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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 333 374
Rank change year-on-year -45 +41 +19
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 311 228 201
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.70% 0.52%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.29% 5.02% 4.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 151 137
10th Percentile £382 £400 £358
25th Percentile £447 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £660
90th Percentile £693 £688 £760
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £496 £620
% change year-on-year +5.85% -20.00% +11.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 2
10th Percentile £55.75 - £30.56
25th Percentile £66.25 £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 £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 5,883 4,545 4,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.96% 13.88% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,918 2,955 3,175
10th Percentile £313 £281 £300
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £602 £600 £619
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 80 67
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £20.00
25th Percentile £30.75 £18.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £63.48 £30.00 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +111.60% -17.05% -35.71%
75th Percentile £71.43 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £84.17 £78.83 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.31 £55.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year +15.10% +42.86% -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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -34 259 £525 -4.55% 54
UK excluding London -7 167 £525 +5.85% 26
London -51 114 £537 -2.36% 29
Work from Home -53 93 £500 -6.89% 34
North of England -45 54 £512 +13.83% 10
Midlands -39 35 £463 +2.78% 2
North West -27 32 £512 +7.84% 9
South East -36 28 £588 +6.82% 4
Scotland +2 25 £450 -25.00% 1
West Midlands -43 23 £425 -15.00% 2
South West -28 20 £525 -0.66% 8
Yorkshire -48 16 £550 +34.97% 1
East Midlands -8 11 £638 +58.58%
East of England -20 6 £555 -19.27% 1
North East - 6 £500 -
Wales - 3 £525 -

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 (9.00%) SharePoint
2 24 (7.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (6.11%) Confluence
4 5 (1.61%) nginx
5 3 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.64%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.32%) IIS
7 1 (0.32%) JBoss
7 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (1.29%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.64%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.64%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 147 (47.27%) Azure
2 140 (45.02%) Entra ID
3 73 (23.47%) AWS
4 45 (14.47%) GCP
5 44 (14.15%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (12.22%) SaaS
7 24 (7.72%) GitHub
8 14 (4.50%) Google Workspace
9 12 (3.86%) OpenShift
9 12 (3.86%) Serverless
10 11 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (3.22%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (3.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (2.57%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (2.25%) Google Drive
13 7 (2.25%) OCI
13 7 (2.25%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (1.93%) Asana
14 6 (1.93%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 63 (20.26%) DNS
2 34 (10.93%) Firewall
3 25 (8.04%) VPN
4 23 (7.40%) TCP/IP
5 22 (7.07%) SSL
6 17 (5.47%) DHCP
6 17 (5.47%) Network Security
7 16 (5.14%) WAN
8 12 (3.86%) HTTP
9 11 (3.54%) HTTPS
9 11 (3.54%) LAN
9 11 (3.54%) SD-WAN
10 9 (2.89%) DKIM
10 9 (2.89%) DMARC
10 9 (2.89%) IPsec
10 9 (2.89%) Kerberos
11 7 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (1.93%) Internet
12 6 (1.93%) SSH
12 6 (1.93%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.86%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.22%) Metadata
3 4 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.29%) Power BI
4 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.96%) Metadata Repository
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.64%) MySQL
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.64%) Redis
5 2 (0.64%) Tableau
6 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.32%) Db2
6 1 (0.32%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (10.93%) JIRA
2 11 (3.54%) Browser DevTools
3 10 (3.22%) Git
3 10 (3.22%) GitLab
3 10 (3.22%) Visual Studio
4 9 (2.89%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (2.25%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.96%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.64%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.64%) Snyk
8 2 (0.64%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.32%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.32%) Postman
General
1 60 (19.29%) Social Skills
2 56 (18.01%) Finance
3 52 (16.72%) Public Sector
4 29 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.04%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (5.47%) Banking
7 10 (3.22%) Retail
8 7 (2.25%) Military
9 6 (1.93%) Legal
10 5 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.61%) Publishing
11 2 (0.64%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Local Government
11 2 (0.64%) Marketing
11 2 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.32%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (14.79%) Architect
2 32 (10.29%) Developer
3 22 (7.07%) Support Engineer
4 20 (6.43%) Lead
5 18 (5.79%) Senior
6 17 (5.47%) Administrator
6 17 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
7 16 (5.14%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (3.86%) Consultant
9 10 (3.22%) Active Directory Engineer
