Single Sign-On Job Trends in England

Single Sign-On (SSO)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Single Sign-On skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 480 477 561
Rank change year-on-year -3 +84 +75
Permanent jobs citing Single Sign-On 122 188 122
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.39% 0.25%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.33% 3.39% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 87 82 96
10th Percentile £40,584 £41,250 £40,625
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £74,063
90th Percentile £107,000 £108,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +25.00% +3.45%

All Systems Management Skills
England

Single Sign-On falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 3,666 5,545 6,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.91% 11.50% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,719 3,391 5,619
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £35,450
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £69,404 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.95% +6.78% -3.70%

Single Sign-On
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Single Sign-On relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Single Sign-On job vacancy trend in England

Single Sign-On
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Single Sign-On.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Single Sign-On

Single Sign-On
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Single Sign-On in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Single Sign-On in England

Single Sign-On
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +15 59 £90,000 +12.50% 19
Midlands +14 18 £57,500 +15.00% 3
West Midlands +15 17 £57,500 +4.55% 3
North of England -5 16 £70,000 +64.71% 13
South West +4 15 £43,178 -7.15% 9
North West +8 14 £58,750 +38.24% 4
South East +30 9 £62,500 - 13
Yorkshire - 2 £77,500 - 8
East Midlands -14 1 £85,000 +70.00%
Single Sign-On
UK

