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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 288 403
Rank change year-on-year +18 +115 -46
Contract jobs citing OAuth 467 249 125
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 0.89% 0.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.68% 3.47% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 163 78
10th Percentile £404 £363 £425
25th Percentile £455 £410 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £492 £606
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% -18.85% +1.04%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £675
90th Percentile £750 £650 £750
UK median daily rate £555 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +11.00% -16.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 0
10th Percentile £38.75 £61.28 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £61.31 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.52% - -
75th Percentile £85.54 £64.31 -
90th Percentile £87.56 £64.43 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

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 9,971 7,176 7,930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.29% 25.51% 24.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,559 4,849 5,151
10th Percentile £381 £356 £360
25th Percentile £447 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -5.91% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 171 157
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £32.10
25th Percentile £54.37 £41.42 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +10.94%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.00 £73.85
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.72 £65.00
% change year-on-year +28.15% -21.97% +10.11%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -10 231 £575 +12.75% 171
South East +5 82 £500 - 31
North of England -40 74 £564 +25.33% 43
Yorkshire -5 44 £531 +8.97% 23
Midlands -49 32 £462 +8.59% 12
North West -51 26 £625 +40.13% 17
West Midlands -36 25 £487 -7.28% 11
East of England -14 17 £550 +10.00% 19
South West -33 16 £645 +26.91% 19
East Midlands -25 7 £402 -2.55% 1
North East - 5 £525 - 3
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 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.21%) Confluence
3 11 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.28%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.07%) Apache
5 5 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.07%) Mule
6 3 (0.64%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.43%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.21%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (1.28%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.64%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.43%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.43%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.21%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 259 (55.46%) Azure
2 186 (39.83%) AWS
3 131 (28.05%) Entra ID
4 99 (21.20%) GCP
5 64 (13.70%) GitHub
6 50 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (10.06%) Serverless
8 41 (8.78%) GitHub Actions
9 38 (8.14%) SaaS
10 31 (6.64%) Azure Monitor
11 27 (5.78%) Azure Service Bus
12 26 (5.57%) Boomi
13 25 (5.35%) Azure API Management
14 21 (4.50%) Azure AKS
14 21 (4.50%) Azure Key Vault
15 18 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
15 18 (3.85%) OCI
16 17 (3.64%) Kong
17 16 (3.43%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 15 (3.21%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.35%) DNS
2 21 (4.50%) Kerberos
3 14 (3.00%) Firewall
4 12 (2.57%) HTTP
5 11 (2.36%) SSL
6 10 (2.14%) X.509
7 7 (1.50%) DKIM
7 7 (1.50%) DMARC
7 7 (1.50%) Network Security
7 7 (1.50%) Reverse Proxy
8 6 (1.28%) IPsec
8 6 (1.28%) NGFW
9 5 (1.07%) DHCP
10 4 (0.86%) VPN
11 3 (0.64%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.43%) SSH
13 1 (0.21%) DMZ
13 1 (0.21%) Internet
13 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.78%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (8.35%) Relational Database
3 33 (7.07%) NoSQL
3 33 (7.07%) SQL Server
4 20 (4.28%) MongoDB
5 19 (4.07%) MySQL
6 18 (3.85%) Redis
7 15 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (3.00%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.71%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.50%) Power BI
10 7 (1.50%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.28%) Oracle Database
12 5 (1.07%) Data Vault
12 5 (1.07%) Hazelcast
12 5 (1.07%) Metadata
12 5 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.86%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.86%) Flink
14 3 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 79 (16.92%) Git
2 34 (7.28%) Jenkins
3 30 (6.42%) GitLab
4 24 (5.14%) JIRA
5 14 (3.00%) Maven
6 13 (2.78%) JUnit
7 11 (2.36%) Storybook
8 10 (2.14%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.93%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.93%) Gradle
9 9 (1.93%) Mockito
10 5 (1.07%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.07%) MSTest
10 5 (1.07%) NUnit
11 4 (0.86%) git-flow
11 4 (0.86%) Selenium
11 4 (0.86%) Snyk
11 4 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.64%) Postman
12 3 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 116 (24.84%) Social Skills
2 95 (20.34%) Finance
3 65 (13.92%) Public Sector
4 46 (9.85%) Banking
5 42 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (5.14%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.00%) Military
8 12 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.14%) Investment Banking
9 10 (2.14%) Retail
10 9 (1.93%) Legal
11 8 (1.71%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.86%) Publishing
14 3 (0.64%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.64%) Marketing
