SAML Contract Job Trends in England

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SAML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 382 374
Rank change year-on-year +8 -8 +150
Contract jobs citing SAML 212 93 159
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.38% 0.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.66% 1.70% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 67 109
10th Percentile £363 £463 £375
25th Percentile £454 £525 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £623 £672 £675
90th Percentile £749 £790 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £24.34
25th Percentile - - £24.59
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £25.00

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,966 5,484 7,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.21% 22.39% 20.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,329 3,802 5,345
10th Percentile £358 £365 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 89 180
10th Percentile £34.00 £28.76 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £37.49
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.85 £83.17 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

SAML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SAML job vacancy trend in England

SAML
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAML

SAML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAML in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAML in England

SAML
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAML.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAML

SAML
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAML within the England region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +10 102 £539 -14.18% 19
North of England -46 38 £540 +2.86% 5
Yorkshire -42 24 £505 +7.68% 4
Midlands -47 24 £375 -34.78%
South West -6 23 £575 -7.07% 2
West Midlands -46 21 £350 -40.43%
South East -38 16 £600 - 10
North West -38 14 £550 +4.76% 1
East of England - 4 £425 - 2
East Midlands -33 3 £438 -21.52%
North East - 1 - -
SAML
UK

SAML
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 12 (5.66%) Confluence
2 8 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.42%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 9 (4.25%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 119 (56.13%) Azure
2 85 (40.09%) Entra ID
3 56 (26.42%) AWS
4 36 (16.98%) GCP
5 20 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (8.49%) OpenShift
6 18 (8.49%) SaaS
7 15 (7.08%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (6.13%) PaaS
9 12 (5.66%) Serverless
10 7 (3.30%) Azure Storage
10 7 (3.30%) GitHub
10 7 (3.30%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 7 (3.30%) IaaS
10 7 (3.30%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.83%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.36%) Azure AKS
12 5 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (2.36%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 52 (24.53%) DNS
2 38 (17.92%) Firewall
3 36 (16.98%) Kerberos
4 27 (12.74%) SSL
5 21 (9.91%) DHCP
6 19 (8.96%) HTTP
7 15 (7.08%) VPN
8 14 (6.60%) IPsec
9 12 (5.66%) TCP/IP
9 12 (5.66%) WAN
10 11 (5.19%) HTTPS
10 11 (5.19%) LAN
11 10 (4.72%) Network Security
11 10 (4.72%) Wireless
12 8 (3.77%) BIG-IP
12 8 (3.77%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (3.77%) Cisco Nexus
12 8 (3.77%) Ethereal
12 8 (3.77%) Wireshark
13 7 (3.30%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.89%) Metadata
3 3 (1.42%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.42%) GIS
4 2 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.94%) MySQL
4 2 (0.94%) Power BI
4 2 (0.94%) Tableau
5 1 (0.47%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.47%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 26 (12.26%) Jenkins
2 14 (6.60%) JIRA
3 9 (4.25%) Browser DevTools
4 5 (2.36%) GitLab
5 4 (1.89%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.94%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.94%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.94%) Git
6 2 (0.94%) Postman
6 2 (0.94%) Selenium
7 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.47%) Gatling
7 1 (0.47%) git-flow
7 1 (0.47%) JMeter
7 1 (0.47%) JUnit
7 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.47%) WebDriver
General
1 78 (36.79%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.17%) Finance
3 34 (16.04%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (14.15%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (7.55%) Banking
6 14 (6.60%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.60%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.83%) Retail
8 5 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.89%) Legal
10 2 (0.94%) Billing
10 2 (0.94%) Military
11 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 58 (27.36%) Architect
2 19 (8.96%) Senior
3 13 (6.13%) CyberArk Architect
