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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 721 793 905
Rank change year-on-year +72 +112 -215
Permanent jobs citing SAML 170 184 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.81% 0.61% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 76 116 117
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £40,950
25th Percentile £60,938 £48,750 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,250 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.42% -14.29% +27.27%
75th Percentile £87,500 £84,056 £87,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £64,820
% change year-on-year +27.27% -15.15% +11.76%

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 21,101 29,987 65,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.12% 30.24% 40.92%
Number of salaries quoted 15,749 18,481 29,851
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,588 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +15.91%
75th Percentile £78,750 £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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +18 123 £70,000 +27.27% 13
England +8 83 £69,250 +15.42% 25
Scotland +14 81 £85,000 +41.67% 2
Work from Home +54 48 £65,620 +17.70% 11
London +58 44 £68,500 -13.98% 14
South East +12 21 £92,500 +32.14% 6
South West -29 9 £62,500 +13.64% 3
Midlands -17 4 £46,000 -5.64% 1
Wales +7 3 £55,000 -12.91%
East of England -3 3 £65,620 +32.41%
East Midlands - 3 £46,000 -
North of England +34 2 £40,000 -27.27% 1
North West -9 2 £40,000 -27.27% 1
West Midlands +1 1 £77,500 +58.97% 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 (4.71%) Skype for Business
2 7 (4.12%) Apache
3 6 (3.53%) Confluence
3 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.94%) SharePoint
5 4 (2.35%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.76%) GlassFish
6 3 (1.76%) JBoss
7 1 (0.59%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (35.29%) Azure
2 39 (22.94%) AWS
3 25 (14.71%) Entra ID
4 17 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (8.82%) SaaS
6 14 (8.24%) PaaS
7 13 (7.65%) IaaS
8 10 (5.88%) Azure AKS
9 8 (4.71%) GitHub
10 7 (4.12%) Serverless
11 6 (3.53%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (3.53%) Amazon S3
11 6 (3.53%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (3.53%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (2.94%) Route 53
12 5 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (1.76%) AWS CloudTrail
14 3 (1.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 74 (43.53%) Kerberos
2 36 (21.18%) Firewall
3 34 (20.00%) DNS
4 12 (7.06%) Reverse Proxy
5 11 (6.47%) WAN
6 10 (5.88%) Internet
6 10 (5.88%) LAN
6 10 (5.88%) SSL
7 9 (5.29%) SD-WAN
7 9 (5.29%) Wireless
8 8 (4.71%) BGP
8 8 (4.71%) MPLS
8 8 (4.71%) Network Security
8 8 (4.71%) OSPF
8 8 (4.71%) Skype
8 8 (4.71%) TCP/IP
8 8 (4.71%) VoIP
8 8 (4.71%) VPN
9 2 (1.18%) NAS
9 2 (1.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (38.24%) Metadata
2 7 (4.12%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.53%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (3.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (3.53%) MySQL
3 6 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.94%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.35%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.35%) RDBMS
5 4 (2.35%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.76%) MariaDB
6 3 (1.76%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.76%) Oracle Database 12c
6 3 (1.76%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.76%) Redis
Development Applications
1 71 (41.76%) Bitbucket
1 71 (41.76%) Jenkins
2 65 (38.24%) Artifactory
2 65 (38.24%) Git
3 6 (3.53%) JIRA
4 5 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (2.94%) Subversion
5 2 (1.18%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 83 (48.82%) Law
2 80 (47.06%) Finance
3 72 (42.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 71 (41.76%) Marketing
5 19 (11.18%) Social Skills
6 8 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.35%) Banking
7 4 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (2.35%) Retail
8 2 (1.18%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.18%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.18%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.59%) Automotive
9 1 (0.59%) Legal
9 1 (0.59%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 75 (44.12%) Lead
2 68 (40.00%) Software Engineer
3 65 (38.24%) Lead Software Engineer
4 52 (30.59%) Senior
5 42 (24.71%) Senior Software Engineer
6 31 (18.24%) Architect
7 14 (8.24%) Analyst
8 12 (7.06%) Developer
9 8 (4.71%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (4.71%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 8 (4.71%) DevOps Developer
9 8 (4.71%) Django Developer
9 8 (4.71%) Network Analyst
9 8 (4.71%) Network Security Analyst
