Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SAML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAML over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 711 760 895
Rank change year-on-year +49 +135 -141
Permanent jobs citing SAML 131 127 388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.74% 0.57% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 59 97 132
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,525 £40,892
25th Percentile £54,375 £52,500 £51,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -10.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £91,250 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,750 £55,750 £66,140
% change year-on-year +32.29% -15.71% +1.75%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 17,601 22,313 69,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.48% 27.65% 39.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12,656 16,103 29,822
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,875 £83,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,289 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

SAML
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAML in the UK

SAML
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAML.

Salary trend for SAML in the UK

SAML
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAML over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SAML in the UK

SAML
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAML within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
UK excluding London +8 102 £73,750 +32.29% 8
England -11 66 £72,500 +20.83% 13
Scotland +13 59 £85,000 +21.43% 1
Work from Home +47 39 £92,500 +46.48% 9
London +56 26 £72,500 +11.54% 5
South West -7 17 £65,000 +44.44%
South East +11 16 £92,500 +65.92% 3
Midlands -17 4 £46,000 +15.00% 1
Wales +30 3 £55,000 -13.25%
North of England -7 3 £50,000 -9.09% 1
North West -18 3 £50,000 -9.09% 1
East Midlands - 3 £46,000 -
West Midlands -3 1 £77,500 +93.75% 1

