Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SAML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SAML over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 700 784 911
Rank change year-on-year +84 +127 -229
Permanent jobs citing SAML 197 186 323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.94% 0.59% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 74 112 122
10th Percentile £52,500 £41,341 £42,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £66,820
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.21% +16.21%
75th Percentile £87,500 £84,056 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,290 £102,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% +17.65%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

SAML is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 20,974 31,729 61,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.39% 30.32% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,673 19,469 30,328
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SAML in the UK

SAML
Top 14 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 27 April 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 +93 152 £70,000 +27.27% 18
England +56 111 £70,000 +21.74% 29
Scotland +13 81 £85,000 +41.67% 4
Work from Home +65 46 £65,620 +9.37% 11
London +73 43 £68,500 -13.98% 14
South West +27 37 £60,000 +33.33% 4
South East +41 22 £92,500 +51.02% 6
Midlands +1 4 £46,000 -20.00% 1
Wales +13 3 £55,000 -12.91%
East of England +8 3 £65,620 +67.77% 1
East Midlands - 3 £46,000 - 1
North of England +30 2 £40,000 -27.27% 2
North West -5 2 £40,000 -27.27% 1
West Midlands +16 1 £77,500 +34.78%

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 (4.06%) Skype for Business
2 6 (3.05%) Apache
2 6 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.54%) Confluence
3 5 (2.54%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.03%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.52%) GlassFish
5 3 (1.52%) JBoss
6 1 (0.51%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 67 (34.01%) AWS
2 58 (29.44%) Azure
3 35 (17.77%) AWS CloudFormation
4 23 (11.68%) Entra ID
5 15 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (7.61%) SaaS
6 13 (6.60%) IaaS
7 12 (6.09%) PaaS
8 8 (4.06%) Azure AKS
9 7 (3.55%) Serverless
10 6 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (3.05%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (3.05%) GitHub
11 5 (2.54%) Route 53
11 5 (2.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (1.02%) AWS CloudTrail
13 2 (1.02%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 75 (38.07%) Kerberos
2 64 (32.49%) DNS
3 37 (18.78%) Firewall
3 37 (18.78%) TCP/IP
4 30 (15.23%) DHCP
4 30 (15.23%) HTTP
5 12 (6.09%) Reverse Proxy
6 11 (5.58%) WAN
7 10 (5.08%) Internet
7 10 (5.08%) LAN
7 10 (5.08%) SSL
8 9 (4.57%) SD-WAN
8 9 (4.57%) Wireless
9 8 (4.06%) BGP
9 8 (4.06%) MPLS
9 8 (4.06%) Network Security
9 8 (4.06%) OSPF
9 8 (4.06%) Skype
9 8 (4.06%) VoIP
9 8 (4.06%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (32.99%) Metadata
2 7 (3.55%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.03%) MySQL
4 4 (2.03%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.03%) RDBMS
4 4 (2.03%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.52%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.52%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.51%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 71 (36.04%) Bitbucket
1 71 (36.04%) Jenkins
2 65 (32.99%) Artifactory
2 65 (32.99%) Git
3 5 (2.54%) JIRA
3 5 (2.54%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (2.54%) Subversion
General
1 107 (54.31%) Finance
2 100 (50.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 83 (42.13%) Law
4 71 (36.04%) Marketing
5 49 (24.87%) Social Skills
6 9 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.52%) Banking
9 2 (1.02%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.02%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.02%) Retail
9 2 (1.02%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.51%) Automotive
10 1 (0.51%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 77 (39.09%) Lead
2 70 (35.53%) Senior
3 68 (34.52%) Software Engineer
4 65 (32.99%) Lead Software Engineer
5 50 (25.38%) Architect
6 42 (21.32%) Senior Software Engineer
7 19 (9.64%) Cloud Architect
8 15 (7.61%) Developer
8 15 (7.61%) Senior Architect
9 14 (7.11%) Analyst
10 12 (6.09%) Cloud Engineer
11 10 (5.08%) DevOps Developer
11 10 (5.08%) Django Developer
11 10 (5.08%) Python Developer
11 10 (5.08%) Python/Django Developer
11 10 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (4.57%) Technical Architect
13 8 (4.06%) Lead Architect
13 8 (4.06%) Network Analyst
