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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 327 359
Rank change year-on-year -22 +32 +68
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 335 223 251
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.69% 0.58%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.73% 4.41% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 150 173
10th Percentile £328 £398 £350
25th Percentile £447 £464 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £551 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +4.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £609 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £710
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 5
10th Percentile £54.85 - £24.51
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £81.25 - £32.75
90th Percentile £88.87 - £75.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 - £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 7,080 5,058 5,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.66% 12.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,850 3,352 3,891
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £422 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -0.97% -6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 69 102
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £16.30
25th Percentile £22.21 £20.25 £22.08
Median hourly rate £56.50 £37.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.67% +15.38% -43.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £50.00
90th Percentile £76.90 £73.50 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £59.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -11.02% +47.50% -13.38%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -27 287 £525 -4.55% 125
UK excluding London -27 174 £525 +5.00% 89
London -18 132 £550 -2.48% 68
Work from Home -28 109 £563 +2.27% 72
North of England -66 55 £550 +19.70% 12
Midlands -45 34 £450 -
South East -34 33 £520 -17.46% 37
South West -13 30 £525 +5.00% 22
North West -35 27 £500 +11.11% 9
Yorkshire -43 26 £550 +17.27% 2
Scotland +4 21 £450 -25.00% 11
West Midlands -58 20 £425 -22.73%
East Midlands -5 13 £463 +15.05%
East of England -20 5 £555 -17.78% 7
North East -31 3 £413 -31.25% 1
Wales - 3 £525 - 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 27 (8.06%) SharePoint
2 22 (6.57%) Confluence
2 22 (6.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.69%) nginx
4 3 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.60%) IIS
5 2 (0.60%) JBoss
5 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Fuse
5 2 (0.60%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (5.37%) 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
1 166 (49.55%) Azure
2 149 (44.48%) Entra ID
3 83 (24.78%) AWS
4 49 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (12.84%) SaaS
6 41 (12.24%) GCP
7 26 (7.76%) Serverless
8 19 (5.67%) GitHub
9 16 (4.78%) Amazon S3
9 16 (4.78%) OpenShift
10 14 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (3.88%) PaaS
12 12 (3.58%) Google Workspace
12 12 (3.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 11 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (3.28%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (3.28%) IaaS
14 10 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (2.69%) OneDrive
15 9 (2.69%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 78 (23.28%) DNS
2 39 (11.64%) Firewall
3 33 (9.85%) VPN
4 31 (9.25%) DHCP
5 27 (8.06%) SSL
6 26 (7.76%) TCP/IP
7 24 (7.16%) Kerberos
8 21 (6.27%) Network Security
9 17 (5.07%) WAN
10 16 (4.78%) IPsec
11 14 (4.18%) HTTP
11 14 (4.18%) HTTPS
11 14 (4.18%) LAN
12 9 (2.69%) BIG-IP
12 9 (2.69%) DKIM
12 9 (2.69%) DMARC
12 9 (2.69%) OpenVPN
12 9 (2.69%) SD-WAN
13 8 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (2.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
1 9 (2.69%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.09%) DynamoDB
2 7 (2.09%) Metadata
3 5 (1.49%) MySQL
3 5 (1.49%) Power BI
4 4 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
4 4 (1.19%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (13.13%) JIRA
2 11 (3.28%) Browser DevTools
3 9 (2.69%) Git
3 9 (2.69%) SonarQube
4 8 (2.39%) GitLab
4 8 (2.39%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.09%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.09%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (1.19%) Postman
7 4 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.90%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.60%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.60%) Snyk
10 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.30%) JUnit
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.30%) ScriptRunner
General
1 79 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 50 (14.93%) Finance
3 45 (13.43%) Public Sector
4 32 (9.55%) Documentation Skills
5 31 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.18%) Banking
7 10 (2.99%) Publishing
8 8 (2.39%) Legal
9 6 (1.79%) Military
9 6 (1.79%) Retail
10 4 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.60%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.30%) Front Office
13 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (16.42%) Architect
2 31 (9.25%) Developer
3 27 (8.06%) Senior
4 24 (7.16%) Lead
5 22 (6.57%) Cloud Engineer
6 20 (5.97%) Administrator
7 19 (5.67%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (5.37%) Support Engineer
9 16 (4.78%) Technical Architect
10 13 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (3.88%) Project Manager
11 12 (3.58%) Consultant
11 12 (3.58%) Security Engineer
