Single Sign-On Contracts

Single Sign-On (SSO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Single Sign-On skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Single Sign-On over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 366 416
Rank change year-on-year +35 +50 +82
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 194 243 317
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.56% 0.53%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.21% 4.72% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 166 220
10th Percentile £400 £350 £390
25th Percentile £484 £425 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.43% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £641 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £706 £679
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £489 £525
% change year-on-year +7.36% -6.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £28.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £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 4,603 5,146 9,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.74% 11.80% 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,154 3,676 6,945
10th Percentile £313 £257 £356
25th Percentile £419 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £563
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -8.43% -0.44%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £675
90th Percentile £725 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 127 209
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.00 £16.48
25th Percentile £20.13 £17.77 £22.75
Median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%
75th Percentile £51.75 £54.38 £71.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.50 £82.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.34 £38.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -34.18% -12.00% +118.75%

Single Sign-On
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Single Sign-On as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Single Sign-On.

Daily rate trend for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Single Sign-On over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Single Sign-On.

Hourly rate trend for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
Top 15 Contract 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 30 April 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 +19 158 £569 +3.45% 106
Work from Home +45 89 £550 -8.33% 80
UK excluding London +12 73 £525 +7.36% 49
London +15 72 £580 -3.33% 64
North of England +40 38 £484 -2.22% 8
North West +20 26 £463 -6.99% 7
Midlands +1 14 £588 -5.24% 7
West Midlands +8 13 £588 -2.08% 3
South East +40 11 £640 +43.02% 14
South West +33 10 £438 -0.39% 6
Yorkshire +17 10 £535 +12.53%
Scotland +9 5 £825 +10.00% 5
East of England +34 4 £438 -20.45% 7
North East +1 2 £600 - 1
East Midlands -5 1 - - 4

