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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 323 345
Rank change year-on-year -25 +22 +105
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 284 173 216
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.66% 0.58%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.81% 4.22% 4.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 117 158
10th Percentile £300 £379 £335
25th Percentile £436 £450 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -5.83%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £634
90th Percentile £694 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 5
10th Percentile £54.40 - £24.51
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £80.31 - £32.75
90th Percentile £81.25 - £75.50
UK median hourly rate £67.50 - £25.00

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 5,904 4,095 4,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.44% 15.69% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,061 2,727 3,382
10th Percentile £320 £305 £300
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £515 £510 £515
% change year-on-year +0.91% -0.97% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 46 96
10th Percentile £20.09 £20.13 £16.13
25th Percentile £31.25 £26.45 £20.50
Median hourly rate £62.00 £48.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +27.84% +55.20% -43.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £49.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.35 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £55.25 £32.77 £32.50
% change year-on-year +68.60% +0.83% -43.48%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 -14 132 £550 -1.79% 59
North of England -57 55 £538 +16.97% 10
South East -39 33 £520 -17.46% 20
Midlands -47 33 £450 - 2
South West -5 30 £525 +5.00% 7
Yorkshire -44 27 £550 +17.27% 3
North West -36 26 £488 +8.33% 7
West Midlands -57 19 £425 -22.73% 2
East Midlands -6 13 £463 +15.05%
North East -36 3 £413 -31.25%
East of England -21 2 £565 -16.30% 7
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 25 (8.80%) SharePoint
2 21 (7.39%) Confluence
3 18 (6.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (3.17%) nginx
5 2 (0.70%) IIS
5 2 (0.70%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (1.76%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (6.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.70%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 146 (51.41%) Azure
2 125 (44.01%) Entra ID
3 68 (23.94%) AWS
4 46 (16.20%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (14.79%) SaaS
6 37 (13.03%) GCP
7 24 (8.45%) Serverless
8 15 (5.28%) Amazon S3
8 15 (5.28%) GitHub
9 13 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (4.23%) Google Workspace
10 12 (4.23%) PaaS
11 11 (3.87%) Amazon EKS
11 11 (3.87%) IaaS
11 11 (3.87%) OpenShift
11 11 (3.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (3.17%) OneDrive
13 9 (3.17%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 69 (24.30%) DNS
2 37 (13.03%) Firewall
3 31 (10.92%) VPN
4 30 (10.56%) DHCP
5 25 (8.80%) Kerberos
5 25 (8.80%) TCP/IP
6 22 (7.75%) SSL
7 18 (6.34%) Network Security
8 14 (4.93%) HTTP
9 13 (4.58%) IPsec
9 13 (4.58%) LAN
9 13 (4.58%) WAN
10 11 (3.87%) HTTPS
11 9 (3.17%) BIG-IP
11 9 (3.17%) DKIM
11 9 (3.17%) DMARC
11 9 (3.17%) OpenVPN
12 8 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (2.46%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (2.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (2.82%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.76%) DynamoDB
3 5 (1.76%) Metadata
4 4 (1.41%) MySQL
4 4 (1.41%) Power BI
5 3 (1.06%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (14.44%) JIRA
2 10 (3.52%) Browser DevTools
3 9 (3.17%) SonarQube
4 7 (2.46%) Bitbucket
4 7 (2.46%) GitLab
4 7 (2.46%) Visual Studio
5 6 (2.11%) Git
5 6 (2.11%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.76%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (1.06%) Fiddler
7 3 (1.06%) Postman
8 2 (0.70%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.70%) Snyk
8 2 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.35%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
General
1 69 (24.30%) Social Skills
2 42 (14.79%) Finance
2 42 (14.79%) Public Sector
3 27 (9.51%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (9.51%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (3.87%) Banking
5 10 (3.52%) Publishing
6 8 (2.82%) Legal
7 6 (2.11%) Military
8 5 (1.76%) Retail
9 4 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Aviation
11 1 (0.35%) Front Office
11 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (17.25%) Architect
2 23 (8.10%) Developer
3 21 (7.39%) Senior
4 19 (6.69%) Administrator
4 19 (6.69%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (6.34%) Lead
6 13 (4.58%) Project Manager
6 13 (4.58%) Technical Architect
7 12 (4.23%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (4.23%) Consultant
8 10 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.52%) Support Engineer
9 9 (3.17%) Analyst
9 9 (3.17%) Security Engineer
10 8 (2.82%) Active Directory Engineer
10 8 (2.82%) IAM Project Manager
10 8 (2.82%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 8 (2.82%) Network Engineer
