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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 343 330
Rank change year-on-year +6 -13 +93
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 307 189 261
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.65% 0.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.76% 4.12% 5.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 124 181
10th Percentile £313 £403 £350
25th Percentile £438 £475 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £552 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +7.61% -6.82%
75th Percentile £613 £641 £638
90th Percentile £692 £740 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £538 £482
% change year-on-year -3.26% +11.51% -12.36%
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 6,453 4,584 5,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.40% 15.72% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,441 3,123 3,693
10th Percentile £325 £307 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -8.15%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £688 £706 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £495 £489
% change year-on-year -0.59% +1.23% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 53 112
10th Percentile £20.09 £13.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £30.69 £21.39 £17.72
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.50 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +6.73% -52.44%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.25 £50.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.74 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £32.75 £28.75
% change year-on-year +67.94% +13.91% -32.35%

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 20 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 20 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Single Sign-On in the UK

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 20 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 -22 258 £525 -6.25% 79
UK excluding London -11 152 £520 -3.26% 45
London -8 113 £525 -8.70% 42
Work from Home -44 86 £600 +9.09% 36
North of England -47 55 £525 +8.58% 8
Yorkshire -31 36 £550 +2.90% 2
South East -39 35 £493 -24.23% 18
Midlands -53 29 £450 -18.18% 8
South West -21 26 £525 +20.00% 5
North West -48 18 £450 -2.70% 5
West Midlands -53 15 £370 -32.73% 6
Scotland 0 13 £449 -45.64% 1
East Midlands -17 13 £550 - 2
North East -23 2 £413 -31.25% 2
East of England -31 1 £575 +15.00% 10

