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 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 638 739 775
Rank change year-on-year +101 +36 +138
Permanent jobs citing SAML 79 165 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.82% 0.75% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 64 73 110
10th Percentile £43,250 £52,500 £41,125
25th Percentile £66,813 £61,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +19.15% -16.07%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,813
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £73,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.47% +34.09% -16.84%

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 9,625 21,860 27,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.06% 20.26% 29.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,868 16,160 17,744
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,230 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.38% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

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 8 June 2025.

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 8 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +134 57 £75,000 +7.14% 137
UK excluding London +98 46 £80,000 +8.47% 95
Work from Home +124 37 £80,000 +21.91% 59
London +107 22 £70,000 +2.19% 73
Scotland +56 21 £94,637 +11.34% 11
South East +89 8 £32,500 -64.86% 39
Midlands +73 8 £75,000 +63.04% 9
West Midlands +67 8 £75,000 -3.23% 5
South West +102 4 £87,500 +25.00% 8
North of England +52 3 £66,000 +32.00% 24
East of England +31 2 £50,000 -23.80% 1
North West -3 2 £66,000 +32.00% 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 18

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 11 (13.92%) Umbraco
2 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.53%) Apache
3 2 (2.53%) Confluence
4 1 (1.27%) Appian
4 1 (1.27%) CMS
4 1 (1.27%) Headless CMS
4 1 (1.27%) IIS
4 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (11.39%) NetSuite
2 8 (10.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.53%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 43 (54.43%) Azure
2 17 (21.52%) Entra ID
3 16 (20.25%) GCP
4 14 (17.72%) AWS
5 13 (16.46%) SaaS
6 11 (13.92%) IaaS
7 9 (11.39%) Boomi
8 6 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (7.59%) PaaS
9 5 (6.33%) Amazon S3
9 5 (6.33%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (5.06%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (3.80%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (3.80%) Serverless
12 2 (2.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (2.53%) Amazon Kinesis
12 2 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (2.53%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.13%) Kerberos
2 7 (8.86%) DHCP
2 7 (8.86%) DNS
3 6 (7.59%) SAN
4 5 (6.33%) Firewall
5 2 (2.53%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (1.27%) HTTP
6 1 (1.27%) IPsec
6 1 (1.27%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.27%) Multicast
6 1 (1.27%) Network Security
6 1 (1.27%) OSPF
6 1 (1.27%) SNMP
6 1 (1.27%) SSH
6 1 (1.27%) SSL
6 1 (1.27%) VLAN
6 1 (1.27%) VoIP
6 1 (1.27%) VPN
6 1 (1.27%) Wireshark
6 1 (1.27%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.92%) BigQuery
2 10 (12.66%) Relational Database
3 4 (5.06%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (3.80%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.53%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (2.53%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (2.53%) Flink
5 2 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.27%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.27%) MySQL
6 1 (1.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (20.25%) JIRA
2 11 (13.92%) Git
3 6 (7.59%) Jenkins
4 5 (6.33%) GitLab
5 2 (2.53%) Gatling
5 2 (2.53%) JMeter
5 2 (2.53%) Postman
5 2 (2.53%) REST Assured
5 2 (2.53%) SoapUI
5 2 (2.53%) TestRail
General
1 26 (32.91%) Social Skills
2 23 (29.11%) Finance
3 16 (20.25%) Banking
4 10 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.06%) Law
6 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.27%) Advertising
7 1 (1.27%) Automotive
7 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.27%) Publishing
7 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (24.05%) Lead
2 18 (22.78%) Developer
3 16 (20.25%) Architect
4 15 (18.99%) Senior
5 11 (13.92%) Lead Architect
5 11 (13.92%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 11 (13.92%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (11.39%) NetSuite Developer
6 9 (11.39%) Senior Developer
6 9 (11.39%) Software Engineer
