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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 340 336
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +75
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 310 180 256
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.62% 0.60%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.88% 3.93% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 118 178
10th Percentile £321 £410 £350
25th Percentile £447 £478 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £564 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% +10.05% -6.82%
75th Percentile £613 £654 £638
90th Percentile £696 £750 £704
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -0.95% +10.53% -13.64%
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 6,358 4,577 5,067
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.47% 15.79% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,372 3,122 3,637
10th Percentile £325 £313 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £514
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.14% -8.21%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £625
90th Percentile £688 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £497 £490
% change year-on-year -0.23% +1.38% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 53 113
10th Percentile £20.09 £13.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £34.87 £21.39 £17.72
Median hourly rate £56.00 £26.50 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +111.32% +2.85% -53.15%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £76.55 £72.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £27.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year +103.70% -6.09% -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 13 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 13 May 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 13 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 -9 259 £525 -7.57% 76
UK excluding London -10 157 £520 -0.95% 48
London -14 111 £533 -7.32% 37
Work from Home -40 85 £600 +9.09% 36
North of England -57 55 £513 +6.00% 8
South East -27 37 £493 -23.05% 17
Yorkshire -26 36 £550 +2.90%
Midlands -39 28 £450 -18.18% 6
South West -14 27 £525 +20.00% 6
North West -43 18 £438 -5.41% 7
West Midlands -54 15 £370 -32.73% 3
Scotland +14 13 £449 -45.64% 5
East Midlands -17 12 £594 - 3
North East -19 2 £413 -31.25% 1
East of England -30 2 £563 +12.50% 9
Wales - 1 £550 -

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 23 (7.42%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.13%) Confluence
3 18 (5.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.90%) nginx
5 3 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.97%) IIS
6 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.65%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.32%) JBoss
7 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 8 (2.58%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.97%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 31 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.65%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 151 (48.71%) Azure
2 146 (47.10%) Entra ID
3 66 (21.29%) AWS
4 47 (15.16%) SaaS
5 42 (13.55%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (9.35%) GCP
6 29 (9.35%) Serverless
7 18 (5.81%) Amazon S3
7 18 (5.81%) PaaS
8 15 (4.84%) Google Workspace
9 14 (4.52%) GitHub
9 14 (4.52%) OpenShift
10 13 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (3.87%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (3.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (3.55%) OneDrive
13 10 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (2.90%) IaaS
14 9 (2.90%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 74 (23.87%) DNS
2 34 (10.97%) VPN
3 33 (10.65%) Firewall
4 30 (9.68%) DHCP
5 29 (9.35%) Kerberos
6 26 (8.39%) SSL
7 22 (7.10%) TCP/IP
8 17 (5.48%) HTTP
9 16 (5.16%) IPsec
9 16 (5.16%) Network Security
10 14 (4.52%) LAN
11 13 (4.19%) BIG-IP
11 13 (4.19%) HTTPS
11 13 (4.19%) WAN
12 10 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (3.23%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (3.23%) Wireless
13 9 (2.90%) OpenVPN
13 9 (2.90%) Wireshark
14 8 (2.58%) Ethereal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.26%) DynamoDB
3 6 (1.94%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.61%) Metadata
5 4 (1.29%) MySQL
6 3 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.97%) CockroachDB
6 3 (0.97%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.97%) Pinecone
6 3 (0.97%) Power BI
7 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.65%) GIS
7 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.32%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 38 (12.26%) JIRA
2 10 (3.23%) Browser DevTools
3 7 (2.26%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.26%) Git
3 7 (2.26%) GitLab
3 7 (2.26%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.61%) Postman
5 4 (1.29%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.97%) 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 (0.32%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.32%) Gatling
8 1 (0.32%) JMeter
8 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.32%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 73 (23.55%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.26%) Public Sector
3 37 (11.94%) Finance
4 33 (10.65%) Documentation Skills
5 29 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.16%) Publishing
7 12 (3.87%) Banking
8 8 (2.58%) Retail
9 7 (2.26%) Legal
10 4 (1.29%) Military
11 3 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.32%) Aviation
13 1 (0.32%) Front Office
13 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (16.45%) Architect
2 29 (9.35%) Senior
3 27 (8.71%) Lead
4 23 (7.42%) Administrator
4 23 (7.42%) Developer
