Single Sign-On (SSO)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Single Sign-On skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 327 | 336 | 342 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | +6 | +79 |
| Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On | 321 | 190 | 253 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.74% | 0.65% | 0.57% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 5.03% | 4.02% | 4.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 224 | 127 | 177 |
| 10th Percentile | £354 | £400 | £335 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £475 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £580 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.48% | +16.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £675 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £780 | £715 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £561 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.46% | +24.72% | -5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £51.70 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £55.75 | - | £25.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.75 | - | £28.25 |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | - | £49.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £92.50 | - | £79.83 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £57.25 | - | £100.00 |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 6,386 | 4,726 | 5,257 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.68% | 16.15% | 11.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,419 | 3,167 | 3,777 |
| 10th Percentile | £315 | £313 | £259 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £419 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +0.96% | -9.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £630 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £738 | £706 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £492 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.60% | +1.01% | -5.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 141 | 51 | 141 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.00 | £18.13 | £14.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.21 | £22.50 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £25.50 | £32.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +115.69% | -21.54% | -37.66% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £59.38 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £78.70 | £72.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | £24.18 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +127.46% | -39.55% | -8.57% |
Single Sign-On
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Single Sign-On relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Single Sign-On.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Single Sign-On over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Single Sign-On.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Single Sign-On over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.
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Top 16 Contract Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 20 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 |
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| England | +11 | 276 | £525 | -9.72% | 76 |
| UK excluding London | +2 | 165 | £525 | -6.46% | 53 |
| London | -9 | 108 | £541 | -9.85% | 35 |
| Work from Home | -21 | 92 | £600 | +8.89% | 52 |
| North of England | -52 | 57 | £522 | +7.69% | 11 |
| South West | +13 | 48 | £525 | +23.53% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | -30 | 39 | £525 | -1.78% | 2 |
| South East | -36 | 36 | £525 | -25.00% | 20 |
| Midlands | -55 | 22 | £450 | -23.40% | 6 |
| North West | -40 | 18 | £400 | -11.11% | 7 |
| West Midlands | -64 | 12 | £340 | -42.13% | 2 |
| East Midlands | -27 | 10 | £638 | - | 4 |
| Scotland | +7 | 5 | £675 | -18.18% | 2 |
| East of England | -23 | 2 | £563 | +28.57% | 8 |
| Wales | -10 | 1 | £550 | +10.00% | 1 |
| North East | -15 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Single Sign-On
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:
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