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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 308 385
Rank change year-on-year -80 +77 -22
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 326 264 176
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.80% 0.46%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.38% 5.56% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 174 116
10th Percentile £363 £384 £363
25th Percentile £447 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £594 £608 £700
90th Percentile £656 £675 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +2.00% -20.00% +12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 2
10th Percentile £51.25 £44.48 £30.56
25th Percentile £72.50 £45.56 £40.14
Median hourly rate £76.25 £50.75 £60.09
Median % change year-on-year +50.25% -15.54% -
75th Percentile £81.25 £55.56 £84.05
90th Percentile £81.92 £56.43 £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 6,057 4,749 4,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.10% 14.37% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,021 3,067 3,004
10th Percentile £315 £277 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £682 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £483 £494
% change year-on-year +3.63% -2.33% -1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 96 57
10th Percentile £18.25 £14.12 £20.61
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.48 £25.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.94% -32.00% -31.82%
75th Percentile £73.75 £63.29 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.43 £69.88 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.31 £21.39 £38.00
% change year-on-year +195.97% -43.71% -21.02%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -59 267 £525 - 319
UK excluding London -31 167 £510 +2.00% 119
London -78 123 £545 +3.81% 203
Work from Home -58 101 £500 -4.76% 160
North of England -39 53 £500 +5.71% 35
North West -26 34 £500 +6.16% 25
Scotland +3 30 £486 -15.57% 8
Midlands -39 30 £425 -15.00% 14
West Midlands -36 24 £425 -22.73% 13
South East -52 23 £443 -19.55% 35
South West -31 19 £525 +2.64% 13
Yorkshire -37 13 £570 +20.00% 10
East of England -29 11 £539 -21.67% 10
North East - 6 £500 -
East Midlands -11 5 £463 +15.05% 1
Wales - 4 £525 - 2

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 32 (9.82%) SharePoint
2 22 (6.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (4.29%) Confluence
4 4 (1.23%) nginx
5 3 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.92%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.61%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) Apache
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.31%) Appian
7 1 (0.31%) JBoss
7 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.23%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) 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 (0.31%) Actimize
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 150 (46.01%) Entra ID
2 149 (45.71%) Azure
3 73 (22.39%) AWS
4 48 (14.72%) GCP
5 44 (13.50%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (11.96%) SaaS
7 18 (5.52%) GitHub
8 16 (4.91%) OpenShift
9 12 (3.68%) Google Workspace
10 10 (3.07%) Serverless
11 9 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (2.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (2.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (2.45%) OCI
13 7 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (2.15%) Google Drive
14 6 (1.84%) Asana
14 6 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (1.84%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 56 (17.18%) DNS
2 29 (8.90%) Firewall
3 19 (5.83%) VPN
4 16 (4.91%) SSL
4 16 (4.91%) TCP/IP
5 12 (3.68%) Network Security
5 12 (3.68%) WAN
6 11 (3.37%) DHCP
7 9 (2.76%) DKIM
7 9 (2.76%) DMARC
8 8 (2.45%) HTTPS
8 8 (2.45%) IPsec
8 8 (2.45%) SD-WAN
8 8 (2.45%) SSH
9 7 (2.15%) Kerberos
9 7 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.84%) HTTP
10 6 (1.84%) LAN
11 4 (1.23%) BIG-IP
11 4 (1.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.45%) Metadata
3 5 (1.53%) Metadata Repository
3 5 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.53%) Power BI
4 4 (1.23%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.23%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.23%) Tableau
5 3 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.61%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.61%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.61%) MySQL
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.61%) Redis
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.31%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 27 (8.28%) JIRA
2 14 (4.29%) Git
3 10 (3.07%) GitLab
3 10 (3.07%) Team Foundation Server
3 10 (3.07%) Visual Studio
4 9 (2.76%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.23%) Postman
5 4 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.92%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.61%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.61%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.61%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.61%) JUnit
7 2 (0.61%) Maven
7 2 (0.61%) Mockito
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.61%) Snyk
7 2 (0.61%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
General
1 67 (20.55%) Social Skills
2 60 (18.40%) Finance
3 46 (14.11%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.06%) Documentation Skills
5 21 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (6.13%) Banking
7 11 (3.37%) Retail
8 8 (2.45%) Military
9 7 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.15%) Legal
10 3 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.92%) Marketing
10 3 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.61%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.61%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.61%) German Language
11 2 (0.61%) Local Government
12 1 (0.31%) Front Office
12 1 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (14.42%) Architect
2 37 (11.35%) Developer
3 20 (6.13%) Senior
