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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 336 355
Rank change year-on-year -41 +19 +60
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 315 225 244
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.69% 0.60%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.49% 4.40% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 151 168
10th Percentile £350 £381 £350
25th Percentile £437 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% +2.75%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £685 £700 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £492 £550
% change year-on-year +6.71% -10.55% -0.68%
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 7,023 5,114 5,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.31% 15.65% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,769 3,378 3,800
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £520
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -2.88% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £624
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 74 84
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £17.22
25th Percentile £25.07 £20.25 £21.68
Median hourly rate £59.37 £37.75 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +57.26% +31.30% -50.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.66 £53.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.34 £73.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.12 £55.00 £33.58
% change year-on-year +3.85% +63.78% -26.99%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -41 264 £525 -4.55% 96
UK excluding London -25 171 £525 +6.71% 60
London -48 116 £522 -5.99% 56
Work from Home -39 100 £510 -7.27% 55
North of England -49 56 £538 +19.44% 16
Midlands -37 34 £450 +9.76% 5
North West -35 30 £496 +18.94% 10
South East -44 30 £560 -6.67% 20
Scotland +5 25 £450 -25.00% 6
South West -21 25 £525 -2.33% 11
Yorkshire -39 24 £550 +25.28% 6
West Midlands -55 21 £425 -5.56% 5
East Midlands -3 12 £619 +53.92%
East of England -16 5 £555 -17.78% 6
North East -33 3 £413 -31.25% 1
Wales - 3 £525 - 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 29 (9.21%) SharePoint
2 23 (7.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (6.35%) Confluence
4 8 (2.54%) nginx
5 3 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.63%) JBoss
6 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Fuse
6 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) IIS
7 1 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.95%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.63%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 156 (49.52%) Azure
2 144 (45.71%) Entra ID
3 76 (24.13%) AWS
4 48 (15.24%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (13.97%) SaaS
6 39 (12.38%) GCP
7 21 (6.67%) Serverless
8 19 (6.03%) GitHub
9 13 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (4.13%) OpenShift
10 12 (3.81%) Google Workspace
10 12 (3.81%) PaaS
11 11 (3.49%) Amazon S3
11 11 (3.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (3.17%) IaaS
12 10 (3.17%) OneDrive
13 7 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (2.22%) Google Drive
13 7 (2.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 56 (17.78%) DNS
2 30 (9.52%) Firewall
3 25 (7.94%) TCP/IP
3 25 (7.94%) VPN
4 24 (7.62%) SSL
5 19 (6.03%) DHCP
5 19 (6.03%) Network Security
6 14 (4.44%) WAN
7 13 (4.13%) IPsec
8 12 (3.81%) Kerberos
9 11 (3.49%) HTTP
9 11 (3.49%) HTTPS
9 11 (3.49%) LAN
10 9 (2.86%) DKIM
10 9 (2.86%) DMARC
10 9 (2.86%) SD-WAN
11 8 (2.54%) OpenVPN
12 7 (2.22%) Internet
12 7 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.90%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.90%) Metadata
3 5 (1.59%) Power BI
4 4 (1.27%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.27%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.27%) MySQL
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.32%) Db2
7 1 (0.32%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (12.06%) JIRA
2 13 (4.13%) Git
3 11 (3.49%) Browser DevTools
4 9 (2.86%) Visual Studio
5 8 (2.54%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (1.90%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.59%) GitLab
8 4 (1.27%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.95%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.95%) Postman
10 2 (0.63%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.63%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.63%) Snyk
11 1 (0.32%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.32%) JUnit
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 71 (22.54%) Social Skills
2 53 (16.83%) Finance
3 48 (15.24%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (8.89%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (5.08%) Banking
7 8 (2.54%) Publishing
8 7 (2.22%) Legal
8 7 (2.22%) Military
9 6 (1.90%) Retail
10 4 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.32%) Front Office
13 1 (0.32%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.32%) Local Government
13 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (14.92%) Architect
2 30 (9.52%) Developer
3 26 (8.25%) Lead
4 24 (7.62%) Senior
5 20 (6.35%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (6.35%) Support Engineer
6 19 (6.03%) Administrator
7 17 (5.40%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (4.13%) Consultant
8 13 (4.13%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.49%) Security Engineer
9 11 (3.49%) Technical Architect
10 10 (3.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (2.86%) Analyst
