Okta Contract Job Trends

Okta
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Okta products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Okta over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Okta, Inc.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 477 432 464
Rank change year-on-year -45 +32 +69
Contract jobs citing Okta 166 85 127
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.29% 0.29%
As % of the Vendors category 0.82% 0.61% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 64 65
10th Percentile £400 £274 £268
25th Percentile £463 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% +4.23% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £725
90th Percentile £677 £750 £848
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £300 £600
% change year-on-year +75.00% -50.00% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 8
10th Percentile £55.53 - £21.55
25th Percentile £55.75 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £24.59
75th Percentile £68.75 - £26.69
90th Percentile £83.16 - £32.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 - -

All Vendors
UK

Okta falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20,136 13,924 18,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.67% 47.64% 42.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,680 8,585 11,453
10th Percentile £313 £280 £265
25th Percentile £413 £404 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £514
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% -2.43% -2.19%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.11% -3.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,027 612 1,133
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.86 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.59 £17.42 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.75 £22.58
Median % change year-on-year +21.50% +18.47% -47.49%
75th Percentile £59.88 £55.62 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.52 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £23.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +30.43% +6.98% -45.71%

Okta
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Okta relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Okta job vacancy trend in the UK

Okta
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Okta.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Okta

Okta
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Okta over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Okta in the UK

Okta
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Okta.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Okta

Okta
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Okta over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Okta in the UK

Okta
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Okta within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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
England -42 130 £550 - 46
UK excluding London -33 71 £525 +75.00% 21
London -49 67 £563 +0.90% 32
Work from Home -33 59 £563 -6.25% 25
North of England -37 40 £533 +93.64% 6
Yorkshire - 34 £525 - 2
Scotland +8 15 £495 -17.50% 2
Midlands -43 8 £600 +65.52%
West Midlands -50 8 £600 +41.18%
South East -51 7 £435 +77.55% 11
North West -39 6 £588 -9.62% 4
South West - 1 £500 - 1

