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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 356 347
Rank change year-on-year +60 -9 +90
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 342 171 265
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.84% 0.56% 0.60%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.47% 3.62% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 109 192
10th Percentile £363 £408 £351
25th Percentile £442 £488 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £513
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +17.07% -2.38%
75th Percentile £598 £675 £650
90th Percentile £675 £771 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -14.17% +26.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 3
10th Percentile £51.30 - £26.05
25th Percentile £55.19 - £27.63
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £31.50
75th Percentile £68.75 - £66.38
90th Percentile £92.50 - £86.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 - £100.00

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 6,255 4,729 5,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.42% 15.42% 12.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,328 3,071 3,911
10th Percentile £313 £313 £263
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £636
90th Percentile £688 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 55 159
10th Percentile £17.55 £16.38 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.15 £21.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +105.88% -44.78% -4.78%
75th Percentile £63.32 £54.25 £61.63
90th Percentile £79.90 £72.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.25 £24.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +113.54% -48.03% +0.28%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 18 February 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 +50 287 £525 -12.50% 63
UK excluding London +13 165 £515 -14.17% 44
London +19 121 £525 -12.50% 40
Work from Home +7 100 £541 -7.23% 33
North of England -26 55 £471 -5.80% 8
South West +23 52 £524 +23.29% 6
Yorkshire -23 34 £525 -12.50% 4
South East -17 30 £490 -24.62% 21
North West -25 21 £400 -15.79% 4
Midlands -54 19 £447 -26.27% 8
West Midlands -46 15 £450 -25.77% 6
Scotland +11 8 £650 -21.21% 1
East of England -26 5 £575 +31.43% 2
East Midlands -24 4 £442 - 2
Wales -4 1 £550 +10.00%
North East -13 1 - - 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 20 (5.85%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.39%) Confluence
3 9 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.05%) IIS
4 7 (2.05%) nginx
5 6 (1.75%) Apache
5 6 (1.75%) JBoss
6 5 (1.46%) iPlanet
6 5 (1.46%) WebSphere
6 5 (1.46%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.58%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.58%) CMS
9 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.29%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (1.75%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.17%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.58%) Windchill
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 16 (4.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.58%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 175 (51.17%) Azure
2 150 (43.86%) Entra ID
3 84 (24.56%) AWS
4 55 (16.08%) SaaS
5 47 (13.74%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (7.89%) PaaS
7 22 (6.43%) GCP
8 21 (6.14%) Serverless
9 18 (5.26%) IaaS
10 16 (4.68%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (4.39%) GitHub
12 14 (4.09%) Amazon S3
13 13 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (3.51%) OneDrive
15 11 (3.22%) OpenShift
16 10 (2.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 10 (2.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 9 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
17 9 (2.63%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 75 (21.93%) DNS
2 45 (13.16%) Firewall
3 38 (11.11%) VPN
4 36 (10.53%) Kerberos
5 30 (8.77%) DHCP
6 18 (5.26%) SSL
7 16 (4.68%) TCP/IP
8 13 (3.80%) HTTP
9 12 (3.51%) Network Security
10 11 (3.22%) IPsec
11 9 (2.63%) HTTPS
11 9 (2.63%) LAN
11 9 (2.63%) Wireshark
12 8 (2.34%) BIG-IP
12 8 (2.34%) WAN
12 8 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (2.05%) OpenVPN
13 7 (2.05%) Wireless
14 6 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (1.75%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.46%) DynamoDB
3 5 (1.46%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.17%) Power BI
5 3 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.88%) CockroachDB
5 3 (0.88%) MySQL
5 3 (0.88%) Pinecone
5 3 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.58%) GIS
6 2 (0.58%) SQLite
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.29%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.29%) Metadata
7 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (9.94%) JIRA
2 25 (7.31%) Git
3 12 (3.51%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.75%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.75%) SonarQube
4 6 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (1.46%) Bitbucket Server
5 5 (1.46%) CA Release Automation
5 5 (1.46%) GitLab
5 5 (1.46%) Postman
6 3 (0.88%) MSI
7 2 (0.58%) CocoaPods
7 2 (0.58%) Crashlytics
7 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.58%) fastlane
7 2 (0.58%) JUnit
7 2 (0.58%) Selenium
7 2 (0.58%) Xcode
8 1 (0.29%) gulp
8 1 (0.29%) webpack
General
1 91 (26.61%) Social Skills
2 37 (10.82%) Finance
3 29 (8.48%) Documentation Skills
4 27 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.22%) Publishing
7 9 (2.63%) Banking
8 5 (1.46%) Aviation
9 4 (1.17%) Legal
10 3 (0.88%) Retail
11 2 (0.58%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.58%) Local Government
11 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.58%) Marketing
11 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.29%) Electronics
12 1 (0.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 64 (18.71%) Architect
2 38 (11.11%) Senior
