OpenID Contracts in England

OpenID Connect (OIDC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for OpenID skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OpenID over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 421 537 597
Rank change year-on-year +116 +60 -76
Contract jobs citing OpenID 117 118 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.57% 1.01% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 82 131
10th Percentile £432 £441 £425
25th Percentile £500 £458 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +16.22%
75th Percentile £649 £649 £703
90th Percentile £784 £735 £813
UK median daily rate £620 £560 £600
% change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% +11.11%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

OpenID 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 advertised in England 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 7,453 11,673 19,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.16% 23.13% 27.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,303 8,631 14,413
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 138 213
10th Percentile £21.73 £28.73 £22.10
25th Percentile £41.28 £48.88 £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 £80.08 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

OpenID
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing OpenID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for OpenID in England

OpenID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for OpenID in England

OpenID
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenID in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OpenID in England

OpenID
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenID within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
London +81 58 £650 +8.33% 13
North of England +52 24 £450 -14.29%
Midlands +42 16 £620 +18.10% 2
East Midlands +34 16 £620 +18.10% 2
North West +35 13 £450 -14.29%
Yorkshire +32 11 £525 -
South East +21 10 £500 +5.26% 9
South West +2 4 - - 2
OpenID
UK

OpenID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (1.71%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 1 (0.85%) IIS
2 1 (0.85%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.85%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 40 (34.19%) AWS
2 34 (29.06%) Azure
3 19 (16.24%) Entra ID
4 14 (11.97%) SaaS
5 12 (10.26%) PaaS
6 10 (8.55%) Serverless
7 9 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (7.69%) GCP
8 8 (6.84%) IaaS
9 6 (5.13%) Apigee
9 6 (5.13%) Azure Functions
9 6 (5.13%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (5.13%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (4.27%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (4.27%) OCI
11 3 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (2.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.69%) HTTP
2 6 (5.13%) Kerberos
2 6 (5.13%) SSL
3 3 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.71%) DNS
4 2 (1.71%) Firewall
4 2 (1.71%) FTP
4 2 (1.71%) Internet
4 2 (1.71%) Network Security
4 2 (1.71%) SSH
5 1 (0.85%) IPsec
5 1 (0.85%) NAS
5 1 (0.85%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.85%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.97%) NoSQL
2 10 (8.55%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (3.42%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.56%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (2.56%) MySQL
5 3 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.71%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (5.98%) Jenkins
1 7 (5.98%) Visual Studio
2 6 (5.13%) GitLab
3 3 (2.56%) Git
3 3 (2.56%) gulp
3 3 (2.56%) JIRA
3 3 (2.56%) Maven
4 2 (1.71%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.71%) Gatling
5 1 (0.85%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.85%) VersionOne
General
1 25 (21.37%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.82%) Public Sector
3 13 (11.11%) Finance
4 9 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.56%) German Language
6 2 (1.71%) Banking
6 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.71%) Marketing
6 2 (1.71%) Retail
7 1 (0.85%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (38.46%) Architect
2 28 (23.93%) Developer
3 16 (13.68%) Security Architect
4 12 (10.26%) Consultant
4 12 (10.26%) ForgeRock Architect
5 8 (6.84%) IAM Consultant
6 7 (5.98%) Senior
7 6 (5.13%) Java Developer
7 6 (5.13%) Senior Developer
8 5 (4.27%) Azure Architect
8 5 (4.27%) Full Stack Developer
8 5 (4.27%) Node.js Developer
9 4 (3.42%) Azure Developer
9 4 (3.42%) Cloud Developer
9 4 (3.42%) Data Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
10 3 (2.56%) Backend Developer
10 3 (2.56%) ForgeRock Engineer
10 3 (2.56%) IAM Developer
10 3 (2.56%) Java Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (79.49%) OAuth
2 77 (65.81%) SAML
3 25 (21.37%) OAuth2
3 25 (21.37%) REST
4 24 (20.51%) LDAP
5 22 (18.80%) RESTful
5 22 (18.80%) Web Services
6 19 (16.24%) Node.js
7 18 (15.38%) XACML
8 14 (11.97%) .NET
9 13 (11.11%) JSON
10 10 (8.55%) SOAP
11 8 (6.84%) JWT
11 8 (6.84%) SailPoint
12 7 (5.98%) XML
13 6 (5.13%) ARM Templates
13 6 (5.13%) React
13 6 (5.13%) Spring
14 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Graph
14 5 (4.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.55%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.42%) Blockchain
4 4 (3.42%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.42%) PKI
4 4 (3.42%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.42%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.71%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.71%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.85%) Clustering
7 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) IoT
7 1 (0.85%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.98%) Linux
2 4 (3.42%) Unix
2 4 (3.42%) Windows
3 3 (2.56%) Android
3 3 (2.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (34.19%) Identity Access Management
2 25 (21.37%) Identity Management
3 23 (19.66%) DevOps
4 21 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (16.24%) Agile
6 17 (14.53%) Use Case
7 14 (11.97%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 14 (11.97%) Security Architecture
8 13 (11.11%) Scrum
8 13 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
9 12 (10.26%) B2C
9 12 (10.26%) RBAC
10 11 (9.40%) API Design
11 10 (8.55%) Full Stack Development
11 10 (8.55%) Risk Management
11 10 (8.55%) Test Automation
12 9 (7.69%) API Management
12 9 (7.69%) CI/CD
12 9 (7.69%) Migration
12 9 (7.69%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 35 (29.91%) Java
2 28 (23.93%) Python
3 23 (19.66%) JavaScript
4 15 (12.82%) PowerShell
5 11 (9.40%) C#
5 11 (9.40%) SQL
6 5 (4.27%) Scala
7 3 (2.56%) Bash
7 3 (2.56%) BeanShell
7 3 (2.56%) PHP
7 3 (2.56%) Ruby
8 2 (1.71%) Perl
8 2 (1.71%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.85%) Go
9 1 (0.85%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 23 (19.66%) Security Cleared
2 22 (18.80%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.13%) CISSP
3 6 (5.13%) Degree
4 2 (1.71%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.71%) CISA
4 2 (1.71%) CISM
4 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.27%) QA
2 2 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.85%) COBIT
3 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.42%) Docker
2 4 (3.42%) OpenAM
3 3 (2.56%) OpenIDM
4 1 (0.85%) OpenDJ
4 1 (0.85%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (35.04%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (11.97%) Ansible
3 11 (9.40%) Kubernetes
4 9 (7.69%) PingFederate
5 4 (3.42%) Terraform
6 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.85%) Consul
6 1 (0.85%) Istio
Vendors
1 19 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 18 (15.38%) Okta
3 17 (14.53%) ForgeRock
4 11 (9.40%) IBM
5 10 (8.55%) Ping Identity
6 9 (7.69%) Oracle
7 6 (5.13%) Google
8 5 (4.27%) MuleSoft
9 4 (3.42%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.71%) Adobe
10 2 (1.71%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (1.71%) CA
10 2 (1.71%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.71%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.71%) SAP
10 2 (1.71%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.71%) Sitecore
10 2 (1.71%) Splunk
11 1 (0.85%) Cognizant
11 1 (0.85%) OneLogin