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

 6 months to
21 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 397 428
Rank change year-on-year -27 +31 +45
Contract jobs citing SAML 218 123 107
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.45% 0.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.23% 1.75% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 75 70
10th Percentile £400 £363 £356
25th Percentile £455 £411 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £590
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -19.49% -1.67%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £624
90th Percentile £750 £612 £678
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £598
% change year-on-year - -12.13% -0.42%
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 9,779 7,022 8,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.21% 25.46% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,428 4,778 5,448
10th Percentile £380 £355 £363
25th Percentile £441 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.85% -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £667
90th Percentile £738 £749 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 168 180
10th Percentile £29.72 £31.50 £27.68
25th Percentile £52.97 £42.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.24 £55.00 £62.93
Median % change year-on-year +22.25% -12.60% +0.68%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.35 £61.60
% change year-on-year +19.60% -11.77% -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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -53 88 £538 -4.27% 159
South East -14 54 £500 -4.76% 21
North of England -47 44 £550 +23.32% 14
Yorkshire -25 26 £570 +39.36% 7
North West -45 16 £500 +11.61% 7
Midlands -52 12 £402 -4.74% 7
South West -36 11 £575 +9.52% 7
West Midlands -40 10 £425 -29.52% 4
East Midlands -26 2 £401 -3.37% 3
East of England -27 2 £513 - 3
North East - 2 £438 -
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 (5.96%) Confluence
2 5 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.38%) 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 (0.92%) 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
1 143 (65.60%) Azure
2 112 (51.38%) Entra ID
3 75 (34.40%) AWS
4 59 (27.06%) GCP
5 36 (16.51%) SaaS
6 17 (7.80%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.80%) GitHub
7 15 (6.88%) Boomi
8 14 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (5.96%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (5.50%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (4.59%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (4.59%) iPaaS
12 8 (3.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (3.21%) OCI
14 6 (2.75%) Azure AKS
14 6 (2.75%) Azure API Management
14 6 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (2.29%) Azure App Service
15 5 (2.29%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 28 (12.84%) DNS
2 25 (11.47%) SSL
3 23 (10.55%) Firewall
4 16 (7.34%) HTTP
4 16 (7.34%) Kerberos
5 14 (6.42%) Network Security
5 14 (6.42%) TCP/IP
6 12 (5.50%) VPN
7 11 (5.05%) IPsec
8 10 (4.59%) DHCP
9 8 (3.67%) WAN
10 6 (2.75%) HTTPS
10 6 (2.75%) LAN
11 5 (2.29%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (2.29%) SD-WAN
11 5 (2.29%) Wireless
11 5 (2.29%) X.509
12 4 (1.83%) Internet
13 3 (1.38%) BGP
13 3 (1.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.21%) NoSQL
2 6 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (2.75%) Metadata
3 3 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.38%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.92%) MySQL
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.92%) 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 (6.88%) JIRA
2 13 (5.96%) Git
3 9 (4.13%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.21%) Browser DevTools
5 6 (2.75%) GitLab
6 3 (1.38%) Fiddler
6 3 (1.38%) 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 (23.39%) Social Skills
2 44 (20.18%) Finance
3 30 (13.76%) Documentation Skills
4 28 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.93%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.59%) Banking
7 7 (3.21%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.75%) Legal
9 5 (2.29%) Military
10 4 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.83%) Publishing
11 3 (1.38%) Retail
11 3 (1.38%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.92%) 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 54 (24.77%) Architect
2 24 (11.01%) Developer
3 20 (9.17%) Solutions Architect
4 15 (6.88%) IAM Specialist
5 14 (6.42%) Consultant
5 14 (6.42%) Technical Architect
6 11 (5.05%) Lead
7 9 (4.13%) IAM Developer
7 9 (4.13%) Security Engineer
7 9 (4.13%) Senior
8 7 (3.21%) Network Engineer
8 7 (3.21%) Security Architect
8 7 (3.21%) Technical Consultant
