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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 361 367
Rank change year-on-year +102 +6 +90
Contract jobs citing OAuth 318 135 196
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 0.47% 0.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.50% 2.16% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 85 153
10th Percentile £359 £409 £425
25th Percentile £412 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £603 £675 £650
90th Percentile £680 £723 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -9.24%
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 7,065 6,261 7,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.23% 21.87% 21.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,702 4,001 5,812
10th Percentile £350 £360 £363
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £631 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £544 £550
% change year-on-year -7.17% -1.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 167
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £31.70
25th Percentile £45.00 £43.38 £46.18
Median hourly rate £59.50 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £66.88 £65.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.22 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +67 156 £505 -12.17% 52
North of England +1 66 £430 -4.44% 39
North West +14 44 £405 +30.65% 23
South West +21 34 £565 -12.06% 18
Midlands -33 27 £525 -8.70% 16
West Midlands -22 24 £531 -7.61% 11
South East -13 22 £500 -23.08% 35
Yorkshire -20 22 £473 -27.31% 13
East Midlands - 3 £415 - 4
East of England -23 2 £500 -33.33% 12
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 19 (5.97%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.35%) Confluence
3 16 (5.03%) Apache
4 11 (3.46%) IIS
4 11 (3.46%) JBoss
4 11 (3.46%) WebSphere
5 10 (3.14%) iPlanet
5 10 (3.14%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.89%) nginx
7 5 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (1.26%) Oracle Service Bus
8 4 (1.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.94%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.63%) Appian
10 2 (0.63%) CICS
10 2 (0.63%) Mule
10 2 (0.63%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.31%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.26%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.31%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 148 (46.54%) Azure
2 106 (33.33%) AWS
3 72 (22.64%) Entra ID
4 55 (17.30%) GitHub
5 39 (12.26%) Serverless
6 37 (11.64%) GCP
7 33 (10.38%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (10.38%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (9.12%) SaaS
9 27 (8.49%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (7.23%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (6.92%) Apigee
12 20 (6.29%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (5.66%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (5.66%) Power Platform
14 17 (5.35%) Amazon S3
15 16 (5.03%) PaaS
16 14 (4.40%) Azure Functions
17 12 (3.77%) Amazon ECS
17 12 (3.77%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (10.69%) Kerberos
2 19 (5.97%) HTTPS
3 18 (5.66%) DNS
4 17 (5.35%) SSL
5 16 (5.03%) Firewall
6 14 (4.40%) HTTP
7 5 (1.57%) SSH
8 3 (0.94%) Internet
8 3 (0.94%) VPN
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%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.31%) RFID
10 1 (0.31%) SMS
10 1 (0.31%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.03%) Oracle Database
2 15 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (4.09%) NoSQL
4 11 (3.46%) Relational Database
5 10 (3.14%) DynamoDB
6 9 (2.83%) Power BI
7 8 (2.52%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.20%) Redis
9 6 (1.89%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (1.57%) Metadata
10 5 (1.57%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.57%) MySQL
11 4 (1.26%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.26%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.94%) Airbyte
13 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.63%) CockroachDB
13 2 (0.63%) DB2
13 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 44 (13.84%) Git
2 37 (11.64%) Jenkins
3 30 (9.43%) JIRA
4 17 (5.35%) Postman
5 16 (5.03%) GitLab
6 11 (3.46%) Bitbucket Server
6 11 (3.46%) CA Release Automation
7 9 (2.83%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (2.52%) Xcode
9 7 (2.20%) Gradle
9 7 (2.20%) Maven
9 7 (2.20%) Storybook
10 6 (1.89%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.89%) JUnit
10 6 (1.89%) Selenium
11 5 (1.57%) Mockito
12 4 (1.26%) Artifactory
12 4 (1.26%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.26%) SoapUI
12 4 (1.26%) SonarQube
General
1 101 (31.76%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.75%) Finance
3 36 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.92%) Banking
6 21 (6.60%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.89%) Marketing
9 5 (1.57%) Digital Healthcare
10 4 (1.26%) Legal
11 3 (0.94%) Games
11 3 (0.94%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.94%) Retail
12 2 (0.63%) Billing
12 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.63%) Military
12 2 (0.63%) Publishing
12 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.31%) Electronics
13 1 (0.31%) Law
Job Titles
1 95 (29.87%) Developer
2 47 (14.78%) Architect
3 37 (11.64%) Senior
4 19 (5.97%) Lead
5 18 (5.66%) DevOps Engineer
6 17 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (4.40%) Integration Engineer
8 13 (4.09%) Java Developer
8 13 (4.09%) Senior Developer
9 12 (3.77%) Analyst
9 12 (3.77%) Consultant
10 10 (3.14%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (3.14%) React Developer
