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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 328 348
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 +82
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 332 212 255
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.71% 0.58%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.92% 4.50% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 141 176
10th Percentile £313 £400 £331
25th Percentile £431 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £716 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £500 £497
% change year-on-year +4.00% +0.55% -9.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 5
10th Percentile £55.75 - £24.51
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £81.25 - £32.75
90th Percentile £92.50 - £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 6,753 4,714 5,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.32% 15.76% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,619 3,150 3,838
10th Percentile £325 £305 £299
25th Percentile £420 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £516
Median % change year-on-year - -0.74% -6.12%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 52 103
10th Percentile £18.69 £13.75 £15.72
25th Percentile £22.31 £21.39 £20.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% +15.38% -43.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £50.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £78.58 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +37.50% -7.78%

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 21 June 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 21 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Single Sign-On in the UK

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 21 June 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 -10 287 £525 -4.55% 83
UK excluding London -13 166 £520 +4.00% 62
London -8 135 £525 -7.57% 41
Work from Home -31 109 £588 +6.82% 45
North of England -59 52 £525 +11.94% 15
South East -40 36 £510 -21.54% 20
Midlands -44 33 £450 -10.00% 4
South West -8 30 £525 +5.00% 6
Yorkshire -44 29 £550 +16.53% 3
North West -38 22 £465 +3.33% 11
Scotland +8 20 £450 -14.29% 6
West Midlands -52 19 £425 -22.73% 4
East Midlands -9 13 £463 +15.05%
East of England -25 2 £565 -16.30% 8
North East -36 2 £413 -31.25% 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 28 (8.43%) SharePoint
2 20 (6.02%) Confluence
3 19 (5.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.71%) nginx
5 2 (0.60%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.60%) IIS
5 2 (0.60%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.30%) JBoss
6 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (1.51%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.90%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (6.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.60%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 166 (50.00%) Azure
2 155 (46.69%) Entra ID
3 77 (23.19%) AWS
4 49 (14.76%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (14.46%) SaaS
6 39 (11.75%) GCP
7 28 (8.43%) Serverless
8 19 (5.72%) PaaS
9 18 (5.42%) Amazon S3
9 18 (5.42%) GitHub
10 16 (4.82%) OpenShift
11 13 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (3.92%) Google Workspace
12 11 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (3.31%) IaaS
12 11 (3.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (3.01%) OneDrive
14 9 (2.71%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 74 (22.29%) DNS
2 34 (10.24%) Firewall
3 31 (9.34%) DHCP
3 31 (9.34%) VPN
4 27 (8.13%) Kerberos
4 27 (8.13%) SSL
5 25 (7.53%) TCP/IP
6 18 (5.42%) Network Security
7 17 (5.12%) IPsec
8 16 (4.82%) WAN
9 14 (4.22%) HTTP
9 14 (4.22%) HTTPS
10 13 (3.92%) LAN
11 10 (3.01%) BIG-IP
12 9 (2.71%) DKIM
12 9 (2.71%) DMARC
12 9 (2.71%) OpenVPN
13 8 (2.41%) SD-WAN
13 8 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (2.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (2.41%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.11%) DynamoDB
4 6 (1.81%) Metadata
5 5 (1.51%) MySQL
6 4 (1.20%) Power BI
7 3 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.90%) CockroachDB
7 3 (0.90%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.90%) Pinecone
8 2 (0.60%) GIS
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (11.45%) JIRA
2 10 (3.01%) Browser DevTools
3 9 (2.71%) Git
3 9 (2.71%) SonarQube
4 8 (2.41%) GitLab
5 7 (2.11%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.11%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.81%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.51%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (1.20%) Postman
9 3 (0.90%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.60%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.60%) Snyk
10 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.30%) JUnit
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 81 (24.40%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.25%) Finance
2 44 (13.25%) Public Sector
3 33 (9.94%) Documentation Skills
4 29 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.61%) Publishing
6 10 (3.01%) Banking
7 8 (2.41%) Legal
8 6 (1.81%) Military
9 5 (1.51%) Retail
10 4 (1.20%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Aviation
12 1 (0.30%) Front Office
12 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (14.76%) Architect
2 28 (8.43%) Developer
3 27 (8.13%) Senior
4 23 (6.93%) Lead
5 21 (6.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 20 (6.02%) Administrator
6 20 (6.02%) Support Engineer
7 17 (5.12%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.22%) Project Manager