9 6 (2.75%) Java Developer
9 6 (2.75%) Product Owner
10 5 (2.29%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (2.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (2.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 5 (2.29%) Security Technical Consultant
10 5 (2.29%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (73.85%) OAuth
2 138 (63.30%) OpenID
3 83 (38.07%) OAuth2
4 61 (27.98%) LDAP
5 48 (22.02%) REST
6 33 (15.14%) SailPoint
7 31 (14.22%) Terraform
8 27 (12.39%) SOAP
9 26 (11.93%) JWT
10 22 (10.09%) JSON
11 17 (7.80%) Kafka
11 17 (7.80%) Middleware
11 17 (7.80%) Web Services
12 15 (6.88%) RESTful
12 15 (6.88%) XML
13 14 (6.42%) GraphQL
13 14 (6.42%) Swagger
14 12 (5.50%) .NET
14 12 (5.50%) OpenAPI
15 9 (4.13%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 43 (19.72%) Cloud Native
2 37 (16.97%) Onboarding
3 22 (10.09%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (10.09%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (9.63%) PKI
5 14 (6.42%) Product Ownership
6 11 (5.05%) Security Posture
7 9 (4.13%) Management Information System
8 8 (3.67%) IoT
9 6 (2.75%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.75%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (2.29%) AI Agents
10 5 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.29%) Replication
11 4 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.83%) Clustering
11 4 (1.83%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.34%) Windows
2 14 (6.42%) Linux
3 5 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.38%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.38%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.38%) Unix
5 2 (0.92%) 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 68 (31.19%) Identity Access Management
2 63 (28.90%) CI/CD
3 61 (27.98%) RBAC
4 54 (24.77%) DevOps
5 43 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (18.81%) Zero Trust
7 38 (17.43%) Event-Driven
8 35 (16.06%) Cybersecurity
9 33 (15.14%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 33 (15.14%) Microservices
9 33 (15.14%) Roadmaps
10 32 (14.68%) Integration Patterns
10 32 (14.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 31 (14.22%) Migration
12 30 (13.76%) Infrastructure as Code
13 28 (12.84%) Agile
13 28 (12.84%) Privileged Access Management
13 28 (12.84%) Runbook
13 28 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (11.47%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 52 (23.85%) Python
2 51 (23.39%) PowerShell
3 28 (12.84%) Java
4 15 (6.88%) SQL
5 12 (5.50%) Bash
6 7 (3.21%) C#
6 7 (3.21%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.75%) Go
8 4 (1.83%) Bicep
8 4 (1.83%) Groovy
9 3 (1.38%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.92%) 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 (23.85%) Security Cleared
2 37 (16.97%) SC Cleared
3 32 (14.68%) Degree
4 23 (10.55%) CISSP
5 14 (6.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.50%) Azure Certification
7 11 (5.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (4.59%) AWS Certification
8 10 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (4.13%) CISM
10 6 (2.75%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.29%) CSPO
11 5 (2.29%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.83%) CEH
12 4 (1.83%) GIAC
13 3 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.92%) CRISC
14 2 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (13.30%) NIST
3 26 (11.93%) GDPR
4 9 (4.13%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.67%) NCSC
6 7 (3.21%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.29%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.83%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.38%) QA
9 3 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.46%) GRC
11 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
System Software
1 98 (44.95%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.96%) Docker
3 3 (1.38%) OpenAM
3 3 (1.38%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.46%) Squid
Systems Management
1 77 (35.32%) Single Sign-On
2 36 (16.51%) Kubernetes
3 24 (11.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (3.67%) Ansible
5 5 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.29%) 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 (0.92%) Consul
7 2 (0.92%) Packer
7 2 (0.92%) 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 (47.71%) Microsoft
2 30 (13.76%) Google
3 29 (13.30%) Okta
4 20 (9.17%) Ping Identity
5 19 (8.72%) Oracle
6 17 (7.80%) CyberArk
7 15 (6.88%) BeyondTrust
8 14 (6.42%) ServiceNow
9 13 (5.96%) MuleSoft
9 13 (5.96%) Palo Alto
10 12 (5.50%) Cisco
11 11 (5.05%) IBM
12 10 (4.59%) Informatica
13 9 (4.13%) ForgeRock
13 9 (4.13%) TIBCO
13 9 (4.13%) WSO2
14 8 (3.67%) SAP
15 7 (3.21%) F5
15 7 (3.21%) Workday
15 7 (3.21%) Zscaler
210 SAML jobs in England