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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 630 666 758
Rank change year-on-year +36 +92 -75
Permanent jobs citing Single Sign-On 278 324 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.32% 0.31%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.81% 2.20% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 207 179 284
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,750 £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 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,783 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +14.15% -1.79% +6.67%

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 9,900 14,758 28,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.98% 14.61% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,125 9,159 14,065
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -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 £57,810 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% -3.65% +9.09%

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 10 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 10 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 +57 258 £65,000 +8.33% 45
UK excluding London +11 152 £62,783 +14.15% 26
Work from Home +95 124 £62,783 -3.41% 15
London +74 121 £72,500 -8.96% 16
North of England +61 55 £62,783 +14.15% 8
South East +10 43 £60,000 +9.09% 7
North West +4 30 £62,783 +14.15% 6
Midlands -29 18 £57,500 +24.32% 2
West Midlands -10 15 £57,500 +33.72%
North East - 15 £42,500 -
South West -17 11 £41,250 -8.33% 3
Yorkshire +85 10 £79,842 - 2
East of England +25 10 £75,000 +25.00% 6
Scotland -54 8 £85,000 +11.48% 2
Wales - 8 £55,000 -
East Midlands -19 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 38 (13.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (9.71%) WebLogic
3 15 (5.40%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.88%) Skype for Business
5 7 (2.52%) Apache
5 7 (2.52%) JBoss
6 5 (1.80%) IIS
7 4 (1.44%) Confluence
7 4 (1.44%) nginx
8 3 (1.08%) GlassFish
8 3 (1.08%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.72%) CMS
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.36%) SAS
10 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.44%) Trello
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (5.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.72%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 168 (60.43%) Azure
2 101 (36.33%) Entra ID
3 87 (31.29%) AWS
4 78 (28.06%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (5.40%) IaaS
5 15 (5.40%) PaaS
6 14 (5.04%) SaaS
7 12 (4.32%) AWS KMS
7 12 (4.32%) Azure Key Vault
8 11 (3.96%) Google Workspace
9 7 (2.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 7 (2.52%) Azure Storage
9 7 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.16%) Akamai
10 6 (2.16%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.16%) Azure AKS
10 6 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.16%) Nutanix
10 6 (2.16%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 72 (25.90%) Firewall
2 53 (19.06%) DNS
3 47 (16.91%) WAN
4 44 (15.83%) SD-WAN
5 22 (7.91%) VPN
6 21 (7.55%) Wireless
7 20 (7.19%) NAS
8 15 (5.40%) DHCP
9 13 (4.68%) SSL
10 12 (4.32%) Network Security
10 12 (4.32%) TCP/IP
11 11 (3.96%) Broadband
11 11 (3.96%) LAN
11 11 (3.96%) Reverse Proxy
12 10 (3.60%) VoIP
13 8 (2.88%) BGP
13 8 (2.88%) Internet
13 8 (2.88%) MPLS
13 8 (2.88%) OSPF
13 8 (2.88%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.43%) Elasticsearch
2 18 (6.47%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.16%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.80%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.80%) Power BI
4 5 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.08%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.08%) Oracle Database 12c
6 3 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.72%) CouchDB
7 2 (0.72%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.72%) MySQL
7 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.36%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 27 (9.71%) JIRA
2 19 (6.83%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.60%) Bitbucket
3 10 (3.60%) GitLab
4 8 (2.88%) Git
5 4 (1.44%) Ant
5 4 (1.44%) Eclipse
5 4 (1.44%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.08%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.72%) Maven
8 1 (0.36%) IBM UrbanCode
8 1 (0.36%) MSI
8 1 (0.36%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.36%) Selenium
8 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 89 (32.01%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.63%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.99%) Police
4 20 (7.19%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (6.47%) Finance
6 18 (6.47%) Law
7 13 (4.68%) Banking
7 13 (4.68%) Games
7 13 (4.68%) Legal
8 7 (2.52%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.80%) Marketing
10 4 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.72%) German Language
11 2 (0.72%) Retail
12 1 (0.36%) Automotive
12 1 (0.36%) Back Office
12 1 (0.36%) Publishing
12 1 (0.36%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 74 (26.62%) Senior
2 56 (20.14%) Analyst
3 46 (16.55%) Architect
4 45 (16.19%) Lead
5 35 (12.59%) Security Architect
6 32 (11.51%) Support Analyst
7 29 (10.43%) Senior Analyst
8 28 (10.07%) Senior Support Analyst
9 27 (9.71%) Applications Support
9 27 (9.71%) Applications Support Analyst
9 27 (9.71%) Lead Architect
9 27 (9.71%) Lead Security Architect
9 27 (9.71%) Senior Applications Support
9 27 (9.71%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
10 26 (9.35%) Developer
11 21 (7.55%) Security Engineer
12 18 (6.47%) Administrator
