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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 621 683 776
Rank change year-on-year +62 +93 -107
Permanent jobs citing Single Sign-On 276 320 490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.32% 0.31%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.78% 2.16% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 204 175 286
10th Percentile £40,625 £36,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £49,375 £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 £98,916 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,783 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.15% - +4.76%

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 9,920 14,837 28,830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.00% 14.61% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 7,137 9,151 14,123
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 £86,625
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 8 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 8 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 +42 254 £65,000 +8.33% 48
UK excluding London +12 152 £62,783 +14.15% 24
Work from Home +103 123 £62,783 -3.41% 13
London +81 119 £72,500 -6.45% 21
North of England +53 54 £62,783 +14.15% 7
South East +16 43 £60,000 +9.09% 5
North West +6 29 £62,783 +14.15% 5
Midlands -8 18 £57,500 +37.72% 1
West Midlands +4 15 £57,500 +49.35%
North East - 15 £42,500 -
South West -22 11 £41,250 -8.33% 3
Yorkshire +77 10 £79,842 - 2
Wales - 10 £55,000 -
East of England +18 9 £75,000 +25.00% 8
Scotland -54 8 £85,000 +11.48% 2
East Midlands -17 3 - - 1

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 37 (13.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (10.51%) WebLogic
3 15 (5.43%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.90%) Skype for Business
5 7 (2.54%) Apache
5 7 (2.54%) JBoss
6 4 (1.45%) Confluence
6 4 (1.45%) IIS
6 4 (1.45%) nginx
7 3 (1.09%) GlassFish
7 3 (1.09%) 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 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.45%) Trello
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (5.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.72%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 165 (59.78%) Azure
2 100 (36.23%) Entra ID
3 85 (30.80%) AWS
4 77 (27.90%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.07%) IaaS
5 14 (5.07%) PaaS
5 14 (5.07%) SaaS
6 12 (4.35%) AWS KMS
6 12 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
7 11 (3.99%) Google Workspace
8 7 (2.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (2.54%) Azure Storage
8 7 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.17%) Akamai
9 6 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (2.17%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (2.17%) Azure AKS
9 6 (2.17%) GCP
9 6 (2.17%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 72 (26.09%) Firewall
2 51 (18.48%) DNS
3 47 (17.03%) WAN
4 44 (15.94%) SD-WAN
5 22 (7.97%) VPN
6 21 (7.61%) Wireless
7 20 (7.25%) NAS
8 13 (4.71%) DHCP
8 13 (4.71%) SSL
9 12 (4.35%) Network Security
9 12 (4.35%) TCP/IP
10 11 (3.99%) Broadband
10 11 (3.99%) LAN
10 11 (3.99%) Reverse Proxy
11 10 (3.62%) VoIP
12 8 (2.90%) BGP
12 8 (2.90%) Internet
12 8 (2.90%) MPLS
12 8 (2.90%) OSPF
12 8 (2.90%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.23%) Elasticsearch
2 16 (5.80%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.17%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.81%) Power BI
4 5 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.45%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.09%) Oracle Database 12c
6 3 (1.09%) 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%) MySQL
7 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (9.78%) JIRA
2 18 (6.52%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.62%) Bitbucket
3 10 (3.62%) GitLab
4 8 (2.90%) Git
5 4 (1.45%) Ant
5 4 (1.45%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.09%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.09%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.72%) Maven
8 1 (0.36%) MSI
8 1 (0.36%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 90 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.48%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.06%) Police
4 20 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.16%) Law
7 15 (5.43%) Finance
8 13 (4.71%) Games
9 12 (4.35%) Banking
9 12 (4.35%) Legal
10 7 (2.54%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.81%) Marketing
12 4 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.72%) German Language
13 2 (0.72%) Retail
14 1 (0.36%) Automotive
14 1 (0.36%) Publishing
14 1 (0.36%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 75 (27.17%) Senior
2 57 (20.65%) Analyst
3 45 (16.30%) Architect
3 45 (16.30%) Lead
4 35 (12.68%) Security Architect
5 34 (12.32%) Support Analyst
6 31 (11.23%) Senior Analyst
7 30 (10.87%) Senior Support Analyst
8 29 (10.51%) Applications Support
8 29 (10.51%) Applications Support Analyst
8 29 (10.51%) Senior Applications Support
8 29 (10.51%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
9 27 (9.78%) Lead Architect
9 27 (9.78%) Lead Security Architect
10 26 (9.42%) Developer
11 21 (7.61%) Security Engineer
12 18 (6.52%) Administrator
13 17 (6.16%) Consultant
