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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 336 342
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 +79
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 321 190 253
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.74% 0.65% 0.57%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.03% 4.02% 4.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 127 177
10th Percentile £354 £400 £335
25th Percentile £463 £475 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +16.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £638
90th Percentile £688 £780 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £561 £450
% change year-on-year -6.46% +24.72% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 4
10th Percentile £51.70 - -
25th Percentile £55.75 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £62.75 - £28.25
75th Percentile £68.75 - £49.56
90th Percentile £92.50 - £79.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.25 - £100.00

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 6,386 4,726 5,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.68% 16.15% 11.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,419 3,167 3,777
10th Percentile £315 £313 £259
25th Percentile £413 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -9.57%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -1.60% +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 51 141
10th Percentile £19.00 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.21 £22.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +115.69% -21.54% -37.66%
75th Percentile £67.50 £59.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.70 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +127.46% -39.55% -8.57%

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 March 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 20 March 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 20 March 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 +11 276 £525 -9.72% 76
UK excluding London +2 165 £525 -6.46% 53
London -9 108 £541 -9.85% 35
Work from Home -21 92 £600 +8.89% 52
North of England -52 57 £522 +7.69% 11
South West +13 48 £525 +23.53% 5
Yorkshire -30 39 £525 -1.78% 2
South East -36 36 £525 -25.00% 20
Midlands -55 22 £450 -23.40% 6
North West -40 18 £400 -11.11% 7
West Midlands -64 12 £340 -42.13% 2
East Midlands -27 10 £638 - 4
Scotland +7 5 £675 -18.18% 2
East of England -23 2 £563 +28.57% 8
Wales -10 1 £550 +10.00% 1
North East -15 1 - - 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 17 (5.30%) Confluence
1 17 (5.30%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.80%) nginx
3 3 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (0.93%) IIS
4 2 (0.62%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.62%) CMS
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.31%) Apache
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.31%) JBoss
5 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (2.18%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.93%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 27 (8.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 161 (50.16%) Azure
2 151 (47.04%) Entra ID
3 70 (21.81%) AWS
4 44 (13.71%) SaaS
5 42 (13.08%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (7.79%) Serverless
7 21 (6.54%) PaaS
8 20 (6.23%) GCP
9 17 (5.30%) Amazon S3
10 16 (4.98%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (4.67%) GitHub
11 15 (4.67%) IaaS
12 13 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (3.74%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (3.74%) OneDrive
13 12 (3.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 11 (3.43%) Google Workspace
15 10 (3.12%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (2.80%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (2.80%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 73 (22.74%) DNS
2 45 (14.02%) Firewall
3 36 (11.21%) VPN
4 30 (9.35%) DHCP
4 30 (9.35%) Kerberos
5 20 (6.23%) TCP/IP
6 18 (5.61%) SSL
7 15 (4.67%) Network Security
8 14 (4.36%) HTTP
9 12 (3.74%) IPsec
10 10 (3.12%) BIG-IP
10 10 (3.12%) LAN
10 10 (3.12%) WAN
11 9 (2.80%) OpenVPN
11 9 (2.80%) Wireless
12 8 (2.49%) HTTPS
12 8 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (2.18%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (2.18%) Ethereal
13 7 (2.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.18%) DynamoDB
2 7 (2.18%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.56%) Power BI
4 4 (1.25%) MySQL
5 3 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.93%) CockroachDB
5 3 (0.93%) Pinecone
6 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.62%) GIS
6 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.62%) SQLite
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.31%) Metadata
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (9.97%) JIRA
2 13 (4.05%) Git
3 7 (2.18%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.18%) SonarQube
4 5 (1.56%) GitLab
4 5 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.56%) Postman
5 4 (1.25%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.93%) MSI
7 2 (0.62%) CocoaPods
7 2 (0.62%) Crashlytics
7 2 (0.62%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.62%) fastlane
7 2 (0.62%) JUnit
7 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.62%) Xcode
8 1 (0.31%) gulp
8 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.31%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.31%) webpack
General
1 84 (26.17%) Social Skills
2 40 (12.46%) Finance
3 33 (10.28%) Documentation Skills
4 32 (9.97%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.67%) Publishing
7 11 (3.43%) Banking
8 5 (1.56%) Aviation
9 4 (1.25%) Legal
10 3 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.93%) Retail
11 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.62%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.62%) Marketing
12 1 (0.31%) Electronics
12 1 (0.31%) Front Office
12 1 (0.31%) Military
12 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (18.07%) Architect
2 33 (10.28%) Senior
3 23 (7.17%) Lead
4 22 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