Okta
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 7 (4.22%) Confluence
2 4 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.41%) Tomcat
2 4 (2.41%) WebSphere
3 3 (1.81%) Apache
3 3 (1.81%) IIS
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.60%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.60%) CMS
5 1 (0.60%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.20%) Maya
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (11.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 112 (67.47%) Entra ID
2 107 (64.46%) Azure
3 26 (15.66%) SaaS
4 21 (12.65%) AWS
4 21 (12.65%) GCP
5 15 (9.04%) Azure AKS
6 13 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (7.23%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (3.61%) Google Workspace
9 5 (3.01%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 4 (2.41%) Cloud Run
11 3 (1.81%) AWS Control Tower
11 3 (1.81%) GitHub
11 3 (1.81%) Slack
12 2 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (1.20%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.60%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (15.66%) DNS
2 16 (9.64%) Kerberos
3 15 (9.04%) DHCP
4 13 (7.83%) Network Security
5 6 (3.61%) HTTPS
6 5 (3.01%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.41%) Firewall
7 4 (2.41%) IPsec
7 4 (2.41%) SD-WAN
7 4 (2.41%) SSL
7 4 (2.41%) VPN
7 4 (2.41%) WAN
8 3 (1.81%) HTTP
8 3 (1.81%) Internet
8 3 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.20%) MPLS
9 2 (1.20%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.60%) SSH
10 1 (0.60%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.20%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.20%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.60%) MySQL
2 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.60%) Power BI
2 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (12.65%) Jenkins
2 18 (10.84%) JIRA
3 6 (3.61%) Git
4 4 (2.41%) Snyk
5 1 (0.60%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.60%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.60%) GitLab
5 1 (0.60%) JUnit
5 1 (0.60%) Postman
5 1 (0.60%) Zephyr
General
1 45 (27.11%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (12.65%) Finance
3 19 (11.45%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (10.24%) Publishing
5 11 (6.63%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.22%) Banking
7 4 (2.41%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.41%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.81%) Retail
9 2 (1.20%) Front Office
9 2 (1.20%) Legal
10 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.60%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (17.47%) Developer
2 21 (12.65%) Java Developer
3 20 (12.05%) Architect
4 16 (9.64%) Administrator
4 16 (9.64%) Senior
5 14 (8.43%) Security Architect
6 13 (7.83%) Support Engineer
7 10 (6.02%) Consultant
7 10 (6.02%) IAM Developer
8 9 (5.42%) Project Manager
8 9 (5.42%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 8 (4.82%) IAM Project Manager
10 7 (4.22%) SAP Administrator
11 6 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (3.61%) Enterprise Security Architect
11 6 (3.61%) Lead
12 5 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
13 4 (2.41%) Enterprise Architect
13 4 (2.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 4 (2.41%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (27.71%) SAML
2 41 (24.70%) OAuth
3 24 (14.46%) OpenID
4 22 (13.25%) LDAP
4 22 (13.25%) SailPoint
5 18 (10.84%) SAP Basis
6 15 (9.04%) OAuth2
7 10 (6.02%) JWT
8 9 (5.42%) RESTful
9 6 (3.61%) REST
9 6 (3.61%) Spring
9 6 (3.61%) Spring Boot
10 5 (3.01%) Hibernate
10 5 (3.01%) JSON
10 5 (3.01%) Node.js
11 4 (2.41%) Azure Blueprints
11 4 (2.41%) Keycloak
12 3 (1.81%) React
13 2 (1.20%) Middleware
13 2 (1.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (21.08%) Onboarding
2 20 (12.05%) Taxonomies
3 16 (9.64%) Cloud Native
4 15 (9.04%) Replication
5 14 (8.43%) PKI
6 8 (4.82%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (4.82%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (3.01%) CMDB
8 4 (2.41%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.81%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.81%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.20%) iPad
10 2 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.20%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (16.27%) Windows
2 20 (12.05%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.82%) Mac OS
4 6 (3.61%) Linux
5 4 (2.41%) Alpine Linux
5 4 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.41%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.20%) Unix
7 1 (0.60%) Android
7 1 (0.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (53.01%) Identity Access Management
2 43 (25.90%) RBAC
3 41 (24.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 38 (22.89%) DevOps
5 36 (21.69%) Agile
6 28 (16.87%) CI/CD
7 27 (16.27%) Roadmaps
8 26 (15.66%) Vulnerability Management
9 22 (13.25%) SIEM
10 21 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (12.65%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (12.05%) Data Governance
11 20 (12.05%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (11.45%) BPMN
12 19 (11.45%) Data Pipeline
12 19 (11.45%) Task Automation
13 18 (10.84%) Zero Trust
14 17 (10.24%) Cloud Security
14 17 (10.24%) Privileged Access Management
14 17 (10.24%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.08%) Java
1 35 (21.08%) PowerShell
2 18 (10.84%) Python
3 6 (3.61%) Go
4 4 (2.41%) Bicep
4 4 (2.41%) C#
4 4 (2.41%) SQL
5 3 (1.81%) Bash
5 3 (1.81%) C++
6 2 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.60%) AppleScript
7 1 (0.60%) Groovy
7 1 (0.60%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 48 (28.92%) Security Cleared
2 45 (27.11%) SC Cleared
3 19 (11.45%) CISSP
4 16 (9.64%) Degree
5 8 (4.82%) CISM
6 6 (3.61%) PMP
7 5 (3.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.41%) CCSP
8 4 (2.41%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.81%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.81%) CSPO
9 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.20%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.20%) ISSAP
11 1 (0.60%) CISA
11 1 (0.60%) GIAC
11 1 (0.60%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.25%) GDPR
2 18 (10.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.01%) HIPAA
4 5 (3.01%) SLA
4 5 (3.01%) SOC 2
5 4 (2.41%) GRC
5 4 (2.41%) NIST
6 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.60%) COBIT
7 1 (0.60%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 53 (31.93%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 76 (45.78%) Single Sign-On
2 30 (18.07%) Kubernetes
3 25 (15.06%) Terraform
4 16 (9.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (9.64%) Ansible
5 7 (4.22%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.20%) QRadar
8 1 (0.60%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.60%) Grafana
8 1 (0.60%) logstash
8 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.60%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 56 (33.73%) Microsoft
2 24 (14.46%) ForgeRock
3 20 (12.05%) SAP
4 17 (10.24%) Google
5 14 (8.43%) CyberArk
6 10 (6.02%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (6.02%) Splunk
7 9 (5.42%) BeyondTrust
7 9 (5.42%) Qualys
7 9 (5.42%) Tenable
8 8 (4.82%) Ping Identity
8 8 (4.82%) ServiceNow
8 8 (4.82%) Zscaler
9 5 (3.01%) Rapid7
10 3 (1.81%) IBM
10 3 (1.81%) TOWER Software
11 2 (1.20%) Apple
11 2 (1.20%) Cisco
11 2 (1.20%) Nexthink
11 2 (1.20%) Palo Alto