11 9 (2.86%) IAM Project Manager
12 8 (2.54%) Active Directory Engineer
12 8 (2.54%) IAM Specialist
12 8 (2.54%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 8 (2.54%) Platform Engineer
13 7 (2.22%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (25.08%) SAML
2 70 (22.22%) OAuth
3 66 (20.95%) OpenID
4 41 (13.02%) LDAP
5 36 (11.43%) OAuth2
6 25 (7.94%) REST
7 23 (7.30%) SailPoint
8 15 (4.76%) SOAP
8 15 (4.76%) Web Services
9 14 (4.44%) Node.js
10 13 (4.13%) Express.js
11 11 (3.49%) XML
12 8 (2.54%) .NET
12 8 (2.54%) ActiveX
13 7 (2.22%) Middleware
13 7 (2.22%) React
13 7 (2.22%) SAP Basis
14 6 (1.90%) AngularJS
15 5 (1.59%) CSS
15 5 (1.59%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (20.95%) Onboarding
2 31 (9.84%) Enterprise Software
3 29 (9.21%) PKI
4 23 (7.30%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.49%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.86%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.22%) Freedom of Information
8 7 (2.22%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.22%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.22%) Taxonomies
9 6 (1.90%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.90%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.27%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.27%) Clustering
11 4 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.11%) Windows
2 21 (6.67%) Linux
3 11 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.86%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.86%) Unix
5 6 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.95%) Android
7 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.63%) VMS
8 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.32%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (33.65%) Identity Access Management
2 66 (20.95%) DevOps
3 62 (19.68%) RBAC
4 53 (16.83%) Agile
5 49 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (15.24%) CI/CD
7 43 (13.65%) Roadmaps
8 42 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 38 (12.06%) Zero Trust
10 37 (11.75%) Migration
10 37 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (10.48%) Privileged Access Management
12 31 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 30 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
14 26 (8.25%) ITIL
14 26 (8.25%) Microservices
15 23 (7.30%) Analytics
15 23 (7.30%) Identity Management
15 23 (7.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 44 (13.97%) PowerShell
2 31 (9.84%) Java
3 25 (7.94%) Python
4 16 (5.08%) JavaScript
5 15 (4.76%) SQL
6 10 (3.17%) Bash
7 8 (2.54%) VB
7 8 (2.54%) VB6
7 8 (2.54%) VBA
8 6 (1.90%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.59%) C#
10 3 (0.95%) Bicep
11 2 (0.63%) Groovy
11 2 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.32%) AppleScript
12 1 (0.32%) Go
12 1 (0.32%) Korn
12 1 (0.32%) R
12 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 67 (21.27%) Security Cleared
2 54 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.67%) Degree
4 16 (5.08%) CISSP
5 14 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.86%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.22%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.90%) CISM
9 6 (1.90%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.90%) PMP
10 4 (1.27%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.95%) GIAC
11 3 (0.95%) MCSE
12 2 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.63%) CEH
12 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (8.89%) GDPR
3 26 (8.25%) NIST
4 14 (4.44%) SLA
5 12 (3.81%) QA
6 11 (3.49%) Accessibility
7 10 (3.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (2.86%) Data Quality
9 8 (2.54%) GRC
10 7 (2.22%) PMO
11 5 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (1.59%) SOC 2
12 4 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.95%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.95%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.95%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
14 2 (0.63%) ITGC
System Software
1 134 (42.54%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.40%) Docker
3 10 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.90%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.27%) RACF
6 4 (1.27%) Squid
7 3 (0.95%) vSphere
8 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.32%) Firmware
9 1 (0.32%) KVM
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (8.57%) Kubernetes
1 27 (8.57%) Terraform
2 19 (6.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 15 (4.76%) Ansible
4 13 (4.13%) Grafana
5 9 (2.86%) Argo
6 6 (1.90%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.59%) CASB
7 5 (1.59%) PingFederate
7 5 (1.59%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.27%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.95%) Consul
9 3 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.95%) SELinux
10 2 (0.63%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.63%) Packer
10 2 (0.63%) SCCM
10 2 (0.63%) VxRail
Vendors
1 121 (38.41%) Microsoft
2 67 (21.27%) Okta
3 28 (8.89%) CyberArk
4 26 (8.25%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.71%) Red Hat
5 18 (5.71%) SAP
5 18 (5.71%) Zscaler
6 16 (5.08%) BeyondTrust
6 16 (5.08%) VMware
7 15 (4.76%) Google
8 13 (4.13%) Oracle
9 10 (3.17%) Cisco
9 10 (3.17%) Ping Identity
10 8 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (2.22%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.90%) ForgeRock
13 5 (1.59%) CheckPoint
13 5 (1.59%) F5
13 5 (1.59%) Netskope
13 5 (1.59%) Workday