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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 392 355
Rank change year-on-year +83 -37 +96
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 292 160 291
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.83% 0.44% 0.62%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.12% 3.08% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 104 226
10th Percentile £384 £400 £378
25th Percentile £425 £500 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £573
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.80% +4.09%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £648
90th Percentile £675 £784 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £518 £625 £535
% change year-on-year -17.20% +16.82% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.48 - -
25th Percentile £45.56 - -
Median hourly rate £50.75 - -
75th Percentile £55.56 - -
90th Percentile £56.43 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 5,701 5,197 6,639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.24% 14.32% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,812 3,319 4,729
10th Percentile £306 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.11% -4.78%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 62 169
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.67 £18.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £23.59 £32.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -38.10% +104.20%
75th Percentile £63.25 £60.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £76.05 £74.40 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -23.08% -29.62% +100.78%

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 17 November 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 17 November 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 +55 249 £525 -12.50% 123
UK excluding London +38 136 £518 -17.20% 77
London +26 106 £525 -12.50% 64
Work from Home +40 84 £525 -19.54% 61
North of England +3 42 £473 -17.38% 8
South West +43 39 £512 -2.57% 19
Yorkshire - 23 £522 - 3
South East -7 21 £560 -20.00% 26
North West -6 19 £423 -26.11% 5
Midlands -28 19 £500 -1.96% 10
West Midlands -27 15 £550 +7.84% 9
Scotland +4 10 £575 -8.73% 4
East of England -13 6 £625 +42.86% 6
East Midlands -14 4 £402 - 1
Wales +1 1 £550 +10.00% 4

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 24 (8.22%) Confluence
2 18 (6.16%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.74%) WebSphere
4 8 (2.74%) WebSphere Application Server
5 6 (2.05%) Apache
5 6 (2.05%) JBoss
6 5 (1.71%) IIS
6 5 (1.71%) iPlanet
7 2 (0.68%) CMS
7 2 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.34%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.34%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Windchill
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (4.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.68%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.34%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 144 (49.32%) Azure
2 114 (39.04%) Entra ID
3 91 (31.16%) AWS
4 47 (16.10%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (14.73%) SaaS
6 33 (11.30%) GCP
7 27 (9.25%) GitHub
8 14 (4.79%) Amazon EKS
9 13 (4.45%) PaaS
10 12 (4.11%) Azure AKS
11 11 (3.77%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 10 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (3.42%) IaaS
12 10 (3.42%) Power Platform
13 9 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (3.08%) OpenShift
14 8 (2.74%) Nutanix
15 7 (2.40%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 7 (2.40%) Serverless
16 6 (2.05%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 38 (13.01%) DNS
2 32 (10.96%) Firewall
3 24 (8.22%) SSL
4 21 (7.19%) VPN
5 15 (5.14%) Kerberos
6 9 (3.08%) DHCP
7 7 (2.40%) HTTP
7 7 (2.40%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.05%) Network Security
8 6 (2.05%) SSH
9 5 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.37%) HTTPS
10 4 (1.37%) LAN
11 3 (1.03%) BGP
11 3 (1.03%) Internet
11 3 (1.03%) OSPF
11 3 (1.03%) SMTP
11 3 (1.03%) Unified Communications
11 3 (1.03%) WAN
11 3 (1.03%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.74%) Power BI
3 6 (2.05%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.71%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.68%) MySQL
5 2 (0.68%) SQLite
6 1 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.34%) Big Data
6 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.34%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.34%) Metadata
6 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.34%) Redis
6 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (13.70%) JIRA
2 22 (7.53%) Git
3 15 (5.14%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.71%) Bitbucket Server
4 5 (1.71%) CA Release Automation
4 5 (1.71%) MSI
4 5 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (1.03%) GitLab
5 3 (1.03%) Log4j
6 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.68%) CocoaPods
6 2 (0.68%) Crashlytics
6 2 (0.68%) fastlane
6 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.68%) Xcode
7 1 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.34%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.34%) Maven
7 1 (0.34%) Postman
7 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 94 (32.19%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.99%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (11.99%) Finance
3 24 (8.22%) Public Sector
4 12 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (2.74%) Banking
6 4 (1.37%) Aviation
6 4 (1.37%) Marketing
6 4 (1.37%) Retail
6 4 (1.37%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.68%) Electronics
8 2 (0.68%) Local Government
8 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.34%) Legal
9 1 (0.34%) Police
9 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 56 (19.18%) Architect
2 36 (12.33%) Senior
3 25 (8.56%) Consultant
