OAuth Contract Job Trends in England

OAuth
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring OAuth skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 332 389
Rank change year-on-year +56 +57 +34
Contract jobs citing OAuth 359 147 162
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 0.61% 0.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.53% 2.70% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 105 118
10th Percentile £358 £409 £428
25th Percentile £438 £490 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% +0.88% -0.87%
75th Percentile £625 £660 £650
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £55.58 - -
25th Percentile £58.69 - -
Median hourly rate £64.63 - -
75th Percentile £69.82 - -
90th Percentile £72.48 - -
UK median hourly rate £64.63 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

OAuth falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,928 5,449 7,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.77% 22.48% 19.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,311 3,760 5,406
10th Percentile £358 £363 £343
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £545
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -2.11% -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 88 168
10th Percentile £35.03 £26.85 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.20 £37.02
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +35.79% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £64.06
90th Percentile £78.63 £83.27 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

OAuth
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OAuth relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

OAuth job vacancy trend in England

OAuth
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OAuth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OAuth

OAuth
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OAuth in England over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OAuth in England

OAuth
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OAuth.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OAuth

OAuth
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OAuth in England over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for OAuth in England

OAuth
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 OAuth within the England region over the 6 months to 1 April 2026. 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 +34 196 £527 -11.80% 31
North of England -17 73 £475 -9.52% 18
North West -9 45 £475 -9.52% 11
South East -44 33 £595 +3.48% 18
South West -3 27 £575 +27.78% 5
Yorkshire -35 27 £473 -11.60% 7
Midlands -54 22 £500 -13.04% 2
West Midlands -43 18 £520 -11.49% 2
East Midlands -31 3 £438 -21.52%
East of England -27 2 £500 - 4
North East - 2 £525 -
OAuth
UK

