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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 387 370
Rank change year-on-year +125 -17 +82
Contract jobs citing OAuth 315 124 198
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 0.43% 0.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.54% 1.96% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 80 155
10th Percentile £360 £409 £425
25th Percentile £410 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £672
90th Percentile £680 £739 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -11.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £55.83 - -
25th Percentile £59.31 - -
Median hourly rate £62.75 - -
75th Percentile £66.94 - -
90th Percentile £71.33 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.75 - -

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 6,941 6,341 8,237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.32% 21.81% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,637 4,060 5,997
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £626 £666 £675
90th Percentile £731 £800 £769
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 85 168
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £34.10
25th Percentile £43.75 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.20
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +19.74% -19.70%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +16.82% -17.69%

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 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025. 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 +52 151 £513 -12.58% 55
North of England +19 66 £425 -11.46% 65
North West +19 44 £405 +31.71% 30
South West +21 33 £565 -12.06% 38
Midlands -24 30 £510 -9.33% 48
West Midlands -20 24 £531 -7.61% 27
South East -3 23 £500 -21.57% 78
Yorkshire -21 22 £469 -27.85% 29
East Midlands - 6 £415 - 18
East of England -23 1 - - 43
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 18 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.08%) Apache
3 15 (4.76%) Confluence
4 11 (3.49%) IIS
4 11 (3.49%) JBoss
4 11 (3.49%) WebSphere
5 10 (3.17%) iPlanet
5 10 (3.17%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.90%) nginx
7 5 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.95%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.63%) CICS
9 2 (0.63%) Mule
9 2 (0.63%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.32%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.32%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 150 (47.62%) Azure
2 110 (34.92%) AWS
3 76 (24.13%) Entra ID
4 57 (18.10%) GitHub
5 42 (13.33%) GCP
6 35 (11.11%) Serverless
7 34 (10.79%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (9.52%) SaaS
10 26 (8.25%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (7.30%) Apigee
12 20 (6.35%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (6.35%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (5.71%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (5.71%) Power Platform
14 15 (4.76%) Amazon S3
15 14 (4.44%) Azure Functions
16 13 (4.13%) PaaS
17 12 (3.81%) Amazon ECS
18 11 (3.49%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.48%) Kerberos
2 19 (6.03%) HTTPS
3 18 (5.71%) DNS
4 16 (5.08%) Firewall
5 15 (4.76%) SSL
6 14 (4.44%) HTTP
7 5 (1.59%) SSH
8 3 (0.95%) Internet
9 2 (0.63%) AMQP
9 2 (0.63%) DHCP
9 2 (0.63%) DSL
9 2 (0.63%) Extranet
9 2 (0.63%) Network Security
9 2 (0.63%) S/MIME
9 2 (0.63%) VPN
9 2 (0.63%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.32%) SMS
10 1 (0.32%) SMTP
10 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.08%) Oracle Database
2 14 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (3.81%) NoSQL
4 11 (3.49%) Relational Database
5 10 (3.17%) DynamoDB
6 9 (2.86%) Power BI
7 6 (1.90%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (1.90%) Redis
7 6 (1.90%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.59%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.59%) MySQL
9 4 (1.27%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.27%) Metadata
9 4 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.95%) Airbyte
11 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.63%) DB2
11 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 42 (13.33%) Git
2 35 (11.11%) Jenkins
3 28 (8.89%) JIRA
4 15 (4.76%) Postman
5 14 (4.44%) GitLab
6 11 (3.49%) Bitbucket Server
6 11 (3.49%) CA Release Automation
7 9 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (2.54%) Xcode
9 7 (2.22%) Gradle
9 7 (2.22%) Maven
9 7 (2.22%) Storybook
10 6 (1.90%) Selenium
11 5 (1.59%) Cucumber
11 5 (1.59%) Cypress.io
11 5 (1.59%) JUnit
11 5 (1.59%) Mockito
12 4 (1.27%) Artifactory
12 4 (1.27%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.95%) SoapUI
General
1 106 (33.65%) Social Skills
2 65 (20.63%) Finance
3 40 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.67%) Banking
6 20 (6.35%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.59%) Digital Healthcare
8 5 (1.59%) Marketing
9 4 (1.27%) Legal
10 3 (0.95%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.95%) Games
10 3 (0.95%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.95%) Retail
11 2 (0.63%) Billing
11 2 (0.63%) Military
11 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.32%) Electronics
12 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 92 (29.21%) Developer
2 51 (16.19%) Architect
3 34 (10.79%) Senior
4 19 (6.03%) Lead
4 19 (6.03%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (4.44%) Integration Engineer
7 13 (4.13%) Consultant
7 13 (4.13%) Senior Developer
8 12 (3.81%) Analyst
8 12 (3.81%) Java Developer
9 10 (3.17%) React Developer
10 9 (2.86%) Business Analyst
