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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 411 449
Rank change year-on-year +56 +38 +113
Contract jobs citing SAML 186 94 138
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.30% 0.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.69% 1.41% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 61 95
10th Percentile £400 £400 £313
25th Percentile £424 £500 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £681
90th Percentile £675 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.50 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 - -
75th Percentile £64.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £59.00 - -

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 6,919 6,683 8,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.77% 21.67% 22.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,668 4,253 6,302
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £633 £670 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 98 183
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £36.37
25th Percentile £43.00 £41.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.15 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.25
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.12% -14.34%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 +24 71 £550 -8.33% 36
North of England -2 37 £430 - 4
South West +34 32 £533 - 13
Yorkshire -18 24 £420 - 2
Midlands -37 20 £430 -27.66% 5
South East -4 13 £563 -10.00% 7
North West - 13 £446 - 2
East Midlands -16 10 £415 -30.83%
West Midlands -29 10 £563 -5.82% 5
East of England - 7 £419 -
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 24 (12.90%) Confluence
2 14 (7.53%) WebSphere
3 13 (6.99%) WebSphere Application Server
4 11 (5.91%) Apache
4 11 (5.91%) IIS
4 11 (5.91%) JBoss
5 10 (5.38%) iPlanet
6 7 (3.76%) SharePoint
7 5 (2.69%) CMS
7 5 (2.69%) Headless CMS
8 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (6.99%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (48.39%) Azure
2 73 (39.25%) AWS
3 60 (32.26%) Entra ID
4 31 (16.67%) GCP
5 27 (14.52%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (14.52%) SaaS
6 14 (7.53%) Amazon EKS
7 12 (6.45%) GitHub
7 12 (6.45%) OpenShift
8 10 (5.38%) PaaS
9 9 (4.84%) Azure AKS
9 9 (4.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 9 (4.84%) Serverless
10 8 (4.30%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (3.76%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (3.23%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (2.69%) Amazon S3
13 5 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (15.59%) Kerberos
2 25 (13.44%) SSL
3 22 (11.83%) Firewall
4 18 (9.68%) DNS
5 7 (3.76%) VPN
6 6 (3.23%) Network Security
7 5 (2.69%) Internet
7 5 (2.69%) SSH
8 4 (2.15%) TCP/IP
8 4 (2.15%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.61%) BGP
9 3 (1.61%) OSPF
10 2 (1.08%) DHCP
10 2 (1.08%) Extranet
10 2 (1.08%) S/MIME
11 1 (0.54%) HTTP
11 1 (0.54%) SMTP
11 1 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.38%) Oracle Database
2 5 (2.69%) DynamoDB
3 4 (2.15%) Power BI
4 3 (1.61%) Metadata
5 1 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (13.44%) Jenkins
2 24 (12.90%) JIRA
3 14 (7.53%) Git
4 11 (5.91%) Bitbucket Server
4 11 (5.91%) CA Release Automation
5 8 (4.30%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.61%) GitLab
6 3 (1.61%) Log4j
7 2 (1.08%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.08%) Fiddler
7 2 (1.08%) Maven
8 1 (0.54%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.54%) git-flow
8 1 (0.54%) gulp
8 1 (0.54%) Postman
8 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.54%) webpack
General
1 83 (44.62%) Social Skills
2 37 (19.89%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (12.90%) Finance
4 20 (10.75%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (5.91%) Aviation
5 11 (5.91%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.69%) Banking
8 4 (2.15%) Legal
9 3 (1.61%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.61%) Publishing
9 3 (1.61%) Retail
10 2 (1.08%) Billing
11 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.54%) Law
11 1 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 44 (23.66%) Architect
2 20 (10.75%) Senior
3 14 (7.53%) Business Analyst
3 14 (7.53%) Consultant
4 13 (6.99%) Analyst
5 12 (6.45%) Security Engineer
6 11 (5.91%) Developer
6 11 (5.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (5.91%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (5.38%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (5.38%) ServiceNow Architect
8 9 (4.84%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (4.84%) Senior Architect
9 8 (4.30%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (4.30%) Security Architect
