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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 312 410
Rank change year-on-year +23 +98 -13
Contract jobs citing OAuth 380 195 145
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 0.72% 0.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.47% 3.24% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 127 94
10th Percentile £411 £376 £426
25th Percentile £480 £443 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £537 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% -10.50% -
75th Percentile £668 £628 £645
90th Percentile £751 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £564 £538 £577
% change year-on-year +4.93% -6.80% +3.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile £36.25 - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £86.08 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £87.16 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £58.75 -
% change year-on-year +27.66% - -

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 8,500 6,027 7,978
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.01% 22.34% 21.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,603 4,138 5,570
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £428 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 134 265
10th Percentile £30.35 £30.90 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -10.31%
75th Percentile £74.82 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.61 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £55.63
% change year-on-year +17.12% -0.22% -14.42%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 +18 203 £575 +1.23% 55
North of England -36 75 £623 +28.35% 10
South East -12 59 £595 -0.83% 24
North West -20 39 £625 +26.01% 7
Yorkshire -31 33 £610 +38.95% 2
South West -26 14 £550 +1.85% 3
Midlands -65 11 £438 +5.42% 5
East of England -16 10 £558 +11.50% 2
East Midlands -23 5 £438 +5.42%
West Midlands -60 5 £425 -29.52% 5
North East - 5 £563 - 1
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 14 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.16%) Confluence
2 12 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.05%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.05%) Appian
5 2 (0.53%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.53%) Mule
5 2 (0.53%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.26%) CICS
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.58%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.79%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 211 (55.53%) Azure
2 154 (40.53%) AWS
3 120 (31.58%) Entra ID
4 83 (21.84%) GCP
5 49 (12.89%) Serverless
6 42 (11.05%) GitHub
7 34 (8.95%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (8.42%) GitHub Actions
9 31 (8.16%) SaaS
10 24 (6.32%) Azure AKS
11 23 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
12 21 (5.53%) Azure API Management
13 20 (5.26%) Amazon S3
14 17 (4.47%) Amazon ECS
14 17 (4.47%) Apigee
15 16 (4.21%) Azure Service Bus
15 16 (4.21%) Kong
16 15 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (3.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 14 (3.68%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.42%) Kerberos
2 31 (8.16%) DNS
3 14 (3.68%) DHCP
4 12 (3.16%) Firewall
5 11 (2.89%) SSL
6 10 (2.63%) HTTP
7 7 (1.84%) DKIM
7 7 (1.84%) DMARC
7 7 (1.84%) Network Security
8 5 (1.32%) IPsec
8 5 (1.32%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (1.32%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.79%) NGFW
10 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.26%) SSH
10 1 (0.26%) VPN
10 1 (0.26%) WAN
10 1 (0.26%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.63%) Relational Database
2 26 (6.84%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (6.84%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.74%) Redis
4 14 (3.68%) MongoDB
5 11 (2.89%) DynamoDB
6 10 (2.63%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (2.37%) MySQL
8 8 (2.11%) Metadata
9 5 (1.32%) Data Vault
9 5 (1.32%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.32%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.05%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.05%) Hazelcast
10 4 (1.05%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 40 (10.53%) Git
2 25 (6.58%) Jenkins
3 20 (5.26%) GitLab
3 20 (5.26%) JIRA
4 10 (2.63%) Browser DevTools
5 9 (2.37%) Postman
6 7 (1.84%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.84%) git-flow
7 5 (1.32%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.32%) Gradle
7 5 (1.32%) Maven
7 5 (1.32%) MLflow
8 4 (1.05%) Snyk
8 4 (1.05%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.79%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.79%) JMeter
9 3 (0.79%) Storybook
9 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.79%) Vite
10 2 (0.53%) Liquibase
General
1 85 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 78 (20.53%) Finance
3 47 (12.37%) Banking
3 47 (12.37%) Public Sector
4 28 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (3.68%) Retail
6 13 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.16%) Military
8 11 (2.89%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.32%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.32%) Legal
10 4 (1.05%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.05%) Publishing
11 2 (0.53%) Automotive
11 2 (0.53%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.53%) Law
11 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.53%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 99 (26.05%) Developer
2 88 (23.16%) Architect
3 54 (14.21%) Senior