6 9 (11.39%) Technical Developer
7 7 (8.86%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Identity Management Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Integration Developer
8 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Support
8 6 (7.59%) SAP Developer
9 5 (6.33%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (6.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (70.89%) OAuth
2 34 (43.04%) OpenID
3 21 (26.58%) CSS
4 17 (21.52%) Middleware
5 15 (18.99%) REST
6 14 (17.72%) React
7 13 (16.46%) OAuth2
8 12 (15.19%) LDAP
9 11 (13.92%) Ajax
9 11 (13.92%) jQuery
9 11 (13.92%) SOAP
10 10 (12.66%) HTML
10 10 (12.66%) SailPoint
10 10 (12.66%) Web Services
10 10 (12.66%) XML
11 9 (11.39%) Restlet
12 7 (8.86%) BAPI
12 7 (8.86%) IBM Integration Bus
12 7 (8.86%) JMS
13 6 (7.59%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.52%) PKI
2 9 (11.39%) Virtual Team
3 8 (10.13%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (7.59%) Clustering
5 5 (6.33%) Onboarding
6 4 (5.06%) Cloud Native
7 3 (3.80%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.53%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.53%) Data Structures
8 2 (2.53%) Public Cloud
8 2 (2.53%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
9 1 (1.27%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 22 (27.85%) Windows
2 20 (25.32%) Windows Server
3 8 (10.13%) Linux
4 6 (7.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.80%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.27%) Android
6 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.44%) Agile
2 20 (25.32%) Analytics
3 19 (24.05%) Project Management
4 18 (22.78%) Migration
5 17 (21.52%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (18.99%) Identity Access Management
7 13 (16.46%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (16.46%) Web Development
8 12 (15.19%) High Availability
8 12 (15.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (13.92%) Content Management
9 11 (13.92%) Continuous Integration
9 11 (13.92%) Data Analytics
9 11 (13.92%) Domain-Driven Design
9 11 (13.92%) MVC
9 11 (13.92%) Software Deployment
9 11 (13.92%) User Experience
10 10 (12.66%) Data Modelling
10 10 (12.66%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (29.11%) JavaScript
2 15 (18.99%) PowerShell
2 15 (18.99%) SQL
3 12 (15.19%) Java
4 4 (5.06%) Go
5 3 (3.80%) Python
6 2 (2.53%) Groovy
6 2 (2.53%) Rust
6 2 (2.53%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (10.13%) CISSP
2 6 (7.59%) CCNA
2 6 (7.59%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (7.59%) Degree
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (7.59%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.33%) Azure Certification
3 5 (6.33%) CCNP
3 5 (6.33%) CISM
3 5 (6.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (5.06%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.53%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (2.53%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.27%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.27%) CEH
6 1 (1.27%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.86%) NIST
2 6 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.33%) SLA
4 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 23 (29.11%) Active Directory
2 11 (13.92%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (10.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (7.59%) Docker
4 6 (7.59%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.27%) Firmware
5 1 (1.27%) NDS
5 1 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (53.16%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (8.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 7 (8.86%) Terraform
3 6 (7.59%) Kubernetes
4 5 (6.33%) QRadar
5 4 (5.06%) Ansible
6 3 (3.80%) Progress Chef
7 2 (2.53%) Argo
7 2 (2.53%) Graylog
7 2 (2.53%) SCCM
8 1 (1.27%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.27%) FortiGate
8 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (1.27%) Nessus
8 1 (1.27%) PingFederate
8 1 (1.27%) SCOM
8 1 (1.27%) WMI
8 1 (1.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (43.04%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.72%) VMware
3 10 (12.66%) ForgeRock
4 9 (11.39%) MuleSoft
5 8 (10.13%) SAP
6 7 (8.86%) IBM
6 7 (8.86%) Splunk
7 6 (7.59%) SolarWinds
7 6 (7.59%) Veeam
8 5 (6.33%) Google
8 5 (6.33%) Okta
8 5 (6.33%) Ping Identity
9 4 (5.06%) Facebook
10 3 (3.80%) Cisco
11 2 (2.53%) Citrix
11 2 (2.53%) SimCorp
12 1 (1.27%) Dell
12 1 (1.27%) F5
12 1 (1.27%) Meraki
12 1 (1.27%) NetIQ
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