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 26 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.19%) Confluence
3 18 (5.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.93%) nginx
5 3 (0.98%) IIS
6 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.65%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.33%) JBoss
7 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 8 (2.61%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.98%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 31 (10.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.65%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 152 (49.51%) Azure
2 147 (47.88%) Entra ID
3 66 (21.50%) AWS
4 49 (15.96%) SaaS
5 43 (14.01%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (9.77%) GCP
7 29 (9.45%) Serverless
8 18 (5.86%) Amazon S3
8 18 (5.86%) PaaS
9 16 (5.21%) Google Workspace
9 16 (5.21%) OpenShift
10 15 (4.89%) GitHub
11 13 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (3.91%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (3.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 11 (3.58%) OneDrive
14 10 (3.26%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (2.93%) IaaS
15 9 (2.93%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 72 (23.45%) DNS
2 32 (10.42%) Firewall
2 32 (10.42%) VPN
3 30 (9.77%) DHCP
4 29 (9.45%) Kerberos
5 26 (8.47%) SSL
6 22 (7.17%) TCP/IP
7 17 (5.54%) HTTP
8 16 (5.21%) IPsec
8 16 (5.21%) Network Security
9 14 (4.56%) LAN
10 13 (4.23%) BIG-IP
10 13 (4.23%) HTTPS
10 13 (4.23%) WAN
11 10 (3.26%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (3.26%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (3.26%) Wireless
12 9 (2.93%) DKIM
12 9 (2.93%) DMARC
12 9 (2.93%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.93%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.28%) DynamoDB
2 7 (2.28%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.95%) Metadata
4 5 (1.63%) MySQL
5 3 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.98%) CockroachDB
5 3 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.98%) Pinecone
5 3 (0.98%) Power BI
6 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.65%) GIS
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.33%) DB2
7 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 39 (12.70%) JIRA
2 10 (3.26%) Browser DevTools
3 7 (2.28%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.28%) Git
3 7 (2.28%) GitLab
3 7 (2.28%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.63%) Postman
5 4 (1.30%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.98%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.65%) Cucumber
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 (0.33%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.33%) Gatling
8 1 (0.33%) JMeter
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.33%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 72 (23.45%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.36%) Public Sector
3 37 (12.05%) Finance
4 32 (10.42%) Documentation Skills
5 29 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.21%) Publishing
7 12 (3.91%) Banking
8 7 (2.28%) Legal
9 6 (1.95%) Retail
10 4 (1.30%) Military
11 3 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.33%) Aviation
13 1 (0.33%) Front Office
13 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (16.29%) Architect
2 27 (8.79%) Senior
3 25 (8.14%) Administrator
3 25 (8.14%) Developer
3 25 (8.14%) Lead
4 18 (5.86%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (5.21%) Support Engineer
6 13 (4.23%) Cloud Engineer
6 13 (4.23%) Technical Architect
7 12 (3.91%) Project Manager
8 11 (3.58%) Network Engineer
9 9 (2.93%) Analyst
9 9 (2.93%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (2.93%) Security Engineer
10 8 (2.61%) IAM Project Manager
10 8 (2.61%) Senior Architect
10 8 (2.61%) Senior Developer
11 7 (2.28%) Consultant
11 7 (2.28%) SAP Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (29.64%) SAML
2 89 (28.99%) OAuth
3 66 (21.50%) LDAP
4 65 (21.17%) OpenID
5 34 (11.07%) OAuth2
6 22 (7.17%) SailPoint
7 20 (6.51%) REST
7 20 (6.51%) SAP Basis
8 12 (3.91%) Express.js
8 12 (3.91%) Node.js
9 11 (3.58%) Web Services
10 10 (3.26%) CSS
10 10 (3.26%) React
11 9 (2.93%) HTML
12 8 (2.61%) ARM Templates
12 8 (2.61%) Entity Framework
13 7 (2.28%) AngularJS
13 7 (2.28%) Model Context Protocol
14 6 (1.95%) YAML
15 5 (1.63%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (19.22%) Onboarding
2 20 (6.51%) Replication
2 20 (6.51%) Taxonomies
3 19 (6.19%) PKI
4 18 (5.86%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (4.23%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.93%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.93%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.28%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.95%) Freedom of Information
9 6 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.63%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.30%) Clustering
11 4 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.30%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.98%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.98%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 56 (18.24%) Windows
2 30 (9.77%) Windows Server
3 20 (6.51%) Linux
4 9 (2.93%) Unix
5 5 (1.63%) CatOS
5 5 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.30%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.98%) Android
8 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (28.01%) Identity Access Management
2 72 (23.45%) RBAC
3 71 (23.13%) DevOps
4 56 (18.24%) Cybersecurity
5 55 (17.92%) Roadmaps
6 54 (17.59%) CI/CD
7 45 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 44 (14.33%) Agile
9 40 (13.03%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (11.40%) Infrastructure as Code
11 34 (11.07%) Zero Trust
12 32 (10.42%) High Availability
13 30 (9.77%) Validation
14 29 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
15 28 (9.12%) Migration
16 27 (8.79%) Vulnerability Management
17 26 (8.47%) Microservices
18 24 (7.82%) Data Governance
18 24 (7.82%) Identity Management
19 23 (7.49%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 51 (16.61%) PowerShell
2 24 (7.82%) Python
3 22 (7.17%) JavaScript
4 20 (6.51%) SQL
5 16 (5.21%) Java
6 12 (3.91%) Bash
7 9 (2.93%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.63%) Bicep
8 5 (1.63%) C#
9 4 (1.30%) Groovy
9 4 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.33%) AppleScript
11 1 (0.33%) Go
11 1 (0.33%) Korn
11 1 (0.33%) PHP
11 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 110 (35.83%) Security Cleared
2 82 (26.71%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.51%) DV Cleared
4 19 (6.19%) Degree
5 11 (3.58%) CISSP
6 7 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.63%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.63%) CISM
8 4 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.30%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.30%) PMP
9 3 (0.98%) OCP
9 3 (0.98%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.65%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.65%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.65%) RHCE
10 2 (0.65%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (14.01%) GDPR
2 28 (9.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (7.17%) NIST
3 22 (7.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.58%) GRC
5 10 (3.26%) QA
5 10 (3.26%) SLA
5 10 (3.26%) SOC 2
6 9 (2.93%) Accessibility
7 8 (2.61%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.30%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.30%) PMO
9 3 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.98%) NCSC
9 3 (0.98%) 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
System Software
1 142 (46.25%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.86%) Docker
3 16 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (4.89%) VMware NSX
5 10 (3.26%) Squid
6 7 (2.28%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.63%) RACF
8 4 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.98%) Firmware
10 2 (0.65%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.65%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.65%) OpenIDM
10 2 (0.65%) vSphere
11 1 (0.33%) KVM
11 1 (0.33%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (14.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 32 (10.42%) Kubernetes
3 30 (9.77%) Terraform
4 20 (6.51%) Grafana
5 15 (4.89%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (4.23%) Ansible
7 12 (3.91%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.93%) Argo
8 9 (2.93%) FortiGate
9 8 (2.61%) Consul
10 6 (1.95%) CA Single Sign-On
10 6 (1.95%) SCCM
11 5 (1.63%) PingFederate
12 4 (1.30%) VxRail
13 3 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.65%) CASB
14 2 (0.65%) Packer
15 1 (0.33%) Istio
15 1 (0.33%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 114 (37.13%) Microsoft
2 63 (20.52%) Okta
3 31 (10.10%) SAP
4 26 (8.47%) VMware
5 23 (7.49%) Red Hat
6 20 (6.51%) CyberArk
7 19 (6.19%) Google
8 14 (4.56%) ServiceNow
9 13 (4.23%) F5
9 13 (4.23%) Palo Alto
10 12 (3.91%) Cisco
11 11 (3.58%) CheckPoint
11 11 (3.58%) Oracle
11 11 (3.58%) Pega
11 11 (3.58%) Zscaler
12 10 (3.26%) Dynatrace
13 9 (2.93%) BeyondTrust
14 8 (2.61%) Atlassian
15 6 (1.95%) ForgeRock
15 6 (1.95%) Ping Identity