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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 312 407
Rank change year-on-year +24 +95 -12
Contract jobs citing OAuth 377 194 150
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.84% 0.71% 0.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.42% 3.20% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 126 95
10th Percentile £411 £365 £427
25th Percentile £480 £432 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £668 £610 £657
90th Percentile £751 £681 £700
UK median daily rate £563 £537 £585
% change year-on-year +4.84% -8.21% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £36.75 - -
25th Percentile £48.75 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £85.54 £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 8,520 6,057 7,670
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.93% 22.25% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,604 4,167 5,354
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £430 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £743 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £539
% change year-on-year +3.45% -5.84% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 135 251
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.63 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -8.66%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.35%

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 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 18 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 18 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 +20 197 £575 +2.86% 43
North of England -37 73 £625 +30.75% 9
South East -5 65 £580 +0.87% 21
North West -30 38 £625 +27.03% 6
Yorkshire -24 32 £610 +38.95% 2
Midlands -58 13 £442 +6.57% 2
South West -32 12 £550 +1.85% 2
East of England -12 10 £558 +11.50% 3
West Midlands -52 8 £450 -25.37% 2
North East - 5 £563 - 1
East Midlands -24 4 £420 +1.14%
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 13 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.18%) Confluence
2 12 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.06%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.06%) Appian
5 2 (0.53%) Apache Pulsar
5 2 (0.53%) Mule
5 2 (0.53%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.27%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.53%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 212 (56.23%) Azure
2 154 (40.85%) AWS
3 117 (31.03%) Entra ID
4 80 (21.22%) GCP
5 48 (12.73%) Serverless
6 40 (10.61%) GitHub
7 33 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (8.49%) SaaS
9 29 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (6.37%) Azure AKS
11 23 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
12 21 (5.57%) Azure API Management
13 19 (5.04%) Amazon S3
14 17 (4.51%) Azure Service Bus
15 16 (4.24%) Amazon ECS
15 16 (4.24%) Apigee
15 16 (4.24%) Kong
16 14 (3.71%) AWS Lambda
16 14 (3.71%) Azure Key Vault
17 13 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.63%) Kerberos
2 22 (5.84%) DNS
3 12 (3.18%) SSL
4 10 (2.65%) Firewall
4 10 (2.65%) HTTP
5 8 (2.12%) DHCP
6 7 (1.86%) DKIM
6 7 (1.86%) DMARC
7 6 (1.59%) Network Security
8 5 (1.33%) IPsec
8 5 (1.33%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.80%) NGFW
9 3 (0.80%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.27%) SSH
10 1 (0.27%) VPN
10 1 (0.27%) WAN
10 1 (0.27%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.69%) Relational Database
2 26 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 17 (4.51%) Redis
4 14 (3.71%) MongoDB
5 10 (2.65%) DynamoDB
6 9 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (2.39%) NoSQL
7 8 (2.12%) Metadata
7 8 (2.12%) MySQL
8 5 (1.33%) Data Vault
8 5 (1.33%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.33%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (1.06%) Hazelcast
9 4 (1.06%) Pinecone
10 3 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.80%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 41 (10.88%) Git
2 23 (6.10%) Jenkins
3 20 (5.31%) JIRA
4 19 (5.04%) GitLab
5 10 (2.65%) Browser DevTools
6 7 (1.86%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.86%) git-flow
6 7 (1.86%) Postman
7 5 (1.33%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.33%) Gradle
7 5 (1.33%) Maven
7 5 (1.33%) MLflow
8 4 (1.06%) Snyk
8 4 (1.06%) Storybook
9 3 (0.80%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.80%) JMeter
9 3 (0.80%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.80%) Vite
10 2 (0.53%) Mockito
10 2 (0.53%) Moq
General
1 88 (23.34%) Social Skills
2 81 (21.49%) Finance
3 49 (13.00%) Public Sector
4 42 (11.14%) Banking
5 29 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.71%) Retail
8 11 (2.92%) Investment Banking
8 11 (2.92%) Military
9 5 (1.33%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.33%) Legal
10 4 (1.06%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.80%) Publishing
12 2 (0.53%) Automotive
12 2 (0.53%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.53%) Law
12 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 97 (25.73%) Developer
2 91 (24.14%) Architect
3 51 (13.53%) Senior
4 28 (7.43%) Technical Architect
5 25 (6.63%) Java Developer
5 25 (6.63%) Lead
6 18 (4.77%) Senior Developer
7 16 (4.24%) Full-Stack Developer
8 14 (3.71%) IAM Specialist
9 13 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (3.18%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (3.18%) Consultant
10 12 (3.18%) Integration Architect
10 12 (3.18%) Security Architect
11 10 (2.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 9 (2.39%) Analyst
