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

 6 months to
17 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 383 402
Rank change year-on-year -26 +19 +102
Contract jobs citing SAML 218 116 159
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.43% 0.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.57% 1.92% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 76 102
10th Percentile £400 £404 £364
25th Percentile £463 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £555
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +3.60% -7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £653 £638
90th Percentile £865 £750 £699
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £555
% change year-on-year -4.35% +3.60% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 3
10th Percentile £55.50 - £24.34
25th Percentile £72.50 - £24.59
Median hourly rate £77.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile £87.16 - -
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £55.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +40.91% +120.00% -

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 8,470 6,054 7,671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.91% 22.25% 21.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,575 4,164 5,358
10th Percentile £363 £355 £353
25th Percentile £431 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £524 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% -4.73% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £747 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.74% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 134 251
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £47.19 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +5.60% -8.66%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.35%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -27 112 £548 -9.95% 26
South East -28 42 £750 +30.43% 15
North of England -57 37 £563 +18.42% 7
Yorkshire -38 22 £620 +41.23% 1
Midlands -56 16 £401 -4.98% 1
North West -37 14 £550 +4.76% 6
West Midlands -48 12 £375 -37.81% 1
East Midlands -24 4 £420 +1.14%
South West -40 4 £550 -11.11%
North East - 2 £413 -
East of England -21 1 - - 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 9 (4.13%) Confluence
2 5 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) Apache
3 1 (0.46%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 136 (62.39%) Azure
2 105 (48.17%) Entra ID
3 75 (34.40%) AWS
4 42 (19.27%) GCP
5 30 (13.76%) SaaS
6 17 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (5.96%) OpenShift
8 12 (5.50%) GitHub
9 10 (4.59%) Serverless
10 7 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.75%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (2.75%) Cloud Run
11 6 (2.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (2.29%) Boomi
12 5 (2.29%) Google Workspace
12 5 (2.29%) IaaS
12 5 (2.29%) PaaS
13 4 (1.83%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.83%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 33 (15.14%) DNS
2 27 (12.39%) Kerberos
3 25 (11.47%) SSL
4 24 (11.01%) Firewall
5 19 (8.72%) TCP/IP
6 17 (7.80%) Network Security
7 15 (6.88%) DHCP
7 15 (6.88%) HTTP
8 14 (6.42%) VPN
9 11 (5.05%) IPsec
10 10 (4.59%) WAN
11 8 (3.67%) LAN
11 8 (3.67%) Wireless
12 7 (3.21%) HTTPS
13 6 (2.75%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.83%) BIG-IP
14 4 (1.83%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (1.83%) Internet
14 4 (1.83%) NGFW
14 4 (1.83%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.21%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.29%) Metadata
3 3 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.38%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.38%) MySQL
3 3 (1.38%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.46%) Db2
5 1 (0.46%) GIS
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.46%) Parquet
5 1 (0.46%) Power BI
5 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (7.34%) Jenkins
2 15 (6.88%) JIRA
3 11 (5.05%) Browser DevTools
4 5 (2.29%) Git
5 3 (1.38%) Fiddler
5 3 (1.38%) GitLab
6 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.46%) Moq
6 1 (0.46%) Postman
6 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (31.19%) Social Skills
2 52 (23.85%) Finance
3 33 (15.14%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (13.30%) Documentation Skills
5 26 (11.93%) Public Sector
6 17 (7.80%) Banking
7 12 (5.50%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.29%) Legal
8 5 (2.29%) Military
8 5 (2.29%) Retail
9 4 (1.83%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.92%) Publishing
11 2 (0.92%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 64 (29.36%) Architect
2 18 (8.26%) Technical Architect
3 16 (7.34%) Developer
4 14 (6.42%) IAM Specialist
5 13 (5.96%) Senior
6 11 (5.05%) CyberArk Architect
7 10 (4.59%) Lead
7 10 (4.59%) Network Engineer
7 10 (4.59%) Security Engineer
8 9 (4.13%) Analyst
8 9 (4.13%) Consultant
