Single Sign-On Contract Job Trends in England

Single Sign-On (SSO)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Single Sign-On skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 330 335
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +130
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 259 153 214
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.63% 0.58%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.69% 4.04% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 105 156
10th Percentile £311 £400 £350
25th Percentile £431 £475 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £533
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +7.04% -3.18%
75th Percentile £613 £655 £638
90th Percentile £712 £736 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £568 £513
% change year-on-year -7.57% +10.83% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 6
10th Percentile £51.25 - £24.59
25th Percentile £55.19 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £57.25 - £28.25
75th Percentile £68.75 - £83.19
90th Percentile - - £102.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 - £28.25

All Systems Management Skills
England

Single Sign-On falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,518 3,784 4,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.58% 15.51% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,824 2,618 3,162
10th Percentile £319 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £420 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £699 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -8.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 38 116
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £43.09 £24.16 £17.72
Median hourly rate £57.63 £28.50 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +102.22% +10.62% -55.19%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.36 £49.06
90th Percentile £74.30 £79.98 £70.63
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £26.50 £27.25
% change year-on-year +113.21% -2.75% -52.61%

Single Sign-On
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Single Sign-On relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Single Sign-On job vacancy trend in England

Single Sign-On
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Single Sign-On.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Single Sign-On

Single Sign-On
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Single Sign-On in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Single Sign-On in England

Single Sign-On
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Single Sign-On.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Single Sign-On

Single Sign-On
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Single Sign-On in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Single Sign-On in England

Single Sign-On
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 Single Sign-On within the England region over the 6 months to 6 May 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 -5 109 £533 -11.18% 38
North of England -40 58 £525 +8.58% 9
Yorkshire -29 38 £550 +2.90% 3
South East -26 36 £500 -21.88% 18
Midlands -56 28 £450 -23.40% 1
South West -17 27 £525 +20.00% 6
North West -49 19 £425 -8.11% 6
West Midlands -54 15 £370 -37.02% 1
East Midlands -18 12 £594 -
North East -19 2 £413 -31.25%
East of England -36 2 £563 +28.57% 10
Single Sign-On
UK

