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 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 274 351
Rank change year-on-year +3 +77 +60
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 82 119 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.61% 0.56% 0.39%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.98% 4.96% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 95 62
10th Percentile £376 £350 £316
25th Percentile £405 £413 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +9.24%
75th Percentile £629 £622 £650
90th Percentile £675 £648 £702
UK median daily rate £550 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £96.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £25.00 -

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 2,058 2,401 3,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.22% 11.24% 14.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,406 1,754 2,372
10th Percentile £235 £217 £295
25th Percentile £380 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £623
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -0.49% -6.36% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 61 112
10th Percentile £19.97 £14.00 £16.28
25th Percentile £21.39 £17.72 £21.26
Median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £44.88
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -10.86% +124.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £48.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £83.27 £74.44 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £32.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +17.19% -44.35% +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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +33 40 £469 -5.68% 46
North West +6 20 £450 -19.64% 28
Midlands -14 19 £500 -19.35% 47
Yorkshire +15 18 £472 +21.81% 15
West Midlands 0 14 £550 -4.35% 25
South East +41 12 £650 +30.00% 78
South West +29 9 £500 +13.84% 18
Scotland +5 6 £525 -30.00% 15
East Midlands -3 5 £402 -35.16% 22
North East - 2 £600 - 3
East of England +22 1 £675 +22.73% 25
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 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.32%) Confluence
3 5 (6.10%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.44%) Camunda
5 1 (1.22%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.22%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (4.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 47 (57.32%) Azure
2 40 (48.78%) Entra ID
3 22 (26.83%) AWS
4 19 (23.17%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (15.85%) SaaS
6 11 (13.41%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (10.98%) GCP
8 7 (8.54%) Azure AKS
8 7 (8.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 6 (7.32%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (4.88%) Lucidchart
10 4 (4.88%) Power Platform
11 3 (3.66%) Azure API Management
11 3 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (3.66%) Google Workspace
12 2 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (1.22%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.32%) Kerberos
2 4 (4.88%) VPN
3 3 (3.66%) HTTPS
4 2 (2.44%) Firewall
5 1 (1.22%) DKIM
5 1 (1.22%) DMARC
5 1 (1.22%) DNS
5 1 (1.22%) Network Security
5 1 (1.22%) NGFW
5 1 (1.22%) SSL
5 1 (1.22%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (4.88%) Power BI
2 3 (3.66%) Oracle Database
2 3 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.66%) SSDT
3 1 (1.22%) Big Data
3 1 (1.22%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.22%) Metadata
3 1 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (7.32%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) Artifactory
2 2 (2.44%) Bitbucket
2 2 (2.44%) Bitbucket Server
2 2 (2.44%) Git
2 2 (2.44%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.22%) Log4j
3 1 (1.22%) MSI
General
1 39 (47.56%) Social Skills
2 16 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.98%) Finance
4 6 (7.32%) Banking
4 6 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (17.07%) Architect
2 10 (12.20%) Analyst
3 9 (10.98%) Business Analyst
4 7 (8.54%) Consultant
4 7 (8.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (8.54%) Security Architect
5 6 (7.32%) Lead
6 5 (6.10%) Administrator
7 4 (4.88%) Product Owner
7 4 (4.88%) ServiceNow Administrator
7 4 (4.88%) Software Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Support Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) ForgeRock Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.44%) Developer
9 2 (2.44%) Security Consultant
9 2 (2.44%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (30.49%) OAuth
2 22 (26.83%) LDAP
3 18 (21.95%) OpenID
4 17 (20.73%) SAML
5 9 (10.98%) OAuth2
6 7 (8.54%) AngularJS
6 7 (8.54%) CSS
6 7 (8.54%) HTML
6 7 (8.54%) SOAP
6 7 (8.54%) Web Services
7 6 (7.32%) JSON
8 4 (4.88%) Ajax
8 4 (4.88%) JDBC
8 4 (4.88%) REST
9 3 (3.66%) Apache Axis
9 3 (3.66%) FIDO
9 3 (3.66%) SailPoint
9 3 (3.66%) YAML
10 2 (2.44%) RESTful
10 2 (2.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.07%) Onboarding
2 8 (9.76%) Cloud Native
3 7 (8.54%) PKI
4 5 (6.10%) Data Centre
4 5 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.88%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.88%) Security Posture
5 4 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.66%) Taxonomies
6 3 (3.66%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.44%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.22%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.22%) CCTV
8 1 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.22%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.95%) Windows
2 9 (10.98%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.10%) Linux
4 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.66%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.22%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (39.02%) RBAC
2 30 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (32.93%) Agile
3 27 (32.93%) Identity Access Management
4 24 (29.27%) Identity Management
5 17 (20.73%) Privileged Access Management
6 16 (19.51%) ITIL
7 15 (18.29%) Migration
7 15 (18.29%) Scrum
8 14 (17.07%) DevOps
8 14 (17.07%) ITSM
9 13 (15.85%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 11 (13.41%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 9 (10.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (9.76%) GAP Analysis
12 8 (9.76%) Zero Trust
13 7 (8.54%) Privileged Identity Management
13 7 (8.54%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.29%) Java
2 14 (17.07%) PowerShell
3 10 (12.20%) JavaScript
4 6 (7.32%) SQL
5 4 (4.88%) Python
6 3 (3.66%) C#
6 3 (3.66%) Ruby
7 2 (2.44%) Groovy
8 1 (1.22%) Apex Code
8 1 (1.22%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (23.17%) Security Cleared
2 16 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.10%) CISSP
3 5 (6.10%) Degree
4 4 (4.88%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.88%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.22%) CISM
6 1 (1.22%) IBM Certification
6 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (8.54%) NIST
3 3 (3.66%) NIST 800
4 2 (2.44%) GDPR
4 2 (2.44%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.44%) SLA
5 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.22%) NCSC
5 1 (1.22%) PMO
5 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 41 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.66%) BitLocker
3 2 (2.44%) Docker
3 2 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (14.63%) Kubernetes
2 11 (13.41%) Terraform
3 10 (12.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.44%) Ansible
5 1 (1.22%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.22%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 25 (30.49%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.07%) CyberArk
3 10 (12.20%) ServiceNow
4 7 (8.54%) Alibaba
4 7 (8.54%) ForgeRock
5 4 (4.88%) Ping Identity
5 4 (4.88%) Zscaler
6 3 (3.66%) CheckPoint
6 3 (3.66%) Citrix
6 3 (3.66%) Google
6 3 (3.66%) Oracle
6 3 (3.66%) UiPath
6 3 (3.66%) VMware
7 2 (2.44%) Okta
7 2 (2.44%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.44%) Splunk
8 1 (1.22%) Centrify
8 1 (1.22%) Databricks
8 1 (1.22%) Thycotic
8 1 (1.22%) Veeam