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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 375 368
Rank change year-on-year +111 -7 +75
Contract jobs citing OAuth 323 124 193
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.03% 0.46% 0.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.64% 2.09% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 83 153
10th Percentile £358 £409 £425
25th Percentile £413 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £613 £653 £650
90th Percentile £680 £720 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -10.31% +1.36% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £55.10 - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 - -
75th Percentile £69.38 - -
90th Percentile £72.31 - -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 - -

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 6,954 5,919 7,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.21% 21.88% 21.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,641 3,781 5,603
10th Percentile £356 £360 £363
25th Percentile £413 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.70%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £674
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 68 163
10th Percentile £33.00 £26.25 £30.03
25th Percentile £45.00 £42.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £58.00 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £66.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.57 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 10 January 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 10 January 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 10 January 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 +67 164 £511 -11.09% 79
North of England +16 68 £420 -20.00% 32
North West +11 46 £402 -17.54% 21
South West +15 34 £565 +25.56% 26
Midlands -25 26 £525 -8.70% 8
West Midlands -21 24 £531 -7.61% 1
Yorkshire -29 22 £473 -27.31% 8
South East -27 21 £500 -23.08% 60
East of England -23 2 £500 -33.33% 18
East Midlands - 2 £455 - 7
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 20 (6.19%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.95%) Apache
2 16 (4.95%) Confluence
3 11 (3.41%) IIS
3 11 (3.41%) JBoss
3 11 (3.41%) WebSphere
4 10 (3.10%) iPlanet
4 10 (3.10%) WebSphere Application Server
5 6 (1.86%) nginx
6 5 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (1.24%) Appian
8 3 (0.93%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.62%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.62%) CICS
9 2 (0.62%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.93%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.24%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.31%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 147 (45.51%) Azure
2 115 (35.60%) AWS
3 71 (21.98%) Entra ID
4 59 (18.27%) GitHub
5 42 (13.00%) Serverless
6 36 (11.15%) GCP
7 32 (9.91%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (9.91%) GitHub Actions
8 31 (9.60%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (8.98%) AWS Lambda
10 26 (8.05%) SaaS
11 25 (7.74%) Apigee
12 22 (6.81%) Amazon S3
13 20 (6.19%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (6.19%) Power Platform
14 18 (5.57%) Azure Logic Apps
15 16 (4.95%) Amazon ECS
15 16 (4.95%) PaaS
16 14 (4.33%) OpenShift
16 14 (4.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (11.15%) Kerberos
2 21 (6.50%) DNS
3 18 (5.57%) HTTPS
4 15 (4.64%) Firewall
4 15 (4.64%) HTTP
4 15 (4.64%) SSL
5 5 (1.55%) SSH
6 4 (1.24%) VPN
7 3 (0.93%) DHCP
7 3 (0.93%) Internet
8 2 (0.62%) Extranet
8 2 (0.62%) Network Security
8 2 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.62%) RFID
8 2 (0.62%) S/MIME
8 2 (0.62%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.31%) IPsec
9 1 (0.31%) SMS
9 1 (0.31%) SMTP
9 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.81%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (5.88%) NoSQL
3 14 (4.33%) DynamoDB
3 14 (4.33%) Oracle Database
4 13 (4.02%) SQL Server
5 12 (3.72%) Redis
6 11 (3.41%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.79%) MySQL
7 9 (2.79%) Power BI
8 7 (2.17%) Pinecone
9 6 (1.86%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (1.86%) Metadata
9 6 (1.86%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.55%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.24%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.24%) DocumentDB
11 4 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.93%) CockroachDB
13 2 (0.62%) GIS
Development Applications
1 40 (12.38%) Jenkins
2 39 (12.07%) Git
3 28 (8.67%) JIRA
4 18 (5.57%) GitLab
5 17 (5.26%) Postman
6 11 (3.41%) Bitbucket Server
6 11 (3.41%) CA Release Automation
7 9 (2.79%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (2.48%) Xcode
9 7 (2.17%) Gradle
9 7 (2.17%) Maven
9 7 (2.17%) Storybook
10 6 (1.86%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.86%) JUnit
10 6 (1.86%) Selenium
11 5 (1.55%) Mockito
12 4 (1.24%) Artifactory
12 4 (1.24%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.24%) MLflow
12 4 (1.24%) SoapUI
General
1 100 (30.96%) Social Skills
2 70 (21.67%) Finance
3 38 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.67%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.74%) Banking
6 21 (6.50%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.17%) Marketing
9 5 (1.55%) Digital Healthcare
10 4 (1.24%) Legal
10 4 (1.24%) Publishing
11 3 (0.93%) Games
11 3 (0.93%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.62%) Billing
12 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.62%) Military
12 2 (0.62%) Retail
12 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.31%) Electronics
13 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 90 (27.86%) Developer
2 49 (15.17%) Architect
3 35 (10.84%) Senior
4 19 (5.88%) Lead
5 17 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
