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 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 319 413
Rank change year-on-year +35 +94 -15
Contract jobs citing OAuth 368 186 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.84% 0.73% 0.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.40% 3.23% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 121 95
10th Percentile £406 £400 £427
25th Percentile £468 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £537 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% -10.50% -
75th Percentile £668 £625 £645
90th Percentile £754 £684 £700
UK median daily rate £556 £537 £581
% change year-on-year +3.40% -7.53% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile £36.25 - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £86.08 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £87.16 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £58.75 -
% change year-on-year +27.66% - -

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 8,366 5,767 7,895
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.09% 22.50% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,514 3,979 5,497
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 123 266
10th Percentile £30.45 £30.45 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £48.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.15
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.18% -10.54%
75th Percentile £74.45 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.63 £80.81 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +24 202 £564 -0.79% 80
North of England -37 71 £610 +23.98% 13
South East -23 57 £600 - 27
North West -20 38 £613 +22.50% 8
Yorkshire -32 32 £620 +41.23% 3
South West -22 14 £550 +1.85% 8
Midlands -64 10 £431 +3.92% 3
East of England -16 7 £555 +11.00% 4
East Midlands -22 5 £438 +5.42%
West Midlands -49 4 £388 -35.74% 3
North East - 2 £525 - 2
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 15 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.26%) Confluence
2 12 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.63%) Appian
4 5 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.09%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.54%) Mule
7 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.27%) CICS
7 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 206 (55.98%) Azure
2 145 (39.40%) AWS
3 120 (32.61%) Entra ID
4 80 (21.74%) GCP
5 50 (13.59%) Serverless
6 41 (11.14%) GitHub
7 34 (9.24%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (8.97%) GitHub Actions
9 30 (8.15%) SaaS
10 24 (6.52%) Azure AKS
11 23 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
12 21 (5.71%) Azure API Management
13 20 (5.43%) Amazon S3
14 18 (4.89%) Apigee
15 17 (4.62%) Amazon ECS
15 17 (4.62%) Kong
16 16 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
17 15 (4.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 14 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.97%) Kerberos
2 32 (8.70%) DNS
3 15 (4.08%) DHCP
4 11 (2.99%) Firewall
5 10 (2.72%) HTTP
5 10 (2.72%) SSL
6 7 (1.90%) DKIM
6 7 (1.90%) DMARC
6 7 (1.90%) Network Security
7 5 (1.36%) IPsec
7 5 (1.36%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (1.36%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.82%) NGFW
9 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.27%) SSH
9 1 (0.27%) WAN
9 1 (0.27%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.88%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.61%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (7.34%) Relational Database
4 19 (5.16%) Redis
5 15 (4.08%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.26%) NoSQL
7 11 (2.99%) DynamoDB
8 9 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.45%) MySQL
9 8 (2.17%) Metadata
10 6 (1.63%) Pinecone
11 5 (1.36%) Data Vault
11 5 (1.36%) Hazelcast
11 5 (1.36%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.36%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.09%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.82%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (10.60%) Git
2 25 (6.79%) Jenkins
3 20 (5.43%) GitLab
3 20 (5.43%) JIRA
4 10 (2.72%) Browser DevTools
5 9 (2.45%) Postman
6 7 (1.90%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.90%) git-flow
6 7 (1.90%) MLflow
7 5 (1.36%) Gradle
7 5 (1.36%) Maven
8 4 (1.09%) Snyk
8 4 (1.09%) SoapUI
8 4 (1.09%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.82%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.82%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.82%) JMeter
9 3 (0.82%) Vite
10 2 (0.54%) JUnit
10 2 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
General
1 85 (23.10%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.11%) Finance
3 46 (12.50%) Banking
4 45 (12.23%) Public Sector
5 29 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (3.80%) Retail
7 13 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.99%) Investment Banking
8 11 (2.99%) Military
9 5 (1.36%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.09%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.09%) Publishing
11 3 (0.82%) Legal
12 2 (0.54%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.54%) Law
12 2 (0.54%) Marketing
12 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (25.54%) Developer
2 80 (21.74%) Architect
3 52 (14.13%) Senior
4 25 (6.79%) Technical Architect
5 23 (6.25%) Lead
6 20 (5.43%) Java Developer
7 16 (4.35%) Senior Developer
8 13 (3.53%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (2.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 11 (2.99%) IAM Specialist
