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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 391 405
Rank change year-on-year -32 +14 +98
Contract jobs citing SAML 205 115 150
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.42% 0.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.42% 1.89% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 76 96
10th Percentile £363 £401 £363
25th Percentile £455 £437 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.68% -6.67%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £645
90th Percentile £775 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £560
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.68% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 3
10th Percentile £55.50 - £24.34
25th Percentile £72.50 - £24.59
Median hourly rate £77.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
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 8,468 6,083 7,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.87% 22.25% 21.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,549 4,191 5,234
10th Percentile £363 £353 £356
25th Percentile £430 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £749 £775 £801
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £543
% change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 136 243
10th Percentile £29.44 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -0.86% -7.20%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.51 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -29 94 £525 -13.65% 41
South East -24 49 £500 -13.04% 13
North of England -52 38 £563 +19.17% 9
Yorkshire -45 21 £623 +41.80% 3
North West -31 16 £500 -15.00% 6
Midlands -57 14 £400 -3.61% 2
West Midlands -50 11 £375 -37.81% 2
South West -35 4 £550 -11.11% 1
East Midlands -24 3 £402 -3.13%
North East - 2 £413 -
East of England -25 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 14 (6.83%) Confluence
2 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.49%) Apache
3 1 (0.49%) ArcGIS
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%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 135 (65.85%) Azure
2 103 (50.24%) Entra ID
3 73 (35.61%) AWS
4 40 (19.51%) GCP
5 32 (15.61%) SaaS
6 19 (9.27%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (5.85%) GitHub
9 11 (5.37%) Azure Key Vault
10 9 (4.39%) Azure AKS
11 8 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (3.90%) IaaS
11 8 (3.90%) PaaS
12 7 (3.41%) Boomi
12 7 (3.41%) Serverless
13 6 (2.93%) Azure API Management
13 6 (2.93%) Azure App Service
13 6 (2.93%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (2.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 5 (2.44%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.68%) DNS
2 25 (12.20%) SSL
3 24 (11.71%) Firewall
4 19 (9.27%) Kerberos
4 19 (9.27%) TCP/IP
5 16 (7.80%) Network Security
6 15 (7.32%) HTTP
7 14 (6.83%) VPN
8 12 (5.85%) IPsec
9 10 (4.88%) WAN
10 8 (3.90%) DHCP
10 8 (3.90%) LAN
10 8 (3.90%) Wireless
11 7 (3.41%) HTTPS
12 6 (2.93%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.95%) BIG-IP
13 4 (1.95%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (1.95%) Internet
13 4 (1.95%) NGFW
13 4 (1.95%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
1 8 (3.90%) NoSQL
2 7 (3.41%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.44%) Metadata
4 3 (1.46%) MySQL
5 2 (0.98%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.98%) Parquet
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.49%) Db2
6 1 (0.49%) GIS
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.49%) Power BI
6 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (7.80%) JIRA
2 11 (5.37%) Browser DevTools
3 8 (3.90%) Git
3 8 (3.90%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.46%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.98%) GitLab
6 1 (0.49%) Moq
6 1 (0.49%) Postman
6 1 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (28.29%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.98%) Finance
3 31 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 23 (11.22%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (6.34%) Banking
7 6 (2.93%) Legal
8 5 (2.44%) Military
8 5 (2.44%) Retail
9 4 (1.95%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.46%) Publishing
10 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 52 (25.37%) Architect
2 22 (10.73%) Developer
3 18 (8.78%) Technical Architect
4 14 (6.83%) IAM Specialist
5 12 (5.85%) Senior
6 10 (4.88%) Lead
6 10 (4.88%) Network Engineer
7 9 (4.39%) Analyst
7 9 (4.39%) Security Engineer
8 8 (3.90%) Consultant
8 8 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.41%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (3.41%) IAM Developer
10 6 (2.93%) Java Developer
10 6 (2.93%) Security Architect
