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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 643 633 764
Rank change year-on-year -10 +131 -112
Permanent jobs citing Single Sign-On 278 343 525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.35% 0.31%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.82% 2.40% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 211 186 293
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £44,150
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 £59,000
% change year-on-year +14.15% -6.78% +7.27%

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 9,853 14,263 30,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.60% 14.65% 18.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,027 8,875 14,106
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% -3.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £59,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +0.89% +7.27%

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 28 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 28 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 +23 260 £65,000 - 51
UK excluding London -22 154 £62,783 +14.15% 28
London +98 120 £72,500 -8.96% 22
Work from Home +78 119 £62,783 -5.23% 40
North of England +57 55 £62,783 +0.45% 10
South East -4 44 £60,000 +9.09% 8
North West +5 30 £62,783 +14.15% 8
Midlands -17 19 £60,000 +26.32% 3
West Midlands +1 16 £60,000 +26.32% 1
North East - 15 £42,500 - 1
South West -22 12 £50,000 +11.11% 3
Yorkshire +74 10 £79,842 -15.96% 1
East of England +1 10 £72,500 +20.83% 4
Scotland -52 8 £85,000 +11.48% 1
Wales 0 7 £55,000 -
East Midlands -18 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 41 (14.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (9.35%) WebLogic
3 14 (5.04%) SharePoint
4 9 (3.24%) Apache
4 9 (3.24%) JBoss
5 8 (2.88%) Skype for Business
6 6 (2.16%) nginx
7 5 (1.80%) Confluence
8 4 (1.44%) IIS
9 3 (1.08%) GlassFish
9 3 (1.08%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.72%) CMS
11 1 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.36%) SAS
11 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.08%) Trello
4 2 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (5.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.72%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.36%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 170 (61.15%) Azure
2 97 (34.89%) Entra ID
3 88 (31.65%) AWS
4 78 (28.06%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.68%) IaaS
5 13 (4.68%) SaaS
6 12 (4.32%) AWS KMS
6 12 (4.32%) Azure Key Vault
6 12 (4.32%) Google Workspace
6 12 (4.32%) PaaS
7 8 (2.88%) Mimecast
8 7 (2.52%) Akamai
8 7 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (2.52%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (2.52%) Azure AKS
8 7 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 6 (2.16%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 71 (25.54%) Firewall
2 54 (19.42%) DNS
3 46 (16.55%) WAN
4 44 (15.83%) SD-WAN
5 23 (8.27%) VPN
6 21 (7.55%) Wireless
7 20 (7.19%) NAS
8 17 (6.12%) DHCP
9 15 (5.40%) SSL
10 12 (4.32%) Network Security
11 11 (3.96%) Broadband
11 11 (3.96%) Reverse Proxy
11 11 (3.96%) TCP/IP
12 10 (3.60%) LAN
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 28 (10.07%) Elasticsearch
2 18 (6.47%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.16%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.80%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.80%) Power BI
4 5 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.44%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
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
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 28 (10.07%) JIRA
2 22 (7.91%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.68%) Bitbucket
4 11 (3.96%) GitLab
5 10 (3.60%) Git
6 5 (1.80%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.44%) Ant
7 4 (1.44%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.44%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.72%) Maven
9 1 (0.36%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.36%) MSI
9 1 (0.36%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.36%) Selenium
9 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 88 (31.65%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.99%) Finance
4 24 (8.63%) Police
5 20 (7.19%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (6.12%) Law
8 15 (5.40%) Banking
9 12 (4.32%) Games
9 12 (4.32%) Legal
10 7 (2.52%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.80%) Marketing
13 3 (1.08%) Retail
14 2 (0.72%) German Language
15 1 (0.36%) Advertising
15 1 (0.36%) Automotive
15 1 (0.36%) Back Office
15 1 (0.36%) Publishing
15 1 (0.36%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 69 (24.82%) Senior
2 59 (21.22%) Analyst
3 46 (16.55%) Architect
4 44 (15.83%) Lead
5 35 (12.59%) Security Architect
6 31 (11.15%) Support Analyst
7 28 (10.07%) Senior Analyst
8 27 (9.71%) Developer
8 27 (9.71%) Lead Architect
8 27 (9.71%) Lead Security Architect
8 27 (9.71%) Senior Support Analyst
9 26 (9.35%) Applications Support
9 26 (9.35%) Applications Support Analyst
9 26 (9.35%) Senior Applications Support
9 26 (9.35%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
10 19 (6.83%) Security Engineer
11 17 (6.12%) Administrator
11 17 (6.12%) Consultant
