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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 321 319
Rank change year-on-year +14 -2 +152
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 274 152 238
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.61% 0.62%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.10% 3.91% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 105 173
10th Percentile £361 £385 £350
25th Percentile £456 £488 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £505
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +16.34% -8.18%
75th Percentile £613 £680 £650
90th Percentile £689 £789 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £582 £500
% change year-on-year -9.72% +16.31% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 4
10th Percentile £51.20 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £28.25
75th Percentile £68.75 - £49.56
90th Percentile - - £79.83
UK median hourly rate £57.25 - £28.25
% change year-on-year - - -56.20%

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 5,368 3,889 4,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.83% 15.71% 11.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,708 2,602 3,306
10th Percentile £313 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -9.48%
75th Percentile £600 £645 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £714
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 41 144
10th Percentile £18.97 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.30 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £34.67
Median % change year-on-year +107.55% -23.57% -34.26%
75th Percentile £63.32 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.30 £85.25 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £25.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +113.73% -32.00% -28.07%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 +3 110 £533 -11.18% 31
North of England -37 55 £492 -1.60% 8
South West +13 48 £525 +23.53% 2
Yorkshire -25 37 £525 -12.50% 3
South East -22 34 £520 -25.71% 20
Midlands -60 21 £450 -25.77% 7
North West -38 18 £400 -11.11% 3
West Midlands -62 11 £340 -43.92% 3
East Midlands -23 10 £638 - 4
East of England -34 2 £563 +28.57% 2
North East -14 1 - - 3
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 15 (5.47%) Confluence
2 12 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.92%) nginx
4 5 (1.82%) IIS
4 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.09%) Apache
6 2 (0.73%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.73%) CMS
6 2 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.73%) iPlanet
6 2 (0.73%) JBoss
6 2 (0.73%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.73%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 7 (2.55%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.09%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 24 (8.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 140 (51.09%) Azure
2 133 (48.54%) Entra ID
3 59 (21.53%) AWS
4 38 (13.87%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (13.50%) SaaS
6 21 (7.66%) PaaS
7 20 (7.30%) Serverless
8 16 (5.84%) Amazon S3
9 15 (5.47%) Amazon EKS
9 15 (5.47%) IaaS
10 12 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (4.38%) GCP
11 11 (4.01%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (4.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (3.28%) GitHub
12 9 (3.28%) OneDrive
13 8 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (2.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 8 (2.92%) Route 53
14 7 (2.55%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 68 (24.82%) DNS
2 38 (13.87%) Firewall
3 35 (12.77%) VPN
4 29 (10.58%) DHCP
4 29 (10.58%) Kerberos
5 19 (6.93%) TCP/IP
6 17 (6.20%) SSL
7 13 (4.74%) Network Security
8 12 (4.38%) IPsec
8 12 (4.38%) LAN
9 11 (4.01%) HTTP
10 10 (3.65%) BIG-IP
10 10 (3.65%) WAN
10 10 (3.65%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (3.28%) HTTPS
12 8 (2.92%) OpenVPN
12 8 (2.92%) Wireless
13 7 (2.55%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (2.55%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (2.55%) Ethereal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.55%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.82%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.46%) Power BI
5 3 (1.09%) CockroachDB
5 3 (1.09%) MySQL
5 3 (1.09%) Pinecone
6 2 (0.73%) GIS
6 2 (0.73%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.73%) SQLite
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (9.12%) JIRA
2 13 (4.74%) Git
3 7 (2.55%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.55%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.19%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.46%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (1.46%) GitLab
5 4 (1.46%) Postman
6 3 (1.09%) MSI
7 2 (0.73%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.73%) CA Release Automation
7 2 (0.73%) CocoaPods
7 2 (0.73%) Crashlytics
7 2 (0.73%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.73%) fastlane
7 2 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.73%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.73%) Xcode
8 1 (0.36%) Gatling
8 1 (0.36%) REST Assured
General
1 74 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 36 (13.14%) Finance
3 30 (10.95%) Documentation Skills
4 29 (10.58%) Public Sector
5 26 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.74%) Publishing
7 9 (3.28%) Banking
8 5 (1.82%) Aviation
9 4 (1.46%) Legal
10 3 (1.09%) Retail
11 2 (0.73%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.36%) Electronics
12 1 (0.36%) Front Office
12 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Marketing
12 1 (0.36%) Military
12 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (18.98%) Architect
2 33 (12.04%) Senior
3 20 (7.30%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (6.93%) Developer
5 17 (6.20%) Lead
6 16 (5.84%) Administrator
7 15 (5.47%) Analyst
7 15 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (5.47%) Technical Architect
8 13 (4.74%) Consultant
