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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 401 354
Rank change year-on-year +75 -47 +81
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 293 160 282
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.82% 0.44% 0.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.05% 3.05% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 103 218
10th Percentile £387 £400 £372
25th Percentile £425 £509 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £558
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +7.62% +1.36%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £622
90th Percentile £675 £785 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £625 £515
% change year-on-year -17.68% +21.36% -0.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.48 - -
25th Percentile £45.56 - -
Median hourly rate £50.75 - -
75th Percentile £55.56 - -
90th Percentile £56.43 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 5,798 5,239 6,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.20% 14.36% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,880 3,351 4,615
10th Percentile £308 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £547
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.02% -4.87%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 64 168
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.73 £18.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £23.59 £31.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -41.90% +104.20%
75th Percentile £63.25 £60.00 £75.31
90th Percentile £77.40 £74.31 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £31.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -19.35% -32.87% +100.78%

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 20 November 2025.

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
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 20 November 2025. 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 +67 249 £524 -12.67% 115
UK excluding London +45 137 £515 -17.68% 70
London +13 105 £525 -12.50% 61
Work from Home +34 84 £525 -19.54% 58
South West +38 42 £512 -2.57% 16
North of England -7 42 £473 -17.38% 6
Yorkshire - 23 £522 - 2
South East -7 21 £560 -20.00% 24
North West -6 19 £423 -26.11% 4
Midlands -26 17 £410 -19.61% 10
West Midlands -33 13 £500 -1.96% 8
Scotland +7 10 £575 -8.73% 4
East of England -19 6 £625 +42.86% 5
East Midlands -17 4 £402 - 2
Wales +2 1 £550 +10.00% 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 24 (8.19%) Confluence
2 18 (6.14%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.73%) WebSphere
4 8 (2.73%) WebSphere Application Server
5 6 (2.05%) Apache
5 6 (2.05%) JBoss
6 5 (1.71%) IIS
6 5 (1.71%) iPlanet
7 2 (0.68%) CMS
7 2 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.34%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.34%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Windchill
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (4.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.68%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.34%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 143 (48.81%) Azure
2 113 (38.57%) Entra ID
3 90 (30.72%) AWS
4 47 (16.04%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (14.33%) SaaS
6 32 (10.92%) GCP
7 26 (8.87%) GitHub
8 14 (4.78%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (4.10%) Azure AKS
9 12 (4.10%) PaaS
10 11 (3.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 10 (3.41%) Power Platform
12 9 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (3.07%) IaaS
12 9 (3.07%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (2.73%) Nutanix
14 7 (2.39%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 6 (2.05%) OneDrive
15 6 (2.05%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (13.31%) DNS
2 32 (10.92%) Firewall
3 24 (8.19%) SSL
4 20 (6.83%) VPN
5 15 (5.12%) Kerberos
6 9 (3.07%) DHCP
7 7 (2.39%) HTTP
7 7 (2.39%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.05%) Network Security
8 6 (2.05%) SSH
9 5 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.37%) HTTPS
10 4 (1.37%) LAN
11 3 (1.02%) BGP
11 3 (1.02%) Internet
11 3 (1.02%) OSPF
11 3 (1.02%) SMTP
11 3 (1.02%) Unified Communications
11 3 (1.02%) WAN
11 3 (1.02%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.73%) Power BI
3 6 (2.05%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.71%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.68%) MySQL
5 2 (0.68%) SQLite
6 1 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.34%) Big Data
6 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.34%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.34%) Metadata
6 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.34%) Redis
6 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (13.65%) JIRA
2 22 (7.51%) Git
3 14 (4.78%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.71%) Bitbucket Server
4 5 (1.71%) CA Release Automation
4 5 (1.71%) MSI
4 5 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (1.02%) GitLab
5 3 (1.02%) Log4j
6 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.68%) CocoaPods
6 2 (0.68%) Crashlytics
6 2 (0.68%) fastlane
6 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.68%) Xcode
7 1 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.34%) gulp
7 1 (0.34%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.34%) Postman
7 1 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 95 (32.42%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (11.95%) Finance
3 24 (8.19%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (2.73%) Banking
6 4 (1.37%) Aviation
6 4 (1.37%) Retail
6 4 (1.37%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.02%) Marketing
8 2 (0.68%) Electronics
8 2 (0.68%) Local Government
8 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.34%) Legal
9 1 (0.34%) Police
9 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 56 (19.11%) Architect
2 36 (12.29%) Senior