11 17 (6.12%) Security Analyst
11 17 (6.12%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.59%) LDAP
2 32 (11.51%) J2EE
2 32 (11.51%) OAuth
3 28 (10.07%) CSS
3 28 (10.07%) SAML
4 27 (9.71%) Java EE
4 27 (9.71%) Spring
5 26 (9.35%) HTML
6 20 (7.19%) AngularJS
6 20 (7.19%) Web Services
7 18 (6.47%) JSON
8 17 (6.12%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 17 (6.12%) XML
9 15 (5.40%) REST
10 13 (4.68%) OpenID
11 12 (4.32%) 802.1X
12 11 (3.96%) OAuth2
12 11 (3.96%) SOAP
13 10 (3.60%) Keycloak
13 10 (3.60%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.78%) Management Information System
2 33 (11.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 30 (10.79%) PKI
4 26 (9.35%) Public Cloud
5 23 (8.27%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (7.91%) Clustering
7 21 (7.55%) Onboarding
7 21 (7.55%) Video Conferencing
8 16 (5.76%) CMDB
8 16 (5.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (3.60%) Cloud Native
9 10 (3.60%) Data Centre
10 9 (3.24%) Security Posture
11 8 (2.88%) Client/Server
11 8 (2.88%) Product Ownership
12 7 (2.52%) Mobile App
12 7 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.80%) Cloud Security Posture
14 4 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
15 3 (1.08%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 106 (38.13%) Windows
2 70 (25.18%) Windows Server
3 34 (12.23%) Unix
4 28 (10.07%) Linux
5 21 (7.55%) Windows 10
6 16 (5.76%) Mac OS
7 13 (4.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.16%) Android
9 6 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.80%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.08%) AIX
11 3 (1.08%) Solaris
12 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.36%) HPUX
13 1 (0.36%) VMS
13 1 (0.36%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (29.86%) Identity Management
2 82 (29.50%) Information Security
3 68 (24.46%) ITIL
4 61 (21.94%) Identity Access Management
5 51 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (16.19%) Application Security
7 42 (15.11%) CI/CD
8 39 (14.03%) Cybersecurity
8 39 (14.03%) DevOps
9 36 (12.95%) Mentoring
9 36 (12.95%) Security Architecture
10 33 (11.87%) OWASP
10 33 (11.87%) Secure Coding
10 33 (11.87%) Service Management
11 32 (11.51%) Containerisation
11 32 (11.51%) Enterprise Architecture
12 31 (11.15%) Incident Management
13 28 (10.07%) Agile
14 26 (9.35%) Impact Assessments
14 26 (9.35%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (16.55%) PowerShell
2 38 (13.67%) Java
3 30 (10.79%) JavaScript
4 28 (10.07%) Bash
5 26 (9.35%) Shell Script
6 20 (7.19%) Python
6 20 (7.19%) SQL
7 10 (3.60%) Apex Code
8 6 (2.16%) Perl
9 3 (1.08%) C#
10 2 (0.72%) Go
11 1 (0.36%) Dart
11 1 (0.36%) Groovy
11 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.36%) Lua
11 1 (0.36%) PHP
11 1 (0.36%) Rust
11 1 (0.36%) Swift
11 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (17.99%) Security Cleared
2 45 (16.19%) CISSP
3 43 (15.47%) Cisco Certification
4 41 (14.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 41 (14.75%) CCSP
5 39 (14.03%) Azure Certification
6 38 (13.67%) CCSK
6 38 (13.67%) SC Cleared
7 36 (12.95%) CISM
8 35 (12.59%) AWS Certification
9 20 (7.19%) Degree
10 10 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.08%) CEH
12 3 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.72%) CISA
13 2 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.72%) MCSA
13 2 (0.72%) MCSE
14 1 (0.36%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (18.71%) NIST
2 41 (14.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 30 (10.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (9.71%) SLA
5 11 (3.96%) SOC 2
6 6 (2.16%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.80%) 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%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 135 (48.56%) Active Directory
2 62 (22.30%) Docker
3 28 (10.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (9.71%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (6.12%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (2.16%) XenApp
7 6 (2.16%) XenDesktop
8 5 (1.80%) vSphere
9 2 (0.72%) Firmware
9 2 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
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%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 60 (21.58%) Kubernetes
2 52 (18.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (10.07%) Terraform
4 27 (9.71%) vCenter Server
5 26 (9.35%) OpenSSO
6 20 (7.19%) Microsoft Clustering
7 19 (6.83%) Ansible
8 16 (5.76%) Puppet
9 15 (5.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 13 (4.68%) Progress Chef
11 12 (4.32%) CA Single Sign-On
12 11 (3.96%) SCCM
13 7 (2.52%) Prometheus
14 6 (2.16%) Nagios
15 5 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
15 5 (1.80%) SCOM
16 3 (1.08%) Oracle Statspack
16 3 (1.08%) PowerCLI
16 3 (1.08%) vRealize
16 3 (1.08%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 97 (34.89%) Microsoft
2 60 (21.58%) VMware
3 58 (20.86%) ServiceNow
4 43 (15.47%) Oracle
5 42 (15.11%) Remedy
6 23 (8.27%) Commvault
7 22 (7.91%) HP
8 20 (7.19%) Sun
9 19 (6.83%) CA
9 19 (6.83%) Red Hat
10 18 (6.47%) Cisco
11 16 (5.76%) BMC
12 15 (5.40%) Apple
12 15 (5.40%) Google
13 14 (5.04%) Salesforce
13 14 (5.04%) Zscaler
14 13 (4.68%) CyberArk
15 12 (4.32%) Citrix
16 11 (3.96%) Fortinet
17 10 (3.60%) ForgeRock