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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 395 416
Rank change year-on-year -12 +21 +56
Contract jobs citing SAML 219 124 110
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.45% 0.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.23% 1.76% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 77 71
10th Percentile £400 £362 £363
25th Percentile £455 £410 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £471 £595
Median % change year-on-year +11.46% -20.84% -0.83%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £631
90th Percentile £750 £611 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £516 £600
% change year-on-year +1.69% -13.96% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 1
10th Percentile £58.93 - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - £24.18
75th Percentile £85.54 - -
90th Percentile £87.56 - -
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £55.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +40.91% +127.46% -

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 9,806 7,059 8,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.24% 25.38% 24.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,437 4,805 5,494
10th Percentile £380 £354 £363
25th Percentile £443 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% -5.73% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £666
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 169 179
10th Percentile £29.44 £31.54 £27.60
25th Percentile £51.88 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -12.00% -1.57%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.45
UK median hourly rate £65.83 £54.70 £61.60
% change year-on-year +20.35% -11.20% -1.44%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -43 89 £538 -3.15% 119
South East -13 54 £500 -4.76% 19
North of England -45 44 £550 +22.77% 15
Yorkshire -24 26 £570 +29.84% 6
North West -45 16 £500 +11.61% 8
Midlands -52 12 £402 -4.74% 9
South West -32 11 £575 +9.52% 3
West Midlands -38 10 £425 -29.52% 7
East Midlands -27 2 £401 -3.37% 2
East of England -28 2 £513 - 2
North East - 2 £438 - 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 13 (5.94%) Confluence
2 5 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.46%) nginx
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
1 144 (65.75%) Azure
2 114 (52.05%) Entra ID
3 76 (34.70%) AWS
4 58 (26.48%) GCP
5 36 (16.44%) SaaS
6 17 (7.76%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.76%) GitHub
7 15 (6.85%) Boomi
8 14 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (5.94%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (5.48%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (4.57%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (4.57%) iPaaS
12 8 (3.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (2.74%) Azure AKS
13 6 (2.74%) Azure API Management
13 6 (2.74%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (2.74%) OCI
14 5 (2.28%) Azure App Service
14 5 (2.28%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 28 (12.79%) DNS
2 25 (11.42%) SSL
3 23 (10.50%) Firewall
4 16 (7.31%) HTTP
4 16 (7.31%) Kerberos
5 14 (6.39%) Network Security
5 14 (6.39%) TCP/IP
6 12 (5.48%) VPN
7 10 (4.57%) DHCP
7 10 (4.57%) IPsec
8 8 (3.65%) WAN
9 6 (2.74%) HTTPS
9 6 (2.74%) LAN
10 5 (2.28%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (2.28%) SD-WAN
10 5 (2.28%) Wireless
11 4 (1.83%) Internet
11 4 (1.83%) X.509
12 3 (1.37%) BGP
12 3 (1.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.20%) NoSQL
2 6 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (2.74%) Metadata
3 3 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.37%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.91%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.91%) MySQL
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.46%) Db2
5 1 (0.46%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.46%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (0.46%) Parquet
5 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.46%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (6.85%) JIRA
2 13 (5.94%) Git
3 9 (4.11%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.20%) Browser DevTools
5 6 (2.74%) GitLab
6 3 (1.37%) Fiddler
6 3 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
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
General
1 51 (23.29%) Social Skills
2 44 (20.09%) Finance
3 30 (13.70%) Documentation Skills
4 28 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.87%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.57%) Banking
7 7 (3.20%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.74%) Legal
9 5 (2.28%) Military
10 4 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.83%) Publishing
11 3 (1.37%) Retail
11 3 (1.37%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Advertising
13 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.46%) French Language
13 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (25.57%) Architect
2 24 (10.96%) Developer
3 20 (9.13%) Solutions Architect
4 15 (6.85%) IAM Specialist
5 14 (6.39%) Technical Architect
6 13 (5.94%) Consultant
7 11 (5.02%) Lead
8 9 (4.11%) IAM Developer
8 9 (4.11%) Security Engineer
8 9 (4.11%) Senior
9 7 (3.20%) Network Engineer
9 7 (3.20%) Security Architect
10 6 (2.74%) Java Developer
10 6 (2.74%) Product Owner
10 6 (2.74%) Technical Consultant
