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

 6 months to
26 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 316 391
Rank change year-on-year -60 +75 -16
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 329 245 184
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.74% 0.48%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.43% 5.26% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 162 122
10th Percentile £358 £382 £387
25th Percentile £447 £424 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +4.62%
75th Percentile £597 £608 £695
90th Percentile £674 £675 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +2.00% -20.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 2
10th Percentile £51.25 - £30.56
25th Percentile £69.38 £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 £75.00 - £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 6,060 4,657 4,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.04% 14.08% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,006 3,011 3,086
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £694 £685 £710
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 94 60
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £19.91
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £24.09
Median hourly rate £63.48 £26.00 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +144.15% -32.03% -30.45%
75th Percentile £73.88 £63.00 £66.19
90th Percentile £87.77 £67.18 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.48 £21.39 £38.50
% change year-on-year +196.77% -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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -51 272 £525 - 298
UK excluding London -22 167 £510 +2.00% 117
London -62 127 £537 +2.29% 188
Work from Home -38 98 £492 -6.29% 130
North of England -46 53 £500 +6.16% 30
North West -30 31 £496 +5.31% 24
Midlands -33 31 £425 -15.00% 14
Scotland -5 28 £481 -16.35% 7
West Midlands -35 25 £425 -22.73% 12
South East -57 25 £450 -16.28% 43
South West -31 19 £525 +2.64% 11
Yorkshire -36 16 £558 +26.13% 6
East of England -30 10 £544 -20.84% 9
North East - 6 £500 -
East Midlands -14 5 £463 +15.05% 2
Wales - 4 £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 33 (10.03%) SharePoint
2 23 (6.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (6.08%) Confluence
4 4 (1.22%) nginx
5 3 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.91%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.30%) Appian
6 1 (0.30%) JBoss
6 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.91%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.61%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.61%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.30%) Actimize
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 153 (46.50%) Azure
2 148 (44.98%) Entra ID
3 74 (22.49%) AWS
4 49 (14.89%) GCP
5 48 (14.59%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (11.55%) SaaS
7 21 (6.38%) GitHub
8 16 (4.86%) OpenShift
9 12 (3.65%) Google Workspace
9 12 (3.65%) Serverless
10 10 (3.04%) OCI
11 9 (2.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (2.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (2.13%) Google Drive
12 7 (2.13%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (17.63%) DNS
2 31 (9.42%) Firewall
3 22 (6.69%) VPN
4 20 (6.08%) SSL
5 19 (5.78%) TCP/IP
6 15 (4.56%) DHCP
7 14 (4.26%) WAN
8 13 (3.95%) Network Security
9 10 (3.04%) SD-WAN
10 9 (2.74%) DKIM
10 9 (2.74%) DMARC
10 9 (2.74%) HTTPS
11 8 (2.43%) IPsec
11 8 (2.43%) Kerberos
11 8 (2.43%) LAN
12 7 (2.13%) HTTP
12 7 (2.13%) SSH
12 7 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (1.52%) Internet
14 4 (1.22%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.65%) Metadata
1 12 (3.65%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.52%) Metadata Repository
2 5 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (1.52%) Power BI
3 4 (1.22%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.22%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.22%) Tableau
4 3 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.61%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.61%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.61%) MySQL
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.61%) Redis
6 1 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 35 (10.64%) JIRA
2 15 (4.56%) Git
3 11 (3.34%) GitLab
4 9 (2.74%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.74%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (2.74%) Visual Studio
5 7 (2.13%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (1.22%) Postman
6 4 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.91%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.91%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.61%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.61%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.61%) JUnit
8 2 (0.61%) Maven
8 2 (0.61%) Mockito
8 2 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.61%) Snyk
8 2 (0.61%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
General
1 63 (19.15%) Social Skills
2 62 (18.84%) Finance
3 44 (13.37%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.29%) Documentation Skills
5 20 (6.08%) Banking
6 12 (3.65%) Retail
7 7 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.13%) Military
8 6 (1.82%) Legal
9 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.91%) Marketing
9 3 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.61%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.61%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.61%) German Language
10 2 (0.61%) Local Government
10 2 (0.61%) Publishing
11 1 (0.30%) Front Office
11 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (14.29%) Architect
2 37 (11.25%) Developer
3 19 (5.78%) Senior
3 19 (5.78%) Support Engineer
