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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 284 301
Rank change year-on-year +2 +17 +94
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 116 71 93
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 0.53% 0.51%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.75% 3.40% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 52 64
10th Percentile £421 £413 £300
25th Percentile £471 £522 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £750 £753
90th Percentile £629 £796 £889
England median daily rate £525 £600 £515
% change year-on-year -12.50% +16.50% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.00 - -
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £25.00
75th Percentile £57.00 - £28.88
90th Percentile - - £31.20
England median hourly rate £56.50 - £28.25
% change year-on-year - - -56.20%

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 2,440 2,089 2,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.00% 15.58% 12.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,669 1,406 1,674
10th Percentile £350 £372 £313
25th Percentile £428 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% -9.28%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £800 £750
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 35
10th Percentile £21.93 £23.61 £13.15
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.80 £22.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £36.75 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +42.94% -5.15%
75th Percentile £63.32 £71.19 £58.38
90th Percentile - £110.30 £61.50
England median hourly rate £54.00 £26.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +103.77% -33.75% -23.27%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 - 13 £519 - 2
Central London -14 6 £575 -4.17% 13
East London - 1 £675 - 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 (8.62%) Confluence
2 8 (6.90%) nginx
3 2 (1.72%) ArcGIS
3 2 (1.72%) CMS
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.72%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.86%) Apache
4 1 (0.86%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 70 (60.34%) Azure
2 56 (48.28%) Entra ID
3 39 (33.62%) AWS
4 17 (14.66%) Amazon S3
5 15 (12.93%) Serverless
6 13 (11.21%) Amazon EKS
7 12 (10.34%) GCP
8 11 (9.48%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (9.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 9 (7.76%) PaaS
9 9 (7.76%) SaaS
10 8 (6.90%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (6.90%) Route 53
11 6 (5.17%) Azure Service Fabric
11 6 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (4.31%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (4.31%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (3.45%) AWS Control Tower
13 4 (3.45%) Google Workspace
13 4 (3.45%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 30 (25.86%) DNS
2 18 (15.52%) VPN
3 16 (13.79%) DHCP
4 15 (12.93%) Firewall
4 15 (12.93%) Kerberos
4 15 (12.93%) TCP/IP
5 8 (6.90%) OpenVPN
6 7 (6.03%) Network Security
7 6 (5.17%) SSL
8 4 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (2.59%) BGP
9 3 (2.59%) HTTP
9 3 (2.59%) HTTPS
9 3 (2.59%) LAN
9 3 (2.59%) OSPF
9 3 (2.59%) Wireshark
10 2 (1.72%) Internet
10 2 (1.72%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (1.72%) RFID
10 2 (1.72%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.90%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (4.31%) DynamoDB
3 3 (2.59%) CockroachDB
3 3 (2.59%) Pinecone
4 2 (1.72%) GIS
4 2 (1.72%) SQLite
5 1 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.86%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.86%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.86%) MySQL
5 1 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.86%) Power BI
5 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (11.21%) JIRA
2 7 (6.03%) Bitbucket
2 7 (6.03%) Git
2 7 (6.03%) SonarQube
3 4 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.59%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (2.59%) GitLab
5 2 (1.72%) CocoaPods
5 2 (1.72%) Crashlytics
5 2 (1.72%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.72%) fastlane
5 2 (1.72%) Postman
5 2 (1.72%) Xcode
6 1 (0.86%) Gatling
6 1 (0.86%) gulp
6 1 (0.86%) JUnit
6 1 (0.86%) Maven
6 1 (0.86%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.86%) Selenium
6 1 (0.86%) webpack
General
1 41 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 21 (18.10%) Finance
3 11 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.90%) Banking
5 7 (6.03%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.17%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.72%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.86%) Electronics
8 1 (0.86%) Front Office
8 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.86%) Marketing
8 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.86%) Publishing
