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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 381 336
Rank change year-on-year +63 -45 +121
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 245 142 263
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.81% 0.45% 0.67%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.01% 3.18% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 96 204
10th Percentile £400 £388 £371
25th Percentile £425 £505 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £566
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.01% +1.52%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £623
90th Percentile £680 £792 £696
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £558
% change year-on-year -12.50% +7.62% +1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.48 - -
25th Percentile £45.56 - -
Median hourly rate £50.75 - -
75th Percentile £55.56 - -
90th Percentile £56.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.75 - -

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 4,891 4,469 5,585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.09% 14.22% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,291 2,862 4,052
10th Percentile £310 £313 £306
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -5.86%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £695 £732 £745
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.67% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 58 163
10th Percentile £18.87 £14.71 £17.73
25th Percentile £21.06 £23.80 £24.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.83 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -22.99% +86.04%
75th Percentile £66.04 £64.00 £73.13
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £28.63 £49.00
% change year-on-year +4.80% -41.58% +90.59%

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 23 November 2025.

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
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 23 November 2025. 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 +36 104 £525 -12.50% 19
South West +38 42 £512 -2.57% 12
North of England +3 42 £473 -5.40% 5
Yorkshire - 23 £522 - 2
South East -7 20 £560 -20.00% 15
North West -6 19 £423 -15.40% 2
Midlands -35 14 £455 -10.78% 5
West Midlands -22 12 £500 -1.96% 5
East of England -13 6 £625 +66.67% 3
East Midlands -12 2 £405 -
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 22 (8.98%) Confluence
2 18 (7.35%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (3.27%) WebSphere
4 8 (3.27%) WebSphere Application Server
5 6 (2.45%) Apache
5 6 (2.45%) JBoss
6 5 (2.04%) IIS
6 5 (2.04%) iPlanet
7 2 (0.82%) CMS
8 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.41%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.41%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Windchill
2 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.41%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (5.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.82%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.41%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 108 (44.08%) Azure
2 91 (37.14%) Entra ID
3 67 (27.35%) AWS
4 45 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (15.51%) SaaS
6 29 (11.84%) GCP
7 17 (6.94%) GitHub
8 14 (5.71%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (4.90%) PaaS
10 11 (4.49%) Azure AKS
11 10 (4.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 10 (4.08%) Power Platform
12 9 (3.67%) IaaS
12 9 (3.67%) OpenShift
13 8 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (2.45%) OneDrive
14 6 (2.45%) Power Automate
15 5 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 31 (12.65%) DNS
2 25 (10.20%) Firewall
3 24 (9.80%) SSL
4 18 (7.35%) VPN
5 13 (5.31%) Kerberos
6 8 (3.27%) DHCP
7 7 (2.86%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.45%) Network Security
9 5 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.63%) HTTPS
11 3 (1.22%) BGP
11 3 (1.22%) Internet
11 3 (1.22%) LAN
11 3 (1.22%) OSPF
11 3 (1.22%) SMTP
11 3 (1.22%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.82%) S/MIME
12 2 (0.82%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.82%) VLAN
12 2 (0.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.27%) Power BI
2 6 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.45%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.04%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.82%) MySQL
4 2 (0.82%) SQLite
5 1 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.41%) Big Data
5 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.41%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.41%) Metadata
5 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.41%) Redis
5 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (12.65%) JIRA
2 16 (6.53%) Git
3 14 (5.71%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.04%) Bitbucket Server
4 5 (2.04%) CA Release Automation
4 5 (2.04%) MSI
4 5 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (1.22%) GitLab
5 3 (1.22%) Log4j
6 2 (0.82%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.82%) CocoaPods
6 2 (0.82%) Crashlytics
6 2 (0.82%) fastlane
6 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.82%) Xcode
7 1 (0.41%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.41%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.41%) gulp
7 1 (0.41%) Maven
7 1 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 74 (30.20%) Social Skills
2 27 (11.02%) Finance
3 24 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.76%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.27%) Banking
7 4 (1.63%) Aviation
7 4 (1.63%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.22%) Retail
9 2 (0.82%) Electronics
9 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.82%) Marketing
10 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Legal
10 1 (0.41%) Police
10 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (19.59%) Architect
2 36 (14.69%) Senior
3 22 (8.98%) Developer
4 19 (7.76%) Consultant
5 16 (6.53%) Analyst