3 26 (8.87%) Consultant
4 24 (8.19%) Developer
5 20 (6.83%) Solutions Architect
6 17 (5.80%) Analyst
7 15 (5.12%) Lead
8 14 (4.78%) Administrator
8 14 (4.78%) Business Analyst
8 14 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (4.44%) IAM Specialist
10 12 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (3.41%) AWS Engineer
11 10 (3.41%) IAM Consultant
11 10 (3.41%) Security Engineer
11 10 (3.41%) Senior Architect
11 10 (3.41%) ServiceNow Architect
12 8 (2.73%) Product Owner
13 7 (2.39%) Cloud Engineer
14 6 (2.05%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (39.59%) SAML
2 108 (36.86%) OAuth
3 84 (28.67%) OpenID
4 61 (20.82%) LDAP
5 48 (16.38%) OAuth2
6 38 (12.97%) SailPoint
7 33 (11.26%) REST
8 23 (7.85%) SOAP
9 22 (7.51%) JSON
10 21 (7.17%) HTML
11 19 (6.48%) JDBC
12 18 (6.14%) AngularJS
12 18 (6.14%) Web Services
13 16 (5.46%) HTML5
14 15 (5.12%) jQuery
15 13 (4.44%) Apache Camel
15 13 (4.44%) ODBC
15 13 (4.44%) RabbitMQ
16 12 (4.10%) RESTful
17 10 (3.41%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.33%) Onboarding
2 22 (7.51%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.46%) PKI
3 16 (5.46%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.10%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.73%) Replication
6 7 (2.39%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.39%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.05%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.71%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.02%) Taxonomies
9 3 (1.02%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.68%) Animation
10 2 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.68%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 49 (16.72%) Windows
2 29 (9.90%) Windows Server
3 24 (8.19%) Linux
4 7 (2.39%) Unix
5 4 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.02%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.68%) Android
7 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.34%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (28.67%) Identity Access Management
2 79 (26.96%) Agile
3 78 (26.62%) Identity Management
4 71 (24.23%) RBAC
5 69 (23.55%) DevOps
6 51 (17.41%) Zero Trust
7 49 (16.72%) CI/CD
8 46 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (13.99%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 37 (12.63%) Infrastructure as Code
11 31 (10.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 28 (9.56%) Migration
12 28 (9.56%) Scrum
13 27 (9.22%) Cloud Security
13 27 (9.22%) Cybersecurity
13 27 (9.22%) Privileged Access Management
14 26 (8.87%) ITSM
15 25 (8.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 24 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
17 23 (7.85%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 67 (22.87%) PowerShell
2 32 (10.92%) JavaScript
3 29 (9.90%) Python
4 16 (5.46%) Java
5 9 (3.07%) Shell Script
6 8 (2.73%) Groovy
7 6 (2.05%) SQL
8 5 (1.71%) C#
8 5 (1.71%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.37%) Bash
9 4 (1.37%) Bicep
9 4 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.68%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.68%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.68%) Swift
11 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 93 (31.74%) Security Cleared
2 68 (23.21%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.87%) CISSP
4 20 (6.83%) DV Cleared
4 20 (6.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (5.80%) CISM
6 14 (4.78%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.75%) Degree
8 7 (2.39%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.71%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.71%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.02%) CCSP
12 3 (1.02%) PhD
13 2 (0.68%) MCITP
13 2 (0.68%) MCP
13 2 (0.68%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (14.33%) GDPR
2 34 (11.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.80%) NIST
4 14 (4.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (3.75%) HIPAA
6 9 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.07%) SOC 2
7 7 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.05%) Accessibility
8 6 (2.05%) PSD2
9 5 (1.71%) NCSC
9 5 (1.71%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.37%) NIST 800
10 4 (1.37%) SLA
11 3 (1.02%) WCAG
12 2 (0.68%) QA
13 1 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.34%) GRC
13 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.34%) SOC 1
System Software
1 137 (46.76%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.48%) Docker
3 16 (5.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.71%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 4 (1.37%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.68%) Sendmail
6 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.68%) vSphere
7 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 45 (15.36%) Terraform
2 32 (10.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (10.58%) Kubernetes
4 26 (8.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (5.46%) Ansible
6 14 (4.78%) PingFederate
7 7 (2.39%) CA Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.71%) CA Wily
8 5 (1.71%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.71%) Tivoli
9 4 (1.37%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.37%) SCCM
10 3 (1.02%) Grafana
10 3 (1.02%) Kibana
10 3 (1.02%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.68%) logstash
11 2 (0.68%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.68%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 116 (39.59%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.26%) CyberArk
2 33 (11.26%) Okta
2 33 (11.26%) ServiceNow
3 26 (8.87%) VMware
4 22 (7.51%) ForgeRock
5 19 (6.48%) Ping Identity
6 16 (5.46%) Splunk
7 14 (4.78%) HP
8 13 (4.44%) BMC
8 13 (4.44%) Google
8 13 (4.44%) Ivanti
8 13 (4.44%) Remedy
8 13 (4.44%) Zscaler
9 10 (3.41%) Oracle
10 9 (3.07%) IBM
10 9 (3.07%) Salesforce
11 8 (2.73%) Alibaba
12 6 (2.05%) Tenable
13 5 (1.71%) Cisco