13 17 (6.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (6.16%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (12.32%) J2EE
1 34 (12.32%) LDAP
2 32 (11.59%) OAuth
3 30 (10.87%) Java EE
4 29 (10.51%) Spring
5 28 (10.14%) SAML
6 24 (8.70%) CSS
7 22 (7.97%) HTML
8 19 (6.88%) AngularJS
8 19 (6.88%) Web Services
9 18 (6.52%) JSON
10 16 (5.80%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 16 (5.80%) XML
11 15 (5.43%) REST
12 12 (4.35%) 802.1X
12 12 (4.35%) OpenID
13 10 (3.62%) OAuth2
13 10 (3.62%) Visualforce
14 9 (3.26%) SOAP
15 8 (2.90%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.93%) Management Information System
2 34 (12.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 34 (12.32%) PKI
3 22 (7.97%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (7.61%) Clustering
4 21 (7.61%) Public Cloud
4 21 (7.61%) Video Conferencing
5 20 (7.25%) Onboarding
6 17 (6.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 16 (5.80%) CMDB
8 11 (3.99%) Cloud Native
8 11 (3.99%) Security Posture
9 10 (3.62%) Data Centre
10 8 (2.90%) Client/Server
11 7 (2.54%) Product Ownership
12 6 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.81%) Cloud Security Posture
13 5 (1.81%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
15 3 (1.09%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 101 (36.59%) Windows
2 65 (23.55%) Windows Server
3 36 (13.04%) Unix
4 23 (8.33%) Linux
5 16 (5.80%) Mac OS
6 15 (5.43%) Windows 10
7 11 (3.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.54%) Android
8 7 (2.54%) Apple iOS
8 7 (2.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.09%) AIX
10 3 (1.09%) 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 (30.43%) Identity Management
2 82 (29.71%) Information Security
3 71 (25.72%) ITIL
4 55 (19.93%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (19.57%) Identity Access Management
6 46 (16.67%) Application Security
7 43 (15.58%) CI/CD
7 43 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
8 39 (14.13%) Security Architecture
9 37 (13.41%) Service Management
10 36 (13.04%) DevOps
11 35 (12.68%) Enterprise Architecture
11 35 (12.68%) Mentoring
12 34 (12.32%) Incident Management
13 33 (11.96%) Containerisation
13 33 (11.96%) OWASP
13 33 (11.96%) Secure Coding
14 29 (10.51%) Actionable Insight
14 29 (10.51%) Enterprise Search
14 29 (10.51%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 42 (15.22%) Java
2 41 (14.86%) PowerShell
3 29 (10.51%) JavaScript
3 29 (10.51%) Shell Script
4 26 (9.42%) Bash
5 22 (7.97%) SQL
6 20 (7.25%) Python
7 10 (3.62%) Apex Code
8 6 (2.17%) Perl
9 5 (1.81%) C#
10 4 (1.45%) Go
10 4 (1.45%) Lua
10 4 (1.45%) Ruby
10 4 (1.45%) Rust
11 2 (0.72%) Dart
11 2 (0.72%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.72%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.72%) PHP
11 2 (0.72%) Swift
12 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (18.84%) Security Cleared
2 45 (16.30%) CISSP
3 44 (15.94%) Cisco Certification
4 41 (14.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 41 (14.86%) CCSP
4 41 (14.86%) SC Cleared
5 38 (13.77%) Azure Certification
5 38 (13.77%) CCSK
6 36 (13.04%) CISM
7 34 (12.32%) AWS Certification
8 20 (7.25%) Degree
9 10 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.09%) CEH
11 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.09%) 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 (18.12%) NIST
2 41 (14.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 31 (11.23%) SLA
4 29 (10.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.99%) SOC 2
6 6 (2.17%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.45%) GDPR
8 3 (1.09%) 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
1 131 (47.46%) Active Directory
2 58 (21.01%) Docker
3 28 (10.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (9.78%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (6.16%) Hyper-V
6 10 (3.62%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.45%) vSphere
8 3 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.72%) Firmware
10 1 (0.36%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.36%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.36%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.36%) RACF
10 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.36%) XenApp
10 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 56 (20.29%) Kubernetes
2 47 (17.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (10.51%) OpenSSO
4 27 (9.78%) vCenter Server
5 20 (7.25%) Microsoft Clustering
5 20 (7.25%) Terraform
6 16 (5.80%) Ansible
7 13 (4.71%) Puppet
8 12 (4.35%) CA Single Sign-On
9 10 (3.62%) Progress Chef
10 9 (3.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (2.17%) Prometheus
11 6 (2.17%) SCCM
12 5 (1.81%) SCOM
13 4 (1.45%) Nagios
13 4 (1.45%) PowerCLI
13 4 (1.45%) vRealize
13 4 (1.45%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 3 (1.09%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 96 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 56 (20.29%) ServiceNow
3 55 (19.93%) VMware
4 45 (16.30%) Remedy
5 43 (15.58%) Oracle
6 24 (8.70%) Commvault
7 23 (8.33%) HP
8 20 (7.25%) Sun
9 19 (6.88%) CA
9 19 (6.88%) Cisco
10 17 (6.16%) Red Hat
11 16 (5.80%) Apple
11 16 (5.80%) BMC
12 14 (5.07%) Salesforce
13 13 (4.71%) CyberArk
13 13 (4.71%) Google
14 11 (3.99%) Fortinet
15 9 (3.26%) ForgeRock
15 9 (3.26%) SolarWinds
16 8 (2.90%) Splunk