9 8 (4.71%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (4.71%) Python Developer
9 8 (4.71%) Python/Django Developer
9 8 (4.71%) Security Analyst
9 8 (4.71%) Technical Architect
10 7 (4.12%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (66.47%) OpenID
2 83 (48.82%) LDAP
3 80 (47.06%) JSON
4 70 (41.18%) Web Services
5 69 (40.59%) RESTful
5 69 (40.59%) XML
6 65 (38.24%) JSON-LD
7 61 (35.88%) OAuth
8 25 (14.71%) REST
9 11 (6.47%) Django
9 11 (6.47%) Flask
9 11 (6.47%) Microsoft Graph
10 8 (4.71%) 802.1X
10 8 (4.71%) OpenAPI
10 8 (4.71%) Swagger
11 5 (2.94%) .NET
11 5 (2.94%) CSS
11 5 (2.94%) HTML
11 5 (2.94%) J2EE
11 5 (2.94%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 78 (45.88%) Management Information System
2 65 (38.24%) Enterprise Cloud
2 65 (38.24%) Reference Data
3 11 (6.47%) Client/Server
3 11 (6.47%) Data Centre
3 11 (6.47%) Data Structures
4 9 (5.29%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (4.71%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.71%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (4.12%) Public Cloud
7 6 (3.53%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.53%) Private Cloud
8 5 (2.94%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.35%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.59%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.59%) Replication
11 1 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (16.47%) Linux
2 16 (9.41%) Windows
3 9 (5.29%) Unix
4 5 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.35%) Solaris
6 3 (1.76%) AIX
6 3 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.59%) Debian
8 1 (0.59%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.59%) VMS
8 1 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (67.06%) Identity Access Management
2 103 (60.59%) Agile
3 76 (44.71%) SDLC
4 75 (44.12%) Roadmaps
5 74 (43.53%) CI/CD
6 71 (41.76%) Software Engineering
7 70 (41.18%) Continuous Delivery
8 69 (40.59%) Test Automation
9 66 (38.82%) Architectural Design
10 65 (38.24%) Community of Practice
10 65 (38.24%) Data Modelling
10 65 (38.24%) Data Pipeline
10 65 (38.24%) Data Transformation
10 65 (38.24%) Information Architecture
10 65 (38.24%) Ontologies
10 65 (38.24%) Operational Stability
10 65 (38.24%) RDF
10 65 (38.24%) Use Case
11 31 (18.24%) DevOps
11 31 (18.24%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 65 (38.24%) Go
1 65 (38.24%) Prolog
1 65 (38.24%) SPARQL
2 34 (20.00%) Java
3 20 (11.76%) Python
4 16 (9.41%) SQL
5 7 (4.12%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.53%) Bash
7 5 (2.94%) C#
8 3 (1.76%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.18%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.59%) Groovy
10 1 (0.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (9.41%) SC Cleared
1 16 (9.41%) Security Cleared
2 14 (8.24%) CISSP
3 12 (7.06%) Azure Certification
4 10 (5.88%) CISM
5 6 (3.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (2.94%) Degree
7 2 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.18%) CCSP
7 2 (1.18%) CISA
7 2 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.59%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.06%) NIST
2 11 (6.47%) QA
3 9 (5.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.35%) GDPR
5 4 (2.35%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.76%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.59%) PMO
8 1 (0.59%) SLA
8 1 (0.59%) WCAG
System Software
1 102 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 22 (12.94%) Docker
3 18 (10.59%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.76%) Shibboleth
4 3 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.59%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.59%) FreeRADIUS
5 1 (0.59%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.59%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.59%) RACF
5 1 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (17.06%) Single Sign-On
2 18 (10.59%) Kubernetes
3 13 (7.65%) Terraform
4 9 (5.29%) Ansible
5 8 (4.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (4.12%) Progress Chef
7 5 (2.94%) Packer
7 5 (2.94%) Puppet
7 5 (2.94%) Salt
8 3 (1.76%) Oracle Statspack
9 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.59%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 41 (24.12%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.24%) Google
3 8 (4.71%) CheckPoint
3 8 (4.71%) Okta
3 8 (4.71%) Ribbon
4 6 (3.53%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.94%) Cisco
5 5 (2.94%) Oracle
6 4 (2.35%) ForgeRock
6 4 (2.35%) Qualys
6 4 (2.35%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.35%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.35%) SolarWinds
6 4 (2.35%) Splunk
6 4 (2.35%) VMware
7 3 (1.76%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.76%) New Relic
7 3 (1.76%) NGA Human Resources
7 3 (1.76%) Northgate
8 1 (0.59%) SonicWALL