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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 390 381
Rank change year-on-year -7 -9 +133
Contract jobs citing SAML 227 114 161
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 0.42% 0.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.67% 1.88% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 75 104
10th Percentile £372 £404 £366
25th Percentile £460 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% -6.67%
75th Percentile £644 £656 £639
90th Percentile £835 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £560
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile £53.38 - £24.34
25th Percentile £73.44 - £24.59
Median hourly rate £77.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £85.54 - -
90th Percentile £87.16 - -
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £55.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +40.91% +120.00% -

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 8,501 6,080 7,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.96% 22.28% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,604 4,178 5,453
10th Percentile £363 £355 £353
25th Percentile £430 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.74% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 141 259
10th Percentile £30.30 £31.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £46.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -7.46%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.09
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% +1.82% -12.00%

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 13 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAML in England over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAML in England

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 13 July 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 -8 115 £550 -9.69% 32
South East -41 39 £750 +30.43% 20
North of England -57 39 £563 +18.42% 9
Yorkshire -45 24 £598 +36.10% 1
Midlands -45 19 £400 -5.21% 1
North West -41 14 £550 +4.76% 8
West Midlands -52 14 £350 -41.96% 1
South West -28 6 £550 -11.11% 1
East Midlands -23 5 £438 +5.42%
North East - 2 £413 -
East of England -21 1 - - 2
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 9 (3.96%) Confluence
2 6 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.44%) Apache
4 1 (0.44%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (2.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 141 (62.11%) Azure
2 108 (47.58%) Entra ID
3 78 (34.36%) AWS
4 46 (20.26%) GCP
5 29 (12.78%) SaaS
6 17 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (6.17%) OpenShift
8 12 (5.29%) GitHub
9 11 (4.85%) Serverless
10 7 (3.08%) Cloud Run
10 7 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.64%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (2.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 6 (2.64%) IaaS
11 6 (2.64%) PaaS
11 6 (2.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (2.20%) Boomi
12 5 (2.20%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.76%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (18.94%) DNS
2 33 (14.54%) Kerberos
3 29 (12.78%) Firewall
4 28 (12.33%) SSL
5 20 (8.81%) DHCP
6 19 (8.37%) HTTP
6 19 (8.37%) TCP/IP
7 18 (7.93%) Network Security
8 17 (7.49%) VPN
9 14 (6.17%) IPsec
10 13 (5.73%) WAN
11 11 (4.85%) LAN
11 11 (4.85%) Wireless
12 10 (4.41%) HTTPS
13 7 (3.08%) BIG-IP
13 7 (3.08%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (3.08%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (3.08%) Wireshark
14 6 (2.64%) SD-WAN
15 5 (2.20%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.52%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.20%) Metadata
3 3 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.32%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.32%) MySQL
3 3 (1.32%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.44%) Db2
5 1 (0.44%) GIS
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.44%) Parquet
5 1 (0.44%) Power BI
5 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (7.05%) Jenkins
2 15 (6.61%) JIRA
3 11 (4.85%) Browser DevTools
4 5 (2.20%) Git
5 3 (1.32%) Fiddler
5 3 (1.32%) GitLab
6 2 (0.88%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.44%) Moq
7 1 (0.44%) Postman
7 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 70 (30.84%) Social Skills
2 51 (22.47%) Finance
3 34 (14.98%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (11.89%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (11.01%) Public Sector
6 19 (8.37%) Banking
7 12 (5.29%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.20%) Legal
8 5 (2.20%) Military
8 5 (2.20%) Retail
9 4 (1.76%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.88%) Publishing
11 2 (0.88%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 66 (29.07%) Architect
2 19 (8.37%) Technical Architect
3 18 (7.93%) Developer
4 13 (5.73%) Network Engineer
4 13 (5.73%) Senior
5 11 (4.85%) CyberArk Architect
5 11 (4.85%) IAM Specialist
5 11 (4.85%) Security Engineer
6 10 (4.41%) Lead
7 9 (3.96%) Analyst
7 9 (3.96%) Consultant
