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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 324 388
Rank change year-on-year -57 +64 -14
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 325 246 188
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.75% 0.49%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.38% 5.34% 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 161 122
10th Percentile £358 £381 £387
25th Percentile £442 £413 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £688
90th Percentile £674 £675 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £492 £622
% change year-on-year +3.66% -20.90% +11.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 2
10th Percentile £52.75 - £30.56
25th Percentile £66.25 £43.75 £40.14
Median hourly rate £75.00 £47.50 £60.09
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -20.95% -
75th Percentile £81.25 £51.25 £84.05
90th Percentile - - £96.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £71.25 - £96.00

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 6,042 4,610 4,575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.06% 14.00% 11.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,999 2,987 3,089
10th Percentile £313 £280 £300
25th Percentile £424 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £620
90th Percentile £688 £685 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -4.25% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 88 60
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £19.99
25th Percentile £31.25 £18.87 £24.09
Median hourly rate £65.00 £26.45 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +145.75% -30.85% -30.45%
75th Percentile £74.00 £63.29 £60.63
90th Percentile £87.58 £68.83 £74.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £21.39 £38.50
% change year-on-year +203.88% -44.44% -16.63%

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 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -67 270 £525 +3.09% 334
UK excluding London -35 166 £510 +3.66% 123
London -71 125 £550 +3.58% 217
Work from Home -44 98 £500 -4.76% 140
North of England -55 56 £500 +8.46% 26
North West -26 33 £491 +4.25% 20
Midlands -39 31 £425 -5.56% 16
Scotland -4 28 £481 -19.83% 3
West Midlands -45 25 £425 -19.05% 13
South East -56 24 £511 -2.62% 54
South West -34 19 £525 +5.00% 12
Yorkshire -43 17 £558 +36.31% 5
East of England -27 8 £553 -19.64% 9
North East - 6 £500 - 1
East Midlands -6 5 £463 +15.05% 3
Wales - 3 £525 - 1

