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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 353 310
Rank change year-on-year +40 -43 +145
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 237 144 250
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.75% 0.51% 0.68%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.76% 3.52% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 98 190
10th Percentile £373 £400 £369
25th Percentile £425 £502 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £584 £700 £648
90th Percentile £688 £779 £715
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £573
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.80% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £43.38 - -
25th Percentile £49.19 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £100.00
75th Percentile £57.25 - -
90th Percentile £57.48 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - £100.00
% change year-on-year - - +55.04%

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 4,982 4,086 4,973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.79% 14.47% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,420 2,651 3,603
10th Percentile £310 £313 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -3.67% -7.00%
75th Percentile £607 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 51 153
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.22 £16.63
25th Percentile £21.29 £21.02 £21.25
Median hourly rate £48.72 £26.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +83.85% -42.62% +31.94%
75th Percentile £64.88 £61.25 £67.00
90th Percentile £79.60 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £24.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +96.44% -47.64% +37.85%

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 29 December 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 29 December 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 +6 96 £525 -12.50% 58
South West +37 44 £525 +23.53% 31
North of England -18 41 £492 -1.60% 55
South East -4 24 £525 -22.22% 80
Yorkshire -21 24 £525 - 25
North West -15 17 £423 -15.40% 25
Midlands -45 16 £500 - 54
West Midlands -28 15 £443 -11.50% 33
East of England -19 6 £625 +42.86% 49
East Midlands -24 1 £550 - 17
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 17 (7.17%) SharePoint
2 16 (6.75%) Confluence
3 9 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.53%) Apache
4 6 (2.53%) IIS
5 5 (2.11%) iPlanet
5 5 (2.11%) JBoss
5 5 (2.11%) WebSphere
5 5 (2.11%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.84%) CMS
6 2 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.42%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Chatbot
1 3 (1.27%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.84%) Windchill
3 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (4.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (3.80%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.84%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.42%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 106 (44.73%) Azure
2 94 (39.66%) Entra ID
3 50 (21.10%) AWS
4 38 (16.03%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (14.35%) SaaS
6 17 (7.17%) PaaS
7 15 (6.33%) GCP
8 10 (4.22%) IaaS
9 9 (3.80%) GitHub
10 7 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.95%) OneDrive
11 6 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.53%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.53%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.53%) Serverless
12 5 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.11%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (2.11%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.46%) DNS
2 26 (10.97%) Firewall
3 24 (10.13%) VPN
4 21 (8.86%) SSL
5 14 (5.91%) Kerberos
6 10 (4.22%) DHCP
7 9 (3.80%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.95%) HTTPS
9 6 (2.53%) LAN
9 6 (2.53%) Network Security
9 6 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (2.53%) Wireshark
10 5 (2.11%) WAN
11 4 (1.69%) BIG-IP
11 4 (1.69%) Internet
11 4 (1.69%) IPsec
11 4 (1.69%) Wireless
12 3 (1.27%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (1.27%) Ethereal
12 3 (1.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.11%) Oracle Database
1 5 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (2.11%) Power BI
1 5 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.84%) CockroachDB
2 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.84%) MySQL
2 2 (0.84%) Pinecone
2 2 (0.84%) SQLite
3 1 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.42%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.42%) GIS
3 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (10.97%) JIRA
2 16 (6.75%) Git
3 11 (4.64%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.11%) Bitbucket Server
4 5 (2.11%) CA Release Automation
4 5 (2.11%) MSI
4 5 (2.11%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.84%) CocoaPods
5 2 (0.84%) Crashlytics
5 2 (0.84%) fastlane
5 2 (0.84%) GitLab
5 2 (0.84%) Xcode
6 1 (0.42%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.42%) Gatling
6 1 (0.42%) gulp
6 1 (0.42%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.42%) Maven
6 1 (0.42%) Postman
6 1 (0.42%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 57 (24.05%) Social Skills
2 27 (11.39%) Finance
3 22 (9.28%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.95%) Banking
7 6 (2.53%) Publishing
8 4 (1.69%) Aviation
8 4 (1.69%) Retail
8 4 (1.69%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.84%) Electronics
9 2 (0.84%) Legal
9 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.84%) Marketing
10 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.42%) Police
10 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (18.14%) Architect
2 36 (15.19%) Senior
3 20 (8.44%) Developer
4 18 (7.59%) Administrator
5 17 (7.17%) Solutions Architect
