Single Sign-On Contract Job Trends in London

Single Sign-On (SSO)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Single Sign-On skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 278 298
Rank change year-on-year -9 +20 +54
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 133 72 104
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.70% 0.58% 0.59%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.06% 3.70% 4.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 43 70
10th Percentile £304 £425 £290
25th Percentile £468 £506 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £568 £561
Median % change year-on-year -7.57% +1.20% +5.10%
75th Percentile £601 £687 £650
90th Percentile £613 £790 £702
England median daily rate £525 £564 £508
% change year-on-year -6.91% +11.13% -7.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £24.43
25th Percentile £73.75 - £24.80
Median hourly rate £77.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £81.25 - £26.94
90th Percentile - - £30.43
England median hourly rate £67.50 - £25.00

All Systems Management Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,631 1,945 2,323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.87% 15.59% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,810 1,303 1,684
10th Percentile £358 £357 £330
25th Percentile £438 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £715 £750 £750
England median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.15% -2.24% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 35
10th Percentile £22.33 £26.45 £20.00
25th Percentile £30.75 £27.88 £20.50
Median hourly rate £58.50 £40.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% +60.00% -60.94%
75th Percentile £73.00 £53.75 £44.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £69.55
England median hourly rate £58.94 £44.50 £30.75
% change year-on-year +32.44% +44.72% -44.09%

Single Sign-On
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Single Sign-On relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Single Sign-On job vacancy trend in London

Single Sign-On
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Single Sign-On.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Single Sign-On

Single Sign-On
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Single Sign-On in London over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Single Sign-On in London

Single Sign-On
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Single Sign-On.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Single Sign-On

Single Sign-On
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 19 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
South London +4 12 £530 +17.71%
Central London -14 12 £544 -15.04% 14
North London - 1 £225 - 1
Single Sign-On
England

