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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 371 383
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 +137
Contract jobs citing SAML 217 100 161
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.41% 0.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.70% 1.83% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 74 111
10th Percentile £372 £464 £375
25th Percentile £460 £528 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £603 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +0.50% -
75th Percentile £613 £673 £681
90th Percentile £715 £784 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £603 £620
% change year-on-year -10.45% -2.74% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
UK median hourly rate - - £25.00

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 8,051 5,471 7,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.59% 22.47% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,392 3,788 5,356
10th Percentile £359 £365 £349
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -3.51%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 88 161
10th Percentile £34.00 £26.85 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.19 £35.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £62.96
90th Percentile £78.85 £83.27 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 April 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 April 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 -18 102 £539 -14.52% 13
North of England -40 38 £537 +2.29% 3
Midlands -40 27 £438 -23.91% 1
South West -7 26 £563 -9.09% 1
Yorkshire -38 24 £504 +7.36% 2
West Midlands -43 24 £375 -36.17% 1
South East -46 15 £600 -4.00% 7
North West -23 14 £550 +4.76% 1
East of England - 4 £425 - 3
East Midlands -29 3 £438 -21.52%
North East - 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 (5.99%) Confluence
2 6 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.38%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 117 (53.92%) Azure
2 83 (38.25%) Entra ID
3 55 (25.35%) AWS
4 35 (16.13%) GCP
5 20 (9.22%) SaaS
6 18 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (8.29%) OpenShift
7 14 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (6.45%) PaaS
8 12 (5.53%) Serverless
9 7 (3.23%) Azure Storage
9 7 (3.23%) GitHub
9 7 (3.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 7 (3.23%) IaaS
9 7 (3.23%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.76%) Azure Key Vault
10 6 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.30%) Azure AKS
11 5 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (2.30%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 50 (23.04%) DNS
2 39 (17.97%) Kerberos
3 36 (16.59%) Firewall
4 26 (11.98%) SSL
5 20 (9.22%) DHCP
6 18 (8.29%) HTTP
7 14 (6.45%) VPN
8 12 (5.53%) IPsec
9 11 (5.07%) TCP/IP
10 10 (4.61%) HTTPS
10 10 (4.61%) LAN
10 10 (4.61%) WAN
11 9 (4.15%) Network Security
11 9 (4.15%) Wireless
12 7 (3.23%) BIG-IP
12 7 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (3.23%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (3.23%) Ethereal
12 7 (3.23%) Reverse Proxy
12 7 (3.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.84%) Metadata
3 3 (1.38%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.38%) GIS
4 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.92%) MySQL
4 2 (0.92%) Power BI
4 2 (0.92%) Tableau
5 1 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.46%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 26 (11.98%) Jenkins
2 15 (6.91%) JIRA
3 8 (3.69%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (1.84%) GitLab
4 4 (1.84%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.92%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.92%) Git
5 2 (0.92%) Postman
5 2 (0.92%) Selenium
6 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.46%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.46%) Gatling
6 1 (0.46%) git-flow
6 1 (0.46%) JMeter
6 1 (0.46%) JUnit
6 1 (0.46%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.46%) WebDriver
General
1 78 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 47 (21.66%) Finance
3 37 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (7.37%) Banking
5 16 (7.37%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.30%) Aviation
8 5 (2.30%) Retail
9 3 (1.38%) Legal
10 2 (0.92%) Billing
10 2 (0.92%) Military
11 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.46%) Law
Job Titles
1 59 (27.19%) Architect
2 19 (8.76%) Senior
3 13 (5.99%) CyberArk Architect
3 13 (5.99%) Developer
3 13 (5.99%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (5.07%) Analyst
4 11 (5.07%) Consultant
