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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 312 391
Rank change year-on-year +40 +79 -6
Contract jobs citing OAuth 350 158 142
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 0.65% 0.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.42% 2.92% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 107 103
10th Percentile £402 £400 £433
25th Percentile £463 £466 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £577
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.63% +0.35%
75th Percentile £641 £653 £638
90th Percentile £738 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £537 £585
% change year-on-year +2.37% -8.16% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £37.75 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 - -

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 7,910 5,413 7,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.24% 22.29% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,256 3,741 5,341
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.52%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 101 230
10th Percentile £30.98 £33.25 £22.42
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.95
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +44 201 £539 -5.19% 62
North of England -14 77 £569 +14.67% 15
North West -18 43 £575 +15.00% 13
South East -42 36 £595 -7.03% 23
Yorkshire -30 33 £575 +22.60% 3
South West -25 16 £550 +7.32% 7
Midlands -62 11 £438 -0.46% 5
East Midlands -31 5 £438 -0.46% 2
West Midlands -48 5 £350 -41.96% 3
East of England -26 4 £500 - 6
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 (4.86%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.86%) Confluence
4 8 (2.29%) Appian
5 5 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.86%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.86%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.57%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.57%) CICS
8 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.57%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.29%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 170 (48.57%) Azure
2 131 (37.43%) AWS
3 103 (29.43%) Entra ID
4 75 (21.43%) GCP
5 52 (14.86%) Serverless
6 28 (8.00%) GitHub
7 25 (7.14%) SaaS
8 24 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (6.86%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (6.57%) Amazon S3
10 21 (6.00%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (5.43%) Apigee
11 19 (5.43%) Azure AKS
11 19 (5.43%) Kong
11 19 (5.43%) PaaS
12 18 (5.14%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (4.86%) Amazon EKS
13 17 (4.86%) IaaS
13 17 (4.86%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.57%) DNS
2 36 (10.29%) Kerberos
3 16 (4.57%) DHCP
4 13 (3.71%) HTTP
5 12 (3.43%) Firewall
6 11 (3.14%) SSL
7 7 (2.00%) DKIM
7 7 (2.00%) DMARC
7 7 (2.00%) Reverse Proxy
8 6 (1.71%) IPsec
9 5 (1.43%) Network Security
9 5 (1.43%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.86%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.86%) NGFW
11 2 (0.57%) RFID
11 2 (0.57%) VPN
12 1 (0.29%) SMS
12 1 (0.29%) WAN
12 1 (0.29%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.29%) SQL Server
2 21 (6.00%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (5.43%) Redis
4 18 (5.14%) Relational Database
5 14 (4.00%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.71%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.14%) DynamoDB
7 11 (3.14%) Pinecone
8 9 (2.57%) Metadata
9 7 (2.00%) MySQL
10 6 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.71%) Hazelcast
11 5 (1.43%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (1.43%) Data Vault
11 5 (1.43%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.43%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.14%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.14%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.86%) GIS
Development Applications
1 28 (8.00%) Git
2 25 (7.14%) Jenkins
3 24 (6.86%) GitLab
4 17 (4.86%) Postman
5 16 (4.57%) JIRA
6 9 (2.57%) Browser DevTools
7 8 (2.29%) MLflow
7 8 (2.29%) SoapUI
8 6 (1.71%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.43%) git-flow
9 5 (1.43%) Gradle
9 5 (1.43%) Maven
9 5 (1.43%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.14%) Snyk
11 3 (0.86%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.86%) JMeter
11 3 (0.86%) Vite
12 2 (0.57%) Moq
12 2 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 84 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 68 (19.43%) Finance
3 40 (11.43%) Banking
4 39 (11.14%) Public Sector
5 30 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.29%) Military
8 7 (2.00%) Retail
9 5 (1.43%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.14%) Publishing
11 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.86%) Legal
11 3 (0.86%) Marketing
12 2 (0.57%) Games
12 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.29%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (25.43%) Developer
2 69 (19.71%) Architect
3 49 (14.00%) Senior
4 23 (6.57%) Lead
5 19 (5.43%) Java Developer
6 18 (5.14%) Technical Architect
7 14 (4.00%) Senior Developer
8 13 (3.71%) Analyst
9 12 (3.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 11 (3.14%) Backend Developer
