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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 621 655 777
Rank change year-on-year +34 +122 -109
Permanent jobs citing Single Sign-On 279 332 486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.32% 0.32%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.80% 2.15% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 207 183 295
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,125 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £84,919 £88,750 £83,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,290 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,206 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.28% - -

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 9,961 15,465 27,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.16% 14.78% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,202 9,470 14,208
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £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 £100,675 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +61 256 £62,783 +4.64% 56
UK excluding London +41 158 £61,206 +11.28% 28
Work from Home +120 125 £62,783 +0.45% 17
London +74 116 £75,000 +7.14% 27
North of England +64 54 £62,783 +14.15% 7
South East +29 44 £60,000 +20.00% 7
North West +13 29 £62,783 +14.15% 5
Midlands -2 20 £57,500 +37.72%
West Midlands +20 17 £57,500 +49.35%
North East - 15 £42,500 - 1
South West +3 12 £45,000 - 4
Yorkshire +90 10 £79,842 - 1
Wales +22 10 £55,000 -35.29%
East of England +21 10 £75,000 +25.00% 6
Scotland -58 9 £85,000 -10.53% 4
East Midlands -18 3 - -

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 36 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (10.39%) WebLogic
3 16 (5.73%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.87%) Skype for Business
5 6 (2.15%) Apache
5 6 (2.15%) JBoss
6 4 (1.43%) Confluence
6 4 (1.43%) IIS
7 3 (1.08%) GlassFish
7 3 (1.08%) nginx
7 3 (1.08%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.72%) CMS
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.36%) SAS
9 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.43%) Trello
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (5.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.72%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 168 (60.22%) Azure
2 104 (37.28%) Entra ID
3 84 (30.11%) AWS
4 77 (27.60%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (5.73%) PaaS
6 15 (5.38%) IaaS
7 14 (5.02%) SaaS
8 12 (4.30%) AWS KMS
8 12 (4.30%) Azure Key Vault
9 10 (3.58%) Google Workspace
10 7 (2.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 7 (2.51%) Azure Storage
10 7 (2.51%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (2.15%) Akamai
11 6 (2.15%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.15%) Azure AKS
11 6 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.15%) Nutanix
11 6 (2.15%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 71 (25.45%) Firewall
2 49 (17.56%) DNS
3 47 (16.85%) WAN
4 44 (15.77%) SD-WAN
5 22 (7.89%) VPN
6 20 (7.17%) Wireless
7 19 (6.81%) NAS
8 13 (4.66%) DHCP
9 12 (4.30%) Network Security
9 12 (4.30%) SSL
9 12 (4.30%) TCP/IP
10 11 (3.94%) LAN
10 11 (3.94%) Reverse Proxy
11 10 (3.58%) Broadband
11 10 (3.58%) VoIP
12 8 (2.87%) BGP
12 8 (2.87%) Internet
12 8 (2.87%) MPLS
12 8 (2.87%) OSPF
12 8 (2.87%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.11%) Elasticsearch
2 18 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.15%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.79%) Power BI
4 5 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.43%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.08%) MySQL
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%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (9.68%) JIRA
2 17 (6.09%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.58%) GitLab
4 9 (3.23%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.51%) Git
6 4 (1.43%) Ant
6 4 (1.43%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.08%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.72%) Maven
8 2 (0.72%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.36%) MSI
9 1 (0.36%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 89 (31.90%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.96%) Police
4 20 (7.17%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.09%) Law
7 16 (5.73%) Finance
8 12 (4.30%) Banking
8 12 (4.30%) Games
8 12 (4.30%) Legal
9 7 (2.51%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.79%) Marketing
11 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.72%) German Language
12 2 (0.72%) Retail
13 1 (0.36%) Automotive
13 1 (0.36%) Publishing
13 1 (0.36%) Social Science
13 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 76 (27.24%) Senior
2 58 (20.79%) Analyst
3 45 (16.13%) Architect
3 45 (16.13%) Lead
4 35 (12.54%) Security Architect
5 34 (12.19%) Support Analyst
6 33 (11.83%) Senior Analyst
7 30 (10.75%) Senior Support Analyst
8 29 (10.39%) Applications Support
8 29 (10.39%) Applications Support Analyst
8 29 (10.39%) Senior Applications Support
8 29 (10.39%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
9 27 (9.68%) Developer
9 27 (9.68%) Lead Architect
9 27 (9.68%) Lead Security Architect
10 21 (7.53%) Security Engineer
11 18 (6.45%) Administrator
11 18 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (6.09%) Security Analyst
13 16 (5.73%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (12.19%) J2EE
