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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 408 388 393
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +90
Contract jobs citing SAML 205 116 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.42% 0.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.44% 1.89% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 76 87
10th Percentile £363 £384 £363
25th Percentile £456 £428 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £554 £577
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -4.07% -3.83%
75th Percentile £638 £621 £663
90th Percentile £750 £694 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £568 £577
% change year-on-year -7.57% -1.56% -3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 3
10th Percentile £57.39 - £24.34
25th Percentile £72.50 - £24.59
Median hourly rate £77.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £83.68 - -
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 8,415 6,144 7,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.65% 22.25% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,514 4,235 5,084
10th Percentile £363 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £648 £675
90th Percentile £750 £772 £813
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 147 231
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £48.40 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -8.16%
75th Percentile £73.23 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £79.22 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £53.75
% change year-on-year +18.45% +2.09% -10.42%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -25 93 £525 -13.65% 57
South East -17 52 £500 -9.09% 11
North of England -43 36 £565 +28.70% 11
Yorkshire -38 21 £620 +41.23% 3
North West -41 14 £550 +25.86% 8
Midlands -55 12 £400 -3.61% 1
West Midlands -48 10 £375 -37.81% 1
South West -40 6 £550 -4.35% 2
East Midlands -20 2 £401 -3.37%
East of England -17 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £413 -
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 (6.83%) Confluence
2 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.98%) Apache
4 1 (0.49%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.49%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 135 (65.85%) Azure
2 105 (51.22%) Entra ID
3 70 (34.15%) AWS
4 44 (21.46%) GCP
5 32 (15.61%) SaaS
6 20 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (6.83%) GitHub
9 11 (5.37%) Azure Key Vault
10 10 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (4.39%) Azure AKS
12 8 (3.90%) Boomi
13 7 (3.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (2.93%) Azure API Management
14 6 (2.93%) Azure App Service
14 6 (2.93%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (2.93%) IaaS
14 6 (2.93%) PaaS
15 5 (2.44%) Azure Storage
15 5 (2.44%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.66%) DNS
2 25 (12.20%) Firewall
3 24 (11.71%) SSL
4 19 (9.27%) TCP/IP
5 16 (7.80%) HTTP
6 15 (7.32%) Kerberos
6 15 (7.32%) Network Security
7 14 (6.83%) VPN
8 10 (4.88%) WAN
9 8 (3.90%) DHCP
9 8 (3.90%) HTTPS
9 8 (3.90%) IPsec
9 8 (3.90%) LAN
9 8 (3.90%) Wireless
10 6 (2.93%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.95%) BIG-IP
11 4 (1.95%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (1.95%) Internet
11 4 (1.95%) NGFW
11 4 (1.95%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
1 8 (3.90%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.44%) Metadata
2 5 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.46%) MySQL
3 3 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.98%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.98%) Parquet
5 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.49%) Db2
5 1 (0.49%) GIS
5 1 (0.49%) Power BI
5 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (7.80%) JIRA
2 11 (5.37%) Browser DevTools
3 10 (4.88%) Git
4 7 (3.41%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.95%) GitLab
6 3 (1.46%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.49%) Maven
8 1 (0.49%) Moq
8 1 (0.49%) Postman
General
1 55 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 44 (21.46%) Finance
3 30 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 23 (11.22%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (6.83%) Banking
7 6 (2.93%) Legal
8 5 (2.44%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.44%) Military
8 5 (2.44%) Retail
9 4 (1.95%) Publishing
10 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (25.85%) Architect
2 22 (10.73%) Developer
3 15 (7.32%) IAM Specialist
3 15 (7.32%) Solutions Architect
3 15 (7.32%) Technical Architect
4 10 (4.88%) Lead
4 10 (4.88%) Network Engineer
4 10 (4.88%) Senior
5 9 (4.39%) Consultant
5 9 (4.39%) Security Engineer
6 7 (3.41%) Full-Stack Developer
6 7 (3.41%) IAM Developer
7 6 (2.93%) Analyst
7 6 (2.93%) Java Developer
7 6 (2.93%) Security Architect
8 5 (2.44%) Integration Architect
8 5 (2.44%) Product Owner
8 5 (2.44%) Support Engineer
8 5 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