14 3 (0.64%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.43%) Japanese Language
15 2 (0.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 136 (29.12%) Developer
2 103 (22.06%) Architect
3 56 (11.99%) Senior
4 36 (7.71%) Java Developer
4 36 (7.71%) Lead
5 30 (6.42%) Technical Architect
6 26 (5.57%) Full-Stack Developer
6 26 (5.57%) Solutions Architect
7 19 (4.07%) IAM Specialist
7 19 (4.07%) Senior Developer
8 18 (3.85%) Consultant
9 15 (3.21%) Technical Leader
10 14 (3.00%) Cloud Engineer
11 12 (2.57%) Azure Developer
12 11 (2.36%) Backend Developer
12 11 (2.36%) Security Architect
12 11 (2.36%) Senior Java Developer
12 11 (2.36%) Software Engineer
12 11 (2.36%) Technical Consultant
13 10 (2.14%) IAM Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 245 (52.46%) OAuth2
2 239 (51.18%) OpenID
3 178 (38.12%) REST
4 171 (36.62%) SAML
5 112 (23.98%) Terraform
6 103 (22.06%) JWT
7 73 (15.63%) SOAP
8 70 (14.99%) RESTful
9 66 (14.13%) JSON
10 63 (13.49%) React
11 55 (11.78%) LDAP
12 54 (11.56%) Kafka
13 52 (11.13%) CSS
14 48 (10.28%) .NET
15 47 (10.06%) Swagger
16 46 (9.85%) OpenAPI
17 44 (9.42%) HTML
18 43 (9.21%) Node.js
19 42 (8.99%) Spring
20 40 (8.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 102 (21.84%) Cloud Native
2 49 (10.49%) Distributed Systems
3 43 (9.21%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (8.14%) Onboarding
5 36 (7.71%) Product Ownership
6 23 (4.93%) PKI
7 18 (3.85%) Management Information System
7 18 (3.85%) Security Posture
8 16 (3.43%) AI Agents
9 15 (3.21%) CMDB
10 10 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.93%) Enterprise Cloud
11 9 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.93%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.28%) Freedom of Information
13 6 (1.28%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.28%) Replication
14 5 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
15 4 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.43%) Linux
2 15 (3.21%) Windows
3 8 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.07%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.86%) Android
5 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.21%) CentOS
6 1 (0.21%) macOS
6 1 (0.21%) Unix
6 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (43.68%) CI/CD
2 170 (36.40%) DevOps
3 134 (28.69%) Agile
3 134 (28.69%) Microservices
4 112 (23.98%) Identity Access Management
5 96 (20.56%) Event-Driven
5 96 (20.56%) Infrastructure as Code
6 95 (20.34%) Test Automation
7 78 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (16.27%) Containerisation
9 74 (15.85%) RBAC
10 71 (15.20%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 70 (14.99%) AI
12 69 (14.78%) Observability
12 69 (14.78%) Software Engineering
13 68 (14.56%) Stakeholder Management
14 64 (13.70%) Technical Leadership
15 59 (12.63%) API Management
15 59 (12.63%) Mentoring
16 55 (11.78%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 118 (25.27%) Java
2 115 (24.63%) Python
3 98 (20.99%) JavaScript
4 88 (18.84%) SQL
5 75 (16.06%) PowerShell
6 64 (13.70%) TypeScript
7 47 (10.06%) C#
8 35 (7.49%) Bicep
9 15 (3.21%) Go
10 10 (2.14%) Bash
11 5 (1.07%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.86%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.86%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.64%) C++
13 3 (0.64%) Groovy
13 3 (0.64%) Lua
14 2 (0.43%) BeanShell
14 2 (0.43%) PHP
14 2 (0.43%) PromQL
14 2 (0.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 127 (27.19%) Security Cleared
2 97 (20.77%) SC Cleared
3 45 (9.64%) Degree
4 26 (5.57%) Azure Certification
5 21 (4.50%) CISSP
6 20 (4.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (3.21%) AWS Certification
10 14 (3.00%) DV Cleared
11 10 (2.14%) CISM
12 9 (1.93%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (1.07%) CSPO
14 5 (1.07%) MCSE
14 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.43%) CRISC
15 2 (0.43%) GIAC
16 1 (0.21%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (7.07%) NIST
3 31 (6.64%) QA
4 23 (4.93%) GDPR
5 17 (3.64%) Accessibility
6 16 (3.43%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.71%) NCSC
7 8 (1.71%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.50%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.50%) WCAG
9 6 (1.28%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.64%) SLA
11 2 (0.43%) HL7
11 2 (0.43%) IEC 62304
11 2 (0.43%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.43%) SEPA
11 2 (0.43%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 109 (23.34%) Active Directory
2 83 (17.77%) Docker
3 6 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.07%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.21%) Squid
6 1 (0.21%) zsh
Systems Management
1 117 (25.05%) Kubernetes
2 77 (16.49%) Single Sign-On
3 29 (6.21%) Grafana
4 22 (4.71%) Prometheus
5 19 (4.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (3.64%) Ansible
7 10 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (1.93%) Argo
9 3 (0.64%) Kibana
9 3 (0.64%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.64%) Puppet
9 3 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.64%) WMI
10 2 (0.43%) Consul
10 2 (0.43%) FreeIPA
10 2 (0.43%) Istio
10 2 (0.43%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.43%) SCOM
10 2 (0.43%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.43%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 152 (32.55%) Microsoft
2 50 (10.71%) Oracle
3 46 (9.85%) Google
4 34 (7.28%) ServiceNow
5 29 (6.21%) Okta
6 28 (6.00%) MuleSoft
7 17 (3.64%) Ping Identity
7 17 (3.64%) Salesforce
8 15 (3.21%) SAP
9 13 (2.78%) CyberArk
10 12 (2.57%) Databricks
10 12 (2.57%) IBM
10 12 (2.57%) OpenAI
11 11 (2.36%) Informatica
12 10 (2.14%) Workday
13 9 (1.93%) ForgeRock
13 9 (1.93%) TIBCO
13 9 (1.93%) WSO2
14 8 (1.71%) Dell
14 8 (1.71%) OutSystems