11 7 (2.46%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (2.11%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (29.23%) SAML
2 78 (27.46%) OAuth
3 63 (22.18%) OpenID
4 53 (18.66%) LDAP
5 34 (11.97%) OAuth2
6 20 (7.04%) REST
7 19 (6.69%) SailPoint
8 13 (4.58%) Node.js
8 13 (4.58%) Web Services
9 12 (4.23%) Express.js
9 12 (4.23%) SOAP
10 10 (3.52%) SAP Basis
11 7 (2.46%) CSS
11 7 (2.46%) React
12 6 (2.11%) Keycloak
12 6 (2.11%) Middleware
13 5 (1.76%) .NET
13 5 (1.76%) ActiveX
13 5 (1.76%) HTML
13 5 (1.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (19.01%) Onboarding
2 23 (8.10%) Cloud Native
3 18 (6.34%) Replication
4 13 (4.58%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (4.58%) PKI
5 10 (3.52%) Taxonomies
6 9 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.17%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.82%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.46%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.46%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.11%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (2.11%) Freedom of Information
10 4 (1.41%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.41%) Clustering
10 4 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.06%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 49 (17.25%) Windows
2 27 (9.51%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.58%) Linux
4 9 (3.17%) Unix
5 7 (2.46%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.06%) Android
7 3 (1.06%) CatOS
8 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (30.28%) Identity Access Management
2 67 (23.59%) DevOps
3 52 (18.31%) RBAC
4 51 (17.96%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (17.96%) Roadmaps
5 47 (16.55%) CI/CD
6 46 (16.20%) Agile
7 41 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (13.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 37 (13.03%) Zero Trust
10 35 (12.32%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (10.56%) Migration
12 29 (10.21%) Infrastructure as Code
13 27 (9.51%) High Availability
14 25 (8.80%) Validation
15 24 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 23 (8.10%) Disaster Recovery
16 23 (8.10%) Privileged Access Management
17 21 (7.39%) Change Management
17 21 (7.39%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 42 (14.79%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.63%) Java
2 16 (5.63%) SQL
3 14 (4.93%) Python
4 13 (4.58%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.46%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.11%) Bash
7 5 (1.76%) Bicep
7 5 (1.76%) VB
7 5 (1.76%) VB6
7 5 (1.76%) VBA
8 2 (0.70%) C#
8 2 (0.70%) Groovy
8 2 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.35%) Go
9 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.35%) PHP
9 1 (0.35%) R
9 1 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 70 (24.65%) Security Cleared
2 54 (19.01%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.04%) Degree
4 16 (5.63%) CISSP
5 11 (3.87%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.46%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.76%) CISM
8 3 (1.06%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.06%) GIAC
8 3 (1.06%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.06%) PMP
9 2 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.70%) CEH
9 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.44%) GDPR
2 30 (10.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (8.45%) NIST
4 20 (7.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (3.87%) GRC
5 11 (3.87%) QA
6 9 (3.17%) Accessibility
7 7 (2.46%) PMO
7 7 (2.46%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.11%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.76%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.76%) SLA
10 3 (1.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.06%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 117 (41.20%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.93%) Docker
3 11 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.52%) VMware NSX
5 9 (3.17%) Squid
6 6 (2.11%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.41%) RACF
9 3 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.70%) vSphere
11 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (11.97%) Kubernetes
2 30 (10.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 27 (9.51%) Terraform
4 18 (6.34%) Grafana
5 16 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.52%) Ansible
6 10 (3.52%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.17%) Argo
7 9 (3.17%) FortiGate
8 8 (2.82%) Consul
9 6 (2.11%) CA Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.76%) CASB
10 5 (1.76%) PingFederate
10 5 (1.76%) VxRail
11 4 (1.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (1.06%) SCCM
13 2 (0.70%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.35%) Packer
14 1 (0.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 114 (40.14%) Microsoft
2 52 (18.31%) Okta
3 21 (7.39%) CyberArk
3 21 (7.39%) ServiceNow
4 20 (7.04%) VMware
5 18 (6.34%) Red Hat
5 18 (6.34%) SAP
6 15 (5.28%) Google
7 13 (4.58%) Cisco
7 13 (4.58%) Zscaler
8 11 (3.87%) Oracle
9 10 (3.52%) Dynatrace
10 9 (3.17%) F5
10 9 (3.17%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.82%) CheckPoint
12 7 (2.46%) Atlassian
13 6 (2.11%) BeyondTrust
13 6 (2.11%) Dell
13 6 (2.11%) Ping Identity
14 5 (1.76%) Netskope