Single Sign-On Contract Job Trends

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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 337 344
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +74
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 308 193 246
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.66% 0.56%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.75% 4.20% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 127 169
10th Percentile £335 £400 £350
25th Percentile £447 £481 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £568 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.57% +8.19% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £644 £638
90th Percentile £693 £750 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £518 £525 £482
% change year-on-year -1.43% +8.92% -8.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 6
10th Percentile £51.25 - £24.59
25th Percentile £55.75 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £28.25
75th Percentile £68.75 - £83.19
90th Percentile £92.50 - £102.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.25 - £98.00

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 6,482 4,596 5,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.72% 15.71% 11.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,464 3,149 3,667
10th Percentile £325 £313 £258
25th Percentile £413 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.90% -8.41%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 52 127
10th Percentile £20.09 £13.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £19.51 £17.77
Median hourly rate £56.50 £26.45 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.61% -11.83% -47.83%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £77.00 £69.88 £70.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £25.34 £38.50
% change year-on-year +117.05% -34.18% -12.00%

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.

Single Sign-On job vacancy trend in the UK

Single Sign-On
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Single Sign-On.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Single Sign-On

Single Sign-On
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Single Sign-On over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Single Sign-On.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Single Sign-On

Single Sign-On
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Single Sign-On over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
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 1 May 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
England -6 261 £525 -7.89% 74
UK excluding London -13 159 £518 -1.43% 44
London -17 108 £525 -10.26% 46
Work from Home -32 89 £600 +9.09% 35
North of England -45 59 £525 +8.58% 7
Yorkshire -23 39 £538 +0.56% 3
South East -29 38 £500 -21.88% 17
Midlands -62 28 £450 -23.40% 1
South West -13 27 £525 +20.00% 5
North West -48 19 £425 -8.11% 4
West Midlands -60 15 £370 -37.02% 1
East Midlands -19 12 £594 -
Scotland +1 10 £449 -45.64% 6
North East -19 2 £413 -31.25%
East of England -29 2 £563 +28.57% 11
Wales - 1 £550 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.17%) Confluence
3 16 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.92%) nginx
5 3 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.97%) IIS
6 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.65%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.32%) JBoss
7 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 8 (2.60%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.97%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 31 (10.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.65%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 153 (49.68%) Azure
2 152 (49.35%) Entra ID
3 66 (21.43%) AWS
4 47 (15.26%) SaaS
5 45 (14.61%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (9.42%) Serverless
7 25 (8.12%) GCP
8 20 (6.49%) PaaS
9 18 (5.84%) Amazon S3
9 18 (5.84%) GitHub
10 15 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (4.55%) Google Workspace
12 13 (4.22%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (3.90%) Amazon EKS
13 12 (3.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 11 (3.57%) IaaS
15 10 (3.25%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (3.25%) OneDrive
16 9 (2.92%) OpenShift
16 9 (2.92%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 77 (25.00%) DNS
2 36 (11.69%) Firewall
2 36 (11.69%) VPN
3 33 (10.71%) DHCP
4 29 (9.42%) Kerberos
5 26 (8.44%) SSL
6 23 (7.47%) TCP/IP
7 17 (5.52%) HTTP
8 16 (5.19%) IPsec
9 15 (4.87%) Network Security
10 14 (4.55%) LAN
11 13 (4.22%) BIG-IP
11 13 (4.22%) HTTPS
11 13 (4.22%) WAN
12 10 (3.25%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (3.25%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (3.25%) Wireless
13 9 (2.92%) OpenVPN
13 9 (2.92%) Wireshark
14 8 (2.60%) Ethereal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.27%) DynamoDB
3 6 (1.95%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.62%) Metadata
5 4 (1.30%) MySQL
5 4 (1.30%) Power BI
6 3 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.97%) CockroachDB
6 3 (0.97%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.97%) Pinecone
7 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.65%) GIS
7 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.32%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 37 (12.01%) JIRA
2 9 (2.92%) Browser DevTools
3 7 (2.27%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.27%) Git
3 7 (2.27%) GitLab
3 7 (2.27%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.62%) Postman
5 4 (1.30%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.97%) MSI
7 2 (0.65%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.65%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.65%) JUnit
7 2 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.32%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.32%) Gatling
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.32%) ScriptRunner
General
1 74 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.36%) Finance
2 35 (11.36%) Public Sector
3 34 (11.04%) Documentation Skills
4 29 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.19%) Publishing
6 10 (3.25%) Banking
7 8 (2.60%) Retail
8 7 (2.27%) Legal