1 34 (12.19%) LDAP
2 32 (11.47%) OAuth
3 30 (10.75%) Java EE
4 29 (10.39%) Spring
5 28 (10.04%) SAML
6 23 (8.24%) CSS
7 21 (7.53%) HTML
8 19 (6.81%) AngularJS
8 19 (6.81%) Web Services
9 18 (6.45%) JSON
10 16 (5.73%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 16 (5.73%) XML
11 15 (5.38%) REST
12 12 (4.30%) 802.1X
13 11 (3.94%) OpenID
14 10 (3.58%) Visualforce
15 9 (3.23%) OAuth2
15 9 (3.23%) SOAP
16 7 (2.51%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 57 (20.43%) Management Information System
2 34 (12.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 34 (12.19%) PKI
3 22 (7.89%) Clustering
3 22 (7.89%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (7.17%) Public Cloud
4 20 (7.17%) Video Conferencing
5 19 (6.81%) Onboarding
6 17 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 16 (5.73%) CMDB
8 11 (3.94%) Cloud Native
8 11 (3.94%) Security Posture
9 10 (3.58%) Data Centre
10 8 (2.87%) Client/Server
11 7 (2.51%) Product Ownership
12 6 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
13 5 (1.79%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.43%) Legacy Applications
15 3 (1.08%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 101 (36.20%) Windows
2 65 (23.30%) Windows Server
3 36 (12.90%) Unix
4 22 (7.89%) Linux
5 15 (5.38%) Mac OS
5 15 (5.38%) Windows 10
6 10 (3.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (2.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.51%) Android
8 7 (2.51%) Apple iOS
8 7 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.08%) AIX
9 3 (1.08%) Solaris
9 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.36%) HPUX
10 1 (0.36%) VMS
10 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.36%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (30.11%) Identity Management
1 84 (30.11%) Information Security
2 71 (25.45%) ITIL
3 55 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (19.35%) Identity Access Management
5 46 (16.49%) Application Security
6 42 (15.05%) CI/CD
6 42 (15.05%) Cybersecurity
7 39 (13.98%) Security Architecture
8 37 (13.26%) Service Management
9 36 (12.90%) DevOps
10 35 (12.54%) Enterprise Architecture
10 35 (12.54%) Mentoring
11 34 (12.19%) Incident Management
12 33 (11.83%) OWASP
12 33 (11.83%) Secure Coding
13 32 (11.47%) Containerisation
14 29 (10.39%) Actionable Insight
14 29 (10.39%) Enterprise Search
14 29 (10.39%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 43 (15.41%) PowerShell
2 42 (15.05%) Java
3 29 (10.39%) Shell Script
4 28 (10.04%) JavaScript
5 24 (8.60%) Bash
5 24 (8.60%) SQL
6 19 (6.81%) Python
7 10 (3.58%) Apex Code
8 6 (2.15%) C#
8 6 (2.15%) Perl
9 4 (1.43%) Go
9 4 (1.43%) Lua
9 4 (1.43%) Ruby
9 4 (1.43%) Rust
10 2 (0.72%) Dart
10 2 (0.72%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.72%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.72%) PHP
10 2 (0.72%) Swift
11 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (18.28%) Security Cleared
2 45 (16.13%) CISSP
3 44 (15.77%) Cisco Certification
4 41 (14.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 41 (14.70%) CCSP
4 41 (14.70%) SC Cleared
5 38 (13.62%) Azure Certification
5 38 (13.62%) CCSK
6 36 (12.90%) CISM
7 34 (12.19%) AWS Certification
8 20 (7.17%) Degree
9 10 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.08%) CEH
11 3 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.72%) CCNA
12 2 (0.72%) CISA
12 2 (0.72%) MCSE
13 1 (0.36%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (17.92%) NIST
2 40 (14.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 31 (11.11%) SLA
4 28 (10.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (3.58%) SOC 2
6 6 (2.15%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.43%) GDPR
8 3 (1.08%) PMO
9 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.72%) GRC
9 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 133 (47.67%) Active Directory
2 57 (20.43%) Docker
3 27 (9.68%) VMware ESXi
3 27 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (6.09%) Hyper-V
5 10 (3.58%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.43%) vSphere
7 3 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.72%) Firmware
9 1 (0.36%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.36%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.36%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.36%) RACF
9 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 55 (19.71%) Kubernetes
2 46 (16.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (10.39%) OpenSSO
4 27 (9.68%) vCenter Server
5 21 (7.53%) Microsoft Clustering
6 18 (6.45%) Terraform
7 15 (5.38%) Ansible
8 12 (4.30%) CA Single Sign-On
8 12 (4.30%) Puppet
9 9 (3.23%) Progress Chef
10 8 (2.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (2.15%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (2.15%) Prometheus
12 5 (1.79%) SCCM
12 5 (1.79%) SCOM
13 4 (1.43%) PowerCLI
13 4 (1.43%) vRealize
13 4 (1.43%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 3 (1.08%) Nagios
14 3 (1.08%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 98 (35.13%) Microsoft
2 56 (20.07%) ServiceNow
3 53 (19.00%) VMware
4 45 (16.13%) Remedy
5 43 (15.41%) Oracle
6 24 (8.60%) Commvault
7 23 (8.24%) HP
8 20 (7.17%) Sun
9 19 (6.81%) CA
9 19 (6.81%) Cisco
10 16 (5.73%) BMC
10 16 (5.73%) Red Hat
11 15 (5.38%) Apple
11 15 (5.38%) CyberArk
12 14 (5.02%) Salesforce
13 12 (4.30%) Google
14 11 (3.94%) Fortinet
15 9 (3.23%) ForgeRock
15 9 (3.23%) SolarWinds
16 8 (2.87%) Ribbon