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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 332 344
Rank change year-on-year -50 +12 +80
Contract jobs citing Single Sign-On 306 229 233
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.69% 0.58%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.36% 4.45% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 154 160
10th Percentile £350 £382 £350
25th Percentile £447 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £561
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.00% +2.98%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £646
90th Percentile £689 £700 £753
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £496 £575
% change year-on-year +5.85% -13.74% +3.14%
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 7,012 5,148 5,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.28% 15.62% 13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,764 3,395 3,743
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £503 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -3.37% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 75 83
10th Percentile £18.15 £13.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £25.00 £19.56 £22.16
Median hourly rate £58.62 £37.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.31% +20.97% -46.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.58 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.22 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.25 £55.00 £35.08
% change year-on-year +0.45% +56.77% -24.03%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -49 255 £525 -4.55% 85
UK excluding London -21 163 £525 +5.85% 46
London -30 115 £522 -5.56% 53
Work from Home -38 97 £510 -7.27% 51
North of England -62 52 £538 +19.44% 14
Midlands -38 33 £450 +9.76% 5
South East -53 29 £600 - 13
North West -41 28 £500 +19.90% 9
Scotland +11 25 £450 -25.00% 5
South West -24 23 £525 -5.75% 8
Yorkshire -43 22 £558 +26.99% 5
West Midlands -45 21 £425 -5.56% 5
East Midlands -5 11 £638 +58.58%
East of England -16 5 £555 -17.78% 5
North East -38 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 28 (9.15%) SharePoint
2 22 (7.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (6.54%) Confluence
4 8 (2.61%) nginx
5 3 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.65%) JBoss
6 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Fuse
6 2 (0.65%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) IIS
7 1 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.98%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.65%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 149 (48.69%) Azure
2 136 (44.44%) Entra ID
3 73 (23.86%) AWS
4 46 (15.03%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (13.07%) SaaS
6 38 (12.42%) GCP
7 20 (6.54%) Serverless
8 19 (6.21%) GitHub
9 13 (4.25%) OpenShift
10 11 (3.59%) Amazon S3
10 11 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (3.59%) Google Workspace
10 11 (3.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 10 (3.27%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (2.94%) OneDrive
13 8 (2.61%) PaaS
14 7 (2.29%) Google Drive
14 7 (2.29%) SuccessFactors
15 6 (1.96%) Asana
15 6 (1.96%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 55 (17.97%) DNS
2 31 (10.13%) Firewall
3 25 (8.17%) TCP/IP
3 25 (8.17%) VPN
4 23 (7.52%) SSL
5 18 (5.88%) Network Security
6 17 (5.56%) DHCP
7 14 (4.58%) WAN
8 12 (3.92%) IPsec
9 11 (3.59%) HTTP
9 11 (3.59%) HTTPS
9 11 (3.59%) Kerberos
9 11 (3.59%) LAN
10 9 (2.94%) DKIM
10 9 (2.94%) DMARC
10 9 (2.94%) SD-WAN
11 8 (2.61%) OpenVPN
12 7 (2.29%) Internet
13 6 (1.96%) VLAN
13 6 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.96%) Metadata
3 5 (1.63%) Power BI
4 4 (1.31%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.31%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.31%) MySQL
5 3 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.33%) Db2
7 1 (0.33%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (11.44%) JIRA
2 11 (3.59%) Browser DevTools
2 11 (3.59%) Git
3 10 (3.27%) Visual Studio
4 9 (2.94%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (1.96%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.63%) GitLab
7 4 (1.31%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.98%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.98%) Postman
9 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.65%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.65%) Snyk
10 1 (0.33%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.33%) JUnit
10 1 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 69 (22.55%) Social Skills
2 53 (17.32%) Finance
3 47 (15.36%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (8.50%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (5.23%) Banking
7 8 (2.61%) Publishing
8 7 (2.29%) Military
9 6 (1.96%) Legal
9 6 (1.96%) Retail
10 4 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.65%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.33%) Front Office
13 1 (0.33%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (14.38%) Architect
2 31 (10.13%) Developer
3 26 (8.50%) Lead
4 22 (7.19%) Senior
5 20 (6.54%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (6.54%) Support Engineer
6 19 (6.21%) Administrator
7 15 (4.90%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (4.25%) Consultant
8 13 (4.25%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.59%) Security Engineer
10 10 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (3.27%) Technical Architect
11 9 (2.94%) Analyst
11 9 (2.94%) IAM Project Manager
