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

 6 months to
3 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 377 433
Rank change year-on-year -59 +56 +22
Contract jobs citing SAML 213 143 91
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.51% 0.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.16% 2.00% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 91 56
10th Percentile £400 £368 £260
25th Percentile £455 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £568
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -11.89% -5.42%
75th Percentile £634 £575 £638
90th Percentile £750 £625 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £519 £575
% change year-on-year +1.25% -9.83% -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 9,867 7,166 8,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.21% 25.57% 24.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,489 4,845 5,302
10th Percentile £381 £356 £363
25th Percentile £447 £413 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -5.45% -0.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £666
90th Percentile £738 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 172 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.29 £35.50
25th Percentile £54.37 £42.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.20 £70.00 £74.68
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £62.93
% change year-on-year +20.37% -14.19% +4.88%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -56 84 £550 -0.45% 127
South East -9 57 £488 -7.14% 36
North of England -63 40 £500 +10.74% 35
Yorkshire -27 27 £565 +15.90% 15
Midlands -54 12 £402 -3.13% 13
South West -38 11 £600 +16.00% 11
North West -51 11 £486 +8.37% 18
West Midlands -33 10 £425 -28.42% 6
East of England -27 2 £513 +18.84% 7
East Midlands -29 2 £401 -3.37% 7
North East - 2 £438 - 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 11 (5.16%) Confluence
2 4 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.41%) Apache
3 3 (1.41%) IIS
3 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.47%) nginx
4 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.88%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 139 (65.26%) Azure
2 112 (52.58%) Entra ID
3 72 (33.80%) AWS
4 56 (26.29%) GCP
5 32 (15.02%) SaaS
6 19 (8.92%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (7.98%) GitHub
8 15 (7.04%) Boomi
9 13 (6.10%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (5.63%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (4.69%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (4.69%) iPaaS
12 9 (4.23%) Azure AKS
13 8 (3.76%) Azure API Management
13 8 (3.76%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (3.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (3.29%) IaaS
14 7 (3.29%) OCI
14 7 (3.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.68%) DNS
2 21 (9.86%) SSL
3 19 (8.92%) Firewall
4 15 (7.04%) Kerberos
5 14 (6.57%) HTTP
5 14 (6.57%) Network Security
6 13 (6.10%) TCP/IP
7 12 (5.63%) VPN
8 11 (5.16%) IPsec
9 9 (4.23%) Reverse Proxy
10 8 (3.76%) DHCP
10 8 (3.76%) WAN
11 6 (2.82%) LAN
12 5 (2.35%) HTTPS
12 5 (2.35%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.35%) Wireless
12 5 (2.35%) X.509
13 4 (1.88%) Internet
14 3 (1.41%) BGP
14 3 (1.41%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.23%) NoSQL
2 8 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (2.35%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.41%) Parquet
4 3 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.94%) Metadata
5 2 (0.94%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.94%) MySQL
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.47%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.47%) Db2
6 1 (0.47%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.47%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (7.04%) Git
2 13 (6.10%) JIRA
3 9 (4.23%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.82%) GitLab
5 5 (2.35%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.94%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.47%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.47%) Gerrit
8 1 (0.47%) Maven
8 1 (0.47%) Moq
8 1 (0.47%) Postman
8 1 (0.47%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 51 (23.94%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.02%) Finance
3 29 (13.62%) Documentation Skills
4 26 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (11.27%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.23%) Banking
7 8 (3.76%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.35%) Legal
8 5 (2.35%) Military
9 4 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.88%) Publishing
10 3 (1.41%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Advertising
12 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.47%) Local Government
12 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (25.82%) Architect
2 27 (12.68%) Developer
3 20 (9.39%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (6.57%) IAM Specialist
4 14 (6.57%) Technical Architect
5 13 (6.10%) Consultant
6 11 (5.16%) Lead
7 9 (4.23%) Security Engineer
8 8 (3.76%) IAM Developer
8 8 (3.76%) Security Architect
8 8 (3.76%) Senior
9 7 (3.29%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (3.29%) Network Engineer
9 7 (3.29%) Technical Consultant
10 6 (2.82%) Product Owner
11 5 (2.35%) Analyst