5 20 (6.23%) Administrator
5 20 (6.23%) Developer
6 17 (5.30%) Analyst
6 17 (5.30%) Consultant
6 17 (5.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (4.98%) Technical Architect
8 12 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (3.43%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.12%) Project Manager
11 9 (2.80%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.49%) IAM Consultant
12 8 (2.49%) IAM Specialist
12 8 (2.49%) Network Engineer
12 8 (2.49%) Security Engineer
12 8 (2.49%) Senior Architect
13 7 (2.18%) ForgeRock Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (33.33%) SAML
2 105 (32.71%) OAuth
3 77 (23.99%) OpenID
4 57 (17.76%) LDAP
5 46 (14.33%) OAuth2
6 23 (7.17%) SailPoint
7 18 (5.61%) SAP Basis
8 12 (3.74%) React
8 12 (3.74%) REST
8 12 (3.74%) RESTful
9 9 (2.80%) Entity Framework
10 8 (2.49%) ARM Templates
11 7 (2.18%) .NET
11 7 (2.18%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.18%) CSS
11 7 (2.18%) Model Context Protocol
11 7 (2.18%) YAML
12 6 (1.87%) HTML
13 5 (1.56%) Node.js
13 5 (1.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 59 (18.38%) Onboarding
2 23 (7.17%) Replication
3 18 (5.61%) Taxonomies
4 17 (5.30%) PKI
5 11 (3.43%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.12%) Private Cloud
7 9 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.80%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.80%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.80%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.80%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.49%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.25%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.93%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.93%) CMDB
13 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 79 (24.61%) Windows
2 49 (15.26%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.92%) Linux
4 6 (1.87%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.25%) CatOS
5 4 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.93%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.31%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.31%) Android
8 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (29.60%) Identity Access Management
2 90 (28.04%) RBAC
3 62 (19.31%) DevOps
4 49 (15.26%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (14.95%) Agile
5 48 (14.95%) CI/CD
5 48 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (14.64%) Identity Management
7 44 (13.71%) Roadmaps
8 41 (12.77%) Infrastructure as Code
9 39 (12.15%) Zero Trust
10 35 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (10.59%) Vulnerability Management
12 31 (9.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 30 (9.35%) Validation
14 28 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
15 27 (8.41%) Disaster Recovery
15 27 (8.41%) High Availability
16 26 (8.10%) Microservices
16 26 (8.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 76 (23.68%) PowerShell
2 29 (9.03%) Python
3 23 (7.17%) SQL
4 17 (5.30%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.05%) TypeScript
6 12 (3.74%) Java
7 8 (2.49%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (2.18%) Bash
9 6 (1.87%) C#
10 5 (1.56%) Bicep
11 4 (1.25%) Groovy
12 2 (0.62%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.62%) Swift
12 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.31%) AppleScript
13 1 (0.31%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.31%) Korn
13 1 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 133 (41.43%) Security Cleared
2 91 (28.35%) SC Cleared
3 35 (10.90%) DV Cleared
4 25 (7.79%) CISSP
5 21 (6.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (5.92%) Degree
7 14 (4.36%) CISM
8 11 (3.43%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.18%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (1.56%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.93%) OCP
12 3 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.93%) PhD
12 3 (0.93%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.93%) PMP
13 2 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.62%) RHCE
13 2 (0.62%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.33%) GDPR
2 31 (9.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (7.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 15 (4.67%) NIST
5 10 (3.12%) PCI DSS
5 10 (3.12%) SOC 2
6 9 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (2.80%) GRC
6 9 (2.80%) QA
6 9 (2.80%) SLA
7 5 (1.56%) NCSC
7 5 (1.56%) PSD2
8 4 (1.25%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.25%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.93%) PMO
10 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 148 (46.11%) Active Directory
2 21 (6.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.61%) Docker
4 13 (4.05%) VMware NSX
5 10 (3.12%) Squid
6 7 (2.18%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.56%) RACF
8 4 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.93%) Firmware
9 3 (0.93%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.62%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.62%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.62%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (19.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 37 (11.53%) Terraform
3 35 (10.90%) Kubernetes
4 23 (7.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.36%) Grafana
6 11 (3.43%) Ansible
6 11 (3.43%) Prometheus
7 10 (3.12%) FortiGate
8 9 (2.80%) PingFederate
9 7 (2.18%) Consul
9 7 (2.18%) SCCM
10 5 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (1.25%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.25%) VxRail
12 2 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.31%) Argo
13 1 (0.31%) CASB
13 1 (0.31%) Istio
Vendors
1 144 (44.86%) Microsoft
2 51 (15.89%) Okta
3 36 (11.21%) VMware
4 29 (9.03%) SAP
5 21 (6.54%) CyberArk
6 16 (4.98%) Google
7 15 (4.67%) Red Hat
8 13 (4.05%) Zscaler
9 12 (3.74%) Cisco
9 12 (3.74%) Palo Alto
9 12 (3.74%) Ping Identity
10 11 (3.43%) Pega
11 10 (3.12%) F5
12 9 (2.80%) Atlassian
12 9 (2.80%) Dynatrace
12 9 (2.80%) ForgeRock
13 8 (2.49%) CheckPoint
13 8 (2.49%) ServiceNow
14 7 (2.18%) BeyondTrust
15 6 (1.87%) Thales