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 32 (9.85%) SharePoint
2 24 (7.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (6.15%) Confluence
4 5 (1.54%) nginx
5 3 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.92%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.31%) Apache
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.31%) JBoss
6 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.62%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.31%) Actimize
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 153 (47.08%) Azure
2 149 (45.85%) Entra ID
3 74 (22.77%) AWS
4 47 (14.46%) GCP
5 46 (14.15%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (11.69%) SaaS
7 22 (6.77%) GitHub
8 16 (4.92%) OpenShift
9 13 (4.00%) Google Workspace
10 10 (3.08%) Serverless
10 10 (3.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (2.77%) OCI
12 8 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (2.15%) Google Drive
13 7 (2.15%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.85%) Asana
14 6 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (1.85%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 58 (17.85%) DNS
2 30 (9.23%) Firewall
3 23 (7.08%) VPN
4 20 (6.15%) SSL
5 19 (5.85%) TCP/IP
6 16 (4.92%) DHCP
7 14 (4.31%) WAN
8 13 (4.00%) Network Security
9 10 (3.08%) SD-WAN
10 9 (2.77%) DKIM
10 9 (2.77%) DMARC
10 9 (2.77%) HTTPS
11 8 (2.46%) IPsec
11 8 (2.46%) Kerberos
11 8 (2.46%) LAN
12 7 (2.15%) HTTP
12 7 (2.15%) SSH
12 7 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (1.54%) Internet
13 5 (1.54%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.69%) Metadata
1 12 (3.69%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.54%) Metadata Repository
2 5 (1.54%) Power BI
3 4 (1.23%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.23%) Tableau
4 3 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.62%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.62%) Redis
6 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.31%) Db2
6 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (11.08%) JIRA
2 13 (4.00%) Git
3 10 (3.08%) GitLab
4 9 (2.77%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (2.77%) Visual Studio
5 8 (2.46%) Jenkins
6 7 (2.15%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.92%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.92%) Postman
9 2 (0.62%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.62%) Snyk
9 2 (0.62%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.31%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
General
1 62 (19.08%) Social Skills
2 60 (18.46%) Finance
3 44 (13.54%) Public Sector
4 26 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (6.46%) Banking
7 11 (3.38%) Retail
8 7 (2.15%) Military
9 6 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.54%) Legal
11 3 (0.92%) Marketing
11 3 (0.92%) Publishing
12 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Local Government
12 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Front Office
13 1 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (15.38%) Architect
2 34 (10.46%) Developer
3 19 (5.85%) Senior
3 19 (5.85%) Support Engineer
4 17 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (4.92%) Cloud Engineer
6 14 (4.31%) Administrator
6 14 (4.31%) Lead
7 12 (3.69%) Consultant
8 10 (3.08%) Security Engineer
9 9 (2.77%) Active Directory Engineer
9 9 (2.77%) Analyst
9 9 (2.77%) IAM Specialist
9 9 (2.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (2.77%) Java Developer
10 8 (2.46%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (2.46%) IT Engineer
10 8 (2.46%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 8 (2.46%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (2.15%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (26.15%) SAML
2 72 (22.15%) OAuth
3 67 (20.62%) OpenID
4 36 (11.08%) LDAP
5 34 (10.46%) REST
6 33 (10.15%) OAuth2
7 31 (9.54%) Terraform
8 22 (6.77%) SailPoint
9 16 (4.92%) SOAP
9 16 (4.92%) XML
10 15 (4.62%) Web Services
11 13 (4.00%) Node.js
12 10 (3.08%) .NET
13 9 (2.77%) ActiveX
13 9 (2.77%) Express.js
14 8 (2.46%) React
15 7 (2.15%) FIDO
15 7 (2.15%) Kafka
15 7 (2.15%) Middleware
16 6 (1.85%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 68 (20.92%) Onboarding
2 38 (11.69%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (10.46%) PKI
4 22 (6.77%) Cloud Native
5 15 (4.62%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.69%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.46%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.46%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.46%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.15%) Freedom of Information
8 7 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.85%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.54%) Clustering
11 4 (1.23%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.23%) Replication
12 3 (0.92%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.85%) Windows
2 17 (5.23%) Linux
3 12 (3.69%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.77%) Unix
5 8 (2.46%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.23%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.62%) Android
9 2 (0.62%) VMS
9 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.31%) CatOS
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (37.23%) Identity Access Management
2 79 (24.31%) RBAC
3 53 (16.31%) Migration
4 51 (15.69%) DevOps
5 50 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (15.08%) CI/CD
7 46 (14.15%) Stakeholder Management
8 42 (12.92%) Privileged Access Management
9 38 (11.69%) Agile
10 37 (11.38%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (11.08%) Zero Trust
12 33 (10.15%) Roadmaps
13 32 (9.85%) ITIL
14 31 (9.54%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 31 (9.54%) Problem-Solving
14 31 (9.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 29 (8.92%) Microservices
16 28 (8.62%) Change Management
16 28 (8.62%) Identity Management
17 26 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 60 (18.46%) PowerShell
2 44 (13.54%) Python
3 38 (11.69%) Java
4 15 (4.62%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.00%) Bash
6 12 (3.69%) SQL
7 9 (2.77%) VB
7 9 (2.77%) VB6
7 9 (2.77%) VBA
8 8 (2.46%) C#
9 3 (0.92%) Go
9 3 (0.92%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.62%) Groovy
10 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.31%) Bicep
11 1 (0.31%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.31%) Swift
11 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (21.23%) Security Cleared
2 57 (17.54%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.15%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (5.54%) Degree
4 18 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (4.92%) Azure Certification
6 14 (4.31%) CISSP
7 7 (2.15%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.85%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.23%) CISM
10 3 (0.92%) GIAC
10 3 (0.92%) MCSE
10 3 (0.92%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.92%) PMP
11 2 (0.62%) CEH
11 2 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.62%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (6.77%) NIST
3 21 (6.46%) GDPR
4 15 (4.62%) Data Quality
5 13 (4.00%) SLA
6 11 (3.38%) Accessibility
7 7 (2.15%) QA
7 7 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.54%) PMO
9 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.23%) SNOMED CT
9 4 (1.23%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.92%) NCSC
10 3 (0.92%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.62%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.62%) GRC
11 2 (0.62%) ITGC
System Software
1 133 (40.92%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.31%) Docker
3 7 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.23%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.92%) vSphere
7 2 (0.62%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.31%) KVM
8 1 (0.31%) Squid
Systems Management
1 27 (8.31%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (4.92%) Grafana
4 15 (4.62%) Ansible
5 9 (2.77%) Argo
6 7 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (2.15%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.54%) CASB
7 5 (1.54%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.54%) PingFederate
8 4 (1.23%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.92%) Packer
9 3 (0.92%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.92%) SELinux
10 2 (0.62%) Consul
10 2 (0.62%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.62%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 141 (43.38%) Microsoft
2 62 (19.08%) Okta
3 27 (8.31%) BeyondTrust
4 26 (8.00%) CyberArk
5 25 (7.69%) ServiceNow
6 19 (5.85%) Google
7 15 (4.62%) Oracle
7 15 (4.62%) Red Hat
8 13 (4.00%) Zscaler
9 12 (3.69%) Ping Identity
9 12 (3.69%) VMware
10 9 (2.77%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (2.46%) ForgeRock
12 7 (2.15%) Cisco
13 6 (1.85%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.85%) SAP
14 5 (1.54%) Palo Alto
14 5 (1.54%) Workday
15 4 (1.23%) F5
15 4 (1.23%) OpenAI