12 8 (2.61%) Active Directory Engineer
12 8 (2.61%) IAM Specialist
12 8 (2.61%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 8 (2.61%) Platform Engineer
13 7 (2.29%) IAM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (24.84%) SAML
2 66 (21.57%) OAuth
3 63 (20.59%) OpenID
4 41 (13.40%) LDAP
5 34 (11.11%) OAuth2
6 25 (8.17%) REST
7 23 (7.52%) SailPoint
8 16 (5.23%) SOAP
9 14 (4.58%) Node.js
9 14 (4.58%) Web Services
10 13 (4.25%) Express.js
11 12 (3.92%) XML
12 9 (2.94%) ActiveX
13 8 (2.61%) .NET
14 7 (2.29%) Middleware
14 7 (2.29%) React
14 7 (2.29%) SAP Basis
15 6 (1.96%) AngularJS
16 5 (1.63%) CSS
16 5 (1.63%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (20.92%) Onboarding
2 31 (10.13%) Enterprise Software
3 29 (9.48%) PKI
4 22 (7.19%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.94%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.29%) Freedom of Information
8 7 (2.29%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.29%) Taxonomies
9 6 (1.96%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.96%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.63%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.31%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.31%) Clustering
11 4 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.31%) Replication
12 3 (0.98%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.44%) Windows
2 19 (6.21%) Linux
3 10 (3.27%) Mac OS
3 10 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.94%) Unix
5 6 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.98%) Android
7 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.65%) VMS
8 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.33%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (33.01%) Identity Access Management
2 62 (20.26%) DevOps
3 60 (19.61%) RBAC
4 49 (16.01%) Agile
5 48 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (15.36%) Cybersecurity
7 44 (14.38%) CI/CD
8 42 (13.73%) Roadmaps
9 41 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 37 (12.09%) Migration
11 36 (11.76%) Zero Trust
12 35 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (10.78%) Privileged Access Management
14 31 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
16 25 (8.17%) Microservices
17 23 (7.52%) Analytics
17 23 (7.52%) ITIL
18 22 (7.19%) Cloud Security
18 22 (7.19%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (13.07%) PowerShell
2 32 (10.46%) Java
3 25 (8.17%) Python
4 16 (5.23%) JavaScript
5 14 (4.58%) SQL
6 10 (3.27%) Bash
7 9 (2.94%) VB
7 9 (2.94%) VB6
7 9 (2.94%) VBA
8 6 (1.96%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.63%) C#
10 2 (0.65%) Bicep
10 2 (0.65%) Groovy
11 1 (0.33%) AppleScript
11 1 (0.33%) Go
11 1 (0.33%) Korn
11 1 (0.33%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.33%) R
11 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 66 (21.57%) Security Cleared
2 54 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.54%) Degree
4 15 (4.90%) CISSP
5 13 (4.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.61%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.96%) CISM
8 6 (1.96%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.96%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.96%) PMP
9 4 (1.31%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.98%) GIAC
10 3 (0.98%) MCSE
11 2 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.65%) CEH
11 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.65%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.65%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (8.82%) GDPR
3 25 (8.17%) NIST
4 12 (3.92%) QA
4 12 (3.92%) SLA
5 11 (3.59%) Accessibility
6 10 (3.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (2.94%) Data Quality
8 7 (2.29%) GRC
8 7 (2.29%) PMO
9 4 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.31%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.98%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.65%) ITGC
11 2 (0.65%) NCSC
System Software
1 127 (41.50%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.56%) Docker
3 9 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.96%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.31%) Squid
7 3 (0.98%) RACF
7 3 (0.98%) vSphere
8 2 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.33%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.33%) Firmware
9 1 (0.33%) KVM
9 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (8.17%) Kubernetes
2 24 (7.84%) Terraform
3 19 (6.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (4.25%) Ansible
4 13 (4.25%) Grafana
5 12 (3.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (2.94%) Argo
7 5 (1.63%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.63%) CASB
7 5 (1.63%) PingFederate
7 5 (1.63%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.31%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.98%) Consul
9 3 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.98%) SELinux
10 2 (0.65%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.65%) Packer
10 2 (0.65%) SCCM
10 2 (0.65%) VxRail
Vendors
1 113 (36.93%) Microsoft
2 66 (21.57%) Okta
3 28 (9.15%) CyberArk
4 25 (8.17%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.88%) Red Hat
5 18 (5.88%) SAP
5 18 (5.88%) Zscaler
6 16 (5.23%) BeyondTrust
7 15 (4.90%) VMware
8 14 (4.58%) Google
9 13 (4.25%) Oracle
10 10 (3.27%) Cisco
10 10 (3.27%) Ping Identity
11 8 (2.61%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (2.29%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.96%) ForgeRock
14 5 (1.63%) CheckPoint
14 5 (1.63%) Fortinet
14 5 (1.63%) Netskope
14 5 (1.63%) Workday