Okta Contract Job Trends in England

Okta
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Okta products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Okta over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Okta, Inc.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 431 459
Rank change year-on-year -70 +28 +11
Contract jobs citing Okta 131 81 67
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.29% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.68% 0.60% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 63 48
10th Percentile £266 £263 £203
25th Percentile £425 £413 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £615 £631 £635
90th Percentile £714 £735 £665
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £59.98 - £24.89
25th Percentile £79.34 - £25.95
Median hourly rate £86.08 - £28.34
75th Percentile £87.16 - £31.36
90th Percentile £87.56 - £32.79
UK median hourly rate £86.08 - £28.34
% change year-on-year - - -28.43%

All Vendors
England

Okta falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,269 13,419 14,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.66% 47.81% 44.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,773 8,540 8,619
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £628
90th Percentile £715 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,268 649 519
10th Percentile £13.99 £15.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.61 £18.00 £15.68
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -28.16% -20.27%
75th Percentile £60.92 £43.21 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.33 £69.72 £71.65
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £25.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year -3.24% -23.66% -25.14%

Okta
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Okta relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Okta job vacancy trend in England

Okta
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Okta.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Okta

Okta
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Okta in England over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Okta in England

Okta
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Okta.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Okta

Okta
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Okta in England over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Okta in England

Okta
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Okta within the England region over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. 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
London -62 74 £575 +12.20% 130
North of England -42 36 £475 +20.41% 19
Yorkshire -11 18 £475 -29.63% 5
North West -37 13 £513 -0.29% 12
South East -58 10 £418 +85.56% 16
North East -36 5 £400 +45.45% 2
Midlands -44 3 £650 +18.18% 2
East of England - 2 £501 - 2
East Midlands -9 1 £650 +116.67% 1
West Midlands -50 1 - - 1
Okta
UK