Single Sign-On
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (9.79%) Confluence
2 17 (8.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (5.67%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.03%) Camunda
5 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (5.67%) MS Visio
2 7 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.52%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 102 (52.58%) Azure
2 82 (42.27%) Entra ID
3 41 (21.13%) AWS
4 31 (15.98%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (12.37%) SaaS
6 17 (8.76%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (6.70%) GCP
8 12 (6.19%) Serverless
9 11 (5.67%) IaaS
9 11 (5.67%) PaaS
10 7 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (3.61%) Google Workspace
11 6 (3.09%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (3.09%) Power Platform
11 6 (3.09%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (2.58%) Lucidchart
13 4 (2.06%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (2.06%) OneDrive
14 3 (1.55%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.70%) VPN
2 12 (6.19%) Firewall
3 10 (5.15%) HTTPS
3 10 (5.15%) Kerberos
3 10 (5.15%) POP3
3 10 (5.15%) SMTP
3 10 (5.15%) SSL
4 6 (3.09%) HTTP
5 5 (2.58%) OpenLDAP
6 4 (2.06%) DNS
7 3 (1.55%) IPsec
8 2 (1.03%) NetScaler
8 2 (1.03%) Network Security
9 1 (0.52%) DHCP
9 1 (0.52%) FTP
9 1 (0.52%) NGFW
9 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.52%) VSAN
9 1 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.15%) Relational Database
2 6 (3.09%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.06%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.06%) Metadata
3 4 (2.06%) MySQL
3 4 (2.06%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.06%) Power BI
3 4 (2.06%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.55%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.55%) SSDT
5 2 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.03%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (10.82%) JIRA
2 6 (3.09%) GitLab
3 5 (2.58%) Git
3 5 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.55%) Maven
4 3 (1.55%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.03%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.52%) MSI
6 1 (0.52%) Postman
6 1 (0.52%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
General
1 37 (19.07%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.43%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.79%) Finance
4 11 (5.67%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.09%) Marketing
6 5 (2.58%) Banking
6 5 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.03%) Billing
8 2 (1.03%) French Language
9 1 (0.52%) Automotive
9 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.52%) Local Government
9 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.52%) Military
9 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Retail
9 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (25.26%) Architect
2 25 (12.89%) Developer
3 18 (9.28%) Lead
3 18 (9.28%) Senior
4 12 (6.19%) Security Architect
5 11 (5.67%) Analyst
6 10 (5.15%) Administrator
6 10 (5.15%) IAM Specialist
6 10 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (4.64%) AWS Specialist
7 9 (4.64%) Consultant
7 9 (4.64%) ServiceNow Developer
8 8 (4.12%) DevOps Engineer
9 7 (3.61%) Lead Architect
9 7 (3.61%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 6 (3.09%) ForgeRock Engineer
10 6 (3.09%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.09%) Senior Developer
10 6 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.58%) Kubernetes Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (34.54%) OAuth
1 67 (34.54%) SAML
2 53 (27.32%) OpenID
3 48 (24.74%) LDAP
4 26 (13.40%) SailPoint
5 25 (12.89%) REST
5 25 (12.89%) SOAP
6 24 (12.37%) Web Services
7 19 (9.79%) OAuth2
8 15 (7.73%) AngularJS
9 14 (7.22%) CSS
10 13 (6.70%) HTML
10 13 (6.70%) JSON
11 11 (5.67%) JDBC
12 10 (5.15%) Bootstrap
12 10 (5.15%) CSS3
13 9 (4.64%) RESTful
13 9 (4.64%) Spring
14 8 (4.12%) Spring Boot
15 7 (3.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.40%) Onboarding
2 22 (11.34%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (7.22%) Product Ownership
4 12 (6.19%) PKI
5 11 (5.67%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.61%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.61%) Security Posture
6 7 (3.61%) Taxonomies
7 6 (3.09%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (2.06%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (1.03%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.03%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.03%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.89%) Windows
2 12 (6.19%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.61%) Linux
4 4 (2.06%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.03%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.52%) Unix
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (33.51%) Agile
2 64 (32.99%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (31.44%) Identity Access Management
4 51 (26.29%) RBAC
5 45 (23.20%) Migration
6 40 (20.62%) DevOps
6 40 (20.62%) Identity Management
7 30 (15.46%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 24 (12.37%) Scrum
9 23 (11.86%) ITIL
10 22 (11.34%) Privileged Access Management
11 21 (10.82%) CI/CD
12 20 (10.31%) Roadmaps
13 18 (9.28%) API Integration
13 18 (9.28%) Microservices
13 18 (9.28%) User Experience
14 17 (8.76%) Project Management
15 16 (8.25%) Zero Trust
16 15 (7.73%) Analytics
16 15 (7.73%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 43 (22.16%) PowerShell
2 34 (17.53%) Java
3 31 (15.98%) JavaScript
4 28 (14.43%) Python
5 15 (7.73%) SQL
6 6 (3.09%) Bicep
6 6 (3.09%) C#
7 5 (2.58%) Ruby
8 3 (1.55%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.03%) Bash
9 2 (1.03%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.52%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.52%) C
10 1 (0.52%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 45 (23.20%) Security Cleared
2 40 (20.62%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.19%) Degree
4 9 (4.64%) Azure Certification
4 9 (4.64%) CISSP
5 5 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.58%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.55%) CISM
7 3 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.03%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.03%) ACSP
8 2 (1.03%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.79%) GDPR
2 14 (7.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 13 (6.70%) HIPAA
3 13 (6.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (5.15%) NIST
5 5 (2.58%) QA
6 3 (1.55%) SLA
7 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.03%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.52%) NCSC
8 1 (0.52%) PMO
8 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 90 (46.39%) Active Directory
2 19 (9.79%) Docker
3 4 (2.06%) BitLocker
3 4 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.55%) OpenAM
4 3 (1.55%) RACF
4 3 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.55%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.52%) NFS
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (11.86%) Terraform
2 18 (9.28%) Kubernetes
3 17 (8.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (4.64%) Ansible
5 7 (3.61%) PingFederate
6 3 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.55%) Kibana
6 3 (1.55%) Packer
6 3 (1.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (1.03%) Istio
7 2 (1.03%) SCCM
8 1 (0.52%) Argo
8 1 (0.52%) Grafana
8 1 (0.52%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.52%) Perfmon
8 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.52%) vRealize
Vendors
1 54 (27.84%) Microsoft
2 34 (17.53%) Okta
3 33 (17.01%) ServiceNow
4 27 (13.92%) Ping Identity
5 25 (12.89%) CyberArk
6 17 (8.76%) Google
7 11 (5.67%) ForgeRock
8 8 (4.12%) SAP
8 8 (4.12%) Splunk
9 7 (3.61%) Oracle
10 6 (3.09%) Qualtrics
10 6 (3.09%) Zscaler
11 5 (2.58%) Citrix
11 5 (2.58%) VMware
12 4 (2.06%) CheckPoint
12 4 (2.06%) OpenText
13 3 (1.55%) Cisco
13 3 (1.55%) UiPath
14 2 (1.03%) OneLogin
14 2 (1.03%) Varonis