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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 289 278
Rank change year-on-year +14 -11 +108
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 102 67 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 0.48% 0.62%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.60% 3.29% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 49 86
10th Percentile £413 £408 £381
25th Percentile £452 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £579
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.71% -1.61%
75th Percentile £609 £700 £686
90th Percentile £625 £789 £828
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 £56.50 - £100.00
% change year-on-year - - +55.04%

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 2,219 2,039 2,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.53% 14.69% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,518 1,336 1,806
10th Percentile £350 £360 £325
25th Percentile £429 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £556
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +1.57% -11.00%
75th Percentile £638 £676 £675
90th Percentile £723 £789 £750
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 29
10th Percentile £20.82 £22.30 £16.86
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.80 £25.71
Median hourly rate £52.50 £43.25 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year +21.39% +13.35% +50.48%
75th Percentile £63.32 £72.13 £62.50
90th Percentile - £106.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £50.61 £26.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +90.98% -42.62% +21.53%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 -3 11 £525 -12.50% 8
South London - 6 £527 - 4
West London - 1 £425 -
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 4 (3.92%) Confluence
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.96%) ArcGIS
3 2 (1.96%) CMS
4 1 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.98%) Apache
4 1 (0.98%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.98%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 60 (58.82%) Azure
2 52 (50.98%) Entra ID
3 26 (25.49%) AWS
4 12 (11.76%) SaaS
5 10 (9.80%) GCP
6 8 (7.84%) PaaS
7 6 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
8 5 (4.90%) Amazon S3
8 5 (4.90%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (4.90%) Azure Service Fabric
8 5 (4.90%) Serverless
9 4 (3.92%) GitHub
10 3 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.94%) CloudFront
10 3 (2.94%) Figma
10 3 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.94%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (16.67%) DNS
2 12 (11.76%) DHCP
3 11 (10.78%) Kerberos
3 11 (10.78%) VPN
4 8 (7.84%) SSL
5 6 (5.88%) Firewall
5 6 (5.88%) Network Security
6 4 (3.92%) TCP/IP
6 4 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.94%) BGP
7 3 (2.94%) HTTPS
7 3 (2.94%) LAN
7 3 (2.94%) OSPF
7 3 (2.94%) Wireshark
8 2 (1.96%) Internet
8 2 (1.96%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (1.96%) RFID
8 2 (1.96%) S/MIME
8 2 (1.96%) VLAN
9 1 (0.98%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.94%) CockroachDB
1 3 (2.94%) Pinecone
1 3 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.96%) GIS
2 2 (1.96%) SQLite
3 1 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.98%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.98%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.98%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.98%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (6.86%) Git
2 6 (5.88%) JIRA
3 5 (4.90%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.96%) CocoaPods
4 2 (1.96%) Crashlytics
4 2 (1.96%) fastlane
4 2 (1.96%) GitLab
4 2 (1.96%) Xcode
5 1 (0.98%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.98%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.98%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.98%) Gatling
5 1 (0.98%) gulp
5 1 (0.98%) JMeter
5 1 (0.98%) JUnit
5 1 (0.98%) Maven
5 1 (0.98%) Postman
5 1 (0.98%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.98%) Selenium
5 1 (0.98%) webpack
General
1 25 (24.51%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.73%) Finance
3 8 (7.84%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.88%) Banking
5 3 (2.94%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.96%) Electronics
6 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.96%) Marketing
7 1 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.98%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (14.71%) Developer
1 15 (14.71%) Senior
2 14 (13.73%) Architect
3 8 (7.84%) DevOps Engineer
3 8 (7.84%) Senior Developer
4 7 (6.86%) Analyst