11 5 (2.28%) Full-Stack Developer
11 5 (2.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.28%) Integration Architect
11 5 (2.28%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 5 (2.28%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (73.97%) OAuth
2 140 (63.93%) OpenID
3 83 (37.90%) OAuth2
4 63 (28.77%) LDAP
5 50 (22.83%) REST
6 33 (15.07%) SailPoint
7 31 (14.16%) Terraform
8 29 (13.24%) SOAP
9 26 (11.87%) JWT
10 24 (10.96%) JSON
11 17 (7.76%) Kafka
11 17 (7.76%) Middleware
11 17 (7.76%) Web Services
12 15 (6.85%) RESTful
12 15 (6.85%) XML
13 14 (6.39%) GraphQL
13 14 (6.39%) Swagger
14 12 (5.48%) .NET
14 12 (5.48%) OpenAPI
15 9 (4.11%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 43 (19.63%) Cloud Native
2 38 (17.35%) Onboarding
3 23 (10.50%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (10.05%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (9.59%) PKI
6 14 (6.39%) Product Ownership
7 11 (5.02%) Security Posture
8 10 (4.57%) Management Information System
9 8 (3.65%) IoT
10 6 (2.74%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.74%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (2.28%) AI Agents
11 5 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (2.28%) Replication
12 4 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.83%) Clustering
12 4 (1.83%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.31%) Windows
2 14 (6.39%) Linux
3 5 (2.28%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.37%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.37%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.37%) Unix
5 2 (0.91%) VMS
6 1 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.46%) CatOS
6 1 (0.46%) CentOS
6 1 (0.46%) Rocky
6 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (31.51%) Identity Access Management
2 63 (28.77%) CI/CD
2 63 (28.77%) RBAC
3 54 (24.66%) DevOps
4 44 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (19.63%) Zero Trust
6 38 (17.35%) Event-Driven
7 34 (15.53%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (15.07%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 33 (15.07%) Microservices
8 33 (15.07%) Roadmaps
9 32 (14.61%) Integration Patterns
9 32 (14.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 31 (14.16%) Migration
11 30 (13.70%) Infrastructure as Code
12 28 (12.79%) Privileged Access Management
12 28 (12.79%) Runbook
12 28 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 27 (12.33%) Agile
14 25 (11.42%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 54 (24.66%) Python
2 53 (24.20%) PowerShell
3 30 (13.70%) Java
4 17 (7.76%) SQL
5 12 (5.48%) Bash
6 7 (3.20%) C#
6 7 (3.20%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.74%) Go
8 4 (1.83%) Bicep
8 4 (1.83%) Groovy
9 3 (1.37%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.91%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.46%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.46%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.46%) Perl
11 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.46%) R
11 1 (0.46%) Ruby
11 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (23.74%) Security Cleared
2 37 (16.89%) SC Cleared
3 32 (14.61%) Degree
4 25 (11.42%) CISSP
5 14 (6.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.48%) Azure Certification
7 11 (5.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (5.02%) CISM
8 10 (4.57%) AWS Certification
8 10 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.74%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.28%) CSPO
10 5 (2.28%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.83%) CEH
11 4 (1.83%) GIAC
12 3 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.91%) CRISC
13 2 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (12.79%) GDPR
2 28 (12.79%) NIST
3 9 (4.11%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.65%) NCSC
5 7 (3.20%) HIPAA
6 6 (2.74%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.83%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.37%) QA
10 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.46%) GRC
11 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
System Software
1 99 (45.21%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.94%) Docker
3 3 (1.37%) OpenAM
3 3 (1.37%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.46%) Squid
Systems Management
1 77 (35.16%) Single Sign-On
2 36 (16.44%) Kubernetes
3 24 (10.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (3.65%) Ansible
5 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.28%) PingFederate
6 4 (1.83%) CA Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.83%) Grafana
6 4 (1.83%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.91%) Consul
7 2 (0.91%) Packer
7 2 (0.91%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.46%) Argo
8 1 (0.46%) CASB
8 1 (0.46%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.46%) Istio
8 1 (0.46%) Puppet
8 1 (0.46%) systemd
8 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 104 (47.49%) Microsoft
2 30 (13.70%) Google
3 29 (13.24%) Okta
4 20 (9.13%) Ping Identity
5 19 (8.68%) Oracle
6 17 (7.76%) CyberArk
7 16 (7.31%) ServiceNow
8 15 (6.85%) BeyondTrust
9 13 (5.94%) MuleSoft
9 13 (5.94%) Palo Alto
10 12 (5.48%) Cisco
11 11 (5.02%) IBM
12 10 (4.57%) Informatica
12 10 (4.57%) SAP
13 9 (4.11%) ForgeRock
13 9 (4.11%) TIBCO
13 9 (4.11%) Workday
13 9 (4.11%) WSO2
14 7 (3.20%) F5
14 7 (3.20%) Zscaler