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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 284 275
Rank change year-on-year -39 -9 +59
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 114 88 112
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.57% 0.65% 0.68%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.18% 4.17% 4.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 53 74
10th Percentile £268 £400 £290
25th Percentile £463 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% -3.51% +6.74%
75th Percentile £588 £671 £658
90th Percentile £650 £743 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £24.34
25th Percentile £73.75 - £24.59
Median hourly rate £77.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £71.25 - £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 2,730 2,109 2,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.60% 15.50% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,900 1,405 1,641
10th Percentile £360 £338 £331
25th Percentile £440 £421 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £635 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £760
England median daily rate £525 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 27
10th Percentile £31.60 £26.00 £20.50
25th Percentile £35.75 £26.45 £22.15
Median hourly rate £58.50 £40.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% +60.00% -60.32%
75th Percentile £81.25 £62.25 £57.50
90th Percentile - £63.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +77.42% -41.89%

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 31 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 31 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 -2 18 £594 +3.26% 11
South London -14 2 £516 +14.56%
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 (12.28%) Confluence
2 13 (11.40%) SharePoint
3 10 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (7.02%) nginx
5 1 (0.88%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (50.88%) Azure
2 44 (38.60%) Entra ID
3 38 (33.33%) AWS
4 22 (19.30%) GCP
5 20 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (13.16%) SaaS
7 12 (10.53%) Serverless
8 10 (8.77%) GitHub
9 9 (7.89%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (7.89%) Amazon S3
9 9 (7.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 8 (7.02%) Google Workspace
11 5 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (3.51%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (3.51%) Google Drive
12 4 (3.51%) OCI
12 4 (3.51%) Pulumi
12 4 (3.51%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 31 (27.19%) DNS
2 20 (17.54%) TCP/IP
3 13 (11.40%) Firewall
4 9 (7.89%) VPN
5 8 (7.02%) DHCP
5 8 (7.02%) OpenVPN
6 6 (5.26%) DKIM
6 6 (5.26%) DMARC
6 6 (5.26%) HTTP
6 6 (5.26%) Network Security
7 5 (4.39%) Kerberos
7 5 (4.39%) SSL
7 5 (4.39%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (3.51%) HTTPS
8 4 (3.51%) SSH
9 3 (2.63%) FTP
10 2 (1.75%) IPsec
10 2 (1.75%) VLAN
11 1 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.39%) Metadata
2 4 (3.51%) DynamoDB
2 4 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (2.63%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (2.63%) Power BI
3 3 (2.63%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.75%) MySQL
5 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.88%) Db2
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.88%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (17.54%) JIRA
2 8 (7.02%) Git
3 4 (3.51%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (3.51%) SonarQube
4 3 (2.63%) GitLab
4 3 (2.63%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.75%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.75%) Burp Suite
5 2 (1.75%) Snyk
6 1 (0.88%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.88%) Postman
General
1 34 (29.82%) Social Skills
2 26 (22.81%) Finance
3 12 (10.53%) Banking
4 11 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.89%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.63%) Legal
7 3 (2.63%) Retail
8 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.75%) Military
9 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.88%) Front Office
9 1 (0.88%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.88%) Marketing
9 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (16.67%) Architect
2 10 (8.77%) Cloud Engineer
3 9 (7.89%) Consultant
3 9 (7.89%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (7.02%) Platform Engineer
4 8 (7.02%) Security Engineer
5 7 (6.14%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 7 (6.14%) Support Engineer
6 6 (5.26%) Active Directory Engineer
6 6 (5.26%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.39%) Administrator
7 5 (4.39%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Senior
8 4 (3.51%) Analyst
8 4 (3.51%) AWS Engineer
8 4 (3.51%) IAM Project Manager