Single Sign-On
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 19 (15.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (14.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.64%) IIS
4 1 (0.82%) Apache
4 1 (0.82%) CMS
4 1 (0.82%) Confluence
4 1 (0.82%) JBoss
4 1 (0.82%) nginx
4 1 (0.82%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.64%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (64.75%) Entra ID
2 78 (63.93%) Azure
3 55 (45.08%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (19.67%) SaaS
5 18 (14.75%) Power Platform
6 13 (10.66%) AWS
6 13 (10.66%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (9.02%) OneDrive
9 8 (6.56%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (5.74%) PaaS
11 5 (4.10%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (3.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (3.28%) ChatGPT
12 4 (3.28%) GCP
12 4 (3.28%) Google Workspace
12 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (3.28%) OpenShift
12 4 (3.28%) Slack
13 3 (2.46%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.11%) LAN
2 15 (12.30%) Firewall
2 15 (12.30%) VPN
3 14 (11.48%) DNS
4 12 (9.84%) WAN
5 11 (9.02%) TCP/IP
5 11 (9.02%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (8.20%) DHCP
7 4 (3.28%) VoIP
8 3 (2.46%) Kerberos
8 3 (2.46%) SSL
9 2 (1.64%) HTTP
9 2 (1.64%) HTTPS
9 2 (1.64%) Internet
9 2 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (1.64%) LTE
9 2 (1.64%) Network Security
9 2 (1.64%) SAN
9 2 (1.64%) SSH
9 2 (1.64%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.56%) Power BI
2 4 (3.28%) Data Lake
2 4 (3.28%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.82%) Power Query
4 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.10%) JIRA
2 1 (0.82%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.82%) Git
2 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.82%) Subversion
General
1 54 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 32 (26.23%) Finance
3 14 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.48%) Legal
4 13 (10.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (7.38%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (6.56%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.92%) Billing
8 4 (3.28%) Automotive
8 4 (3.28%) Banking
9 3 (2.46%) Law
10 2 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.64%) Marketing
10 2 (1.64%) Police
11 1 (0.82%) Advertising
11 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (13.11%) Senior
2 12 (9.84%) Lead
2 12 (9.84%) Security Engineer
3 11 (9.02%) Analyst
3 11 (9.02%) Platform Engineer
4 10 (8.20%) Architect
5 8 (6.56%) IT Manager
5 8 (6.56%) Windows Engineer
6 7 (5.74%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (5.74%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (5.74%) Windows Systems Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 4 (3.28%) Business IT Analyst
8 4 (3.28%) Consultant
8 4 (3.28%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (3.28%) IT Analyst
8 4 (3.28%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (3.28%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (3.28%) Project Analyst
8 4 (3.28%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (23.77%) OAuth
2 25 (20.49%) SAML
3 19 (15.57%) OpenID
4 14 (11.48%) OAuth2
5 7 (5.74%) SOAP
6 5 (4.10%) JSON
6 5 (4.10%) LDAP
6 5 (4.10%) REST
6 5 (4.10%) XML
7 3 (2.46%) CSS
7 3 (2.46%) HTML
8 2 (1.64%) Ajax
8 2 (1.64%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.64%) CSS3
8 2 (1.64%) HTML5
8 2 (1.64%) JDBC
8 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (1.64%) RESTful
8 2 (1.64%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 25 (20.49%) Security Posture
2 20 (16.39%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (11.48%) Onboarding
4 11 (9.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (8.20%) PKI
6 8 (6.56%) Hedge funds
6 8 (6.56%) Mobile App
7 6 (4.92%) iPad
7 6 (4.92%) iPhone
8 5 (4.10%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (3.28%) AI Agents
9 4 (3.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (3.28%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (2.46%) Cloud Native
10 3 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (2.46%) Management Information System
10 3 (2.46%) Public Cloud
11 2 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (29.51%) Windows
2 15 (12.30%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.56%) Linux
3 8 (6.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (4.92%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.28%) Unix
6 2 (1.64%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.82%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (40.16%) Identity Access Management
2 32 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (25.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (24.59%) RBAC
5 27 (22.13%) Identity Management
6 26 (21.31%) ITIL
6 26 (21.31%) Zero Trust
7 25 (20.49%) Incident Response
8 24 (19.67%) Data Loss Prevention
9 22 (18.03%) SIEM
10 21 (17.21%) Agile
11 19 (15.57%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (15.57%) Migration
12 18 (14.75%) Cloud Security
13 17 (13.93%) Change Management
13 17 (13.93%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 17 (13.93%) Roadmaps
13 17 (13.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (13.11%) Service Delivery
15 15 (12.30%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (29.51%) PowerShell
2 13 (10.66%) SQL
3 10 (8.20%) Python
4 8 (6.56%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.92%) Java
6 4 (3.28%) Google Apps Script
7 3 (2.46%) Groovy
8 2 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.82%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.82%) Bash
9 1 (0.82%) C#
9 1 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.82%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (11.48%) Security Cleared
2 10 (8.20%) CISSP
2 10 (8.20%) Degree
3 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.10%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.28%) CISM
5 4 (3.28%) IIBA
5 4 (3.28%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.28%) PMP
6 3 (2.46%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.46%) OSCP
7 2 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.64%) CCSP
7 2 (1.64%) CEH
7 2 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.64%) GSEC
8 1 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (13.11%) GDPR
3 14 (11.48%) NIST
4 4 (3.28%) GRC
5 3 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 3 (2.46%) JSP 440
6 2 (1.64%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.64%) PSD2
7 1 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.82%) NCSC
System Software
1 66 (54.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.28%) XenApp
3 4 (3.28%) XenDesktop
4 2 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.64%) vSphere
5 1 (0.82%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.82%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.82%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 23 (18.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (11.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 12 (9.84%) Terraform
4 7 (5.74%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (4.10%) SCCM
6 4 (3.28%) CASB
7 3 (2.46%) Ansible
7 3 (2.46%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.64%) Nessus
8 2 (1.64%) VxRail
9 1 (0.82%) DatAdvantage
9 1 (0.82%) Nagios
9 1 (0.82%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 70 (57.38%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.02%) Okta
3 10 (8.20%) Splunk
4 9 (7.38%) Apple
4 9 (7.38%) New Relic
5 8 (6.56%) Bloomberg
5 8 (6.56%) Reuters
6 6 (4.92%) ForgeRock
6 6 (4.92%) ServiceNow
7 5 (4.10%) Google
7 5 (4.10%) Salesforce
8 4 (3.28%) Alteryx
8 4 (3.28%) Anaplan
8 4 (3.28%) Cisco
8 4 (3.28%) Citrix
8 4 (3.28%) CyberArk
8 4 (3.28%) Dell
8 4 (3.28%) Logitech
8 4 (3.28%) Palo Alto
8 4 (3.28%) Yealink