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SAML freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for SAML – calculated from 30 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
30
Rank 520 of 532 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 40 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 40 %
Of which must-have
0 %
Rated for 30 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
The jury's verdict on SAML

A shrinking market.

SAML sits at rank 520 of 532, rather at the edge of demand. Its market share is falling (▼ 40 % vs. the 90 days before).

Small marketRank 520 of 532 skills, 30 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 40 % vs. the 90 days before.
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What is SAML – and why do companies hire SAML freelancers?

The postings that mention SAML fall into these types of project (share of the classified postings):

New development37 %
Building new applications, platforms and products with SAML.
Infrastructure and operations33 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with SAML.
Consulting and design10 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around SAML.
Data and AI7 %
Data platforms, analytics and AI solutions with SAML.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are DevOps Engineer (27 %), Backend Developer (23 %), Fullstack Developer (13 %) and Software Architect (7 %).

How demand is shifting

Compared with the previous quarter, the share of “Data and AI” grows by 7 percentage points while “Consulting and design” falls by 7 percentage points.

Who wants SAML – and under which conditions

Contract type

Freelance97 %
Temp agency3 %

Freelance dominates (97 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Project language

German67 %
English33 %

German dominates (67 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Current SAML projects

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention SAML. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,534 IT listings in the window

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