3 13 (6.13%) Developer
4 11 (5.19%) Network Engineer
4 11 (5.19%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (5.19%) Technical Architect
5 10 (4.72%) Analyst
6 9 (4.25%) Consultant
7 8 (3.77%) Applications Engineer
8 7 (3.30%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (3.30%) Security Engineer
9 6 (2.83%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 6 (2.83%) Security Architect
9 6 (2.83%) Senior Architect
9 6 (2.83%) Tester
10 5 (2.36%) Active Directory Engineer
10 5 (2.36%) Business Analyst
10 5 (2.36%) Support Engineer
10 5 (2.36%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (75.47%) OAuth
2 132 (62.26%) OpenID
3 69 (32.55%) OAuth2
4 67 (31.60%) LDAP
5 22 (10.38%) SailPoint
6 19 (8.96%) REST
7 16 (7.55%) JWT
8 9 (4.25%) .NET
8 9 (4.25%) RESTful
9 7 (3.30%) Web Services
10 6 (2.83%) GraphQL
10 6 (2.83%) Spring
10 6 (2.83%) Spring Boot
11 5 (2.36%) .NET Core
11 5 (2.36%) XACML
12 4 (1.89%) .NET Framework
12 4 (1.89%) ARM Templates
12 4 (1.89%) J2EE
12 4 (1.89%) JSON
12 4 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.62%) Onboarding
2 27 (12.74%) Cloud Native
3 21 (9.91%) Replication
4 13 (6.13%) PKI
5 12 (5.66%) Private Cloud
6 10 (4.72%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (4.72%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.83%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.36%) IoT
8 5 (2.36%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.89%) Clustering
9 4 (1.89%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.42%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.94%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 48 (22.64%) Windows
2 31 (14.62%) Windows Server
3 16 (7.55%) Linux
4 4 (1.89%) CatOS
5 3 (1.42%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.94%) AIX
6 2 (0.94%) Solaris
7 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (33.49%) RBAC
2 67 (31.60%) Identity Access Management
3 61 (28.77%) DevOps
4 57 (26.89%) CI/CD
5 51 (24.06%) Cybersecurity
6 43 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (16.04%) Migration
8 31 (14.62%) Infrastructure as Code
9 29 (13.68%) Identity Management
10 28 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (11.79%) Secrets Management
12 23 (10.85%) Design Patterns
12 23 (10.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (10.85%) Threat Modelling
12 23 (10.85%) Validation
13 22 (10.38%) Architectural Patterns
13 22 (10.38%) Roadmaps
13 22 (10.38%) SIEM
14 21 (9.91%) High Availability
14 21 (9.91%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 50 (23.58%) PowerShell
2 38 (17.92%) Python
3 29 (13.68%) Java
4 16 (7.55%) SQL
5 14 (6.60%) JavaScript
6 10 (4.72%) C#
7 9 (4.25%) Bash
7 9 (4.25%) Go
8 4 (1.89%) Bicep
8 4 (1.89%) Groovy
9 3 (1.42%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.42%) PHP
Qualifications
1 74 (34.91%) Security Cleared
2 46 (21.70%) SC Cleared
3 23 (10.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (8.96%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.72%) Degree
6 9 (4.25%) CISSP
7 6 (2.83%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.89%) CISM
8 4 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.47%) CEH
11 1 (0.47%) GIAC
11 1 (0.47%) HND
11 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (14.62%) GDPR
3 30 (14.15%) NIST
4 19 (8.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (7.08%) NCSC
6 7 (3.30%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.36%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.36%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.89%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.42%) GRC
9 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.94%) QA
11 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 93 (43.87%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (5.19%) Docker
4 8 (3.77%) VMware NSX
5 6 (2.83%) RACF
6 2 (0.94%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.94%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.94%) OpenIDM
6 2 (0.94%) Squid
Systems Management
1 87 (41.04%) Single Sign-On
2 49 (23.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 41 (19.34%) Kubernetes
4 27 (12.74%) Terraform
5 4 (1.89%) CA Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.89%) PingFederate
6 2 (0.94%) Ansible
6 2 (0.94%) Grafana
6 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.47%) Argo
7 1 (0.47%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Identity Manager
7 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 97 (45.75%) Microsoft
2 38 (17.92%) CyberArk
3 31 (14.62%) Okta
4 24 (11.32%) Splunk
5 19 (8.96%) VMware
6 14 (6.60%) ServiceNow
7 13 (6.13%) Google
8 10 (4.72%) Cisco
8 10 (4.72%) Palo Alto
9 9 (4.25%) Ping Identity
9 9 (4.25%) Zscaler
10 8 (3.77%) CheckPoint
10 8 (3.77%) F5
10 8 (3.77%) SAP
11 7 (3.30%) BeyondTrust
12 6 (2.83%) ForgeRock
13 4 (1.89%) Citrix
13 4 (1.89%) Netskope
13 4 (1.89%) Oracle
13 4 (1.89%) SolarWinds