Single Sign-On Job Trends

Single Sign-On (SSO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Single Sign-On skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 571 488 588
Rank change year-on-year -83 +100 -58
Permanent jobs citing Single Sign-On 229 188 213
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.38% 0.27%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.48% 3.79% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 144 131 114
10th Percentile £37,375 £40,584 £44,106
25th Percentile £52,188 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +14.39% -3.21%
75th Percentile £85,625 £91,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £95,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -11.54% +8.33%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,109 4,959 6,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.50% 10.00% 8.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3,618 2,868 3,923
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,803 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -5.47% -1.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% -4.35%

Single Sign-On
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Single Sign-On job vacancy trend in the UK

Single Sign-On
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Single Sign-On

Single Sign-On
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Single Sign-On over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Single Sign-On in the UK

Single Sign-On
Top 14 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 13 September 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
England -40 222 £70,000 -9.68% 233
London -15 124 £76,000 -1.94% 141
UK excluding London -84 104 £57,500 - 103
Work from Home -36 84 £70,000 +12.00% 206
North of England -31 36 £50,000 -24.24% 24
North West +8 30 £56,250 -2.17% 15
South East -30 28 £67,500 +35.00% 34
Midlands -51 17 £72,500 +26.09% 12
West Midlands -35 14 £75,000 +30.43% 5
South West -60 14 £50,000 +20.90% 13
Scotland -6 7 - - 3
North East - 6 £35,000 - 2
East Midlands -32 3 £33,500 - 7
East of England -39 2 £55,000 +100.00% 12

