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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 293 272
Rank change year-on-year +8 -21 +126
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 93 80 134
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.65% 0.53% 0.71%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.14% 3.58% 5.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 58 101
10th Percentile £406 £393 £400
25th Percentile £425 £525 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £578
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.81% -3.67%
75th Percentile £598 £700 £681
90th Percentile £675 £779 £813
England median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
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 - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 - £100.00
% change year-on-year - - +60.64%

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 2,249 2,234 2,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.71% 14.89% 14.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,513 1,465 1,985
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £430 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -1.74% -8.00%
75th Percentile £638 £680 £675
90th Percentile £725 £788 £763
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 31
10th Percentile £21.06 £22.55 £21.25
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.80 £26.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.93% -53.45% +125.59%
75th Percentile £62.38 £64.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £63.32 £104.80 £76.25
England median hourly rate £47.75 £27.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +76.85% -41.53% +27.89%

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 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
Central London -7 11 £575 -4.17% 2
East London - 1 £675 - 1
South London - 1 £513 - 1
West London - 1 £425 - 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 10 (10.75%) Confluence
2 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (5.38%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.15%) CMS
5 1 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (1.08%) Apache
5 1 (1.08%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.08%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (8.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.08%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 51 (54.84%) Azure
2 43 (46.24%) Entra ID
3 24 (25.81%) AWS
4 14 (15.05%) SaaS
5 12 (12.90%) GCP
6 11 (11.83%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (6.45%) GitHub
8 5 (5.38%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (4.30%) Google Workspace
10 3 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (3.23%) Firebase
10 3 (3.23%) PaaS
10 3 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (2.15%) AWS Control Tower
11 2 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (2.15%) Datadog
11 2 (2.15%) Fastly
11 2 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (2.15%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (17.20%) SSL
2 10 (10.75%) DNS
3 9 (9.68%) VPN
4 7 (7.53%) Firewall
5 6 (6.45%) Network Security
6 5 (5.38%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (4.30%) HTTPS
7 4 (4.30%) TCP/IP
8 3 (3.23%) BGP
8 3 (3.23%) DHCP
8 3 (3.23%) LAN
8 3 (3.23%) OSPF
8 3 (3.23%) Wireshark
9 2 (2.15%) Internet
9 2 (2.15%) Kerberos
9 2 (2.15%) S/MIME
9 2 (2.15%) VLAN
10 1 (1.08%) DNSSEC
10 1 (1.08%) WAN
10 1 (1.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.15%) SQLite
3 1 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (1.08%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (1.08%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 13 (13.98%) JIRA
2 6 (6.45%) Jenkins
3 4 (4.30%) Git
4 2 (2.15%) CocoaPods
4 2 (2.15%) Crashlytics
4 2 (2.15%) fastlane
4 2 (2.15%) GitLab
4 2 (2.15%) Xcode
5 1 (1.08%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (1.08%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.08%) Gatling
5 1 (1.08%) gulp
5 1 (1.08%) JMeter
5 1 (1.08%) JUnit
5 1 (1.08%) Liquibase
5 1 (1.08%) Maven
5 1 (1.08%) Postman
5 1 (1.08%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.08%) Selenium
5 1 (1.08%) webpack
General
1 29 (31.18%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.98%) Finance
3 11 (11.83%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.45%) Banking
6 3 (3.23%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.15%) Electronics
7 2 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.15%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.15%) Marketing
8 1 (1.08%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.08%) Police
8 1 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (20.43%) Architect
2 18 (19.35%) Senior
3 12 (12.90%) Developer
4 7 (7.53%) Analyst
5 6 (6.45%) Security Engineer
5 6 (6.45%) ServiceNow Architect
6 5 (5.38%) Administrator
6 5 (5.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (5.38%) Senior Architect
6 5 (5.38%) Senior Developer
