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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 377 335
Rank change year-on-year +67 -42 +97
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 312 160 265
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.83% 0.50% 0.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.24% 3.37% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 105 201
10th Percentile £353 £410 £363
25th Percentile £438 £500 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £568
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +3.52% +3.18%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £644
90th Percentile £675 £750 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -13.46% +20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 1
10th Percentile £45.93 - -
25th Percentile £52.75 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £100.00
75th Percentile £66.06 - -
90th Percentile £92.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 - £100.00

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 5,952 4,746 5,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.75% 14.97% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,121 3,058 3,948
10th Percentile £313 £312 £269
25th Percentile £413 £417 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -9.48%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £497 £500
% change year-on-year +0.55% -0.55% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 65 163
10th Percentile £18.33 £15.33 £15.05
25th Percentile £20.82 £21.25 £21.63
Median hourly rate £51.25 £25.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +100.98% -44.78% +19.95%
75th Percentile £63.32 £50.00 £66.88
90th Percentile £82.70 £74.26 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.50 £24.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +125.39% -47.64% +13.81%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 22 January 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 +60 258 £525 -12.50% 67
UK excluding London +7 145 £519 -13.46% 53
London +20 108 £525 -12.50% 27
Work from Home +25 94 £557 -5.83% 26
South West +30 49 £524 +23.29% 11
North of England -34 42 £482 -3.70% 13
South East -23 28 £508 -21.92% 17
Yorkshire -25 28 £525 -12.50% 7
Midlands -53 16 £447 -23.91% 7
North West -27 14 £423 -15.40% 5
West Midlands -46 13 £420 -28.51% 7
Scotland +7 6 £650 - 2
East of England -18 5 £625 +42.86% 5
East Midlands -24 3 £447 -
Wales -5 1 £550 +10.00% 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 17 (5.45%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.21%) Confluence
3 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.24%) IIS
5 6 (1.92%) Apache
6 5 (1.60%) iPlanet
6 5 (1.60%) JBoss
6 5 (1.60%) WebSphere
6 5 (1.60%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.64%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.64%) CMS
9 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.32%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 6 (1.92%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.28%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.64%) Windchill
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.32%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (4.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.64%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.32%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 154 (49.36%) Azure
2 130 (41.67%) Entra ID
3 70 (22.44%) AWS
4 45 (14.42%) SaaS
5 40 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (6.73%) GCP
7 19 (6.09%) PaaS
8 13 (4.17%) GitHub
9 11 (3.53%) IaaS
10 10 (3.21%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 10 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (3.21%) OpenShift
11 9 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (2.88%) OneDrive
12 8 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (2.56%) Nutanix
12 8 (2.56%) Serverless
13 7 (2.24%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (2.24%) Google Workspace
14 6 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 66 (21.15%) DNS
2 36 (11.54%) Firewall
3 32 (10.26%) Kerberos
4 30 (9.62%) VPN
5 27 (8.65%) DHCP
6 17 (5.45%) SSL
7 13 (4.17%) HTTP
8 10 (3.21%) LAN
9 9 (2.88%) HTTPS
9 9 (2.88%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.88%) WAN
9 9 (2.88%) Wireshark
10 8 (2.56%) BIG-IP
10 8 (2.56%) Network Security
11 7 (2.24%) IPsec
11 7 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (2.24%) Wireless
12 6 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.92%) Ethereal
12 6 (1.92%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.92%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.60%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (0.96%) CockroachDB
3 3 (0.96%) DynamoDB
3 3 (0.96%) MySQL
3 3 (0.96%) Pinecone
3 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.64%) GIS
4 2 (0.64%) Power BI
4 2 (0.64%) SQLite
5 1 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.32%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (8.01%) JIRA
2 22 (7.05%) Git
3 12 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.60%) Bitbucket Server
4 5 (1.60%) CA Release Automation
4 5 (1.60%) GitLab
4 5 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.28%) MSI
6 3 (0.96%) Postman
7 2 (0.64%) CocoaPods
7 2 (0.64%) Crashlytics
7 2 (0.64%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.64%) fastlane
7 2 (0.64%) Selenium
7 2 (0.64%) Xcode
8 1 (0.32%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.32%) JMeter
8 1 (0.32%) JUnit
8 1 (0.32%) Maven
8 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (22.76%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.22%) Finance
3 25 (8.01%) Public Sector
4 21 (6.73%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.21%) Publishing
7 9 (2.88%) Banking
8 5 (1.60%) Aviation
9 3 (0.96%) Legal
9 3 (0.96%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.96%) Marketing
9 3 (0.96%) Retail
9 3 (0.96%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.64%) Electronics
10 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.64%) Local Government
11 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (15.71%) Architect
2 36 (11.54%) Senior
3 26 (8.33%) Developer
