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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 336 330
Rank change year-on-year +44 -6 +140
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 284 147 231
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 0.57% 0.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.37% 3.75% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 98 170
10th Percentile £363 £400 £350
25th Percentile £438 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £600 £535
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +12.15% -2.73%
75th Percentile £586 £679 £660
90th Percentile £686 £772 £766
UK median daily rate £525 £594 £513
% change year-on-year -11.58% +15.85% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile £51.10 - £26.05
25th Percentile £54.25 - £27.63
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £31.50
75th Percentile £60.69 - £66.38
90th Percentile £68.75 - £86.55
UK median hourly rate £56.50 - £31.50
% change year-on-year - - -51.16%

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 5,284 3,915 4,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.19% 15.14% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,660 2,557 3,382
10th Percentile £313 £313 £252
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £537 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% +2.29% -9.48%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 41 144
10th Percentile £18.65 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.17 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £53.25 £26.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.94% -33.75% -16.67%
75th Percentile £63.32 £63.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.63 £77.50 £76.45
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £25.50 £40.16
% change year-on-year +111.76% -36.50% -15.46%

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 22 February 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 +15 117 £525 -12.50% 40
North of England -30 57 £473 -5.40% 7
South West +21 52 £523 +23.06% 5
Yorkshire -29 36 £525 -12.50% 3
South East -14 31 £505 -22.31% 19
North West -24 21 £400 -15.79% 4
Midlands -49 18 £442 -27.05% 7
West Midlands -58 14 £395 -34.85% 4
East of England -26 4 £563 +28.57% 2
East Midlands -28 4 £442 - 3
North East -21 1 - - 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 15 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.93%) Confluence
3 7 (2.46%) IIS
3 7 (2.46%) nginx
4 6 (2.11%) Apache
4 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.76%) iPlanet
5 5 (1.76%) JBoss
5 5 (1.76%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.76%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.70%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.70%) CMS
6 2 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 6 (2.11%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.41%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.35%) Revit
4 1 (0.35%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (5.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 146 (51.41%) Azure
2 134 (47.18%) Entra ID
3 65 (22.89%) AWS
4 47 (16.55%) SaaS
5 42 (14.79%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (9.51%) PaaS
7 19 (6.69%) Serverless
8 18 (6.34%) IaaS
9 16 (5.63%) GCP
10 15 (5.28%) Amazon S3
11 14 (4.93%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (3.52%) GitHub
13 10 (3.52%) OneDrive
13 10 (3.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (2.82%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 8 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (2.46%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 64 (22.54%) DNS
2 39 (13.73%) Firewall
3 36 (12.68%) VPN
4 32 (11.27%) Kerberos
5 27 (9.51%) DHCP
6 18 (6.34%) SSL
7 16 (5.63%) TCP/IP
8 11 (3.87%) IPsec
8 11 (3.87%) Network Security
9 9 (3.17%) HTTPS
9 9 (3.17%) LAN
9 9 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (3.17%) Wireshark
10 8 (2.82%) BIG-IP
10 8 (2.82%) WAN
11 7 (2.46%) OpenVPN
11 7 (2.46%) Wireless
12 6 (2.11%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (2.11%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (2.11%) Ethereal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (1.76%) Oracle Database
2 5 (1.76%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.41%) DynamoDB
3 4 (1.41%) Power BI
4 3 (1.06%) CockroachDB
4 3 (1.06%) Pinecone
5 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.70%) GIS
5 2 (0.70%) MySQL
5 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.70%) SQLite
6 1 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.35%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 23 (8.10%) JIRA
2 18 (6.34%) Git
3 9 (3.17%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.11%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.11%) SonarQube
5 5 (1.76%) Bitbucket Server
5 5 (1.76%) CA Release Automation
5 5 (1.76%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.41%) GitLab
7 3 (1.06%) MSI
7 3 (1.06%) Postman
8 2 (0.70%) CocoaPods
8 2 (0.70%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.70%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.70%) fastlane
8 2 (0.70%) Xcode
9 1 (0.35%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.35%) gulp
9 1 (0.35%) JMeter
9 1 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 74 (26.06%) Social Skills
2 32 (11.27%) Finance
3 29 (10.21%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.75%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.23%) Publishing
6 8 (2.82%) Banking
7 5 (1.76%) Aviation
8 3 (1.06%) Legal
8 3 (1.06%) Retail
9 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.35%) Electronics
10 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.35%) Marketing
10 1 (0.35%) Military
