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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 371 434
Rank change year-on-year -60 +63 +35
Contract jobs citing SAML 209 144 88
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.52% 0.27%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.13% 2.04% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 92 53
10th Percentile £402 £368 £236
25th Percentile £455 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -10.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £638
90th Percentile £750 £625 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £519 £560
% change year-on-year +1.25% -7.41% -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 9,819 7,073 7,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.20% 25.48% 24.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,457 4,774 5,204
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £449 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £526 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.54% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 173 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £35.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £41.60 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.20 £70.00 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +20.37% -13.60% +4.17%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -75 84 £550 -0.68% 123
South East -4 57 £488 -7.14% 28
North of England -62 39 £496 +9.86% 28
Yorkshire -27 26 £564 +15.64% 13
North West -48 11 £486 +8.37% 13
South West -37 10 £650 +25.66% 9
Midlands -48 10 £414 -0.36% 8
West Midlands -41 8 £438 -26.32% 5
East Midlands -20 2 £401 -3.37% 3
East of England -28 2 £513 +18.84% 4
North East - 2 £438 - 2
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 11 (5.26%) Confluence
2 4 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.44%) Apache
3 3 (1.44%) IIS
3 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.48%) nginx
4 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.91%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 137 (65.55%) Azure
2 110 (52.63%) Entra ID
3 71 (33.97%) AWS
4 55 (26.32%) GCP
5 31 (14.83%) SaaS
6 18 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (8.61%) GitHub
7 15 (7.18%) Boomi
8 13 (6.22%) Azure Key Vault
8 13 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (4.78%) Azure Service Bus
10 10 (4.78%) iPaaS
11 9 (4.31%) Azure AKS
11 9 (4.31%) Azure API Management
11 9 (4.31%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (3.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (3.35%) Azure App Service
13 7 (3.35%) IaaS
13 7 (3.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.96%) DNS
2 19 (9.09%) SSL
3 16 (7.66%) Firewall
4 14 (6.70%) HTTP
4 14 (6.70%) Kerberos
5 12 (5.74%) Network Security
6 11 (5.26%) IPsec
6 11 (5.26%) TCP/IP
7 10 (4.78%) VPN
8 9 (4.31%) Reverse Proxy
9 6 (2.87%) DHCP
9 6 (2.87%) WAN
10 5 (2.39%) HTTPS
10 5 (2.39%) Wireless
10 5 (2.39%) X.509
11 4 (1.91%) LAN
12 3 (1.44%) BGP
12 3 (1.44%) BIG-IP
12 3 (1.44%) OSPF
12 3 (1.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.31%) NoSQL
2 8 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (2.39%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.44%) Parquet
4 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.96%) Metadata
5 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.96%) MySQL
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.48%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.48%) Db2
6 1 (0.48%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.48%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.48%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (7.18%) Git
2 11 (5.26%) JIRA
3 9 (4.31%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.87%) GitLab
5 3 (1.44%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.44%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.96%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.48%) Gerrit
7 1 (0.48%) Maven
7 1 (0.48%) Moq
7 1 (0.48%) Postman
7 1 (0.48%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 49 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.31%) Finance
3 28 (13.40%) Documentation Skills
4 25 (11.96%) Public Sector
5 23 (11.00%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.83%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.83%) Banking
7 5 (2.39%) Legal
7 5 (2.39%) Military
8 4 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.91%) Publishing
9 3 (1.44%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.48%) Advertising
10 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.48%) French Language
10 1 (0.48%) German Language
10 1 (0.48%) Local Government
10 1 (0.48%) Marketing
10 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (26.32%) Architect
2 27 (12.92%) Developer
3 21 (10.05%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (6.70%) IAM Specialist
4 14 (6.70%) Technical Architect
5 12 (5.74%) Consultant
6 11 (5.26%) Lead
7 8 (3.83%) IAM Developer
7 8 (3.83%) Security Architect
7 8 (3.83%) Security Engineer
7 8 (3.83%) Senior
8 7 (3.35%) Full-Stack Developer
8 7 (3.35%) Technical Consultant
9 6 (2.87%) Network Engineer
9 6 (2.87%) Product Owner
10 5 (2.39%) Analyst
10 5 (2.39%) Applications Developer
10 5 (2.39%) Integration Architect
10 5 (2.39%) Java Developer
