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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 310 381
Rank change year-on-year -69 +71 -49
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 271 213 153
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.76% 0.48%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.27% 5.34% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 138 105
10th Percentile £307 £400 £355
25th Percentile £430 £424 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £590
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -13.31% +2.61%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £700
90th Percentile £661 £666 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £600
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile £51.25 £44.48 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £45.56 -
Median hourly rate £76.25 £50.75 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +50.25% +109.88% -
75th Percentile £81.25 £55.56 -
90th Percentile £81.92 £56.43 -
UK median hourly rate £76.25 £50.75 £24.18
% change year-on-year +50.25% +109.88% -

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 5,143 3,992 3,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.05% 14.30% 12.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,426 2,621 2,584
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £630
90th Percentile £706 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 76 51
10th Percentile £20.35 £17.58 £21.05
25th Percentile £31.25 £19.75 £23.99
Median hourly rate £65.00 £34.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.18% -9.33% -28.57%
75th Percentile £74.00 £63.49 £61.25
90th Percentile £89.50 £78.13 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £63.07 £25.50 £36.17
% change year-on-year +147.32% -29.49% -34.25%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 13 October 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 -65 124 £545 +3.81% 165
North of England -34 55 £512 +10.88% 34
North West -30 34 £500 +10.38% 23
Midlands -34 30 £425 -15.00% 14
West Midlands -42 24 £425 -22.73% 13
South East -56 23 £443 -19.55% 36
South West -29 19 £525 +5.00% 17
Yorkshire -35 15 £568 +19.47% 10
East of England -18 11 £539 -23.07% 7
North East - 6 £500 - 1
East Midlands -10 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 30 (11.07%) SharePoint
2 17 (6.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (4.80%) Confluence
4 4 (1.48%) nginx
5 2 (0.74%) IIS
5 2 (0.74%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.74%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.74%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.74%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.37%) Actimize
3 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 127 (46.86%) Azure
2 116 (42.80%) Entra ID
3 58 (21.40%) AWS
4 45 (16.61%) GCP
5 41 (15.13%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (12.18%) SaaS
7 19 (7.01%) GitHub
8 14 (5.17%) OpenShift
9 12 (4.43%) Google Workspace
10 9 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (3.32%) Serverless
11 8 (2.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (2.58%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (2.58%) Google Drive
12 7 (2.58%) OCI
12 7 (2.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (2.21%) Asana
13 6 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (2.21%) Figma
14 5 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 48 (17.71%) DNS
2 26 (9.59%) Firewall
3 17 (6.27%) VPN
4 16 (5.90%) TCP/IP
5 12 (4.43%) SSL
6 11 (4.06%) Network Security
7 9 (3.32%) DHCP
7 9 (3.32%) DKIM
7 9 (3.32%) DMARC
7 9 (3.32%) WAN
8 7 (2.58%) Kerberos
8 7 (2.58%) SSH
8 7 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (2.21%) HTTP
9 6 (2.21%) LAN
10 5 (1.85%) HTTPS
10 5 (1.85%) IPsec
10 5 (1.85%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.48%) BIG-IP
11 4 (1.48%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.95%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.21%) Metadata
3 5 (1.85%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.48%) Metadata Repository
4 4 (1.48%) Power BI
4 4 (1.48%) Tableau
5 3 (1.11%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.11%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.11%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.74%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.74%) Redis
7 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.37%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (9.59%) JIRA
2 10 (3.69%) Git
2 10 (3.69%) Team Foundation Server
2 10 (3.69%) Visual Studio
3 9 (3.32%) GitLab
4 7 (2.58%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.11%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.11%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.11%) JUnit
5 3 (1.11%) Maven
5 3 (1.11%) Mockito
5 3 (1.11%) Postman
5 3 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.74%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.74%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.74%) Serenity BDD
6 2 (0.74%) Snyk
6 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
General
1 56 (20.66%) Finance
2 52 (19.19%) Social Skills
3 41 (15.13%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.38%) Banking
5 19 (7.01%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.95%) Military
7 8 (2.95%) Retail
8 7 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.21%) Legal
10 3 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.11%) Marketing
11 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.74%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.74%) Local Government
11 2 (0.74%) Police
12 1 (0.37%) Advertising
12 1 (0.37%) Front Office
12 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 38 (14.02%) Architect
2 34 (12.55%) Developer
3 14 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
4 13 (4.80%) Senior
5 11 (4.06%) Administrator
5 11 (4.06%) Analyst
5 11 (4.06%) Java Developer