12 10 (2.99%) Analyst
13 8 (2.39%) Active Directory Engineer
13 8 (2.39%) IAM Project Manager
13 8 (2.39%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 8 (2.39%) Network Engineer
14 7 (2.09%) Azure Engineer
15 6 (1.79%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (27.76%) SAML
2 86 (25.67%) OAuth
3 73 (21.79%) OpenID
4 59 (17.61%) LDAP
5 38 (11.34%) OAuth2
6 26 (7.76%) REST
7 21 (6.27%) SailPoint
8 14 (4.18%) Node.js
9 13 (3.88%) Express.js
9 13 (3.88%) SOAP
9 13 (3.88%) Web Services
10 9 (2.69%) SAP Basis
11 8 (2.39%) React
12 7 (2.09%) .NET
12 7 (2.09%) AngularJS
12 7 (2.09%) CSS
12 7 (2.09%) Middleware
13 6 (1.79%) HTML
13 6 (1.79%) Keycloak
14 5 (1.49%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 66 (19.70%) Onboarding
2 27 (8.06%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (7.46%) Cloud Native
4 24 (7.16%) PKI
5 17 (5.07%) Replication
6 12 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.99%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.99%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.99%) Taxonomies
8 9 (2.69%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.39%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.09%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
12 5 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.19%) Cloud Security Posture
13 4 (1.19%) Clustering
13 4 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 3 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 54 (16.12%) Windows
2 29 (8.66%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.67%) Linux
4 9 (2.69%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.69%) Unix
5 5 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.90%) Android
7 3 (0.90%) CatOS
7 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.60%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (33.43%) Identity Access Management
2 74 (22.09%) DevOps
3 69 (20.60%) RBAC
4 54 (16.12%) CI/CD
5 52 (15.52%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (15.22%) Agile
6 51 (15.22%) Roadmaps
7 50 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (12.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (11.64%) Zero Trust
11 37 (11.04%) Migration
12 35 (10.45%) Infrastructure as Code
13 30 (8.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 29 (8.66%) Privileged Access Management
15 28 (8.36%) High Availability
15 28 (8.36%) Microservices
16 27 (8.06%) Validation
17 26 (7.76%) Cloud Security
17 26 (7.76%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (15.52%) PowerShell
2 26 (7.76%) Java
3 22 (6.57%) Python
4 19 (5.67%) JavaScript
5 16 (4.78%) SQL
6 10 (2.99%) Bash
7 7 (2.09%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.49%) Bicep
8 5 (1.49%) VB
8 5 (1.49%) VB6
8 5 (1.49%) VBA
9 4 (1.19%) C#
10 3 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.60%) Groovy
11 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.30%) AppleScript
12 1 (0.30%) Korn
12 1 (0.30%) PHP
12 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 88 (26.27%) Security Cleared
2 70 (20.90%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.27%) Degree
4 17 (5.07%) CISSP
5 12 (3.58%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.69%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.79%) CISM
9 4 (1.19%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.19%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.19%) PMP
10 3 (0.90%) GIAC
10 3 (0.90%) MCSE
11 2 (0.60%) CEH
11 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.60%) OCP
11 2 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.54%) GDPR
2 32 (9.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (7.16%) NIST
4 20 (5.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (3.58%) QA
6 11 (3.28%) GRC
6 11 (3.28%) SLA
7 10 (2.99%) Accessibility
8 7 (2.09%) PMO
8 7 (2.09%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.79%) Data Quality
10 5 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.49%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.90%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 142 (42.39%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.07%) Docker
3 15 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.99%) VMware NSX
5 9 (2.69%) Squid
6 7 (2.09%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.19%) RACF
9 3 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.90%) vSphere
10 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.30%) Firmware
10 1 (0.30%) KVM
10 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (11.64%) Kubernetes
2 34 (10.15%) Terraform
3 29 (8.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (5.67%) Grafana
5 18 (5.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (3.58%) Ansible
7 11 (3.28%) Prometheus
8 10 (2.99%) Argo
9 9 (2.69%) FortiGate
10 8 (2.39%) Consul
11 6 (1.79%) CA Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.49%) CASB
12 5 (1.49%) PingFederate
12 5 (1.49%) VxRail
13 4 (1.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 3 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.90%) SCCM
15 2 (0.60%) HP Fortify
15 2 (0.60%) Packer
16 1 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 127 (37.91%) Microsoft
2 75 (22.39%) Okta
3 25 (7.46%) CyberArk
4 24 (7.16%) VMware
5 22 (6.57%) Red Hat
5 22 (6.57%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.37%) SAP
6 18 (5.37%) Zscaler
7 15 (4.48%) Google
8 13 (3.88%) Cisco
8 13 (3.88%) Oracle
9 11 (3.28%) BeyondTrust
10 10 (2.99%) Dynatrace
10 10 (2.99%) Palo Alto
11 9 (2.69%) F5
12 8 (2.39%) Atlassian
12 8 (2.39%) CheckPoint
13 6 (1.79%) Dell
13 6 (1.79%) ForgeRock
13 6 (1.79%) Ping Identity