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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 275 301
Rank change year-on-year -54 +26 -7
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 120 100 90
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.59% 0.74% 0.55%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.31% 5.62% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 60 61
10th Percentile £254 £398 £290
25th Percentile £463 £422 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £537 £590
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -8.98% +2.61%
75th Percentile £625 £602 £695
90th Percentile £695 £682 £700
England median daily rate £525 £509 £600
% change year-on-year +3.09% -15.13% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73.75 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £47.50 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +63.16% +96.44% -
75th Percentile £81.25 £51.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £47.50 £60.09
% change year-on-year +57.89% -20.95% -

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 2,259 1,778 2,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.11% 13.18% 12.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,508 1,156 1,380
10th Percentile £315 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £763
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 23
10th Percentile £25.39 £24.00 £21.16
25th Percentile £35.00 £26.34 £23.80
Median hourly rate £58.50 £33.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.33% +25.00% -55.00%
75th Percentile £81.25 £59.81 £63.50
90th Percentile - £64.41 £71.25
England median hourly rate £67.00 £39.00 £39.25
% change year-on-year +71.79% -0.64% -25.24%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -7 21 £613 +8.89% 17
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 17 (14.17%) SharePoint
2 13 (10.83%) Confluence
3 10 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (4.17%) nginx
5 1 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.67%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.67%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 56 (46.67%) Azure
2 50 (41.67%) Entra ID
3 32 (26.67%) AWS
4 24 (20.00%) GCP
5 23 (19.17%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (10.83%) SaaS
7 10 (8.33%) GitHub
8 9 (7.50%) Google Workspace
9 6 (5.00%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (5.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (4.17%) Serverless
11 4 (3.33%) Google Drive
11 4 (3.33%) OCI
11 4 (3.33%) OneDrive
12 3 (2.50%) Anthropic Claude
12 3 (2.50%) Asana
12 3 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (2.50%) PaaS
12 3 (2.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 32 (26.67%) DNS
2 13 (10.83%) TCP/IP
3 10 (8.33%) DHCP
3 10 (8.33%) Firewall
4 8 (6.67%) VPN
5 7 (5.83%) SSL
6 6 (5.00%) DKIM
6 6 (5.00%) DMARC
6 6 (5.00%) Kerberos
6 6 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (4.17%) Network Security
7 5 (4.17%) OpenVPN
7 5 (4.17%) SSH
8 3 (2.50%) FTP
8 3 (2.50%) HTTPS
8 3 (2.50%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.50%) WAN
9 2 (1.67%) HTTP
9 2 (1.67%) IPsec
9 2 (1.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.83%) Metadata
2 3 (2.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 3 (2.50%) Power BI
2 3 (2.50%) Tableau
3 2 (1.67%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.83%) Db2
4 1 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.83%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.83%) MySQL
4 1 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.83%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.83%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (19.17%) JIRA
2 10 (8.33%) Git
3 3 (2.50%) GitLab
3 3 (2.50%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.67%) Burp Suite
4 2 (1.67%) Postman
4 2 (1.67%) Snyk
4 2 (1.67%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.83%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.83%) CircleCI
General
1 26 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.33%) Finance
3 12 (10.00%) Banking
4 9 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.00%) Retail
7 5 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.50%) Legal
10 2 (1.67%) Marketing
10 2 (1.67%) Military
11 1 (0.83%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.83%) Local Government
11 1 (0.83%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (17.50%) Architect
2 9 (7.50%) Consultant
3 8 (6.67%) Active Directory Engineer
3 8 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
3 8 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (5.83%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 7 (5.83%) Security Engineer
5 6 (5.00%) Administrator
5 6 (5.00%) Analyst
5 6 (5.00%) Applications Engineer
5 6 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (4.17%) Application Integration Engineer
6 5 (4.17%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 5 (4.17%) Integration Engineer
