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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 271 619
Rank change year-on-year -105 +348 -160
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 705 1,294 788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 1.31% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 1.37% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 377 396 505
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,869 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £106,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.12% -5.77% -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 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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% +10.53%

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 23 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 23 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 -115 497 £72,500 +3.57% 166
UK excluding London -165 420 £65,000 +6.12% 93
Work from Home +6 243 £72,500 -3.33% 69
London +56 239 £75,000 -13.04% 76
Scotland -21 156 £54,500 -7.10% 9
South East -108 73 £72,500 +16.00% 27
North of England -87 63 £50,000 -15.25% 23
Midlands -77 55 £61,000 -12.86% 20
South West -88 48 £65,000 +12.44% 9
West Midlands -30 41 £56,250 -19.64% 14
North West -84 30 £35,000 -39.46% 14
Yorkshire +17 27 £56,500 -13.08% 8
East of England -14 16 £75,000 -6.25% 6
East Midlands -41 14 £67,250 +28.10% 6
Wales -27 7 - -
North East -2 6 £50,000 -2.44% 1
Northern Ireland +20 4 £72,500 -

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 26 (3.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.55%) Apache
3 16 (2.27%) Confluence
4 15 (2.13%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.99%) Apache Spark
6 11 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.85%) JBoss
7 6 (0.85%) nginx
8 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.71%) Trello
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) Cognos Controller
2 1 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 293 (41.56%) Azure
2 223 (31.63%) AWS
3 147 (20.85%) Entra ID
4 90 (12.77%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (10.07%) GCP
6 60 (8.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 58 (8.23%) Datadog
8 54 (7.66%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (5.96%) PaaS
10 36 (5.11%) Cloud Computing
10 36 (5.11%) SaaS
11 34 (4.82%) IaaS
12 29 (4.11%) Azure AKS
13 28 (3.97%) GitHub
14 25 (3.55%) Serverless
15 24 (3.40%) Azure Sentinel
16 18 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
17 16 (2.27%) Amazon S3
17 16 (2.27%) Azure API Management
18 13 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 123 (17.45%) Firewall
2 71 (10.07%) Network Security
3 70 (9.93%) Kerberos
4 67 (9.50%) DNS
5 38 (5.39%) VPN
5 38 (5.39%) WAN
6 29 (4.11%) TCP/IP
7 28 (3.97%) LAN
8 18 (2.55%) DHCP
9 16 (2.27%) Wireshark
10 15 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
11 13 (1.84%) Internet
12 12 (1.70%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.70%) Unified Communications
13 8 (1.13%) SSL
14 6 (0.85%) Software-Defined Networking
14 6 (0.85%) WLAN
15 4 (0.57%) HTTP
15 4 (0.57%) NAS
15 4 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (9.65%) Metadata
2 26 (3.69%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (1.56%) Apache Hive
4 11 (1.56%) Presto
4 11 (1.56%) Redis
5 10 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.13%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.99%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.85%) Big Data
9 4 (0.57%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.57%) MySQL
9 4 (0.57%) Power BI
10 3 (0.43%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.43%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.28%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.14%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 98 (13.90%) Jenkins
2 88 (12.48%) Bitbucket
3 78 (11.06%) Git
4 65 (9.22%) Artifactory
5 21 (2.98%) GitLab
6 19 (2.70%) JIRA
7 12 (1.70%) Sonatype Nexus
8 10 (1.42%) Subversion
9 7 (0.99%) Katalon Studio
9 7 (0.99%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.71%) Postman
10 5 (0.71%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.43%) JUnit
13 2 (0.28%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.28%) Maven
13 2 (0.28%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.28%) Selenium
14 1 (0.14%) Gatling
General
1 293 (41.56%) Finance
2 184 (26.10%) Social Skills
3 158 (22.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 130 (18.44%) Law
5 92 (13.05%) Marketing
6 91 (12.91%) Banking
7 67 (9.50%) Legal
8 38 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
9 35 (4.96%) Public Sector
10 28 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (3.12%) Games
12 13 (1.84%) Electronics
13 11 (1.56%) Retail
14 10 (1.42%) Retail Banking
15 9 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.99%) Advertising
16 7 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
18 5 (0.71%) Financial Institution
19 4 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 150 (21.28%) Senior
2 140 (19.86%) Architect
3 135 (19.15%) Software Engineer
4 128 (18.16%) Analyst
5 123 (17.45%) Lead
6 93 (13.19%) Lead Software Engineer
7 75 (10.64%) Cloud Engineer
8 54 (7.66%) Senior Analyst
9 52 (7.38%) Cloud Software Engineer
10 51 (7.23%) Governance Analyst
11 45 (6.38%) Security Engineer
12 42 (5.96%) Senior Software Engineer
13 41 (5.82%) Security Architect
14 33 (4.68%) Azure Engineer
14 33 (4.68%) Consultant
15 30 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
16 27 (3.83%) Security Analyst
