Single Sign-On Contracts in the UK excluding London

Single Sign-On (SSO)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Single Sign-On skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Single Sign-On over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 284 355
Rank change year-on-year +21 +71 +67
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 73 116 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.56% 0.45%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.87% 4.93% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 90 71
10th Percentile £338 £350 £375
25th Percentile £450 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £482 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.92% -8.19% -
75th Percentile £638 £622 £623
90th Percentile £675 £638 £700
UK median daily rate £568 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +8.19% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £98.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £28.25 -

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,884 2,353 3,632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.76% 11.33% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,320 1,702 2,664
10th Percentile £235 £210 £275
25th Percentile £391 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £620
90th Percentile £657 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 79 139
10th Percentile £14.86 £14.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.59 £17.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.34 £38.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.18% -12.00% +118.75%
75th Percentile £43.69 £51.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.35 £70.25 £75.10
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

Single Sign-On
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Single Sign-On as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Single Sign-On in the UK excluding London

Single Sign-On
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Single Sign-On in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Single Sign-On in the UK excluding London

Single Sign-On
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Single Sign-On in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Single Sign-On in the UK excluding London

Single Sign-On
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Single Sign-On in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Single Sign-On in the UK excluding London

Single Sign-On
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +31 38 £484 -2.22% 13
North West +26 26 £463 -6.99% 10
Midlands -1 14 £588 -5.24% 12
West Midlands +6 13 £588 -2.08% 5
South East +43 11 £640 +43.02% 25
South West +33 10 £438 -0.39% 8
Yorkshire +10 10 £535 +12.53% 2
Scotland +13 5 £825 +10.00% 5
East of England +31 4 £438 -20.45% 9
North East +1 2 £600 - 1
East Midlands -5 1 - - 6
Single Sign-On
UK

Single Sign-On
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (19.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (15.07%) SharePoint
3 8 (10.96%) Confluence
4 2 (2.74%) Camunda
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (5.48%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 43 (58.90%) Azure
2 39 (53.42%) Entra ID
3 17 (23.29%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (12.33%) AWS
4 9 (12.33%) SaaS
5 6 (8.22%) Power Platform
6 4 (5.48%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (5.48%) Google Workspace
6 4 (5.48%) Lucidchart
6 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (5.48%) OneDrive
7 3 (4.11%) Azure API Management
7 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.74%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.37%) Apigee
9 1 (1.37%) Azure App Service
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.37%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.22%) Kerberos
2 5 (6.85%) VPN
3 3 (4.11%) HTTPS
4 2 (2.74%) Firewall
5 1 (1.37%) DNS
5 1 (1.37%) Network Security
5 1 (1.37%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) Oracle Database
1 4 (5.48%) Power BI
2 3 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.11%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 8 (10.96%) JIRA
2 3 (4.11%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (2.74%) Artifactory
3 2 (2.74%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.74%) Bitbucket Server
3 2 (2.74%) Git
4 1 (1.37%) MSI
General
1 27 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.81%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.96%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.22%) Finance
5 4 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.74%) Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Military
7 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (19.18%) Architect
2 8 (10.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (9.59%) Analyst
3 7 (9.59%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 7 (9.59%) Security Architect
4 6 (8.22%) Consultant
4 6 (8.22%) Lead
5 5 (6.85%) Senior
5 5 (6.85%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) Administrator
6 4 (5.48%) Developer
6 4 (5.48%) IAM Consultant
6 4 (5.48%) ServiceNow Administrator
6 4 (5.48%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Business Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) ForgeRock Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) Security Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Software Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (23.29%) OAuth
2 16 (21.92%) LDAP
3 12 (16.44%) OpenID
3 12 (16.44%) SAML
4 6 (8.22%) Ajax
4 6 (8.22%) SOAP
4 6 (8.22%) Web Services
5 4 (5.48%) AngularJS
5 4 (5.48%) CSS
5 4 (5.48%) HTML
5 4 (5.48%) OAuth2
6 3 (4.11%) Apache Axis
6 3 (4.11%) JDBC
6 3 (4.11%) REST
6 3 (4.11%) RESTful
6 3 (4.11%) YAML
7 2 (2.74%) SailPoint
7 2 (2.74%) Spring
7 2 (2.74%) Spring Boot
8 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.92%) Onboarding
2 6 (8.22%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.85%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (6.85%) PKI
3 5 (6.85%) Security Posture
3 5 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (4.11%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.74%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.74%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.37%) CCTV
6 1 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (26.03%) Windows
2 9 (12.33%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.85%) Linux
4 4 (5.48%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.37%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (42.47%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (35.62%) RBAC
3 20 (27.40%) Agile
3 20 (27.40%) Identity Access Management
4 16 (21.92%) Privileged Access Management
5 15 (20.55%) Identity Management
5 15 (20.55%) ITIL
5 15 (20.55%) Migration
6 14 (19.18%) ITSM
7 10 (13.70%) DevOps
7 10 (13.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 9 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (10.96%) Scrum
9 8 (10.96%) Zero Trust
10 7 (9.59%) Cloud Security
11 6 (8.22%) CI/CD
11 6 (8.22%) Data Security
11 6 (8.22%) Mentoring
11 6 (8.22%) SIEM
12 5 (6.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.29%) PowerShell
2 9 (12.33%) Java
2 9 (12.33%) JavaScript
2 9 (12.33%) SQL
3 4 (5.48%) Python
4 3 (4.11%) C#
4 3 (4.11%) Ruby
5 1 (1.37%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.37%) Bash
Qualifications
1 26 (35.62%) Security Cleared
2 23 (31.51%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.22%) CISSP
4 4 (5.48%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (4.11%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.74%) CISM
7 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.37%) Degree
7 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.48%) NIST
3 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.74%) GDPR
3 2 (2.74%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.37%) NCSC
4 1 (1.37%) PMO
4 1 (1.37%) QA
4 1 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (57.53%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.48%) BitLocker
3 2 (2.74%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.74%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.37%) Docker
4 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (16.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.11%) Terraform
3 2 (2.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.74%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.37%) Istio
4 1 (1.37%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.37%) vRealize
Vendors
1 29 (39.73%) Microsoft
2 14 (19.18%) CyberArk
3 11 (15.07%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.85%) Zscaler
5 4 (5.48%) CheckPoint
5 4 (5.48%) Citrix
5 4 (5.48%) Google
5 4 (5.48%) Oracle
5 4 (5.48%) Ping Identity
6 3 (4.11%) ForgeRock
6 3 (4.11%) UiPath
7 2 (2.74%) Okta
7 2 (2.74%) Varonis
7 2 (2.74%) VMware
8 1 (1.37%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.37%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.37%) Splunk
8 1 (1.37%) Thycotic
8 1 (1.37%) Veeam