10 11 (2.99%) Integration Architect
10 11 (2.99%) Security Architect
11 10 (2.72%) Consultant
12 9 (2.45%) Analyst
13 8 (2.17%) .NET Developer
13 8 (2.17%) Cloud Architect
13 8 (2.17%) Lead Architect
13 8 (2.17%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (50.82%) OAuth2
2 180 (48.91%) OpenID
3 162 (44.02%) SAML
4 114 (30.98%) REST
5 76 (20.65%) JWT
6 62 (16.85%) LDAP
7 60 (16.30%) RESTful
8 52 (14.13%) SOAP
9 41 (11.14%) JSON
10 34 (9.24%) .NET
11 33 (8.97%) Node.js
11 33 (8.97%) React
12 32 (8.70%) Kafka
13 31 (8.42%) SailPoint
13 31 (8.42%) Web Services
14 29 (7.88%) Spring
14 29 (7.88%) Spring Boot
15 27 (7.34%) CSS
16 25 (6.79%) Swagger
17 23 (6.25%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 64 (17.39%) Cloud Native
2 33 (8.97%) Onboarding
3 26 (7.07%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (5.98%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (5.16%) Security Posture
6 18 (4.89%) Product Ownership
7 16 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 16 (4.35%) Mobile App
8 15 (4.08%) Low-Code
8 15 (4.08%) Replication
9 13 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.99%) PKI
11 9 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (2.45%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.90%) CMDB
13 6 (1.63%) Freedom of Information
13 6 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.36%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
15 4 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.52%) Windows
2 20 (5.43%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.45%) Linux
4 7 (1.90%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.63%) Android
6 5 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.36%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) CentOS
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.27%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) VMS
7 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (42.39%) CI/CD
2 132 (35.87%) DevOps
3 95 (25.82%) Microservices
4 88 (23.91%) Agile
5 79 (21.47%) Infrastructure as Code
6 71 (19.29%) Identity Access Management
7 68 (18.48%) RBAC
8 66 (17.93%) Containerisation
9 61 (16.58%) Event-Driven
10 56 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
11 49 (13.32%) AI
12 47 (12.77%) Test Automation
13 46 (12.50%) Observability
13 46 (12.50%) Zero Trust
14 45 (12.23%) API Integration
15 41 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 41 (11.14%) Integration Patterns
15 41 (11.14%) Validation
16 40 (10.87%) Migration
17 39 (10.60%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 87 (23.64%) Python
2 80 (21.74%) Java
3 70 (19.02%) SQL
4 58 (15.76%) PowerShell
5 56 (15.22%) JavaScript
6 34 (9.24%) TypeScript
7 30 (8.15%) C#
8 24 (6.52%) Bicep
9 14 (3.80%) Go
10 9 (2.45%) Bash
10 9 (2.45%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.09%) PHP
12 3 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.82%) Swift
13 2 (0.54%) Groovy
13 2 (0.54%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.54%) PromQL
13 2 (0.54%) Scala
14 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (26.36%) Security Cleared
2 73 (19.84%) SC Cleared
3 36 (9.78%) Degree
4 26 (7.07%) CISSP
5 17 (4.62%) Azure Certification
6 16 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (4.08%) AWS Certification
8 14 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.72%) CISM
10 9 (2.45%) DV Cleared
11 8 (2.17%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.36%) CSPO
13 5 (1.36%) GIAC
14 4 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.54%) CEH
16 2 (0.54%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.60%) GDPR
2 31 (8.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (6.79%) NIST
4 19 (5.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (4.08%) QA
6 11 (2.99%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.72%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.90%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.90%) NCSC
9 6 (1.63%) SOC 2
10 4 (1.09%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.09%) GRC
11 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.82%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.82%) WCAG
12 2 (0.54%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.54%) SEPA
System Software
1 90 (24.46%) Active Directory
2 76 (20.65%) Docker
3 5 (1.36%) RACF
4 3 (0.82%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.27%) Squid
Systems Management
1 86 (23.37%) Terraform
2 82 (22.28%) Kubernetes
3 78 (21.20%) Single Sign-On
4 40 (10.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 20 (5.43%) Grafana
6 18 (4.89%) Prometheus
7 12 (3.26%) Ansible
8 7 (1.90%) Argo
9 6 (1.63%) Istio
9 6 (1.63%) linkerd
10 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.09%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.09%) Kustomize
11 4 (1.09%) PingFederate
11 4 (1.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.54%) Consul
12 2 (0.54%) WMI
12 2 (0.54%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.27%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (29.35%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.14%) Okta
3 30 (8.15%) Google
4 29 (7.88%) ServiceNow
5 27 (7.34%) Oracle
6 16 (4.35%) MuleSoft
6 16 (4.35%) Ping Identity
7 14 (3.80%) CyberArk
7 14 (3.80%) SAP
8 12 (3.26%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.99%) ForgeRock
10 10 (2.72%) Workday
11 9 (2.45%) Salesforce
12 8 (2.17%) OutSystems
13 7 (1.90%) Splunk
14 6 (1.63%) Automation Anywhere
14 6 (1.63%) UiPath
15 5 (1.36%) Denodo
15 5 (1.36%) Zscaler
16 3 (0.82%) Netskope