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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 328 345
Rank change year-on-year -8 +17 +70
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 334 204 256
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.69% 0.59%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.01% 4.37% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 136 178
10th Percentile £313 £400 £339
25th Percentile £431 £459 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +8.37% -7.73%
75th Percentile £607 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £518 £500 £489
% change year-on-year +3.50% +2.25% -13.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 5
10th Percentile £55.75 - £24.51
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £81.25 - £32.75
90th Percentile £92.50 - £75.50
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 6,669 4,669 5,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.29% 15.77% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,546 3,136 3,832
10th Percentile £325 £304 £298
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £686 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £496 £500
% change year-on-year +0.81% -0.80% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 50 99
10th Percentile £19.14 £13.75 £14.88
25th Percentile £22.41 £19.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% +15.38% -43.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.36 £51.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.83 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +37.50% -5.88%

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 15 June 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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -3 282 £525 -4.55% 77
UK excluding London -40 165 £518 +3.50% 41
London -3 131 £525 -7.57% 39
Work from Home -27 109 £600 +9.09% 41
North of England -66 53 £513 +13.89% 13
South East -36 36 £500 -23.08% 16
Midlands -41 33 £450 -18.18% 3
Yorkshire -38 31 £550 +16.53% 4
South West -9 28 £525 +20.00% 5
North West -44 21 £438 +2.94% 8
Scotland -3 20 £450 -14.29% 1
West Midlands -57 19 £425 -22.73% 3
East Midlands -13 13 £463 +15.05%
East of England -29 2 £565 -16.30% 6
North East -33 2 £413 -31.25% 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 27 (8.08%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.99%) Confluence
3 19 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.69%) nginx
5 2 (0.60%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.60%) IIS
5 2 (0.60%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.30%) JBoss
6 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (1.50%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.90%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (7.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.60%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 164 (49.10%) Azure
2 154 (46.11%) Entra ID
3 76 (22.75%) AWS
4 50 (14.97%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (14.97%) SaaS
5 37 (11.08%) GCP
6 28 (8.38%) Serverless
7 19 (5.69%) PaaS
8 18 (5.39%) Amazon S3
8 18 (5.39%) GitHub
9 17 (5.09%) OpenShift
10 15 (4.49%) Google Workspace
11 13 (3.89%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (3.59%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (3.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 11 (3.29%) OneDrive
14 10 (2.99%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (2.99%) IaaS
15 9 (2.69%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 72 (21.56%) DNS
2 31 (9.28%) Firewall
3 30 (8.98%) DHCP
4 28 (8.38%) VPN
5 27 (8.08%) SSL
6 26 (7.78%) Kerberos
7 24 (7.19%) TCP/IP
8 18 (5.39%) Network Security
9 17 (5.09%) IPsec
10 15 (4.49%) WAN
11 14 (4.19%) HTTP
11 14 (4.19%) HTTPS
12 12 (3.59%) LAN
13 10 (2.99%) BIG-IP
14 9 (2.69%) DKIM
14 9 (2.69%) DMARC
14 9 (2.69%) OpenVPN
15 8 (2.40%) SD-WAN
15 8 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (2.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (2.40%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.10%) DynamoDB
4 6 (1.80%) Metadata
5 5 (1.50%) MySQL
6 4 (1.20%) Power BI
7 3 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.90%) CockroachDB
7 3 (0.90%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.90%) Pinecone
8 2 (0.60%) GIS
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (11.68%) JIRA
2 10 (2.99%) Browser DevTools
2 10 (2.99%) GitLab
3 9 (2.69%) Git
3 9 (2.69%) SonarQube
4 7 (2.10%) Bitbucket
4 7 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.10%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.50%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (1.20%) Postman
7 3 (0.90%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.60%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.60%) JUnit
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.60%) Snyk
8 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.30%) ScriptRunner
General
1 81 (24.25%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.47%) Public Sector
3 44 (13.17%) Finance
4 35 (10.48%) Documentation Skills
5 30 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.19%) Publishing
7 11 (3.29%) Banking
8 6 (1.80%) Legal
8 6 (1.80%) Military
9 5 (1.50%) Retail
10 4 (1.20%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Aviation
12 1 (0.30%) Front Office
12 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (14.67%) Architect
2 29 (8.68%) Developer
3 27 (8.08%) Senior
4 25 (7.49%) Lead
5 22 (6.59%) Administrator
6 20 (5.99%) Cloud Engineer
6 20 (5.99%) Support Engineer
7 16 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.19%) Project Manager
