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

 6 months to
9 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 368 433
Rank change year-on-year -44 +65 +33
Contract jobs citing SAML 219 148 89
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.53% 0.27%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.23% 2.07% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 96 54
10th Percentile £402 £372 £244
25th Percentile £455 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 £560
Median % change year-on-year +6.11% -11.65% -6.67%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £638
90th Percentile £750 £620 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £560
% change year-on-year +2.14% -8.21% -6.67%
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 9,834 7,167 8,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.28% 25.51% 24.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,473 4,836 5,249
10th Percentile £381 £356 £360
25th Percentile £450 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% -5.45% -
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 271 170 171
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £54.68 £41.34 £43.00
Median hourly rate £66.66 £54.35 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.65% -16.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £51.97 £65.00
% change year-on-year +25.07% -20.05% +8.33%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -74 85 £550 -0.23% 131
South East -5 61 £500 -9.09% 21
North of England -51 42 £512 +13.46% 22
Yorkshire -24 27 £564 +15.64% 13
North West -49 13 £491 +9.60% 9
Midlands -48 11 £425 +2.41% 4
South West -36 9 £700 +36.85% 9
West Midlands -38 9 £425 -28.42% 3
East Midlands -30 2 £401 -3.37% 1
East of England -31 2 £513 +18.84% 2
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 12 (5.48%) Confluence
2 4 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.37%) Apache
3 3 (1.37%) IIS
3 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.46%) nginx
4 1 (0.46%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.83%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 145 (66.21%) Azure
2 119 (54.34%) Entra ID
3 74 (33.79%) AWS
4 55 (25.11%) GCP
5 32 (14.61%) SaaS
6 20 (9.13%) GitHub
7 18 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (6.85%) Boomi
9 14 (6.39%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (5.94%) Azure Key Vault
11 11 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (4.57%) Azure AKS
12 10 (4.57%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (4.57%) iPaaS
13 9 (4.11%) Azure API Management
13 9 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (4.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (3.65%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 7 (3.20%) Azure App Service
15 7 (3.20%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.33%) DNS
2 19 (8.68%) SSL
3 16 (7.31%) Firewall
4 15 (6.85%) Kerberos
5 14 (6.39%) HTTP
6 13 (5.94%) Network Security
7 11 (5.02%) IPsec
7 11 (5.02%) TCP/IP
8 10 (4.57%) VPN
9 9 (4.11%) Reverse Proxy
10 6 (2.74%) DHCP
10 6 (2.74%) WAN
11 5 (2.28%) HTTPS
11 5 (2.28%) Wireless
11 5 (2.28%) X.509
12 4 (1.83%) LAN
13 3 (1.37%) BGP
13 3 (1.37%) BIG-IP
13 3 (1.37%) OSPF
13 3 (1.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.11%) NoSQL
2 8 (3.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (2.28%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.37%) Parquet
4 3 (1.37%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.91%) Metadata
5 2 (0.91%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.91%) MySQL
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.46%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.46%) Db2
6 1 (0.46%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.46%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.46%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 17 (7.76%) Git
2 12 (5.48%) JIRA
3 9 (4.11%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.20%) GitLab
5 3 (1.37%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.91%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.46%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.46%) Gerrit
7 1 (0.46%) Maven
7 1 (0.46%) Moq
7 1 (0.46%) Postman
7 1 (0.46%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.46%) WinAutomation
General
1 52 (23.74%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.53%) Finance
3 30 (13.70%) Documentation Skills
4 29 (13.24%) Public Sector
5 25 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.65%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.65%) Banking
7 7 (3.20%) Military
8 5 (2.28%) Legal
9 4 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.83%) Publishing
10 3 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.46%) Advertising
11 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.46%) French Language
11 1 (0.46%) German Language
11 1 (0.46%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.46%) Local Government
11 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (25.11%) Architect
2 26 (11.87%) Developer
3 21 (9.59%) Solutions Architect
4 18 (8.22%) IAM Specialist
5 14 (6.39%) Technical Architect
6 11 (5.02%) Consultant
6 11 (5.02%) Lead
7 10 (4.57%) Senior
8 8 (3.65%) Security Architect
8 8 (3.65%) Security Engineer
9 7 (3.20%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (3.20%) IAM Developer
9 7 (3.20%) Technical Consultant
10 6 (2.74%) Network Engineer