4 19 (5.83%) Support Engineer
5 17 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (4.60%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (3.68%) Analyst
7 12 (3.68%) Consultant
7 12 (3.68%) Java Developer
7 12 (3.68%) Lead
8 11 (3.37%) Administrator
9 10 (3.07%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (2.76%) Applications Engineer
10 9 (2.76%) IAM Specialist
10 9 (2.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (2.76%) Security Engineer
11 8 (2.45%) Active Directory Engineer
11 8 (2.45%) IAM Consultant
11 8 (2.45%) Integration Engineer
11 8 (2.45%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (26.99%) SAML
2 81 (24.85%) OAuth
3 71 (21.78%) OpenID
4 35 (10.74%) OAuth2
4 35 (10.74%) REST
5 34 (10.43%) Terraform
6 33 (10.12%) LDAP
7 23 (7.06%) SailPoint
8 18 (5.52%) XML
9 17 (5.21%) SOAP
9 17 (5.21%) Web Services
10 13 (3.99%) Node.js
11 10 (3.07%) .NET
11 10 (3.07%) ActiveX
11 10 (3.07%) WebAuthn
12 9 (2.76%) Express.js
12 9 (2.76%) FIDO
13 8 (2.45%) React
14 7 (2.15%) Kafka
14 7 (2.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 64 (19.63%) Onboarding
2 42 (12.88%) Enterprise Software
3 40 (12.27%) PKI
4 24 (7.36%) Cloud Native
5 17 (5.21%) Management Information System
6 14 (4.29%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.76%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.45%) AI Agents
9 7 (2.15%) Freedom of Information
9 7 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.15%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.84%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.53%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.23%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.92%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.92%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.90%) Windows
2 18 (5.52%) Linux
3 14 (4.29%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.45%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.15%) Unix
6 5 (1.53%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.61%) Android
8 2 (0.61%) VMS
8 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.31%) CatOS
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (41.10%) Identity Access Management
2 81 (24.85%) RBAC
3 55 (16.87%) Migration
3 55 (16.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (15.34%) CI/CD
5 48 (14.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (12.58%) DevOps
7 40 (12.27%) Privileged Access Management
8 37 (11.35%) Agile
8 37 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (10.74%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 32 (9.82%) Microservices
11 31 (9.51%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (9.51%) Roadmaps
12 30 (9.20%) Identity Management
12 30 (9.20%) ITIL
13 29 (8.90%) Cloud Security
13 29 (8.90%) Infrastructure as Code
13 29 (8.90%) Zero Trust
14 28 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 65 (19.94%) PowerShell
2 50 (15.34%) Python
3 39 (11.96%) Java
4 16 (4.91%) SQL
5 14 (4.29%) Bash
6 13 (3.99%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.07%) VB
7 10 (3.07%) VB6
7 10 (3.07%) VBA
8 8 (2.45%) C#
9 5 (1.53%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.23%) Go
11 3 (0.92%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.61%) Bicep
12 2 (0.61%) Groovy
13 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.31%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.31%) R
13 1 (0.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 67 (20.55%) Security Cleared
2 56 (17.18%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (5.21%) Degree
6 15 (4.60%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.68%) CISSP
8 8 (2.45%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.53%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.92%) CISM
10 3 (0.92%) GIAC
10 3 (0.92%) MCSE
10 3 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.61%) CEH
11 2 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.61%) PMP
11 2 (0.61%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (5.21%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.91%) SLA
4 14 (4.29%) NIST
5 11 (3.37%) Accessibility
5 11 (3.37%) GDPR
6 8 (2.45%) QA
7 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.23%) PMO
7 4 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.23%) SNOMED CT
8 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.92%) NCSC
9 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.61%) GRC
9 2 (0.61%) ITGC
9 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.31%) PSD2
System Software
1 137 (42.02%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.29%) Docker
3 7 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.92%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.92%) vSphere
7 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.31%) KVM
8 1 (0.31%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.31%) zsh
Systems Management
1 27 (8.28%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (5.52%) Grafana
4 13 (3.99%) Ansible
5 9 (2.76%) Argo
6 8 (2.45%) Prometheus
7 7 (2.15%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.53%) CASB
9 3 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.92%) Packer
9 3 (0.92%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.92%) SELinux
9 3 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.61%) Consul
10 2 (0.61%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.61%) SCCM
10 2 (0.61%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.31%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.31%) PingFederate
11 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 154 (47.24%) Microsoft
2 64 (19.63%) Okta
3 31 (9.51%) BeyondTrust
4 26 (7.98%) CyberArk
5 24 (7.36%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.52%) Google
7 17 (5.21%) Oracle
8 15 (4.60%) Red Hat
9 11 (3.37%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (3.37%) VMware
9 11 (3.37%) Zscaler
10 9 (2.76%) ForgeRock
10 9 (2.76%) Ping Identity
11 7 (2.15%) Cisco
12 6 (1.84%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.53%) Splunk
14 4 (1.23%) Apple
14 4 (1.23%) OpenAI
14 4 (1.23%) Palo Alto
14 4 (1.23%) SAP