SAML Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring SAML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 59 58
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing SAML 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.11% 0.17% 0.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.59% 0.98% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £505 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £603 £650
Median % change year-on-year -15.42% -7.23% -
75th Percentile £515 - £675
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £614 £650
% change year-on-year -30.78% -5.54% +8.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Birmingham

SAML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 170 102 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 18.62% 17.29% 22.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 74 106
10th Percentile £350 £307 £369
25th Percentile £408 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year +7.47% -11.63% +13.16%
75th Percentile £557 £508 £675
90th Percentile £665 £645 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £486 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -2.75% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £36.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% -34.55% -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% -9.09% +29.41%

SAML
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAML relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

SAML job vacancy trend in Birmingham

SAML
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SAML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SAML

SAML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft