Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAML over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 532 633
Rank change year-on-year +140 +101 -156
Contract jobs citing SAML 211 181 227
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.30% 0.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.35% 1.30% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 119 141
10th Percentile £400 £410 £408
25th Percentile £494 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% +3.11%
75th Percentile £700 £657 £688
90th Percentile £750 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £610 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +6.09% - +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £24.34 - -
25th Percentile £24.59 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,961 13,886 24,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.56% 23.27% 27.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,218 10,139 17,680
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £661
90th Percentile £769 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +15.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 241
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.60 £22.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAML in the UK

SAML
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAML over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAML in the UK

SAML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAML in the UK

SAML
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAML within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +122 158 £600 - 30
London +111 93 £595 -0.83% 14
Work from Home +96 88 £622 +3.67% 11
UK excluding London +82 69 £610 +6.09% 19
Midlands +50 25 £622 -2.43% 2
East Midlands - 17 £620 - 2
North of England +31 11 £620 -4.62% 2
Scotland +38 10 £725 +45.00% 4
South West +5 9 £375 -34.78% 3
West Midlands +33 8 £650 +1.96%
Yorkshire - 7 £432 -
South East +5 5 £500 -13.04% 7
Wales - 5 £513 -
North West +20 4 £635 +4.74% 1
East of England +16 4 £550 - 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 (3.79%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.37%) IIS
3 4 (1.90%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.95%) Confluence
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 65 (30.81%) Entra ID
2 62 (29.38%) Azure
3 40 (18.96%) AWS
4 36 (17.06%) GCP
5 15 (7.11%) SaaS
6 11 (5.21%) PaaS
7 10 (4.74%) IaaS
8 8 (3.79%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.37%) CloudFront
10 5 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.90%) GitHub
12 3 (1.42%) Amazon Glacier
12 3 (1.42%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.42%) Cohesity
12 3 (1.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.53%) DNS
2 17 (8.06%) Firewall
3 12 (5.69%) Kerberos
4 11 (5.21%) HTTP
4 11 (5.21%) NetScaler
4 11 (5.21%) Network Security
4 11 (5.21%) VPN
5 9 (4.27%) SSL
6 7 (3.32%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.90%) IPsec
7 4 (1.90%) Wireshark
8 3 (1.42%) BGP
8 3 (1.42%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.42%) iSCSI
8 3 (1.42%) MPLS
8 3 (1.42%) SSH
8 3 (1.42%) VoIP
9 1 (0.47%) LAN
9 1 (0.47%) S/MIME
9 1 (0.47%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.79%) Apache Hive
1 8 (3.79%) Big Data
1 8 (3.79%) Impala
1 8 (3.79%) Power BI
1 8 (3.79%) Tableau
2 6 (2.84%) NoSQL
2 6 (2.84%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.42%) Apache Cassandra
3 3 (1.42%) MySQL
4 2 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (3.32%) Jenkins
1 7 (3.32%) Maven
2 5 (2.37%) GitLab
2 5 (2.37%) JIRA
3 4 (1.90%) Fiddler
4 3 (1.42%) Git
4 3 (1.42%) gulp
5 2 (0.95%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.47%) Gradle
6 1 (0.47%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.47%) Mockito
6 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 44 (20.85%) Social Skills
2 42 (19.91%) Public Sector
3 28 (13.27%) Finance
4 15 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.37%) Retail
6 3 (1.42%) Banking
6 3 (1.42%) German Language
7 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.47%) Automotive
8 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.47%) French Language
8 1 (0.47%) Law
8 1 (0.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 82 (38.86%) Architect
2 41 (19.43%) Developer
3 23 (10.90%) Java Developer
4 17 (8.06%) Security Architect
5 15 (7.11%) Consultant
6 12 (5.69%) ForgeRock Architect
6 12 (5.69%) Senior
7 11 (5.21%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 11 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (4.27%) IAM Consultant
9 7 (3.32%) AWS Architect
9 7 (3.32%) AWS Solution Architect
9 7 (3.32%) Security Engineer
10 6 (2.84%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (2.84%) Senior Developer
