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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
25 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 375 398
Rank change year-on-year -15 +23 +117
Contract jobs citing SAML 219 109 163
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.43% 0.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.64% 1.92% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 76 106
10th Percentile £368 £404 £375
25th Percentile £461 £440 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% +0.98% -6.25%
75th Percentile £653 £644 £643
90th Percentile £873 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
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 8,282 5,682 7,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.07% 22.64% 21.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,471 3,948 5,519
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £538
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 116 263
10th Percentile £30.61 £31.78 £22.96
25th Percentile £51.25 £49.06 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% +4.67% -13.46%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.14 £81.01 £74.49
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -6 115 £550 -9.69% 21
North of England -60 36 £563 +12.50% 9
South East -34 35 £750 +30.43% 13
Yorkshire -50 21 £598 +36.10% 3
Midlands -55 18 £400 -6.76%
North West -30 14 £550 +4.76% 5
West Midlands -45 13 £350 -41.96%
South West -40 6 £550 -11.11% 1
East Midlands -25 5 £438 +3.67%
North East - 2 £413 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 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 9 (4.11%) Confluence
2 8 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.91%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (2.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.91%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 137 (62.56%) Azure
2 104 (47.49%) Entra ID
3 73 (33.33%) AWS
4 44 (20.09%) GCP
5 27 (12.33%) SaaS
6 16 (7.31%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (7.31%) OpenShift
7 12 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (5.02%) Serverless
9 10 (4.57%) GitHub
10 6 (2.74%) Azure Key Vault
10 6 (2.74%) Cloud Run
10 6 (2.74%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 6 (2.74%) IaaS
10 6 (2.74%) PaaS
10 6 (2.74%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.28%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.83%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 42 (19.18%) DNS
2 35 (15.98%) Kerberos
3 27 (12.33%) SSL
4 24 (10.96%) Firewall
5 20 (9.13%) DHCP
6 19 (8.68%) HTTP
7 17 (7.76%) TCP/IP
8 16 (7.31%) VPN
9 14 (6.39%) IPsec
10 13 (5.94%) Network Security
11 12 (5.48%) WAN
12 11 (5.02%) Wireless
13 10 (4.57%) HTTPS
13 10 (4.57%) LAN
14 7 (3.20%) BIG-IP
14 7 (3.20%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (3.20%) Cisco Nexus
15 6 (2.74%) Reverse Proxy
15 6 (2.74%) Wireshark
16 5 (2.28%) Ethereal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.57%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.28%) Metadata
3 3 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.37%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.37%) MySQL
3 3 (1.37%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.91%) GIS
4 2 (0.91%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.46%) Db2
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.46%) Parquet
5 1 (0.46%) Power BI
5 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (6.39%) Jenkins
1 14 (6.39%) JIRA
2 10 (4.57%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (1.83%) Git
3 4 (1.83%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.37%) Fiddler
4 3 (1.37%) GitLab
5 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.46%) Moq
5 1 (0.46%) Postman
5 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 69 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 51 (23.29%) Finance
3 30 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (12.33%) Documentation Skills
5 24 (10.96%) Public Sector
6 18 (8.22%) Banking
7 13 (5.94%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.28%) Military
8 5 (2.28%) Retail
9 4 (1.83%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.83%) Legal
10 3 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 67 (30.59%) Architect
2 19 (8.68%) Technical Architect
3 16 (7.31%) Developer
4 12 (5.48%) CyberArk Architect
5 11 (5.02%) IAM Specialist
5 11 (5.02%) Senior
6 10 (4.57%) Lead
7 9 (4.11%) Network Engineer
7 9 (4.11%) Security Engineer
7 9 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.65%) Analyst
8 8 (3.65%) Applications Engineer
8 8 (3.65%) Consultant
9 7 (3.20%) IAM Developer
9 7 (3.20%) Security Architect
