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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 392 410
Rank change year-on-year +36 +18 +126
Contract jobs citing SAML 228 96 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.37% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.95% 1.65% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 67 98
10th Percentile £406 £470 £363
25th Percentile £440 £538 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £607 £563
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +7.91% -8.54%
75th Percentile £613 £653 £700
90th Percentile £715 £758 £845
UK median daily rate £525 £607 £600
% change year-on-year -13.51% +1.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.50 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 - £25.00
75th Percentile £64.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 - £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 7,720 5,829 7,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.73% 22.70% 20.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,178 3,838 5,493
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.10% -1.69% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 81 211
10th Percentile £35.13 £27.11 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £81.01 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 28 February 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 28 February 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 +21 101 £575 -4.17% 24
North of England -36 37 £459 -12.57% 3
South West +8 35 £540 -18.49% 2
Yorkshire -40 26 £469 -21.83% 1
Midlands -42 26 £447 -25.50% 1
West Midlands -33 22 £450 -25.86% 1
South East -42 15 £600 -4.38% 10
North West -31 11 £453 -13.71% 2
East of England - 8 £425 -
East Midlands -24 4 £442 -26.29%
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 (5.26%) Confluence
2 10 (4.39%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.19%) Apache
3 5 (2.19%) IIS
3 5 (2.19%) iPlanet
3 5 (2.19%) JBoss
3 5 (2.19%) WebSphere
3 5 (2.19%) WebSphere Application Server
4 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.32%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 7 (3.07%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 121 (53.07%) Azure
2 83 (36.40%) Entra ID
3 65 (28.51%) AWS
4 30 (13.16%) GCP
5 23 (10.09%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (10.09%) OpenShift
6 21 (9.21%) SaaS
7 18 (7.89%) PaaS
8 12 (5.26%) Serverless
9 11 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (4.39%) GitHub
11 9 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (3.51%) Power Platform
13 7 (3.07%) Azure Storage
13 7 (3.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 7 (3.07%) IaaS
14 5 (2.19%) Azure AKS
14 5 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (2.19%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 48 (21.05%) Kerberos
2 40 (17.54%) DNS
3 31 (13.60%) Firewall
4 19 (8.33%) SSL
5 15 (6.58%) DHCP
5 15 (6.58%) VPN
6 11 (4.82%) IPsec
7 10 (4.39%) HTTP
7 10 (4.39%) Network Security
8 9 (3.95%) Wireshark
9 8 (3.51%) Wireless
10 7 (3.07%) HTTPS
10 7 (3.07%) Reverse Proxy
11 6 (2.63%) BIG-IP
11 6 (2.63%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (2.63%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (2.63%) Ethereal
11 6 (2.63%) LAN
11 6 (2.63%) WAN
12 4 (1.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.19%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.75%) Power BI
4 3 (1.32%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.32%) GIS
4 3 (1.32%) Metadata
5 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.88%) MySQL
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.44%) Parquet
6 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (14.04%) Jenkins
2 11 (4.82%) JIRA
3 9 (3.95%) Git
4 5 (2.19%) Bitbucket Server
4 5 (2.19%) CA Release Automation
4 5 (2.19%) GitLab
4 5 (2.19%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.75%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.88%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.88%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.88%) Maven
6 2 (0.88%) Postman
6 2 (0.88%) Selenium
7 1 (0.44%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.44%) Gatling
7 1 (0.44%) git-flow
7 1 (0.44%) gulp
7 1 (0.44%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.44%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.44%) webpack
General
1 94 (41.23%) Social Skills
2 42 (18.42%) Finance
3 36 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (14.47%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.70%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (4.82%) Aviation
8 10 (4.39%) Banking
9 9 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.19%) Legal
11 3 (1.32%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.32%) Retail
12 2 (0.88%) Billing
12 2 (0.88%) Military
13 1 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.44%) Law
13 1 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 63 (27.63%) Architect
2 21 (9.21%) Senior
3 18 (7.89%) Developer
4 15 (6.58%) Solutions Architect
5 14 (6.14%) Analyst
6 13 (5.70%) Consultant
