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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 377 346
Rank change year-on-year +55 -31 +99
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 282 169 271
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.49% 0.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.76% 3.36% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 111 204
10th Percentile £368 £400 £396
25th Percentile £425 £500 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £700 £645
90th Percentile £675 £788 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £625 £533
% change year-on-year -16.00% +17.37% +1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £43.25 - -
25th Percentile £47.38 - -
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £100.00
75th Percentile £57.13 - -
90th Percentile £57.25 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - £100.00
% change year-on-year - - +66.67%

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 5,920 5,025 6,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.08% 14.70% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,042 3,214 4,314
10th Percentile £313 £311 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.19% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £731 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £493 £513
% change year-on-year +1.42% -3.80% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 65 172
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.16 £17.07
25th Percentile £20.16 £22.50 £22.56
Median hourly rate £40.73 £26.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +53.68% -42.62% +34.83%
75th Percentile £64.69 £58.75 £72.05
90th Percentile £81.40 £74.26 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.25 £25.34 £46.18
% change year-on-year +82.52% -45.13% +53.50%

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 19 December 2025.

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
Top 15 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 19 December 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
England +45 235 £525 -12.50% 102
UK excluding London +34 136 £525 -16.00% 99
London +3 94 £525 -12.50% 20
Work from Home +15 78 £525 -12.50% 21
South West +36 45 £524 +23.29% 11
North of England -23 39 £492 -1.60% 28
Yorkshire -20 22 £525 - 17
South East -25 22 £538 -23.21% 26
North West -21 17 £423 -15.40% 10
Midlands -40 17 £450 -10.00% 18
West Midlands -30 15 £443 -11.50% 12
Scotland +6 8 £600 -4.76% 5
East of England -20 6 £625 +42.86% 12
East Midlands -20 2 £475 - 6
Wales +5 1 £550 +10.00% 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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (7.09%) Confluence
2 18 (6.38%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.13%) Apache
4 6 (2.13%) IIS
5 5 (1.77%) iPlanet
5 5 (1.77%) JBoss
5 5 (1.77%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.77%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.71%) CMS
8 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.35%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 3 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.71%) Windchill
3 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.35%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (3.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.71%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.35%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 135 (47.87%) Azure
2 114 (40.43%) Entra ID
3 67 (23.76%) AWS
4 44 (15.60%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (13.48%) SaaS
6 23 (8.16%) GitHub
7 19 (6.74%) GCP
8 12 (4.26%) PaaS
9 9 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
9 9 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (3.19%) IaaS
9 9 (3.19%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 7 (2.48%) OneDrive
10 7 (2.48%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.13%) Google Workspace
11 6 (2.13%) OpenShift
12 5 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.77%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 48 (17.02%) DNS
2 32 (11.35%) Firewall
3 25 (8.87%) VPN
4 22 (7.80%) SSL
5 17 (6.03%) Kerberos
6 12 (4.26%) DHCP
7 10 (3.55%) HTTP
8 9 (3.19%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.48%) HTTPS
9 7 (2.48%) LAN
9 7 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.13%) Network Security
10 6 (2.13%) SSH
10 6 (2.13%) WAN
10 6 (2.13%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.42%) Internet
11 4 (1.42%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.42%) Wireless
12 3 (1.06%) IPsec
12 3 (1.06%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.77%) Oracle Database
1 5 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (1.77%) Power BI
1 5 (1.77%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.71%) MySQL
2 2 (0.71%) SQLite
3 1 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.35%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (13.83%) JIRA
2 20 (7.09%) Git
3 11 (3.90%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.77%) Bitbucket Server
4 5 (1.77%) CA Release Automation
4 5 (1.77%) MSI
4 5 (1.77%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.71%) CocoaPods
5 2 (0.71%) Crashlytics
5 2 (0.71%) fastlane
5 2 (0.71%) GitLab
5 2 (0.71%) Postman
5 2 (0.71%) Selenium
5 2 (0.71%) Xcode
6 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.35%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.35%) gulp
6 1 (0.35%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.35%) Maven
6 1 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 79 (28.01%) Social Skills
2 33 (11.70%) Finance
3 27 (9.57%) Public Sector
4 22 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.61%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.84%) Banking
7 4 (1.42%) Aviation
7 4 (1.42%) Retail
7 4 (1.42%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.06%) Marketing
8 3 (1.06%) Publishing
9 2 (0.71%) Electronics
9 2 (0.71%) Legal
