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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 341 342
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 +91
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 332 225 254
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.63% 0.69% 0.59%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.70% 4.43% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 151 173
10th Percentile £344 £384 £350
25th Percentile £447 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £602 £644 £638
90th Percentile £679 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 5
10th Percentile £58.75 - £24.51
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £81.25 - £32.75
90th Percentile - - £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 7,063 5,080 5,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.42% 15.65% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,832 3,361 3,841
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £519
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -2.60% -5.73%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £622
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 172 71 101
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £16.79
25th Percentile £22.16 £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 £63.58 £50.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.50 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £57.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -7.89% +42.50% -13.21%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -20 279 £525 -4.55% 114
UK excluding London -26 171 £525 +5.00% 101
London -12 133 £539 -4.48% 53
Work from Home -39 112 £540 -1.82% 87
North of England -60 54 £550 +19.70% 23
South East -42 33 £520 -16.80% 35
Midlands -43 32 £450 - 10
North West -38 27 £500 +19.90% 13
Scotland +7 26 £450 -25.00% 16
South West -12 25 £525 -2.33% 5
Yorkshire -48 25 £550 +17.27% 7
West Midlands -61 18 £425 -15.00% 5
East Midlands -4 13 £463 +15.05% 5
East of England -18 5 £555 -17.78% 10
North East -37 3 £413 -31.25% 3
Wales - 3 £525 - 4

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 31 (9.34%) SharePoint
2 25 (7.53%) Confluence
3 23 (6.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (3.61%) nginx
5 3 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.60%) IIS
6 2 (0.60%) JBoss
6 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Fuse
6 2 (0.60%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.30%) Apache
7 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.12%) 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 (50.00%) Azure
2 154 (46.39%) Entra ID
3 85 (25.60%) AWS
4 50 (15.06%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (12.65%) SaaS
6 41 (12.35%) GCP
7 26 (7.83%) Serverless
8 20 (6.02%) GitHub
9 16 (4.82%) Amazon S3
10 15 (4.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 14 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (4.22%) OpenShift
12 13 (3.92%) PaaS
13 12 (3.61%) Google Workspace
14 11 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (3.31%) IaaS
15 10 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (3.01%) OneDrive
16 9 (2.71%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 72 (21.69%) DNS
2 35 (10.54%) Firewall
3 31 (9.34%) VPN
4 30 (9.04%) DHCP
5 29 (8.73%) TCP/IP
6 24 (7.23%) SSL
7 22 (6.63%) Kerberos
8 21 (6.33%) Network Security
9 14 (4.22%) WAN
10 13 (3.92%) IPsec
11 12 (3.61%) OpenVPN
12 11 (3.31%) HTTP
12 11 (3.31%) HTTPS
12 11 (3.31%) LAN
13 9 (2.71%) DKIM
13 9 (2.71%) DMARC
13 9 (2.71%) SD-WAN
14 8 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (2.11%) Internet
16 6 (1.81%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.61%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (2.11%) Metadata
4 5 (1.51%) DynamoDB
4 5 (1.51%) MySQL
4 5 (1.51%) Power BI
5 4 (1.20%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
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 44 (13.25%) JIRA
2 12 (3.61%) Git
3 11 (3.31%) Browser DevTools
4 9 (2.71%) SonarQube
5 7 (2.11%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.11%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.11%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.81%) GitLab
7 5 (1.51%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (1.20%) Postman
8 4 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.90%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.60%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.60%) Snyk
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 80 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 51 (15.36%) Finance
3 46 (13.86%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.04%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.73%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (4.82%) Banking
7 9 (2.71%) Publishing
8 8 (2.41%) Legal
9 6 (1.81%) Military
9 6 (1.81%) Retail
10 4 (1.20%) 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 54 (16.27%) Architect
2 30 (9.04%) Developer
3 27 (8.13%) Lead
3 27 (8.13%) Senior
4 21 (6.33%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (6.02%) Administrator
5 20 (6.02%) Support Engineer
6 18 (5.42%) Solutions Architect
7 16 (4.82%) Technical Architect
8 14 (4.22%) Project Manager
9 13 (3.92%) Consultant
10 11 (3.31%) Security Engineer
11 10 (3.01%) Analyst
11 10 (3.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (2.71%) IAM Project Manager
13 8 (2.41%) Active Directory Engineer
13 8 (2.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 7 (2.11%) Azure Engineer
14 7 (2.11%) IAM Consultant