3 27 (7.89%) Solutions Architect
4 23 (6.73%) Developer
5 19 (5.56%) Analyst
6 18 (5.26%) Consultant
6 18 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (4.97%) Administrator
7 17 (4.97%) Technical Architect
8 15 (4.39%) Lead
9 14 (4.09%) Security Engineer
10 10 (2.92%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (2.92%) Network Engineer
11 9 (2.63%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.34%) IAM Consultant
12 8 (2.34%) IAM Specialist
12 8 (2.34%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.34%) Senior Architect
13 7 (2.05%) ForgeRock Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (35.67%) OAuth
2 119 (34.80%) SAML
3 91 (26.61%) OpenID
4 63 (18.42%) LDAP
5 51 (14.91%) OAuth2
6 26 (7.60%) SailPoint
7 14 (4.09%) SAP Basis
8 13 (3.80%) REST
9 12 (3.51%) React
9 12 (3.51%) RESTful
10 9 (2.63%) Entity Framework
11 8 (2.34%) ARM Templates
11 8 (2.34%) CSS
11 8 (2.34%) SOAP
11 8 (2.34%) YAML
12 7 (2.05%) .NET
12 7 (2.05%) AngularJS
12 7 (2.05%) HTML
13 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Graph
13 6 (1.75%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 57 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 23 (6.73%) Replication
3 20 (5.85%) PKI
4 17 (4.97%) Taxonomies
5 11 (3.22%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.22%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.92%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.92%) Private Cloud
7 8 (2.34%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.34%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.17%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.88%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.88%) CMDB
12 2 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 85 (24.85%) Windows
2 53 (15.50%) Windows Server
3 28 (8.19%) Linux
4 7 (2.05%) Unix
5 6 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.17%) CatOS
7 4 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.29%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (28.65%) Identity Access Management
2 91 (26.61%) RBAC
3 71 (20.76%) DevOps
4 63 (18.42%) CI/CD
5 60 (17.54%) Agile
6 58 (16.96%) Identity Management
7 52 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (12.57%) Zero Trust
9 40 (11.70%) Infrastructure as Code
10 39 (11.40%) Roadmaps
11 36 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (9.65%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 32 (9.36%) High Availability
14 31 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 26 (7.60%) Migration
16 26 (7.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 25 (7.31%) Microservices
17 25 (7.31%) Privileged Access Management
17 25 (7.31%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (24.27%) PowerShell
2 35 (10.23%) Python
3 22 (6.43%) SQL
4 21 (6.14%) JavaScript
5 15 (4.39%) Java
6 10 (2.92%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.63%) Groovy
7 9 (2.63%) Shell Script
8 8 (2.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 7 (2.05%) Bicep
10 6 (1.75%) Bash
10 6 (1.75%) C#
11 2 (0.58%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.58%) Swift
12 1 (0.29%) AppleScript
12 1 (0.29%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.29%) Korn
12 1 (0.29%) PHP
12 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 134 (39.18%) Security Cleared
2 92 (26.90%) SC Cleared
3 34 (9.94%) DV Cleared
4 26 (7.60%) CISSP
5 23 (6.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.68%) CISM
6 16 (4.68%) Degree
7 13 (3.80%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.05%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.46%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.88%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.88%) OCP
11 3 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.88%) PhD
12 2 (0.58%) CCSP
12 2 (0.58%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (16.37%) GDPR
2 33 (9.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (6.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 15 (4.39%) NIST
5 13 (3.80%) SOC 2
6 10 (2.92%) PCI DSS
7 9 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (2.63%) SLA
8 6 (1.75%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.75%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.75%) NCSC
8 6 (1.75%) PSD2
9 4 (1.17%) GRC
9 4 (1.17%) QA
10 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.88%) WCAG
11 2 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 160 (46.78%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.14%) Docker
4 11 (3.22%) VMware NSX
5 8 (2.34%) Squid
6 6 (1.75%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.46%) RACF
7 5 (1.46%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 3 (0.88%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.58%) Firmware
9 2 (0.58%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.58%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.58%) OpenIDM
9 2 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 61 (17.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 45 (13.16%) Terraform
3 33 (9.65%) Kubernetes
4 23 (6.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (4.97%) Ansible
6 13 (3.80%) PingFederate
7 12 (3.51%) Grafana
8 9 (2.63%) CA Single Sign-On
8 9 (2.63%) Prometheus
9 8 (2.34%) FortiGate
10 7 (2.05%) SCCM
11 6 (1.75%) Consul
12 5 (1.46%) CA Wily
12 5 (1.46%) Progress Chef
12 5 (1.46%) Tivoli
13 4 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (1.17%) VxRail
14 2 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
14 2 (0.58%) Kibana
14 2 (0.58%) logstash
Vendors
1 167 (48.83%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.74%) Okta
3 38 (11.11%) VMware
4 19 (5.56%) CyberArk
5 18 (5.26%) SAP
6 16 (4.68%) Google
6 16 (4.68%) Ping Identity
6 16 (4.68%) Splunk
7 15 (4.39%) ForgeRock
8 14 (4.09%) ServiceNow
9 13 (3.80%) Red Hat
9 13 (3.80%) Zscaler
10 11 (3.22%) Palo Alto
10 11 (3.22%) Pega
11 10 (2.92%) Cisco
11 10 (2.92%) Oracle
11 10 (2.92%) Salesforce
12 8 (2.34%) Atlassian
12 8 (2.34%) F5
13 7 (2.05%) Dynatrace