The first table below looks at the demand for SAML skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAML over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Rank 492 496 553
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +57
Contract jobs citing SAML 48 85 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.102% 0.145% 0.045%
As % of the Application Development category 0.372% 0.568% 0.164%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 38 11
Average daily rate £400 £488 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.94% +14.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £393 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £550 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £506 £425
% change year-on-year
-25.92% +19.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £57.50 - £22.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 - £22.47
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12893 14967 16509
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.60% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8051 8793 9618
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 385 569
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.15 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

SAML
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAML within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

SAML Jobs Demand Trend

SAML
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAML within the UK.

SAML Daily Rate Trend

SAML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAML within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

SAML Daily Rate Histogram

SAML
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAML within the UK.

SAML Hourly Rate Trend

SAML
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAML within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +9 47 £400 -17.94%
London -3 25 £400 -15.78%
South East +28 12 £375 +25.00%
Hampshire - 12 £375 -
West Midlands - 10 £438 -
Andover - 6 £463 -
Warwickshire - 4 £275 -
City of London +1 3 £425 -10.52%
Warwick - 3 - -
South West - 2 £375 -
Wiltshire - 2 £375 -
Berkshire - 2 £375 -
Salisbury - 2 £375 -
Newbury - 2 £375 -
Basingstoke - 2 £375 -
Coventry - 1 - -

SAML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAML also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SAML.

1 59 (71.95%) Java
2 37 (45.12%) Microsoft
3 29 (35.37%) Kerberos
4 28 (34.15%) LDAP
4 28 (34.15%) .NET
4 28 (34.15%) Internet
4 28 (34.15%) Continuous Integration
5 27 (32.93%) C#
5 27 (32.93%) Visual Studio
6 26 (31.71%) HP
6 26 (31.71%) CA
6 26 (31.71%) CA SiteMinder
6 26 (31.71%) Fixed Income
6 26 (31.71%) CruiseControl
6 26 (31.71%) Penetration Testing
6 26 (31.71%) TeamCity
6 26 (31.71%) OWASP
7 22 (26.83%) Data Protection
7 22 (26.83%) Security Testing
8 20 (24.39%) MS Excel
9 19 (23.17%) Oracle
10 18 (21.95%) Apache
11 17 (20.73%) Tomcat
11 17 (20.73%) Linux
11 17 (20.73%) OAuth
12 16 (19.51%) SSL
13 15 (18.29%) Agile Software Development
14 14 (17.07%) LAN
14 14 (17.07%) WAN
15 13 (15.85%) PHP