9 2 (0.71%) Local Government
9 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.35%) Police
10 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (16.31%) Architect
2 36 (12.77%) Senior
3 22 (7.80%) Solutions Architect
4 21 (7.45%) Developer
5 19 (6.74%) Consultant
6 18 (6.38%) Administrator
7 14 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (4.96%) Lead
8 13 (4.61%) Analyst
9 12 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.55%) Security Engineer
11 9 (3.19%) IAM Specialist
12 8 (2.84%) IAM Consultant
13 7 (2.48%) AWS Engineer
13 7 (2.48%) Business Analyst
13 7 (2.48%) ForgeRock Developer
13 7 (2.48%) Senior Architect
14 6 (2.13%) Network Engineer
14 6 (2.13%) Product Owner
14 6 (2.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (37.23%) SAML
2 97 (34.40%) OAuth
3 73 (25.89%) OpenID
4 54 (19.15%) LDAP
5 40 (14.18%) OAuth2
6 35 (12.41%) SailPoint
7 22 (7.80%) REST
8 15 (5.32%) SOAP
9 13 (4.61%) JSON
10 12 (4.26%) AngularJS
10 12 (4.26%) HTML
10 12 (4.26%) HTML5
10 12 (4.26%) JDBC
11 10 (3.55%) RESTful
11 10 (3.55%) Web Services
12 9 (3.19%) Apache Camel
12 9 (3.19%) jQuery
12 9 (3.19%) ODBC
12 9 (3.19%) RabbitMQ
12 9 (3.19%) React
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.25%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.38%) PKI
3 14 (4.96%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.55%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.55%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.19%) Replication
6 8 (2.84%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.84%) Private Cloud
6 8 (2.84%) Taxonomies
7 7 (2.48%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.42%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.71%) Animation
11 2 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.71%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.71%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 61 (21.63%) Windows
2 33 (11.70%) Windows Server
3 22 (7.80%) Linux
4 7 (2.48%) Unix
5 4 (1.42%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.71%) Android
7 2 (0.71%) CatOS
7 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (27.30%) Identity Access Management
2 73 (25.89%) RBAC
3 64 (22.70%) Agile
4 62 (21.99%) Identity Management
5 52 (18.44%) DevOps
6 45 (15.96%) Zero Trust
7 40 (14.18%) CI/CD
8 36 (12.77%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 34 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
11 29 (10.28%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (9.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (8.87%) Privileged Access Management
14 24 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 23 (8.16%) Cloud Security
16 21 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
17 20 (7.09%) Migration
17 20 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
17 20 (7.09%) Technical Leadership
18 19 (6.74%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 69 (24.47%) PowerShell
2 28 (9.93%) Python
3 23 (8.16%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.96%) Java
5 9 (3.19%) Shell Script
5 9 (3.19%) SQL
6 8 (2.84%) Groovy
7 5 (1.77%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.42%) Bicep
8 4 (1.42%) C#
8 4 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.06%) Bash
10 2 (0.71%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.71%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.71%) Swift
Qualifications
1 103 (36.52%) Security Cleared
2 72 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 25 (8.87%) CISSP
3 25 (8.87%) DV Cleared
4 22 (7.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (5.67%) CISM
6 11 (3.90%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.84%) Degree
8 7 (2.48%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.77%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.77%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.06%) PhD
12 2 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.71%) MCITP
12 2 (0.71%) MCTS
12 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (15.60%) GDPR
2 29 (10.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 14 (4.96%) NIST
5 10 (3.55%) HIPAA
6 8 (2.84%) SOC 2
7 7 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.13%) Accessibility
8 6 (2.13%) NCSC
8 6 (2.13%) PSD2
9 5 (1.77%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.42%) QA
10 4 (1.42%) SLA
11 3 (1.06%) WCAG
12 1 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.35%) SOC 1
System Software
1 138 (48.94%) Active Directory
2 20 (7.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (5.67%) Docker
4 8 (2.84%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.77%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 3 (1.06%) Sendmail
6 3 (1.06%) vSphere
7 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.71%) OpenAM
7 2 (0.71%) OpenDJ
7 2 (0.71%) OpenIDM
7 2 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.35%) Squid
Systems Management
1 39 (13.83%) Terraform
2 36 (12.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 30 (10.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (6.38%) Kubernetes
5 16 (5.67%) Ansible
6 14 (4.96%) PingFederate
7 7 (2.48%) CA Single Sign-On
8 6 (2.13%) SCCM
9 5 (1.77%) CA Wily
9 5 (1.77%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.77%) Tivoli
10 4 (1.42%) Grafana
11 3 (1.06%) Kibana
12 2 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.71%) logstash
12 2 (0.71%) McAfee ePO
12 2 (0.71%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.35%) HP Operations Orchestration
Vendors
1 121 (42.91%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.70%) VMware
3 32 (11.35%) Okta
4 31 (10.99%) CyberArk
5 24 (8.51%) ServiceNow
6 16 (5.67%) Ping Identity
7 15 (5.32%) ForgeRock
7 15 (5.32%) Google
8 13 (4.61%) Splunk
8 13 (4.61%) Zscaler
9 10 (3.55%) HP
10 9 (3.19%) BMC
10 9 (3.19%) Ivanti
10 9 (3.19%) Remedy
10 9 (3.19%) Salesforce
10 9 (3.19%) SAP
11 8 (2.84%) Cisco
11 8 (2.84%) Oracle
12 7 (2.48%) Palo Alto
13 6 (2.13%) Tenable