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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 332 323
Rank change year-on-year -15 -9 +93
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 318 190 260
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.66% 0.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.86% 4.17% 5.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 127 179
10th Percentile £300 £402 £350
25th Percentile £428 £475 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £551 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +7.51% -8.07%
75th Percentile £609 £638 £638
90th Percentile £687 £730 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £550 £482
% change year-on-year -7.73% +14.11% -16.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 0 6
10th Percentile £51.33 - £24.59
25th Percentile £55.75 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £28.25
75th Percentile £68.75 - £83.19
90th Percentile £92.05 - £102.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 - £98.00

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 6,547 4,552 5,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.47% 15.80% 11.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,480 3,104 3,700
10th Percentile £325 £308 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -8.48%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £623
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £491 £489
% change year-on-year +0.15% +0.46% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 47 104
10th Percentile £19.25 £13.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £28.24 £20.68 £19.45
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -4.35% -47.73%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.33 £50.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.22 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £39.25
% change year-on-year +46.67% -4.46% -7.65%

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 24 May 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 24 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
Top 15 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 24 May 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 -17 270 £525 -5.58% 80
UK excluding London -10 164 £508 -7.73% 41
London -9 115 £533 -6.75% 43
Work from Home -42 92 £600 +9.09% 41
North of England -57 56 £525 +11.23% 8
South East -30 38 £485 -24.22% 15
Yorkshire -32 36 £550 +2.90% 2
Midlands -56 35 £442 -19.59% 7
South West -13 27 £525 +20.00% 4
West Midlands -60 20 £418 -24.09% 5
North West -45 19 £458 +1.67% 4
Scotland +9 14 £450 -45.45% 1
East Midlands -17 14 £506 +25.93% 2
North East -27 2 £413 -31.25% 2
East of England -35 1 £575 -2.13% 9

