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 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 324 338
Rank change year-on-year -10 +14 +73
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 332 202 256
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.70% 0.59%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.03% 4.38% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 134 177
10th Percentile £313 £403 £350
25th Percentile £437 £475 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £556 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% +8.49% -6.82%
75th Percentile £612 £654 £638
90th Percentile £679 £716 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £482
% change year-on-year -2.33% +11.51% -14.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 0 6
10th Percentile £51.55 - £24.59
25th Percentile £55.75 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £28.25
75th Percentile £77.50 - £83.19
90th Percentile £90.68 - £102.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.75 - £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 6,605 4,613 5,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.37% 15.89% 12.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,504 3,120 3,789
10th Percentile £325 £308 £281
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% -0.49% -6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £625
90th Percentile £686 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £494
% change year-on-year -1.00% +1.21% -5.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 48 98
10th Percentile £19.25 £13.75 £14.77
25th Percentile £25.75 £20.76 £20.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £33.25 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +65.41% +8.13% -46.52%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.29 £50.19
90th Percentile £76.90 £79.09 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.67% -6.25% -5.88%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 6 June 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 +3 281 £525 -6.91% 120
UK excluding London -16 164 £525 -2.33% 66
London -13 128 £525 -7.57% 61
Work from Home -26 108 £600 +9.09% 46
North of England -51 57 £525 +8.58% 14
Yorkshire -36 37 £550 +10.00% 4
South East -37 36 £500 -23.08% 24
Midlands -42 34 £450 -14.29% 10
South West -7 27 £525 +20.00% 9
North West -45 19 £458 +1.67% 8
West Midlands -55 19 £425 -22.73% 8
Scotland +2 16 £450 -33.33% 2
East Midlands -14 14 £506 +25.93% 2
North East -26 2 £413 -31.25% 2
East of England -27 1 £575 -2.13% 8

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 (7.83%) SharePoint
2 20 (6.02%) Confluence
3 18 (5.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.71%) nginx
5 2 (0.60%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.60%) IIS
5 2 (0.60%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.30%) JBoss
6 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (1.51%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.90%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (9.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.60%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 171 (51.51%) Azure
2 159 (47.89%) Entra ID
3 73 (21.99%) AWS
4 54 (16.27%) SaaS
5 46 (13.86%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (10.24%) GCP
7 28 (8.43%) Serverless
8 19 (5.72%) PaaS
9 18 (5.42%) Amazon S3
10 17 (5.12%) GitHub
10 17 (5.12%) OpenShift
11 15 (4.52%) Google Workspace
12 13 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (3.61%) Amazon EKS
13 12 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (3.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 11 (3.31%) OneDrive
15 10 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (3.01%) IaaS
16 9 (2.71%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 74 (22.29%) DNS
2 32 (9.64%) DHCP
3 30 (9.04%) Firewall
4 29 (8.73%) Kerberos
5 27 (8.13%) VPN
6 26 (7.83%) SSL
7 23 (6.93%) TCP/IP
8 18 (5.42%) Network Security
9 17 (5.12%) IPsec
10 14 (4.22%) HTTP
10 14 (4.22%) HTTPS
10 14 (4.22%) WAN
11 11 (3.31%) LAN
12 10 (3.01%) BIG-IP
13 9 (2.71%) DKIM
13 9 (2.71%) DMARC
13 9 (2.71%) OpenVPN
14 8 (2.41%) SD-WAN
15 7 (2.11%) Cisco ASA
15 7 (2.11%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (2.41%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.11%) DynamoDB
4 6 (1.81%) Metadata
5 5 (1.51%) MySQL
6 4 (1.20%) Power BI
7 3 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.90%) CockroachDB
7 3 (0.90%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.90%) Pinecone
8 2 (0.60%) GIS
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (11.75%) JIRA
2 10 (3.01%) Browser DevTools
3 9 (2.71%) Git
3 9 (2.71%) GitLab
4 8 (2.41%) SonarQube
5 7 (2.11%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.11%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.81%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.51%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (1.20%) Postman
9 3 (0.90%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.60%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.60%) JUnit
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.30%) ScriptRunner
11 1 (0.30%) Snyk
11 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 78 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.16%) Public Sector
3 40 (12.05%) Finance
4 35 (10.54%) Documentation Skills
5 32 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.82%) Publishing
7 10 (3.01%) Banking
8 6 (1.81%) Legal
8 6 (1.81%) Military
9 5 (1.51%) Retail
10 4 (1.20%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Aviation
12 1 (0.30%) Front Office
12 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (15.36%) Architect
2 29 (8.73%) Developer
2 29 (8.73%) Senior
3 26 (7.83%) Administrator
4 25 (7.53%) Lead
