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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 322 378
Rank change year-on-year -61 +56 -23
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 266 201 160
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.72% 0.49%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.28% 5.18% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 133 112
10th Percentile £305 £387 £363
25th Percentile £430 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% -
75th Percentile £601 £600 £700
90th Percentile £685 £675 £773
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £593
% change year-on-year - -11.39% +3.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 2
10th Percentile £51.25 - £30.56
25th Percentile £69.38 £43.75 £40.14
Median hourly rate £75.00 £47.50 £60.09
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -20.95% -
75th Percentile £81.25 £51.25 £84.05
90th Percentile - - £96.02
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £47.50 £60.09
% change year-on-year +57.89% -20.95% -

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 5,037 3,880 3,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.92% 13.99% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,349 2,558 2,640
10th Percentile £312 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £521 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +4.10% -2.91% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 71 53
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.79 £19.96
25th Percentile £32.87 £20.41 £23.80
Median hourly rate £67.00 £34.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +97.06% -15.00% -19.78%
75th Percentile £74.50 £63.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £90.00 £77.50 £74.89
UK median hourly rate £64.24 £25.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year +151.92% -32.89% -27.62%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -67 121 £540 +2.86% 152
North of England -43 53 £500 +6.16% 26
Midlands -31 31 £425 -15.00% 10
North West -41 31 £496 +5.31% 20
West Midlands -35 25 £425 -22.73% 9
South East -46 25 £450 -16.28% 24
South West -29 19 £525 +2.64% 11
Yorkshire -35 16 £558 +26.13% 6
East of England -17 10 £544 -20.84% 8
North East - 6 £500 -
East Midlands -14 5 £463 +15.05% 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 31 (11.65%) SharePoint
2 18 (6.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (5.64%) Confluence
4 4 (1.50%) nginx
5 2 (0.75%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.75%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.50%) 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%) Actimize
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
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
1 126 (47.37%) Azure
2 109 (40.98%) Entra ID
3 55 (20.68%) AWS
4 45 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (16.54%) GCP
6 32 (12.03%) SaaS
7 20 (7.52%) GitHub
8 14 (5.26%) OpenShift
9 12 (4.51%) Google Workspace
10 10 (3.76%) Serverless
11 9 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (3.38%) OCI
12 7 (2.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.63%) Google Drive
12 7 (2.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (2.26%) Asana
13 6 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.26%) Figma
13 6 (2.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 46 (17.29%) DNS
2 28 (10.53%) Firewall
3 20 (7.52%) VPN
4 18 (6.77%) TCP/IP
5 13 (4.89%) SSL
6 12 (4.51%) Network Security
7 11 (4.14%) DHCP
7 11 (4.14%) WAN
8 9 (3.38%) DKIM
8 9 (3.38%) DMARC
9 8 (3.01%) LAN
10 7 (2.63%) SD-WAN
10 7 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (2.26%) HTTP
11 6 (2.26%) SSH
12 5 (1.88%) HTTPS
12 5 (1.88%) Internet
12 5 (1.88%) IPsec
12 5 (1.88%) Kerberos
13 4 (1.50%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.63%) Metadata
2 6 (2.26%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.50%) Metadata Repository
3 4 (1.50%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.50%) Power BI
3 4 (1.50%) Tableau
4 3 (1.13%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 3 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.75%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.75%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.75%) Redis
6 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 30 (11.28%) JIRA
2 11 (4.14%) Git
3 10 (3.76%) GitLab
4 9 (3.38%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (3.38%) Visual Studio
5 7 (2.63%) Jenkins
6 6 (2.26%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (1.13%) Fiddler
7 3 (1.13%) Postman
7 3 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.75%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.75%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.75%) JUnit
8 2 (0.75%) Maven
8 2 (0.75%) Mockito
8 2 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.75%) Snyk
8 2 (0.75%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.38%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
General
1 56 (21.05%) Finance
2 48 (18.05%) Social Skills
3 38 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.52%) Banking
4 20 (7.52%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.76%) Retail
7 7 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.63%) Military
8 6 (2.26%) Legal
9 3 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.13%) Marketing
10 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.75%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.75%) Local Government
11 1 (0.38%) Advertising
11 1 (0.38%) Front Office
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (14.66%) Architect
2 32 (12.03%) Developer
3 15 (5.64%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (4.14%) Administrator
4 11 (4.14%) Java Developer
4 11 (4.14%) Senior
5 10 (3.76%) Analyst