4 24 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (5.77%) Consultant
6 17 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (5.13%) Administrator
8 15 (4.81%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (4.49%) Security Engineer
10 12 (3.85%) Analyst
10 12 (3.85%) Lead
11 10 (3.21%) Senior Developer
12 9 (2.88%) Network Engineer
13 8 (2.56%) AWS Engineer
13 8 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
13 8 (2.56%) IAM Consultant
13 8 (2.56%) IAM Specialist
14 7 (2.24%) ForgeRock Developer
14 7 (2.24%) Project Manager
14 7 (2.24%) SAP Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (35.90%) SAML
2 108 (34.62%) OAuth
3 70 (22.44%) OpenID
4 61 (19.55%) LDAP
5 42 (13.46%) OAuth2
6 27 (8.65%) SailPoint
7 14 (4.49%) REST
8 13 (4.17%) SAP Basis
9 12 (3.85%) React
10 11 (3.53%) RESTful
11 10 (3.21%) AngularJS
11 10 (3.21%) HTML
12 9 (2.88%) CSS
12 9 (2.88%) SOAP
13 8 (2.56%) Entity Framework
14 7 (2.24%) YAML
15 6 (1.92%) .NET
15 6 (1.92%) HTML5
15 6 (1.92%) JDBC
15 6 (1.92%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 23 (7.37%) Replication
3 20 (6.41%) PKI
4 15 (4.81%) Taxonomies
5 10 (3.21%) Private Cloud
5 10 (3.21%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.88%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.24%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.92%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.92%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.28%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.96%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.64%) Animation
11 2 (0.64%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.64%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 83 (26.60%) Windows
2 51 (16.35%) Windows Server
3 25 (8.01%) Linux
4 7 (2.24%) Unix
5 5 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.28%) CatOS
6 4 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.96%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.32%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.32%) Android
9 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (28.85%) RBAC
2 88 (28.21%) Identity Access Management
3 56 (17.95%) Identity Management
4 53 (16.99%) DevOps
5 52 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 51 (16.35%) Agile
7 40 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (12.82%) Zero Trust
8 33 (10.58%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (9.94%) High Availability
9 31 (9.94%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 29 (9.29%) Cybersecurity
11 28 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (8.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 25 (8.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 25 (8.01%) Task Automation
13 24 (7.69%) Cloud Security
13 24 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
13 24 (7.69%) Privileged Access Management
13 24 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (24.36%) PowerShell
2 34 (10.90%) Python
3 22 (7.05%) JavaScript
4 16 (5.13%) SQL
5 13 (4.17%) Java
6 9 (2.88%) Shell Script
7 8 (2.56%) Groovy
7 8 (2.56%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.92%) Bicep
8 6 (1.92%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (1.60%) Bash
9 5 (1.60%) C#
10 2 (0.64%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.64%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.64%) Swift
11 1 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 127 (40.71%) Security Cleared
2 88 (28.21%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.58%) DV Cleared
4 26 (8.33%) CISSP
5 23 (7.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (5.13%) CISM
7 14 (4.49%) Degree
8 11 (3.53%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.24%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (1.60%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.60%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.28%) MCP
12 3 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.96%) OCP
12 3 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.96%) PhD
13 2 (0.64%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (17.31%) GDPR
2 32 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (7.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 14 (4.49%) NIST
5 12 (3.85%) SOC 2
6 9 (2.88%) PCI DSS
7 8 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.92%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.92%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.92%) NCSC
8 6 (1.92%) PSD2
8 6 (1.92%) SLA
9 4 (1.28%) QA
10 3 (0.96%) WCAG
11 2 (0.64%) GRC
11 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.32%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.32%) SOC 1
System Software
1 151 (48.40%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.77%) Docker
4 11 (3.53%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.60%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.60%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 3 (0.96%) Sendmail
7 2 (0.64%) Firmware
7 2 (0.64%) OpenAM
7 2 (0.64%) OpenDJ
7 2 (0.64%) OpenIDM
7 2 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.32%) RACF
8 1 (0.32%) Squid
8 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (17.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 35 (11.22%) Terraform
3 23 (7.37%) Kubernetes
4 22 (7.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (4.81%) Ansible
6 14 (4.49%) PingFederate
7 7 (2.24%) CA Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.92%) SCCM
9 5 (1.60%) CA Wily
9 5 (1.60%) Grafana
9 5 (1.60%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.60%) Tivoli
10 3 (0.96%) VxRail
11 2 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.64%) Kibana
11 2 (0.64%) logstash
11 2 (0.64%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.32%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 147 (47.12%) Microsoft
2 45 (14.42%) Okta
3 37 (11.86%) VMware
4 19 (6.09%) CyberArk
5 18 (5.77%) SAP
6 16 (5.13%) Ping Identity
6 16 (5.13%) ServiceNow
7 15 (4.81%) Google
7 15 (4.81%) Splunk
8 14 (4.49%) ForgeRock
9 11 (3.53%) Pega
9 11 (3.53%) Zscaler
10 10 (3.21%) Palo Alto
11 9 (2.88%) Cisco
11 9 (2.88%) Salesforce
12 8 (2.56%) F5
12 8 (2.56%) Oracle
13 6 (1.92%) BeyondTrust
13 6 (1.92%) CheckPoint
13 6 (1.92%) Tenable