8 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (18.10%) Architect
2 17 (14.66%) Senior
3 12 (10.34%) Developer
4 9 (7.76%) Senior Developer
5 8 (6.90%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (6.03%) Analyst
6 7 (6.03%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (6.03%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (6.03%) Technical Architect
7 6 (5.17%) Lead
7 6 (5.17%) Security Engineer
8 5 (4.31%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.31%) Support Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) AWS Architect
9 4 (3.45%) Lead Cloud Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Network Security Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Pega Developer
10 3 (2.59%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 3 (2.59%) ForgeRock Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (44.83%) OAuth
2 43 (37.07%) SAML
3 33 (28.45%) OpenID
4 32 (27.59%) LDAP
5 17 (14.66%) SailPoint
6 16 (13.79%) OAuth2
7 7 (6.03%) Model Context Protocol
8 6 (5.17%) AngularJS
8 6 (5.17%) ARM Templates
8 6 (5.17%) Entity Framework
8 6 (5.17%) React
8 6 (5.17%) REST
8 6 (5.17%) YAML
9 5 (4.31%) Node.js
10 4 (3.45%) CSS
10 4 (3.45%) HTML
10 4 (3.45%) Jest
10 4 (3.45%) RESTful
10 4 (3.45%) SOAP
10 4 (3.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.38%) Onboarding
2 15 (12.93%) Replication
3 6 (5.17%) Cloud Native
3 6 (5.17%) Mobile App
3 6 (5.17%) PKI
4 4 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.59%) Taxonomies
6 2 (1.72%) Animation
6 2 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.72%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.72%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.72%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.86%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.52%) Windows
2 14 (12.07%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.17%) Linux
4 2 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.86%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.86%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (38.79%) Identity Access Management
2 36 (31.03%) RBAC
3 28 (24.14%) DevOps
4 27 (23.28%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (21.55%) CI/CD
6 22 (18.97%) Zero Trust
7 18 (15.52%) Agile
7 18 (15.52%) Infrastructure as Code
8 17 (14.66%) Microservices
9 15 (12.93%) Task Automation
10 14 (12.07%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (12.07%) High Availability
10 14 (12.07%) Identity Management
11 13 (11.21%) DevSecOps
12 12 (10.34%) API Integration
12 12 (10.34%) Roadmaps
13 11 (9.48%) AI
13 11 (9.48%) Containerisation
14 10 (8.62%) Kalman Filter
14 10 (8.62%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 27 (23.28%) PowerShell
2 17 (14.66%) Python
3 12 (10.34%) Java
4 11 (9.48%) JavaScript
5 9 (7.76%) SQL
6 8 (6.90%) TypeScript
7 5 (4.31%) Bash
8 3 (2.59%) Groovy
8 3 (2.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.72%) Objective-C
9 2 (1.72%) Swift
10 1 (0.86%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.86%) C#
10 1 (0.86%) Korn
Qualifications
1 45 (38.79%) Security Cleared
2 42 (36.21%) SC Cleared
3 17 (14.66%) CISSP
4 8 (6.90%) CISM
5 4 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.72%) CCSP
7 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.72%) Degree
7 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.72%) PMP
7 2 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.86%) CCNA
8 1 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (22.41%) GDPR
2 17 (14.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 12 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (4.31%) NCSC
5 4 (3.45%) HIPAA
6 3 (2.59%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (2.59%) NIST
6 3 (2.59%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.59%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.72%) PSD2
8 1 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.86%) PMO
8 1 (0.86%) QA
8 1 (0.86%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (39.66%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.07%) Docker
3 9 (7.76%) Squid
4 2 (1.72%) OpenAM
4 2 (1.72%) OpenDJ
4 2 (1.72%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 24 (20.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 18 (15.52%) Kubernetes
2 18 (15.52%) Terraform
3 9 (7.76%) FortiGate
3 9 (7.76%) Grafana
3 9 (7.76%) Prometheus
4 7 (6.03%) Consul
5 2 (1.72%) Ansible
5 2 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 29 (25.00%) Okta
3 13 (11.21%) CyberArk
4 10 (8.62%) Red Hat
4 10 (8.62%) Zscaler
5 9 (7.76%) Google
6 8 (6.90%) Atlassian
6 8 (6.90%) Dynatrace
6 8 (6.90%) ForgeRock
7 4 (3.45%) Pega
7 4 (3.45%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.59%) Apple
8 3 (2.59%) Netskope
8 3 (2.59%) Oracle
8 3 (2.59%) Ping Identity
8 3 (2.59%) SAP
8 3 (2.59%) Splunk
9 2 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.72%) Optimizely
9 2 (1.72%) Palo Alto