7 4 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.23%) AWS Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (3.23%) ForgeRock Developer
8 3 (3.23%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Identity Management Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Network Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (43.01%) SAML
2 34 (36.56%) OAuth
3 28 (30.11%) OpenID
4 19 (20.43%) LDAP
5 14 (15.05%) REST
6 13 (13.98%) OAuth2
7 12 (12.90%) SailPoint
7 12 (12.90%) SOAP
8 11 (11.83%) JDBC
9 10 (10.75%) AngularJS
9 10 (10.75%) JSON
10 9 (9.68%) HTML
10 9 (9.68%) HTML5
11 8 (8.60%) Apache Camel
11 8 (8.60%) jQuery
11 8 (8.60%) ODBC
11 8 (8.60%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (8.60%) Web Services
12 3 (3.23%) Kafka
12 3 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.28%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.53%) PKI
3 4 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.30%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.23%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.15%) Animation
5 2 (2.15%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.15%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.15%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.15%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.15%) Replication
6 1 (1.08%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.08%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.08%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.08%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.08%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.38%) Linux
1 5 (5.38%) Windows
2 3 (3.23%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.15%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.15%) Unix
4 1 (1.08%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (1.08%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.08%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.48%) Identity Access Management
2 26 (27.96%) Zero Trust
3 25 (26.88%) Agile
3 25 (26.88%) RBAC
4 22 (23.66%) DevOps
5 19 (20.43%) Identity Management
6 18 (19.35%) CI/CD
7 16 (17.20%) Microservices
7 16 (17.20%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 14 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (11.83%) DevSecOps
9 11 (11.83%) ITSM
10 10 (10.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (9.68%) Analytics
11 9 (9.68%) API Integration
11 9 (9.68%) Architectural Design
12 8 (8.60%) Integration Patterns
12 8 (8.60%) Privileged Access Management
12 8 (8.60%) Runbook
12 8 (8.60%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 23 (24.73%) PowerShell
2 16 (17.20%) JavaScript
3 15 (16.13%) Python
4 12 (12.90%) Java
5 3 (3.23%) Bash
5 3 (3.23%) SQL
6 2 (2.15%) BeanShell
6 2 (2.15%) Groovy
6 2 (2.15%) Objective-C
6 2 (2.15%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.15%) Swift
7 1 (1.08%) Bicep
7 1 (1.08%) C#
7 1 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (31.18%) Security Cleared
2 26 (27.96%) SC Cleared
3 13 (13.98%) CISSP
4 7 (7.53%) Azure Certification
4 7 (7.53%) CISM
5 3 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.23%) Degree
6 2 (2.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (2.15%) CCSP
6 2 (2.15%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.15%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.15%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.08%) CCNA
7 1 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.28%) GDPR
2 12 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.45%) Accessibility
4 5 (5.38%) HIPAA
4 5 (5.38%) NCSC
4 5 (5.38%) NIST
4 5 (5.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (5.38%) SOC 2
5 3 (3.23%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.15%) PSD2
6 2 (2.15%) WCAG
7 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (1.08%) QA
System Software
1 37 (39.78%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.68%) Docker
3 2 (2.15%) OpenAM
3 2 (2.15%) OpenDJ
3 2 (2.15%) OpenIDM
4 1 (1.08%) Squid
4 1 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (11.83%) Kubernetes
1 11 (11.83%) Terraform
2 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (5.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.15%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.15%) Kibana
4 2 (2.15%) SCCM
5 1 (1.08%) Ansible
5 1 (1.08%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.08%) Grafana
5 1 (1.08%) HP Operations Orchestration
5 1 (1.08%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (1.08%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 33 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 19 (20.43%) Okta
3 14 (15.05%) CyberArk
3 14 (15.05%) ServiceNow
4 10 (10.75%) Google
5 8 (8.60%) BMC
5 8 (8.60%) HP
5 8 (8.60%) Ivanti
5 8 (8.60%) Remedy
6 7 (7.53%) ForgeRock
6 7 (7.53%) Zscaler
7 5 (5.38%) Splunk
8 4 (4.30%) Salesforce
9 3 (3.23%) Apple
9 3 (3.23%) Ping Identity
10 2 (2.15%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (2.15%) Confluent
10 2 (2.15%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (2.15%) Optimizely
10 2 (2.15%) Thycotic