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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
29 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 329 341
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 +113
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 257 157 202
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.65% 0.55%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.65% 4.14% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 110 145
10th Percentile £326 £398 £350
25th Percentile £433 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £569 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £613 £651 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £564 £525
% change year-on-year -6.91% +7.43% -4.55%
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 5,532 3,793 4,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.74% 15.61% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,822 2,626 3,145
10th Percentile £320 £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 £628 £625
90th Percentile £697 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -8.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 34 118
10th Percentile £20.09 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £41.33 £23.64 £17.73
Median hourly rate £57.00 £27.38 £26.38
Median % change year-on-year +108.22% +3.76% -54.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.44 £50.19
90th Percentile £74.10 £76.09 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £26.45 £30.00
% change year-on-year +113.61% -11.83% -47.83%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -41 103 £541 -6.75% 37
North of England -52 59 £525 +8.58% 5
Yorkshire -31 39 £538 +0.56% 2
South East -32 37 £510 -20.31% 18
South West -13 29 £525 +20.00% 5
Midlands -49 28 £450 -23.40% 1
North West -40 19 £425 -8.11% 3
West Midlands -56 15 £370 -37.02% 1
East Midlands -27 12 £594 -
North East -15 2 £413 -31.25%
East of England -38 2 £563 +28.57% 8
Single Sign-On
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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 (7.39%) SharePoint
2 18 (7.00%) Confluence
3 13 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (3.50%) nginx
5 3 (1.17%) IIS
6 2 (0.78%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.78%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (3.11%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.17%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 29 (11.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.39%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 137 (53.31%) Azure
2 134 (52.14%) Entra ID
3 57 (22.18%) AWS
4 42 (16.34%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (16.34%) SaaS
5 27 (10.51%) Serverless
6 20 (7.78%) GCP
6 20 (7.78%) PaaS
7 18 (7.00%) Amazon S3
8 15 (5.84%) GitHub
9 14 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (4.67%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (4.67%) Google Workspace
11 12 (4.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (4.28%) IaaS
13 10 (3.89%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (3.50%) Route 53
15 8 (3.11%) OneDrive
16 7 (2.72%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 70 (27.24%) DNS
2 36 (14.01%) Firewall
3 35 (13.62%) VPN
4 31 (12.06%) DHCP
5 25 (9.73%) SSL
6 24 (9.34%) Kerberos
7 21 (8.17%) TCP/IP
8 16 (6.23%) HTTP
9 15 (5.84%) IPsec
10 14 (5.45%) LAN
10 14 (5.45%) Network Security
11 13 (5.06%) BIG-IP
11 13 (5.06%) WAN
12 12 (4.67%) HTTPS
13 10 (3.89%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (3.89%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (3.89%) Wireless
14 9 (3.50%) OpenVPN
14 9 (3.50%) Wireshark
15 8 (3.11%) Ethereal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.50%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.95%) DynamoDB
2 5 (1.95%) Power BI
2 5 (1.95%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.56%) Metadata
4 3 (1.17%) CockroachDB
4 3 (1.17%) MySQL
4 3 (1.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 3 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.17%) Pinecone
5 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.78%) GIS
5 2 (0.78%) 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
Development Applications
1 33 (12.84%) JIRA
2 9 (3.50%) Browser DevTools
3 7 (2.72%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.72%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.33%) Git
4 6 (2.33%) GitLab
5 4 (1.56%) Postman
6 3 (1.17%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.17%) MSI
7 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.78%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.78%) 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%) Selenium
8 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (24.51%) Social Skills
2 35 (13.62%) Public Sector
3 31 (12.06%) Documentation Skills
3 31 (12.06%) Finance
4 28 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.23%) Publishing
6 8 (3.11%) Banking
7 7 (2.72%) Legal
7 7 (2.72%) Retail
8 3 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.17%) Military
9 2 (0.78%) 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
Job Titles
1 47 (18.29%) Architect
2 24 (9.34%) Senior
3 23 (8.95%) Administrator
4 21 (8.17%) Lead
5 18 (7.00%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (5.06%) Developer
8 12 (4.67%) Technical Architect
9 11 (4.28%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (4.28%) Network Engineer
10 10 (3.89%) Consultant
