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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 396 412
Rank change year-on-year +26 +16 +123
Contract jobs citing SAML 174 90 134
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.33% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.49% 1.50% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 58 93
10th Percentile £400 £413 £305
25th Percentile £425 £516 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £598 £650 £700
90th Percentile £688 £711 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -14.58% - -6.25%
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 £63.00 - -

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 6,999 5,982 7,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.18% 21.86% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,673 3,827 5,524
10th Percentile £356 £359 £363
25th Percentile £413 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £671
90th Percentile £738 £788 £753
UK median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 68 161
10th Percentile £33.00 £26.25 £31.25
25th Percentile £45.00 £42.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £66.75 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.57 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

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 8 January 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
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 8 January 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 +19 67 £525 -12.50% 65
South West - 34 £545 - 16
North of England -26 31 £446 -15.05% 19
Yorkshire -29 19 £468 - 5
Midlands -37 19 £550 -8.33% 9
West Midlands -32 17 £563 -5.82% 2
South East -29 13 £588 -7.84% 35
North West -13 12 £433 -17.52% 12
East of England - 8 £425 - 17
East Midlands -31 2 £455 -24.17% 7
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 18 (10.34%) Confluence
2 11 (6.32%) Apache
2 11 (6.32%) IIS
2 11 (6.32%) JBoss
2 11 (6.32%) WebSphere
3 10 (5.75%) iPlanet
3 10 (5.75%) WebSphere Application Server
4 9 (5.17%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (49.43%) Azure
2 55 (31.61%) AWS
2 55 (31.61%) Entra ID
3 22 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (11.49%) GCP
5 18 (10.34%) SaaS
6 13 (7.47%) PaaS
7 12 (6.90%) OpenShift
8 10 (5.75%) GitHub
9 9 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (3.45%) Power Platform
13 5 (2.87%) Azure Storage
14 4 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (2.30%) Serverless
15 3 (1.72%) Azure API Management
15 3 (1.72%) Azure Functions
15 3 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 35 (20.11%) Kerberos
2 25 (14.37%) Firewall
3 22 (12.64%) DNS
4 21 (12.07%) SSL
5 11 (6.32%) VPN
6 6 (3.45%) Network Security
6 6 (3.45%) Wireshark
7 5 (2.87%) HTTP
7 5 (2.87%) SSH
8 4 (2.30%) HTTPS
8 4 (2.30%) IPsec
8 4 (2.30%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.72%) BGP
9 3 (1.72%) BIG-IP
9 3 (1.72%) Ethereal
9 3 (1.72%) Internet
9 3 (1.72%) LAN
9 3 (1.72%) OSPF
9 3 (1.72%) WAN
9 3 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.75%) Oracle Database
2 4 (2.30%) Power BI
3 3 (1.72%) Metadata
4 2 (1.15%) GIS
4 2 (1.15%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (14.37%) Jenkins
2 18 (10.34%) JIRA
3 14 (8.05%) Git
4 11 (6.32%) Bitbucket Server
4 11 (6.32%) CA Release Automation
5 8 (4.60%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (2.30%) GitLab
7 2 (1.15%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.15%) Maven
7 2 (1.15%) Selenium
7 2 (1.15%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.57%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.57%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.57%) git-flow
8 1 (0.57%) gulp
8 1 (0.57%) JMeter
8 1 (0.57%) JUnit
8 1 (0.57%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.57%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.57%) webpack
General
1 70 (40.23%) Social Skills
2 30 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (16.09%) Finance
4 21 (12.07%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (7.47%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.32%) Aviation
7 10 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.30%) Legal
9 3 (1.72%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.15%) Banking
10 2 (1.15%) Billing
11 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.57%) Law
11 1 (0.57%) Police
11 1 (0.57%) Publishing
11 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (23.56%) Architect
2 20 (11.49%) Senior
3 14 (8.05%) Developer
4 12 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
4 12 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (6.32%) Consultant
6 10 (5.75%) Analyst
6 10 (5.75%) DevOps Engineer
6 10 (5.75%) Security Engineer
7 9 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (4.60%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (4.60%) Security Architect
9 7 (4.02%) Business Analyst
9 7 (4.02%) ForgeRock Developer