6 10 (3.69%) Applications Engineer
6 10 (3.69%) Consultant
7 9 (3.32%) Integration Engineer
8 8 (2.95%) Active Directory Engineer
8 8 (2.95%) Application Integration Engineer
8 8 (2.95%) AWS Engineer
8 8 (2.95%) IAM Specialist
8 8 (2.95%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (2.95%) Support Engineer
9 7 (2.58%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (2.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 7 (2.58%) IT Engineer
9 7 (2.58%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (29.89%) SAML
2 76 (28.04%) OAuth
3 66 (24.35%) OpenID
4 30 (11.07%) Terraform
5 29 (10.70%) OAuth2
6 28 (10.33%) REST
7 23 (8.49%) LDAP
8 18 (6.64%) SailPoint
9 17 (6.27%) SOAP
10 13 (4.80%) Web Services
11 12 (4.43%) Node.js
12 11 (4.06%) XML
13 10 (3.69%) ActiveX
14 8 (2.95%) Express.js
15 7 (2.58%) FIDO
15 7 (2.58%) Middleware
15 7 (2.58%) React
15 7 (2.58%) WebAuthn
16 6 (2.21%) CSS
16 6 (2.21%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 57 (21.03%) Onboarding
2 26 (9.59%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (8.86%) PKI
4 23 (8.49%) Cloud Native
5 16 (5.90%) Management Information System
6 14 (5.17%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.95%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.95%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.58%) Freedom of Information
8 7 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.58%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.21%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.85%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.48%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.11%) Life Science
12 3 (1.11%) Replication
12 3 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.23%) Windows
2 17 (6.27%) Linux
3 14 (5.17%) macOS
4 7 (2.58%) Unix
5 5 (1.85%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.85%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.74%) Android
7 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.37%) CatOS
8 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (37.64%) Identity Access Management
2 60 (22.14%) RBAC
3 49 (18.08%) Migration
4 48 (17.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 46 (16.97%) CI/CD
6 38 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (14.02%) DevOps
7 36 (13.28%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (12.55%) Agile
9 31 (11.44%) Privileged Access Management
10 28 (10.33%) Roadmaps
11 27 (9.96%) Microservices
12 25 (9.23%) Identity Management
12 25 (9.23%) Infrastructure as Code
12 25 (9.23%) ITSM
13 24 (8.86%) Technical Leadership
13 24 (8.86%) Zero Trust
14 23 (8.49%) Cloud Security
14 23 (8.49%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 23 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 47 (17.34%) PowerShell
2 42 (15.50%) Python
3 34 (12.55%) Java
4 14 (5.17%) SQL
5 12 (4.43%) Bash
6 10 (3.69%) VB
6 10 (3.69%) VB6
6 10 (3.69%) VBA
7 9 (3.32%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.21%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.48%) Go
10 3 (1.11%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.74%) Bicep
11 2 (0.74%) Groovy
12 1 (0.37%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.37%) R
12 1 (0.37%) Swift
Qualifications
1 52 (19.19%) Security Cleared
2 43 (15.87%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.27%) Degree
4 14 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (4.80%) Azure Certification
5 13 (4.80%) CISSP
6 12 (4.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.21%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.85%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.48%) CISM
9 4 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.11%) GIAC
11 2 (0.74%) CEH
11 2 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.74%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.74%) PMP
11 2 (0.74%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.37%) CSPO
12 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.54%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.80%) NIST
4 10 (3.69%) Accessibility
5 9 (3.32%) GDPR
6 7 (2.58%) QA
7 6 (2.21%) SLA
8 4 (1.48%) PMO
8 4 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (1.11%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.74%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.74%) GRC
10 2 (0.74%) ITGC
10 2 (0.74%) NCSC
10 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 103 (38.01%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.43%) Docker
3 5 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.11%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.74%) vSphere
6 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.37%) zsh
Systems Management
1 24 (8.86%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (6.27%) Grafana
4 12 (4.43%) Ansible
5 9 (3.32%) Argo
6 7 (2.58%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (2.58%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.85%) CASB
8 3 (1.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.11%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.11%) SELinux
8 3 (1.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.74%) Consul
9 2 (0.74%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.74%) Packer
9 2 (0.74%) SCCM
9 2 (0.74%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.37%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.37%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 129 (47.60%) Microsoft
2 32 (11.81%) Okta
3 24 (8.86%) ServiceNow
4 20 (7.38%) BeyondTrust
4 20 (7.38%) CyberArk
5 18 (6.64%) Google
6 16 (5.90%) Oracle
7 15 (5.54%) Red Hat
8 8 (2.95%) Zscaler
9 7 (2.58%) Cisco
9 7 (2.58%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (2.58%) VMware
10 6 (2.21%) ForgeRock
10 6 (2.21%) Ping Identity
10 6 (2.21%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.48%) Apple
11 4 (1.48%) F5
11 4 (1.48%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.48%) SAP
11 4 (1.48%) Splunk