10 9 (2.86%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 9 (2.86%) Full-Stack Developer
10 9 (2.86%) Integration Developer
10 9 (2.86%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (2.86%) Software Engineer
11 8 (2.54%) Security Engineer
12 7 (2.22%) ForgeRock Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (45.40%) OAuth2
2 138 (43.81%) SAML
3 129 (40.95%) OpenID
4 79 (25.08%) REST
5 59 (18.73%) JSON
5 59 (18.73%) JWT
6 56 (17.78%) RESTful
7 51 (16.19%) LDAP
8 44 (13.97%) SOAP
9 40 (12.70%) XML
10 35 (11.11%) Spring
11 29 (9.21%) Spring Boot
12 28 (8.89%) GraphQL
12 28 (8.89%) HTML
13 27 (8.57%) Node.js
14 24 (7.62%) React
15 23 (7.30%) .NET
16 16 (5.08%) Kafka
17 14 (4.44%) Swagger
18 13 (4.13%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.21%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.35%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 17 (5.40%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (5.40%) Mobile App
5 13 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.86%) PKI
7 8 (2.54%) Replication
8 7 (2.22%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.90%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.90%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.90%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.27%) BYOD
10 4 (1.27%) Taxonomies
11 3 (0.95%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.95%) DataPower
11 3 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (12.06%) Windows
2 27 (8.57%) Linux
3 26 (8.25%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.17%) Android
5 9 (2.86%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.54%) Unix
7 5 (1.59%) AIX
7 5 (1.59%) Solaris
8 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.63%) zOS
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (36.19%) CI/CD
2 109 (34.60%) DevOps
3 73 (23.17%) Identity Access Management
4 69 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (21.27%) Agile
6 63 (20.00%) Microservices
7 56 (17.78%) RBAC
8 52 (16.51%) Identity Management
9 43 (13.65%) API Management
10 42 (13.33%) Containerisation
11 40 (12.70%) Infrastructure as Code
12 34 (10.79%) AI
12 34 (10.79%) API Design
13 33 (10.48%) Computer Science
14 32 (10.16%) Test Automation
15 31 (9.84%) Event-Driven
16 30 (9.52%) Multi-Factor Authentication
16 30 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 29 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
18 28 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 70 (22.22%) Python
2 68 (21.59%) Java
3 55 (17.46%) PowerShell
4 50 (15.87%) JavaScript
5 31 (9.84%) SQL
5 31 (9.84%) TypeScript
6 20 (6.35%) C#
7 15 (4.76%) Groovy
8 9 (2.86%) Bash
9 8 (2.54%) Kotlin
9 8 (2.54%) Shell Script
10 7 (2.22%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.95%) Bicep
11 3 (0.95%) PHP
11 3 (0.95%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.63%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.63%) C++
12 2 (0.63%) Go
12 2 (0.63%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.63%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 79 (25.08%) Security Cleared
2 54 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.43%) Degree
4 30 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (8.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (6.35%) CISSP
6 20 (6.35%) DV Cleared
7 10 (3.17%) CISM
8 9 (2.86%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.86%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.86%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.59%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.95%) PhD
11 2 (0.63%) CCSP
11 2 (0.63%) MCP
12 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.32%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (13.33%) GDPR
2 25 (7.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.81%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.81%) HIPAA
3 12 (3.81%) NIST
4 11 (3.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (2.86%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.86%) QA
5 9 (2.86%) SOC 2
6 8 (2.54%) WCAG
7 6 (1.90%) PSD2
8 4 (1.27%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.63%) SLA
11 1 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.32%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.32%) NCSC
11 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 97 (30.79%) Active Directory
2 59 (18.73%) Docker
3 8 (2.54%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.63%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.63%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.63%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 89 (28.25%) Single Sign-On
2 49 (15.56%) Terraform
3 38 (12.06%) Kubernetes
4 29 (9.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 20 (6.35%) Ansible
6 11 (3.49%) CA Single Sign-On
7 10 (3.17%) CA Wily
7 10 (3.17%) Grafana
8 9 (2.86%) Progress Chef
9 8 (2.54%) Tivoli
10 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.59%) Kibana
11 5 (1.59%) Tivoli Identity Manager
12 3 (0.95%) SCCM
13 2 (0.63%) Argo
13 2 (0.63%) PingFederate
13 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
13 2 (0.63%) Puppet
14 1 (0.32%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.32%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 118 (37.46%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.57%) Oracle
3 24 (7.62%) Splunk
4 21 (6.67%) Google
4 21 (6.67%) IBM
5 20 (6.35%) CyberArk
6 15 (4.76%) ForgeRock
6 15 (4.76%) OpenAI
6 15 (4.76%) Ping Identity
7 13 (4.13%) Okta
8 12 (3.81%) MuleSoft
8 12 (3.81%) Salesforce
9 11 (3.49%) AppDynamics
9 11 (3.49%) Broadcom
10 10 (3.17%) SAP
10 10 (3.17%) ServiceNow
10 10 (3.17%) VMware
11 8 (2.54%) Axway
12 7 (2.22%) BeyondTrust
13 6 (1.90%) Databricks