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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 373 428
Rank change year-on-year -45 +55 +36
Contract jobs citing SAML 220 138 87
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.50% 0.27%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.22% 1.94% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 87 52
10th Percentile £400 £366 £228
25th Percentile £455 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £498 £555
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% -10.36% -7.50%
75th Percentile £631 £575 £620
90th Percentile £750 £630 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £521 £560
% change year-on-year +0.82% -7.01% -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 9,893 7,096 7,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.25% 25.57% 24.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,520 4,810 5,213
10th Percentile £380 £355 £363
25th Percentile £446 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -0.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 171 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.61 £35.50
25th Percentile £54.53 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.83 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.69% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.68
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.35 £62.50
% change year-on-year +19.60% -13.04% +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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -62 88 £550 -0.45% 86
South East -9 55 £500 -4.76% 16
North of England -62 44 £525 +16.67% 24
Yorkshire -27 29 £570 +20.00% 9
North West -48 13 £491 +9.60% 15
South West -38 12 £575 +9.94% 4
Midlands -44 12 £402 -3.13% 2
West Midlands -39 10 £425 -28.42% 2
East of England -29 2 £513 +18.84% 2
East Midlands -29 2 £401 -3.37%
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 10 (4.55%) Confluence
2 5 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.36%) Apache
4 3 (1.36%) IIS
5 1 (0.45%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.82%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 141 (64.09%) Azure
2 113 (51.36%) Entra ID
3 74 (33.64%) AWS
4 59 (26.82%) GCP
5 36 (16.36%) SaaS
6 17 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.73%) GitHub
7 15 (6.82%) Boomi
8 14 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (5.91%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (5.45%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (4.55%) iPaaS
12 8 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (3.18%) Cloud Run
13 7 (3.18%) OCI
14 6 (2.73%) Azure AKS
14 6 (2.73%) Azure API Management
14 6 (2.73%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (2.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.18%) DNS
2 23 (10.45%) Firewall
2 23 (10.45%) SSL
3 15 (6.82%) Kerberos
3 15 (6.82%) Network Security
4 14 (6.36%) HTTP
5 13 (5.91%) TCP/IP
6 12 (5.45%) VPN
7 11 (5.00%) IPsec
8 10 (4.55%) DHCP
9 9 (4.09%) Reverse Proxy
10 8 (3.64%) WAN
11 6 (2.73%) LAN
12 5 (2.27%) HTTPS
12 5 (2.27%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.27%) Wireless
12 5 (2.27%) X.509
13 4 (1.82%) Internet
14 3 (1.36%) BGP
14 3 (1.36%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.18%) NoSQL
2 6 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (2.27%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.36%) Metadata
4 3 (1.36%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.91%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.91%) MySQL
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.45%) Db2
6 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.45%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.45%) Parquet
6 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.45%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 13 (5.91%) Git
2 12 (5.45%) JIRA
3 9 (4.09%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.73%) Browser DevTools
4 6 (2.73%) GitLab
5 3 (1.36%) Fiddler
5 3 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.45%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.45%) Gerrit
6 1 (0.45%) Maven
6 1 (0.45%) Moq
6 1 (0.45%) Postman
6 1 (0.45%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 53 (24.09%) Social Skills
2 39 (17.73%) Finance
3 30 (13.64%) Documentation Skills
4 29 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (10.91%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.55%) Banking
7 8 (3.64%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.27%) Legal
8 5 (2.27%) Military
9 4 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.82%) Publishing
10 3 (1.36%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.91%) Retail
12 1 (0.45%) French Language
12 1 (0.45%) German Language
12 1 (0.45%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 55 (25.00%) Architect
2 26 (11.82%) Developer
3 20 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 15 (6.82%) IAM Specialist
5 14 (6.36%) Technical Architect
6 13 (5.91%) Consultant
7 11 (5.00%) Lead
8 9 (4.09%) IAM Developer
8 9 (4.09%) Security Engineer
8 9 (4.09%) Senior
9 8 (3.64%) Security Architect
10 7 (3.18%) Network Engineer
10 7 (3.18%) Technical Consultant
11 6 (2.73%) Java Developer
11 6 (2.73%) Product Owner
12 5 (2.27%) Applications Engineer