Single Sign-On
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 19 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 18 (6.95%) Confluence
3 14 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (3.47%) nginx
5 3 (1.16%) IIS
6 2 (0.77%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.77%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (3.09%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.16%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 30 (11.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.77%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.77%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 134 (51.74%) Azure
2 131 (50.58%) Entra ID
3 56 (21.62%) AWS
4 43 (16.60%) SaaS
5 41 (15.83%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (10.42%) Serverless
7 22 (8.49%) GCP
8 19 (7.34%) PaaS
9 18 (6.95%) Amazon S3
10 13 (5.02%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (4.63%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (4.63%) Google Workspace
11 12 (4.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (4.25%) GitHub
13 10 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (3.86%) IaaS
14 9 (3.47%) OneDrive
14 9 (3.47%) Route 53
15 7 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 71 (27.41%) DNS
2 35 (13.51%) VPN
3 34 (13.13%) Firewall
4 29 (11.20%) DHCP
5 26 (10.04%) Kerberos
6 25 (9.65%) SSL
7 22 (8.49%) TCP/IP
8 17 (6.56%) HTTP
9 16 (6.18%) IPsec
10 14 (5.41%) LAN
10 14 (5.41%) Network Security
11 13 (5.02%) BIG-IP
11 13 (5.02%) HTTPS
11 13 (5.02%) WAN
12 10 (3.86%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (3.86%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (3.86%) Wireless
13 9 (3.47%) OpenVPN
13 9 (3.47%) Wireshark
14 8 (3.09%) Ethereal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.47%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.93%) DynamoDB
2 5 (1.93%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.54%) Metadata
3 4 (1.54%) Power BI
4 3 (1.16%) CockroachDB
4 3 (1.16%) MySQL
4 3 (1.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 3 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.16%) Pinecone
5 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.77%) GIS
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.39%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.39%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.39%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 33 (12.74%) JIRA
2 10 (3.86%) Browser DevTools
3 7 (2.70%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.70%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.32%) Git
4 6 (2.32%) GitLab
5 4 (1.54%) Postman
6 3 (1.16%) Fiddler
6 3 (1.16%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.77%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.39%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.39%) Gatling
8 1 (0.39%) JMeter
8 1 (0.39%) JUnit
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.39%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.39%) Selenium
8 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 66 (25.48%) Social Skills
2 33 (12.74%) Documentation Skills
2 33 (12.74%) Public Sector
3 31 (11.97%) Finance
4 28 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.18%) Publishing
6 10 (3.86%) Banking
7 7 (2.70%) Legal
7 7 (2.70%) Retail
8 3 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.16%) Military
9 2 (0.77%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.39%) Aviation
10 1 (0.39%) Front Office
10 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (18.15%) Architect
2 24 (9.27%) Senior
3 22 (8.49%) Administrator
4 21 (8.11%) Lead
5 18 (6.95%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (5.79%) Developer
7 12 (4.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (4.63%) Technical Architect
8 11 (4.25%) Network Engineer
9 10 (3.86%) Project Manager
9 10 (3.86%) Support Engineer
10 9 (3.47%) Consultant
10 9 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.09%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (3.09%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (3.09%) IAM Project Manager
12 7 (2.70%) SAP Administrator
12 7 (2.70%) Senior Developer
13 6 (2.32%) Analyst
13 6 (2.32%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (33.20%) OAuth
2 85 (32.82%) SAML
3 59 (22.78%) OpenID
4 56 (21.62%) LDAP
5 36 (13.90%) OAuth2
6 20 (7.72%) SailPoint
6 20 (7.72%) SAP Basis
7 15 (5.79%) REST
8 10 (3.86%) Web Services
9 8 (3.09%) ARM Templates
9 8 (3.09%) CSS
9 8 (3.09%) Entity Framework
9 8 (3.09%) React
10 7 (2.70%) Express.js
10 7 (2.70%) Model Context Protocol
10 7 (2.70%) Node.js
11 6 (2.32%) AngularJS
11 6 (2.32%) HTML
11 6 (2.32%) YAML
12 5 (1.93%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (18.53%) Onboarding
2 19 (7.34%) Replication
2 19 (7.34%) Taxonomies
3 11 (4.25%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.25%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.86%) PKI
5 8 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.09%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.09%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.09%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.32%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.93%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.54%) Clustering
8 4 (1.54%) Freedom of Information
8 4 (1.54%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.54%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.16%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 48 (18.53%) Windows
2 33 (12.74%) Windows Server
3 14 (5.41%) Linux
4 8 (3.09%) Unix
5 5 (1.93%) CatOS
5 5 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.16%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.77%) Android
9 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (28.19%) Identity Access Management
2 66 (25.48%) DevOps
3 55 (21.24%) RBAC
4 53 (20.46%) Roadmaps
5 51 (19.69%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (16.22%) CI/CD
7 38 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (13.51%) Agile
9 34 (13.13%) Zero Trust
10 33 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (11.58%) High Availability
12 29 (11.20%) Infrastructure as Code
13 28 (10.81%) Validation
14 25 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
15 24 (9.27%) Vulnerability Management
16 23 (8.88%) Disaster Recovery
16 23 (8.88%) Identity Management
17 22 (8.49%) Data Pipeline
17 22 (8.49%) Microservices
18 21 (8.11%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 44 (16.99%) PowerShell
2 19 (7.34%) SQL
3 16 (6.18%) Python
4 14 (5.41%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.25%) Java
6 9 (3.47%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.70%) Bash
8 4 (1.54%) Bicep
8 4 (1.54%) Groovy
9 3 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.77%) C#
10 2 (0.77%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.39%) Go
11 1 (0.39%) Korn
11 1 (0.39%) PHP
11 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 85 (32.82%) Security Cleared
2 62 (23.94%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.95%) Degree
4 14 (5.41%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.86%) CISSP
6 8 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.70%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.54%) CISM
9 3 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.16%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.16%) PMP
10 2 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.77%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.39%) CCSP
11 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.39%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (15.83%) GDPR
2 24 (9.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (8.11%) NIST
4 20 (7.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (4.25%) GRC
6 9 (3.47%) QA
7 8 (3.09%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.32%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.32%) SLA
9 4 (1.54%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.54%) PMO
10 3 (1.16%) Data Quality
10 3 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.16%) NCSC
10 3 (1.16%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.77%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 121 (46.72%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.56%) Docker
2 17 (6.56%) VMware NSX
3 16 (6.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.86%) Squid
5 6 (2.32%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.93%) RACF
7 4 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.77%) OpenAM
8 2 (0.77%) OpenDJ
8 2 (0.77%) OpenIDM
8 2 (0.77%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.39%) Firmware
9 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (15.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 26 (10.04%) Kubernetes
3 24 (9.27%) Terraform
4 14 (5.41%) Grafana
4 14 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (4.25%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.47%) Ansible
6 9 (3.47%) FortiGate
7 8 (3.09%) Consul
8 7 (2.70%) PingFederate
9 6 (2.32%) CA Single Sign-On
9 6 (2.32%) SCCM
10 4 (1.54%) VxRail
11 3 (1.16%) Argo
11 3 (1.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.77%) CASB
12 2 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.39%) Packer
13 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 107 (41.31%) Microsoft
2 48 (18.53%) Okta
3 30 (11.58%) SAP
4 29 (11.20%) VMware
5 16 (6.18%) CyberArk
6 15 (5.79%) Palo Alto
7 14 (5.41%) Google
7 14 (5.41%) Red Hat
8 13 (5.02%) F5
9 12 (4.63%) Cisco
9 12 (4.63%) ServiceNow
9 12 (4.63%) Zscaler
10 11 (4.25%) CheckPoint
11 10 (3.86%) Dynatrace
12 9 (3.47%) Oracle
13 7 (2.70%) Atlassian
14 6 (2.32%) Ping Identity
14 6 (2.32%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.93%) BeyondTrust
15 5 (1.93%) Netskope
71 Single Sign-On jobs in England