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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 368 343
Rank change year-on-year +40 -25 +114
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 284 169 273
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.51% 0.63%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.83% 3.43% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 111 206
10th Percentile £367 £400 £378
25th Percentile £425 £500 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £573
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.80% +4.09%
75th Percentile £581 £700 £634
90th Percentile £676 £775 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £625 £525
% change year-on-year -16.32% +19.05% -
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

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 5,875 4,934 5,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.92% 14.81% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,012 3,178 4,153
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £730 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £501
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.69% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 65 163
10th Percentile £16.58 £15.33 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.23 £21.05 £22.38
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +96.44% -47.64% +37.85%
75th Percentile £63.94 £50.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.60 £74.26 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.25 £24.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +111.95% -47.64% +53.50%

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 29 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 29 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 +40 237 £523 -12.83% 270
UK excluding London +20 135 £523 -16.32% 233
London +6 96 £525 -12.50% 57
Work from Home +10 78 £523 -16.40% 48
South West +37 44 £525 +23.53% 23
North of England -18 41 £492 -1.60% 46
South East -4 24 £525 -22.22% 68
Yorkshire -21 24 £525 - 23
North West -15 17 £423 -15.40% 19
Midlands -45 16 £500 - 47
West Midlands -28 15 £443 -11.50% 25
East of England -19 6 £625 +42.86% 37
Scotland +3 5 £625 -0.79% 9
Wales -1 1 £550 +10.00% 5
East Midlands -24 1 £550 - 19

