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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 383 337
Rank change year-on-year +64 -46 +109
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 286 174 270
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.52% 0.62%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.82% 3.48% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 115 204
10th Percentile £367 £410 £396
25th Percentile £425 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £581 £700 £639
90th Percentile £676 £775 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £625 £530
% change year-on-year -16.32% +17.92% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £43.38 - -
25th Percentile £49.19 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £100.00
75th Percentile £57.25 - -
90th Percentile £57.48 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.75 - £100.00
% change year-on-year - - +66.67%

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 5,928 4,993 5,938
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.94% 14.80% 13.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,053 3,202 4,208
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £690 £731 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £508
% change year-on-year +2.04% -3.45% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 66 166
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.36 £17.36
25th Percentile £20.18 £21.10 £23.72
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.84 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +91.22% -46.21% +31.94%
75th Percentile £63.75 £56.56 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.40 £74.22 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +106.78% -47.64% +28.28%

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 26 December 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 26 December 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 +31 240 £522 -13.08% 187
UK excluding London +14 135 £523 -16.32% 175
London +16 99 £525 -12.50% 29
Work from Home +17 78 £523 -16.40% 35
South West +34 44 £525 +23.53% 18
North of England -30 41 £492 -1.60% 44
South East -11 24 £525 -25.00% 47
Yorkshire -16 24 £525 - 23
North West -22 17 £423 -15.40% 19
Midlands -49 16 £500 - 30
West Midlands -32 15 £443 -11.50% 19
East of England -21 6 £625 +42.86% 27
Scotland +4 5 £625 -0.79% 7
Wales 0 1 £550 +10.00% 3
East Midlands -22 1 £550 - 9