11 5 (2.35%) Applications Developer
11 5 (2.35%) Applications Engineer
11 5 (2.35%) Integration Architect
11 5 (2.35%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (74.65%) OAuth
2 132 (61.97%) OpenID
3 83 (38.97%) OAuth2
4 59 (27.70%) LDAP
5 52 (24.41%) REST
6 37 (17.37%) Terraform
7 30 (14.08%) SailPoint
8 27 (12.68%) JWT
8 27 (12.68%) SOAP
9 24 (11.27%) JSON
10 19 (8.92%) Middleware
11 18 (8.45%) RESTful
12 17 (7.98%) Kafka
12 17 (7.98%) Web Services
13 15 (7.04%) XML
14 14 (6.57%) .NET
14 14 (6.57%) GraphQL
14 14 (6.57%) Swagger
15 12 (5.63%) OpenAPI
16 11 (5.16%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 45 (21.13%) Cloud Native
2 37 (17.37%) Onboarding
3 25 (11.74%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (10.80%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (9.86%) PKI
6 13 (6.10%) Product Ownership
7 11 (5.16%) Security Posture
8 9 (4.23%) Management Information System
9 7 (3.29%) Replication
10 6 (2.82%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.82%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (2.35%) AI Agents
11 5 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.88%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.88%) IoT
12 4 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (1.41%) Wiki
14 2 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.10%) Linux
1 13 (6.10%) Windows
2 5 (2.35%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.88%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.88%) Unix
4 3 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.41%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.94%) VMS
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.47%) CatOS
6 1 (0.47%) CentOS
6 1 (0.47%) Rocky
6 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (32.86%) Identity Access Management
2 69 (32.39%) CI/CD
3 63 (29.58%) RBAC
4 56 (26.29%) DevOps
5 39 (18.31%) Event-Driven
5 39 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (18.31%) Zero Trust
6 35 (16.43%) Microservices
7 34 (15.96%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 33 (15.49%) Roadmaps
9 32 (15.02%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (15.02%) Infrastructure as Code
9 32 (15.02%) Integration Patterns
10 30 (14.08%) Agile
11 29 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (12.68%) Technical Leadership
13 26 (12.21%) Migration
13 26 (12.21%) Privileged Access Management
14 25 (11.74%) Runbook
14 25 (11.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 59 (27.70%) Python
2 55 (25.82%) PowerShell
3 22 (10.33%) Java
4 19 (8.92%) SQL
5 12 (5.63%) Bash
6 9 (4.23%) Go
7 8 (3.76%) C#
8 6 (2.82%) Bicep
8 6 (2.82%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.88%) Groovy
9 4 (1.88%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.94%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.47%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.47%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.47%) Perl
11 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.47%) R
11 1 (0.47%) Ruby
11 1 (0.47%) SAS Macro
11 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (24.88%) Security Cleared
2 38 (17.84%) SC Cleared
3 34 (15.96%) Degree
4 20 (9.39%) CISSP
5 15 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (6.57%) Azure Certification
7 12 (5.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (4.69%) AWS Certification
9 7 (3.29%) CISM
9 7 (3.29%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.35%) CSPO
10 5 (2.35%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.88%) GIAC
12 3 (1.41%) CEH
13 2 (0.94%) CRISC
13 2 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.47%) OSCE
14 1 (0.47%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (10.80%) NIST
3 21 (9.86%) GDPR
4 9 (4.23%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.23%) NCSC
5 7 (3.29%) HIPAA
6 6 (2.82%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.82%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.41%) QA
7 3 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.47%) GRC
9 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 99 (46.48%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.57%) Docker
3 3 (1.41%) OpenAM
3 3 (1.41%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.47%) Squid
5 1 (0.47%) zsh
Systems Management
1 76 (35.68%) Single Sign-On
2 39 (18.31%) Kubernetes
3 19 (8.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 11 (5.16%) Ansible
5 6 (2.82%) Grafana
5 6 (2.82%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.94%) Consul
8 2 (0.94%) Packer
8 2 (0.94%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.47%) Argo
9 1 (0.47%) CASB
9 1 (0.47%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.47%) Istio
9 1 (0.47%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.47%) PingFederate
9 1 (0.47%) Puppet
9 1 (0.47%) systemd
9 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (49.77%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.02%) Google
3 29 (13.62%) Okta
4 19 (8.92%) Oracle
5 18 (8.45%) Ping Identity
6 14 (6.57%) CyberArk
7 13 (6.10%) BeyondTrust
7 13 (6.10%) MuleSoft
7 13 (6.10%) Palo Alto
7 13 (6.10%) ServiceNow
8 12 (5.63%) Cisco
9 11 (5.16%) IBM
10 10 (4.69%) Informatica
11 9 (4.23%) ForgeRock
11 9 (4.23%) TIBCO
11 9 (4.23%) WSO2
12 8 (3.76%) SAP
13 7 (3.29%) F5
13 7 (3.29%) Workday
13 7 (3.29%) Zscaler
225 SAML jobs in England