IAM Consultant Contracts

Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant)
UK

The median Identity and Access Management Consultant (IAM Consultant) daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 665 821
Rank change year-on-year +115 +156 -138
Contract jobs requiring an IAM Consultant 34 32 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.058% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.061% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 18
10th Percentile £505 - £534
25th Percentile £556 £525 £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £675
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -18.52% +12.50%
75th Percentile £706 £604 £738
90th Percentile £765 £648 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

IAM Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IAM Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IAM Consultant.

Daily rate trend for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IAM Consultant over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IAM Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for IAM Consultant in the UK

IAM Consultant
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IAM Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +95 27 £600 +9.09% 3
UK excluding London +45 20 £675 +8.00% 3
Midlands +26 11 £600 - 3
Work from Home +102 9 £575 +4.55% 1
London +79 9 £550 -
West Midlands +23 7 £672 - 3
South East +18 5 £675 +8.00%
East Midlands - 4 £600 -
Wales - 3 £700 -
North West - 2 £863 -
North of England - 2 £863 -
South West - 1 £672 -

IAM Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IAM Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring IAM Consultant in the job title.

1 21 (61.76%) Identity Access Management
2 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 16 (47.06%) Security Cleared
3 15 (44.12%) SC Cleared
4 14 (41.18%) Active Directory
5 11 (32.35%) Azure
5 11 (32.35%) Entra ID
6 10 (29.41%) OAuth
7 9 (26.47%) SAML
7 9 (26.47%) Identity Management
7 9 (26.47%) LDAP
7 9 (26.47%) OpenID
8 8 (23.53%) CA
9 7 (20.59%) SailPoint
9 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
10 6 (17.65%) Privileged Access Management
10 6 (17.65%) Ping Identity
10 6 (17.65%) PingFederate
11 5 (14.71%) RBAC
11 5 (14.71%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (14.71%) Agile
11 5 (14.71%) Information Security
12 4 (11.76%) Kerberos
12 4 (11.76%) Web Services
12 4 (11.76%) Okta
12 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
13 3 (8.82%) Smoke Testing
13 3 (8.82%) Project Delivery
13 3 (8.82%) Operational Technology
13 3 (8.82%) ITIL

IAM Consultant Skill Set
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 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.88%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 11 (32.35%) Azure
1 11 (32.35%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Kerberos
2 3 (8.82%) HTTP
2 3 (8.82%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) NoSQL
General
1 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.88%) Finance
2 2 (5.88%) Financial Institution
2 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (29.41%) OAuth
2 9 (26.47%) LDAP
2 9 (26.47%) OpenID
2 9 (26.47%) SAML
3 7 (20.59%) SailPoint
4 4 (11.76%) Web Services
5 1 (2.94%) RESTful
5 1 (2.94%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Management Information System
1 3 (8.82%) Operational Technology
2 2 (5.88%) Hedge funds
2 2 (5.88%) PKI
2 2 (5.88%) Replication
2 2 (5.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.94%) Contactless
3 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Identity Access Management
2 9 (26.47%) Identity Management
3 6 (17.65%) Privileged Access Management
4 5 (14.71%) Agile
4 5 (14.71%) Information Security
4 5 (14.71%) RBAC
5 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (8.82%) ITIL
6 3 (8.82%) Project Delivery
6 3 (8.82%) Smoke Testing
6 3 (8.82%) Software Engineering
6 3 (8.82%) Use Case
7 2 (5.88%) Migration
7 2 (5.88%) Presales
7 2 (5.88%) Product Management
7 2 (5.88%) Risk Management
7 2 (5.88%) Scrum
7 2 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (5.88%) Validation
8 1 (2.94%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) Bash
1 3 (8.82%) JavaScript
1 3 (8.82%) PowerShell
1 3 (8.82%) Python
2 2 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 15 (44.12%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.88%) OSCP
4 1 (2.94%) CISSP
4 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.94%) NIST
1 1 (2.94%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (41.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) PingFederate
2 5 (14.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 8 (23.53%) CA
3 6 (17.65%) Ping Identity
4 4 (11.76%) Okta
5 1 (2.94%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.94%) ForgeRock
5 1 (2.94%) IBM
5 1 (2.94%) Novell
5 1 (2.94%) Oracle
5 1 (2.94%) Workday