8 13 (4.74%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.28%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (3.28%) IAM Consultant
9 9 (3.28%) Senior Developer
9 9 (3.28%) Support Engineer
10 8 (2.92%) Network Engineer
11 7 (2.55%) IAM Specialist
11 7 (2.55%) Project Manager
11 7 (2.55%) SAP Administrator
11 7 (2.55%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (37.59%) OAuth
2 101 (36.86%) SAML
3 73 (26.64%) OpenID
4 50 (18.25%) LDAP
5 47 (17.15%) OAuth2
6 22 (8.03%) SailPoint
7 16 (5.84%) SAP Basis
8 13 (4.74%) React
8 13 (4.74%) RESTful
9 10 (3.65%) Entity Framework
10 8 (2.92%) ARM Templates
10 8 (2.92%) CSS
10 8 (2.92%) REST
10 8 (2.92%) YAML
11 7 (2.55%) Model Context Protocol
12 6 (2.19%) .NET
12 6 (2.19%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.19%) HTML
13 5 (1.82%) Node.js
13 5 (1.82%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (18.25%) Onboarding
2 22 (8.03%) Replication
3 16 (5.84%) Taxonomies
4 13 (4.74%) PKI
5 10 (3.65%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.28%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.92%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.92%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.92%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.92%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.55%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.46%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.09%) CMDB
11 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.73%) Animation
12 2 (0.73%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 64 (23.36%) Windows
2 49 (17.88%) Windows Server
3 16 (5.84%) Linux
4 5 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.46%) CatOS
5 4 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.09%) Unix
7 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.73%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.36%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.36%) Android
8 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (32.85%) Identity Access Management
2 75 (27.37%) RBAC
3 55 (20.07%) DevOps
4 42 (15.33%) CI/CD
5 40 (14.60%) Agile
5 40 (14.60%) Identity Management
5 40 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (14.23%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (13.50%) Roadmaps
8 35 (12.77%) Zero Trust
9 31 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (10.58%) Infrastructure as Code
11 28 (10.22%) Validation
11 28 (10.22%) Vulnerability Management
12 26 (9.49%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (9.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 25 (9.12%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (8.76%) High Availability
14 24 (8.76%) Microservices
14 24 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 66 (24.09%) PowerShell
2 23 (8.39%) Python
3 21 (7.66%) SQL
4 17 (6.20%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.74%) TypeScript
6 11 (4.01%) Java
7 7 (2.55%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (2.19%) Groovy
9 5 (1.82%) C#
10 4 (1.46%) Bash
10 4 (1.46%) Bicep
11 2 (0.73%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.73%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.73%) Swift
11 2 (0.73%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.36%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.36%) Korn
12 1 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 106 (38.69%) Security Cleared
2 72 (26.28%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.85%) DV Cleared
4 25 (9.12%) CISSP
5 19 (6.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (6.20%) Degree
7 15 (5.47%) CISM
8 11 (4.01%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.55%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (1.82%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.09%) PhD
13 2 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.73%) CCSP
13 2 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.73%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.73%) PMP
14 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.36%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (15.69%) GDPR
2 25 (9.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (7.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 13 (4.74%) NIST
5 9 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (3.28%) GRC
5 9 (3.28%) SLA
5 9 (3.28%) SOC 2
6 8 (2.92%) QA
7 7 (2.55%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.19%) NCSC
8 6 (2.19%) PSD2
9 4 (1.46%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.46%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.09%) PMO
11 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 127 (46.35%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (5.84%) Docker
4 13 (4.74%) VMware NSX
5 9 (3.28%) Squid
6 6 (2.19%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.82%) RACF
8 3 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.73%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.73%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.73%) OpenIDM
9 2 (0.73%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.73%) Tivoli Directory Server
10 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (19.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 28 (10.22%) Terraform
3 24 (8.76%) Kubernetes
4 20 (7.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (4.38%) Grafana
6 10 (3.65%) PingFederate
7 9 (3.28%) FortiGate
7 9 (3.28%) Prometheus
8 7 (2.55%) Consul
8 7 (2.55%) SCCM
9 5 (1.82%) Ansible
9 5 (1.82%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.46%) VxRail
11 2 (0.73%) CA Wily
11 2 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.73%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.73%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 139 (50.73%) Microsoft
2 46 (16.79%) Okta
3 33 (12.04%) VMware
4 26 (9.49%) SAP
5 18 (6.57%) CyberArk
6 13 (4.74%) Ping Identity
7 12 (4.38%) Cisco
7 12 (4.38%) Palo Alto
7 12 (4.38%) Zscaler
8 11 (4.01%) Google
9 10 (3.65%) F5
9 10 (3.65%) ForgeRock
9 10 (3.65%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.92%) Atlassian
10 8 (2.92%) CheckPoint
10 8 (2.92%) Dynatrace
10 8 (2.92%) Splunk
11 6 (2.19%) BeyondTrust
11 6 (2.19%) Oracle
12 5 (1.82%) Citrix