8 4 (3.51%) IT Engineer
8 4 (3.51%) Lead
8 4 (3.51%) Lead Cloud Engineer
8 4 (3.51%) Web Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (26.32%) OpenID
1 30 (26.32%) SAML
2 28 (24.56%) OAuth
3 15 (13.16%) LDAP
4 13 (11.40%) OAuth2
5 11 (9.65%) REST
6 5 (4.39%) Middleware
6 5 (4.39%) SailPoint
6 5 (4.39%) SOAP
7 4 (3.51%) boto
7 4 (3.51%) Express.js
7 4 (3.51%) Jest
7 4 (3.51%) Model Context Protocol
7 4 (3.51%) Node.js
7 4 (3.51%) Playwright
8 2 (1.75%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.75%) Jakarta EE
8 2 (1.75%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (1.75%) Spring
9 1 (0.88%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.42%) Onboarding
2 18 (15.79%) Cloud Native
3 11 (9.65%) PKI
4 7 (6.14%) Security Posture
5 6 (5.26%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.51%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (3.51%) Clustering
7 4 (3.51%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (2.63%) Client/Server
8 3 (2.63%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (2.63%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.63%) Replication
9 2 (1.75%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.75%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.75%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.91%) Windows
2 9 (7.89%) Linux
3 5 (4.39%) Mac OS
4 4 (3.51%) Unix
5 3 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.75%) Android
6 2 (1.75%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.88%) VMS
7 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.33%) DevOps
2 28 (24.56%) Identity Access Management
3 23 (20.18%) Agile
4 21 (18.42%) CI/CD
5 17 (14.91%) Migration
5 17 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (14.91%) Zero Trust
6 15 (13.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (12.28%) Cloud Security
7 14 (12.28%) RBAC
7 14 (12.28%) Roadmaps
8 13 (11.40%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (11.40%) Runbook
9 12 (10.53%) Data Protection
9 12 (10.53%) Privileged Access Management
10 11 (9.65%) Change Management
10 11 (9.65%) Platform Engineering
11 10 (8.77%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.53%) Java
1 12 (10.53%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.89%) Python
3 6 (5.26%) SQL
4 5 (4.39%) Bash
4 5 (4.39%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.88%) Bicep
6 1 (0.88%) Groovy
6 1 (0.88%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.88%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (17.54%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.02%) CISSP
4 4 (3.51%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.51%) PMP
5 3 (2.63%) CISM
5 3 (2.63%) Degree
5 3 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.75%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.75%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.75%) GIAC
6 2 (1.75%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.88%) CCSP
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.04%) GDPR
2 12 (10.53%) NIST
3 11 (9.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (7.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (2.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (2.63%) NIST 800
5 3 (2.63%) QA
6 2 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.75%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (1.75%) GRC
6 2 (1.75%) ITGC
6 2 (1.75%) NCSC
6 2 (1.75%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.75%) PMO
6 2 (1.75%) SLA
7 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.88%) PSD2
System Software
1 46 (40.35%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.14%) Docker
3 4 (3.51%) Squid
4 2 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.88%) Firmware
5 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (13.16%) Terraform
2 14 (12.28%) Kubernetes
3 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (4.39%) Ansible
4 5 (4.39%) PingFederate
5 4 (3.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (3.51%) CA Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.51%) FortiGate
5 4 (3.51%) Grafana
5 4 (3.51%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.63%) SELinux
7 2 (1.75%) Consul
7 2 (1.75%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.88%) CASB
8 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 41 (35.96%) Microsoft
2 20 (17.54%) Okta
3 18 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 11 (9.65%) Google
5 10 (8.77%) CyberArk
6 8 (7.02%) Red Hat
7 7 (6.14%) Oracle
8 6 (5.26%) Ping Identity
8 6 (5.26%) Zscaler
9 4 (3.51%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (3.51%) Dynatrace
9 4 (3.51%) Netskope
9 4 (3.51%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.63%) Fortinet
10 3 (2.63%) Workday
11 2 (1.75%) Adobe
11 2 (1.75%) Atlassian
11 2 (1.75%) ForgeRock
11 2 (1.75%) SAP
11 2 (1.75%) Veracode