8 14 (4.22%) Technical Architect
9 13 (3.92%) Security Engineer
10 12 (3.61%) Consultant
10 12 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.31%) Analyst
12 9 (2.71%) DevOps Engineer
13 8 (2.41%) Active Directory Engineer
13 8 (2.41%) Azure Engineer
13 8 (2.41%) IAM Project Manager
13 8 (2.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 8 (2.41%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (28.92%) SAML
2 86 (25.90%) OAuth
3 70 (21.08%) OpenID
4 61 (18.37%) LDAP
5 37 (11.14%) OAuth2
6 24 (7.23%) SailPoint
7 20 (6.02%) REST
8 14 (4.22%) SAP Basis
9 13 (3.92%) Node.js
9 13 (3.92%) Web Services
10 12 (3.61%) Express.js
11 10 (3.01%) CSS
11 10 (3.01%) React
11 10 (3.01%) SOAP
12 9 (2.71%) HTML
13 8 (2.41%) ARM Templates
13 8 (2.41%) Entity Framework
14 7 (2.11%) AngularJS
14 7 (2.11%) Model Context Protocol
15 6 (1.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (19.58%) Onboarding
2 24 (7.23%) PKI
3 23 (6.93%) Cloud Native
3 23 (6.93%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (5.42%) Replication
5 13 (3.92%) Taxonomies
6 11 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.71%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.41%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.41%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.41%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.41%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.81%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.81%) Freedom of Information
10 5 (1.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.20%) Clustering
11 4 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.90%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.90%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (16.27%) Windows
2 28 (8.43%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.72%) Linux
4 9 (2.71%) Unix
5 8 (2.41%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.90%) Android
7 3 (0.90%) CatOS
7 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (29.22%) Identity Access Management
2 76 (22.89%) DevOps
3 68 (20.48%) RBAC
4 58 (17.47%) CI/CD
5 56 (16.87%) Cybersecurity
6 53 (15.96%) Roadmaps
7 45 (13.55%) Agile
7 45 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (11.75%) Infrastructure as Code
9 39 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (11.75%) Zero Trust
10 32 (9.64%) Migration
11 30 (9.04%) High Availability
12 29 (8.73%) Microservices
13 28 (8.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (8.43%) Validation
14 25 (7.53%) Disaster Recovery
14 25 (7.53%) Identity Management
14 25 (7.53%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (15.66%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.13%) Python
3 21 (6.33%) JavaScript
4 20 (6.02%) Java
4 20 (6.02%) SQL
5 11 (3.31%) Bash
6 10 (3.01%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.51%) Bicep
7 5 (1.51%) VB
7 5 (1.51%) VB6
7 5 (1.51%) VBA
8 4 (1.20%) C#
9 3 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.60%) Groovy
10 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.30%) AppleScript
11 1 (0.30%) Korn
11 1 (0.30%) PHP
11 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 95 (28.61%) Security Cleared
2 74 (22.29%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.63%) Degree
4 16 (4.82%) CISSP
5 14 (4.22%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.11%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.81%) CISM
9 4 (1.20%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.20%) PMP
10 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.90%) GIAC
10 3 (0.90%) OCP
10 3 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.60%) RHCE
11 2 (0.60%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (12.05%) GDPR
2 32 (9.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (7.23%) NIST
4 21 (6.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (3.31%) GRC
5 11 (3.31%) SLA
6 10 (3.01%) QA
7 9 (2.71%) Accessibility
8 8 (2.41%) SOC 2
9 7 (2.11%) PCI DSS
9 7 (2.11%) PMO
10 6 (1.81%) Data Quality
11 5 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.90%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 145 (43.67%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.72%) Docker
3 13 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.31%) VMware NSX
5 9 (2.71%) Squid
6 7 (2.11%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.51%) RACF
7 5 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.90%) Firmware
9 3 (0.90%) vSphere
10 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.30%) KVM
10 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (11.75%) Kubernetes
2 36 (10.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 36 (10.84%) Terraform
3 20 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (5.72%) Grafana
5 13 (3.92%) Ansible
6 11 (3.31%) Prometheus
7 10 (3.01%) Argo
8 9 (2.71%) FortiGate
9 8 (2.41%) Consul
10 6 (1.81%) CA Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.51%) PingFederate
11 5 (1.51%) VxRail
12 4 (1.20%) SCCM
12 4 (1.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 3 (0.90%) CASB
13 3 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.60%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.60%) Packer
15 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 129 (38.86%) Microsoft
2 74 (22.29%) Okta
3 23 (6.93%) SAP
4 22 (6.63%) Red Hat
4 22 (6.63%) VMware
5 20 (6.02%) CyberArk
6 19 (5.72%) ServiceNow
7 15 (4.52%) Google
7 15 (4.52%) Zscaler
8 13 (3.92%) Cisco
8 13 (3.92%) Oracle
9 10 (3.01%) BeyondTrust
9 10 (3.01%) Dynatrace
9 10 (3.01%) F5
10 9 (2.71%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.41%) Atlassian
11 8 (2.41%) CheckPoint
12 7 (2.11%) Thales
13 6 (1.81%) ForgeRock
13 6 (1.81%) Ping Identity