4 28 (7.37%) Technical Architect
5 25 (6.58%) Java Developer
6 24 (6.32%) Lead
7 18 (4.74%) Senior Developer
8 13 (3.42%) Full-Stack Developer
8 13 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (3.16%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (3.16%) Consultant
9 12 (3.16%) Security Architect
10 11 (2.89%) IAM Specialist
10 11 (2.89%) Integration Architect
11 10 (2.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 9 (2.37%) Analyst
12 9 (2.37%) IAM Developer
12 9 (2.37%) Senior Java Developer
13 8 (2.11%) .NET Developer
13 8 (2.11%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (50.26%) OAuth2
2 184 (48.42%) OpenID
3 163 (42.89%) SAML
4 120 (31.58%) REST
5 78 (20.53%) JWT
6 61 (16.05%) LDAP
7 59 (15.53%) RESTful
8 57 (15.00%) SOAP
9 39 (10.26%) JSON
10 35 (9.21%) React
11 32 (8.42%) .NET
11 32 (8.42%) Node.js
11 32 (8.42%) SailPoint
12 31 (8.16%) Kafka
13 30 (7.89%) Spring
13 30 (7.89%) Web Services
14 29 (7.63%) Spring Boot
15 28 (7.37%) CSS
16 22 (5.79%) HTML
16 22 (5.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (17.11%) Cloud Native
2 35 (9.21%) Onboarding
3 28 (7.37%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (6.05%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 19 (5.00%) Security Posture
6 16 (4.21%) Management Information System
6 16 (4.21%) Mobile App
7 14 (3.68%) Replication
8 13 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (3.42%) Low-Code
9 11 (2.89%) CMDB
9 11 (2.89%) PKI
10 10 (2.63%) Public Cloud
11 8 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.58%) Freedom of Information
14 5 (1.32%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.05%) Windows
2 19 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.37%) Linux
4 6 (1.58%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.32%) Android
5 5 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.32%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.26%) CentOS
6 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.26%) Unix
6 1 (0.26%) VMS
6 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (40.79%) CI/CD
2 138 (36.32%) DevOps
3 98 (25.79%) Microservices
4 92 (24.21%) Agile
5 77 (20.26%) Identity Access Management
5 77 (20.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 70 (18.42%) Containerisation
7 67 (17.63%) RBAC
8 63 (16.58%) Event-Driven
9 57 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (13.95%) AI
11 49 (12.89%) Test Automation
12 47 (12.37%) API Integration
13 46 (12.11%) Zero Trust
14 45 (11.84%) Observability
15 41 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 41 (10.79%) Integration Patterns
15 41 (10.79%) Migration
15 41 (10.79%) Roadmaps
16 40 (10.53%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 87 (22.89%) Java
2 85 (22.37%) Python
3 68 (17.89%) SQL
4 60 (15.79%) JavaScript
5 58 (15.26%) PowerShell
6 36 (9.47%) TypeScript
7 28 (7.37%) C#
8 24 (6.32%) Bicep
9 14 (3.68%) Go
10 9 (2.37%) Bash
10 9 (2.37%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.05%) PHP
12 3 (0.79%) Groovy
12 3 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.79%) Swift
13 2 (0.53%) PromQL
13 2 (0.53%) Scala
14 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.26%) XPath
Qualifications
1 103 (27.11%) Security Cleared
2 78 (20.53%) SC Cleared
3 35 (9.21%) Degree
4 27 (7.11%) CISSP
5 17 (4.47%) Azure Certification
6 16 (4.21%) AWS Certification
7 15 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.63%) CISM
10 9 (2.37%) DV Cleared
11 8 (2.11%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.32%) CSPO
13 5 (1.32%) GIAC
14 4 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.53%) CEH
16 2 (0.53%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (9.74%) GDPR
2 32 (8.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (7.11%) NIST
4 18 (4.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 16 (4.21%) QA
6 11 (2.89%) PCI DSS
7 8 (2.11%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.84%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.84%) NCSC
9 6 (1.58%) SOC 2
10 4 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.05%) GRC
11 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.53%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.53%) WCAG
13 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 89 (23.42%) Active Directory
2 78 (20.53%) Docker
3 5 (1.32%) RACF
4 3 (0.79%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.26%) Squid
Systems Management
1 85 (22.37%) Kubernetes
2 84 (22.11%) Terraform
3 80 (21.05%) Single Sign-On
4 39 (10.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 21 (5.53%) Grafana
6 19 (5.00%) Prometheus
7 11 (2.89%) Ansible
8 6 (1.58%) Argo
8 6 (1.58%) Istio
8 6 (1.58%) linkerd
9 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.05%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.05%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.05%) PingFederate
10 4 (1.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.53%) Consul
11 2 (0.53%) WMI
11 2 (0.53%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.26%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 109 (28.68%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.79%) Okta
3 33 (8.68%) ServiceNow
4 30 (7.89%) Google
4 30 (7.89%) Oracle
5 16 (4.21%) Ping Identity
6 15 (3.95%) CyberArk
6 15 (3.95%) MuleSoft
7 14 (3.68%) SAP
8 11 (2.89%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.89%) Salesforce
9 10 (2.63%) ForgeRock
9 10 (2.63%) Workday
10 8 (2.11%) OutSystems
11 7 (1.84%) Splunk
12 5 (1.32%) Denodo
12 5 (1.32%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.05%) Automation Anywhere
13 4 (1.05%) UiPath
14 3 (0.79%) Netskope