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 (7.04%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.63%) Confluence
3 12 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.11%) Apache
4 6 (2.11%) IIS
5 5 (1.76%) iPlanet
5 5 (1.76%) JBoss
5 5 (1.76%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.76%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (1.06%) 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 (1.06%) Chatbot
1 3 (1.06%) 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 (3.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (3.17%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.70%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.35%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 133 (46.83%) Azure
2 108 (38.03%) Entra ID
3 63 (22.18%) AWS
4 42 (14.79%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (14.44%) SaaS
6 19 (6.69%) GCP
7 17 (5.99%) PaaS
8 11 (3.87%) GitHub
9 10 (3.52%) IaaS
10 9 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (3.17%) OneDrive
11 8 (2.82%) Serverless
12 7 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (2.46%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 7 (2.46%) Google Workspace
12 7 (2.46%) Nutanix
12 7 (2.46%) Power Platform
13 6 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 49 (17.25%) DNS
2 32 (11.27%) Firewall
3 26 (9.15%) VPN
4 21 (7.39%) SSL
5 18 (6.34%) Kerberos
6 13 (4.58%) DHCP
7 10 (3.52%) HTTP
8 9 (3.17%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.46%) HTTPS
9 7 (2.46%) LAN
10 6 (2.11%) Network Security
10 6 (2.11%) SSH
10 6 (2.11%) WAN
10 6 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.11%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.41%) BIG-IP
11 4 (1.41%) Internet
11 4 (1.41%) IPsec
11 4 (1.41%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.76%) Oracle Database
1 5 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (1.76%) Power BI
1 5 (1.76%) 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 35 (12.32%) JIRA
2 22 (7.75%) Git
3 11 (3.87%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.76%) Bitbucket Server
4 5 (1.76%) CA Release Automation
4 5 (1.76%) MSI
4 5 (1.76%) 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%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.35%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.35%) JMeter
6 1 (0.35%) JUnit
6 1 (0.35%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.35%) Maven
General
1 70 (24.65%) Social Skills
2 33 (11.62%) Finance
3 27 (9.51%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (2.82%) Banking
6 6 (2.11%) Publishing
7 4 (1.41%) Aviation
7 4 (1.41%) Retail
7 4 (1.41%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.06%) Marketing
9 2 (0.70%) Electronics
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%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (17.25%) Architect
2 39 (13.73%) Senior
3 22 (7.75%) Developer
3 22 (7.75%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (6.69%) Consultant
5 18 (6.34%) Administrator
6 16 (5.63%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (4.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (4.23%) Analyst
8 12 (4.23%) Security Engineer
9 11 (3.87%) Lead
10 9 (3.17%) Senior Architect
11 8 (2.82%) IAM Consultant
11 8 (2.82%) IAM Specialist
12 7 (2.46%) AWS Engineer
12 7 (2.46%) ForgeRock Developer
12 7 (2.46%) Project Manager
12 7 (2.46%) Senior Developer
13 6 (2.11%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.11%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (34.51%) SAML
2 89 (31.34%) OAuth
3 65 (22.89%) OpenID
4 49 (17.25%) LDAP
5 39 (13.73%) OAuth2
6 26 (9.15%) SailPoint
7 22 (7.75%) REST
8 15 (5.28%) SOAP
9 14 (4.93%) AngularJS
9 14 (4.93%) HTML
10 12 (4.23%) HTML5
10 12 (4.23%) JDBC
11 11 (3.87%) JSON
11 11 (3.87%) React
11 11 (3.87%) Web Services
12 10 (3.52%) RESTful
13 9 (3.17%) Apache Camel
13 9 (3.17%) jQuery
13 9 (3.17%) ODBC
13 9 (3.17%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.49%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.34%) PKI
3 11 (3.87%) Taxonomies
4 9 (3.17%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.17%) Replication
5 8 (2.82%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.82%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.46%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.76%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.70%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.70%) Animation
9 2 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.70%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 63 (22.18%) Windows
2 32 (11.27%) Windows Server
3 22 (7.75%) Linux
4 7 (2.46%) Unix
5 4 (1.41%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.06%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.06%) 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 73 (25.70%) Identity Access Management
2 72 (25.35%) RBAC
3 61 (21.48%) Agile
4 55 (19.37%) DevOps
5 53 (18.66%) Identity Management
6 47 (16.55%) CI/CD
7 41 (14.44%) Zero Trust
8 37 (13.03%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (10.56%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 28 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (9.51%) Infrastructure as Code
12 24 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (8.45%) Microservices
13 23 (8.10%) Cloud Security
13 23 (8.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 22 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (7.39%) Migration
16 20 (7.04%) Privileged Access Management
16 20 (7.04%) Technical Leadership
17 19 (6.69%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 62 (21.83%) PowerShell
2 34 (11.97%) Python
3 25 (8.80%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.93%) Java
4 14 (4.93%) SQL
5 9 (3.17%) Shell Script
6 8 (2.82%) Groovy
7 7 (2.46%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.41%) Bash
9 4 (1.41%) Bicep
9 4 (1.41%) C#
10 2 (0.70%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.70%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.70%) Swift
Qualifications
1 110 (38.73%) Security Cleared
2 77 (27.11%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.51%) DV Cleared
4 25 (8.80%) CISSP
5 22 (7.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (5.63%) CISM
7 11 (3.87%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.87%) Degree
8 7 (2.46%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.76%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.76%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.41%) MCP
11 3 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.06%) PhD
12 2 (0.70%) CCSP
12 2 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.73%) GDPR
2 29 (10.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.23%) NIST
4 10 (3.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (3.52%) SOC 2
5 7 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (2.11%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.11%) HIPAA
6 6 (2.11%) NCSC
6 6 (2.11%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.11%) PSD2
7 5 (1.76%) SLA
8 4 (1.41%) QA
9 3 (1.06%) WCAG
10 1 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.35%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.35%) SOC 1
System Software
1 131 (46.13%) Active Directory
2 20 (7.04%) Docker
2 20 (7.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.17%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.76%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 3 (1.06%) Sendmail
5 3 (1.06%) vSphere
6 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.70%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.70%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.70%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.35%) Firmware
7 1 (0.35%) RACF
7 1 (0.35%) Squid
7 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (14.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 31 (10.92%) Terraform
3 22 (7.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (5.99%) Ansible
4 17 (5.99%) Kubernetes
5 14 (4.93%) PingFederate
6 7 (2.46%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.76%) CA Wily
7 5 (1.76%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.76%) SCCM
7 5 (1.76%) Tivoli
8 4 (1.41%) Grafana
9 3 (1.06%) Kibana
10 2 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.70%) logstash
10 2 (0.70%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.35%) HP Operations Orchestration
11 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 121 (42.61%) Microsoft
2 32 (11.27%) VMware
3 30 (10.56%) Okta
4 24 (8.45%) ServiceNow
5 19 (6.69%) CyberArk
6 16 (5.63%) Google
6 16 (5.63%) Ping Identity
7 15 (5.28%) ForgeRock
8 13 (4.58%) SAP
8 13 (4.58%) Splunk
8 13 (4.58%) Zscaler
9 10 (3.52%) HP
10 9 (3.17%) BMC
10 9 (3.17%) Ivanti
10 9 (3.17%) Remedy
10 9 (3.17%) Salesforce
11 8 (2.82%) Oracle
12 7 (2.46%) Palo Alto
12 7 (2.46%) Pega
13 6 (2.11%) Tenable