10 6 (2.74%) Java Developer
11 5 (2.28%) Product Owner
11 5 (2.28%) Support Engineer
11 5 (2.28%) Systems Engineer
12 4 (1.83%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (74.43%) OAuth
2 142 (64.84%) OpenID
3 86 (39.27%) LDAP
4 75 (34.25%) OAuth2
5 30 (13.70%) REST
5 30 (13.70%) SailPoint
6 17 (7.76%) Web Services
7 14 (6.39%) SOAP
8 12 (5.48%) .NET
8 12 (5.48%) JSON
8 12 (5.48%) JWT
8 12 (5.48%) RESTful
9 7 (3.20%) Middleware
9 7 (3.20%) Spring Boot
10 6 (2.74%) FIDO
10 6 (2.74%) GraphQL
10 6 (2.74%) Spring
11 5 (2.28%) J2EE
11 5 (2.28%) JDBC
11 5 (2.28%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 42 (19.18%) Onboarding
2 40 (18.26%) Cloud Native
3 15 (6.85%) PKI
3 15 (6.85%) Replication
4 14 (6.39%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (5.94%) Security Posture
6 11 (5.02%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (5.02%) Product Ownership
7 8 (3.65%) Management Information System
8 7 (3.20%) IoT
9 6 (2.74%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.83%) Clustering
10 4 (1.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.83%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.37%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.37%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.24%) Windows
2 17 (7.76%) Windows Server
3 16 (7.31%) Linux
4 3 (1.37%) CatOS
4 3 (1.37%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.91%) Unix
5 2 (0.91%) VMS
6 1 (0.46%) CentOS
6 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (31.96%) CI/CD
2 68 (31.05%) Identity Access Management
3 67 (30.59%) DevOps
4 64 (29.22%) RBAC
5 49 (22.37%) Cybersecurity
6 40 (18.26%) Infrastructure as Code
7 38 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (15.07%) Roadmaps
9 32 (14.61%) Zero Trust
10 31 (14.16%) Migration
10 31 (14.16%) Stakeholder Management
11 28 (12.79%) Agile
11 28 (12.79%) Runbook
12 26 (11.87%) Architectural Patterns
12 26 (11.87%) Microservices
13 24 (10.96%) Design Patterns
13 24 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (10.50%) ITSM
14 23 (10.50%) Threat Modelling
15 22 (10.05%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.00%) PowerShell
2 45 (20.55%) Python
3 36 (16.44%) Java
4 20 (9.13%) SQL
5 10 (4.57%) Bash
6 9 (4.11%) Go
7 8 (3.65%) C#
8 6 (2.74%) JavaScript
9 5 (2.28%) Bicep
10 3 (1.37%) Groovy
10 3 (1.37%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 68 (31.05%) Security Cleared
2 57 (26.03%) SC Cleared
3 27 (12.33%) Degree
4 20 (9.13%) CISSP
5 12 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (4.57%) Azure Certification
6 10 (4.57%) CISM
6 10 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (4.11%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.74%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.28%) CSPO
11 3 (1.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.91%) CEH
12 2 (0.91%) CRISC
12 2 (0.91%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.91%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (18.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (17.35%) GDPR
3 37 (16.89%) NIST
4 20 (9.13%) NCSC
5 19 (8.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (3.20%) HIPAA
6 7 (3.20%) PCI DSS
7 6 (2.74%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.74%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.83%) GRC
9 3 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.46%) QA
10 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 89 (40.64%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.85%) Docker
3 7 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.20%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.28%) RACF
5 3 (1.37%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.46%) Squid
Systems Management
1 84 (38.36%) Single Sign-On
2 49 (22.37%) Kubernetes
3 40 (18.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 31 (14.16%) Terraform
5 7 (3.20%) Ansible
6 4 (1.83%) CA Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.83%) PingFederate
6 4 (1.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.46%) Argo
8 1 (0.46%) CASB
8 1 (0.46%) Consul
8 1 (0.46%) Grafana
8 1 (0.46%) Packer
8 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.46%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 97 (44.29%) Microsoft
2 41 (18.72%) Okta
3 30 (13.70%) CyberArk
4 19 (8.68%) Ping Identity
4 19 (8.68%) ServiceNow
5 18 (8.22%) Splunk
6 17 (7.76%) Google
7 13 (5.94%) Cisco
7 13 (5.94%) Palo Alto
8 10 (4.57%) ForgeRock
8 10 (4.57%) SAP
8 10 (4.57%) Zscaler
9 9 (4.11%) VMware
10 8 (3.65%) Workday
11 7 (3.20%) CheckPoint
11 7 (3.20%) F5
12 6 (2.74%) Oracle
13 5 (2.28%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (1.83%) Citrix
14 4 (1.83%) Netskope
42 SAML jobs in England