9 4 (1.95%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (75.12%) OAuth
2 134 (65.37%) OpenID
3 83 (40.49%) OAuth2
4 61 (29.76%) LDAP
5 41 (20.00%) REST
6 35 (17.07%) SailPoint
7 23 (11.22%) SOAP
8 18 (8.78%) JSON
9 16 (7.80%) Web Services
10 15 (7.32%) JWT
11 14 (6.83%) RESTful
12 13 (6.34%) .NET
13 9 (4.39%) Middleware
14 8 (3.90%) .NET Core
14 8 (3.90%) .NET Framework
14 8 (3.90%) Entity Framework
14 8 (3.90%) XML
15 7 (3.41%) GraphQL
15 7 (3.41%) Swagger
16 6 (2.93%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.10%) Onboarding
2 28 (13.66%) Cloud Native
3 19 (9.27%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (9.27%) PKI
4 14 (6.83%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (6.34%) Security Posture
6 11 (5.37%) Product Ownership
7 10 (4.88%) Management Information System
8 8 (3.90%) IoT
9 6 (2.93%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.93%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.95%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.95%) Clustering
11 4 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.95%) Operational Technology
12 3 (1.46%) AI Agents
12 3 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
13 2 (0.98%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.80%) Windows
2 14 (6.83%) Linux
3 4 (1.95%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.46%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.98%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.98%) Unix
5 2 (0.98%) VMS
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.49%) CatOS
6 1 (0.49%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (32.68%) Identity Access Management
2 57 (27.80%) RBAC
3 55 (26.83%) CI/CD
4 51 (24.88%) DevOps
5 45 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (18.05%) Zero Trust
7 34 (16.59%) Roadmaps
8 32 (15.61%) Migration
9 29 (14.15%) Runbook
10 28 (13.66%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (13.66%) Integration Patterns
10 28 (13.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 24 (11.71%) API Integration
11 24 (11.71%) Infrastructure as Code
11 24 (11.71%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (11.22%) Microservices
13 22 (10.73%) Analytics
13 22 (10.73%) Event-Driven
13 22 (10.73%) ITIL
13 22 (10.73%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 45 (21.95%) Python
2 42 (20.49%) PowerShell
3 28 (13.66%) Java
4 18 (8.78%) SQL
5 12 (5.85%) Bash
6 9 (4.39%) C#
6 9 (4.39%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.44%) Bicep
8 3 (1.46%) Groovy
9 2 (0.98%) Go
9 2 (0.98%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.98%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.98%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.49%) Perl
10 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.49%) R
10 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (24.88%) Security Cleared
2 38 (18.54%) SC Cleared
3 30 (14.63%) Degree
4 23 (11.22%) CISSP
5 14 (6.83%) Azure Certification
6 13 (6.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (4.88%) AWS Certification
7 10 (4.88%) CISM
8 9 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.93%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.44%) CSPO
11 4 (1.95%) CEH
11 4 (1.95%) GIAC
12 3 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.46%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.98%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (13.66%) NIST
3 27 (13.17%) GDPR
4 9 (4.39%) Data Quality
5 7 (3.41%) NCSC
6 6 (2.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.44%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.95%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.49%) GRC
9 1 (0.49%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.49%) QA
9 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 91 (44.39%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.37%) Docker
3 4 (1.95%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.46%) OpenAM
4 3 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.49%) RACF
5 1 (0.49%) Squid
Systems Management
1 66 (32.20%) Single Sign-On
2 29 (14.15%) Kubernetes
3 26 (12.68%) Terraform
4 25 (12.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (3.90%) Ansible
6 4 (1.95%) CA Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.95%) PingFederate
6 4 (1.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.98%) Grafana
8 2 (0.98%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.49%) Argo
9 1 (0.49%) CASB
9 1 (0.49%) Consul
9 1 (0.49%) Packer
9 1 (0.49%) systemd
9 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.49%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 89 (43.41%) Microsoft
2 25 (12.20%) Okta
3 22 (10.73%) Google
4 18 (8.78%) CyberArk
4 18 (8.78%) Ping Identity
5 16 (7.80%) ServiceNow
6 14 (6.83%) Cisco
6 14 (6.83%) Palo Alto
7 12 (5.85%) Oracle
8 11 (5.37%) Zscaler
9 9 (4.39%) ForgeRock
9 9 (4.39%) SAP
10 8 (3.90%) BeyondTrust
10 8 (3.90%) Workday
11 7 (3.41%) F5
11 7 (3.41%) MuleSoft
12 5 (2.44%) Citrix
12 5 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (2.44%) IBM
12 5 (2.44%) VMware
81 SAML jobs in England