SAML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (6.11%) Skype for Business
2 6 (4.58%) Apache
2 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.82%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.29%) Confluence
4 3 (2.29%) GlassFish
4 3 (2.29%) JBoss
4 3 (2.29%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (2.29%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.76%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (45.80%) Azure
2 39 (29.77%) AWS
3 22 (16.79%) Entra ID
4 16 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.34%) GitHub
6 6 (4.58%) GCP
6 6 (4.58%) PaaS
7 5 (3.82%) SaaS
8 3 (2.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 3 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.29%) AWS CloudTrail
8 3 (2.29%) AWS CodePipeline
8 3 (2.29%) AWS Control Tower
8 3 (2.29%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.29%) IaaS
9 2 (1.53%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.76%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.76%) OCI
10 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 50 (38.17%) Kerberos
2 35 (26.72%) Firewall
3 29 (22.14%) DNS
4 12 (9.16%) Reverse Proxy
4 12 (9.16%) WAN
5 10 (7.63%) LAN
5 10 (7.63%) SSL
6 9 (6.87%) Network Security
6 9 (6.87%) SD-WAN
6 9 (6.87%) VPN
7 8 (6.11%) BGP
7 8 (6.11%) Internet
7 8 (6.11%) MPLS
7 8 (6.11%) OSPF
7 8 (6.11%) Skype
7 8 (6.11%) TCP/IP
7 8 (6.11%) VoIP
7 8 (6.11%) Wireless
8 2 (1.53%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.53%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (33.59%) Metadata
2 6 (4.58%) MongoDB
2 6 (4.58%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.82%) MySQL
3 5 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.29%) MariaDB
4 3 (2.29%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.29%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (2.29%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (2.29%) Redis
5 1 (0.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 46 (35.11%) Bitbucket
2 44 (33.59%) Artifactory
2 44 (33.59%) Git
2 44 (33.59%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.58%) JIRA
4 2 (1.53%) GitLab
4 2 (1.53%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 59 (45.04%) Law
2 58 (44.27%) Finance
3 51 (38.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 50 (38.17%) Marketing
5 11 (8.40%) Social Skills
6 6 (4.58%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.05%) Banking
7 4 (3.05%) Retail
8 2 (1.53%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.76%) Automotive
9 1 (0.76%) Legal
9 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (38.93%) Lead
2 45 (34.35%) Software Engineer
3 44 (33.59%) Lead Software Engineer
4 40 (30.53%) Senior
5 31 (23.66%) Senior Software Engineer
6 28 (21.37%) Architect
7 13 (9.92%) Analyst
8 8 (6.11%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (6.11%) Network Analyst
8 8 (6.11%) Network Security Analyst
8 8 (6.11%) Security Analyst
9 7 (5.34%) DevOps Engineer
9 7 (5.34%) Senior Architect
10 6 (4.58%) Consultant
10 6 (4.58%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 6 (4.58%) Lead Architect
10 6 (4.58%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (4.58%) Security Manager
10 6 (4.58%) Technical Architect
11 5 (3.82%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (62.60%) OpenID
2 64 (48.85%) LDAP
3 51 (38.93%) OAuth
4 48 (36.64%) Web Services
5 46 (35.11%) JSON
6 44 (33.59%) JSON-LD
6 44 (33.59%) RESTful
6 44 (33.59%) XML
7 23 (17.56%) REST
8 8 (6.11%) 802.1X
9 6 (4.58%) SailPoint
10 5 (3.82%) J2EE
11 4 (3.05%) OAuth2
12 3 (2.29%) FIDO
12 3 (2.29%) WebAuthn
13 2 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
13 2 (1.53%) ServiceStack
14 1 (0.76%) AngularJS
14 1 (0.76%) Flask
14 1 (0.76%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 55 (41.98%) Management Information System
2 44 (33.59%) Enterprise Cloud
2 44 (33.59%) Reference Data
3 11 (8.40%) Data Centre
4 9 (6.87%) Client/Server
5 8 (6.11%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (5.34%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (5.34%) Public Cloud
7 6 (4.58%) Cloud Native
7 6 (4.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (3.82%) Onboarding
8 5 (3.82%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.29%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.53%) CMDB
10 2 (1.53%) PKI
10 2 (1.53%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.76%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.32%) Linux
2 14 (10.69%) Windows
3 5 (3.82%) Unix
4 4 (3.05%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.29%) AIX
5 3 (2.29%) Solaris
5 3 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.76%) VMS
6 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (69.47%) Identity Access Management
2 73 (55.73%) Agile
3 55 (41.98%) CI/CD
4 51 (38.93%) Roadmaps
4 51 (38.93%) SDLC
5 45 (34.35%) Continuous Delivery
5 45 (34.35%) Software Engineering
5 45 (34.35%) Test Automation
6 44 (33.59%) Architectural Design
6 44 (33.59%) Community of Practice
6 44 (33.59%) Data Modelling
6 44 (33.59%) Data Pipeline
6 44 (33.59%) Data Transformation
6 44 (33.59%) Information Architecture
6 44 (33.59%) Ontologies
6 44 (33.59%) Operational Stability
6 44 (33.59%) RDF
6 44 (33.59%) Use Case
7 25 (19.08%) Scrum
8 23 (17.56%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 46 (35.11%) Go
2 44 (33.59%) Prolog
2 44 (33.59%) SPARQL
3 26 (19.85%) Java
4 13 (9.92%) SQL
5 10 (7.63%) Python
6 9 (6.87%) PowerShell
7 5 (3.82%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.05%) Bash
9 1 (0.76%) Bicep
9 1 (0.76%) C#
9 1 (0.76%) Groovy
9 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 17 (12.98%) Azure Certification
3 15 (11.45%) SC Cleared
4 14 (10.69%) CISSP
5 10 (7.63%) CISM
6 6 (4.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (3.05%) Degree
8 2 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.53%) CCSP
8 2 (1.53%) CISA
8 2 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.76%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.76%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.45%) NIST
2 10 (7.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.58%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.82%) GDPR
5 4 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (3.05%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.76%) GRC
7 1 (0.76%) PMO
7 1 (0.76%) QA
7 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.76%) SLA
7 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 78 (59.54%) Active Directory
2 16 (12.21%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (6.11%) Docker
4 3 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.53%) FreeRADIUS
5 2 (1.53%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.53%) Shibboleth
6 1 (0.76%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.76%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.76%) OpenDJ
Systems Management
1 35 (26.72%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (9.92%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.87%) Terraform
4 7 (5.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (3.82%) Ansible
6 3 (2.29%) NetIQ Identity Manager
6 3 (2.29%) Oracle Statspack
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.76%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 29 (22.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.87%) Oracle
3 8 (6.11%) CheckPoint
3 8 (6.11%) Okta
3 8 (6.11%) Ribbon
3 8 (6.11%) ServiceNow
4 7 (5.34%) ForgeRock
5 6 (4.58%) Google
6 5 (3.82%) SolarWinds
7 4 (3.05%) Cisco
7 4 (3.05%) Qualys
7 4 (3.05%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.05%) Splunk
7 4 (3.05%) VMware
8 3 (2.29%) Atlassian
8 3 (2.29%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.29%) NetIQ
8 3 (2.29%) New Relic
8 3 (2.29%) NGA Human Resources
8 3 (2.29%) Northgate