7 9 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (3.08%) Applications Engineer
8 7 (3.08%) IAM Developer
8 7 (3.08%) Security Architect
9 6 (2.64%) Java Developer
10 5 (2.20%) Integration Architect
10 5 (2.20%) Product Owner
10 5 (2.20%) Support Engineer
10 5 (2.20%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (72.69%) OAuth
2 145 (63.88%) OpenID
3 84 (37.00%) LDAP
4 79 (34.80%) OAuth2
5 34 (14.98%) REST
6 32 (14.10%) SailPoint
7 18 (7.93%) SOAP
8 17 (7.49%) Web Services
9 15 (6.61%) JWT
10 14 (6.17%) RESTful
11 13 (5.73%) JSON
12 10 (4.41%) .NET
13 8 (3.52%) Middleware
14 7 (3.08%) Spring Boot
15 6 (2.64%) FIDO
15 6 (2.64%) GraphQL
15 6 (2.64%) Spring
16 5 (2.20%) J2EE
16 5 (2.20%) JDBC
16 5 (2.20%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.06%) Onboarding
2 38 (16.74%) Cloud Native
3 16 (7.05%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (6.61%) PKI
5 14 (6.17%) Replication
6 13 (5.73%) Security Posture
7 12 (5.29%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (4.85%) Product Ownership
9 8 (3.52%) IoT
9 8 (3.52%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.64%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.64%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.76%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.76%) Clustering
12 4 (1.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.76%) Operational Technology
13 3 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.22%) Windows
2 16 (7.05%) Linux
2 16 (7.05%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.76%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.32%) CatOS
5 2 (0.88%) Unix
5 2 (0.88%) VMS
6 1 (0.44%) CentOS
6 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (30.40%) CI/CD
2 68 (29.96%) DevOps
2 68 (29.96%) Identity Access Management
3 62 (27.31%) RBAC
4 48 (21.15%) Cybersecurity
5 43 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (17.18%) Infrastructure as Code
7 33 (14.54%) Roadmaps
7 33 (14.54%) Zero Trust
8 32 (14.10%) Migration
9 31 (13.66%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (13.22%) Agile
11 28 (12.33%) Microservices
11 28 (12.33%) Runbook
12 25 (11.01%) Architectural Patterns
12 25 (11.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (10.13%) Design Patterns
14 22 (9.69%) API Integration
14 22 (9.69%) Containerisation
14 22 (9.69%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.70%) PowerShell
2 45 (19.82%) Python
3 35 (15.42%) Java
4 21 (9.25%) SQL
5 10 (4.41%) Bash
6 9 (3.96%) Go
7 8 (3.52%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.64%) C#
9 5 (2.20%) Bicep
10 3 (1.32%) Groovy
10 3 (1.32%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.88%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.44%) Perl
12 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (30.40%) Security Cleared
2 58 (25.55%) SC Cleared
3 27 (11.89%) Degree
4 23 (10.13%) CISSP
5 12 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.85%) Azure Certification
7 10 (4.41%) CISM
7 10 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.96%) AWS Certification
8 9 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.64%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.20%) CSPO
11 4 (1.76%) CEH
11 4 (1.76%) GIAC
12 3 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.88%) CRISC
13 2 (0.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (18.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (16.74%) GDPR
2 38 (16.74%) NIST
3 19 (8.37%) NCSC
4 18 (7.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (3.08%) HIPAA
5 7 (3.08%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.64%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.64%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.76%) GRC
8 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.44%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.44%) QA
9 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 91 (40.09%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.61%) Docker
3 7 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.08%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.20%) RACF
5 3 (1.32%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.44%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.44%) Squid
Systems Management
1 84 (37.00%) Single Sign-On
2 48 (21.15%) Kubernetes
3 39 (17.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 31 (13.66%) Terraform
5 7 (3.08%) Ansible
6 4 (1.76%) CA Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.76%) PingFederate
6 4 (1.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.44%) Argo
8 1 (0.44%) CASB
8 1 (0.44%) Consul
8 1 (0.44%) Grafana
8 1 (0.44%) Packer
8 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 97 (42.73%) Microsoft
2 41 (18.06%) Okta
3 31 (13.66%) CyberArk
4 20 (8.81%) Google
5 19 (8.37%) Ping Identity
5 19 (8.37%) ServiceNow
6 17 (7.49%) Cisco
6 17 (7.49%) Palo Alto
6 17 (7.49%) Splunk
7 11 (4.85%) Zscaler
8 10 (4.41%) F5
8 10 (4.41%) ForgeRock
9 9 (3.96%) SAP
9 9 (3.96%) VMware
10 8 (3.52%) Oracle
10 8 (3.52%) Workday
11 7 (3.08%) CheckPoint
12 5 (2.20%) Citrix
12 5 (2.20%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (2.20%) SolarWinds