10 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (19.72%) Architect
2 35 (12.32%) Senior
3 23 (8.10%) Solutions Architect
4 20 (7.04%) Developer
5 18 (6.34%) Administrator
6 17 (5.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (5.63%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (5.63%) Technical Architect
8 15 (5.28%) Analyst
9 14 (4.93%) Lead
10 13 (4.58%) Consultant
11 10 (3.52%) Network Engineer
12 9 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (3.17%) Senior Developer
13 8 (2.82%) IAM Consultant
13 8 (2.82%) Security Engineer
14 7 (2.46%) ForgeRock Developer
14 7 (2.46%) IAM Specialist
14 7 (2.46%) SAP Administrator
14 7 (2.46%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (40.14%) OAuth
2 107 (37.68%) SAML
3 82 (28.87%) OpenID
4 51 (17.96%) LDAP
4 51 (17.96%) OAuth2
5 21 (7.39%) SailPoint
6 15 (5.28%) SAP Basis
7 12 (4.23%) React
7 12 (4.23%) RESTful
8 11 (3.87%) REST
9 9 (3.17%) Entity Framework
10 8 (2.82%) ARM Templates
10 8 (2.82%) CSS
10 8 (2.82%) SOAP
10 8 (2.82%) YAML
11 6 (2.11%) AngularJS
11 6 (2.11%) HTML
11 6 (2.11%) Model Context Protocol
12 5 (1.76%) Vue
12 5 (1.76%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (18.31%) Onboarding
2 21 (7.39%) Replication
3 17 (5.99%) Taxonomies
4 15 (5.28%) PKI
5 11 (3.87%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.52%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.52%) Private Cloud
7 9 (3.17%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.82%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.46%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.41%) Data Centre
13 3 (1.06%) CMDB
13 3 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.70%) Animation
14 2 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 65 (22.89%) Windows
2 51 (17.96%) Windows Server
3 23 (8.10%) Linux
4 5 (1.76%) Unix
5 4 (1.41%) CatOS
5 4 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.35%) Android
7 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (32.04%) Identity Access Management
2 75 (26.41%) RBAC
3 64 (22.54%) DevOps
4 54 (19.01%) CI/CD
5 47 (16.55%) Agile
5 47 (16.55%) Identity Management
6 42 (14.79%) Zero Trust
7 39 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (12.32%) Roadmaps
9 33 (11.62%) Infrastructure as Code
10 32 (11.27%) Cybersecurity
11 31 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 25 (8.80%) High Availability
13 25 (8.80%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 24 (8.45%) Disaster Recovery
14 24 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (8.10%) Microservices
15 23 (8.10%) Task Automation
16 22 (7.75%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 68 (23.94%) PowerShell
2 26 (9.15%) Python
3 21 (7.39%) SQL
4 20 (7.04%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.58%) Java
6 11 (3.87%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.17%) Groovy
8 7 (2.46%) Bicep
8 7 (2.46%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (2.46%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.41%) C#
10 2 (0.70%) Bash
10 2 (0.70%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.70%) Swift
11 1 (0.35%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.35%) Korn
11 1 (0.35%) PHP
11 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (36.97%) Security Cleared
2 72 (25.35%) SC Cleared
3 26 (9.15%) DV Cleared
4 25 (8.80%) CISSP
5 21 (7.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (5.63%) Degree
7 15 (5.28%) CISM
8 13 (4.58%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.76%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.06%) PhD
13 2 (0.70%) CCSP
13 2 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.35%) CCNA
14 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.35%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (17.96%) GDPR
2 28 (9.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (7.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 15 (5.28%) NIST
5 12 (4.23%) SOC 2
6 9 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (3.17%) SLA
7 7 (2.46%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.11%) Accessibility
8 6 (2.11%) NCSC
8 6 (2.11%) PSD2
9 4 (1.41%) GRC
9 4 (1.41%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.06%) QA
11 2 (0.70%) WCAG
12 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 130 (45.77%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.34%) Docker
3 16 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.87%) VMware NSX
5 8 (2.82%) Squid
6 6 (2.11%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.76%) RACF
7 5 (1.76%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 2 (0.70%) OpenAM
8 2 (0.70%) OpenDJ
8 2 (0.70%) OpenIDM
8 2 (0.70%) Sendmail
8 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (18.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 36 (12.68%) Terraform
3 25 (8.80%) Kubernetes
4 21 (7.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (4.58%) PingFederate
6 11 (3.87%) Grafana
7 8 (2.82%) Ansible
7 8 (2.82%) CA Single Sign-On
7 8 (2.82%) FortiGate
7 8 (2.82%) Prometheus
8 7 (2.46%) SCCM
9 6 (2.11%) Consul
10 5 (1.76%) CA Wily
10 5 (1.76%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.76%) Tivoli
11 4 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (1.41%) VxRail
12 2 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.70%) logstash
13 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 154 (54.23%) Microsoft
2 44 (15.49%) Okta
3 31 (10.92%) VMware
4 19 (6.69%) SAP
5 17 (5.99%) CyberArk
6 14 (4.93%) Ping Identity
6 14 (4.93%) Splunk
7 13 (4.58%) ForgeRock
7 13 (4.58%) Google
8 11 (3.87%) Cisco
8 11 (3.87%) Palo Alto
9 10 (3.52%) Zscaler
10 9 (3.17%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.82%) F5
11 8 (2.82%) Oracle
11 8 (2.82%) Salesforce
12 7 (2.46%) Atlassian
12 7 (2.46%) CheckPoint
12 7 (2.46%) Dynatrace
13 6 (2.11%) ServiceNow