OAuth
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.74%) Confluence
2 16 (4.46%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.23%) Appian
4 4 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.84%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.56%) CICS
7 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.51%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 176 (49.03%) Azure
2 133 (37.05%) AWS
3 96 (26.74%) Entra ID
4 59 (16.43%) Serverless
5 57 (15.88%) GCP
6 41 (11.42%) GitHub
7 36 (10.03%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (8.64%) Amazon S3
8 31 (8.64%) AWS Lambda
9 30 (8.36%) Apigee
9 30 (8.36%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (6.69%) PaaS
11 23 (6.41%) Amazon ECS
12 22 (6.13%) IaaS
12 22 (6.13%) Microsoft 365
13 21 (5.85%) SaaS
14 20 (5.57%) Power Platform
15 18 (5.01%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (5.01%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (5.01%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (10.86%) DNS
2 36 (10.03%) Kerberos
3 20 (5.57%) Firewall
4 19 (5.29%) HTTP
5 15 (4.18%) DHCP
6 14 (3.90%) SSL
7 8 (2.23%) HTTPS
8 7 (1.95%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (1.39%) IPsec
10 4 (1.11%) Network Security
10 4 (1.11%) SSH
10 4 (1.11%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.56%) RFID
11 2 (0.56%) VPN
12 1 (0.28%) Extranet
12 1 (0.28%) Internet
12 1 (0.28%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (5.29%) SQL Server
3 18 (5.01%) DynamoDB
4 15 (4.18%) Redis
5 11 (3.06%) NoSQL
5 11 (3.06%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.79%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.51%) Metadata
7 9 (2.51%) MySQL
8 8 (2.23%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.95%) Power BI
10 6 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.39%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.11%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.11%) DocumentDB
12 4 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.84%) CockroachDB
13 3 (0.84%) GIS
14 2 (0.56%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 33 (9.19%) Jenkins
2 30 (8.36%) Git
3 23 (6.41%) GitLab
4 21 (5.85%) Postman
5 19 (5.29%) JIRA
6 10 (2.79%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.23%) MLflow
7 8 (2.23%) SoapUI
8 7 (1.95%) Selenium
9 6 (1.67%) JUnit
10 5 (1.39%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.39%) Maven
10 5 (1.39%) Mockito
10 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.11%) git-flow
11 4 (1.11%) Vite
12 2 (0.56%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.56%) Gatling
13 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 102 (28.41%) Social Skills
2 69 (19.22%) Finance
3 44 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.42%) Banking
5 27 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.29%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.67%) Marketing
8 6 (1.67%) Military
9 5 (1.39%) Retail
10 4 (1.11%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.11%) Publishing
11 3 (0.84%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.84%) Games
11 3 (0.84%) Legal
12 2 (0.56%) Billing
12 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Law
13 1 (0.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 84 (23.40%) Developer
2 68 (18.94%) Architect
3 48 (13.37%) Senior
4 23 (6.41%) Solutions Architect
5 19 (5.29%) Lead
6 16 (4.46%) Analyst
6 16 (4.46%) Java Developer
7 13 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
8 11 (3.06%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 11 (3.06%) Business Analyst
8 11 (3.06%) Technical Architect
9 10 (2.79%) Integration Engineer
9 10 (2.79%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (2.51%) Applications Engineer
10 9 (2.51%) Consultant
10 9 (2.51%) Senior Developer
11 8 (2.23%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (2.23%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (2.23%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (47.08%) OAuth2
2 161 (44.85%) SAML
3 148 (41.23%) OpenID
4 91 (25.35%) REST
5 83 (23.12%) JWT
6 59 (16.43%) JSON
7 54 (15.04%) RESTful
8 42 (11.70%) LDAP
8 42 (11.70%) SOAP
9 38 (10.58%) Node.js
9 38 (10.58%) XML
10 35 (9.75%) Spring
10 35 (9.75%) Spring Boot
11 34 (9.47%) .NET
12 33 (9.19%) React
13 29 (8.08%) Web Services
14 27 (7.52%) Kafka
15 23 (6.41%) HTML
16 22 (6.13%) OpenAPI
16 22 (6.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.31%) Cloud Native
2 32 (8.91%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (5.85%) Mobile App
3 21 (5.85%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.85%) Replication
4 16 (4.46%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (3.90%) Public Cloud
6 13 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.51%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.51%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.51%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.23%) PKI
9 7 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.95%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.39%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.11%) Mobile Banking
11 4 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (11.42%) Windows
2 31 (8.64%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.51%) Linux
4 7 (1.95%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.67%) Android
6 4 (1.11%) AIX
6 4 (1.11%) Solaris
7 2 (0.56%) zOS
8 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (38.16%) CI/CD
2 117 (32.59%) DevOps
3 92 (25.63%) Microservices
4 74 (20.61%) RBAC
5 71 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (18.94%) Agile
7 67 (18.66%) Identity Access Management
8 63 (17.55%) Infrastructure as Code
9 50 (13.93%) Event-Driven
9 50 (13.93%) Test Automation
10 49 (13.65%) Containerisation
10 49 (13.65%) Validation
11 45 (12.53%) AI
11 45 (12.53%) Data Modelling
12 44 (12.26%) Integration Patterns
13 42 (11.70%) Observability
14 41 (11.42%) API Management
15 39 (10.86%) Design Patterns
16 38 (10.58%) Identity Management
17 37 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (24.51%) Python
2 71 (19.78%) Java
3 55 (15.32%) JavaScript
3 55 (15.32%) SQL
4 54 (15.04%) PowerShell
5 32 (8.91%) C#
6 31 (8.64%) TypeScript
7 14 (3.90%) Go
8 13 (3.62%) Kotlin
9 11 (3.06%) Bash
10 9 (2.51%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (2.23%) Bicep
12 6 (1.67%) PHP
13 5 (1.39%) Groovy
14 3 (0.84%) Swift
15 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.28%) Assembly Language
15 1 (0.28%) JCL
15 1 (0.28%) REXX
15 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 97 (27.02%) Security Cleared
2 62 (17.27%) SC Cleared
3 29 (8.08%) Degree
4 26 (7.24%) DV Cleared
4 26 (7.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (5.01%) CISSP
7 9 (2.51%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.67%) CISM
10 5 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.11%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.84%) GIAC
13 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.28%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.31%) GDPR
2 31 (8.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (6.13%) NIST
4 19 (5.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 16 (4.46%) PCI DSS
6 13 (3.62%) Data Quality
7 11 (3.06%) QA
8 10 (2.79%) SOC 2
9 9 (2.51%) WCAG
10 6 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (1.67%) HIPAA
11 5 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (1.11%) Accessibility
12 4 (1.11%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.84%) GRC
13 3 (0.84%) ISO 8583
13 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.56%) PSD2
14 2 (0.56%) SEPA
System Software
1 85 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 68 (18.94%) Docker
3 6 (1.67%) RACF
4 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.56%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.56%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.56%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.28%) Squid
Systems Management
1 95 (26.46%) Single Sign-On
2 74 (20.61%) Kubernetes
3 67 (18.66%) Terraform
4 49 (13.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 18 (5.01%) Grafana
6 13 (3.62%) Ansible
7 12 (3.34%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.39%) Argo
8 5 (1.39%) Istio
8 5 (1.39%) Kibana
8 5 (1.39%) linkerd
9 4 (1.11%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.11%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.84%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.28%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Identity Manager
11 1 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 112 (31.20%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.96%) Okta
3 22 (6.13%) Oracle
4 21 (5.85%) Google
5 20 (5.57%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.01%) CyberArk
7 16 (4.46%) Splunk
8 15 (4.18%) OpenAI
9 13 (3.62%) MuleSoft
10 11 (3.06%) SAP
11 10 (2.79%) Ping Identity
11 10 (2.79%) VMware
12 9 (2.51%) BeyondTrust
12 9 (2.51%) ForgeRock
13 8 (2.23%) Automation Anywhere
13 8 (2.23%) UiPath
14 6 (1.67%) Adobe
14 6 (1.67%) Salesforce
15 5 (1.39%) IBM
16 4 (1.11%) Apple