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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 316 400
Rank change year-on-year +40 +84 +24
Contract jobs citing OAuth 360 157 147
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 0.64% 0.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.54% 2.85% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 109 107
10th Percentile £361 £407 £425
25th Percentile £449 £478 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £558 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £638
90th Percentile £729 £700 £680
UK median daily rate £534 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -2.02% -1.00% -
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 7,927 5,503 7,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.00% 22.43% 20.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,296 3,813 5,297
10th Percentile £360 £367 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -3.34%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 93 190
10th Percentile £32.50 £29.31 £20.82
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.88 £82.79 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +51 206 £537 -9.56% 46
North of England -17 80 £550 +10.89% 14
North West -11 51 £500 - 8
South East -36 31 £598 -5.16% 16
Yorkshire -34 28 £575 +22.60% 6
South West -18 23 £563 +9.76% 9
Midlands -59 12 £449 -22.00% 2
West Midlands -52 8 £485 -17.45% 1
East of England - 4 £500 - 2
East Midlands -35 3 £438 -18.98% 1
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 22 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.33%) Confluence
3 9 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.22%) Appian
5 6 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.83%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.56%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.56%) CICS
8 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.83%) 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 (2.50%) 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
1 177 (49.17%) Azure
2 140 (38.89%) AWS
3 100 (27.78%) Entra ID
4 69 (19.17%) GCP
5 65 (18.06%) Serverless
6 40 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (11.11%) GitHub
7 32 (8.89%) Amazon S3
8 31 (8.61%) Apigee
8 31 (8.61%) AWS Lambda
9 29 (8.06%) GitHub Actions
9 29 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (6.11%) Amazon ECS
10 22 (6.11%) SaaS
11 20 (5.56%) PaaS
12 19 (5.28%) Power Platform
13 18 (5.00%) Azure API Management
13 18 (5.00%) IaaS
13 18 (5.00%) Kong
13 18 (5.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.28%) DNS
2 31 (8.61%) Kerberos
3 19 (5.28%) HTTP
4 16 (4.44%) DHCP
5 13 (3.61%) Firewall
5 13 (3.61%) SSL
6 7 (1.94%) HTTPS
6 7 (1.94%) Reverse Proxy
7 6 (1.67%) IPsec
8 5 (1.39%) DKIM
8 5 (1.39%) DMARC
8 5 (1.39%) Network Security
8 5 (1.39%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.56%) RFID
9 2 (0.56%) VPN
10 1 (0.28%) Extranet
10 1 (0.28%) Internet
10 1 (0.28%) SMS
10 1 (0.28%) WAN
10 1 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
1 25 (6.94%) SQL Server
2 18 (5.00%) DynamoDB
3 17 (4.72%) Redis
4 14 (3.89%) Relational Database
5 11 (3.06%) NoSQL
5 11 (3.06%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.78%) Metadata
6 10 (2.78%) MongoDB
6 10 (2.78%) MySQL
7 7 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.94%) Power BI
8 6 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.39%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.39%) Data Vault
9 5 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.11%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.11%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.83%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 30 (8.33%) Git
1 30 (8.33%) Jenkins
2 23 (6.39%) GitLab
3 20 (5.56%) Postman
4 18 (5.00%) JIRA
5 8 (2.22%) MLflow
5 8 (2.22%) SoapUI
6 7 (1.94%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.67%) Browser DevTools
8 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.11%) git-flow
9 4 (1.11%) Maven
9 4 (1.11%) Selenium
9 4 (1.11%) Vite
10 3 (0.83%) JUnit
11 2 (0.56%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.56%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.56%) Mockito
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
General
1 101 (28.06%) Social Skills
2 73 (20.28%) Finance
3 44 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (12.22%) Banking
4 30 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (1.67%) Investment Banking
6 6 (1.67%) Marketing
6 6 (1.67%) Military
6 6 (1.67%) Retail
7 4 (1.11%) Legal
7 4 (1.11%) Publishing
8 3 (0.83%) Financial Institution
8 3 (0.83%) Games
8 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.56%) Billing
9 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.28%) Law
10 1 (0.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 90 (25.00%) Developer
2 70 (19.44%) Architect
3 48 (13.33%) Senior
4 21 (5.83%) Lead
5 16 (4.44%) Java Developer
5 16 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (4.44%) Technical Architect
6 15 (4.17%) Analyst
7 13 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (3.61%) Full-Stack Developer
8 11 (3.06%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 10 (2.78%) Business Analyst
9 10 (2.78%) Integration Engineer
9 10 (2.78%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (2.50%) Applications Engineer