12 9 (2.39%) IAM Developer
12 9 (2.39%) Senior Java Developer
13 8 (2.12%) Backend Developer
13 8 (2.12%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (50.93%) OAuth2
2 186 (49.34%) OpenID
3 157 (41.64%) SAML
4 122 (32.36%) REST
5 74 (19.63%) JWT
6 59 (15.65%) RESTful
7 58 (15.38%) LDAP
7 58 (15.38%) SOAP
8 41 (10.88%) JSON
9 36 (9.55%) SailPoint
10 35 (9.28%) React
11 33 (8.75%) .NET
12 32 (8.49%) Kafka
12 32 (8.49%) Spring
13 31 (8.22%) Web Services
14 29 (7.69%) CSS
14 29 (7.69%) Node.js
15 28 (7.43%) Spring Boot
16 24 (6.37%) XML
17 23 (6.10%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 67 (17.77%) Cloud Native
2 38 (10.08%) Onboarding
3 32 (8.49%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (6.37%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (5.57%) Product Ownership
5 21 (5.57%) Security Posture
6 17 (4.51%) Management Information System
7 16 (4.24%) Mobile App
8 13 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (3.45%) Low-Code
9 12 (3.18%) CMDB
10 11 (2.92%) PKI
11 8 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.86%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.86%) Replication
13 6 (1.59%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.59%) Freedom of Information
14 5 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.24%) Windows
2 12 (3.18%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.12%) Linux
4 5 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.33%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.06%) Android
5 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.27%) CentOS
6 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.27%) Unix
6 1 (0.27%) VMS
6 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (39.52%) CI/CD
2 133 (35.28%) DevOps
3 98 (25.99%) Microservices
4 93 (24.67%) Agile
5 77 (20.42%) Identity Access Management
6 72 (19.10%) Containerisation
6 72 (19.10%) Infrastructure as Code
7 61 (16.18%) Event-Driven
8 60 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
8 60 (15.92%) RBAC
9 55 (14.59%) AI
10 50 (13.26%) API Integration
11 48 (12.73%) Test Automation
12 47 (12.47%) Zero Trust
13 42 (11.14%) Data Modelling
14 41 (10.88%) Integration Patterns
14 41 (10.88%) Observability
15 39 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
15 39 (10.34%) Migration
15 39 (10.34%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 86 (22.81%) Java
2 82 (21.75%) Python
3 68 (18.04%) SQL
4 64 (16.98%) JavaScript
5 54 (14.32%) PowerShell
6 37 (9.81%) TypeScript
7 29 (7.69%) C#
8 23 (6.10%) Bicep
9 12 (3.18%) Go
10 9 (2.39%) Bash
10 9 (2.39%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.06%) Groovy
12 3 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.80%) PHP
12 3 (0.80%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.53%) PromQL
13 2 (0.53%) Scala
13 2 (0.53%) Swift
14 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.27%) XPath
Qualifications
1 99 (26.26%) Security Cleared
2 77 (20.42%) SC Cleared
3 38 (10.08%) Degree
4 27 (7.16%) CISSP
5 18 (4.77%) Azure Certification
6 16 (4.24%) AWS Certification
7 15 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (3.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.65%) CISM
10 9 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (2.39%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.86%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.33%) CSPO
13 5 (1.33%) GIAC
14 4 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 2 (0.53%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.75%) GDPR
1 33 (8.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (7.69%) NIST
3 16 (4.24%) QA
4 12 (3.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (2.65%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.39%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.86%) NCSC
8 6 (1.59%) HIPAA
9 4 (1.06%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.06%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.80%) GRC
10 3 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.53%) HL7
11 2 (0.53%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.53%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.53%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 86 (22.81%) Active Directory
2 80 (21.22%) Docker
3 5 (1.33%) RACF
4 3 (0.80%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.27%) Squid
6 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 83 (22.02%) Kubernetes
2 78 (20.69%) Terraform
3 74 (19.63%) Single Sign-On
4 31 (8.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (5.84%) Grafana
6 20 (5.31%) Prometheus
7 12 (3.18%) Ansible
8 6 (1.59%) Argo
8 6 (1.59%) Istio
8 6 (1.59%) linkerd
9 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.06%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.06%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.06%) PingFederate
10 4 (1.06%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.80%) WMI
12 2 (0.53%) Consul
12 2 (0.53%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.27%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 105 (27.85%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.02%) Okta
2 34 (9.02%) ServiceNow
3 29 (7.69%) Oracle
4 27 (7.16%) Google
5 16 (4.24%) CyberArk
5 16 (4.24%) MuleSoft
5 16 (4.24%) Ping Identity
6 14 (3.71%) SAP
7 11 (2.92%) OpenAI
8 10 (2.65%) ForgeRock
8 10 (2.65%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.65%) Workday
9 8 (2.12%) OutSystems
10 6 (1.59%) Splunk
11 5 (1.33%) Denodo
11 5 (1.33%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.06%) Automation Anywhere
12 4 (1.06%) BeyondTrust
12 4 (1.06%) UiPath