Single Sign-On
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 14 (10.53%) Confluence
2 11 (8.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (6.77%) nginx
3 9 (6.77%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.50%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.50%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 72 (54.14%) Azure
2 60 (45.11%) Entra ID
3 42 (31.58%) AWS
4 21 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (14.29%) GCP
5 19 (14.29%) Serverless
6 17 (12.78%) Amazon S3
7 15 (11.28%) SaaS
8 12 (9.02%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (8.27%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (8.27%) PaaS
10 10 (7.52%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (7.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (6.77%) Google Workspace
11 9 (6.77%) Route 53
12 7 (5.26%) GitHub
13 6 (4.51%) Azure Service Fabric
14 5 (3.76%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (3.01%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 47 (35.34%) DNS
2 21 (15.79%) DHCP
2 21 (15.79%) TCP/IP
3 18 (13.53%) Kerberos
4 16 (12.03%) Firewall
5 15 (11.28%) VPN
6 9 (6.77%) OpenVPN
7 6 (4.51%) DKIM
7 6 (4.51%) DMARC
7 6 (4.51%) HTTP
8 5 (3.76%) Network Security
8 5 (3.76%) SSL
8 5 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (3.01%) HTTPS
10 3 (2.26%) FTP
11 2 (1.50%) IPsec
11 2 (1.50%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (1.50%) RFID
11 2 (1.50%) VLAN
12 1 (0.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.77%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (3.76%) DynamoDB
2 5 (3.76%) Metadata
3 3 (2.26%) CockroachDB
3 3 (2.26%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (2.26%) Pinecone
3 3 (2.26%) Power BI
3 3 (2.26%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.50%) GIS
4 2 (1.50%) MySQL
5 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.75%) Db2
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.75%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (16.54%) JIRA
2 9 (6.77%) SonarQube
3 7 (5.26%) Bitbucket
4 5 (3.76%) Git
5 4 (3.01%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (3.01%) GitLab
6 3 (2.26%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.50%) Burp Suite
7 2 (1.50%) Snyk
8 1 (0.75%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.75%) Postman
General
1 38 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.54%) Finance
3 11 (8.27%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.02%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.26%) Banking
7 3 (2.26%) Legal
8 2 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.50%) Military
8 2 (1.50%) Retail
9 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.75%) Front Office
9 1 (0.75%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (16.54%) Architect
2 10 (7.52%) Senior
3 9 (6.77%) Cloud Engineer
4 8 (6.02%) Consultant
5 7 (5.26%) Developer
5 7 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (5.26%) Support Engineer
6 6 (4.51%) Active Directory Engineer
6 6 (4.51%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (4.51%) Project Manager
6 6 (4.51%) Security Engineer
6 6 (4.51%) Senior Developer
7 5 (3.76%) Administrator
7 5 (3.76%) AWS Architect
7 5 (3.76%) Lead
7 5 (3.76%) Technical Architect
8 4 (3.01%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (3.01%) Pega Developer
8 4 (3.01%) Web Engineer
8 4 (3.01%) Web Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (33.83%) OAuth
2 42 (31.58%) SAML
3 34 (25.56%) LDAP
4 30 (22.56%) OpenID
5 11 (8.27%) OAuth2
6 10 (7.52%) SailPoint
7 8 (6.02%) REST
8 7 (5.26%) Model Context Protocol
9 6 (4.51%) AngularJS
9 6 (4.51%) ARM Templates
9 6 (4.51%) Entity Framework
9 6 (4.51%) YAML
10 4 (3.01%) Express.js
10 4 (3.01%) Jest
10 4 (3.01%) Node.js
10 4 (3.01%) Playwright
10 4 (3.01%) SOAP
11 3 (2.26%) CSS
11 3 (2.26%) HTML
11 3 (2.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.29%) Onboarding
2 16 (12.03%) Cloud Native
2 16 (12.03%) Replication
3 9 (6.77%) PKI
4 6 (4.51%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.76%) Enterprise Cloud
5 5 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.01%) Clustering
6 4 (3.01%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.01%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.26%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.26%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (1.50%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (21.80%) Windows
2 14 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.76%) Linux
4 4 (3.01%) Mac OS
4 4 (3.01%) Unix
5 2 (1.50%) Android
5 2 (1.50%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (33.08%) DevOps
2 35 (26.32%) Identity Access Management
3 27 (20.30%) CI/CD
4 22 (16.54%) RBAC
5 20 (15.04%) Infrastructure as Code
6 19 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (13.53%) Agile
7 18 (13.53%) Task Automation
8 17 (12.78%) High Availability
8 17 (12.78%) Migration
9 16 (12.03%) Roadmaps
9 16 (12.03%) Zero Trust
10 14 (10.53%) Cloud Security
10 14 (10.53%) Microservices
11 13 (9.77%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (9.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (9.02%) AI
12 12 (9.02%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (9.02%) Runbook
12 12 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.05%) PowerShell
2 11 (8.27%) Python
2 11 (8.27%) SQL
3 8 (6.02%) Java
3 8 (6.02%) TypeScript
4 5 (3.76%) Bash
4 5 (3.76%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.75%) Bicep
6 1 (0.75%) Groovy
6 1 (0.75%) Korn
6 1 (0.75%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (33.08%) Security Cleared
2 42 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.52%) CISSP
4 3 (2.26%) CISM
4 3 (2.26%) Degree
5 2 (1.50%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.50%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.50%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.50%) GIAC
5 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.50%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.50%) PMP
6 1 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.75%) CCSP
6 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.75%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (20.30%) GDPR
2 19 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 11 (8.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (7.52%) NIST
5 3 (2.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (2.26%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.50%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (1.50%) GRC
6 2 (1.50%) NCSC
6 2 (1.50%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.50%) PMO
6 2 (1.50%) QA
6 2 (1.50%) SLA
7 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
System Software
1 62 (46.62%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.77%) Docker
3 9 (6.77%) Squid
4 2 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.75%) Firmware
5 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (17.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 21 (15.79%) Kubernetes
3 18 (13.53%) Terraform
4 9 (6.77%) FortiGate
4 9 (6.77%) Grafana
4 9 (6.77%) Prometheus
5 7 (5.26%) Consul
6 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (3.76%) PingFederate
8 4 (3.01%) CA Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.50%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.75%) Ansible
10 1 (0.75%) CASB
Vendors
1 53 (39.85%) Microsoft
2 28 (21.05%) Okta
3 13 (9.77%) ServiceNow
4 11 (8.27%) Google
5 10 (7.52%) Red Hat
6 9 (6.77%) Dynatrace
7 8 (6.02%) Oracle
8 7 (5.26%) Atlassian
8 7 (5.26%) CyberArk
9 6 (4.51%) Zscaler
10 5 (3.76%) Ping Identity
11 4 (3.01%) Netskope
11 4 (3.01%) Pega
11 4 (3.01%) SAP
12 3 (2.26%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (2.26%) Workday
13 2 (1.50%) ForgeRock
13 2 (1.50%) OpenAI
13 2 (1.50%) Salesforce
13 2 (1.50%) Veracode