10 9 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (2.50%) Lead Architect
11 8 (2.22%) Automation Engineer
11 8 (2.22%) Backend Developer
11 8 (2.22%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (47.50%) OAuth2
2 149 (41.39%) OpenID
3 148 (41.11%) SAML
4 98 (27.22%) REST
5 84 (23.33%) JWT
6 59 (16.39%) JSON
7 53 (14.72%) RESTful
8 47 (13.06%) SOAP
9 44 (12.22%) LDAP
9 44 (12.22%) Node.js
10 37 (10.28%) XML
11 35 (9.72%) Spring
11 35 (9.72%) Spring Boot
12 34 (9.44%) .NET
13 31 (8.61%) Kafka
14 29 (8.06%) React
15 28 (7.78%) Web Services
16 24 (6.67%) HTML
17 23 (6.39%) OpenAPI
17 23 (6.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 34 (9.44%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (5.83%) Mobile App
3 21 (5.83%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.72%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (4.72%) Replication
5 13 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.61%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.61%) Public Cloud
6 12 (3.33%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.50%) PKI
8 7 (1.94%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.94%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.11%) Clustering
10 4 (1.11%) Freedom of Information
10 4 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.11%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.06%) Windows
2 23 (6.39%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.94%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.67%) Android
4 6 (1.67%) Linux
5 2 (0.56%) zOS
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (39.44%) CI/CD
2 118 (32.78%) DevOps
3 91 (25.28%) Microservices
4 69 (19.17%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (18.89%) Agile
6 66 (18.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 66 (18.33%) RBAC
7 63 (17.50%) Identity Access Management
8 51 (14.17%) Containerisation
8 51 (14.17%) Event-Driven
9 48 (13.33%) Test Automation
10 47 (13.06%) Data Modelling
11 45 (12.50%) AI
11 45 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
11 45 (12.50%) Observability
12 43 (11.94%) Validation
13 42 (11.67%) API Management
13 42 (11.67%) Design Patterns
14 37 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
14 37 (10.28%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 90 (25.00%) Python
2 78 (21.67%) Java
3 70 (19.44%) SQL
4 57 (15.83%) JavaScript
5 48 (13.33%) PowerShell
6 38 (10.56%) TypeScript
7 32 (8.89%) C#
8 14 (3.89%) Go
9 13 (3.61%) Kotlin
10 10 (2.78%) Bash
11 8 (2.22%) Bicep
12 6 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (1.67%) PHP
13 4 (1.11%) Groovy
14 3 (0.83%) Swift
15 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.28%) Assembly Language
16 1 (0.28%) C++
16 1 (0.28%) COBOL
16 1 (0.28%) JCL
Qualifications
1 89 (24.72%) Security Cleared
2 61 (16.94%) SC Cleared
3 29 (8.06%) Degree
4 23 (6.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (5.28%) CISSP
6 16 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (4.17%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.22%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.22%) CISM
9 5 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.11%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.11%) GIAC
11 3 (0.83%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.28%) HND
13 1 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.56%) GDPR
2 26 (7.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (6.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 20 (5.56%) NIST
5 15 (4.17%) PCI DSS
6 13 (3.61%) Data Quality
7 10 (2.78%) QA
8 7 (1.94%) HIPAA
9 6 (1.67%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.67%) WCAG
10 5 (1.39%) ISO 20022
11 4 (1.11%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.83%) GRC
12 3 (0.83%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.83%) SEPA
13 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.56%) PSD2
System Software
1 78 (21.67%) Active Directory
2 72 (20.00%) Docker
3 6 (1.67%) RACF
4 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.56%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.56%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.56%) OpenIDM
5 2 (0.56%) Squid
Systems Management
1 82 (22.78%) Single Sign-On
2 74 (20.56%) Kubernetes
3 70 (19.44%) Terraform
4 39 (10.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (4.44%) Grafana
6 13 (3.61%) Ansible
6 13 (3.61%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.67%) Istio
7 6 (1.67%) linkerd
8 5 (1.39%) Argo
9 4 (1.11%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.11%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.11%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.56%) Kibana
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.28%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Identity Manager
11 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 102 (28.33%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.50%) Google
3 26 (7.22%) Okta
4 25 (6.94%) Oracle
5 23 (6.39%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.00%) CyberArk
7 15 (4.17%) OpenAI
8 14 (3.89%) SAP
9 13 (3.61%) MuleSoft
10 12 (3.33%) Splunk
11 9 (2.50%) Ping Identity
12 8 (2.22%) Automation Anywhere
12 8 (2.22%) ForgeRock
12 8 (2.22%) UiPath
13 7 (1.94%) Workday
14 6 (1.67%) Adobe
14 6 (1.67%) Denodo
14 6 (1.67%) Salesforce
15 5 (1.39%) IBM
15 5 (1.39%) VMware