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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 280 278
Rank change year-on-year -48 -2 +62
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 116 85 115
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.58% 0.63% 0.69%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.30% 4.02% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 50 77
10th Percentile £268 £398 £290
25th Percentile £463 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £555 £565
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% -1.77% +5.81%
75th Percentile £584 £674 £660
90th Percentile £650 £754 £721
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 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 2,696 2,114 2,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.56% 15.56% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,861 1,401 1,678
10th Percentile £358 £350 £337
25th Percentile £440 £425 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% -3.23% -9.58%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £650
90th Percentile £716 £738 £758
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 30
10th Percentile £31.60 £26.00 £20.45
25th Percentile £35.75 £26.45 £20.89
Median hourly rate £58.50 £40.00 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% +66.74% -62.52%
75th Percentile £81.25 £59.00 £37.25
90th Percentile - £63.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £54.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year +18.72% +99.09% -50.00%

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 24 July 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 24 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
Central London -8 17 £575 -6.12% 8
South London -11 3 £519 +15.23%
North London - 1 £225 -
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 (12.07%) Confluence
2 13 (11.21%) SharePoint
3 11 (9.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (6.90%) nginx
5 1 (0.86%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (53.45%) Azure
2 46 (39.66%) Entra ID
3 40 (34.48%) AWS
4 22 (18.97%) GCP
5 20 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (13.79%) SaaS
7 12 (10.34%) Serverless
8 10 (8.62%) GitHub
9 9 (7.76%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (7.76%) Amazon S3
9 9 (7.76%) Google Workspace
9 9 (7.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (4.31%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (4.31%) PaaS
11 4 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (3.45%) Google Drive
11 4 (3.45%) OneDrive
11 4 (3.45%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 30 (25.86%) DNS
2 20 (17.24%) TCP/IP
3 12 (10.34%) Firewall
4 8 (6.90%) DHCP
4 8 (6.90%) OpenVPN
4 8 (6.90%) VPN
5 6 (5.17%) DKIM
5 6 (5.17%) DMARC
5 6 (5.17%) HTTP
5 6 (5.17%) Network Security
6 5 (4.31%) Kerberos
6 5 (4.31%) SSL
6 5 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (3.45%) HTTPS
7 4 (3.45%) SSH
8 3 (2.59%) FTP
9 2 (1.72%) IPsec
9 2 (1.72%) VLAN
10 1 (0.86%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.31%) Metadata
2 4 (3.45%) DynamoDB
2 4 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (2.59%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (2.59%) Power BI
3 3 (2.59%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.72%) MySQL
5 1 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.86%) Db2
5 1 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.86%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.86%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.86%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (18.10%) JIRA
2 8 (6.90%) Git
3 4 (3.45%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (3.45%) SonarQube
4 3 (2.59%) GitLab
4 3 (2.59%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.72%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.72%) Burp Suite
5 2 (1.72%) Snyk
6 1 (0.86%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.86%) Postman
General
1 34 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 26 (22.41%) Finance
3 12 (10.34%) Banking
4 11 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.62%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.59%) Legal
7 3 (2.59%) Retail
8 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.72%) Military
9 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.86%) Front Office
9 1 (0.86%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (16.38%) Architect
2 10 (8.62%) Cloud Engineer
3 9 (7.76%) Consultant
4 8 (6.90%) Platform Engineer
4 8 (6.90%) Security Engineer
4 8 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (6.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 7 (6.03%) Support Engineer
6 6 (5.17%) Active Directory Engineer
6 6 (5.17%) Project Manager
6 6 (5.17%) Senior
7 5 (4.31%) Administrator
7 5 (4.31%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 5 (4.31%) Lead
8 4 (3.45%) Applications Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) AWS Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) IAM Project Manager