14 7 (2.11%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (26.20%) SAML
2 83 (25.00%) OAuth
3 71 (21.39%) OpenID
4 55 (16.57%) LDAP
5 36 (10.84%) OAuth2
6 26 (7.83%) REST
7 21 (6.33%) SailPoint
8 14 (4.22%) Node.js
9 13 (3.92%) Express.js
9 13 (3.92%) SOAP
9 13 (3.92%) Web Services
10 10 (3.01%) .NET
11 8 (2.41%) React
11 8 (2.41%) SAP Basis
11 8 (2.41%) XML
12 7 (2.11%) AngularJS
12 7 (2.11%) CSS
12 7 (2.11%) Middleware
13 6 (1.81%) HTML
14 5 (1.51%) ActiveX
Miscellaneous
1 64 (19.28%) Onboarding
2 29 (8.73%) Enterprise Software
2 29 (8.73%) PKI
3 25 (7.53%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.22%) Replication
5 12 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.01%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.01%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.71%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.71%) Taxonomies
8 8 (2.41%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.11%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.81%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.81%) Freedom of Information
11 5 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.20%) Clustering
12 4 (1.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 47 (14.16%) Windows
2 22 (6.63%) Windows Server
3 20 (6.02%) Linux
4 9 (2.71%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.71%) Unix
5 5 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.90%) Android
7 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.60%) VMS
9 1 (0.30%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (34.64%) Identity Access Management
2 75 (22.59%) DevOps
3 67 (20.18%) RBAC
4 53 (15.96%) Agile
5 51 (15.36%) CI/CD
5 51 (15.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (15.06%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (15.06%) Roadmaps
7 44 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 42 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (12.35%) Zero Trust
10 39 (11.75%) Migration
11 33 (9.94%) Infrastructure as Code
12 30 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (8.73%) Privileged Access Management
14 28 (8.43%) Microservices
15 26 (7.83%) Validation
16 25 (7.53%) Cloud Security
16 25 (7.53%) Identity Management
17 24 (7.23%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 52 (15.66%) PowerShell
2 29 (8.73%) Java
3 23 (6.93%) Python
4 19 (5.72%) JavaScript
5 16 (4.82%) SQL
6 10 (3.01%) Bash
7 7 (2.11%) C#
7 7 (2.11%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.51%) Bicep
8 5 (1.51%) VB
8 5 (1.51%) VB6
8 5 (1.51%) VBA
9 3 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.60%) Groovy
10 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.30%) Go
11 1 (0.30%) Korn
11 1 (0.30%) PHP
11 1 (0.30%) R
11 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 83 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 69 (20.78%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.02%) Degree
4 17 (5.12%) CISSP
5 11 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.71%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.11%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.81%) CISM
8 6 (1.81%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.81%) PMP
9 4 (1.20%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.90%) GIAC
10 3 (0.90%) MCSE
11 2 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.60%) CEH
11 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (12.05%) GDPR
2 34 (10.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (7.83%) NIST
4 20 (6.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 14 (4.22%) SLA
6 12 (3.61%) QA
7 11 (3.31%) GRC
8 10 (3.01%) Accessibility
9 7 (2.11%) PMO
9 7 (2.11%) SOC 2
10 6 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (1.81%) Data Quality
11 5 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (1.51%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.90%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 142 (42.77%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.12%) Docker
3 11 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.71%) Squid
5 7 (2.11%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.20%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.20%) RACF
8 3 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.90%) vSphere
9 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.30%) Firmware
9 1 (0.30%) KVM
9 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (10.84%) Kubernetes
2 34 (10.24%) Terraform
3 25 (7.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (5.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (5.42%) Grafana
6 14 (4.22%) Ansible
7 10 (3.01%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.71%) Argo
8 9 (2.71%) FortiGate
9 8 (2.41%) Consul
10 6 (1.81%) CA Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.51%) CASB
11 5 (1.51%) PingFederate
12 4 (1.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 3 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.90%) SCCM
13 3 (0.90%) SELinux
14 2 (0.60%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.60%) Packer
14 2 (0.60%) VxRail
Vendors
1 127 (38.25%) Microsoft
2 77 (23.19%) Okta
3 27 (8.13%) CyberArk
4 25 (7.53%) ServiceNow
5 23 (6.93%) Red Hat
6 18 (5.42%) Zscaler
7 17 (5.12%) SAP
7 17 (5.12%) VMware
8 15 (4.52%) Google
9 13 (3.92%) BeyondTrust
9 13 (3.92%) Oracle
10 10 (3.01%) Cisco
10 10 (3.01%) Dynatrace
11 9 (2.71%) Ping Identity
12 8 (2.41%) Atlassian
12 8 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (2.11%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.81%) F5
14 6 (1.81%) ForgeRock
15 5 (1.51%) CheckPoint