9 3 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.97%) Military
10 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.32%) Aviation
11 1 (0.32%) Front Office
11 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (16.56%) Architect
2 30 (9.74%) Senior
3 25 (8.12%) Lead
4 24 (7.79%) Administrator
5 18 (5.84%) Developer
5 18 (5.84%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (4.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (4.22%) Support Engineer
7 13 (4.22%) Technical Architect
8 12 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (3.90%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (3.57%) Network Engineer
10 10 (3.25%) Consultant
11 9 (2.92%) Analyst
11 9 (2.92%) Security Engineer
12 8 (2.60%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (2.60%) IAM Project Manager
12 8 (2.60%) Senior Architect
12 8 (2.60%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (29.87%) SAML
2 89 (28.90%) OAuth
3 65 (21.10%) LDAP
4 64 (20.78%) OpenID
5 36 (11.69%) OAuth2
6 20 (6.49%) SailPoint
6 20 (6.49%) SAP Basis
7 19 (6.17%) REST
8 10 (3.25%) React
8 10 (3.25%) Web Services
9 8 (2.60%) ARM Templates
9 8 (2.60%) Entity Framework
10 7 (2.27%) CSS
10 7 (2.27%) Model Context Protocol
11 6 (1.95%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.95%) Express.js
11 6 (1.95%) HTML
11 6 (1.95%) Node.js
11 6 (1.95%) YAML
12 5 (1.62%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (17.21%) Onboarding
2 20 (6.49%) PKI
2 20 (6.49%) Replication
2 20 (6.49%) Taxonomies
3 14 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.57%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.92%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.60%) Mobile App
6 8 (2.60%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.60%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.95%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.62%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.30%) Clustering
9 4 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.30%) Freedom of Information
9 4 (1.30%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.97%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 64 (20.78%) Windows
2 35 (11.36%) Windows Server
3 21 (6.82%) Linux
4 8 (2.60%) Unix
5 6 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.62%) CatOS
6 5 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.30%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.32%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
2 74 (24.03%) RBAC
3 73 (23.70%) DevOps
4 56 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 56 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 49 (15.91%) CI/CD
6 42 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (13.31%) Agile
8 40 (12.99%) Infrastructure as Code
9 39 (12.66%) Zero Trust
10 37 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (10.06%) Validation
12 30 (9.74%) High Availability
13 28 (9.09%) Identity Management
14 27 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (8.77%) Vulnerability Management
15 26 (8.44%) Migration
16 25 (8.12%) Disaster Recovery
16 25 (8.12%) Microservices
17 23 (7.47%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 54 (17.53%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.77%) Python
3 21 (6.82%) JavaScript
4 20 (6.49%) SQL
5 15 (4.87%) Java
6 12 (3.90%) Bash
6 12 (3.90%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.62%) C#
8 4 (1.30%) Bicep
8 4 (1.30%) Groovy
8 4 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.32%) AppleScript
10 1 (0.32%) Go
10 1 (0.32%) Korn
10 1 (0.32%) PHP
10 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 119 (38.64%) Security Cleared
2 87 (28.25%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.79%) DV Cleared
4 18 (5.84%) Degree
5 11 (3.57%) CISSP
6 9 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.27%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.62%) CISM
9 4 (1.30%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.30%) PMP
10 3 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.97%) OCP
10 3 (0.97%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.65%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.65%) FFIEC
11 2 (0.65%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.65%) RHCE
11 2 (0.65%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (13.64%) GDPR
2 27 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 21 (6.82%) NIST
5 11 (3.57%) GRC
6 10 (3.25%) QA
6 10 (3.25%) SOC 2
7 8 (2.60%) PCI DSS
7 8 (2.60%) SLA
8 4 (1.30%) PMO
9 3 (0.97%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.97%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.97%) NCSC
9 3 (0.97%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 152 (49.35%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.52%) Docker
3 17 (5.52%) VMware NSX
4 10 (3.25%) Squid
5 7 (2.27%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.62%) RACF
7 4 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.97%) Firmware
8 3 (0.97%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.65%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.65%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.65%) OpenIDM
9 2 (0.65%) vSphere
10 1 (0.32%) KVM
10 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (15.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 34 (11.04%) Terraform
3 31 (10.06%) Kubernetes
4 18 (5.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (5.52%) Grafana
6 13 (4.22%) Ansible
7 12 (3.90%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.92%) FortiGate
9 8 (2.60%) Consul
10 7 (2.27%) PingFederate
11 6 (1.95%) CA Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.95%) SCCM
12 4 (1.30%) VxRail
13 3 (0.97%) Argo
13 3 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.65%) CASB
14 2 (0.65%) Packer
14 2 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
15 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 124 (40.26%) Microsoft
2 57 (18.51%) Okta
3 31 (10.06%) SAP
3 31 (10.06%) VMware
4 18 (5.84%) CyberArk
5 17 (5.52%) Red Hat
6 16 (5.19%) Google
7 15 (4.87%) Palo Alto
8 14 (4.55%) Zscaler
9 13 (4.22%) F5
9 13 (4.22%) ServiceNow
10 12 (3.90%) Cisco
11 11 (3.57%) CheckPoint
11 11 (3.57%) Pega
12 10 (3.25%) Dynatrace
12 10 (3.25%) Oracle
13 9 (2.92%) BeyondTrust
14 8 (2.60%) Atlassian
15 7 (2.27%) Splunk
16 6 (1.95%) SolarWinds