6 13 (5.70%) CyberArk Architect
6 13 (5.70%) Security Engineer
7 12 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (4.82%) Network Engineer
8 11 (4.82%) Security Architect
9 9 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (3.95%) Technical Architect
10 8 (3.51%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 8 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.07%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.07%) ForgeRock Developer
11 7 (3.07%) Lead
11 7 (3.07%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (76.32%) OAuth
2 148 (64.91%) OpenID
3 74 (32.46%) LDAP
4 72 (31.58%) OAuth2
5 18 (7.89%) REST
6 17 (7.46%) SailPoint
7 15 (6.58%) JWT
7 15 (6.58%) RESTful
8 12 (5.26%) .NET
9 9 (3.95%) GraphQL
10 7 (3.07%) Web Services
11 6 (2.63%) Spring
12 5 (2.19%) .NET Core
12 5 (2.19%) .NET Framework
12 5 (2.19%) AngularJS
12 5 (2.19%) HTML
12 5 (2.19%) React
12 5 (2.19%) Spring Boot
12 5 (2.19%) XACML
13 4 (1.75%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 28 (12.28%) Cloud Native
3 22 (9.65%) Replication
4 17 (7.46%) Management Information System
5 12 (5.26%) Private Cloud
6 11 (4.82%) PKI
7 9 (3.95%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.19%) BYOD
10 5 (2.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (2.19%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.32%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
13 2 (0.88%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
14 1 (0.44%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 46 (20.18%) Windows
2 33 (14.47%) Windows Server
3 23 (10.09%) Linux
4 5 (2.19%) Unix
5 4 (1.75%) AIX
5 4 (1.75%) CatOS
5 4 (1.75%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (36.40%) Identity Access Management
2 71 (31.14%) RBAC
3 66 (28.95%) CI/CD
3 66 (28.95%) DevOps
4 56 (24.56%) Cybersecurity
5 45 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (17.11%) Identity Management
7 38 (16.67%) Migration
8 32 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (13.16%) Infrastructure as Code
10 29 (12.72%) Secrets Management
11 27 (11.84%) Architectural Patterns
12 26 (11.40%) Privileged Access Management
12 26 (11.40%) SIEM
13 25 (10.96%) Agile
14 23 (10.09%) Design Patterns
15 22 (9.65%) Roadmaps
15 22 (9.65%) Task Automation
15 22 (9.65%) Validation
15 22 (9.65%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 62 (27.19%) PowerShell
2 43 (18.86%) Python
3 24 (10.53%) Java
4 20 (8.77%) JavaScript
5 15 (6.58%) SQL
6 11 (4.82%) Groovy
7 10 (4.39%) C#
8 9 (3.95%) Go
9 8 (3.51%) Bash
10 5 (2.19%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.75%) Bicep
12 3 (1.32%) PHP
13 2 (0.88%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 79 (34.65%) Security Cleared
2 51 (22.37%) SC Cleared
3 29 (12.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (8.33%) DV Cleared
5 18 (7.89%) CISSP
6 17 (7.46%) Degree
7 9 (3.95%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (3.51%) CISM
9 6 (2.63%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.63%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.32%) PhD
12 2 (0.88%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.88%) CCSP
13 1 (0.44%) HND
13 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (19.74%) GDPR
2 40 (17.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (14.04%) NIST
4 22 (9.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (6.58%) NCSC
6 14 (6.14%) SOC 2
7 9 (3.95%) PCI DSS
8 7 (3.07%) HIPAA
9 6 (2.63%) QA
10 5 (2.19%) PSD2
11 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (1.75%) Data Quality
12 3 (1.32%) GRC
12 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (1.32%) SLA
13 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 100 (43.86%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.33%) Docker
3 10 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.63%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.19%) RACF
5 5 (2.19%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 2 (0.88%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.88%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.88%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.44%) Squid
Systems Management
1 108 (47.37%) Single Sign-On
2 42 (18.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 40 (17.54%) Kubernetes
4 29 (12.72%) Terraform
5 9 (3.95%) PingFederate
6 5 (2.19%) CA Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.19%) CA Wily
6 5 (2.19%) Progress Chef
6 5 (2.19%) Tivoli
7 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.32%) Ansible
8 3 (1.32%) SCCM
9 2 (0.88%) Grafana
10 1 (0.44%) Argo
10 1 (0.44%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.44%) Oracle Identity Manager
10 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 109 (47.81%) Microsoft
2 35 (15.35%) CyberArk
3 32 (14.04%) Splunk
4 30 (13.16%) Okta
5 21 (9.21%) Ping Identity
6 16 (7.02%) VMware
7 14 (6.14%) ForgeRock
8 13 (5.70%) Google
9 9 (3.95%) Oracle
9 9 (3.95%) ServiceNow
10 8 (3.51%) Cisco
10 8 (3.51%) Palo Alto
10 8 (3.51%) SAP
11 7 (3.07%) BeyondTrust
12 6 (2.63%) AppDynamics
12 6 (2.63%) CheckPoint
12 6 (2.63%) F5
13 5 (2.19%) Broadcom
13 5 (2.19%) IBM
14 4 (1.75%) Zscaler