5 5 (4.90%) Security Engineer
6 4 (3.92%) Administrator
6 4 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (2.94%) ForgeRock Developer
7 3 (2.94%) Network Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Pega Developer
7 3 (2.94%) Technical Architect
8 2 (1.96%) Business Analyst
8 2 (1.96%) Citrix Engineer
8 2 (1.96%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (42.16%) OAuth
2 42 (41.18%) SAML
3 25 (24.51%) OpenID
4 22 (21.57%) LDAP
5 15 (14.71%) SailPoint
6 13 (12.75%) OAuth2
7 8 (7.84%) REST
8 7 (6.86%) AngularJS
9 6 (5.88%) HTML
9 6 (5.88%) React
9 6 (5.88%) SOAP
10 5 (4.90%) ARM Templates
10 5 (4.90%) CSS
10 5 (4.90%) Entity Framework
10 5 (4.90%) JDBC
10 5 (4.90%) YAML
11 4 (3.92%) JSON
11 4 (3.92%) Vue
12 3 (2.94%) HTML5
12 3 (2.94%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.69%) Onboarding
2 11 (10.78%) Replication
3 6 (5.88%) PKI
4 4 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.92%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.94%) Taxonomies
6 2 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.96%) Animation
6 2 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.96%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.96%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.98%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.98%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.98%) Life Science
7 1 (0.98%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.75%) Windows
2 11 (10.78%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.90%) Linux
4 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.96%) Unix
5 1 (0.98%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.98%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.98%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (39.22%) Identity Access Management
2 32 (31.37%) RBAC
3 25 (24.51%) CI/CD
3 25 (24.51%) Zero Trust
4 19 (18.63%) DevOps
5 18 (17.65%) Agile
5 18 (17.65%) Identity Management
6 15 (14.71%) Microservices
7 14 (13.73%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (12.75%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 12 (11.76%) API Integration
10 11 (10.78%) Architectural Design
10 11 (10.78%) DevSecOps
10 11 (10.78%) High Availability
10 11 (10.78%) Task Automation
11 10 (9.80%) Analytics
11 10 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (8.82%) Kalman Filter
13 8 (7.84%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 27 (26.47%) PowerShell
2 18 (17.65%) Python
3 13 (12.75%) JavaScript
4 11 (10.78%) Java
5 8 (7.84%) SQL
6 4 (3.92%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.94%) Bash
8 2 (1.96%) BeanShell
8 2 (1.96%) Groovy
8 2 (1.96%) Objective-C
8 2 (1.96%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.96%) Swift
9 1 (0.98%) Bicep
9 1 (0.98%) C#
9 1 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 36 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 33 (32.35%) SC Cleared
3 13 (12.75%) CISSP
4 7 (6.86%) Azure Certification
4 7 (6.86%) CISM
5 3 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.94%) Degree
5 3 (2.94%) MCP
6 2 (1.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.96%) CCSP
6 2 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.96%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.98%) CCNA
7 1 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (25.49%) GDPR
2 14 (13.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 12 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (5.88%) Accessibility
5 5 (4.90%) HIPAA
5 5 (4.90%) NCSC
5 5 (4.90%) NIST
5 5 (4.90%) SOC 2
6 3 (2.94%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.96%) PSD2
7 2 (1.96%) WCAG
8 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.98%) QA
System Software
1 44 (43.14%) Active Directory
2 12 (11.76%) Docker
3 2 (1.96%) OpenAM
3 2 (1.96%) OpenDJ
3 2 (1.96%) OpenIDM
4 1 (0.98%) Squid
Systems Management
1 19 (18.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 12 (11.76%) Terraform
3 9 (8.82%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.98%) Ansible
5 1 (0.98%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.98%) Grafana
5 1 (0.98%) Kibana
5 1 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.98%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (42.16%) Microsoft
2 27 (26.47%) Okta
3 12 (11.76%) CyberArk
4 8 (7.84%) Google
5 7 (6.86%) ForgeRock
5 7 (6.86%) ServiceNow
6 6 (5.88%) Zscaler
7 5 (4.90%) Splunk
8 4 (3.92%) Salesforce
8 4 (3.92%) SAP
9 3 (2.94%) Apple
9 3 (2.94%) Pega
9 3 (2.94%) Ping Identity
10 2 (1.96%) Adobe
10 2 (1.96%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (1.96%) Confluent
10 2 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (1.96%) HP
10 2 (1.96%) Optimizely
10 2 (1.96%) Thycotic