10 10 (3.89%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.50%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (3.50%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (3.50%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.11%) IAM Project Manager
13 7 (2.72%) SAP Administrator
13 7 (2.72%) Senior Developer
14 6 (2.33%) Analyst
14 6 (2.33%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (31.52%) OAuth
2 80 (31.13%) SAML
3 54 (21.01%) LDAP
3 54 (21.01%) OpenID
4 33 (12.84%) OAuth2
5 20 (7.78%) SAP Basis
6 19 (7.39%) SailPoint
7 14 (5.45%) REST
8 10 (3.89%) React
9 9 (3.50%) Web Services
10 8 (3.11%) ARM Templates
10 8 (3.11%) Entity Framework
11 7 (2.72%) CSS
11 7 (2.72%) Model Context Protocol
12 6 (2.33%) Express.js
12 6 (2.33%) Node.js
12 6 (2.33%) YAML
13 5 (1.95%) AngularJS
13 5 (1.95%) SOAP
13 5 (1.95%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.34%) Onboarding
2 19 (7.39%) Replication
2 19 (7.39%) Taxonomies
3 11 (4.28%) PKI
4 10 (3.89%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.11%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.11%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.72%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.72%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.95%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.56%) Clustering
9 4 (1.56%) Freedom of Information
9 4 (1.56%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.78%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 50 (19.46%) Windows
2 34 (13.23%) Windows Server
3 13 (5.06%) Linux
4 7 (2.72%) Unix
5 5 (1.95%) CatOS
5 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.17%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.39%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (29.18%) Identity Access Management
2 67 (26.07%) DevOps
3 55 (21.40%) RBAC
4 53 (20.62%) Roadmaps
5 51 (19.84%) Cybersecurity
6 43 (16.73%) CI/CD
7 39 (15.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (14.79%) Agile
8 38 (14.79%) Zero Trust
9 33 (12.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 33 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (11.67%) High Availability
11 27 (10.51%) Identity Management
11 27 (10.51%) Validation
12 25 (9.73%) Disaster Recovery
13 24 (9.34%) Vulnerability Management
14 22 (8.56%) Data Pipeline
14 22 (8.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (8.17%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 45 (17.51%) PowerShell
2 19 (7.39%) SQL
3 18 (7.00%) Python
4 15 (5.84%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.67%) TypeScript
6 10 (3.89%) Java
7 6 (2.33%) Bash
8 4 (1.56%) Bicep
8 4 (1.56%) Groovy
9 3 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.78%) C#
10 2 (0.78%) 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 88 (34.24%) Security Cleared
2 65 (25.29%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.61%) Degree
4 15 (5.84%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.89%) CISSP
6 9 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.11%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.56%) CISM
9 3 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.17%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.17%) PMP
10 2 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.39%) CCSP
11 1 (0.39%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.56%) GDPR
2 24 (9.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (8.17%) NIST
4 20 (7.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (3.89%) GRC
6 9 (3.50%) QA
7 8 (3.11%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.33%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.33%) SLA
9 4 (1.56%) PMO
10 3 (1.17%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.17%) Data Quality
10 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.17%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.78%) NCSC
12 1 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 123 (47.86%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.61%) VMware NSX
3 16 (6.23%) Docker
3 16 (6.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.89%) Squid
5 6 (2.33%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.95%) RACF
7 4 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.78%) OpenAM
8 2 (0.78%) OpenDJ
8 2 (0.78%) OpenIDM
8 2 (0.78%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.39%) Firmware
9 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (15.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 28 (10.89%) Terraform
3 25 (9.73%) Kubernetes
4 16 (6.23%) Grafana
4 16 (6.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (4.28%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.50%) Ansible
6 9 (3.50%) FortiGate
7 8 (3.11%) Consul
7 8 (3.11%) PingFederate
8 6 (2.33%) CA Single Sign-On
8 6 (2.33%) SCCM
9 4 (1.56%) VxRail
10 2 (0.78%) Argo
10 2 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.39%) CASB
11 1 (0.39%) Packer
11 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 111 (43.19%) Microsoft
2 47 (18.29%) Okta
3 29 (11.28%) SAP
3 29 (11.28%) VMware
4 15 (5.84%) CyberArk
4 15 (5.84%) Palo Alto
5 14 (5.45%) Google
6 13 (5.06%) F5
6 13 (5.06%) Red Hat
6 13 (5.06%) Zscaler
7 12 (4.67%) Cisco
8 11 (4.28%) CheckPoint
8 11 (4.28%) ServiceNow
9 10 (3.89%) Dynatrace
10 9 (3.50%) Oracle
11 7 (2.72%) Atlassian
11 7 (2.72%) Splunk
12 6 (2.33%) Ping Identity
12 6 (2.33%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.95%) BeyondTrust
60 Single Sign-On jobs in England