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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 311 326
Rank change year-on-year -18 +15 +126
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 275 159 218
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.66% 0.66% 0.59%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.97% 4.22% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 107 161
10th Percentile £293 £400 £350
25th Percentile £425 £466 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £608 £666 £638
90th Percentile £687 £730 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £560 £513
% change year-on-year -6.25% +9.27% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 6
10th Percentile £51.25 - £24.59
25th Percentile £55.75 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £28.25
75th Percentile £68.75 - £83.19
90th Percentile £81.25 - £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 3,767 4,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.27% 15.74% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,802 2,574 3,308
10th Percentile £316 £313 £270
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% -1.27% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £688 £711 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 37 93
10th Percentile £20.09 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £35.22 £21.39 £20.00
Median hourly rate £56.50 £37.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.67% +36.36% -48.04%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £50.25
90th Percentile £74.80 £81.18 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +91.30% -4.17% -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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -25 124 £525 -7.57% 61
North of England -54 57 £525 +10.53% 16
Yorkshire -33 37 £550 +10.00% 5
Midlands -40 35 £450 -18.18% 12
South East -40 34 £500 -23.08% 19
South West -11 26 £525 +20.00% 9
West Midlands -54 20 £425 -22.73% 9
North West -38 19 £458 +1.67% 9
East Midlands -16 14 £506 +25.93% 3
North East -30 2 £413 -31.25% 2
East of England -31 1 £575 -2.13% 7
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 23 (8.36%) SharePoint
2 18 (6.55%) Confluence
3 16 (5.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (3.27%) nginx
5 3 (1.09%) IIS
6 2 (0.73%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.73%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (2.18%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.09%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (10.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.73%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.73%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 146 (53.09%) Azure
2 135 (49.09%) Entra ID
3 62 (22.55%) AWS
4 48 (17.45%) SaaS
5 43 (15.64%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (10.91%) GCP
7 27 (9.82%) Serverless
8 18 (6.55%) Amazon S3
8 18 (6.55%) PaaS
9 14 (5.09%) Google Workspace
10 13 (4.73%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (4.36%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (4.36%) GitHub
11 12 (4.36%) OpenShift
11 12 (4.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (3.64%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (3.64%) IaaS
14 9 (3.27%) OneDrive
14 9 (3.27%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 69 (25.09%) DNS
2 31 (11.27%) Firewall
3 30 (10.91%) DHCP
4 28 (10.18%) VPN
5 26 (9.45%) Kerberos
6 24 (8.73%) SSL
6 24 (8.73%) TCP/IP
7 16 (5.82%) Network Security
8 15 (5.45%) HTTP
8 15 (5.45%) IPsec
9 12 (4.36%) HTTPS
9 12 (4.36%) LAN
9 12 (4.36%) WAN
10 11 (4.00%) BIG-IP
11 9 (3.27%) DKIM
11 9 (3.27%) DMARC
11 9 (3.27%) OpenVPN
12 8 (2.91%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (2.91%) Cisco Nexus
12 8 (2.91%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.55%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.82%) DynamoDB
3 5 (1.82%) Metadata
4 4 (1.45%) MySQL
4 4 (1.45%) Power BI
5 3 (1.09%) CockroachDB
5 3 (1.09%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.09%) Pinecone
6 2 (0.73%) GIS
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.36%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (12.73%) JIRA
2 10 (3.64%) Browser DevTools
3 7 (2.55%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.55%) Git
3 7 (2.55%) SonarQube
3 7 (2.55%) Visual Studio
4 6 (2.18%) GitLab
5 5 (1.82%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (1.09%) Fiddler
6 3 (1.09%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.09%) Postman
7 2 (0.73%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.36%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.36%) JUnit
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 66 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.00%) Public Sector
3 33 (12.00%) Finance
4 30 (10.91%) Documentation Skills
5 29 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.82%) Publishing
7 9 (3.27%) Banking
8 6 (2.18%) Legal
9 5 (1.82%) Military
10 4 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.45%) Retail
11 2 (0.73%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.73%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Aviation
12 1 (0.36%) Front Office
12 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (17.09%) Architect
2 25 (9.09%) Administrator
2 25 (9.09%) Senior
3 24 (8.73%) Developer
4 19 (6.91%) Lead
5 18 (6.55%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (4.73%) Technical Architect
7 12 (4.36%) Support Engineer
8 10 (3.64%) Project Manager
