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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 335 346
Rank change year-on-year -41 +11 +45
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 265 173 181
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.63% 0.54%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.35% 4.06% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 117 132
10th Percentile £328 £375 £350
25th Percentile £453 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +0.52%
75th Percentile £608 £615 £650
90th Percentile £707 £692 £737
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £593
% change year-on-year -4.55% -7.17% +6.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 3
10th Percentile £57.25 - £24.34
25th Percentile £66.25 £43.75 £24.59
Median hourly rate £75.00 £47.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% +90.00% -
75th Percentile £81.25 £51.25 £64.50
90th Percentile - - £88.20
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £47.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +57.89% +90.00% -

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 6,092 4,261 4,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.32% 15.45% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,158 2,835 3,192
10th Percentile £325 £304 £308
25th Percentile £425 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -5.83%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £625
90th Percentile £700 £692 £711
UK median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.82% -4.60% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 61 68
10th Percentile £20.58 £18.87 £20.35
25th Percentile £44.86 £26.45 £23.80
Median hourly rate £67.00 £54.50 £36.83
Median % change year-on-year +22.94% +47.97% -25.62%
75th Percentile £73.56 £66.50 £61.13
90th Percentile £83.38 £82.96 £74.13
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £36.00 £35.08
% change year-on-year +75.38% +2.62% -36.21%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -43 120 £531 -4.75% 105
North of England -59 52 £525 +22.18% 21
Midlands -24 34 £463 +12.80% 10
North West -40 30 £525 +13.41% 17
South East -49 30 £600 +9.09% 19
West Midlands -47 22 £425 -5.56% 9
South West -27 21 £525 -7.24% 9
Yorkshire -42 16 £558 +36.81% 3
East Midlands -8 11 £638 +58.58% 1
East of England -24 6 £555 -17.78% 4
North East - 6 £500 - 1
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 26 (9.81%) SharePoint
2 20 (7.55%) Confluence
3 18 (6.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.26%) nginx
5 2 (0.75%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.13%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (5.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.75%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 132 (49.81%) Azure
2 112 (42.26%) Entra ID
3 63 (23.77%) AWS
4 44 (16.60%) GCP
5 40 (15.09%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (12.83%) SaaS
7 23 (8.68%) GitHub
8 14 (5.28%) Google Workspace
8 14 (5.28%) Serverless
9 11 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (3.77%) OpenShift
10 10 (3.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 8 (3.02%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (3.02%) Amazon S3
12 7 (2.64%) Google Drive
13 6 (2.26%) Asana
13 6 (2.26%) OCI
13 6 (2.26%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.26%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 55 (20.75%) DNS
2 33 (12.45%) Firewall
3 24 (9.06%) TCP/IP
3 24 (9.06%) VPN
4 18 (6.79%) SSL
5 16 (6.04%) Network Security
6 15 (5.66%) DHCP
7 13 (4.91%) WAN
8 12 (4.53%) HTTP
9 11 (4.15%) LAN
10 9 (3.40%) DKIM
10 9 (3.40%) DMARC
11 8 (3.02%) HTTPS
11 8 (3.02%) Kerberos
11 8 (3.02%) SD-WAN
11 8 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (2.26%) BIG-IP
12 6 (2.26%) Internet
12 6 (2.26%) IPsec
12 6 (2.26%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.40%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.26%) Metadata
3 3 (1.13%) MySQL
3 3 (1.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.13%) Power BI
4 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.75%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.75%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.75%) Redis
4 2 (0.75%) Tableau
5 1 (0.38%) Db2
5 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 35 (13.21%) JIRA
2 11 (4.15%) Browser DevTools
3 10 (3.77%) GitLab
3 10 (3.77%) Visual Studio
4 9 (3.40%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (3.02%) Git
6 6 (2.26%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.13%) Fiddler
7 3 (1.13%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.75%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.75%) Snyk
9 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.38%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.38%) Postman
General
1 57 (21.51%) Finance
2 52 (19.62%) Social Skills
3 46 (17.36%) Public Sector
4 24 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.68%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (7.17%) Banking
7 9 (3.40%) Retail
8 7 (2.64%) Military
9 6 (2.26%) Legal
10 5 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.89%) Publishing
11 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.75%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Local Government
11 2 (0.75%) Marketing
11 2 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.38%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (14.72%) Architect
2 27 (10.19%) Developer
3 16 (6.04%) Administrator
3 16 (6.04%) Lead
3 16 (6.04%) Solutions Architect
4 13 (4.91%) Senior
5 12 (4.53%) Project Manager
6 11 (4.15%) Support Engineer
7 10 (3.77%) Consultant
8 9 (3.40%) Active Directory Engineer
8 9 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (3.40%) IAM Project Manager