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 20 (6.99%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.59%) Confluence
3 13 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.10%) Apache
4 6 (2.10%) IIS
5 5 (1.75%) iPlanet
5 5 (1.75%) JBoss
5 5 (1.75%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.75%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.70%) CMS
8 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.35%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Chatbot
1 3 (1.05%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.70%) Windchill
3 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.35%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (3.15%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.70%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.35%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 134 (46.85%) Azure
2 109 (38.11%) Entra ID
3 63 (22.03%) AWS
4 44 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (14.34%) SaaS
6 19 (6.64%) GCP
7 17 (5.94%) PaaS
8 11 (3.85%) GitHub
9 10 (3.50%) IaaS
10 9 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.80%) Nutanix
11 8 (2.80%) OneDrive
11 8 (2.80%) Serverless
12 7 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (2.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 7 (2.45%) Google Workspace
12 7 (2.45%) Power Platform
13 6 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.10%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.10%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 50 (17.48%) DNS
2 32 (11.19%) Firewall
3 26 (9.09%) VPN
4 22 (7.69%) SSL
5 18 (6.29%) Kerberos
6 13 (4.55%) DHCP
7 10 (3.50%) HTTP
8 9 (3.15%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.45%) HTTPS
9 7 (2.45%) LAN
9 7 (2.45%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.10%) Network Security
10 6 (2.10%) SSH
10 6 (2.10%) WAN
10 6 (2.10%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.40%) BIG-IP
11 4 (1.40%) Internet
11 4 (1.40%) IPsec
11 4 (1.40%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.75%) Oracle Database
1 5 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (1.75%) Power BI
1 5 (1.75%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.70%) CockroachDB
2 2 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.70%) MySQL
2 2 (0.70%) Pinecone
2 2 (0.70%) SQLite
3 1 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.35%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.35%) GIS
3 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 36 (12.59%) JIRA
2 22 (7.69%) Git
3 11 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.75%) Bitbucket Server
4 5 (1.75%) CA Release Automation
4 5 (1.75%) MSI
4 5 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.70%) CocoaPods
5 2 (0.70%) Crashlytics
5 2 (0.70%) fastlane
5 2 (0.70%) GitLab
5 2 (0.70%) Postman
5 2 (0.70%) Selenium
5 2 (0.70%) Xcode
6 1 (0.35%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.35%) Gatling
6 1 (0.35%) gulp
6 1 (0.35%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 69 (24.13%) Social Skills
2 33 (11.54%) Finance
3 28 (9.79%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (2.80%) Banking
6 6 (2.10%) Publishing
7 4 (1.40%) Aviation
7 4 (1.40%) Retail
7 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.05%) Marketing
9 2 (0.70%) Electronics
9 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.70%) Legal
9 2 (0.70%) Local Government
9 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Police
10 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (17.13%) Architect
2 39 (13.64%) Senior
3 22 (7.69%) Developer
3 22 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (6.64%) Administrator
4 19 (6.64%) Consultant
5 16 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (4.20%) Analyst
7 12 (4.20%) Security Engineer
8 11 (3.85%) Lead
9 9 (3.15%) IAM Specialist
9 9 (3.15%) Senior Architect
10 8 (2.80%) IAM Consultant
11 7 (2.45%) AWS Engineer
11 7 (2.45%) ForgeRock Developer
11 7 (2.45%) Senior Developer
12 6 (2.10%) Network Engineer
12 6 (2.10%) Security Architect
12 6 (2.10%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (34.27%) SAML
2 91 (31.82%) OAuth
3 65 (22.73%) OpenID
4 49 (17.13%) LDAP
5 39 (13.64%) OAuth2
6 26 (9.09%) SailPoint
7 22 (7.69%) REST
8 15 (5.24%) SOAP
9 14 (4.90%) AngularJS
9 14 (4.90%) HTML
10 12 (4.20%) HTML5
10 12 (4.20%) JDBC
11 11 (3.85%) JSON
11 11 (3.85%) React
11 11 (3.85%) Web Services
12 10 (3.50%) RESTful
13 9 (3.15%) Apache Camel
13 9 (3.15%) jQuery
13 9 (3.15%) ODBC
13 9 (3.15%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 19 (6.64%) PKI
3 11 (3.85%) Taxonomies
4 10 (3.50%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.15%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.15%) Replication
6 8 (2.80%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.80%) Private Cloud
7 7 (2.45%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.45%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.75%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.70%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.70%) Animation
10 2 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.70%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 63 (22.03%) Windows
2 33 (11.54%) Windows Server
3 22 (7.69%) Linux
4 7 (2.45%) Unix
5 4 (1.40%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.05%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.70%) Android
7 2 (0.70%) CatOS
7 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (25.87%) Identity Access Management
2 73 (25.52%) RBAC
3 61 (21.33%) Agile
4 55 (19.23%) DevOps
5 54 (18.88%) Identity Management
6 47 (16.43%) CI/CD
7 41 (14.34%) Zero Trust
8 36 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (10.84%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 28 (9.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (9.44%) Infrastructure as Code
12 25 (8.74%) Cybersecurity
13 24 (8.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 24 (8.39%) Microservices
14 23 (8.04%) Cloud Security
14 23 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (7.34%) Migration
16 20 (6.99%) Privileged Access Management
16 20 (6.99%) Technical Leadership
17 19 (6.64%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 63 (22.03%) PowerShell
2 33 (11.54%) Python
3 25 (8.74%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.90%) Java
4 14 (4.90%) SQL
5 9 (3.15%) Shell Script
6 8 (2.80%) Groovy
7 7 (2.45%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.40%) Bash
9 4 (1.40%) Bicep
9 4 (1.40%) C#
10 2 (0.70%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.70%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.70%) Swift
Qualifications
1 113 (39.51%) Security Cleared
2 80 (27.97%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.44%) DV Cleared
4 25 (8.74%) CISSP
5 22 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (5.59%) CISM
7 11 (3.85%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.85%) Degree
8 7 (2.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.75%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.75%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.40%) MCP
11 3 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.05%) PhD
12 2 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.70%) MCTS
12 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.64%) GDPR
2 28 (9.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.20%) NIST
4 10 (3.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (3.15%) SOC 2
6 7 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (2.10%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.10%) HIPAA
7 6 (2.10%) NCSC
7 6 (2.10%) PCI DSS
7 6 (2.10%) PSD2
8 5 (1.75%) SLA
9 4 (1.40%) QA
10 3 (1.05%) WCAG
11 1 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.35%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.35%) SOC 1
System Software
1 133 (46.50%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.99%) Docker
2 20 (6.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.15%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.75%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 3 (1.05%) Sendmail
5 3 (1.05%) vSphere
6 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.70%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.70%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.70%) OpenIDM
6 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.35%) Firmware
7 1 (0.35%) RACF
7 1 (0.35%) Squid
Systems Management
1 41 (14.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 31 (10.84%) Terraform
3 23 (8.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (5.94%) Ansible
4 17 (5.94%) Kubernetes
5 14 (4.90%) PingFederate
6 7 (2.45%) CA Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.10%) SCCM
8 5 (1.75%) CA Wily
8 5 (1.75%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.75%) Tivoli
9 4 (1.40%) Grafana
10 3 (1.05%) Kibana
11 2 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.70%) logstash
11 2 (0.70%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.35%) HP Operations Orchestration
12 1 (0.35%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 122 (42.66%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.54%) VMware
3 30 (10.49%) Okta
4 24 (8.39%) ServiceNow
5 19 (6.64%) CyberArk
6 16 (5.59%) Google
6 16 (5.59%) Ping Identity
7 15 (5.24%) ForgeRock
8 13 (4.55%) SAP
8 13 (4.55%) Splunk
8 13 (4.55%) Zscaler
9 10 (3.50%) HP
10 9 (3.15%) BMC
10 9 (3.15%) Ivanti
10 9 (3.15%) Remedy
10 9 (3.15%) Salesforce
11 8 (2.80%) Oracle
12 7 (2.45%) Cisco
12 7 (2.45%) Palo Alto
12 7 (2.45%) Pega