6 16 (6.75%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (5.91%) Consultant
8 12 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (4.22%) Analyst
10 9 (3.80%) Lead
11 8 (3.38%) IAM Consultant
11 8 (3.38%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.38%) Senior Architect
12 7 (2.95%) ForgeRock Developer
12 7 (2.95%) IAM Specialist
12 7 (2.95%) Senior Developer
13 6 (2.53%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.53%) Security Architect
13 6 (2.53%) ServiceNow Architect
13 6 (2.53%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (37.97%) SAML
2 84 (35.44%) OAuth
3 59 (24.89%) OpenID
4 41 (17.30%) LDAP
5 39 (16.46%) OAuth2
6 21 (8.86%) REST
7 19 (8.02%) SailPoint
8 15 (6.33%) SOAP
9 14 (5.91%) AngularJS
9 14 (5.91%) HTML
10 12 (5.06%) HTML5
10 12 (5.06%) JDBC
11 11 (4.64%) JSON
11 11 (4.64%) React
11 11 (4.64%) Web Services
12 10 (4.22%) RESTful
13 9 (3.80%) Apache Camel
13 9 (3.80%) jQuery
13 9 (3.80%) ODBC
13 9 (3.80%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 41 (17.30%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.91%) PKI
3 11 (4.64%) Taxonomies
4 9 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.38%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.38%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.95%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.95%) Replication
7 6 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.53%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.11%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.84%) Animation
9 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 44 (18.57%) Windows
2 31 (13.08%) Windows Server
3 22 (9.28%) Linux
4 7 (2.95%) Unix
5 4 (1.69%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.27%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.84%) Android
7 2 (0.84%) CatOS
7 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.42%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (29.54%) Identity Access Management
2 59 (24.89%) RBAC
3 53 (22.36%) DevOps
4 51 (21.52%) Agile
5 45 (18.99%) CI/CD
6 43 (18.14%) Identity Management
7 40 (16.88%) Zero Trust
8 27 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (10.97%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 26 (10.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (10.13%) Microservices
11 23 (9.70%) Infrastructure as Code
12 22 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (9.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 21 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (8.02%) ITSM
15 18 (7.59%) Analytics
15 18 (7.59%) Privileged Access Management
15 18 (7.59%) Technical Leadership
16 17 (7.17%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.94%) PowerShell
2 30 (12.66%) Python
3 25 (10.55%) JavaScript
4 14 (5.91%) Java
5 13 (5.49%) SQL
6 9 (3.80%) Shell Script
7 8 (3.38%) Groovy
8 7 (2.95%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.11%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (1.69%) Bicep
11 3 (1.27%) Bash
11 3 (1.27%) C#
12 2 (0.84%) BeanShell
12 2 (0.84%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.84%) Swift
Qualifications
1 91 (38.40%) Security Cleared
2 66 (27.85%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.70%) CISSP
4 20 (8.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (8.02%) DV Cleared
6 15 (6.33%) CISM
7 11 (4.64%) Azure Certification
7 11 (4.64%) Degree
8 7 (2.95%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (2.11%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.69%) MCP
11 3 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.27%) PhD
12 2 (0.84%) CCSP
12 2 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.84%) MCITP
12 2 (0.84%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.77%) GDPR
2 25 (10.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.64%) NIST
4 9 (3.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (3.38%) SOC 2
6 7 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (2.53%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.53%) NCSC
7 6 (2.53%) PSD2
8 5 (2.11%) HIPAA
8 5 (2.11%) PCI DSS
8 5 (2.11%) SLA
9 4 (1.69%) QA
10 2 (0.84%) WCAG
11 1 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.42%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.42%) SOC 1
System Software
1 106 (44.73%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.02%) Docker
3 13 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.80%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.11%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 3 (1.27%) vSphere
7 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.84%) OpenAM
7 2 (0.84%) OpenDJ
7 2 (0.84%) OpenIDM
7 2 (0.84%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.42%) RACF
8 1 (0.42%) Squid
8 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (13.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 27 (11.39%) Terraform
3 19 (8.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (6.75%) Kubernetes
5 14 (5.91%) PingFederate
6 10 (4.22%) Ansible
7 6 (2.53%) CA Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.11%) CA Wily
8 5 (2.11%) Progress Chef
8 5 (2.11%) SCCM
8 5 (2.11%) Tivoli
9 4 (1.69%) Grafana
10 2 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.84%) Kibana
10 2 (0.84%) logstash
10 2 (0.84%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.42%) HP Operations Orchestration
11 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 111 (46.84%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.39%) Okta
3 25 (10.55%) VMware
4 18 (7.59%) CyberArk
4 18 (7.59%) ServiceNow
5 14 (5.91%) Ping Identity
6 13 (5.49%) ForgeRock
6 13 (5.49%) Google
6 13 (5.49%) SAP
6 13 (5.49%) Splunk
7 11 (4.64%) Zscaler
8 10 (4.22%) HP
9 9 (3.80%) BMC
9 9 (3.80%) Ivanti
9 9 (3.80%) Remedy
10 8 (3.38%) Salesforce
11 7 (2.95%) Oracle
11 7 (2.95%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.53%) Cisco
13 5 (2.11%) IBM