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 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 326 348
Rank change year-on-year -28 +22 +79
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 337 227 256
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.69% 0.60%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.71% 4.42% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 151 175
10th Percentile £326 £384 £350
25th Percentile £447 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £608 £644 £638
90th Percentile £683 £700 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 5
10th Percentile £58.75 - £24.51
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £81.25 - £32.75
90th Percentile - - £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 7,153 5,135 5,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.51% 15.72% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,892 3,397 3,856
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £421 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £519
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -2.74% -5.59%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £624
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 71 101
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £16.79
25th Percentile £21.88 £20.25 £22.08
Median hourly rate £55.25 £37.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.33% +15.38% -43.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.58 £50.00
90th Percentile £76.45 £77.50 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.75 £57.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -9.21% +42.50% -13.38%

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 12 July 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 12 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
Top 16 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 12 July 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 -28 288 £525 -4.55% 124
UK excluding London -18 173 £525 +5.00% 94
London -4 134 £550 -3.17% 64
Work from Home -22 113 £550 - 64
North of England -65 54 £550 +19.70% 15
Midlands -33 34 £450 - 1
South East -45 33 £520 -16.80% 43
South West -12 30 £525 -2.33% 17
North West -40 27 £500 +19.90% 12
Yorkshire -44 25 £550 +17.27% 2
Scotland -2 21 £450 -25.00% 11
West Midlands -57 20 £425 -19.05% 1
East Midlands -7 13 £463 +15.05%
East of England -20 5 £555 -17.78% 7
North East -33 3 £413 -31.25% 1
Wales - 3 £525 - 2

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 28 (8.31%) SharePoint
2 23 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (6.53%) Confluence
4 9 (2.67%) nginx
5 3 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.59%) IIS
6 2 (0.59%) JBoss
6 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Fuse
6 2 (0.59%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.30%) Apache
7 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (1.78%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.59%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.59%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 168 (49.85%) Azure
2 151 (44.81%) Entra ID
3 84 (24.93%) AWS
4 50 (14.84%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (12.46%) SaaS
6 41 (12.17%) GCP
7 26 (7.72%) Serverless
8 19 (5.64%) GitHub
9 16 (4.75%) Amazon S3
10 14 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (4.15%) OpenShift
11 13 (3.86%) PaaS
12 12 (3.56%) Google Workspace
12 12 (3.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 11 (3.26%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (3.26%) IaaS
14 10 (2.97%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (2.97%) OneDrive
15 9 (2.67%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 79 (23.44%) DNS
2 40 (11.87%) Firewall
3 34 (10.09%) VPN
4 32 (9.50%) DHCP
5 27 (8.01%) SSL
6 26 (7.72%) TCP/IP
7 24 (7.12%) Kerberos
8 21 (6.23%) Network Security
9 17 (5.04%) WAN
10 16 (4.75%) IPsec
11 14 (4.15%) HTTP
11 14 (4.15%) HTTPS
11 14 (4.15%) LAN
12 9 (2.67%) BIG-IP
12 9 (2.67%) DKIM
12 9 (2.67%) DMARC
12 9 (2.67%) OpenVPN
12 9 (2.67%) SD-WAN
13 8 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (2.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
1 9 (2.67%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.08%) DynamoDB
2 7 (2.08%) Metadata
3 5 (1.48%) MySQL
3 5 (1.48%) Power BI
4 4 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
4 4 (1.19%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (13.06%) JIRA
2 11 (3.26%) Browser DevTools
3 9 (2.67%) Git
3 9 (2.67%) SonarQube
4 7 (2.08%) Bitbucket
4 7 (2.08%) GitLab
4 7 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.08%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (1.19%) Postman
6 4 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.89%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.59%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.59%) Snyk
9 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.30%) JUnit
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.30%) ScriptRunner
General
1 78 (23.15%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.43%) Finance
3 45 (13.35%) Public Sector
4 31 (9.20%) Documentation Skills
5 30 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.75%) Banking
7 9 (2.67%) Publishing
8 8 (2.37%) Legal
9 6 (1.78%) Military
9 6 (1.78%) Retail
10 4 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.30%) Front Office
13 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (16.32%) Architect
2 31 (9.20%) Developer
3 28 (8.31%) Senior
4 24 (7.12%) Lead
5 22 (6.53%) Cloud Engineer
6 20 (5.93%) Administrator
7 19 (5.64%) Solutions Architect
7 19 (5.64%) Support Engineer
8 16 (4.75%) Technical Architect
9 14 (4.15%) Project Manager
10 13 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.56%) Consultant
12 11 (3.26%) Security Engineer