10 5 (2.39%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (75.60%) OAuth
2 130 (62.20%) OpenID
3 83 (39.71%) OAuth2
4 58 (27.75%) LDAP
5 51 (24.40%) REST
6 38 (18.18%) Terraform
7 29 (13.88%) SailPoint
8 28 (13.40%) JWT
9 27 (12.92%) SOAP
10 24 (11.48%) JSON
11 19 (9.09%) Middleware
12 18 (8.61%) RESTful
13 17 (8.13%) Kafka
13 17 (8.13%) Web Services
14 15 (7.18%) XML
15 14 (6.70%) .NET
15 14 (6.70%) GraphQL
15 14 (6.70%) Swagger
16 12 (5.74%) OpenAPI
17 11 (5.26%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 45 (21.53%) Cloud Native
2 36 (17.22%) Onboarding
3 24 (11.48%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (11.00%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (10.53%) PKI
6 13 (6.22%) Product Ownership
7 10 (4.78%) Management Information System
7 10 (4.78%) Security Posture
8 7 (3.35%) Replication
9 6 (2.87%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.87%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (2.39%) AI Agents
10 5 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.91%) Cloud Security Posture
12 3 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.44%) IoT
12 3 (1.44%) Wiki
13 2 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
13 2 (0.96%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.74%) Linux
2 10 (4.78%) Windows
3 5 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.91%) Unix
5 3 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.44%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.96%) VMS
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.48%) CatOS
7 1 (0.48%) CentOS
7 1 (0.48%) Rocky
7 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (33.49%) CI/CD
2 69 (33.01%) Identity Access Management
3 62 (29.67%) RBAC
4 55 (26.32%) DevOps
5 40 (19.14%) Zero Trust
6 39 (18.66%) Event-Driven
7 36 (17.22%) Microservices
7 36 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (16.27%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 33 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
9 33 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
10 32 (15.31%) Roadmaps
11 31 (14.83%) Integration Patterns
12 30 (14.35%) Agile
13 28 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (12.92%) Technical Leadership
15 26 (12.44%) API Management
15 26 (12.44%) Migration
15 26 (12.44%) Privileged Access Management
16 25 (11.96%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 59 (28.23%) Python
2 55 (26.32%) PowerShell
3 22 (10.53%) Java
4 19 (9.09%) SQL
5 12 (5.74%) Bash
6 9 (4.31%) Go
7 8 (3.83%) C#
8 7 (3.35%) Bicep
9 6 (2.87%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.91%) Groovy
10 4 (1.91%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.96%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.48%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.48%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.48%) Perl
12 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.48%) R
12 1 (0.48%) Ruby
12 1 (0.48%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 52 (24.88%) Security Cleared
2 38 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 34 (16.27%) Degree
4 20 (9.57%) CISSP
5 15 (7.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (6.22%) Azure Certification
7 12 (5.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (4.78%) AWS Certification
9 7 (3.35%) CISM
9 7 (3.35%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.39%) CSPO
10 5 (2.39%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.91%) GIAC
12 3 (1.44%) CEH
12 3 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.96%) CRISC
14 1 (0.48%) OSCE
14 1 (0.48%) OSCP
14 1 (0.48%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (11.00%) NIST
3 21 (10.05%) GDPR
4 9 (4.31%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.31%) NCSC
5 7 (3.35%) HIPAA
6 6 (2.87%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.87%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.44%) QA
7 3 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.48%) GRC
9 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 98 (46.89%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.70%) Docker
3 3 (1.44%) OpenAM
3 3 (1.44%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.48%) Squid
5 1 (0.48%) zsh
Systems Management
1 75 (35.89%) Single Sign-On
2 39 (18.66%) Kubernetes
3 19 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 11 (5.26%) Ansible
5 7 (3.35%) Grafana
6 6 (2.87%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.96%) Consul
9 2 (0.96%) Packer
9 2 (0.96%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.48%) Argo
10 1 (0.48%) CASB
10 1 (0.48%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.48%) Istio
10 1 (0.48%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.48%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.48%) Puppet
10 1 (0.48%) systemd
10 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (50.72%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.31%) Google
3 29 (13.88%) Okta
4 19 (9.09%) Oracle
5 18 (8.61%) Ping Identity
6 13 (6.22%) BeyondTrust
6 13 (6.22%) CyberArk
6 13 (6.22%) MuleSoft
6 13 (6.22%) Palo Alto
6 13 (6.22%) ServiceNow
7 12 (5.74%) Cisco
8 11 (5.26%) IBM
9 10 (4.78%) ForgeRock
9 10 (4.78%) Informatica
10 9 (4.31%) TIBCO
10 9 (4.31%) WSO2
11 8 (3.83%) SAP
12 7 (3.35%) F5
12 7 (3.35%) Workday
13 6 (2.87%) Salesforce