9 7 (4.02%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (3.45%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Network Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Senior Architect
10 6 (3.45%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (75.86%) OAuth
2 112 (64.37%) OpenID
3 60 (34.48%) LDAP
4 50 (28.74%) OAuth2
5 18 (10.34%) REST
6 12 (6.90%) AngularJS
6 12 (6.90%) HTML
6 12 (6.90%) JWT
6 12 (6.90%) SailPoint
7 10 (5.75%) SOAP
8 9 (5.17%) HTML5
8 9 (5.17%) RabbitMQ
8 9 (5.17%) RESTful
8 9 (5.17%) Web Services
9 8 (4.60%) .NET
9 8 (4.60%) Apache Camel
9 8 (4.60%) JDBC
9 8 (4.60%) jQuery
9 8 (4.60%) JSON
9 8 (4.60%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.34%) Onboarding
2 16 (9.20%) Management Information System
3 11 (6.32%) Private Cloud
4 10 (5.75%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (5.75%) PKI
5 8 (4.60%) Replication
6 6 (3.45%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.30%) BYOD
7 4 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.30%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.72%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.15%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.57%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.57%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (20.69%) Windows
2 25 (14.37%) Linux
2 25 (14.37%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.60%) Unix
4 5 (2.87%) AIX
4 5 (2.87%) Solaris
5 2 (1.15%) CatOS
6 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (37.36%) Identity Access Management
2 49 (28.16%) RBAC
3 47 (27.01%) DevOps
4 42 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (21.26%) CI/CD
6 34 (19.54%) Identity Management
7 31 (17.82%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (16.67%) Migration
9 26 (14.94%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 26 (14.94%) Privileged Access Management
10 23 (13.22%) Agile
11 21 (12.07%) Microservices
11 21 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (10.92%) Zero Trust
13 17 (9.77%) Change Management
14 16 (9.20%) Incident Response
14 16 (9.20%) Integration Patterns
14 16 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (9.20%) Validation
14 16 (9.20%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (27.59%) PowerShell
2 33 (18.97%) Python
3 24 (13.79%) JavaScript
4 16 (9.20%) Java
5 15 (8.62%) Groovy
6 11 (6.32%) Bash
7 8 (4.60%) Shell Script
8 6 (3.45%) C#
9 4 (2.30%) SQL
10 3 (1.72%) PHP
11 2 (1.15%) Go
12 1 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 56 (32.18%) Security Cleared
2 32 (18.39%) SC Cleared
3 25 (14.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (9.77%) CISSP
4 17 (9.77%) Degree
4 17 (9.77%) DV Cleared
5 9 (5.17%) CISM
6 8 (4.60%) AWS Certification
6 8 (4.60%) TOGAF Certification
7 6 (3.45%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.87%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.72%) PhD
11 2 (1.15%) CCSP
12 1 (0.57%) CISA
12 1 (0.57%) HND
12 1 (0.57%) MCP
12 1 (0.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (18.39%) GDPR
2 24 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (9.77%) NIST
4 10 (5.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (5.75%) SOC 2
5 8 (4.60%) PCI DSS
6 7 (4.02%) HIPAA
6 7 (4.02%) QA
7 5 (2.87%) PSD2
8 4 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (2.30%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.15%) NCSC
9 2 (1.15%) SLA
10 1 (0.57%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 83 (47.70%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.20%) Docker
3 8 (4.60%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 6 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.72%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.15%) OpenAM
6 2 (1.15%) OpenDJ
6 2 (1.15%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.57%) Firmware
7 1 (0.57%) RACF
7 1 (0.57%) Squid
Systems Management
1 88 (50.57%) Single Sign-On
2 27 (15.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 18 (10.34%) Terraform
4 11 (6.32%) CA Single Sign-On
4 11 (6.32%) Kubernetes
5 10 (5.75%) CA Wily
6 9 (5.17%) PingFederate
6 9 (5.17%) Progress Chef
7 8 (4.60%) Tivoli
8 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.72%) Ansible
9 3 (1.72%) SCCM
10 2 (1.15%) Grafana
11 1 (0.57%) Argo
11 1 (0.57%) HP Operations Orchestration
11 1 (0.57%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.57%) Oracle Identity Manager
11 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.57%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 85 (48.85%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.07%) Splunk
3 19 (10.92%) CyberArk
4 18 (10.34%) Ping Identity
5 14 (8.05%) Okta
6 13 (7.47%) ServiceNow
6 13 (7.47%) VMware
7 11 (6.32%) AppDynamics
7 11 (6.32%) Broadcom
7 11 (6.32%) IBM
7 11 (6.32%) Oracle
8 10 (5.75%) ForgeRock
9 8 (4.60%) BMC
9 8 (4.60%) HP
9 8 (4.60%) Ivanti
9 8 (4.60%) Remedy
9 8 (4.60%) SAP
10 7 (4.02%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (2.87%) Google
11 5 (2.87%) Zscaler