9 8 (3.02%) Applications Engineer
9 8 (3.02%) IAM Specialist
9 8 (3.02%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 8 (3.02%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (3.02%) Security Engineer
10 7 (2.64%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 7 (2.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (2.64%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (26.42%) SAML
2 60 (22.64%) OAuth
3 55 (20.75%) OpenID
4 31 (11.70%) LDAP
5 27 (10.19%) OAuth2
6 23 (8.68%) REST
7 21 (7.92%) SailPoint
8 15 (5.66%) SOAP
9 12 (4.53%) Web Services
10 11 (4.15%) Node.js
11 10 (3.77%) Express.js
12 9 (3.40%) ActiveX
12 9 (3.40%) XML
13 8 (3.02%) Middleware
13 8 (3.02%) React
14 7 (2.64%) CSS
15 5 (1.89%) GraphQL
15 5 (1.89%) SAP Basis
16 4 (1.51%) FIDO
16 4 (1.51%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (20.75%) Onboarding
2 21 (7.92%) Cloud Native
3 18 (6.79%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (6.04%) PKI
5 12 (4.53%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.02%) Mobile App
6 8 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.64%) Freedom of Information
7 7 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.64%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.26%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (2.26%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.89%) Clustering
9 5 (1.89%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.89%) Replication
9 5 (1.89%) Taxonomies
10 4 (1.51%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.51%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (12.08%) Windows
2 16 (6.04%) Linux
3 11 (4.15%) Mac OS
4 10 (3.77%) Unix
5 7 (2.64%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.13%) Android
6 3 (1.13%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.38%) CatOS
7 1 (0.38%) VMS
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (30.94%) Identity Access Management
2 54 (20.38%) DevOps
2 54 (20.38%) RBAC
3 44 (16.60%) CI/CD
3 44 (16.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (16.23%) Cybersecurity
5 42 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (14.72%) Agile
7 36 (13.58%) Migration
7 36 (13.58%) Roadmaps
8 32 (12.08%) Privileged Access Management
8 32 (12.08%) Zero Trust
9 29 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (9.81%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (9.81%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (9.06%) Analytics
11 24 (9.06%) Change Management
12 22 (8.30%) ITIL
12 22 (8.30%) Technical Leadership
12 22 (8.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.70%) PowerShell
2 27 (10.19%) Java
2 27 (10.19%) Python
3 13 (4.91%) Bash
4 10 (3.77%) SQL
5 9 (3.40%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.40%) VB
5 9 (3.40%) VB6
5 9 (3.40%) VBA
6 6 (2.26%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.13%) Go
8 2 (0.75%) Bicep
8 2 (0.75%) Groovy
8 2 (0.75%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.38%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.38%) C#
9 1 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.38%) R
9 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 50 (18.87%) Security Cleared
2 39 (14.72%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.79%) Degree
4 14 (5.28%) CISSP
5 11 (4.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (3.77%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.26%) AWS Certification
8 6 (2.26%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.89%) CISM
9 5 (1.89%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.89%) PMP
10 3 (1.13%) GIAC
11 2 (0.75%) CEH
11 2 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.75%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (9.43%) NIST
3 22 (8.30%) GDPR
4 13 (4.91%) QA
5 11 (4.15%) Accessibility
6 10 (3.77%) Data Quality
7 9 (3.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.64%) GRC
8 7 (2.64%) PMO
9 4 (1.51%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (1.13%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.13%) SLA
11 2 (0.75%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.75%) ITGC
11 2 (0.75%) NCSC
12 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.38%) PSD2
System Software
1 104 (39.25%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.42%) Docker
3 6 (2.26%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.75%) Squid
5 2 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.75%) vSphere
6 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (9.81%) Kubernetes
2 24 (9.06%) Terraform
3 18 (6.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (6.04%) Grafana
5 15 (5.66%) Ansible
6 9 (3.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (3.40%) Argo
7 7 (2.64%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.89%) CASB
8 5 (1.89%) PingFederate
9 4 (1.51%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (1.13%) Consul
10 3 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (1.13%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.13%) SELinux
11 2 (0.75%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.75%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.75%) Packer
11 2 (0.75%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 101 (38.11%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.58%) Okta
3 24 (9.06%) CyberArk
3 24 (9.06%) ServiceNow
4 20 (7.55%) Google
5 15 (5.66%) SAP
6 14 (5.28%) Red Hat
7 13 (4.91%) Oracle
7 13 (4.91%) Zscaler
8 12 (4.53%) BeyondTrust
9 10 (3.77%) VMware
10 9 (3.40%) Cisco
11 8 (3.02%) Ping Identity
12 6 (2.26%) F5
12 6 (2.26%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.89%) Netskope
13 5 (1.89%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.89%) Workday
14 4 (1.51%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (1.51%) Dynatrace