SAML Job Trends in London

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring SAML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 369 397
Rank change year-on-year +32 +28 +170
Permanent jobs citing SAML 37 59 46
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.26% 0.38% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.39% 1.43% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 20 31 38
10th Percentile £54,547 £60,000 -
25th Percentile £59,688 £64,471 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £76,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +22.40% -26.47%
75th Percentile £120,000 £87,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £140,000 £115,000 £81,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £69,308 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.61% +10.89% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

SAML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,658 4,138 4,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 18.85% 26.67% 27.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,913 2,553 4,333
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% -
75th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £125,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +1.54% -3.70%

SAML
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAML relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

SAML job vacancy trend in London

SAML
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SAML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SAML

SAML
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAML in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAML in London

SAML
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAML within the London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West London +2 3 - - 10
Central London +33 1 - - 14
SAML
England

SAML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (10.81%) Apache
1 4 (10.81%) nginx
2 2 (5.41%) Anypoint
2 2 (5.41%) Moodle
Cloud Services
1 28 (75.68%) Azure
2 24 (64.86%) Entra ID
3 11 (29.73%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (29.73%) GitHub
4 9 (24.32%) Azure AKS
4 9 (24.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 9 (24.32%) Azure Key Vault
4 9 (24.32%) Azure Monitor
4 9 (24.32%) Datadog
4 9 (24.32%) GitHub Actions
5 8 (21.62%) Google Workspace
6 6 (16.22%) AWS
7 4 (10.81%) Azure Functions
7 4 (10.81%) Azure Pipelines
7 4 (10.81%) Azure Storage
7 4 (10.81%) SaaS
7 4 (10.81%) Serverless
8 3 (8.11%) Anthos
8 3 (8.11%) Cloudflare
8 3 (8.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (24.32%) Firewall
1 9 (24.32%) VPN
1 9 (24.32%) WAN
2 8 (21.62%) Broadband
3 4 (10.81%) HTTP
3 4 (10.81%) HTTPS
3 4 (10.81%) Kerberos
3 4 (10.81%) Network Security
3 4 (10.81%) Reverse Proxy
3 4 (10.81%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Postman
2 2 (5.41%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (43.24%) Finance
2 8 (21.62%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.11%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.70%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (18.92%) Architect
2 5 (13.51%) Azure DevOps Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) Azure Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) Developer
2 5 (13.51%) DevOps Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) Operations Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Consultant
3 4 (10.81%) Operations Support Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Platform Support Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Support Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Active Directory Architect
4 3 (8.11%) Apigee Architect
4 3 (8.11%) Cloud Consultant
4 3 (8.11%) Cloudflare Consultant
4 3 (8.11%) IAM Developer
4 3 (8.11%) Security Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Senior
4 3 (8.11%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (100.00%) OAuth
2 16 (43.24%) OpenID
3 14 (37.84%) REST
4 11 (29.73%) LDAP
5 10 (27.03%) SOAP
6 9 (24.32%) ADO
6 9 (24.32%) YAML
7 8 (21.62%) GraphQL
8 6 (16.22%) OAuth2
9 3 (8.11%) JSON
9 3 (8.11%) JWT
9 3 (8.11%) Spring
9 3 (8.11%) Spring Boot
9 3 (8.11%) Spring Cloud
9 3 (8.11%) Swagger
10 2 (5.41%) JMS
11 1 (2.70%) J2EE
11 1 (2.70%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (21.62%) Cyberattack
2 4 (10.81%) PKI
3 3 (8.11%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (24.32%) VMS
2 5 (13.51%) Linux
3 4 (10.81%) Unix
4 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) DevOps
2 18 (48.65%) Identity Access Management
3 17 (45.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (43.24%) RBAC
5 15 (40.54%) CI/CD
6 14 (37.84%) Mentoring
7 13 (35.14%) Identity Management
8 12 (32.43%) Infrastructure as Code
9 11 (29.73%) Roadmaps
10 10 (27.03%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (27.03%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 10 (27.03%) Observability
10 10 (27.03%) Zero Trust
11 9 (24.32%) Analytics
11 9 (24.32%) Business Continuity
11 9 (24.32%) Cost Management
11 9 (24.32%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (24.32%) Incident Management
11 9 (24.32%) Log Analytics
12 8 (21.62%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 17 (45.95%) SQL
2 9 (24.32%) Kusto Query Language
2 9 (24.32%) PowerShell
3 8 (21.62%) Bash
3 8 (21.62%) T-SQL
4 7 (18.92%) Java
5 6 (16.22%) JavaScript
5 6 (16.22%) Python
6 3 (8.11%) PHP
7 2 (5.41%) DataWeave
8 1 (2.70%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) CISSP
2 4 (10.81%) CISM
2 4 (10.81%) OSCP
2 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
3 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.70%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (54.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (29.73%) NIST
3 9 (24.32%) GDPR
3 9 (24.32%) SOC 2
4 8 (21.62%) NCSC
5 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 3 (8.11%) JSP 440
System Software
1 24 (64.86%) Active Directory
2 9 (24.32%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (18.92%) Docker
4 1 (2.70%) OpenAM
4 1 (2.70%) OpenDJ
4 1 (2.70%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 14 (37.84%) Ansible
2 13 (35.14%) Terraform
3 9 (24.32%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (18.92%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.70%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft
2 9 (24.32%) Palo Alto
2 9 (24.32%) Zscaler
3 5 (13.51%) Okta
4 4 (10.81%) Imperva
4 4 (10.81%) Red Hat
5 3 (8.11%) Foundry
5 3 (8.11%) Google
5 3 (8.11%) Palantir
5 3 (8.11%) Ping Identity
6 2 (5.41%) ForgeRock
6 2 (5.41%) MuleSoft
6 2 (5.41%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.70%) Cognizant
7 1 (2.70%) CyberArk