11 10 (2.86%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.57%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (2.57%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (2.57%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (2.57%) Consultant
12 9 (2.57%) IAM Specialist
13 8 (2.29%) .NET Developer
13 8 (2.29%) Automation Engineer
13 8 (2.29%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (48.57%) OAuth2
2 164 (46.86%) OpenID
3 153 (43.71%) SAML
4 94 (26.86%) REST
5 68 (19.43%) JWT
6 54 (15.43%) RESTful
7 51 (14.57%) LDAP
8 49 (14.00%) SOAP
9 46 (13.14%) JSON
10 36 (10.29%) Spring
10 36 (10.29%) Spring Boot
11 34 (9.71%) Web Services
12 32 (9.14%) Kafka
13 30 (8.57%) .NET
14 29 (8.29%) Node.js
14 29 (8.29%) XML
15 25 (7.14%) React
16 24 (6.86%) CSS
16 24 (6.86%) SailPoint
17 22 (6.29%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.00%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.29%) Onboarding
3 27 (7.71%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (6.00%) Mobile App
5 19 (5.43%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (4.57%) Low-Code
6 16 (4.57%) Replication
7 13 (3.71%) Management Information System
8 12 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (3.43%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.57%) PKI
11 7 (2.00%) Product Ownership
11 7 (2.00%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.71%) Freedom of Information
13 5 (1.43%) CMDB
13 5 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.86%) Windows
2 19 (5.43%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.57%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.29%) Android
5 6 (1.71%) Linux
6 2 (0.57%) zOS
7 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (37.43%) CI/CD
2 112 (32.00%) DevOps
3 88 (25.14%) Microservices
4 69 (19.71%) RBAC
5 64 (18.29%) Agile
6 63 (18.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 62 (17.71%) Identity Access Management
8 56 (16.00%) Event-Driven
9 55 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (14.57%) Containerisation
11 49 (14.00%) Observability
12 47 (13.43%) Test Automation
13 45 (12.86%) Data Modelling
14 44 (12.57%) Validation
15 41 (11.71%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 40 (11.43%) API Integration
16 40 (11.43%) Zero Trust
17 38 (10.86%) AI
17 38 (10.86%) Design Patterns
17 38 (10.86%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 78 (22.29%) Java
2 73 (20.86%) Python
3 69 (19.71%) SQL
4 53 (15.14%) JavaScript
5 49 (14.00%) PowerShell
6 30 (8.57%) TypeScript
7 28 (8.00%) C#
8 17 (4.86%) Bicep
9 14 (4.00%) Go
10 13 (3.71%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.00%) Bash
12 4 (1.14%) Groovy
12 4 (1.14%) PHP
13 3 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.86%) Swift
14 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.57%) Scala
15 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.29%) C++
15 1 (0.29%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 83 (23.71%) Security Cleared
2 57 (16.29%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.29%) Degree
4 18 (5.14%) CISSP
5 15 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.86%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.57%) AWS Certification
10 8 (2.29%) Azure Certification
10 8 (2.29%) CISM
11 6 (1.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.14%) GIAC
12 4 (1.14%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.57%) MCSE
13 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.57%) GDPR
2 31 (8.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (7.43%) NIST
4 21 (6.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (4.29%) PCI DSS
6 13 (3.71%) QA
7 11 (3.14%) Data Quality
8 7 (2.00%) HIPAA
9 6 (1.71%) SOC 2
10 5 (1.43%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.86%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.86%) GRC
11 3 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.86%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.86%) SEPA
11 3 (0.86%) WCAG
12 2 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 79 (22.57%) Active Directory
2 70 (20.00%) Docker
3 6 (1.71%) RACF
4 2 (0.57%) OpenAM
4 2 (0.57%) OpenDJ
4 2 (0.57%) OpenIDM
4 2 (0.57%) Squid
4 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 83 (23.71%) Single Sign-On
2 75 (21.43%) Kubernetes
3 67 (19.14%) Terraform
4 36 (10.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (4.86%) Grafana
5 17 (4.86%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.00%) Argo
7 6 (1.71%) Istio
7 6 (1.71%) linkerd
8 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.14%) Ansible
9 4 (1.14%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.14%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.14%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.29%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 95 (27.14%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.57%) Okta
3 29 (8.29%) Google
4 26 (7.43%) Oracle
5 22 (6.29%) ServiceNow
6 17 (4.86%) CyberArk
7 13 (3.71%) SAP
8 12 (3.43%) MuleSoft
9 10 (2.86%) OpenAI
10 9 (2.57%) Ping Identity
11 8 (2.29%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (2.29%) ForgeRock
11 8 (2.29%) UiPath
12 7 (2.00%) OutSystems
12 7 (2.00%) Splunk
12 7 (2.00%) Workday
13 5 (1.43%) Denodo
13 5 (1.43%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.14%) Apple
14 4 (1.14%) BeyondTrust