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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 325 337
Rank change year-on-year -8 +12 +88
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 336 219 254
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.73% 0.58%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.95% 4.62% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 150 175
10th Percentile £321 £400 £328
25th Percentile £437 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £564 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% +10.05% -6.82%
75th Percentile £613 £647 £625
90th Percentile £679 £702 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 5
10th Percentile £55.75 - £24.51
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £81.25 - £32.75
90th Percentile £92.50 - £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 6,793 4,739 5,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.78% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,652 3,169 3,824
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £420 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -0.50% -6.35%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £498 £500
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 52 102
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £15.69
25th Percentile £22.05 £21.39 £20.50
Median hourly rate £55.25 £37.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.33% +17.19% -44.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £49.69
90th Percentile £76.05 £78.58 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -4.55% +37.50% -8.57%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -12 287 £525 -4.72% 78
UK excluding London -17 168 £525 - 54
London -8 135 £539 -5.07% 39
Work from Home -30 110 £575 +4.55% 39
North of England -66 54 £525 +14.25% 14
South East -38 34 £510 -21.54% 16
Midlands -39 33 £450 -10.00% 5
South West -9 30 £525 +5.00% 6
Yorkshire -43 28 £550 +17.27% 4
North West -43 25 £475 +5.56% 9
Scotland -2 22 £450 -25.00% 6
West Midlands -51 19 £425 -22.73% 4
East Midlands -9 13 £463 +15.05% 1
East of England -26 2 £565 -16.30% 7
North East -35 2 £413 -31.25% 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 28 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.95%) Confluence
2 20 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.68%) nginx
4 2 (0.60%) IIS
4 2 (0.60%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.30%) JBoss
5 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (6.55%) 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
1 168 (50.00%) Azure
2 154 (45.83%) Entra ID
3 77 (22.92%) AWS
4 49 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (13.99%) SaaS
6 40 (11.90%) GCP
7 25 (7.44%) Serverless
8 18 (5.36%) GitHub
9 17 (5.06%) Amazon S3
10 16 (4.76%) OpenShift
11 15 (4.46%) PaaS
12 13 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (3.87%) Google Workspace
13 12 (3.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 11 (3.27%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (3.27%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (3.27%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (3.27%) IaaS
15 10 (2.98%) OneDrive
16 9 (2.68%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 74 (22.02%) DNS
2 37 (11.01%) Firewall
3 33 (9.82%) VPN
4 31 (9.23%) DHCP
5 26 (7.74%) Kerberos
5 26 (7.74%) SSL
6 25 (7.44%) TCP/IP
7 19 (5.65%) Network Security
8 16 (4.76%) IPsec
8 16 (4.76%) WAN
9 14 (4.17%) HTTP
9 14 (4.17%) HTTPS
10 13 (3.87%) LAN
11 9 (2.68%) BIG-IP
11 9 (2.68%) DKIM
11 9 (2.68%) DMARC
11 9 (2.68%) OpenVPN
12 8 (2.38%) SD-WAN
12 8 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (2.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.08%) DynamoDB
3 7 (2.08%) Metadata
4 5 (1.49%) MySQL
5 4 (1.19%) Power BI
6 3 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.89%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) Db2
8 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (12.20%) JIRA
2 10 (2.98%) Browser DevTools
3 9 (2.68%) SonarQube
4 8 (2.38%) Git
4 8 (2.38%) GitLab
5 7 (2.08%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.08%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.79%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (1.19%) Postman
9 3 (0.89%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.60%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.60%) Snyk
10 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.30%) JUnit
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.30%) ScriptRunner
General
1 81 (24.11%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.99%) Finance
3 45 (13.39%) Public Sector
4 34 (10.12%) Documentation Skills
5 31 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.87%) Banking
7 12 (3.57%) Publishing
8 8 (2.38%) Legal
9 6 (1.79%) Military
9 6 (1.79%) Retail
10 4 (1.19%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.19%) 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
12 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (14.88%) Architect
2 29 (8.63%) Developer
3 26 (7.74%) Senior
4 23 (6.85%) Lead
5 21 (6.25%) Administrator
5 21 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (5.65%) Support Engineer
7 18 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.17%) Project Manager
8 14 (4.17%) Security Engineer
8 14 (4.17%) Technical Architect
9 13 (3.87%) Consultant