4 18 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (4.86%) Cloud Engineer
6 14 (4.26%) Lead
7 12 (3.65%) Administrator
7 12 (3.65%) Consultant
7 12 (3.65%) Java Developer
8 10 (3.04%) Active Directory Engineer
8 10 (3.04%) Analyst
8 10 (3.04%) Security Engineer
9 9 (2.74%) AWS Engineer
9 9 (2.74%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (2.74%) IAM Specialist
9 9 (2.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (2.43%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 8 (2.43%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (2.13%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (27.05%) SAML
2 80 (24.32%) OAuth
3 70 (21.28%) OpenID
4 36 (10.94%) LDAP
4 36 (10.94%) OAuth2
5 35 (10.64%) REST
6 32 (9.73%) Terraform
7 20 (6.08%) SailPoint
8 18 (5.47%) SOAP
9 16 (4.86%) Web Services
9 16 (4.86%) XML
10 13 (3.95%) Node.js
11 10 (3.04%) .NET
12 9 (2.74%) ActiveX
12 9 (2.74%) Express.js
13 8 (2.43%) React
14 7 (2.13%) FIDO
14 7 (2.13%) Kafka
14 7 (2.13%) Middleware
15 6 (1.82%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 63 (19.15%) Onboarding
2 39 (11.85%) Enterprise Software
3 35 (10.64%) PKI
4 23 (6.99%) Cloud Native
5 16 (4.86%) Management Information System
6 14 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.43%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.43%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.43%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.13%) Freedom of Information
8 7 (2.13%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.82%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.52%) Clustering
10 5 (1.52%) Replication
11 4 (1.22%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.91%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.42%) Windows
2 17 (5.17%) Linux
3 16 (4.86%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.82%) Unix
6 5 (1.52%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.61%) Android
8 2 (0.61%) VMS
8 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.30%) CatOS
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (37.08%) Identity Access Management
2 79 (24.01%) RBAC
3 55 (16.72%) Migration
4 52 (15.81%) CI/CD
5 47 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (14.29%) DevOps
6 45 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 38 (11.55%) Privileged Access Management
8 37 (11.25%) Agile
9 34 (10.33%) ITIL
10 33 (10.03%) Cybersecurity
11 32 (9.73%) Microservices
11 32 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (9.73%) Roadmaps
12 31 (9.42%) Zero Trust
13 30 (9.12%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 30 (9.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 29 (8.81%) Change Management
15 28 (8.51%) Identity Management
15 28 (8.51%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 61 (18.54%) PowerShell
2 47 (14.29%) Python
3 42 (12.77%) Java
4 15 (4.56%) Bash
4 15 (4.56%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.95%) SQL
6 9 (2.74%) VB
6 9 (2.74%) VB6
6 9 (2.74%) VBA
7 8 (2.43%) C#
8 5 (1.52%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.22%) Go
10 3 (0.91%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.61%) Groovy
12 1 (0.30%) Bicep
12 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.30%) Swift
12 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (20.97%) Security Cleared
2 57 (17.33%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (5.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (5.17%) Degree
6 16 (4.86%) Azure Certification
7 13 (3.95%) CISSP
8 8 (2.43%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.82%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.22%) CISM
11 3 (0.91%) GIAC
11 3 (0.91%) MCSE
11 3 (0.91%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.91%) PMP
12 2 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.61%) CEH
12 2 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.61%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (6.08%) GDPR
3 18 (5.47%) NIST
4 16 (4.86%) Data Quality
4 16 (4.86%) SLA
5 11 (3.34%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.43%) QA
7 4 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.22%) PMO
7 4 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.22%) SNOMED CT
8 3 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.91%) NCSC
8 3 (0.91%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.61%) GRC
9 2 (0.61%) ITGC
10 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
System Software
1 133 (40.43%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.56%) Docker
3 7 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.22%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.91%) vSphere
7 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.30%) KVM
8 1 (0.30%) zsh
Systems Management
1 28 (8.51%) Kubernetes
2 22 (6.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (5.17%) Grafana
4 16 (4.86%) Ansible
5 9 (2.74%) Argo
6 8 (2.43%) Prometheus
7 7 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.52%) CASB
8 5 (1.52%) PingFederate
9 4 (1.22%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.91%) Packer
10 3 (0.91%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.91%) SELinux
11 2 (0.61%) Consul
11 2 (0.61%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.61%) SCCM
11 2 (0.61%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.30%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 146 (44.38%) Microsoft
2 61 (18.54%) Okta
3 27 (8.21%) BeyondTrust
4 26 (7.90%) ServiceNow
5 23 (6.99%) CyberArk
6 19 (5.78%) Oracle
7 18 (5.47%) Google
8 15 (4.56%) Red Hat
9 14 (4.26%) Zscaler
10 12 (3.65%) Ping Identity
10 12 (3.65%) VMware
11 10 (3.04%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (2.43%) ForgeRock
13 7 (2.13%) Cisco
14 6 (1.82%) Salesforce
15 5 (1.52%) Palo Alto
15 5 (1.52%) SAP
15 5 (1.52%) Splunk
16 4 (1.22%) Apple
16 4 (1.22%) OpenAI
332 Single Sign-On jobs Nationwide