5 10 (4.61%) Network Engineer
5 10 (4.61%) Technical Architect
6 8 (3.69%) Applications Engineer
6 8 (3.69%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (2.76%) Business Analyst
7 6 (2.76%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 6 (2.76%) IAM Specialist
7 6 (2.76%) Lead
7 6 (2.76%) Security Architect
7 6 (2.76%) Security Engineer
7 6 (2.76%) Senior Architect
7 6 (2.76%) Tester
8 5 (2.30%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (73.73%) OAuth
2 136 (62.67%) OpenID
3 71 (32.72%) LDAP
4 68 (31.34%) OAuth2
5 21 (9.68%) SailPoint
6 19 (8.76%) REST
7 16 (7.37%) JWT
8 11 (5.07%) RESTful
9 10 (4.61%) .NET
10 7 (3.23%) GraphQL
10 7 (3.23%) Web Services
11 6 (2.76%) Spring
11 6 (2.76%) Spring Boot
12 5 (2.30%) .NET Core
12 5 (2.30%) .NET Framework
12 5 (2.30%) XACML
13 4 (1.84%) ARM Templates
13 4 (1.84%) J2EE
13 4 (1.84%) JSON
13 4 (1.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.67%) Onboarding
2 28 (12.90%) Cloud Native
3 21 (9.68%) Replication
4 12 (5.53%) PKI
4 12 (5.53%) Private Cloud
5 10 (4.61%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.61%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.30%) IoT
8 4 (1.84%) Clustering
8 4 (1.84%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.84%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.38%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.38%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 48 (22.12%) Windows
2 30 (13.82%) Windows Server
3 20 (9.22%) Linux
4 4 (1.84%) AIX
4 4 (1.84%) CatOS
4 4 (1.84%) Solaris
5 3 (1.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (32.72%) RBAC
2 69 (31.80%) Identity Access Management
3 61 (28.11%) DevOps
4 55 (25.35%) CI/CD
5 50 (23.04%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (17.97%) Migration
8 32 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 31 (14.29%) Identity Management
10 29 (13.36%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (11.52%) Secrets Management
12 24 (11.06%) Design Patterns
13 23 (10.60%) Roadmaps
13 23 (10.60%) Validation
14 22 (10.14%) Agile
14 22 (10.14%) Architectural Patterns
14 22 (10.14%) Privileged Access Management
14 22 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (10.14%) Threat Modelling
15 21 (9.68%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 50 (23.04%) PowerShell
2 38 (17.51%) Python
3 30 (13.82%) Java
4 16 (7.37%) JavaScript
4 16 (7.37%) SQL
5 11 (5.07%) C#
6 10 (4.61%) Bash
7 9 (4.15%) Go
8 5 (2.30%) Groovy
9 4 (1.84%) Bicep
10 3 (1.38%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 78 (35.94%) Security Cleared
2 49 (22.58%) SC Cleared
3 23 (10.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (8.76%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.61%) Degree
6 9 (4.15%) CISSP
7 7 (3.23%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.30%) CISM
9 3 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.46%) CEH
11 1 (0.46%) HND
11 1 (0.46%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (17.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (16.13%) GDPR
2 35 (16.13%) NIST
3 19 (8.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 15 (6.91%) NCSC
5 8 (3.69%) PCI DSS
5 8 (3.69%) SOC 2
6 5 (2.30%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.30%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.38%) GRC
8 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.92%) QA
10 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 94 (43.32%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.07%) Docker
2 11 (5.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.23%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.76%) RACF
5 2 (0.92%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.92%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.92%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.46%) Squid
Systems Management
1 92 (42.40%) Single Sign-On
2 49 (22.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 40 (18.43%) Kubernetes
4 26 (11.98%) Terraform
5 8 (3.69%) PingFederate
6 4 (1.84%) CA Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.92%) Ansible
7 2 (0.92%) Grafana
8 1 (0.46%) Argo
8 1 (0.46%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle Identity Manager
8 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 95 (43.78%) Microsoft
2 37 (17.05%) CyberArk
3 33 (15.21%) Okta
4 24 (11.06%) Splunk
5 17 (7.83%) VMware
6 14 (6.45%) Ping Identity
6 14 (6.45%) ServiceNow
7 12 (5.53%) Google
8 9 (4.15%) BeyondTrust
8 9 (4.15%) Cisco
8 9 (4.15%) Palo Alto
9 8 (3.69%) SAP
9 8 (3.69%) Zscaler
10 7 (3.23%) CheckPoint
10 7 (3.23%) F5
10 7 (3.23%) ForgeRock
11 4 (1.84%) Netskope
11 4 (1.84%) Oracle
12 3 (1.38%) Citrix
12 3 (1.38%) Forcepoint