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

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 283 623
Rank change year-on-year -109 +340 -174
Permanent jobs citing Identity Access Management 649 1,268 779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 1.28% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.34% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 373 403 506
10th Percentile £40,250 £46,790 £48,125
25th Percentile £54,814 £53,970 £57,046
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 £61,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% -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 85,075 94,861 153,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 95.59% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59,840 55,938 82,447
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,714
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 17 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 17 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 -145 445 £72,500 +3.57% 178
UK excluding London -185 372 £61,000 +1.67% 105
London +53 231 £75,000 -11.76% 86
Work from Home -28 193 £70,000 -6.67% 72
Scotland -25 151 £54,500 -8.44% 6
South East -117 70 £72,500 +16.00% 43
Midlands -82 44 £59,250 -15.36% 14
South West -95 41 £60,000 +3.79% 12
North of England -97 41 £50,000 -15.25% 22
West Midlands -25 34 £55,000 -21.43% 10
Yorkshire +6 20 £56,500 -13.08% 7
North West -92 20 £35,000 -39.46% 15
East of England -10 15 £75,000 -6.25% 9
East Midlands -45 10 £67,250 +28.10% 4
Wales -19 8 - -
Northern Ireland +17 4 £72,500 -
North East -4 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 26 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.62%) Confluence
3 15 (2.31%) Apache
4 14 (2.16%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.85%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.77%) JBoss
7 5 (0.77%) nginx
8 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.92%) Trello
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Cognos Controller
2 1 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 287 (44.22%) Azure
2 215 (33.13%) AWS
3 101 (15.56%) Entra ID
4 94 (14.48%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (9.86%) GCP
6 60 (9.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 57 (8.78%) Datadog
8 54 (8.32%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (6.47%) PaaS
10 36 (5.55%) Cloud Computing
10 36 (5.55%) SaaS
11 34 (5.24%) IaaS
12 29 (4.47%) Azure AKS
13 28 (4.31%) GitHub
14 25 (3.85%) Serverless
15 24 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
16 18 (2.77%) Microsoft Purview
17 16 (2.47%) Amazon S3
18 15 (2.31%) Azure API Management
19 13 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 124 (19.11%) Firewall
2 71 (10.94%) Network Security
3 70 (10.79%) Kerberos
4 63 (9.71%) DNS
5 37 (5.70%) VPN
6 34 (5.24%) WAN
7 27 (4.16%) LAN
7 27 (4.16%) TCP/IP
8 16 (2.47%) DHCP
8 16 (2.47%) Wireshark
9 15 (2.31%) Intrusion Detection
10 13 (2.00%) Internet
11 12 (1.85%) Unified Communications
12 11 (1.69%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.08%) SSL
14 6 (0.92%) Software-Defined Networking
14 6 (0.92%) WLAN
15 5 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
16 4 (0.62%) HTTP
16 4 (0.62%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (10.48%) Metadata
2 26 (4.01%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (1.69%) Redis
5 10 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (1.39%) Apache Hive
6 9 (1.39%) Presto
7 8 (1.23%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.08%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.92%) Big Data
10 4 (0.62%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.62%) MySQL
10 4 (0.62%) Power BI
11 3 (0.46%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.46%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.31%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.15%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 97 (14.95%) Jenkins
2 87 (13.41%) Bitbucket
3 76 (11.71%) Git
4 65 (10.02%) Artifactory
5 21 (3.24%) GitLab
6 18 (2.77%) JIRA
7 12 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
8 10 (1.54%) Subversion
9 7 (1.08%) Katalon Studio
9 7 (1.08%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.77%) Postman
11 4 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.62%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.46%) JUnit
13 2 (0.31%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.31%) Maven
13 2 (0.31%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.31%) Selenium
14 1 (0.15%) Gatling
General
1 242 (37.29%) Finance
2 188 (28.97%) Social Skills
3 157 (24.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 130 (20.03%) Law
5 92 (14.18%) Marketing
6 45 (6.93%) Banking
7 40 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
8 35 (5.39%) Public Sector
9 28 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (3.85%) Games
11 20 (3.08%) Legal
12 12 (1.85%) Retail
13 11 (1.69%) Electronics
14 9 (1.39%) Retail Banking
15 8 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.08%) Advertising
16 7 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.77%) Financial Institution
17 5 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
18 4 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 141 (21.73%) Architect
2 132 (20.34%) Software Engineer
3 123 (18.95%) Lead
4 99 (15.25%) Senior
5 92 (14.18%) Lead Software Engineer
6 78 (12.02%) Analyst
7 74 (11.40%) Cloud Engineer
8 52 (8.01%) Cloud Software Engineer
9 47 (7.24%) Security Engineer
10 44 (6.78%) Security Architect
11 42 (6.47%) Senior Software Engineer
12 32 (4.93%) Azure Engineer
12 32 (4.93%) Consultant
13 29 (4.47%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (4.01%) Security Analyst