13 8 (4.06%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (73.10%) OpenID
2 84 (42.64%) LDAP
3 82 (41.62%) JSON
4 70 (35.53%) Web Services
5 69 (35.03%) RESTful
5 69 (35.03%) XML
6 65 (32.99%) JSON-LD
7 62 (31.47%) OAuth
8 34 (17.26%) HTML
9 26 (13.20%) REST
10 13 (6.60%) Django
10 13 (6.60%) Flask
10 13 (6.60%) Microsoft Graph
11 10 (5.08%) OpenAPI
11 10 (5.08%) Swagger
12 8 (4.06%) 802.1X
13 5 (2.54%) .NET
13 5 (2.54%) CSS
13 5 (2.54%) J2EE
13 5 (2.54%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 78 (39.59%) Management Information System
2 65 (32.99%) Enterprise Cloud
2 65 (32.99%) Reference Data
3 34 (17.26%) Cloud Native
4 29 (14.72%) Cyberattack
5 13 (6.60%) Data Structures
6 11 (5.58%) Client/Server
6 11 (5.58%) Data Centre
7 10 (5.08%) Product Ownership
8 9 (4.57%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (4.06%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (3.05%) Public Cloud
11 5 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (2.54%) Onboarding
12 4 (2.03%) Private Cloud
13 3 (1.52%) Security Posture
14 2 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
15 1 (0.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
15 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (13.71%) Linux
2 14 (7.11%) Windows
3 9 (4.57%) Unix
4 5 (2.54%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.03%) Solaris
6 3 (1.52%) AIX
6 3 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.51%) Debian
7 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.51%) VMS
7 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (67.51%) Agile
2 113 (57.36%) Identity Access Management
3 105 (53.30%) SDLC
4 104 (52.79%) Roadmaps
5 73 (37.06%) CI/CD
6 71 (36.04%) Software Engineering
7 70 (35.53%) Continuous Delivery
8 69 (35.03%) Test Automation
9 66 (33.50%) Architectural Design
10 65 (32.99%) Community of Practice
10 65 (32.99%) Data Modelling
10 65 (32.99%) Data Pipeline
10 65 (32.99%) Data Transformation
10 65 (32.99%) Information Architecture
10 65 (32.99%) Ontologies
10 65 (32.99%) Operational Stability
10 65 (32.99%) RDF
10 65 (32.99%) Use Case
11 53 (26.90%) DevSecOps
12 41 (20.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 65 (32.99%) Go
1 65 (32.99%) Prolog
1 65 (32.99%) SPARQL
2 35 (17.77%) Java
3 22 (11.17%) Python
4 14 (7.11%) SQL
5 5 (2.54%) C#
6 4 (2.03%) Bash
6 4 (2.03%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.52%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.02%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.51%) Groovy
9 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (23.35%) Security Cleared
2 30 (15.23%) AWS Certification
3 29 (14.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 29 (14.72%) DV Cleared
4 17 (8.63%) SC Cleared
5 14 (7.11%) CISSP
6 12 (6.09%) Azure Certification
7 10 (5.08%) CISM
8 6 (3.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (2.54%) Degree
10 2 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.02%) CCSP
10 2 (1.02%) CISA
10 2 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.51%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.60%) NIST
1 13 (6.60%) QA
2 9 (4.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (2.03%) GDPR
4 4 (2.03%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.51%) PMO
7 1 (0.51%) SLA
7 1 (0.51%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 100 (50.76%) Active Directory
2 22 (11.17%) Docker
3 19 (9.64%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.52%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.02%) Shibboleth
6 1 (0.51%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.51%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.51%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.51%) RACF
6 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (20.30%) Terraform
2 28 (14.21%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (8.12%) Kubernetes
4 7 (3.55%) Ansible
4 7 (3.55%) Progress Chef
5 6 (3.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (2.54%) Packer
6 5 (2.54%) Puppet
6 5 (2.54%) Salt
7 3 (1.52%) Oracle Statspack
8 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 38 (19.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.61%) Google
3 8 (4.06%) CheckPoint
3 8 (4.06%) Okta
3 8 (4.06%) Ribbon
4 5 (2.54%) Atlassian
4 5 (2.54%) Cisco
5 4 (2.03%) ForgeRock
5 4 (2.03%) Oracle
5 4 (2.03%) Qualys
5 4 (2.03%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.03%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.03%) SolarWinds
5 4 (2.03%) Splunk
5 4 (2.03%) VMware
6 3 (1.52%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.52%) New Relic
6 3 (1.52%) NGA Human Resources
6 3 (1.52%) Northgate
7 1 (0.51%) SonicWALL