5 18 (5.81%) Solutions Architect
6 16 (5.16%) Support Engineer
7 13 (4.19%) Cloud Engineer
7 13 (4.19%) Technical Architect
8 12 (3.87%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (3.55%) Network Engineer
10 9 (2.90%) Analyst
10 9 (2.90%) Consultant
10 9 (2.90%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (2.90%) Security Engineer
11 8 (2.58%) IAM Project Manager
11 8 (2.58%) Senior Architect
11 8 (2.58%) Senior Developer
12 7 (2.26%) SAP Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (29.35%) SAML
2 89 (28.71%) OAuth
3 66 (21.29%) LDAP
3 66 (21.29%) OpenID
4 35 (11.29%) OAuth2
5 21 (6.77%) SailPoint
6 20 (6.45%) REST
6 20 (6.45%) SAP Basis
7 11 (3.55%) Web Services
8 10 (3.23%) Express.js
8 10 (3.23%) Node.js
9 9 (2.90%) CSS
9 9 (2.90%) React
10 8 (2.58%) ARM Templates
10 8 (2.58%) Entity Framework
10 8 (2.58%) HTML
11 7 (2.26%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.26%) Model Context Protocol
12 6 (1.94%) YAML
13 5 (1.61%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (18.71%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.77%) PKI
3 20 (6.45%) Replication
3 20 (6.45%) Taxonomies
4 17 (5.48%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (4.19%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.90%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.90%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.26%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.61%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.61%) Freedom of Information
9 5 (1.61%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.29%) Clustering
10 4 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.29%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.97%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 60 (19.35%) Windows
2 33 (10.65%) Windows Server
3 20 (6.45%) Linux
4 9 (2.90%) Unix
5 6 (1.94%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.61%) CatOS
6 5 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.29%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.65%) Android
9 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (27.74%) Identity Access Management
2 75 (24.19%) RBAC
3 70 (22.58%) DevOps
4 57 (18.39%) Cybersecurity
5 55 (17.74%) Roadmaps
6 51 (16.45%) CI/CD
7 44 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (13.55%) Agile
9 39 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (11.29%) Infrastructure as Code
10 35 (11.29%) Zero Trust
11 32 (10.32%) High Availability
12 30 (9.68%) Validation
13 29 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (8.71%) Migration
14 27 (8.71%) Vulnerability Management
15 26 (8.39%) Microservices
16 24 (7.74%) Identity Management
17 23 (7.42%) Data Governance
17 23 (7.42%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 53 (17.10%) PowerShell
2 24 (7.74%) Python
3 21 (6.77%) JavaScript
4 19 (6.13%) SQL
5 16 (5.16%) Java
6 12 (3.87%) Bash
7 9 (2.90%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.61%) C#
9 4 (1.29%) Bicep
9 4 (1.29%) Groovy
9 4 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.32%) AppleScript
11 1 (0.32%) Go
11 1 (0.32%) Korn
11 1 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 116 (37.42%) Security Cleared
2 86 (27.74%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.42%) DV Cleared
4 18 (5.81%) Degree
5 11 (3.55%) CISSP
6 7 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.61%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.61%) CISM
8 4 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.29%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.29%) PMP
9 3 (0.97%) OCP
9 3 (0.97%) 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%) FFIEC
10 2 (0.65%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.65%) RHCE
10 2 (0.65%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.87%) GDPR
2 27 (8.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (7.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 21 (6.77%) NIST
5 11 (3.55%) GRC
6 10 (3.23%) QA
6 10 (3.23%) SLA
6 10 (3.23%) SOC 2
7 8 (2.58%) PCI DSS
8 7 (2.26%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.29%) PMO
10 3 (0.97%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.97%) NCSC
10 3 (0.97%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 146 (47.10%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.81%) Docker
2 18 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.48%) VMware NSX
4 10 (3.23%) Squid
5 7 (2.26%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.61%) RACF
7 4 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.97%) Firmware
8 3 (0.97%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.65%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.65%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.65%) OpenIDM
9 2 (0.65%) vSphere
10 1 (0.32%) KVM
10 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 47 (15.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 32 (10.32%) Kubernetes
3 29 (9.35%) Terraform
4 18 (5.81%) Grafana
5 15 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (4.19%) Ansible
7 12 (3.87%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.90%) FortiGate
9 8 (2.58%) Consul
10 7 (2.26%) Argo
10 7 (2.26%) PingFederate
11 6 (1.94%) CA Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.94%) SCCM
12 4 (1.29%) VxRail
13 3 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.65%) CASB
14 2 (0.65%) Packer
15 1 (0.32%) Istio
15 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 116 (37.42%) Microsoft
2 62 (20.00%) Okta
3 31 (10.00%) SAP
3 31 (10.00%) VMware
4 21 (6.77%) Red Hat
5 19 (6.13%) CyberArk
6 18 (5.81%) Google
7 15 (4.84%) Palo Alto
8 14 (4.52%) ServiceNow
9 13 (4.19%) F5
9 13 (4.19%) Zscaler
10 12 (3.87%) Cisco
11 11 (3.55%) CheckPoint
11 11 (3.55%) Pega
12 10 (3.23%) Dynatrace
12 10 (3.23%) Oracle
13 9 (2.90%) BeyondTrust
14 8 (2.58%) Atlassian
15 6 (1.94%) Ping Identity
15 6 (1.94%) SolarWinds