6 9 (3.38%) Consultant
7 8 (3.01%) Active Directory Engineer
7 8 (3.01%) IAM Specialist
7 8 (3.01%) Lead
7 8 (3.01%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 8 (3.01%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (3.01%) Security Engineer
8 7 (2.63%) AWS Engineer
8 7 (2.63%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (2.63%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 7 (2.63%) IT Engineer
8 7 (2.63%) Support Engineer
9 6 (2.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (28.20%) SAML
2 68 (25.56%) OAuth
3 61 (22.93%) OpenID
4 28 (10.53%) OAuth2
5 27 (10.15%) REST
6 26 (9.77%) Terraform
7 22 (8.27%) LDAP
8 17 (6.39%) SailPoint
8 17 (6.39%) SOAP
9 12 (4.51%) Node.js
9 12 (4.51%) Web Services
10 10 (3.76%) XML
11 9 (3.38%) ActiveX
12 8 (3.01%) Express.js
13 7 (2.63%) Middleware
13 7 (2.63%) React
14 6 (2.26%) CSS
14 6 (2.26%) FIDO
14 6 (2.26%) Kafka
15 5 (1.88%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 54 (20.30%) Onboarding
2 24 (9.02%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (8.27%) Cloud Native
4 19 (7.14%) PKI
5 14 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.01%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.01%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.63%) Freedom of Information
7 7 (2.63%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.26%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (2.26%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.50%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.13%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.13%) Life Science
11 3 (1.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.15%) Windows
2 16 (6.02%) Mac OS
3 15 (5.64%) Linux
4 6 (2.26%) Unix
5 5 (1.88%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.88%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.75%) Android
7 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.38%) CatOS
8 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (34.59%) Identity Access Management
2 57 (21.43%) RBAC
3 47 (17.67%) CI/CD
4 45 (16.92%) Migration
5 40 (15.04%) DevOps
5 40 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (12.78%) Agile
8 31 (11.65%) Cybersecurity
9 30 (11.28%) Roadmaps
10 27 (10.15%) Privileged Access Management
11 26 (9.77%) Microservices
12 25 (9.40%) AI
12 25 (9.40%) ITSM
13 24 (9.02%) Change Management
13 24 (9.02%) Zero Trust
14 23 (8.65%) Infrastructure as Code
14 23 (8.65%) Observability
14 23 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
15 22 (8.27%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.04%) PowerShell
2 36 (13.53%) Python
3 33 (12.41%) Java
4 11 (4.14%) SQL
5 10 (3.76%) Bash
6 9 (3.38%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.38%) VB
6 9 (3.38%) VB6
6 9 (3.38%) VBA
7 5 (1.88%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.50%) Go
9 3 (1.13%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.75%) Groovy
11 1 (0.38%) Bicep
11 1 (0.38%) C#
11 1 (0.38%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.38%) R
11 1 (0.38%) Swift
11 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 50 (18.80%) Security Cleared
2 41 (15.41%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.02%) Degree
4 14 (5.26%) Azure Certification
4 14 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (4.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (4.14%) CISSP
7 6 (2.26%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.88%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.13%) GIAC
9 3 (1.13%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.13%) PMP
10 2 (0.75%) CEH
10 2 (0.75%) CISM
10 2 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.75%) SAFe Agilist
11 1 (0.38%) CSPO
11 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.64%) NIST
3 14 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 14 (5.26%) GDPR
4 10 (3.76%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.63%) QA
6 6 (2.26%) SLA
7 4 (1.50%) PMO
7 4 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (1.13%) SNOMED CT
8 3 (1.13%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.75%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.75%) GRC
9 2 (0.75%) ITGC
9 2 (0.75%) NCSC
10 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.38%) PSD2
System Software
1 96 (36.09%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.51%) Docker
3 5 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.50%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.75%) vSphere
7 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.38%) zsh
Systems Management
1 24 (9.02%) Kubernetes
2 20 (7.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (6.02%) Grafana
4 15 (5.64%) Ansible
5 9 (3.38%) Argo
6 7 (2.63%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (2.63%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.88%) CASB
8 4 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (1.13%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.13%) SELinux
10 2 (0.75%) Consul
10 2 (0.75%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.75%) Packer
10 2 (0.75%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.75%) SCCM
10 2 (0.75%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.38%) CA Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.38%) VxRail
Vendors
1 120 (45.11%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.28%) Okta
3 22 (8.27%) ServiceNow
4 19 (7.14%) CyberArk
5 18 (6.77%) Google
6 17 (6.39%) Oracle
7 16 (6.02%) BeyondTrust
8 14 (5.26%) Red Hat
9 11 (4.14%) Zscaler
10 8 (3.01%) VMware
11 7 (2.63%) Cisco
12 6 (2.26%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (2.26%) Ping Identity
12 6 (2.26%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.88%) ForgeRock
13 5 (1.88%) SAP
14 4 (1.50%) Apple
14 4 (1.50%) F5
14 4 (1.50%) Palo Alto
14 4 (1.50%) Splunk