5 16 (6.53%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (5.71%) Administrator
6 14 (5.71%) Business Analyst
7 12 (4.90%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (4.49%) IAM Specialist
9 10 (4.08%) Senior Architect
9 10 (4.08%) ServiceNow Architect
10 9 (3.67%) IAM Consultant
10 9 (3.67%) Lead
11 7 (2.86%) ForgeRock Developer
12 6 (2.45%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (2.45%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (2.45%) Security Architect
12 6 (2.45%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (42.86%) SAML
2 97 (39.59%) OAuth
3 74 (30.20%) OpenID
4 52 (21.22%) LDAP
5 46 (18.78%) OAuth2
6 31 (12.65%) REST
7 24 (9.80%) SailPoint
8 23 (9.39%) SOAP
9 22 (8.98%) JSON
10 21 (8.57%) HTML
11 19 (7.76%) JDBC
12 18 (7.35%) AngularJS
12 18 (7.35%) Web Services
13 16 (6.53%) HTML5
14 15 (6.12%) jQuery
15 13 (5.31%) Apache Camel
15 13 (5.31%) ODBC
15 13 (5.31%) RabbitMQ
16 12 (4.90%) RESTful
17 10 (4.08%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.73%) Onboarding
2 21 (8.57%) Cloud Native
3 13 (5.31%) PKI
4 12 (4.90%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.08%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.86%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.86%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.45%) Replication
7 6 (2.45%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.63%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.22%) Taxonomies
10 3 (1.22%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.82%) Animation
11 2 (0.82%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.82%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (16.73%) Windows
2 29 (11.84%) Windows Server
3 24 (9.80%) Linux
4 7 (2.86%) Unix
5 4 (1.63%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.22%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.82%) Android
7 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.41%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (30.20%) Identity Access Management
2 67 (27.35%) RBAC
3 66 (26.94%) DevOps
4 62 (25.31%) Agile
5 58 (23.67%) Identity Management
6 46 (18.78%) Zero Trust
7 45 (18.37%) CI/CD
8 39 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (13.06%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 30 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
11 29 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (10.61%) ITSM
13 25 (10.20%) Migration
14 23 (9.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 23 (9.39%) Microservices
15 22 (8.98%) Privileged Access Management
16 21 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
17 20 (8.16%) Analytics
17 20 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
17 20 (8.16%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 56 (22.86%) PowerShell
2 32 (13.06%) JavaScript
3 28 (11.43%) Python
4 16 (6.53%) Java
5 9 (3.67%) Shell Script
6 8 (3.27%) Groovy
7 6 (2.45%) SQL
8 5 (2.04%) C#
8 5 (2.04%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.63%) Bash
9 4 (1.63%) Bicep
9 4 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.82%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.82%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.82%) Swift
11 1 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 90 (36.73%) Security Cleared
2 66 (26.94%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.39%) CISSP
4 19 (7.76%) DV Cleared
4 19 (7.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (6.12%) CISM
6 14 (5.71%) Azure Certification
7 11 (4.49%) Degree
8 7 (2.86%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.04%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.22%) PhD
13 2 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.82%) IBM Certification
13 2 (0.82%) MCITP
13 2 (0.82%) MCTS
13 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (14.69%) GDPR
2 28 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.31%) NIST
4 12 (4.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (3.27%) HIPAA
5 8 (3.27%) SOC 2
6 7 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (2.45%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.45%) PSD2
8 5 (2.04%) NCSC
9 4 (1.63%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.63%) SLA
10 2 (0.82%) QA
10 2 (0.82%) WCAG
11 1 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.41%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.41%) SOC 1
System Software
1 113 (46.12%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.35%) Docker
3 9 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.04%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 4 (1.63%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.82%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.82%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.82%) OpenIDM
6 2 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.82%) vSphere
7 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.41%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 37 (15.10%) Terraform
2 27 (11.02%) Kubernetes
3 25 (10.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 24 (9.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (5.71%) PingFederate
6 10 (4.08%) Ansible
7 6 (2.45%) CA Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.04%) CA Wily
8 5 (2.04%) Progress Chef
8 5 (2.04%) Tivoli
9 4 (1.63%) SCCM
10 3 (1.22%) Grafana
10 3 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (1.22%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.82%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.82%) Kibana
11 2 (0.82%) logstash
11 2 (0.82%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.82%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 105 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.02%) ServiceNow
3 25 (10.20%) CyberArk
3 25 (10.20%) Okta
4 19 (7.76%) VMware
5 17 (6.94%) ForgeRock
6 16 (6.53%) Splunk
7 15 (6.12%) Ping Identity
8 14 (5.71%) HP
9 13 (5.31%) BMC
9 13 (5.31%) Ivanti
9 13 (5.31%) Remedy
10 11 (4.49%) Google
11 10 (4.08%) Zscaler
12 9 (3.67%) IBM
12 9 (3.67%) Oracle
13 8 (3.27%) Alibaba
13 8 (3.27%) Salesforce
14 5 (2.04%) Broadcom
14 5 (2.04%) Cisco