8 14 (4.19%) Technical Architect
9 13 (3.89%) Security Engineer
10 12 (3.59%) Analyst
11 11 (3.29%) Consultant
11 11 (3.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (2.69%) DevOps Engineer
13 8 (2.40%) Azure Engineer
13 8 (2.40%) IAM Project Manager
13 8 (2.40%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 8 (2.40%) Network Engineer
14 7 (2.10%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (28.74%) SAML
2 88 (26.35%) OAuth
3 69 (20.66%) OpenID
4 61 (18.26%) LDAP
5 37 (11.08%) OAuth2
6 23 (6.89%) SailPoint
7 19 (5.69%) REST
8 16 (4.79%) SAP Basis
9 13 (3.89%) Node.js
10 12 (3.59%) Express.js
10 12 (3.59%) Web Services
11 10 (2.99%) CSS
11 10 (2.99%) React
11 10 (2.99%) SOAP
12 9 (2.69%) HTML
13 8 (2.40%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.40%) ARM Templates
13 8 (2.40%) Entity Framework
14 7 (2.10%) Model Context Protocol
15 6 (1.80%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 68 (20.36%) Onboarding
2 24 (7.19%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (6.59%) Cloud Native
3 22 (6.59%) PKI
4 18 (5.39%) Replication
5 15 (4.49%) Taxonomies
6 11 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.69%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.69%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.40%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.40%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.80%) Freedom of Information
9 6 (1.80%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.50%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.20%) Clustering
11 4 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.20%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 53 (15.87%) Windows
2 27 (8.08%) Windows Server
3 20 (5.99%) Linux
4 9 (2.69%) Unix
5 8 (2.40%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.90%) Android
8 3 (0.90%) CatOS
8 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (28.44%) Identity Access Management
2 78 (23.35%) DevOps
3 69 (20.66%) RBAC
4 59 (17.66%) CI/CD
5 55 (16.47%) Cybersecurity
6 54 (16.17%) Roadmaps
7 47 (14.07%) Agile
8 45 (13.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (11.68%) Infrastructure as Code
11 38 (11.38%) Zero Trust
12 37 (11.08%) Stakeholder Management
13 33 (9.88%) Migration
14 30 (8.98%) High Availability
14 30 (8.98%) Microservices
15 29 (8.68%) Validation
16 27 (8.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 25 (7.49%) Privileged Access Management
17 25 (7.49%) Vulnerability Management
18 24 (7.19%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (15.57%) PowerShell
2 28 (8.38%) Python
3 21 (6.29%) Java
3 21 (6.29%) JavaScript
4 20 (5.99%) SQL
5 12 (3.59%) Bash
6 10 (2.99%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.50%) Bicep
7 5 (1.50%) VB
7 5 (1.50%) VB6
7 5 (1.50%) VBA
8 4 (1.20%) C#
8 4 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.60%) Groovy
9 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.30%) AppleScript
10 1 (0.30%) Korn
10 1 (0.30%) PHP
10 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 102 (30.54%) Security Cleared
2 80 (23.95%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.59%) Degree
4 15 (4.49%) CISSP
4 15 (4.49%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.10%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.80%) CISM
7 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.20%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.20%) PMP
9 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.90%) OCP
9 3 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.60%) RHCE
10 2 (0.60%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.28%) GDPR
2 32 (9.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (7.19%) NIST
4 21 (6.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (3.29%) GRC
5 11 (3.29%) SLA
6 10 (2.99%) QA
6 10 (2.99%) SOC 2
7 9 (2.69%) Accessibility
8 8 (2.40%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.80%) Data Quality
9 6 (1.80%) PMO
10 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.90%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 144 (43.11%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.99%) Docker
3 12 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.29%) VMware NSX
5 10 (2.99%) Squid
6 7 (2.10%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.50%) RACF
8 4 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.90%) Firmware
9 3 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.60%) vSphere
11 1 (0.30%) KVM
11 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (11.98%) Kubernetes
2 36 (10.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 36 (10.78%) Terraform
3 20 (5.99%) Grafana
4 17 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (3.89%) Ansible
6 12 (3.59%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.99%) Argo
8 9 (2.69%) FortiGate
9 8 (2.40%) Consul
10 6 (1.80%) CA Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.50%) PingFederate
11 5 (1.50%) VxRail
12 4 (1.20%) SCCM
13 3 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.60%) CASB
14 2 (0.60%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.60%) Packer
15 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 126 (37.72%) Microsoft
2 74 (22.16%) Okta
3 25 (7.49%) SAP
4 23 (6.89%) Red Hat
5 21 (6.29%) VMware
6 19 (5.69%) CyberArk
6 19 (5.69%) ServiceNow
7 17 (5.09%) Google
8 14 (4.19%) Zscaler
9 13 (3.89%) Oracle
10 12 (3.59%) Cisco
11 11 (3.29%) Pega
12 10 (2.99%) BeyondTrust
12 10 (2.99%) Dynatrace
12 10 (2.99%) F5
13 9 (2.69%) Palo Alto
14 8 (2.40%) Atlassian
14 8 (2.40%) CheckPoint
15 7 (2.10%) Thales
16 6 (1.80%) ForgeRock