11 5 (2.37%) Administrator
11 5 (2.37%) Applications Engineer
11 5 (2.37%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (2.37%) ForgeRock Engineer
11 5 (2.37%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (54.50%) OpenID
2 103 (48.82%) OAuth
3 45 (21.33%) REST
4 34 (16.11%) LDAP
5 22 (10.43%) Spring
6 21 (9.95%) OAuth2
6 21 (9.95%) Spring Boot
7 20 (9.48%) Restlet
8 19 (9.00%) GWT
8 19 (9.00%) JAX-RS
9 17 (8.06%) AngularJS
9 17 (8.06%) XACML
10 14 (6.64%) .NET
11 13 (6.16%) SailPoint
12 11 (5.21%) Tailwind CSS
13 10 (4.74%) Node.js
13 10 (4.74%) RESTful
14 8 (3.79%) PySpark
14 8 (3.79%) Web Services
15 7 (3.32%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.74%) Cloud Native
1 10 (4.74%) PKI
2 8 (3.79%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.32%) Insider Threat
4 6 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.84%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.84%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.37%) NHS
5 5 (2.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 5 (2.37%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (1.90%) Educational Technology
6 4 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.42%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.42%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.95%) Windows
2 4 (1.90%) Linux
2 4 (1.90%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.42%) Android
3 3 (1.42%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.47%) Unix
4 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (34.60%) Identity Access Management
2 41 (19.43%) DevOps
3 33 (15.64%) Identity Management
4 22 (10.43%) Agile
4 22 (10.43%) Infrastructure Automation
4 22 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (9.95%) Migration
6 20 (9.48%) RBAC
7 19 (9.00%) Roadmaps
8 18 (8.53%) Cloud Security
8 18 (8.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (8.06%) Threat Detection
10 15 (7.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 15 (7.11%) Use Case
10 15 (7.11%) User Acceptance Testing
10 15 (7.11%) User Experience
11 14 (6.64%) Security Architecture
12 13 (6.16%) Risk Management
12 13 (6.16%) Technical Leadership
13 11 (5.21%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 42 (19.91%) Java
2 39 (18.48%) Python
3 32 (15.17%) JavaScript
4 21 (9.95%) PowerShell
5 13 (6.16%) TypeScript
6 11 (5.21%) Scala
7 7 (3.32%) SQL
8 5 (2.37%) Bash
8 5 (2.37%) C#
9 4 (1.90%) Go
9 4 (1.90%) Perl
10 3 (1.42%) BeanShell
10 3 (1.42%) Groovy
10 3 (1.42%) PHP
10 3 (1.42%) Ruby
11 2 (0.95%) ABAP
11 2 (0.95%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.95%) SOQL
12 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 38 (18.01%) Security Cleared
2 37 (17.54%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.69%) Degree
4 8 (3.79%) CISSP
5 6 (2.84%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.42%) CCIE
6 3 (1.42%) CCNP
6 3 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.42%) CISM
6 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.95%) CISA
8 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.79%) WCAG
2 5 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.90%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (1.90%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.90%) QA
4 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (0.95%) NIST
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.47%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) HL7
5 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (21.33%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.16%) Docker
3 4 (1.90%) Firmware
3 4 (1.90%) OpenAM
3 4 (1.90%) OpenIDM
4 3 (1.42%) NFS
4 3 (1.42%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.47%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.47%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 100 (47.39%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (7.11%) Ansible
3 14 (6.64%) PingFederate
4 10 (4.74%) Kubernetes
5 9 (4.27%) Terraform
6 4 (1.90%) SCOM
7 3 (1.42%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.42%) vRealize
8 2 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.47%) Consul
9 1 (0.47%) Istio
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (20.85%) Microsoft
2 34 (16.11%) Google
2 34 (16.11%) Okta
3 20 (9.48%) ForgeRock
4 16 (7.58%) Ping Identity
5 12 (5.69%) Citrix
6 10 (4.74%) IBM
7 8 (3.79%) CyberArk
7 8 (3.79%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.79%) Talend
8 7 (3.32%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (3.32%) Zscaler
9 6 (2.84%) Cisco
9 6 (2.84%) Oracle
10 5 (2.37%) MuleSoft
10 5 (2.37%) VMware
11 4 (1.90%) F5
11 4 (1.90%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.42%) Cloudera
12 3 (1.42%) New Relic