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 27 (8.49%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.97%) Confluence
2 19 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.83%) nginx
4 3 (0.94%) IIS
5 2 (0.63%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.31%) JBoss
6 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 8 (2.52%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.94%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 31 (9.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.63%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 158 (49.69%) Azure
2 152 (47.80%) Entra ID
3 68 (21.38%) AWS
4 49 (15.41%) SaaS
5 45 (14.15%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (9.75%) GCP
7 29 (9.12%) Serverless
8 18 (5.66%) Amazon S3
8 18 (5.66%) PaaS
9 16 (5.03%) GitHub
9 16 (5.03%) Google Workspace
9 16 (5.03%) OpenShift
10 13 (4.09%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (3.77%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (3.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (3.46%) OneDrive
13 10 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (3.14%) IaaS
14 9 (2.83%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 73 (22.96%) DNS
2 34 (10.69%) Firewall
3 32 (10.06%) VPN
4 30 (9.43%) DHCP
5 29 (9.12%) Kerberos
6 26 (8.18%) SSL
7 23 (7.23%) TCP/IP
8 17 (5.35%) HTTP
8 17 (5.35%) Network Security
9 16 (5.03%) IPsec
10 14 (4.40%) LAN
11 13 (4.09%) BIG-IP
11 13 (4.09%) HTTPS
11 13 (4.09%) WAN
12 10 (3.14%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (3.14%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (3.14%) Wireless
13 9 (2.83%) DKIM
13 9 (2.83%) DMARC
13 9 (2.83%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.83%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.20%) DynamoDB
2 7 (2.20%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.89%) Metadata
4 5 (1.57%) MySQL
5 3 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.94%) CockroachDB
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.94%) Pinecone
5 3 (0.94%) Power BI
6 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.63%) GIS
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.31%) DB2
7 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 39 (12.26%) JIRA
2 10 (3.14%) Browser DevTools
3 7 (2.20%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.20%) Git
3 7 (2.20%) GitLab
3 7 (2.20%) SonarQube
3 7 (2.20%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.57%) Postman
4 5 (1.57%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (1.26%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.94%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.63%) JUnit
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.31%) Gatling
8 1 (0.31%) JMeter
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.31%) Selenium
8 1 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 73 (22.96%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.84%) Public Sector
3 37 (11.64%) Finance
4 32 (10.06%) Documentation Skills
5 29 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.03%) Publishing
7 12 (3.77%) Banking
8 7 (2.20%) Legal
9 6 (1.89%) Retail
10 5 (1.57%) Military
11 3 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Aviation
13 1 (0.31%) Front Office
13 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.31%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (16.04%) Architect
2 28 (8.81%) Developer
3 27 (8.49%) Lead
3 27 (8.49%) Senior
4 26 (8.18%) Administrator
5 17 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
5 17 (5.35%) Support Engineer
6 15 (4.72%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (4.40%) Technical Architect
8 12 (3.77%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.46%) Network Engineer
10 10 (3.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (3.14%) Security Engineer
11 9 (2.83%) Analyst
11 9 (2.83%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (2.52%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (2.52%) IAM Project Manager
12 8 (2.52%) Senior Architect
13 7 (2.20%) Consultant
13 7 (2.20%) SAP Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (29.56%) SAML
2 90 (28.30%) OAuth
3 68 (21.38%) OpenID
4 66 (20.75%) LDAP
5 36 (11.32%) OAuth2
6 24 (7.55%) SailPoint
7 20 (6.29%) REST
7 20 (6.29%) SAP Basis
8 13 (4.09%) Node.js
9 12 (3.77%) Express.js
10 11 (3.46%) React
10 11 (3.46%) Web Services
11 10 (3.14%) CSS
11 10 (3.14%) SOAP
12 9 (2.83%) HTML
13 8 (2.52%) ARM Templates
13 8 (2.52%) Entity Framework
14 7 (2.20%) .NET
14 7 (2.20%) AngularJS
14 7 (2.20%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 60 (18.87%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.60%) PKI
3 20 (6.29%) Replication
3 20 (6.29%) Taxonomies
4 19 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (4.72%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.14%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.83%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.52%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.52%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.89%) Freedom of Information
9 6 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.57%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.26%) Clustering
11 4 (1.26%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.26%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.94%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 55 (17.30%) Windows
2 30 (9.43%) Windows Server
3 20 (6.29%) Linux
4 9 (2.83%) Unix
5 5 (1.57%) CatOS
5 5 (1.57%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.94%) Android
8 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (27.36%) Identity Access Management
2 72 (22.64%) DevOps
3 71 (22.33%) RBAC
4 58 (18.24%) Cybersecurity
5 57 (17.92%) CI/CD
5 57 (17.92%) Roadmaps
6 47 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (14.15%) Agile
8 38 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (11.64%) Infrastructure as Code
10 34 (10.69%) Zero Trust
11 33 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (10.06%) High Availability
13 30 (9.43%) Migration
14 28 (8.81%) Validation
15 27 (8.49%) Microservices
15 27 (8.49%) Vulnerability Management
16 25 (7.86%) Identity Management
17 24 (7.55%) Data Governance
18 23 (7.23%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (16.35%) PowerShell
2 24 (7.55%) Python
3 22 (6.92%) JavaScript
4 20 (6.29%) Java
4 20 (6.29%) SQL
5 12 (3.77%) Bash
6 9 (2.83%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.57%) Bicep
7 5 (1.57%) C#
7 5 (1.57%) VB
7 5 (1.57%) VB6
7 5 (1.57%) VBA
8 4 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.63%) Groovy
9 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.31%) AppleScript
10 1 (0.31%) Korn
10 1 (0.31%) PHP
10 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 110 (34.59%) Security Cleared
2 84 (26.42%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.29%) Degree
4 19 (5.97%) DV Cleared
5 13 (4.09%) CISSP
6 7 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.89%) CISM
8 5 (1.57%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.26%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.26%) PMP
10 3 (0.94%) OCP
10 3 (0.94%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.63%) RHCE
11 2 (0.63%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (13.84%) GDPR
2 28 (8.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (6.92%) NIST
3 22 (6.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.46%) GRC
5 10 (3.14%) QA
5 10 (3.14%) SLA
5 10 (3.14%) SOC 2
6 9 (2.83%) Accessibility
7 8 (2.52%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.26%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.26%) PMO
9 3 (0.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.94%) NCSC
9 3 (0.94%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 144 (45.28%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.66%) Docker
3 16 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (4.72%) VMware NSX
5 10 (3.14%) Squid
6 7 (2.20%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.57%) RACF
8 4 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.94%) Firmware
10 2 (0.63%) vSphere
11 1 (0.31%) KVM
11 1 (0.31%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (13.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 33 (10.38%) Kubernetes
3 32 (10.06%) Terraform
4 20 (6.29%) Grafana
5 16 (5.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (4.09%) Ansible
7 12 (3.77%) Prometheus
8 10 (3.14%) Argo
9 9 (2.83%) FortiGate
10 8 (2.52%) Consul
11 6 (1.89%) CA Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.89%) SCCM
12 5 (1.57%) PingFederate
13 4 (1.26%) VxRail
14 3 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 2 (0.63%) CASB
15 2 (0.63%) Packer
16 1 (0.31%) Istio
16 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 122 (38.36%) Microsoft
2 67 (21.07%) Okta
3 31 (9.75%) SAP
4 27 (8.49%) VMware
5 23 (7.23%) Red Hat
6 21 (6.60%) CyberArk
7 20 (6.29%) Google
8 15 (4.72%) ServiceNow
9 13 (4.09%) Cisco
9 13 (4.09%) F5
9 13 (4.09%) Palo Alto
10 11 (3.46%) CheckPoint
10 11 (3.46%) Oracle
10 11 (3.46%) Pega
10 11 (3.46%) Zscaler
11 10 (3.14%) Dynatrace
12 9 (2.83%) BeyondTrust
13 8 (2.52%) Atlassian
14 7 (2.20%) Ping Identity
15 6 (1.89%) Thales