9 10 (3.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (3.22%) Security Engineer
10 9 (2.89%) IAM Specialist
11 8 (2.57%) Applications Engineer
11 8 (2.57%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 8 (2.57%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (2.57%) Project Manager
12 7 (2.25%) AWS Engineer
12 7 (2.25%) Integration Engineer
12 7 (2.25%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (25.08%) SAML
2 64 (20.58%) OAuth
3 57 (18.33%) OpenID
4 36 (11.58%) LDAP
5 29 (9.32%) OAuth2
5 29 (9.32%) REST
6 27 (8.68%) Terraform
7 19 (6.11%) SailPoint
8 16 (5.14%) SOAP
9 13 (4.18%) Web Services
9 13 (4.18%) XML
10 10 (3.22%) Node.js
11 9 (2.89%) .NET
11 9 (2.89%) ActiveX
11 9 (2.89%) Express.js
11 9 (2.89%) Middleware
11 9 (2.89%) React
12 7 (2.25%) CSS
13 5 (1.61%) AngularJS
13 5 (1.61%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 64 (20.58%) Onboarding
2 34 (10.93%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (9.97%) PKI
4 20 (6.43%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.50%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.57%) Mobile App
6 8 (2.57%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.25%) Freedom of Information
7 7 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.25%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.93%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.93%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.61%) Clustering
9 5 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.61%) Replication
10 4 (1.29%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.29%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.93%) Windows
2 17 (5.47%) Linux
3 11 (3.54%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.89%) Unix
4 9 (2.89%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.64%) Android
7 2 (0.64%) VMS
7 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.32%) CatOS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (35.37%) Identity Access Management
2 69 (22.19%) RBAC
3 54 (17.36%) DevOps
4 51 (16.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (14.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (14.47%) CI/CD
7 42 (13.50%) Cybersecurity
8 41 (13.18%) Migration
9 40 (12.86%) Privileged Access Management
10 38 (12.22%) Agile
11 34 (10.93%) Zero Trust
12 33 (10.61%) Roadmaps
12 33 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 32 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (9.65%) ITIL
15 27 (8.68%) Infrastructure as Code
15 27 (8.68%) Multi-Factor Authentication
16 26 (8.36%) Cloud Security
16 26 (8.36%) Identity Management
16 26 (8.36%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.79%) PowerShell
2 34 (10.93%) Python
3 32 (10.29%) Java
4 16 (5.14%) Bash
5 14 (4.50%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.22%) SQL
7 9 (2.89%) VB
7 9 (2.89%) VB6
7 9 (2.89%) VBA
8 6 (1.93%) C#
9 4 (1.29%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.96%) Go
11 2 (0.64%) Bicep
11 2 (0.64%) Groovy
11 2 (0.64%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.32%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.32%) Swift
12 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (22.19%) Security Cleared
2 56 (18.01%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.79%) Degree
4 17 (5.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 11 (3.54%) CISSP
7 7 (2.25%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.25%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.29%) CISM
9 3 (0.96%) GIAC
9 3 (0.96%) MCSE
9 3 (0.96%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.96%) PMP
10 2 (0.64%) CEH
10 2 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.64%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.64%) SAFe Agilist
11 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (8.04%) NIST
3 21 (6.75%) GDPR
4 14 (4.50%) QA
5 13 (4.18%) Data Quality
6 12 (3.86%) Accessibility
6 12 (3.86%) SLA
7 8 (2.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.25%) GRC
9 5 (1.61%) PMO
10 4 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.96%) NCSC
11 3 (0.96%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.96%) SNOMED CT
11 3 (0.96%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.64%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.64%) ITGC
13 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 129 (41.48%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.79%) Docker
3 8 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.61%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.96%) vSphere
6 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.32%) Firmware
6 1 (0.32%) KVM
6 1 (0.32%) Squid
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (9.00%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (5.14%) Ansible
4 15 (4.82%) Grafana
5 9 (2.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 9 (2.89%) Argo
6 6 (1.93%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.61%) CASB
7 5 (1.61%) PingFederate
8 4 (1.29%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.96%) Packer
9 3 (0.96%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.96%) SELinux
10 2 (0.64%) Consul
10 2 (0.64%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.64%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.32%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 123 (39.55%) Microsoft
2 61 (19.61%) Okta
3 24 (7.72%) CyberArk
3 24 (7.72%) ServiceNow
4 22 (7.07%) BeyondTrust
5 20 (6.43%) Google
6 16 (5.14%) Zscaler
7 15 (4.82%) SAP
8 14 (4.50%) Red Hat
9 13 (4.18%) Oracle
9 13 (4.18%) VMware
10 11 (3.54%) Ping Identity
11 8 (2.57%) Cisco
11 8 (2.57%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (1.93%) ForgeRock
12 6 (1.93%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.93%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.61%) F5
13 5 (1.61%) Netskope
13 5 (1.61%) Workday