9 8 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.21%) IAM Developer
10 7 (3.21%) Security Architect
11 6 (2.75%) Java Developer
12 5 (2.29%) Applications Engineer
12 5 (2.29%) Integration Architect
12 5 (2.29%) Product Owner
12 5 (2.29%) Support Engineer
12 5 (2.29%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (72.48%) OAuth
2 145 (66.51%) OpenID
3 79 (36.24%) LDAP
4 78 (35.78%) OAuth2
5 35 (16.06%) SailPoint
6 33 (15.14%) REST
7 19 (8.72%) Web Services
8 18 (8.26%) SOAP
9 13 (5.96%) JSON
9 13 (5.96%) JWT
10 12 (5.50%) RESTful
11 9 (4.13%) .NET
12 7 (3.21%) Middleware
12 7 (3.21%) Spring Boot
13 6 (2.75%) FIDO
13 6 (2.75%) Spring
14 5 (2.29%) GraphQL
14 5 (2.29%) J2EE
14 5 (2.29%) JDBC
14 5 (2.29%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 44 (20.18%) Onboarding
2 36 (16.51%) Cloud Native
3 16 (7.34%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (6.88%) PKI
5 13 (5.96%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (5.96%) Security Posture
6 10 (4.59%) Product Ownership
7 9 (4.13%) Management Information System
8 8 (3.67%) IoT
8 8 (3.67%) Replication
9 6 (2.75%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.75%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.83%) Clustering
11 4 (1.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.83%) Operational Technology
12 3 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.55%) Windows
2 15 (6.88%) Linux
3 9 (4.13%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.83%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.92%) Unix
5 2 (0.92%) VMS
6 1 (0.46%) CatOS
6 1 (0.46%) CentOS
6 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (29.82%) Identity Access Management
2 63 (28.90%) CI/CD
2 63 (28.90%) DevOps
3 57 (26.15%) RBAC
4 44 (20.18%) Cybersecurity
5 43 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (16.51%) Infrastructure as Code
7 34 (15.60%) Zero Trust
8 32 (14.68%) Roadmaps
9 31 (14.22%) Migration
10 30 (13.76%) Runbook
10 30 (13.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 28 (12.84%) Agile
12 26 (11.93%) Microservices
13 25 (11.47%) API Integration
13 25 (11.47%) ITSM
14 24 (11.01%) Architectural Patterns
14 24 (11.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (10.55%) Threat Modelling
16 22 (10.09%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 44 (20.18%) Python
2 43 (19.72%) PowerShell
3 32 (14.68%) Java
4 21 (9.63%) SQL
5 10 (4.59%) Bash
6 8 (3.67%) JavaScript
7 7 (3.21%) Go
8 5 (2.29%) C#
9 4 (1.83%) Bicep
10 3 (1.38%) Groovy
10 3 (1.38%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.92%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.46%) Perl
12 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (29.36%) Security Cleared
2 56 (25.69%) SC Cleared
3 29 (13.30%) Degree
4 23 (10.55%) CISSP
5 12 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (5.05%) Azure Certification
7 10 (4.59%) CISM
8 9 (4.13%) AWS Certification
8 9 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (2.75%) Master's Degree
11 5 (2.29%) CSPO
12 4 (1.83%) CEH
12 4 (1.83%) GIAC
13 3 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.92%) CRISC
15 1 (0.46%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (19.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (18.35%) NIST
3 32 (14.68%) GDPR
4 19 (8.72%) NCSC
5 13 (5.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (3.67%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.75%) HIPAA
7 6 (2.75%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.83%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.38%) GRC
10 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.46%) QA
11 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 85 (38.99%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.96%) Docker
3 5 (2.29%) RACF
4 4 (1.83%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.38%) OpenAM
5 3 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.46%) Squid
Systems Management
1 77 (35.32%) Single Sign-On
2 43 (19.72%) Kubernetes
3 32 (14.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 27 (12.39%) Terraform
5 7 (3.21%) Ansible
6 4 (1.83%) CA Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.83%) PingFederate
6 4 (1.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.46%) Argo
8 1 (0.46%) CASB
8 1 (0.46%) Consul
8 1 (0.46%) Grafana
8 1 (0.46%) Packer
8 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.46%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 89 (40.83%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.60%) Okta
3 31 (14.22%) CyberArk
4 19 (8.72%) Ping Identity
5 18 (8.26%) Google
5 18 (8.26%) ServiceNow
6 16 (7.34%) Splunk
7 14 (6.42%) Cisco
7 14 (6.42%) Palo Alto
8 11 (5.05%) Zscaler
9 10 (4.59%) ForgeRock
10 9 (4.13%) SAP
11 8 (3.67%) Oracle
11 8 (3.67%) Workday
12 7 (3.21%) F5
13 5 (2.29%) BeyondTrust
13 5 (2.29%) Citrix
13 5 (2.29%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (2.29%) VMware
14 4 (1.83%) Netskope
44 SAML jobs in England