10 6 (2.74%) Product Owner
11 5 (2.28%) Analyst
11 5 (2.28%) Applications Developer
11 5 (2.28%) Integration Architect
11 5 (2.28%) Security Consultant
11 5 (2.28%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (76.26%) OAuth
2 138 (63.01%) OpenID
3 89 (40.64%) OAuth2
4 61 (27.85%) LDAP
5 52 (23.74%) REST
6 41 (18.72%) Terraform
7 33 (15.07%) SailPoint
8 27 (12.33%) JWT
8 27 (12.33%) SOAP
9 24 (10.96%) JSON
10 19 (8.68%) Middleware
11 18 (8.22%) Kafka
11 18 (8.22%) RESTful
12 17 (7.76%) Web Services
13 15 (6.85%) GraphQL
13 15 (6.85%) XML
14 14 (6.39%) .NET
14 14 (6.39%) Swagger
15 12 (5.48%) OpenAPI
16 11 (5.02%) React
Miscellaneous
1 46 (21.00%) Cloud Native
2 39 (17.81%) Onboarding
3 25 (11.42%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (10.50%) PKI
5 22 (10.05%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (6.39%) Product Ownership
7 10 (4.57%) Management Information System
7 10 (4.57%) Security Posture
8 7 (3.20%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (3.20%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (3.20%) Replication
9 6 (2.74%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.28%) AI Agents
10 5 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
12 3 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.37%) IoT
12 3 (1.37%) Wiki
13 2 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
13 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.48%) Linux
2 10 (4.57%) Windows
3 5 (2.28%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.83%) Unix
5 3 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.37%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.91%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.91%) VMS
7 1 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.46%) CatOS
7 1 (0.46%) CentOS
7 1 (0.46%) Rocky
7 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (34.25%) Identity Access Management
2 71 (32.42%) CI/CD
3 67 (30.59%) RBAC
4 59 (26.94%) DevOps
5 43 (19.63%) Zero Trust
6 40 (18.26%) Event-Driven
7 39 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
9 37 (16.89%) Infrastructure as Code
9 37 (16.89%) Microservices
10 35 (15.98%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 33 (15.07%) Roadmaps
12 31 (14.16%) Agile
12 31 (14.16%) Integration Patterns
13 29 (13.24%) Runbook
13 29 (13.24%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (12.79%) Privileged Access Management
14 28 (12.79%) Technical Leadership
15 26 (11.87%) API Management
15 26 (11.87%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 62 (28.31%) Python
2 61 (27.85%) PowerShell
3 21 (9.59%) Java
4 19 (8.68%) SQL
5 14 (6.39%) Bash
6 9 (4.11%) Go
7 8 (3.65%) C#
8 7 (3.20%) Bicep
9 6 (2.74%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.83%) Groovy
10 4 (1.83%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.91%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.46%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.46%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.46%) Perl
12 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.46%) R
12 1 (0.46%) Ruby
12 1 (0.46%) SAS Macro
12 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (26.94%) Security Cleared
2 44 (20.09%) SC Cleared
3 35 (15.98%) Degree
4 21 (9.59%) CISSP
5 15 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (5.94%) Azure Certification
7 12 (5.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (4.57%) AWS Certification
9 8 (3.65%) CISM
10 7 (3.20%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.28%) CSPO
11 5 (2.28%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.83%) GIAC
12 4 (1.83%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (1.37%) CEH
14 2 (0.91%) CRISC
15 1 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 1 (0.46%) OSCE
15 1 (0.46%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (11.87%) NIST
3 21 (9.59%) GDPR
4 9 (4.11%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.11%) NCSC
5 7 (3.20%) HIPAA
6 6 (2.74%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.74%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.37%) QA
7 3 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.46%) GRC
9 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 106 (48.40%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.39%) Docker
3 5 (2.28%) OpenAM
4 3 (1.37%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.46%) Squid
6 1 (0.46%) zsh
Systems Management
1 80 (36.53%) Single Sign-On
2 40 (18.26%) Kubernetes
3 19 (8.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 11 (5.02%) Ansible
5 7 (3.20%) Grafana
6 6 (2.74%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.91%) Consul
9 2 (0.91%) FreeIPA
9 2 (0.91%) Istio
9 2 (0.91%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.91%) Packer
9 2 (0.91%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.46%) Argo
10 1 (0.46%) CASB
10 1 (0.46%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.46%) Puppet
10 1 (0.46%) systemd
10 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 116 (52.97%) Microsoft
2 32 (14.61%) Google
3 29 (13.24%) Okta
4 19 (8.68%) Oracle
4 19 (8.68%) Ping Identity
5 15 (6.85%) BeyondTrust
6 14 (6.39%) ServiceNow
7 13 (5.94%) CyberArk
7 13 (5.94%) MuleSoft
7 13 (5.94%) Palo Alto
8 12 (5.48%) Cisco
9 11 (5.02%) IBM
10 10 (4.57%) ForgeRock
10 10 (4.57%) Informatica
11 9 (4.11%) TIBCO
11 9 (4.11%) WSO2
12 8 (3.65%) SAP
13 7 (3.20%) F5
13 7 (3.20%) Workday
14 6 (2.74%) Salesforce
192 SAML jobs in England