10 10 (3.14%) Software Engineer
11 9 (2.83%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 9 (2.83%) Integration Developer
11 9 (2.83%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (2.52%) Business Analyst
12 8 (2.52%) Security Engineer
13 7 (2.20%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (45.60%) OAuth2
2 132 (41.51%) SAML
3 120 (37.74%) OpenID
4 86 (27.04%) REST
5 64 (20.13%) JSON
6 59 (18.55%) JWT
7 56 (17.61%) RESTful
8 49 (15.41%) SOAP
9 47 (14.78%) LDAP
10 45 (14.15%) XML
11 32 (10.06%) Spring
12 31 (9.75%) HTML
13 29 (9.12%) Spring Boot
14 28 (8.81%) GraphQL
14 28 (8.81%) Node.js
15 26 (8.18%) React
16 22 (6.92%) .NET
17 17 (5.35%) Kafka
18 16 (5.03%) CSS
18 16 (5.03%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.86%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.29%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.66%) Mobile App
4 17 (5.35%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (5.03%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.14%) PKI
8 8 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.52%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.52%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.52%) Replication
9 6 (1.89%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.57%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.26%) BYOD
11 4 (1.26%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.94%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.94%) DataPower
12 3 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (11.95%) Windows
2 28 (8.81%) Linux
3 26 (8.18%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.46%) Android
5 10 (3.14%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.52%) Unix
7 5 (1.57%) AIX
7 5 (1.57%) Solaris
8 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.63%) zOS
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (36.48%) CI/CD
2 107 (33.65%) DevOps
3 71 (22.33%) Agile
4 66 (20.75%) Identity Access Management
4 66 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (20.44%) Microservices
6 52 (16.35%) RBAC
7 47 (14.78%) Identity Management
8 44 (13.84%) Containerisation
9 43 (13.52%) API Management
10 39 (12.26%) Infrastructure as Code
11 38 (11.95%) AI
12 35 (11.01%) Test Automation
13 34 (10.69%) API Design
13 34 (10.69%) Event-Driven
14 33 (10.38%) Computer Science
15 31 (9.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 29 (9.12%) Analytics
16 29 (9.12%) Cybersecurity
17 28 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 75 (23.58%) Python
2 66 (20.75%) Java
3 53 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 53 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 36 (11.32%) SQL
5 33 (10.38%) TypeScript
6 19 (5.97%) C#
7 15 (4.72%) Groovy
8 10 (3.14%) Bash
9 8 (2.52%) Kotlin
9 8 (2.52%) Shell Script
10 7 (2.20%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.94%) Bicep
11 3 (0.94%) PHP
11 3 (0.94%) 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 (24.84%) Security Cleared
2 55 (17.30%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.32%) Degree
4 30 (9.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (8.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (6.29%) CISSP
6 20 (6.29%) DV Cleared
7 10 (3.14%) CISM
8 9 (2.83%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.83%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.83%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.57%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.26%) MCP
11 3 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.94%) PhD
12 2 (0.63%) CBAP
12 2 (0.63%) CCSP
13 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.31%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.89%) GDPR
2 25 (7.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.77%) NIST
4 11 (3.46%) Accessibility
4 11 (3.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (3.14%) PCI DSS
5 10 (3.14%) SOC 2
6 9 (2.83%) HIPAA
6 9 (2.83%) QA
7 8 (2.52%) WCAG
8 7 (2.20%) PSD2
9 6 (1.89%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.63%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.63%) SLA
12 1 (0.31%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.31%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.31%) PMO
12 1 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 89 (27.99%) Active Directory
2 60 (18.87%) Docker
3 8 (2.52%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.63%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.63%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.63%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.31%) Firmware
6 1 (0.31%) RACF
6 1 (0.31%) Squid
Systems Management
1 86 (27.04%) Single Sign-On
2 47 (14.78%) Terraform
3 39 (12.26%) Kubernetes
4 29 (9.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 21 (6.60%) Ansible
6 12 (3.77%) Grafana
7 11 (3.46%) CA Single Sign-On
8 10 (3.14%) CA Wily
9 9 (2.83%) Progress Chef
10 8 (2.52%) Tivoli
11 5 (1.57%) Kibana
12 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.26%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.94%) Argo
13 3 (0.94%) SCCM
14 2 (0.63%) PingFederate
14 2 (0.63%) Puppet
14 2 (0.63%) Tivoli Identity Manager
15 1 (0.31%) CA Endevor
15 1 (0.31%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 114 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.75%) Oracle
3 24 (7.55%) Splunk
4 21 (6.60%) Google
5 17 (5.35%) CyberArk
5 17 (5.35%) IBM
5 17 (5.35%) OpenAI
6 14 (4.40%) ForgeRock
7 13 (4.09%) MuleSoft
8 12 (3.77%) Ping Identity
8 12 (3.77%) Salesforce
9 11 (3.46%) AppDynamics
9 11 (3.46%) Broadcom
9 11 (3.46%) Okta
9 11 (3.46%) SAP
10 10 (3.14%) VMware
11 8 (2.52%) Axway
11 8 (2.52%) ServiceNow
12 7 (2.20%) BeyondTrust
13 6 (1.89%) Databricks