5 18 (5.42%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (5.42%) Support Engineer
6 17 (5.12%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (4.22%) Project Manager
7 14 (4.22%) Technical Architect
8 12 (3.61%) Security Engineer
9 10 (3.01%) Analyst
10 9 (2.71%) Consultant
10 9 (2.71%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (2.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.41%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (2.41%) IAM Project Manager
11 8 (2.41%) Network Engineer
11 8 (2.41%) Senior Architect
11 8 (2.41%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (30.12%) SAML
2 93 (28.01%) OAuth
3 72 (21.69%) OpenID
4 65 (19.58%) LDAP
5 38 (11.45%) OAuth2
6 25 (7.53%) SailPoint
7 20 (6.02%) SAP Basis
8 19 (5.72%) REST
9 13 (3.92%) Node.js
10 12 (3.61%) Express.js
10 12 (3.61%) Web Services
11 11 (3.31%) React
12 10 (3.01%) CSS
12 10 (3.01%) SOAP
13 9 (2.71%) HTML
14 8 (2.41%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.41%) ARM Templates
14 8 (2.41%) Entity Framework
15 7 (2.11%) Model Context Protocol
16 6 (1.81%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 69 (20.78%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.63%) PKI
3 20 (6.02%) Cloud Native
3 20 (6.02%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (6.02%) Replication
3 20 (6.02%) Taxonomies
4 11 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.71%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.71%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.71%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.41%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.81%) Freedom of Information
7 6 (1.81%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.20%) Clustering
9 4 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.20%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.90%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 53 (15.96%) Windows
2 27 (8.13%) Windows Server
3 20 (6.02%) Linux
4 9 (2.71%) Unix
5 7 (2.11%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.90%) Android
7 3 (0.90%) CatOS
7 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (28.92%) Identity Access Management
2 77 (23.19%) DevOps
3 70 (21.08%) RBAC
4 58 (17.47%) CI/CD
4 58 (17.47%) Roadmaps
5 54 (16.27%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (14.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (14.16%) Agile
8 43 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (11.75%) Infrastructure as Code
9 39 (11.75%) Zero Trust
10 37 (11.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (10.24%) Migration
12 31 (9.34%) High Availability
13 28 (8.43%) Microservices
13 28 (8.43%) Validation
13 28 (8.43%) Vulnerability Management
14 26 (7.83%) Privileged Access Management
15 25 (7.53%) Data Governance
15 25 (7.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 55 (16.57%) PowerShell
2 28 (8.43%) Python
3 21 (6.33%) JavaScript
4 20 (6.02%) Java
5 19 (5.72%) SQL
6 12 (3.61%) Bash
7 10 (3.01%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.51%) Bicep
8 5 (1.51%) VB
8 5 (1.51%) VB6
8 5 (1.51%) VBA
9 4 (1.20%) C#
9 4 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.60%) Groovy
10 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.30%) AppleScript
11 1 (0.30%) Korn
11 1 (0.30%) PHP
11 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 106 (31.93%) Security Cleared
2 83 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.33%) Degree
4 16 (4.82%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.22%) CISSP
6 9 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.81%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.81%) CISM
9 4 (1.20%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.20%) PMP
10 3 (0.90%) OCP
10 3 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.60%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.60%) RHCE
11 2 (0.60%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.95%) GDPR
2 30 (9.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (6.93%) NIST
3 23 (6.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.31%) GRC
4 11 (3.31%) SLA
5 10 (3.01%) SOC 2
6 9 (2.71%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.71%) QA
7 8 (2.41%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.81%) PMO
9 5 (1.51%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.90%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 141 (42.47%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.72%) Docker
3 11 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.31%) VMware NSX
4 10 (3.01%) Squid
5 7 (2.11%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.51%) RACF
7 4 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.90%) Firmware
9 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.30%) KVM
10 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (11.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 38 (11.45%) Kubernetes
3 35 (10.54%) Terraform
4 20 (6.02%) Grafana
5 16 (4.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (3.92%) Ansible
7 12 (3.61%) Prometheus
8 10 (3.01%) Argo
9 9 (2.71%) FortiGate
10 8 (2.41%) Consul
11 6 (1.81%) CA Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.51%) PingFederate
12 5 (1.51%) VxRail
13 4 (1.20%) SCCM
14 3 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 2 (0.60%) CASB
15 2 (0.60%) Packer
16 1 (0.30%) Istio
16 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 124 (37.35%) Microsoft
2 76 (22.89%) Okta
3 31 (9.34%) SAP
4 23 (6.93%) Red Hat
5 21 (6.33%) CyberArk
6 20 (6.02%) VMware
7 19 (5.72%) Google
8 18 (5.42%) ServiceNow
9 14 (4.22%) Zscaler
10 13 (3.92%) Oracle
11 11 (3.31%) Cisco
11 11 (3.31%) Pega
12 10 (3.01%) BeyondTrust
12 10 (3.01%) Dynatrace
12 10 (3.01%) F5
13 9 (2.71%) Palo Alto
14 8 (2.41%) Atlassian
14 8 (2.41%) CheckPoint
15 7 (2.11%) Ping Identity
15 7 (2.11%) Thales