8 4 (3.45%) IT Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) Web Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) Web Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (25.86%) OpenID
1 30 (25.86%) SAML
2 29 (25.00%) OAuth
3 16 (13.79%) LDAP
4 13 (11.21%) OAuth2
5 11 (9.48%) REST
6 6 (5.17%) SailPoint
6 6 (5.17%) SOAP
7 4 (3.45%) boto
7 4 (3.45%) Express.js
7 4 (3.45%) Jest
7 4 (3.45%) Middleware
7 4 (3.45%) Model Context Protocol
7 4 (3.45%) Node.js
7 4 (3.45%) Playwright
8 2 (1.72%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.72%) Jakarta EE
8 2 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (1.72%) Spring
9 1 (0.86%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.97%) Onboarding
2 18 (15.52%) Cloud Native
3 11 (9.48%) PKI
4 7 (6.03%) Security Posture
5 6 (5.17%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.45%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (3.45%) Clustering
7 4 (3.45%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (3.45%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.59%) Client/Server
8 3 (2.59%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (2.59%) Replication
9 2 (1.72%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.72%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.72%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.86%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.79%) Windows
2 9 (7.76%) Linux
3 4 (3.45%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.45%) Unix
4 3 (2.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.72%) Android
5 2 (1.72%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.86%) VMS
6 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (33.62%) DevOps
2 28 (24.14%) Identity Access Management
3 24 (20.69%) Agile
4 22 (18.97%) CI/CD
5 18 (15.52%) Migration
6 17 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (14.66%) Zero Trust
7 16 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (12.93%) Cloud Security
9 14 (12.07%) Roadmaps
9 14 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (11.21%) RBAC
10 13 (11.21%) Runbook
10 13 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (10.34%) Data Protection
11 12 (10.34%) Platform Engineering
12 11 (9.48%) Privileged Access Management
12 11 (9.48%) Validation
13 10 (8.62%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.34%) Java
1 12 (10.34%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.76%) Python
3 7 (6.03%) SQL
4 5 (4.31%) Bash
4 5 (4.31%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.72%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.86%) Bicep
6 1 (0.86%) Groovy
6 1 (0.86%) Korn
6 1 (0.86%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.86%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 20 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.76%) CISSP
4 4 (3.45%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.45%) PMP
5 3 (2.59%) CISM
5 3 (2.59%) Degree
5 3 (2.59%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.72%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.72%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.72%) GIAC
6 2 (1.72%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.86%) CCSP
7 1 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.79%) GDPR
2 12 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (10.34%) NIST
3 8 (6.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (2.59%) NIST 800
4 3 (2.59%) QA
5 2 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.72%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (1.72%) GRC
5 2 (1.72%) ITGC
5 2 (1.72%) NCSC
5 2 (1.72%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.72%) PMO
5 2 (1.72%) SLA
6 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.86%) PSD2
System Software
1 47 (40.52%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.90%) Docker
3 4 (3.45%) Squid
4 2 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.86%) Firmware
5 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (12.93%) Kubernetes
1 15 (12.93%) Terraform
2 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (4.31%) Ansible
3 5 (4.31%) PingFederate
4 4 (3.45%) CA Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.45%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.45%) Grafana
4 4 (3.45%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.59%) SELinux
6 2 (1.72%) Consul
6 2 (1.72%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.86%) CASB
Vendors
1 42 (36.21%) Microsoft
2 20 (17.24%) ServiceNow
3 19 (16.38%) Okta
4 12 (10.34%) Google
5 10 (8.62%) CyberArk
6 8 (6.90%) Red Hat
7 7 (6.03%) Oracle
8 6 (5.17%) Ping Identity
8 6 (5.17%) Zscaler
9 4 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (3.45%) Dynatrace
9 4 (3.45%) Netskope
10 3 (2.59%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.59%) Workday
11 2 (1.72%) Atlassian
11 2 (1.72%) BeyondTrust
11 2 (1.72%) Fortinet
11 2 (1.72%) OpenAI
11 2 (1.72%) SAP
11 2 (1.72%) Veracode