13 17 (6.12%) Consultant
13 17 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (6.12%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (12.23%) LDAP
2 32 (11.51%) J2EE
2 32 (11.51%) OAuth
3 28 (10.07%) Java EE
3 28 (10.07%) SAML
4 27 (9.71%) Spring
5 25 (8.99%) CSS
6 23 (8.27%) HTML
7 19 (6.83%) AngularJS
7 19 (6.83%) Web Services
8 18 (6.47%) JSON
9 16 (5.76%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 16 (5.76%) XML
10 15 (5.40%) REST
11 12 (4.32%) 802.1X
11 12 (4.32%) OpenID
12 10 (3.60%) OAuth2
12 10 (3.60%) Visualforce
13 9 (3.24%) SOAP
14 8 (2.88%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.78%) Management Information System
2 35 (12.59%) PKI
3 34 (12.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 22 (7.91%) Clustering
4 22 (7.91%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (7.91%) Public Cloud
5 21 (7.55%) Video Conferencing
6 20 (7.19%) Onboarding
7 17 (6.12%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (5.76%) CMDB
9 11 (3.96%) Cloud Native
9 11 (3.96%) Security Posture
10 10 (3.60%) Data Centre
11 8 (2.88%) Client/Server
11 8 (2.88%) Product Ownership
12 6 (2.16%) Mobile App
12 6 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.80%) Cloud Security Posture
14 4 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
15 3 (1.08%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 103 (37.05%) Windows
2 67 (24.10%) Windows Server
3 35 (12.59%) Unix
4 24 (8.63%) Linux
5 17 (6.12%) Windows 10
6 16 (5.76%) Mac OS
7 11 (3.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (2.88%) Android
8 8 (2.88%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (2.52%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.08%) AIX
10 3 (1.08%) Solaris
11 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.36%) HPUX
12 1 (0.36%) VMS
12 1 (0.36%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (30.22%) Identity Management
2 82 (29.50%) Information Security
3 70 (25.18%) ITIL
4 56 (20.14%) Identity Access Management
5 53 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (16.55%) Application Security
7 44 (15.83%) CI/CD
8 43 (15.47%) Cybersecurity
9 39 (14.03%) Security Architecture
10 37 (13.31%) DevOps
11 35 (12.59%) Mentoring
11 35 (12.59%) Service Management
12 33 (11.87%) Enterprise Architecture
12 33 (11.87%) OWASP
12 33 (11.87%) Secure Coding
13 32 (11.51%) Incident Management
14 31 (11.15%) Containerisation
15 27 (9.71%) Actionable Insight
15 27 (9.71%) Enterprise Search
15 27 (9.71%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 43 (15.47%) PowerShell
2 41 (14.75%) Java
3 30 (10.79%) JavaScript
4 27 (9.71%) Shell Script
5 26 (9.35%) Bash
6 23 (8.27%) SQL
7 21 (7.55%) Python
8 10 (3.60%) Apex Code
9 6 (2.16%) C#
9 6 (2.16%) Perl
10 5 (1.80%) Go
11 4 (1.44%) Lua
11 4 (1.44%) Ruby
11 4 (1.44%) Rust
12 2 (0.72%) Dart
12 2 (0.72%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.72%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.72%) PHP
12 2 (0.72%) Swift
13 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (17.99%) Security Cleared
2 45 (16.19%) CISSP
3 44 (15.83%) Cisco Certification
4 41 (14.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 41 (14.75%) CCSP
5 39 (14.03%) Azure Certification
5 39 (14.03%) SC Cleared
6 38 (13.67%) CCSK
7 36 (12.95%) CISM
8 34 (12.23%) AWS Certification
9 21 (7.55%) Degree
10 11 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.08%) CEH
12 3 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.08%) MCSE
13 2 (0.72%) CCNA
13 2 (0.72%) CISA
13 2 (0.72%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (18.35%) NIST
2 41 (14.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 30 (10.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (10.43%) SLA
5 11 (3.96%) SOC 2
6 6 (2.16%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.44%) GDPR
8 3 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (1.08%) PMO
9 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.72%) GRC
10 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 133 (47.84%) Active Directory
2 58 (20.86%) Docker
3 29 (10.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (10.07%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (6.12%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.80%) vSphere
8 4 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (1.08%) Firmware
9 3 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.72%) XenApp
10 2 (0.72%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.36%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.36%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.36%) OpenDJ
11 1 (0.36%) RACF
11 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 57 (20.50%) Kubernetes
2 48 (17.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (10.07%) vCenter Server
4 27 (9.71%) OpenSSO
5 21 (7.55%) Terraform
6 20 (7.19%) Microsoft Clustering
7 16 (5.76%) Ansible
8 13 (4.68%) Puppet
9 12 (4.32%) CA Single Sign-On
10 10 (3.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (3.60%) Progress Chef
11 7 (2.52%) SCCM
12 6 (2.16%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (2.16%) Prometheus
12 6 (2.16%) SCOM
13 4 (1.44%) Nagios
13 4 (1.44%) PowerCLI
13 4 (1.44%) vRealize
13 4 (1.44%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 3 (1.08%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 98 (35.25%) Microsoft
2 57 (20.50%) ServiceNow
2 57 (20.50%) VMware
3 43 (15.47%) Remedy
4 42 (15.11%) Oracle
5 24 (8.63%) Commvault
6 23 (8.27%) HP
7 20 (7.19%) Sun
8 19 (6.83%) CA
8 19 (6.83%) Cisco
9 17 (6.12%) Red Hat
10 16 (5.76%) Apple
10 16 (5.76%) BMC
11 14 (5.04%) Google
11 14 (5.04%) Salesforce
12 13 (4.68%) CyberArk
13 11 (3.96%) Fortinet
14 9 (3.24%) Citrix
14 9 (3.24%) ForgeRock
14 9 (3.24%) SolarWinds