10 11 (3.27%) Analyst
10 11 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.38%) Active Directory Engineer
11 8 (2.38%) IAM Project Manager
11 8 (2.38%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 8 (2.38%) Network Engineer
12 7 (2.08%) Azure Engineer
12 7 (2.08%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (27.98%) SAML
2 84 (25.00%) OAuth
3 69 (20.54%) OpenID
4 61 (18.15%) LDAP
5 36 (10.71%) OAuth2
6 23 (6.85%) REST
7 21 (6.25%) SailPoint
8 14 (4.17%) Node.js
9 13 (3.87%) Express.js
9 13 (3.87%) SAP Basis
10 12 (3.57%) SOAP
10 12 (3.57%) Web Services
11 9 (2.68%) React
12 8 (2.38%) CSS
13 7 (2.08%) HTML
13 7 (2.08%) Middleware
14 6 (1.79%) .NET
14 6 (1.79%) AngularJS
14 6 (1.79%) Keycloak
14 6 (1.79%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 67 (19.94%) Onboarding
2 24 (7.14%) PKI
3 23 (6.85%) Cloud Native
3 23 (6.85%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (5.36%) Replication
5 13 (3.87%) Taxonomies
6 11 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.98%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.68%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.38%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.38%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.38%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
11 4 (1.19%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.19%) Clustering
11 4 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.89%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 53 (15.77%) Windows
2 27 (8.04%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.65%) Linux
4 9 (2.68%) Unix
5 8 (2.38%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.89%) Android
8 3 (0.89%) CatOS
9 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.60%) VMS
9 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (31.25%) Identity Access Management
2 74 (22.02%) DevOps
3 70 (20.83%) RBAC
4 55 (16.37%) Cybersecurity
5 54 (16.07%) CI/CD
5 54 (16.07%) Roadmaps
6 49 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (13.99%) Agile
8 42 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (11.61%) Infrastructure as Code
10 39 (11.61%) Zero Trust
11 34 (10.12%) Migration
12 29 (8.63%) High Availability
12 29 (8.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (8.33%) Privileged Access Management
13 28 (8.33%) Validation
14 26 (7.74%) Microservices
15 25 (7.44%) Identity Management
16 24 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 53 (15.77%) PowerShell
2 26 (7.74%) Python
3 21 (6.25%) Java
4 19 (5.65%) JavaScript
5 16 (4.76%) SQL
6 12 (3.57%) Bash
7 8 (2.38%) 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 (0.89%) 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 92 (27.38%) Security Cleared
2 72 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.85%) Degree
4 16 (4.76%) CISSP
5 13 (3.87%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.38%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.79%) CISM
10 4 (1.19%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.19%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.19%) PMP
11 3 (0.89%) GIAC
11 3 (0.89%) OCP
11 3 (0.89%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.60%) FFIEC
12 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.50%) GDPR
2 33 (9.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (7.14%) NIST
4 21 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (3.27%) GRC
6 10 (2.98%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.98%) QA
6 10 (2.98%) SLA
7 8 (2.38%) SOC 2
8 7 (2.08%) PCI DSS
8 7 (2.08%) PMO
9 6 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.79%) Data Quality
10 5 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.89%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 143 (42.56%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.06%) Docker
3 12 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.98%) VMware NSX
5 9 (2.68%) Squid
6 7 (2.08%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.19%) RACF
9 3 (0.89%) Firmware
9 3 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.89%) vSphere
10 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.30%) KVM
10 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (11.90%) Kubernetes
2 37 (11.01%) Terraform
3 33 (9.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (5.65%) Grafana
4 19 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (3.87%) Ansible
6 11 (3.27%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.98%) Argo
8 9 (2.68%) FortiGate
9 8 (2.38%) Consul
10 6 (1.79%) CA Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.49%) CASB
11 5 (1.49%) PingFederate
11 5 (1.49%) VxRail
12 4 (1.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 3 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.89%) SCCM
14 2 (0.60%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.60%) Packer
15 1 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 128 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 79 (23.51%) Okta
3 22 (6.55%) CyberArk
3 22 (6.55%) Red Hat
3 22 (6.55%) SAP
3 22 (6.55%) ServiceNow
4 21 (6.25%) VMware
5 17 (5.06%) Zscaler
6 15 (4.46%) Google
7 13 (3.87%) Cisco
7 13 (3.87%) Oracle
8 11 (3.27%) BeyondTrust
9 10 (2.98%) Dynatrace
9 10 (2.98%) Palo Alto
10 9 (2.68%) F5
11 8 (2.38%) Atlassian
11 8 (2.38%) CheckPoint
12 7 (2.08%) Thales
13 6 (1.79%) ForgeRock
13 6 (1.79%) Ping Identity