10 7 (3.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.23%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.23%) IAM Specialist
11 6 (3.23%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
11 6 (3.23%) Identity Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (77.42%) OAuth
2 124 (66.67%) OpenID
3 68 (36.56%) LDAP
4 60 (32.26%) OAuth2
5 25 (13.44%) REST
6 20 (10.75%) JSON
7 16 (8.60%) AngularJS
7 16 (8.60%) JDBC
8 15 (8.06%) HTML
8 15 (8.06%) SOAP
9 14 (7.53%) HTML5
9 14 (7.53%) RabbitMQ
10 13 (6.99%) Apache Camel
10 13 (6.99%) jQuery
10 13 (6.99%) ODBC
10 13 (6.99%) SailPoint
10 13 (6.99%) Web Services
11 11 (5.91%) Spring
12 9 (4.84%) Hibernate
12 9 (4.84%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.75%) Onboarding
2 17 (9.14%) Cloud Native
3 16 (8.60%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.91%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (5.91%) PKI
5 10 (5.38%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (5.38%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.76%) Replication
7 5 (2.69%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.15%) BYOD
9 3 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.54%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.54%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (18.28%) Windows
2 26 (13.98%) Linux
3 23 (12.37%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.30%) Unix
5 5 (2.69%) AIX
5 5 (2.69%) Solaris
6 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (38.17%) Identity Access Management
2 66 (35.48%) RBAC
3 56 (30.11%) DevOps
4 51 (27.42%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (23.66%) Identity Management
6 42 (22.58%) CI/CD
7 32 (17.20%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 29 (15.59%) Agile
9 28 (15.05%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (13.98%) Migration
11 23 (12.37%) Microservices
11 23 (12.37%) Privileged Access Management
11 23 (12.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (11.83%) Infrastructure as Code
13 19 (10.22%) DevSecOps
14 18 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 18 (9.68%) Integration Patterns
14 18 (9.68%) Zero Trust
15 17 (9.14%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 49 (26.34%) PowerShell
2 28 (15.05%) JavaScript
2 28 (15.05%) Python
3 17 (9.14%) Java
4 13 (6.99%) Groovy
5 11 (5.91%) Bash
6 8 (4.30%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.15%) C#
7 4 (2.15%) SQL
8 3 (1.61%) PHP
9 1 (0.54%) Go
9 1 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.54%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 54 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 33 (17.74%) SC Cleared
3 21 (11.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (9.68%) Degree
5 17 (9.14%) CISSP
6 15 (8.06%) DV Cleared
7 13 (6.99%) AWS Certification
8 9 (4.84%) CISM
9 8 (4.30%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (3.76%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.69%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.61%) PhD
14 2 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (1.08%) CCSP
14 2 (1.08%) IBM Certification
14 2 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (20.97%) GDPR
2 23 (12.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (8.60%) HIPAA
4 15 (8.06%) NIST
5 11 (5.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (5.91%) SOC 2
6 7 (3.76%) PCI DSS
7 6 (3.23%) QA
8 5 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (2.69%) PSD2
9 4 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (2.15%) Data Quality
10 2 (1.08%) SLA
11 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 86 (46.24%) Active Directory
2 23 (12.37%) Docker
3 8 (4.30%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 104 (55.91%) Single Sign-On
2 27 (14.52%) Terraform
3 24 (12.90%) Kubernetes
4 19 (10.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 11 (5.91%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (5.38%) CA Wily
7 9 (4.84%) PingFederate
7 9 (4.84%) Progress Chef
7 9 (4.84%) Tivoli Identity Manager
8 8 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (4.30%) Tivoli
9 4 (2.15%) Ansible
10 3 (1.61%) Prometheus
10 3 (1.61%) SCCM
11 1 (0.54%) Argo
11 1 (0.54%) Grafana
11 1 (0.54%) HP Operations Orchestration
11 1 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.54%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.54%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 83 (44.62%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.98%) Ping Identity
3 24 (12.90%) Splunk
4 22 (11.83%) IBM
5 19 (10.22%) ServiceNow
6 17 (9.14%) CyberArk
7 13 (6.99%) BMC
7 13 (6.99%) HP
7 13 (6.99%) Ivanti
7 13 (6.99%) Okta
7 13 (6.99%) Remedy
8 12 (6.45%) ForgeRock
8 12 (6.45%) Oracle
9 11 (5.91%) AppDynamics
9 11 (5.91%) Broadcom
10 9 (4.84%) VMware
11 8 (4.30%) Alibaba
12 7 (3.76%) Zscaler
13 6 (3.23%) BeyondTrust
13 6 (3.23%) SAP