11 5 (2.44%) Applications Engineer
11 5 (2.44%) Integration Architect
11 5 (2.44%) Product Owner
11 5 (2.44%) Support Engineer
11 5 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (74.15%) OAuth
2 137 (66.83%) OpenID
3 78 (38.05%) OAuth2
4 63 (30.73%) LDAP
5 39 (19.02%) REST
6 35 (17.07%) SailPoint
7 21 (10.24%) SOAP
8 19 (9.27%) Web Services
9 16 (7.80%) JSON
10 15 (7.32%) JWT
10 15 (7.32%) RESTful
11 14 (6.83%) .NET
12 8 (3.90%) .NET Core
12 8 (3.90%) .NET Framework
12 8 (3.90%) Entity Framework
12 8 (3.90%) Middleware
13 6 (2.93%) GraphQL
13 6 (2.93%) Kafka
13 6 (2.93%) Spring Boot
13 6 (2.93%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 38 (18.54%) Onboarding
2 28 (13.66%) Cloud Native
3 18 (8.78%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (7.32%) PKI
5 13 (6.34%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (6.34%) Security Posture
6 9 (4.39%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.39%) Product Ownership
7 8 (3.90%) IoT
8 6 (2.93%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.93%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.95%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.95%) Clustering
10 4 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.95%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.46%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.98%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.32%) Windows
2 13 (6.34%) Linux
3 4 (1.95%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.98%) Unix
4 2 (0.98%) VMS
4 2 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.49%) CatOS
5 1 (0.49%) CentOS
5 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (30.24%) Identity Access Management
2 58 (28.29%) CI/CD
2 58 (28.29%) DevOps
3 56 (27.32%) RBAC
4 45 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (17.56%) Cybersecurity
6 33 (16.10%) Zero Trust
7 31 (15.12%) Roadmaps
8 30 (14.63%) Migration
9 29 (14.15%) Runbook
10 27 (13.17%) Infrastructure as Code
11 26 (12.68%) Agile
11 26 (12.68%) Microservices
12 24 (11.71%) API Integration
12 24 (11.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (10.73%) Integration Patterns
14 21 (10.24%) Analytics
14 21 (10.24%) ITIL
15 20 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (8.78%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 45 (21.95%) Python
2 39 (19.02%) PowerShell
3 29 (14.15%) Java
4 22 (10.73%) SQL
5 10 (4.88%) Bash
5 10 (4.88%) C#
6 9 (4.39%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.93%) Bicep
8 3 (1.46%) Groovy
8 3 (1.46%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.98%) Go
9 2 (0.98%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.49%) Perl
10 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (23.41%) Security Cleared
2 39 (19.02%) SC Cleared
3 28 (13.66%) Degree
4 23 (11.22%) CISSP
5 14 (6.83%) Azure Certification
6 12 (5.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (4.88%) CISM
8 9 (4.39%) AWS Certification
9 8 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.93%) Master's Degree
11 5 (2.44%) CSPO
12 4 (1.95%) CEH
12 4 (1.95%) GIAC
13 3 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.98%) CRISC
15 1 (0.49%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (15.12%) NIST
3 25 (12.20%) GDPR
4 10 (4.88%) NCSC
5 8 (3.90%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.93%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.44%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.98%) GRC
8 2 (0.98%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.49%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.49%) QA
9 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 85 (41.46%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.88%) Docker
3 5 (2.44%) RACF
4 4 (1.95%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.46%) OpenAM
5 3 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.49%) Squid
Systems Management
1 71 (34.63%) Single Sign-On
2 29 (14.15%) Kubernetes
3 26 (12.68%) Terraform
4 24 (11.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (3.41%) 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 1 (0.49%) Argo
8 1 (0.49%) CASB
8 1 (0.49%) Consul
8 1 (0.49%) Grafana
8 1 (0.49%) Packer
8 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.49%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 88 (42.93%) Microsoft
2 27 (13.17%) Okta
3 21 (10.24%) CyberArk
4 18 (8.78%) Ping Identity
5 17 (8.29%) Google
5 17 (8.29%) ServiceNow
6 14 (6.83%) Cisco
6 14 (6.83%) Palo Alto
7 11 (5.37%) Zscaler
8 10 (4.88%) ForgeRock
8 10 (4.88%) SAP
9 9 (4.39%) Oracle
9 9 (4.39%) Workday
10 7 (3.41%) BeyondTrust
10 7 (3.41%) F5
11 6 (2.93%) MuleSoft
11 6 (2.93%) Splunk
12 5 (2.44%) Citrix
12 5 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (2.44%) VMware