4 24 (8.22%) Developer
5 20 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
6 17 (5.82%) Analyst
7 15 (5.14%) Lead
8 14 (4.79%) Administrator
8 14 (4.79%) Business Analyst
8 14 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (4.11%) IAM Specialist
10 10 (3.42%) AWS Engineer
10 10 (3.42%) Security Engineer
10 10 (3.42%) Senior Architect
10 10 (3.42%) ServiceNow Architect
11 9 (3.08%) IAM Consultant
12 8 (2.74%) Product Owner
13 7 (2.40%) Cloud Engineer
14 6 (2.05%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (39.04%) SAML
2 106 (36.30%) OAuth
3 82 (28.08%) OpenID
4 63 (21.58%) LDAP
5 47 (16.10%) OAuth2
6 38 (13.01%) SailPoint
7 33 (11.30%) REST
8 23 (7.88%) SOAP
9 22 (7.53%) JSON
10 21 (7.19%) HTML
11 19 (6.51%) JDBC
12 18 (6.16%) AngularJS
12 18 (6.16%) Web Services
13 16 (5.48%) HTML5
14 15 (5.14%) jQuery
15 13 (4.45%) Apache Camel
15 13 (4.45%) ODBC
15 13 (4.45%) RabbitMQ
16 12 (4.11%) RESTful
17 10 (3.42%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.38%) Onboarding
2 22 (7.53%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.48%) PKI
3 16 (5.48%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.11%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.74%) Replication
6 7 (2.40%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.40%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.05%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.71%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.03%) Taxonomies
9 3 (1.03%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.68%) Animation
10 2 (0.68%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 46 (15.75%) Windows
2 28 (9.59%) Windows Server
3 24 (8.22%) Linux
4 7 (2.40%) Unix
5 4 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.03%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.68%) Android
7 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.34%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (29.11%) Identity Access Management
2 82 (28.08%) Agile
3 77 (26.37%) Identity Management
4 70 (23.97%) DevOps
5 69 (23.63%) RBAC
6 52 (17.81%) Zero Trust
7 50 (17.12%) CI/CD
8 46 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (14.04%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 38 (13.01%) Infrastructure as Code
11 32 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 29 (9.93%) Migration
13 28 (9.59%) Scrum
14 27 (9.25%) Cloud Security
14 27 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
14 27 (9.25%) Privileged Access Management
15 26 (8.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 26 (8.90%) ITSM
16 24 (8.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 23 (7.88%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 66 (22.60%) PowerShell
2 32 (10.96%) JavaScript
3 29 (9.93%) Python
4 18 (6.16%) Java
5 9 (3.08%) Shell Script
6 8 (2.74%) Groovy
7 6 (2.05%) SQL
8 5 (1.71%) Bicep
8 5 (1.71%) C#
8 5 (1.71%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.37%) Bash
9 4 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.68%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.68%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.68%) Swift
11 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 89 (30.48%) Security Cleared
2 67 (22.95%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.90%) CISSP
4 19 (6.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (5.82%) CISM
5 17 (5.82%) DV Cleared
6 15 (5.14%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.77%) Degree
8 7 (2.40%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.71%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.71%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.03%) CCSP
12 3 (1.03%) PhD
13 2 (0.68%) MCITP
13 2 (0.68%) MCP
13 2 (0.68%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (14.38%) GDPR
2 34 (11.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.82%) NIST
4 14 (4.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (3.77%) HIPAA
6 9 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.08%) SOC 2
7 7 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.05%) Accessibility
8 6 (2.05%) PSD2
9 5 (1.71%) NCSC
9 5 (1.71%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.37%) NIST 800
10 4 (1.37%) SLA
11 3 (1.03%) WCAG
12 2 (0.68%) QA
13 1 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.34%) GRC
13 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.34%) SOC 1
System Software
1 137 (46.92%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.85%) Docker
3 16 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.71%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 4 (1.37%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.68%) Sendmail
6 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.68%) vSphere
7 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 48 (16.44%) Terraform
2 32 (10.96%) Kubernetes
2 32 (10.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (7.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 18 (6.16%) Ansible
5 13 (4.45%) PingFederate
6 7 (2.40%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.71%) CA Wily
7 5 (1.71%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.71%) Tivoli
8 4 (1.37%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.37%) SCCM
9 3 (1.03%) Grafana
9 3 (1.03%) Kibana
9 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.68%) logstash
10 2 (0.68%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.68%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 116 (39.73%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.30%) CyberArk
2 33 (11.30%) Okta
2 33 (11.30%) ServiceNow
3 25 (8.56%) VMware
4 24 (8.22%) ForgeRock
5 19 (6.51%) Ping Identity
6 16 (5.48%) Splunk
7 14 (4.79%) HP
8 13 (4.45%) BMC
8 13 (4.45%) Google
8 13 (4.45%) Ivanti
8 13 (4.45%) Remedy
8 13 (4.45%) Zscaler
9 10 (3.42%) Oracle
10 9 (3.08%) IBM
10 9 (3.08%) Salesforce
11 8 (2.74%) Alibaba
12 6 (2.05%) Tenable
13 5 (1.71%) Cisco