SAML Contracts in England

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SAML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAML over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 384 514
Rank change year-on-year -9 +130 +104
Contract jobs citing SAML 92 159 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.43% 0.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.69% 2.12% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 109 87
10th Percentile £463 £375 £401
25th Percentile £525 £460 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £709
90th Percentile £770 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
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 5,454 7,511 11,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.39% 20.19% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,783 5,341 8,633
10th Percentile £368 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 218 138
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.27 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £48.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £75.00 £80.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

SAML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SAML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SAML in England

SAML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAML in England.

Daily rate trend for SAML in England

SAML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAML in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAML in England

SAML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAML in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 2025. 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 -6 49 £602 +1.09% 39
North of England +23 15 £525 -15.32% 22
South East +52 11 £600 +20.00% 33
Yorkshire +10 9 £469 +8.56% 8
North West +19 6 £525 -17.32% 12
Midlands +2 5 £575 -7.56% 23
West Midlands +9 3 £588 -9.62% 10
South West +38 2 £619 +65.00% 14
East Midlands -5 2 £558 -10.08% 11
SAML
UK

SAML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.43%) Confluence
2 2 (2.17%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (4.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.09%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 39 (42.39%) Azure
2 38 (41.30%) Entra ID
3 30 (32.61%) AWS
4 11 (11.96%) SaaS
5 8 (8.70%) OCI
6 7 (7.61%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (6.52%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (6.52%) GCP
7 6 (6.52%) IaaS
7 6 (6.52%) PaaS
8 5 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (5.43%) Serverless
9 4 (4.35%) GitHub
9 4 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (4.35%) Lucidchart
10 3 (3.26%) Azure AKS
10 3 (3.26%) Azure API Management
10 3 (3.26%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (3.26%) Google Workspace
10 3 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.87%) SSL
2 9 (9.78%) Kerberos
3 8 (8.70%) HTTP
3 8 (8.70%) HTTPS
4 4 (4.35%) Firewall
4 4 (4.35%) Network Security
4 4 (4.35%) NGFW
5 2 (2.17%) IPsec
6 1 (1.09%) DNS
6 1 (1.09%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (4.35%) NoSQL
2 3 (3.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.17%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.17%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.09%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 5 (5.43%) JIRA
2 3 (3.26%) Git
2 3 (3.26%) Jenkins
2 3 (3.26%) Maven
3 2 (2.17%) GitLab
4 1 (1.09%) Bitbucket
General
1 14 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (15.22%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 7 (7.61%) Finance
4 5 (5.43%) Banking
5 2 (2.17%) French Language
6 1 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (44.57%) Architect
2 16 (17.39%) Security Architect
3 9 (9.78%) Senior
4 8 (8.70%) Developer
5 7 (7.61%) AWS Specialist
5 7 (7.61%) IAM Specialist
6 6 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (5.43%) IT Security Officer
7 5 (5.43%) Lead
7 5 (5.43%) Security Officer
8 4 (4.35%) Analyst
8 4 (4.35%) Data Architect
8 4 (4.35%) Infrastructure Architect
8 4 (4.35%) Systems Analyst
9 3 (3.26%) Azure Architect
9 3 (3.26%) Enterprise Architect
9 3 (3.26%) Integration Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) Technical Architect
10 2 (2.17%) Cloud Architect
10 2 (2.17%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (75.00%) OAuth
2 51 (55.43%) OpenID
3 31 (33.70%) LDAP
4 18 (19.57%) REST
5 16 (17.39%) SOAP
6 13 (14.13%) SailPoint
7 10 (10.87%) JWT
7 10 (10.87%) OAuth2
8 8 (8.70%) Web Services
9 6 (6.52%) JSON
9 6 (6.52%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (5.43%) XML
11 4 (4.35%) JDBC
11 4 (4.35%) Kafka
11 4 (4.35%) Middleware
11 4 (4.35%) ODBC
11 4 (4.35%) RESTful
12 3 (3.26%) FIDO
12 3 (3.26%) Node.js
12 3 (3.26%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
1 12 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 9 (9.78%) Security Posture
3 8 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.52%) Product Ownership
5 5 (5.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (4.35%) Cloud Native
6 4 (4.35%) PKI
7 3 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (2.17%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (2.17%) Replication
9 1 (1.09%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.09%) N-Tier
9 1 (1.09%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.09%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.09%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.43%) Windows
2 3 (3.26%) Linux
2 3 (3.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.17%) Unix
4 1 (1.09%) Android
4 1 (1.09%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (55.43%) Identity Access Management
2 32 (34.78%) RBAC
3 25 (27.17%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (22.83%) Identity Management
4 21 (22.83%) Migration
5 19 (20.65%) Agile
5 19 (20.65%) DevOps
6 16 (17.39%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 14 (15.22%) Project Management
8 12 (13.04%) Cloud Security
8 12 (13.04%) Roadmaps
9 11 (11.96%) CI/CD
10 10 (10.87%) Analytics
11 9 (9.78%) Data Security
11 9 (9.78%) Mentoring
11 9 (9.78%) Privileged Access Management
11 9 (9.78%) Regulatory Compliance
12 8 (8.70%) Security Architecture
13 7 (7.61%) Continuous Integration
13 7 (7.61%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 29 (31.52%) Python
2 28 (30.43%) PowerShell
3 22 (23.91%) Java
4 13 (14.13%) JavaScript
5 7 (7.61%) SQL
6 6 (6.52%) Groovy
7 4 (4.35%) C#
8 3 (3.26%) Bash
9 1 (1.09%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.09%) Bicep
9 1 (1.09%) Ruby
9 1 (1.09%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.09%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.09%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 23 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (14.13%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.78%) CISSP
4 8 (8.70%) Degree
5 7 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (7.61%) OCP
5 7 (7.61%) Oracle Certification
6 5 (5.43%) AWS Certification
6 5 (5.43%) Azure Certification
7 4 (4.35%) CISM
8 3 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.09%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (1.09%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 13 (14.13%) GDPR
2 13 (14.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (11.96%) HIPAA
3 11 (11.96%) NIST
4 7 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (2.17%) NCSC
5 2 (2.17%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.17%) QA
6 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.09%) GRC
System Software
1 34 (36.96%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.78%) OpenAM
3 6 (6.52%) OpenDJ
3 6 (6.52%) OpenIDM
4 4 (4.35%) Docker
4 4 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.17%) RACF
5 2 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 51 (55.43%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (11.96%) Terraform
3 10 (10.87%) Kubernetes
4 5 (5.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (4.35%) Ansible
6 3 (3.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (2.17%) Packer
8 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (1.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 21 (22.83%) Okta
3 11 (11.96%) ForgeRock
3 11 (11.96%) Ping Identity
4 9 (9.78%) Oracle
5 7 (7.61%) SAP
6 6 (6.52%) Qualtrics
7 5 (5.43%) VMware
8 4 (4.35%) CyberArk
8 4 (4.35%) Google
8 4 (4.35%) OpenText
8 4 (4.35%) ServiceNow
9 3 (3.26%) IBM
10 2 (2.17%) webMethods
11 1 (1.09%) Apple
11 1 (1.09%) Dynatrace
11 1 (1.09%) MuleSoft
11 1 (1.09%) NetIQ
11 1 (1.09%) Rapid7
11 1 (1.09%) Salesforce