Single Sign-On (SSO)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Single Sign-On skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Single Sign-On over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 619 653 786
Rank change year-on-year +34 +133 -124
Permanent jobs citing Single Sign-On 282 339 503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.34% 0.31%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.86% 2.32% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 212 186 291
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.18%
75th Percentile £84,919 £92,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,783 £55,000 £56,750
% change year-on-year +14.15% -3.08% +8.10%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Single Sign-On is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,851 14,586 29,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.86% 14.71% 18.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,078 9,021 14,016
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,250 £59,526
% change year-on-year -7.17% -0.46% +8.23%

Single Sign-On
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Single Sign-On as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Single Sign-On.

Salary trend for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Single Sign-On over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Single Sign-On within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +49 263 £65,000 - 49
UK excluding London -25 152 £62,783 +14.15% 28
Work from Home +97 125 £62,783 -5.23% 18
London +70 125 £72,500 -8.96% 22
North of England +62 55 £62,783 +14.15% 9
South East -1 44 £60,000 +9.09% 7
North West +5 30 £62,783 +14.15% 8
Midlands -25 17 £55,000 +15.79% 3
North East - 15 £42,500 -
West Midlands 0 14 £55,000 +15.79% 1
South West -21 12 £45,000 - 2
Yorkshire +78 10 £79,842 -15.96% 1
East of England +10 10 £75,000 +25.00% 5
Scotland -58 8 £85,000 +11.48% 3
Wales +8 7 £55,000 -
East Midlands -12 3 - - 2