15 25 (3.85%) Security Manager
16 23 (3.54%) Cloud Architect
16 23 (3.54%) Cybersecurity Engineer
17 21 (3.24%) Lead Cloud Engineer
18 20 (3.08%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (17.57%) SAML
2 96 (14.79%) OpenID
3 79 (12.17%) LDAP
4 72 (11.09%) RESTful
5 71 (10.94%) Web Services
6 67 (10.32%) XML
7 65 (10.02%) JSON
7 65 (10.02%) JSON-LD
8 57 (8.78%) OAuth
9 52 (8.01%) OpenTelemetry
10 28 (4.31%) SailPoint
11 25 (3.85%) REST
12 16 (2.47%) Middleware
13 14 (2.16%) http4s
13 14 (2.16%) Lambda Expressions
14 11 (1.69%) Kafka
15 10 (1.54%) .NET
15 10 (1.54%) ARM Templates
15 10 (1.54%) Node.js
15 10 (1.54%) React
Miscellaneous
1 169 (26.04%) Management Information System
2 90 (13.87%) Public Cloud
3 89 (13.71%) Cloud Native
4 72 (11.09%) Enterprise Cloud
5 65 (10.02%) Reference Data
6 36 (5.55%) Security Posture
7 31 (4.78%) Data Centre
7 31 (4.78%) Onboarding
8 30 (4.62%) Product Ownership
9 26 (4.01%) Cyber Threat
10 25 (3.85%) PKI
11 18 (2.77%) Security Operations Centre
12 15 (2.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 14 (2.16%) Cloud Security Posture
14 13 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.85%) Operational Technology
16 10 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
17 9 (1.39%) SCADA
17 9 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 113 (17.41%) Windows
2 58 (8.94%) Linux
3 43 (6.63%) Windows Server
4 23 (3.54%) Apple iOS
5 22 (3.39%) Android
6 18 (2.77%) Unix
7 14 (2.16%) Ubuntu
8 12 (1.85%) Solaris
9 9 (1.39%) Windows 10
10 8 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.08%) Mac OS
11 7 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.77%) Kali Linux
13 5 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.62%) CentOS
14 4 (0.62%) VMS
14 4 (0.62%) zOS
15 2 (0.31%) OpenVMS
15 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (44.99%) Agile
2 227 (34.98%) Cybersecurity
3 203 (31.28%) CI/CD
4 148 (22.80%) Software Engineering
5 140 (21.57%) SDLC
6 139 (21.42%) Roadmaps
7 124 (19.11%) Cloud Security
8 121 (18.64%) DevOps
9 120 (18.49%) Architectural Design
10 119 (18.34%) Information Architecture
11 117 (18.03%) Community of Practice
11 117 (18.03%) Continuous Delivery
11 117 (18.03%) Operational Stability
12 111 (17.10%) Information Security
13 90 (13.87%) SIEM
14 89 (13.71%) Vulnerability Management
15 88 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
16 82 (12.63%) Test Automation
17 81 (12.48%) Security Operations
18 79 (12.17%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 115 (17.72%) Java
2 73 (11.25%) Python
3 71 (10.94%) Go
4 69 (10.63%) PowerShell
5 65 (10.02%) Prolog
5 65 (10.02%) SPARQL
6 39 (6.01%) SQL
7 18 (2.77%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.47%) Kotlin
8 16 (2.47%) Scala
9 14 (2.16%) Bash
10 12 (1.85%) C#
11 8 (1.23%) Bicep
12 5 (0.77%) Ruby
13 4 (0.62%) Lua
13 4 (0.62%) Rust
14 3 (0.46%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.46%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.31%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 98 (15.10%) Security Cleared
2 90 (13.87%) CISSP
3 63 (9.71%) SC Cleared
4 61 (9.40%) Degree
5 41 (6.32%) Azure Certification
6 37 (5.70%) CISM
7 30 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (4.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 28 (4.31%) CCSP
10 24 (3.70%) CEH
10 24 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (3.54%) AWS Certification
12 22 (3.39%) CISA
13 20 (3.08%) SANS
14 15 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (2.16%) SSCP
16 12 (1.85%) DV Cleared
17 9 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 8 (1.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 8 (1.23%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (12.17%) NIST
2 70 (10.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (6.01%) PCI DSS
4 24 (3.70%) QA
5 23 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (3.24%) GDPR
7 16 (2.47%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.54%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (1.54%) NCSC
9 8 (1.23%) SLA
10 7 (1.08%) COBIT
11 6 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.92%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.62%) GRC
13 3 (0.46%) COSO
13 3 (0.46%) ITGC
14 2 (0.31%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.31%) ISO 31000
15 1 (0.15%) Def Stans
System Software
1 179 (27.58%) Active Directory
2 60 (9.24%) Docker
3 36 (5.55%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 23 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (3.08%) Virtual Servers
6 12 (1.85%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.77%) XenApp
8 4 (0.62%) vSphere
8 4 (0.62%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.15%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 135 (20.80%) Terraform
2 82 (12.63%) Kubernetes
3 61 (9.40%) Single Sign-On
4 57 (8.78%) Grafana
5 43 (6.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 33 (5.08%) Ansible
7 19 (2.93%) Puppet
8 18 (2.77%) Progress Chef
9 17 (2.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (2.16%) Nmap
11 12 (1.85%) QRadar
12 11 (1.69%) Packer
12 11 (1.69%) SCCM
13 9 (1.39%) Nessus
14 7 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (1.08%) Prometheus
15 6 (0.92%) Istio
16 5 (0.77%) Kibana
16 5 (0.77%) Salt
16 5 (0.77%) Suricata
Vendors
1 195 (30.05%) Microsoft
2 97 (14.95%) Splunk
3 53 (8.17%) Dynatrace
4 32 (4.93%) VMware
5 30 (4.62%) Google
6 28 (4.31%) ServiceNow
7 26 (4.01%) Oracle
7 26 (4.01%) Qualys
8 25 (3.85%) Cisco
9 23 (3.54%) Zscaler
10 21 (3.24%) Rapid7
11 17 (2.62%) Atlassian
11 17 (2.62%) CyberArk
12 16 (2.47%) Apple
13 15 (2.31%) Adobe
14 14 (2.16%) Thycotic
15 13 (2.00%) Palo Alto
16 12 (1.85%) Fortinet
17 11 (1.69%) Okta
18 10 (1.54%) ForgeRock