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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 329 395
Rank change year-on-year +56 +66 +5
Contract jobs citing OAuth 349 158 142
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 0.65% 0.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.43% 2.90% 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 3 0 0
10th Percentile £43.25 - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - -

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 7,884 5,455 7,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.24% 22.29% 20.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,228 3,776 5,342
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% -1.79%
75th Percentile £629 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 99 230
10th Percentile £30.98 £32.65 £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 £68.00 £65.95
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.50 £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 18 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
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 18 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 +42 200 £539 -5.19% 62
North of England -24 78 £575 +15.93% 14
North West -14 45 £575 +15.00% 13
South East -41 34 £595 -7.03% 20
Yorkshire -33 32 £598 +27.40% 2
South West -9 18 £550 +7.32% 7
Midlands -60 10 £438 -0.46% 6
West Midlands -52 5 £350 -41.96% 4
East of England -26 4 £500 - 4
East Midlands -30 4 £438 -0.46% 2
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 (4.87%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.87%) 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 (2.58%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 169 (48.42%) Azure
2 130 (37.25%) AWS
3 103 (29.51%) Entra ID
4 73 (20.92%) GCP
5 52 (14.90%) Serverless
6 26 (7.45%) GitHub
7 25 (7.16%) SaaS
8 24 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (6.30%) Amazon S3
9 22 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (6.30%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (5.73%) Apigee
10 20 (5.73%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (5.44%) Kong
11 19 (5.44%) PaaS
12 18 (5.16%) AWS CloudFormation
12 18 (5.16%) Azure AKS
13 17 (4.87%) IaaS
13 17 (4.87%) OCI
14 16 (4.58%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.89%) DNS
2 36 (10.32%) Kerberos
3 16 (4.58%) DHCP
4 14 (4.01%) HTTP
5 13 (3.72%) Firewall
6 11 (3.15%) SSL
7 7 (2.01%) DKIM
7 7 (2.01%) DMARC
7 7 (2.01%) Reverse Proxy
8 6 (1.72%) 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 28 (8.02%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.30%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.73%) Redis
4 17 (4.87%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.72%) MongoDB
6 11 (3.15%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.15%) Pinecone
7 10 (2.87%) DynamoDB
8 9 (2.58%) Metadata
9 7 (2.01%) MySQL
10 6 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.72%) 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 (1.15%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.15%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 27 (7.74%) Git
2 23 (6.59%) GitLab
2 23 (6.59%) Jenkins
3 17 (4.87%) Postman
4 16 (4.58%) JIRA
5 8 (2.29%) Browser DevTools
5 8 (2.29%) MLflow
5 8 (2.29%) SoapUI
6 6 (1.72%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.43%) git-flow
7 5 (1.43%) Gradle
7 5 (1.43%) Maven
7 5 (1.43%) Visual Studio
8 4 (1.15%) Snyk
9 3 (0.86%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.86%) JMeter
9 3 (0.86%) Vite
10 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 86 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 68 (19.48%) Finance
3 39 (11.17%) Banking
4 38 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 31 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.29%) Military
8 7 (2.01%) Retail
9 5 (1.43%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.15%) Marketing
10 4 (1.15%) Publishing
11 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.86%) Games
11 3 (0.86%) Legal
11 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (24.64%) Developer
2 70 (20.06%) Architect
3 48 (13.75%) Senior
4 21 (6.02%) Lead
5 18 (5.16%) Technical Architect
6 17 (4.87%) Java Developer
7 14 (4.01%) Analyst
8 13 (3.72%) Senior Developer
9 12 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 11 (3.15%) Backend Developer
11 10 (2.87%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.58%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (2.58%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (2.58%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (2.58%) IAM Specialist
12 9 (2.58%) Integration Engineer