17 25 (3.55%) Cloud Architect
18 24 (3.40%) Security Manager
19 21 (2.98%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (16.31%) SAML
2 98 (13.90%) OpenID
3 82 (11.63%) LDAP
4 71 (10.07%) RESTful
4 71 (10.07%) Web Services
5 67 (9.50%) XML
6 65 (9.22%) JSON
6 65 (9.22%) JSON-LD
7 58 (8.23%) OAuth
8 52 (7.38%) OpenTelemetry
9 27 (3.83%) SailPoint
10 26 (3.69%) REST
11 17 (2.41%) http4s
11 17 (2.41%) Lambda Expressions
11 17 (2.41%) Middleware
12 11 (1.56%) React
13 10 (1.42%) ARM Templates
13 10 (1.42%) Kafka
13 10 (1.42%) Node.js
13 10 (1.42%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 217 (30.78%) Management Information System
2 91 (12.91%) Public Cloud
3 90 (12.77%) Cloud Native
4 72 (10.21%) Enterprise Cloud
5 65 (9.22%) Reference Data
6 36 (5.11%) Security Posture
7 32 (4.54%) Data Centre
8 31 (4.40%) Onboarding
9 30 (4.26%) Product Ownership
10 25 (3.55%) PKI
11 24 (3.40%) Cyber Threat
12 18 (2.55%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 14 (1.99%) Cloud Security Posture
15 13 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (1.70%) Operational Technology
17 10 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
18 9 (1.28%) SCADA
18 9 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 113 (16.03%) Windows
2 64 (9.08%) Linux
3 42 (5.96%) Windows Server
4 22 (3.12%) Apple iOS
5 21 (2.98%) Android
6 20 (2.84%) Unix
7 15 (2.13%) Ubuntu
8 13 (1.84%) Solaris
9 10 (1.42%) Windows 10
10 9 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.99%) CentOS
11 7 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.85%) Mac OS
12 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.71%) Kali Linux
13 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.57%) VMS
14 4 (0.57%) zOS
15 2 (0.28%) OpenVMS
15 2 (0.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (49.36%) Agile
2 272 (38.58%) Cybersecurity
3 207 (29.36%) CI/CD
4 188 (26.67%) Roadmaps
5 157 (22.27%) Information Security
6 151 (21.42%) Software Engineering
7 140 (19.86%) SDLC
8 128 (18.16%) Security Operations
9 122 (17.30%) DevOps
10 121 (17.16%) Cloud Security
11 120 (17.02%) Architectural Design
12 119 (16.88%) Information Architecture
13 117 (16.60%) Community of Practice
13 117 (16.60%) Continuous Delivery
13 117 (16.60%) Operational Stability
14 92 (13.05%) Privileged Access Management
15 91 (12.91%) SIEM
16 88 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
16 88 (12.48%) RBAC
17 87 (12.34%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 121 (17.16%) Java
2 115 (16.31%) PowerShell
3 87 (12.34%) SQL
4 79 (11.21%) Python
5 71 (10.07%) Go
6 65 (9.22%) Prolog
6 65 (9.22%) SPARQL
7 20 (2.84%) Kotlin
8 19 (2.70%) JavaScript
8 19 (2.70%) Scala
9 15 (2.13%) Bash
10 13 (1.84%) C#
11 8 (1.13%) Bicep
12 5 (0.71%) Ruby
13 4 (0.57%) Lua
13 4 (0.57%) Rust
14 3 (0.43%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.28%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 97 (13.76%) Security Cleared
2 92 (13.05%) CISSP
3 65 (9.22%) SC Cleared
4 62 (8.79%) Degree
5 43 (6.10%) Azure Certification
6 37 (5.25%) CISM
7 32 (4.54%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (4.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 29 (4.11%) CCSP
10 26 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (3.55%) CEH
12 24 (3.40%) AWS Certification
13 22 (3.12%) CISA
14 20 (2.84%) SANS
15 15 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
16 14 (1.99%) SSCP
17 12 (1.70%) DV Cleared
18 10 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 9 (1.28%) CCNP
20 8 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (11.21%) NIST
2 70 (9.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (5.53%) PCI DSS
4 27 (3.83%) QA
5 22 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (2.98%) GDPR
7 16 (2.27%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.42%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (1.42%) NCSC
9 8 (1.13%) SLA
10 7 (0.99%) COBIT
11 6 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.85%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.57%) GRC
13 3 (0.43%) COSO
13 3 (0.43%) ITGC
14 2 (0.28%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.28%) ISO 31000
15 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
System Software
1 226 (32.06%) Active Directory
2 61 (8.65%) Docker
3 48 (6.81%) RACF
4 36 (5.11%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
7 21 (2.98%) Virtual Servers
8 12 (1.70%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.85%) XenApp
10 5 (0.71%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.57%) vSphere
12 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.14%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 141 (20.00%) Terraform
2 83 (11.77%) Kubernetes
3 63 (8.94%) Single Sign-On
4 57 (8.09%) Grafana
5 43 (6.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 38 (5.39%) Ansible
7 20 (2.84%) Puppet
8 19 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 19 (2.70%) Progress Chef
9 14 (1.99%) Nmap
10 12 (1.70%) QRadar
10 12 (1.70%) SCCM
11 11 (1.56%) Packer
12 9 (1.28%) Nessus
13 7 (0.99%) Prometheus
14 6 (0.85%) Istio
14 6 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.85%) Nagios
15 5 (0.71%) Kibana
15 5 (0.71%) Salt
Vendors
1 246 (34.89%) Microsoft
2 98 (13.90%) Splunk
3 65 (9.22%) CyberArk
4 53 (7.52%) Dynatrace
5 33 (4.68%) Google
5 33 (4.68%) VMware
6 29 (4.11%) Oracle
6 29 (4.11%) ServiceNow
7 26 (3.69%) Qualys
8 25 (3.55%) Cisco
8 25 (3.55%) Zscaler
9 19 (2.70%) Rapid7
10 18 (2.55%) Atlassian
11 15 (2.13%) Adobe
11 15 (2.13%) Apple
12 14 (1.99%) Palo Alto
12 14 (1.99%) Thycotic
13 11 (1.56%) Databricks
13 11 (1.56%) Fortinet
14 10 (1.42%) Salesforce