Single Sign-On
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 40 (14.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (9.22%) WebLogic
3 14 (4.96%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.84%) Apache
4 8 (2.84%) JBoss
4 8 (2.84%) Skype for Business
5 6 (2.13%) Confluence
6 5 (1.77%) IIS
6 5 (1.77%) nginx
7 3 (1.06%) GlassFish
7 3 (1.06%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.71%) CMS
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.35%) SAS
9 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.42%) Trello
3 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (5.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.71%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.35%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 174 (61.70%) Azure
2 102 (36.17%) Entra ID
3 90 (31.91%) AWS
4 79 (28.01%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (5.32%) IaaS
6 14 (4.96%) PaaS
6 14 (4.96%) SaaS
7 12 (4.26%) AWS KMS
7 12 (4.26%) Azure Key Vault
7 12 (4.26%) Google Workspace
8 7 (2.48%) Akamai
8 7 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (2.48%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (2.48%) Azure AKS
8 7 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (2.48%) Azure Storage
8 7 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 73 (25.89%) Firewall
2 55 (19.50%) DNS
3 47 (16.67%) WAN
4 44 (15.60%) SD-WAN
5 22 (7.80%) VPN
6 21 (7.45%) Wireless
7 20 (7.09%) NAS
8 17 (6.03%) DHCP
9 14 (4.96%) SSL
10 12 (4.26%) Network Security
10 12 (4.26%) TCP/IP
11 11 (3.90%) Broadband
11 11 (3.90%) LAN
11 11 (3.90%) Reverse Proxy
12 10 (3.55%) VoIP
13 8 (2.84%) BGP
13 8 (2.84%) Internet
13 8 (2.84%) MPLS
13 8 (2.84%) OSPF
13 8 (2.84%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.93%) Elasticsearch
2 18 (6.38%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.77%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.77%) Power BI
4 5 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.42%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.06%) Oracle Database 12c
6 3 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.71%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.71%) CouchDB
7 2 (0.71%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.71%) MySQL
7 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.35%) CockroachDB
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 29 (10.28%) JIRA
2 21 (7.45%) Jenkins
3 12 (4.26%) Bitbucket
4 11 (3.90%) GitLab
5 9 (3.19%) Git
6 4 (1.42%) Ant
6 4 (1.42%) Eclipse
6 4 (1.42%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.42%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.71%) Maven
8 1 (0.35%) IBM UrbanCode
8 1 (0.35%) MSI
8 1 (0.35%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.35%) Selenium
8 1 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 88 (31.21%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.87%) Police
4 23 (8.16%) Finance
5 20 (7.09%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (6.38%) Law
8 15 (5.32%) Banking
9 13 (4.61%) Games
9 13 (4.61%) Legal
10 7 (2.48%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.77%) Marketing
11 5 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Retail
13 2 (0.71%) German Language
14 1 (0.35%) Advertising
14 1 (0.35%) Automotive
14 1 (0.35%) Back Office
14 1 (0.35%) Publishing
14 1 (0.35%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 73 (25.89%) Senior
2 57 (20.21%) Analyst
3 47 (16.67%) Architect
4 45 (15.96%) Lead
5 35 (12.41%) Security Architect
6 31 (10.99%) Support Analyst
7 28 (9.93%) Senior Analyst
8 27 (9.57%) Lead Architect
8 27 (9.57%) Lead Security Architect
8 27 (9.57%) Senior Support Analyst
9 26 (9.22%) Applications Support
9 26 (9.22%) Applications Support Analyst
9 26 (9.22%) Developer
9 26 (9.22%) Senior Applications Support
9 26 (9.22%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
10 21 (7.45%) Security Engineer
11 18 (6.38%) Administrator
12 17 (6.03%) Consultant
12 17 (6.03%) Security Analyst
13 16 (5.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.41%) OAuth
2 34 (12.06%) LDAP
3 32 (11.35%) J2EE
4 29 (10.28%) SAML
5 27 (9.57%) Java EE
5 27 (9.57%) Spring
6 26 (9.22%) CSS
7 24 (8.51%) HTML
8 20 (7.09%) Web Services
9 19 (6.74%) AngularJS
10 18 (6.38%) JSON
11 16 (5.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 16 (5.67%) XML
12 15 (5.32%) REST
13 13 (4.61%) OpenID
14 12 (4.26%) 802.1X
15 11 (3.90%) OAuth2
16 10 (3.55%) SOAP
16 10 (3.55%) Visualforce
17 9 (3.19%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.50%) Management Information System
2 35 (12.41%) PKI
3 34 (12.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 26 (9.22%) Public Cloud
5 23 (8.16%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (7.80%) Clustering
7 21 (7.45%) Onboarding
7 21 (7.45%) Video Conferencing
8 17 (6.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (5.67%) CMDB
10 11 (3.90%) Cloud Native
10 11 (3.90%) Security Posture
11 10 (3.55%) Data Centre
12 8 (2.84%) Client/Server
12 8 (2.84%) Product Ownership
13 7 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (2.13%) Mobile App
15 5 (1.77%) Cloud Security Posture
16 4 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
17 3 (1.06%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 108 (38.30%) Windows
2 70 (24.82%) Windows Server
3 34 (12.06%) Unix
4 27 (9.57%) Linux
5 19 (6.74%) Windows 10
6 17 (6.03%) Mac OS
7 12 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (2.84%) Android
8 8 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (2.48%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.06%) AIX
10 3 (1.06%) Solaris
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.35%) HPUX
12 1 (0.35%) VMS
12 1 (0.35%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (29.43%) Identity Management
2 82 (29.08%) Information Security
3 70 (24.82%) ITIL
4 61 (21.63%) Identity Access Management
5 51 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (16.31%) Application Security
7 45 (15.96%) CI/CD
8 43 (15.25%) Cybersecurity
9 40 (14.18%) DevOps
10 39 (13.83%) Security Architecture
11 36 (12.77%) Mentoring
12 33 (11.70%) Enterprise Architecture
12 33 (11.70%) OWASP
12 33 (11.70%) Secure Coding
12 33 (11.70%) Service Management
13 31 (10.99%) Containerisation
13 31 (10.99%) Incident Management
14 28 (9.93%) Agile
15 26 (9.22%) Impact Assessments
15 26 (9.22%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (15.96%) PowerShell
2 41 (14.54%) Java
3 31 (10.99%) JavaScript
4 27 (9.57%) Bash
5 26 (9.22%) Shell Script
6 22 (7.80%) Python
6 22 (7.80%) SQL
7 10 (3.55%) Apex Code
8 6 (2.13%) C#
8 6 (2.13%) Perl
9 5 (1.77%) Go
10 4 (1.42%) Lua
10 4 (1.42%) Ruby
10 4 (1.42%) Rust
11 2 (0.71%) Dart
11 2 (0.71%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.71%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.71%) PHP
11 2 (0.71%) Swift
12 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (18.09%) Security Cleared
2 45 (15.96%) CISSP
3 44 (15.60%) Cisco Certification
4 41 (14.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 41 (14.54%) CCSP
5 39 (13.83%) Azure Certification
5 39 (13.83%) SC Cleared
6 38 (13.48%) CCSK
7 36 (12.77%) CISM
8 35 (12.41%) AWS Certification
9 21 (7.45%) Degree
10 11 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.06%) CEH
12 3 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.06%) MCSE
13 2 (0.71%) CCNA
13 2 (0.71%) CISA
13 2 (0.71%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (18.44%) NIST
2 42 (14.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 30 (10.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (9.93%) SLA
5 11 (3.90%) SOC 2
6 6 (2.13%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.77%) GDPR
8 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (1.06%) PMO
9 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.71%) GRC
10 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 136 (48.23%) Active Directory
2 61 (21.63%) Docker
3 29 (10.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (9.93%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (6.03%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.77%) vSphere
8 4 (1.42%) XenApp
8 4 (1.42%) XenDesktop
9 3 (1.06%) Firmware
9 3 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.35%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.35%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.35%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.35%) RACF
10 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 59 (20.92%) Kubernetes
2 50 (17.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (9.93%) vCenter Server
4 26 (9.22%) OpenSSO
5 25 (8.87%) Terraform
6 20 (7.09%) Microsoft Clustering
7 18 (6.38%) Ansible
8 15 (5.32%) Puppet
9 13 (4.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (4.26%) CA Single Sign-On
10 12 (4.26%) Progress Chef
11 9 (3.19%) SCCM
12 7 (2.48%) Prometheus
13 6 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (2.13%) SCOM
14 5 (1.77%) Nagios
15 4 (1.42%) PowerCLI
15 4 (1.42%) vRealize
15 4 (1.42%) vRealize Orchestrator
16 3 (1.06%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 100 (35.46%) Microsoft
2 59 (20.92%) VMware
3 57 (20.21%) ServiceNow
4 43 (15.25%) Oracle
5 42 (14.89%) Remedy
6 24 (8.51%) Commvault
7 23 (8.16%) HP
8 20 (7.09%) Sun
9 19 (6.74%) CA
9 19 (6.74%) Cisco
10 18 (6.38%) Red Hat
11 16 (5.67%) Apple
11 16 (5.67%) BMC
12 15 (5.32%) Google
13 14 (4.96%) Salesforce
14 13 (4.61%) CyberArk
15 12 (4.26%) Zscaler
16 11 (3.90%) Citrix
16 11 (3.90%) Fortinet
17 10 (3.55%) ForgeRock