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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 370 438
Rank change year-on-year -54 +68 +20
Contract jobs citing SAML 230 151 92
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.54% 0.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.30% 2.10% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 99 56
10th Percentile £404 £375 £260
25th Percentile £455 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £498 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% -13.48% -4.17%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £750 £617 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £575
% change year-on-year +2.39% -10.83% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 1
10th Percentile £58.93 - -
25th Percentile £72.50 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £63.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +23.02% +160.55% -
75th Percentile £85.54 £64.50 -
90th Percentile £87.56 - -
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £59.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +31.36% +144.00% -

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 9,997 7,191 7,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.34% 25.54% 24.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,576 4,855 5,186
10th Percentile £381 £358 £361
25th Percentile £447 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -5.91% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 171 157
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £32.10
25th Percentile £53.90 £41.42 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +10.94%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.00 £73.85
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.72 £65.00
% change year-on-year +28.15% -21.97% +10.11%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -57 92 £550 -0.23% 14
South East -11 62 £500 -9.09% 9
North of England -56 45 £512 +13.08% 15
Yorkshire -28 30 £563 +12.55% 11
North West -48 13 £491 +9.60% 4
Midlands -55 11 £425 -0.93% 1
West Midlands -39 9 £425 -23.60% 1
South West -43 9 £700 +36.85% 9
East Midlands -23 2 £401 -3.37%
East of England -31 2 £513 +24.24%
North East - 2 £438 -
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 14 (6.09%) Confluence
2 5 (2.17%) IIS
3 4 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.30%) Apache
4 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.87%) SAS
6 1 (0.43%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.74%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 151 (65.65%) Azure
2 123 (53.48%) Entra ID
3 76 (33.04%) AWS
4 57 (24.78%) GCP
5 32 (13.91%) SaaS
6 20 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (8.70%) GitHub
7 15 (6.52%) Boomi
8 14 (6.09%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (5.65%) Azure Key Vault
10 11 (4.78%) Azure AKS
10 11 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (4.35%) iPaaS
12 9 (3.91%) Azure API Management
12 9 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (3.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 9 (3.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 8 (3.48%) OCI
14 7 (3.04%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 29 (12.61%) DNS
2 21 (9.13%) SSL
3 19 (8.26%) Kerberos
4 16 (6.96%) Firewall
5 14 (6.09%) HTTP
5 14 (6.09%) Network Security
6 12 (5.22%) IPsec
7 11 (4.78%) Reverse Proxy
7 11 (4.78%) TCP/IP
8 10 (4.35%) VPN
9 6 (2.61%) DHCP
9 6 (2.61%) WAN
9 6 (2.61%) X.509
10 5 (2.17%) HTTPS
10 5 (2.17%) Wireless
11 4 (1.74%) LAN
12 3 (1.30%) BGP
12 3 (1.30%) BIG-IP
12 3 (1.30%) OSPF
12 3 (1.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.91%) NoSQL
2 8 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (3.04%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.17%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.30%) Metadata
5 3 (1.30%) Parquet
5 3 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.87%) Base SAS
6 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.87%) MySQL
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.43%) Db2
7 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.43%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.43%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 17 (7.39%) Git
2 16 (6.96%) JIRA
3 9 (3.91%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.04%) GitLab
5 3 (1.30%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.87%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.43%) Gerrit
7 1 (0.43%) Maven
7 1 (0.43%) Moq
7 1 (0.43%) Postman
7 1 (0.43%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.43%) WinAutomation
General
1 52 (22.61%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.52%) Finance
3 31 (13.48%) Documentation Skills
4 29 (12.61%) Public Sector
5 25 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.35%) Banking
7 8 (3.48%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.04%) Military
9 5 (2.17%) Legal
10 4 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.74%) Publishing
11 3 (1.30%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.43%) Advertising
12 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.43%) Local Government
12 1 (0.43%) Marketing
12 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.43%) Police
12 1 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (24.78%) Architect
2 26 (11.30%) Developer
3 21 (9.13%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (8.26%) IAM Specialist
5 14 (6.09%) Lead
5 14 (6.09%) Technical Architect
6 12 (5.22%) Consultant
7 10 (4.35%) Senior
8 8 (3.48%) Security Architect