5 17 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (4.33%) Analyst
6 14 (4.33%) Integration Engineer
6 14 (4.33%) Java Developer
7 11 (3.41%) Consultant
8 10 (3.10%) Business Analyst
8 10 (3.10%) React Developer
8 10 (3.10%) Senior Developer
8 10 (3.10%) Software Engineer
9 9 (2.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 9 (2.79%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 9 (2.79%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (2.79%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (2.79%) Technical Analyst
10 7 (2.17%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (45.51%) OAuth2
2 133 (41.18%) SAML
3 125 (38.70%) OpenID
4 94 (29.10%) REST
5 67 (20.74%) JSON
6 63 (19.50%) JWT
7 55 (17.03%) RESTful
8 49 (15.17%) SOAP
9 46 (14.24%) LDAP
10 45 (13.93%) XML
11 36 (11.15%) Spring
12 34 (10.53%) Spring Boot
13 32 (9.91%) HTML
14 30 (9.29%) Node.js
15 27 (8.36%) GraphQL
16 26 (8.05%) React
17 24 (7.43%) .NET
18 22 (6.81%) Kafka
19 20 (6.19%) Swagger
20 19 (5.88%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.67%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (5.57%) Mobile App
4 17 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 16 (4.95%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (4.95%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (3.10%) PKI
7 9 (2.79%) Replication
8 8 (2.48%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.48%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.86%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.55%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.24%) BYOD
11 4 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.24%) Mobile Banking
11 4 (1.24%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.93%) DataPower
12 3 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 39 (12.07%) Windows
2 29 (8.98%) Linux
3 27 (8.36%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.72%) Android
5 11 (3.41%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.48%) Unix
7 5 (1.55%) AIX
7 5 (1.55%) Solaris
8 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.62%) zOS
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (39.32%) CI/CD
2 110 (34.06%) DevOps
3 72 (22.29%) Microservices
4 68 (21.05%) Agile
5 66 (20.43%) Identity Access Management
6 63 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (16.10%) RBAC
8 46 (14.24%) Identity Management
9 45 (13.93%) API Management
9 45 (13.93%) Infrastructure as Code
10 42 (13.00%) AI
11 41 (12.69%) Containerisation
12 40 (12.38%) Event-Driven
13 39 (12.07%) Test Automation
14 36 (11.15%) Computer Science
15 34 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 31 (9.60%) Integration Patterns
16 31 (9.60%) Validation
17 30 (9.29%) Observability
17 30 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 79 (24.46%) Python
2 69 (21.36%) Java
3 56 (17.34%) JavaScript
4 53 (16.41%) PowerShell
5 42 (13.00%) SQL
6 32 (9.91%) TypeScript
7 21 (6.50%) C#
8 15 (4.64%) Groovy
9 10 (3.10%) Bash
10 8 (2.48%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.17%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.93%) Bicep
12 3 (0.93%) PHP
13 2 (0.62%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.62%) C++
13 2 (0.62%) Go
14 1 (0.31%) COBOL
14 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (23.84%) Security Cleared
2 54 (16.72%) SC Cleared
3 39 (12.07%) Degree
4 30 (9.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (8.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (6.19%) CISSP
6 20 (6.19%) DV Cleared
7 10 (3.10%) CISM
8 9 (2.79%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.79%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.79%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.55%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.55%) MCP
10 3 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.93%) PhD
11 2 (0.62%) CCSP
12 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.31%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.69%) GDPR
2 29 (8.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.95%) NIST
4 14 (4.33%) PCI DSS
5 13 (4.02%) QA
6 12 (3.72%) Accessibility
7 11 (3.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (3.10%) SOC 2
9 9 (2.79%) WCAG
10 8 (2.48%) Data Quality
10 8 (2.48%) PSD2
11 7 (2.17%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.93%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.62%) ISO 8583
13 2 (0.62%) SEPA
13 2 (0.62%) SLA
14 1 (0.31%) JSP 440
System Software
1 87 (26.93%) Active Directory
2 64 (19.81%) Docker
3 8 (2.48%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.62%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.62%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.62%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.31%) Firmware
6 1 (0.31%) RACF
6 1 (0.31%) Squid
Systems Management
1 85 (26.32%) Single Sign-On
2 53 (16.41%) Terraform
3 43 (13.31%) Kubernetes
4 30 (9.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (5.88%) Ansible
6 13 (4.02%) Grafana
7 11 (3.41%) CA Single Sign-On
8 10 (3.10%) CA Wily
9 9 (2.79%) Progress Chef
10 8 (2.48%) Tivoli
11 5 (1.55%) Kibana
11 5 (1.55%) Prometheus
12 4 (1.24%) Argo
12 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.93%) SCCM
14 2 (0.62%) PingFederate
14 2 (0.62%) Puppet
15 1 (0.31%) Opsgenie
15 1 (0.31%) Oracle Identity Manager
15 1 (0.31%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 108 (33.44%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.98%) Oracle
3 24 (7.43%) Splunk
4 21 (6.50%) Google
5 19 (5.88%) OpenAI
6 17 (5.26%) CyberArk
7 16 (4.95%) IBM
8 15 (4.64%) ForgeRock
9 13 (4.02%) MuleSoft
10 12 (3.72%) Salesforce
11 11 (3.41%) AppDynamics
11 11 (3.41%) Broadcom
11 11 (3.41%) Okta
11 11 (3.41%) Ping Identity
11 11 (3.41%) SAP
12 10 (3.10%) VMware
13 8 (2.48%) Axway
14 7 (2.17%) Adobe
14 7 (2.17%) BeyondTrust
14 7 (2.17%) ServiceNow