SAML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAML also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SAML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 28 (34.15%) .NET
2 17 (20.73%) OAuth
3 13 (15.85%) HTML5
4 10 (12.20%) OpenID
4 10 (12.20%) Spring
4 10 (12.20%) Middleware
5 9 (10.98%) Ruby on Rails
5 9 (10.98%) REST
5 9 (10.98%) JSON
6 7 (8.537%) HTML
6 7 (8.537%) XML
7 6 (7.317%) Spring MVC
8 5 (6.098%) J2EE
9 4 (4.878%) Web Services
9 4 (4.878%) JSP
10 3 (3.659%) WebSphere
10 3 (3.659%) Servlets
10 3 (3.659%) SOAP
10 3 (3.659%) EJB
10 3 (3.659%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 18 (21.95%) Apache
2 17 (20.73%) Tomcat
3 11 (13.41%) GlassFish
4 4 (4.878%) ESB
5 3 (3.659%) Mule
6 2 (2.439%) IIS
7 1 (1.220%) SAP Portal
7 1 (1.220%) Apache Solr
7 1 (1.220%) Amazon AWS
7 1 (1.220%) WordPress
7 1 (1.220%) NetWeaver
7 1 (1.220%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (24.39%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.439%) ENOVIA
2 1 (1.220%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 29 (35.37%) Kerberos
2 28 (34.15%) LDAP
2 28 (34.15%) Internet
3 16 (19.51%) SSL
4 14 (17.07%) LAN
4 14 (17.07%) WAN
5 12 (14.63%) SAN
6 11 (13.41%) IPsec
7 6 (7.317%) HTTP
8 2 (2.439%) VPN
8 2 (2.439%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (2.439%) NAS
9 1 (1.220%) NFC
9 1 (1.220%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.439%) MySQL
2 1 (1.220%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.220%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.220%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.220%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.220%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.220%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 27 (32.93%) Visual Studio
2 26 (31.71%) CruiseControl
2 26 (31.71%) TeamCity
3 11 (13.41%) MSBuild
4 6 (7.317%) PhoneGap
5 3 (3.659%) Maven
5 3 (3.659%) JUnit
6 2 (2.439%) Git (software)
7 1 (1.220%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.220%) Spring Roo
7 1 (1.220%) Ant
General
1 12 (14.63%) Finance
2 3 (3.659%) Publishing
2 3 (3.659%) Banking
3 1 (1.220%) Financial Institution
3 1 (1.220%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (1.220%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (47.56%) Developer
2 27 (32.93%) Analyst
3 26 (31.71%) Security Analyst
3 26 (31.71%) Application Security Analyst
4 15 (18.29%) Applications Developer
5 14 (17.07%) Architect
6 11 (13.41%) Analyst Developer
6 11 (13.41%) Mobile Developer
7 9 (10.98%) Ruby on Rails Developer
8 8 (9.756%) Senior Developer
9 6 (7.317%) Java Developer
9 6 (7.317%) Consultant
10 5 (6.098%) UI Programmer
10 5 (6.098%) UI Developer
10 5 (6.098%) Technical Architect
11 4 (4.878%) Technical Consultant
11 4 (4.878%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
11 4 (4.878%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 3 (3.659%) Senior Architect
12 3 (3.659%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (31.71%) Fixed Income
2 11 (13.41%) Open Source
3 10 (12.20%) Mobile App
4 7 (8.537%) PKI
5 5 (6.098%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.220%) Oracle Exalogic
6 1 (1.220%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.220%) Cryptography
6 1 (1.220%) Online Banking
6 1 (1.220%) EMV
6 1 (1.220%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.73%) Linux
2 12 (14.63%) Android
2 12 (14.63%) Apple iOS
2 12 (14.63%) UNIX
3 4 (4.878%) Oracle Linux
4 3 (3.659%) Windows
5 2 (2.439%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (34.15%) Continuous Integration
2 26 (31.71%) Penetration Testing
2 26 (31.71%) OWASP
3 22 (26.83%) Data Protection
3 22 (26.83%) Security Testing
4 15 (18.29%) Agile Software Development
5 11 (13.41%) Identity Management
5 11 (13.41%) PRINCE2
6 8 (9.756%) MVC
7 6 (7.317%) Project Management
8 4 (4.878%) ITIL
8 4 (4.878%) SOA
8 4 (4.878%) OO
8 4 (4.878%) Risk Management
8 4 (4.878%) Information Security
8 4 (4.878%) Configuration Management
8 4 (4.878%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (4.878%) Mobile Application Development
9 3 (3.659%) Migration
9 3 (3.659%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 59 (71.95%) Java
2 27 (32.93%) C#
3 13 (15.85%) PHP
4 12 (14.63%) Perl
5 10 (12.20%) JavaScript
6 9 (10.98%) Ruby
7 5 (6.098%) C++
8 1 (1.220%) Groovy
8 1 (1.220%) C
8 1 (1.220%) SQL
8 1 (1.220%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 12 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.41%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.878%) Degree
4 2 (2.439%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.659%) QA
System Software
1 11 (13.41%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.317%) Shibboleth
4 1 (1.220%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 26 (31.71%) CA SiteMinder
2 1 (1.220%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (1.220%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.220%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 37 (45.12%) Microsoft
2 26 (31.71%) HP
2 26 (31.71%) CA
3 19 (23.17%) Oracle
4 12 (14.63%) VMware
5 7 (8.537%) JBoss
5 7 (8.537%) Red Hat
6 5 (6.098%) Cisco
6 5 (6.098%) Juniper
7 2 (2.439%) SAP
8 1 (1.220%) RightScale
8 1 (1.220%) Gemalto
8 1 (1.220%) IBM
8 1 (1.220%) Informatica
8 1 (1.220%) Sybase
London
My client, a HUGE household name brand, is on the lookout for a contract mobile developer (iOS and Android) to join their team for an initial 3 month...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 24 April 2013