13 8 (2.29%) Automation Engineer
13 8 (2.29%) Platform Engineer
13 8 (2.29%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (49.00%) OAuth2
2 166 (47.56%) OpenID
3 154 (44.13%) SAML
4 93 (26.65%) REST
5 68 (19.48%) JWT
6 53 (15.19%) RESTful
7 51 (14.61%) LDAP
8 48 (13.75%) JSON
9 47 (13.47%) SOAP
10 35 (10.03%) Spring
10 35 (10.03%) Spring Boot
11 34 (9.74%) Web Services
12 31 (8.88%) .NET
12 31 (8.88%) Kafka
13 30 (8.60%) Node.js
13 30 (8.60%) XML
14 24 (6.88%) React
14 24 (6.88%) SailPoint
15 22 (6.30%) OpenTelemetry
15 22 (6.30%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.18%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.31%) Onboarding
3 26 (7.45%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (5.73%) Mobile App
5 19 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (4.58%) Replication
7 15 (4.30%) Low-Code
8 13 (3.72%) Management Information System
9 12 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (3.44%) Public Cloud
10 10 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (2.58%) PKI
12 7 (2.01%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
13 6 (1.72%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.43%) CMDB
14 5 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.45%) Windows
2 20 (5.73%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.58%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.29%) Android
5 6 (1.72%) Linux
6 2 (0.57%) zOS
7 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (36.68%) CI/CD
2 109 (31.23%) DevOps
3 86 (24.64%) Microservices
4 71 (20.34%) RBAC
5 62 (17.77%) Agile
5 62 (17.77%) Identity Access Management
5 62 (17.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 56 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (15.19%) Event-Driven
8 50 (14.33%) Containerisation
9 48 (13.75%) Observability
10 46 (13.18%) Data Modelling
10 46 (13.18%) Test Automation
11 45 (12.89%) Validation
12 40 (11.46%) Zero Trust
13 39 (11.17%) API Integration
13 39 (11.17%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 39 (11.17%) Integration Patterns
14 38 (10.89%) AI
15 37 (10.60%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 75 (21.49%) Java
2 73 (20.92%) Python
3 68 (19.48%) SQL
4 51 (14.61%) JavaScript
5 50 (14.33%) PowerShell
6 32 (9.17%) TypeScript
7 29 (8.31%) C#
8 17 (4.87%) Bicep
9 13 (3.72%) Go
9 13 (3.72%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.01%) Bash
11 4 (1.15%) Groovy
11 4 (1.15%) PHP
12 3 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.86%) Swift
13 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.29%) C++
14 1 (0.29%) COBOL
14 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 84 (24.07%) Security Cleared
2 56 (16.05%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.88%) Degree
4 18 (5.16%) CISSP
5 16 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (3.15%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.58%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.29%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.29%) CISM
10 6 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.15%) GIAC
11 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.57%) MCSE
12 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.60%) GDPR
2 31 (8.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (7.45%) NIST
4 21 (6.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (4.30%) PCI DSS
6 12 (3.44%) QA
7 11 (3.15%) Data Quality
8 7 (2.01%) HIPAA
9 6 (1.72%) 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%) NIST 800
System Software
1 81 (23.21%) Active Directory
2 69 (19.77%) Docker
3 6 (1.72%) 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 85 (24.36%) Single Sign-On
2 73 (20.92%) Kubernetes
3 66 (18.91%) Terraform
4 38 (10.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (4.58%) Grafana
5 16 (4.58%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.01%) Argo
7 6 (1.72%) Istio
7 6 (1.72%) linkerd
8 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.15%) Ansible
9 4 (1.15%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.15%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.15%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.29%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 98 (28.08%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.31%) Google
2 29 (8.31%) Okta
3 25 (7.16%) Oracle
4 21 (6.02%) ServiceNow
5 17 (4.87%) CyberArk
6 13 (3.72%) MuleSoft
7 12 (3.44%) SAP
8 10 (2.87%) OpenAI
9 9 (2.58%) Ping Identity
10 8 (2.29%) Automation Anywhere
10 8 (2.29%) ForgeRock
10 8 (2.29%) UiPath
11 7 (2.01%) Splunk
11 7 (2.01%) Workday
12 6 (1.72%) OutSystems
13 5 (1.43%) Denodo
13 5 (1.43%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.15%) BeyondTrust
14 4 (1.15%) VMware