Single Sign-On
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 28 (12.23%) SharePoint
2 26 (11.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.06%) nginx
4 6 (2.62%) Confluence
5 5 (2.18%) Apache
5 5 (2.18%) JBoss
6 1 (0.44%) IIS
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Exchequer
1 2 (0.87%) Primavera
2 1 (0.44%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.44%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.44%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.44%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 147 (64.19%) Azure
2 123 (53.71%) Entra ID
3 65 (28.38%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (20.52%) AWS
5 26 (11.35%) SaaS
6 18 (7.86%) Mimecast
7 14 (6.11%) Amazon EC2
7 14 (6.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 13 (5.68%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (5.68%) OneDrive
9 11 (4.80%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 11 (4.80%) Amazon S3
9 11 (4.80%) AWS CloudTrail
9 11 (4.80%) PaaS
10 10 (4.37%) Amazon ELB
10 10 (4.37%) IaaS
10 10 (4.37%) OCI
10 10 (4.37%) Power Platform
11 9 (3.93%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (3.93%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 48 (20.96%) Firewall
2 35 (15.28%) VPN
3 32 (13.97%) DNS
4 19 (8.30%) Network Security
5 16 (6.99%) DHCP
5 16 (6.99%) WAN
6 10 (4.37%) Kerberos
7 8 (3.49%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (3.49%) TCP/IP
8 7 (3.06%) SD-WAN
8 7 (3.06%) SSL
9 6 (2.62%) HTTP
9 6 (2.62%) LAN
9 6 (2.62%) SNMP
10 5 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.75%) VSAN
11 4 (1.75%) WLAN
12 3 (1.31%) BGP
12 3 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (1.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.68%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.24%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.62%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.62%) Power BI
4 4 (1.75%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.31%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.44%) MySQL
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.44%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (3.93%) JIRA
2 8 (3.49%) Git
3 7 (3.06%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.75%) Subversion
5 3 (1.31%) Burp Suite
5 3 (1.31%) GitLab
5 3 (1.31%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.87%) git-flow
7 1 (0.44%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.44%) Maven
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.44%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.44%) Selenium
7 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
General
1 68 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 40 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (14.85%) Finance
4 22 (9.61%) Legal
5 21 (9.17%) Law
6 16 (6.99%) Aerospace
7 11 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.49%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.18%) Advertising
9 5 (2.18%) Retail
10 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.31%) Billing
11 3 (1.31%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.87%) Banking
12 2 (0.87%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.44%) French Language
13 1 (0.44%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.44%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 63 (27.51%) Architect
2 29 (12.66%) Security Engineer
3 21 (9.17%) Cloud Engineer
4 19 (8.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (7.86%) Senior
6 16 (6.99%) Security Architect
7 15 (6.55%) Azure Architect
8 14 (6.11%) Consultant
9 13 (5.68%) Analyst
9 13 (5.68%) Support Engineer
10 12 (5.24%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (5.24%) Developer
11 11 (4.80%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 11 (4.80%) Identity Management Architect
11 11 (4.80%) IT Engineer
12 9 (3.93%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 8 (3.49%) IT Architect
13 8 (3.49%) Lead
13 8 (3.49%) Security Specialist
13 8 (3.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (21.40%) OAuth
2 48 (20.96%) SAML
3 44 (19.21%) OpenID
4 34 (14.85%) Terraform
5 33 (14.41%) LDAP
6 14 (6.11%) ModSecurity
7 13 (5.68%) REST
8 12 (5.24%) CSS
8 12 (5.24%) React
9 11 (4.80%) HTML
9 11 (4.80%) OAuth2
10 9 (3.93%) RESTful
11 8 (3.49%) Next.js
12 7 (3.06%) JWT
13 6 (2.62%) GraphQL
14 5 (2.18%) CSS3
14 5 (2.18%) HTML5
14 5 (2.18%) Keycloak
15 4 (1.75%) AngularJS
15 4 (1.75%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.66%) Cloud Native
2 28 (12.23%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (9.17%) Onboarding
4 19 (8.30%) Security Posture
5 17 (7.42%) Management Information System
5 17 (7.42%) Social Media
6 11 (4.80%) CMDB
6 11 (4.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 10 (4.37%) Data Centre
8 7 (3.06%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.62%) PKI
9 6 (2.62%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.62%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.62%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.18%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.75%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 63 (27.51%) Windows
2 33 (14.41%) Windows Server
3 19 (8.30%) Linux
4 9 (3.93%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (3.06%) Apple iOS
5 7 (3.06%) Ubuntu
6 6 (2.62%) Mac OS
7 5 (2.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.75%) Android
8 4 (1.75%) CentOS
9 3 (1.31%) Kali Linux
9 3 (1.31%) VMS
10 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (35.81%) Identity Access Management
2 69 (30.13%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (27.51%) Cybersecurity
4 55 (24.02%) Zero Trust
5 53 (23.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (19.21%) Incident Response
7 43 (18.78%) Privileged Access Management
8 42 (18.34%) Disaster Recovery
8 42 (18.34%) RBAC
9 40 (17.47%) Security Architecture
10 38 (16.59%) Infrastructure as Code
11 35 (15.28%) Cloud Security
12 34 (14.85%) Information Security
13 33 (14.41%) Security Operations
14 31 (13.54%) Mentoring
15 30 (13.10%) Data Loss Prevention
16 29 (12.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 29 (12.66%) Multi-Factor Authentication
17 28 (12.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 27 (11.79%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 52 (22.71%) PowerShell
2 17 (7.42%) Python
3 13 (5.68%) JavaScript
3 13 (5.68%) SQL
4 10 (4.37%) Bash
5 8 (3.49%) C#
6 7 (3.06%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.18%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (1.75%) Java
9 3 (1.31%) Go
9 3 (1.31%) Rust
10 2 (0.87%) Bicep
10 2 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 47 (20.52%) CISSP
2 42 (18.34%) Security Cleared
3 25 (10.92%) Degree
4 24 (10.48%) Azure Certification
5 23 (10.04%) DV Cleared
6 16 (6.99%) AWS Certification
6 16 (6.99%) CISM
7 15 (6.55%) SC Cleared
8 13 (5.68%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (4.37%) Master's Degree
10 9 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (3.49%) CCNA
12 7 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (2.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (2.18%) CEH
14 3 (1.31%) CCSP
14 3 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (1.31%) DBS Check
14 3 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (16.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (13.10%) NIST
3 16 (6.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (5.24%) PCI DSS
5 11 (4.80%) GDPR
6 10 (4.37%) SOC 2
7 7 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.31%) GRC
8 3 (1.31%) NIST 800
8 3 (1.31%) SLA
9 2 (0.87%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 100 (43.67%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.24%) Docker
4 11 (4.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (3.93%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.62%) vSphere
7 5 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.44%) IAG
8 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (13.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (6.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 11 (4.80%) Kubernetes
4 10 (4.37%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (3.93%) Ansible
6 7 (3.06%) Nessus
7 6 (2.62%) FortiGate
8 5 (2.18%) Nagios
8 5 (2.18%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.75%) CASB
10 3 (1.31%) Nmap
10 3 (1.31%) Puppet
11 2 (0.87%) Bosun
11 2 (0.87%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.44%) Norton AntiVirus
12 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.44%) SCCM
12 1 (0.44%) VxRail
12 1 (0.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 127 (55.46%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.54%) Okta
3 27 (11.79%) VMware
4 22 (9.61%) Cisco
5 18 (7.86%) CrowdStrike
6 15 (6.55%) Palo Alto
7 13 (5.68%) Red Hat
8 12 (5.24%) ForgeRock
8 12 (5.24%) Google
8 12 (5.24%) Oracle
8 12 (5.24%) ServiceNow
9 8 (3.49%) Atlassian
9 8 (3.49%) Meraki
9 8 (3.49%) Splunk
10 7 (3.06%) CyberArk
10 7 (3.06%) iManage
11 6 (2.62%) Aderant
11 6 (2.62%) EMC
11 6 (2.62%) SolarWinds
12 5 (2.18%) Zscaler