12 5 (2.27%) Full-Stack Developer
12 5 (2.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (2.27%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 5 (2.27%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (74.09%) OAuth
2 139 (63.18%) OpenID
3 86 (39.09%) OAuth2
4 60 (27.27%) LDAP
5 49 (22.27%) REST
6 35 (15.91%) Terraform
7 31 (14.09%) SailPoint
8 28 (12.73%) JWT
9 27 (12.27%) SOAP
10 22 (10.00%) JSON
11 19 (8.64%) Middleware
12 17 (7.73%) Kafka
12 17 (7.73%) RESTful
12 17 (7.73%) Web Services
13 15 (6.82%) XML
14 14 (6.36%) GraphQL
14 14 (6.36%) Swagger
15 12 (5.45%) .NET
15 12 (5.45%) OpenAPI
16 11 (5.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 46 (20.91%) Cloud Native
2 38 (17.27%) Onboarding
3 26 (11.82%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (10.91%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (10.91%) PKI
5 14 (6.36%) Product Ownership
6 11 (5.00%) Security Posture
7 9 (4.09%) Management Information System
8 8 (3.64%) IoT
9 7 (3.18%) Replication
10 6 (2.73%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.73%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (2.27%) AI Agents
11 5 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.82%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
14 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.73%) Windows
2 16 (7.27%) Linux
3 5 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.82%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.82%) Unix
5 3 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.36%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.91%) VMS
7 1 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.45%) CatOS
7 1 (0.45%) CentOS
7 1 (0.45%) Rocky
7 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (31.82%) Identity Access Management
2 67 (30.45%) CI/CD
3 62 (28.18%) RBAC
4 54 (24.55%) DevOps
5 41 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (18.18%) Event-Driven
6 40 (18.18%) Zero Trust
7 35 (15.91%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 35 (15.91%) Microservices
8 33 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 33 (15.00%) Roadmaps
9 32 (14.55%) Integration Patterns
10 30 (13.64%) Agile
10 30 (13.64%) Migration
11 29 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (12.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 27 (12.27%) Technical Leadership
13 26 (11.82%) Privileged Access Management
13 26 (11.82%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 56 (25.45%) Python
2 54 (24.55%) PowerShell
3 25 (11.36%) Java
4 17 (7.73%) SQL
5 12 (5.45%) Bash
6 9 (4.09%) Go
7 7 (3.18%) C#
8 6 (2.73%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.82%) Bicep
9 4 (1.82%) Groovy
9 4 (1.82%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.91%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.45%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.45%) Perl
11 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.45%) R
11 1 (0.45%) Ruby
11 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (24.55%) Security Cleared
2 38 (17.27%) SC Cleared
3 34 (15.45%) Degree
4 21 (9.55%) CISSP
5 15 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.45%) Azure Certification
6 12 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.55%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.18%) CISM
8 7 (3.18%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.27%) CSPO
9 5 (2.27%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.82%) CEH
10 4 (1.82%) GIAC
11 2 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.91%) CRISC
11 2 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (11.36%) NIST
3 22 (10.00%) GDPR
4 9 (4.09%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.09%) NCSC
5 7 (3.18%) HIPAA
5 7 (3.18%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.73%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.36%) QA
7 3 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.45%) GRC
9 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 100 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.36%) Docker
3 3 (1.36%) OpenAM
3 3 (1.36%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.45%) Squid
5 1 (0.45%) zsh
Systems Management
1 78 (35.45%) Single Sign-On
2 39 (17.73%) Kubernetes
3 20 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 10 (4.55%) Ansible
5 5 (2.27%) Grafana
5 5 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.27%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.91%) Consul
7 2 (0.91%) Packer
7 2 (0.91%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.91%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.45%) Argo
8 1 (0.45%) CASB
8 1 (0.45%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.45%) Istio
8 1 (0.45%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.45%) Puppet
8 1 (0.45%) systemd
8 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (49.09%) Microsoft
2 32 (14.55%) Google
3 30 (13.64%) Okta
4 19 (8.64%) Oracle
4 19 (8.64%) Ping Identity
5 15 (6.82%) CyberArk
6 14 (6.36%) ServiceNow
7 13 (5.91%) BeyondTrust
7 13 (5.91%) MuleSoft
7 13 (5.91%) Palo Alto
8 12 (5.45%) Cisco
9 11 (5.00%) IBM
10 10 (4.55%) Informatica
11 9 (4.09%) ForgeRock
11 9 (4.09%) TIBCO
11 9 (4.09%) WSO2
12 8 (3.64%) SAP
13 7 (3.18%) F5
13 7 (3.18%) Workday
13 7 (3.18%) Zscaler