Okta
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.53%) Confluence
2 2 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.76%) CMS
3 1 (0.76%) Mendix
3 1 (0.76%) nginx
3 1 (0.76%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.76%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.76%) Maya
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 86 (65.65%) Entra ID
2 64 (48.85%) Azure
3 27 (20.61%) AWS
4 23 (17.56%) GCP
5 19 (14.50%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (9.92%) Azure AKS
7 12 (9.16%) SaaS
8 9 (6.87%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (6.11%) Google Workspace
10 7 (5.34%) GitHub
10 7 (5.34%) PaaS
11 6 (4.58%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (4.58%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (4.58%) Cloud Run
11 6 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (4.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 5 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (3.82%) IaaS
13 3 (2.29%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.11%) Firewall
1 8 (6.11%) TCP/IP
2 7 (5.34%) DNS
2 7 (5.34%) VPN
3 6 (4.58%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.82%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (2.29%) DHCP
5 3 (2.29%) Internet
5 3 (2.29%) Kerberos
5 3 (2.29%) Network Security
6 2 (1.53%) MPLS
6 2 (1.53%) SSH
6 2 (1.53%) WAN
6 2 (1.53%) Wireless
7 1 (0.76%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.76%) IPsec
7 1 (0.76%) LAN
7 1 (0.76%) SSL
7 1 (0.76%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.53%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.53%) Redis
2 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.76%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.76%) Looker
2 1 (0.76%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (9.92%) JIRA
2 8 (6.11%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.82%) GitLab
4 2 (1.53%) Claude Code
4 2 (1.53%) Git
4 2 (1.53%) Postman
5 1 (0.76%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.76%) Selenium
General
1 33 (25.19%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.50%) Finance
3 14 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.92%) Banking
5 7 (5.34%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.82%) Legal
7 4 (3.05%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.29%) Retail
9 2 (1.53%) Marketing
9 2 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Advertising
10 1 (0.76%) Billing
10 1 (0.76%) French Language
10 1 (0.76%) German Language
10 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.76%) Military
10 1 (0.76%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 20 (15.27%) Architect
2 15 (11.45%) Developer
3 14 (10.69%) Consultant
3 14 (10.69%) Senior
4 10 (7.63%) IAM Consultant
4 10 (7.63%) Support Engineer
5 9 (6.87%) Lead
6 7 (5.34%) IAM Developer
7 6 (4.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) Java Developer
7 6 (4.58%) Product Owner
8 5 (3.82%) Applications Developer
8 5 (3.82%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (3.82%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (3.82%) SailPoint Architect
8 5 (3.82%) Security Architect
8 5 (3.82%) Senior Architect
9 4 (3.05%) Analyst
9 4 (3.05%) AWS Engineer
10 3 (2.29%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (25.19%) SailPoint
2 29 (22.14%) OAuth
2 29 (22.14%) SAML
3 27 (20.61%) OpenID
4 26 (19.85%) Terraform
5 16 (12.21%) OAuth2
6 15 (11.45%) LDAP
7 14 (10.69%) REST
8 9 (6.87%) JWT
9 8 (6.11%) RESTful
10 7 (5.34%) Node.js
10 7 (5.34%) React
11 5 (3.82%) JSON
12 4 (3.05%) Azure Blueprints
12 4 (3.05%) JDBC
12 4 (3.05%) Middleware
12 4 (3.05%) SOAP
13 3 (2.29%) Keycloak
13 3 (2.29%) XML
14 2 (1.53%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.56%) Onboarding
2 20 (15.27%) Cloud Native
3 11 (8.40%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (6.87%) Product Ownership
5 8 (6.11%) PKI
6 6 (4.58%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (4.58%) Management Information System
6 6 (4.58%) Security Posture
7 5 (3.82%) CMDB
8 3 (2.29%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.29%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.76%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.76%) iSeries
9 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.76%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.32%) Windows
2 17 (12.98%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.87%) macOS
4 7 (5.34%) Linux
5 6 (4.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (3.82%) Ubuntu
7 4 (3.05%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (3.05%) VMS
8 3 (2.29%) Unix
9 2 (1.53%) CentOS
10 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (51.15%) Identity Access Management
2 31 (23.66%) DevOps
3 29 (22.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 28 (21.37%) CI/CD
4 28 (21.37%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (19.85%) Agile
6 25 (19.08%) Migration
6 25 (19.08%) RBAC
7 23 (17.56%) Roadmaps
8 21 (16.03%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (15.27%) Privileged Access Management
10 19 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (13.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (12.98%) ITSM
12 17 (12.98%) Zero Trust
13 15 (11.45%) Cloud Security
13 15 (11.45%) Observability
14 14 (10.69%) Identity Management
15 13 (9.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 26 (19.85%) Python
2 25 (19.08%) PowerShell
3 15 (11.45%) Java
4 8 (6.11%) Go
5 6 (4.58%) SQL
6 4 (3.05%) BeanShell
6 4 (3.05%) Bicep
7 2 (1.53%) Bash
7 2 (1.53%) C#
7 2 (1.53%) Delphi
7 2 (1.53%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.76%) Scala
Qualifications
1 23 (17.56%) Security Cleared
2 17 (12.98%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.69%) CISSP
4 11 (8.40%) Degree
5 8 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.82%) CISM
6 5 (3.82%) CSPO
6 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (3.05%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.53%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.53%) GIAC
8 2 (1.53%) ISSAP
9 1 (0.76%) CISA
9 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.76%) CRISC
9 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.76%) GCIH
9 1 (0.76%) GSEC
9 1 (0.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (8.40%) NIST
3 7 (5.34%) SOC 2
4 6 (4.58%) HIPAA
5 5 (3.82%) GDPR
5 5 (3.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (2.29%) GRC
7 2 (1.53%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.53%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.53%) SLA
8 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.76%) NCSC
8 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 61 (46.56%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.58%) Hyper-V
2 6 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.82%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.53%) Docker
6 1 (0.76%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 32 (24.43%) Single Sign-On
2 22 (16.79%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (6.87%) Ansible
5 7 (5.34%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (3.05%) Grafana
6 4 (3.05%) Prometheus
7 3 (2.29%) WMI
8 2 (1.53%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.76%) Consul
9 1 (0.76%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.76%) Istio
9 1 (0.76%) linkerd
9 1 (0.76%) Packer
9 1 (0.76%) PingFederate
9 1 (0.76%) Rancher
9 1 (0.76%) SCCM
9 1 (0.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.76%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 68 (51.91%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.56%) Google
2 23 (17.56%) ServiceNow
3 22 (16.79%) CyberArk
4 20 (15.27%) ForgeRock
4 20 (15.27%) Ping Identity
5 13 (9.92%) BeyondTrust
6 11 (8.40%) Splunk
7 7 (5.34%) Cisco
7 7 (5.34%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (5.34%) Meraki
7 7 (5.34%) VMware
8 5 (3.82%) Salesforce
8 5 (3.82%) SAP
9 4 (3.05%) Fortinet
9 4 (3.05%) Qualys
9 4 (3.05%) Rapid7
9 4 (3.05%) Tenable
10 3 (2.29%) TOWER Software
10 3 (2.29%) Zscaler