8 8 (3.48%) Security Engineer
8 8 (3.48%) Technical Consultant
9 7 (3.04%) Applications Engineer
9 7 (3.04%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (3.04%) IAM Developer
10 6 (2.61%) Network Engineer
10 6 (2.61%) Product Owner
10 6 (2.61%) Security Consultant
10 6 (2.61%) Security Technical Consultant
10 6 (2.61%) Technical Security Consultant
11 5 (2.17%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (76.09%) OAuth
2 145 (63.04%) OpenID
3 91 (39.57%) OAuth2
4 64 (27.83%) LDAP
5 53 (23.04%) REST
6 45 (19.57%) Terraform
7 35 (15.22%) SailPoint
8 27 (11.74%) JWT
8 27 (11.74%) SOAP
9 24 (10.43%) JSON
10 19 (8.26%) Middleware
11 18 (7.83%) Kafka
11 18 (7.83%) RESTful
12 17 (7.39%) Web Services
13 15 (6.52%) GraphQL
13 15 (6.52%) XML
14 14 (6.09%) .NET
14 14 (6.09%) Swagger
15 12 (5.22%) OpenAPI
16 11 (4.78%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 46 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 41 (17.83%) Onboarding
3 27 (11.74%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (11.30%) PKI
5 22 (9.57%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (6.96%) Product Ownership
7 11 (4.78%) Management Information System
8 10 (4.35%) Security Posture
9 7 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (3.04%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (3.04%) Replication
10 6 (2.61%) Data Centre
11 5 (2.17%) AI Agents
11 5 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.74%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (1.30%) IoT
13 3 (1.30%) Wiki
14 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
14 2 (0.87%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.65%) Linux
2 10 (4.35%) Windows
3 5 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.74%) Unix
5 3 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.30%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.87%) macOS
6 2 (0.87%) VMS
7 1 (0.43%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.43%) CatOS
7 1 (0.43%) CentOS
7 1 (0.43%) Rocky
7 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (34.35%) Identity Access Management
2 72 (31.30%) CI/CD
3 70 (30.43%) RBAC
4 61 (26.52%) DevOps
5 43 (18.70%) Zero Trust
6 41 (17.83%) Cybersecurity
7 40 (17.39%) Event-Driven
8 39 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (16.52%) Microservices
10 37 (16.09%) Infrastructure as Code
11 35 (15.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 34 (14.78%) Agile
13 33 (14.35%) Roadmaps
14 32 (13.91%) Integration Patterns
15 30 (13.04%) Migration
15 30 (13.04%) Privileged Access Management
15 30 (13.04%) Runbook
16 29 (12.61%) Secrets Management
16 29 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
16 29 (12.61%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 63 (27.39%) Python
2 61 (26.52%) PowerShell
3 21 (9.13%) Java
3 21 (9.13%) SQL
4 14 (6.09%) Bash
5 9 (3.91%) Go
6 8 (3.48%) C#
7 7 (3.04%) Bicep
8 6 (2.61%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.74%) Groovy
9 4 (1.74%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.87%) SAS Macro
10 2 (0.87%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.43%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.43%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.43%) Perl
11 1 (0.43%) R
11 1 (0.43%) Ruby
11 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 45 (19.57%) SC Cleared
3 36 (15.65%) Degree
4 23 (10.00%) CISSP
5 15 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (5.65%) Azure Certification
6 13 (5.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (4.35%) AWS Certification
8 10 (4.35%) CISM
9 7 (3.04%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.17%) CSPO
10 5 (2.17%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.74%) GIAC
12 3 (1.30%) CEH
13 2 (0.87%) CRISC
14 1 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (0.43%) OSCE
14 1 (0.43%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (15.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (12.17%) NIST
3 21 (9.13%) GDPR
4 9 (3.91%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.91%) NCSC
5 7 (3.04%) HIPAA
5 7 (3.04%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.61%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.30%) QA
7 3 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.43%) GRC
9 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 109 (47.39%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.09%) Docker
3 5 (2.17%) OpenAM
4 3 (1.30%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.43%) Squid
6 1 (0.43%) zsh
Systems Management
1 84 (36.52%) Single Sign-On
2 41 (17.83%) Kubernetes
3 19 (8.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (5.22%) Ansible
5 8 (3.48%) Grafana
6 7 (3.04%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.87%) Consul
9 2 (0.87%) FreeIPA
9 2 (0.87%) Istio
9 2 (0.87%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.87%) Packer
9 2 (0.87%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.43%) Argo
10 1 (0.43%) CASB
10 1 (0.43%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.43%) Puppet
10 1 (0.43%) systemd
10 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 120 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.91%) Google
3 29 (12.61%) Okta
4 19 (8.26%) Oracle
4 19 (8.26%) Ping Identity
5 15 (6.52%) BeyondTrust
6 14 (6.09%) CyberArk
6 14 (6.09%) ServiceNow
7 13 (5.65%) MuleSoft
7 13 (5.65%) Palo Alto
8 12 (5.22%) Cisco
9 11 (4.78%) IBM
10 10 (4.35%) ForgeRock
10 10 (4.35%) Informatica
11 9 (3.91%) TIBCO
11 9 (3.91%) WSO2
12 8 (3.48%) Salesforce
12 8 (3.48%) SAP
13 7 (3.04%) F5
13 7 (3.04%) Workday