7 4 (3.33%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (3.33%) IAM Consultant
7 4 (3.33%) IT Engineer
7 4 (3.33%) Salesforce Architect
7 4 (3.33%) Security Architect
8 3 (2.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (25.83%) SAML
2 26 (21.67%) OAuth
2 26 (21.67%) OpenID
3 15 (12.50%) REST
4 14 (11.67%) Terraform
5 12 (10.00%) LDAP
6 11 (9.17%) OAuth2
7 6 (5.00%) SOAP
8 5 (4.17%) Middleware
9 4 (3.33%) boto
9 4 (3.33%) OpenTofu
10 3 (2.50%) GraphQL
10 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (1.67%) AngularJS
11 2 (1.67%) Jakarta EE
11 2 (1.67%) JWT
11 2 (1.67%) Kafka
11 2 (1.67%) SailPoint
11 2 (1.67%) SAP Fiori
11 2 (1.67%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 14 (11.67%) Cloud Native
2 14 (11.67%) PKI
3 8 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (5.00%) Enterprise Cloud
4 6 (5.00%) Security Posture
5 5 (4.17%) Clustering
5 5 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.33%) Cloud Security Posture
6 4 (3.33%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (3.33%) Mobile App
6 4 (3.33%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.33%) Replication
7 3 (2.50%) Client/Server
7 3 (2.50%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (1.67%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.67%) Life Science
8 2 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.00%) Windows
2 8 (6.67%) Linux
2 8 (6.67%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.33%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.50%) Unix
5 2 (1.67%) Android
6 1 (0.83%) VMS
6 1 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (25.83%) Identity Access Management
2 29 (24.17%) DevOps
3 24 (20.00%) Migration
4 21 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 19 (15.83%) Agile
6 19 (15.83%) Zero Trust
7 17 (14.17%) Change Management
7 17 (14.17%) Cloud Security
8 16 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
9 15 (12.50%) RBAC
9 15 (12.50%) Roadmaps
10 14 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (10.83%) Runbook
11 13 (10.83%) User Experience
11 13 (10.83%) Validation
12 12 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
12 12 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.17%) PowerShell
2 12 (10.00%) Python
3 11 (9.17%) Java
4 7 (5.83%) SQL
5 4 (3.33%) Bash
6 3 (2.50%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.83%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.83%) Bicep
7 1 (0.83%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.83%) R
7 1 (0.83%) Swift
7 1 (0.83%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (14.17%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.00%) CISSP
4 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.33%) Degree
6 3 (2.50%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.67%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.67%) CISM
7 2 (1.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.67%) GIAC
7 2 (1.67%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.67%) PMP
7 2 (1.67%) SAFe Agilist
8 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.83%) CCSP
8 1 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.83%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.67%) GDPR
2 12 (10.00%) NIST
3 11 (9.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (4.17%) QA
6 3 (2.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (2.50%) NIST 800
6 3 (2.50%) SLA
7 2 (1.67%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (1.67%) GRC
7 2 (1.67%) ITGC
7 2 (1.67%) NCSC
7 2 (1.67%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.83%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.83%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.83%) PMO
8 1 (0.83%) PSD2
System Software
1 49 (40.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.50%) Docker
3 2 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.83%) Firmware
4 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.83%) Squid
4 1 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.50%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.17%) PingFederate
4 4 (3.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (3.33%) Ansible
4 4 (3.33%) CA Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.33%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.50%) SELinux
6 2 (1.67%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.83%) CASB
7 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.83%) Grafana
7 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.83%) SCCM
Vendors
1 54 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 19 (15.83%) Okta
4 14 (11.67%) Google
5 8 (6.67%) CyberArk
6 7 (5.83%) Oracle
6 7 (5.83%) Ping Identity
7 6 (5.00%) Salesforce
8 5 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (4.17%) Red Hat
9 3 (2.50%) ForgeRock
9 3 (2.50%) MuleSoft
9 3 (2.50%) Workday
10 2 (1.67%) Adobe
10 2 (1.67%) Apple
10 2 (1.67%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.67%) IBM
10 2 (1.67%) SAP
10 2 (1.67%) Veracode
10 2 (1.67%) Zscaler