9 9 (3.27%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.27%) Network Engineer
10 8 (2.91%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (2.91%) Consultant
10 8 (2.91%) IAM Project Manager
10 8 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (2.55%) SAP Administrator
11 7 (2.55%) Security Engineer
11 7 (2.55%) Senior Developer
12 6 (2.18%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (31.27%) SAML
2 85 (30.91%) OAuth
3 61 (22.18%) OpenID
4 56 (20.36%) LDAP
5 33 (12.00%) OAuth2
6 23 (8.36%) SailPoint
7 20 (7.27%) SAP Basis
8 15 (5.45%) REST
9 13 (4.73%) Node.js
10 12 (4.36%) Express.js
11 11 (4.00%) React
11 11 (4.00%) Web Services
12 10 (3.64%) CSS
12 10 (3.64%) SOAP
13 8 (2.91%) ARM Templates
13 8 (2.91%) Entity Framework
13 8 (2.91%) HTML
14 7 (2.55%) AngularJS
14 7 (2.55%) Model Context Protocol
15 6 (2.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (19.64%) Onboarding
2 19 (6.91%) Replication
2 19 (6.91%) Taxonomies
3 17 (6.18%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (4.36%) PKI
6 9 (3.27%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.91%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.91%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.91%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.18%) Freedom of Information
9 5 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.82%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.45%) Clustering
10 4 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.45%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.09%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 45 (16.36%) Windows
2 27 (9.82%) Windows Server
3 14 (5.09%) Linux
4 9 (3.27%) Unix
5 6 (2.18%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.09%) Android
7 3 (1.09%) CatOS
7 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (26.91%) Identity Access Management
2 70 (25.45%) DevOps
3 55 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 52 (18.91%) CI/CD
5 51 (18.55%) RBAC
6 49 (17.82%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (15.27%) Agile
9 35 (12.73%) Zero Trust
10 33 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (11.27%) Infrastructure as Code
12 29 (10.55%) High Availability
12 29 (10.55%) Stakeholder Management
13 26 (9.45%) Validation
14 25 (9.09%) Migration
15 24 (8.73%) Vulnerability Management
16 23 (8.36%) Data Governance
16 23 (8.36%) Data Pipeline
16 23 (8.36%) Disaster Recovery
16 23 (8.36%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.91%) PowerShell
2 20 (7.27%) SQL
3 17 (6.18%) Python
4 16 (5.82%) JavaScript
5 15 (5.45%) Java
6 10 (3.64%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.55%) Bash
8 5 (1.82%) Bicep
8 5 (1.82%) VB
8 5 (1.82%) VB6
8 5 (1.82%) VBA
9 3 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.73%) C#
10 2 (0.73%) Groovy
10 2 (0.73%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.36%) Korn
11 1 (0.36%) PHP
11 1 (0.36%) R
11 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 79 (28.73%) Security Cleared
2 60 (21.82%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.27%) Degree
4 12 (4.36%) CISSP
5 11 (4.00%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.82%) CISM
7 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.09%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.09%) PMP
9 2 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.36%) CCSP
10 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.36%) CSPO
10 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.91%) GDPR
2 25 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (7.64%) NIST
3 21 (7.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (4.00%) GRC
5 9 (3.27%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.91%) QA
6 8 (2.91%) SOC 2
7 7 (2.55%) SLA
8 6 (2.18%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.45%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.45%) PMO
10 3 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.09%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.73%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.73%) NCSC
System Software
1 117 (42.55%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.18%) Docker
3 12 (4.36%) VMware NSX
4 11 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (3.64%) Squid
6 5 (1.82%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.82%) RACF
7 4 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.36%) Firmware
9 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (12.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 30 (10.91%) Kubernetes
3 27 (9.82%) Terraform
4 19 (6.91%) Grafana
5 15 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (4.00%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.27%) Ansible
7 9 (3.27%) Argo
7 9 (3.27%) FortiGate
8 8 (2.91%) Consul
9 6 (2.18%) CA Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.82%) PingFederate
10 5 (1.82%) SCCM
11 4 (1.45%) VxRail
12 3 (1.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.73%) CASB
13 2 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.36%) Packer
14 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 110 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 56 (20.36%) Okta
3 30 (10.91%) SAP
4 20 (7.27%) VMware
5 19 (6.91%) Red Hat
6 18 (6.55%) CyberArk
6 18 (6.55%) Google
7 17 (6.18%) ServiceNow
8 12 (4.36%) Cisco
9 11 (4.00%) F5
9 11 (4.00%) Oracle
10 10 (3.64%) Dynatrace
10 10 (3.64%) Palo Alto
10 10 (3.64%) Zscaler
11 9 (3.27%) CheckPoint
12 7 (2.55%) Atlassian
12 7 (2.55%) Ping Identity
13 6 (2.18%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.82%) BeyondTrust
14 5 (1.82%) Netskope