13 10 (2.97%) Analyst
14 9 (2.67%) IAM Project Manager
15 8 (2.37%) Active Directory Engineer
15 8 (2.37%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 8 (2.37%) Network Engineer
16 7 (2.08%) Azure Engineer
17 6 (1.78%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (27.60%) SAML
2 86 (25.52%) OAuth
3 72 (21.36%) OpenID
4 57 (16.91%) LDAP
5 38 (11.28%) OAuth2
6 26 (7.72%) REST
7 21 (6.23%) SailPoint
8 14 (4.15%) Node.js
9 13 (3.86%) Express.js
9 13 (3.86%) SOAP
9 13 (3.86%) Web Services
10 8 (2.37%) React
10 8 (2.37%) SAP Basis
11 7 (2.08%) .NET
11 7 (2.08%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.08%) CSS
11 7 (2.08%) Middleware
12 6 (1.78%) HTML
12 6 (1.78%) Keycloak
13 5 (1.48%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 64 (18.99%) Onboarding
2 27 (8.01%) Enterprise Software
3 26 (7.72%) PKI
4 25 (7.42%) Cloud Native
5 17 (5.04%) Replication
6 12 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.97%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.67%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.67%) Taxonomies
9 8 (2.37%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.08%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.78%) Freedom of Information
12 5 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.19%) Cloud Security Posture
13 4 (1.19%) Clustering
13 4 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 3 (0.89%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (16.02%) Windows
2 29 (8.61%) Windows Server
3 17 (5.04%) Linux
4 9 (2.67%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.67%) Unix
5 5 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.89%) Android
7 3 (0.89%) CatOS
7 3 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (33.83%) Identity Access Management
2 73 (21.66%) DevOps
3 69 (20.47%) RBAC
4 53 (15.73%) Agile
4 53 (15.73%) CI/CD
4 53 (15.73%) Cybersecurity
5 50 (14.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (14.84%) Roadmaps
6 44 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (12.46%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (12.17%) Zero Trust
9 39 (11.57%) Migration
10 34 (10.09%) Infrastructure as Code
11 31 (9.20%) Privileged Access Management
12 30 (8.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (8.31%) High Availability
13 28 (8.31%) Microservices
14 27 (8.01%) Validation
15 26 (7.72%) Cloud Security
15 26 (7.72%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (15.73%) PowerShell
2 26 (7.72%) Java
3 23 (6.82%) Python
4 19 (5.64%) JavaScript
5 16 (4.75%) SQL
6 10 (2.97%) Bash
7 7 (2.08%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.48%) Bicep
8 5 (1.48%) VB
8 5 (1.48%) VB6
8 5 (1.48%) VBA
9 4 (1.19%) C#
10 3 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.59%) Groovy
11 2 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.30%) AppleScript
12 1 (0.30%) Korn
12 1 (0.30%) PHP
12 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 87 (25.82%) Security Cleared
2 69 (20.47%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.93%) Degree
4 17 (5.04%) CISSP
5 12 (3.56%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.67%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.78%) CISM
9 6 (1.78%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.78%) PMP
10 4 (1.19%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.89%) GIAC
11 3 (0.89%) MCSE
12 2 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.59%) CEH
12 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.59%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.59%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.46%) GDPR
2 34 (10.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (7.72%) NIST
4 22 (6.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (3.56%) QA
6 11 (3.26%) GRC
6 11 (3.26%) SLA
7 10 (2.97%) Accessibility
8 7 (2.08%) PMO
8 7 (2.08%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.78%) Data Quality
10 5 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.48%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.89%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.59%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.59%) ITGC
12 2 (0.59%) NCSC
System Software
1 144 (42.73%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.04%) Docker
3 15 (4.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.97%) VMware NSX
5 9 (2.67%) Squid
6 7 (2.08%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.19%) RACF
9 3 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.89%) vSphere
10 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.30%) Firmware
10 1 (0.30%) KVM
10 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (10.98%) Kubernetes
2 33 (9.79%) Terraform
3 29 (8.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (5.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (5.34%) Grafana
6 11 (3.26%) Ansible
7 10 (2.97%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.67%) Argo
8 9 (2.67%) FortiGate
9 8 (2.37%) Consul
10 6 (1.78%) CA Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.48%) CASB
11 5 (1.48%) PingFederate
11 5 (1.48%) VxRail
12 4 (1.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 3 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.89%) SCCM
14 2 (0.59%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.59%) Packer
15 1 (0.30%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 129 (38.28%) Microsoft
2 74 (21.96%) Okta
3 27 (8.01%) CyberArk
4 24 (7.12%) VMware
5 22 (6.53%) ServiceNow
6 20 (5.93%) Red Hat
7 18 (5.34%) Zscaler
8 17 (5.04%) SAP
9 15 (4.45%) Google
10 13 (3.86%) BeyondTrust
10 13 (3.86%) Cisco
10 13 (3.86%) Oracle
11 10 (2.97%) Dynatrace
11 10 (2.97%) Palo Alto
12 9 (2.67%) F5
13 8 (2.37%) Atlassian
13 8 (2.37%) CheckPoint
13 8 (2.37%) Ping Identity
14 6 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
14 6 (1.78%) ForgeRock