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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 321 403
Rank change year-on-year +45 +82 -11
Contract jobs citing OAuth 362 161 135
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 0.68% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.53% 3.02% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 109 100
10th Percentile £402 £400 £432
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £576
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.25% +0.17%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £628
90th Percentile £738 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £537 £576
% change year-on-year +2.42% -6.77% +2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £38.75 - -
25th Percentile £43.75 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £75.21 - -
90th Percentile £85.16 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - -

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 7,994 5,328 7,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.25% 22.36% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,285 3,689 5,337
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.26%
75th Percentile £626 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £792 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.78% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 94 234
10th Percentile £30.66 £27.97 £22.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.70 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.25 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +29 204 £543 -2.69% 56
North of England -22 79 £569 +14.67% 17
North West -16 43 £575 +15.00% 15
South East -41 42 £600 -4.76% 19
Yorkshire -32 35 £575 +22.60% 3
South West -20 17 £550 +7.32% 9
Midlands -69 11 £438 -0.46% 5
East Midlands -33 5 £438 +7.43% 2
West Midlands -59 5 £350 -41.96% 3
East of England -28 4 £500 - 6
North East - 2 £525 -
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 17 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.76%) Confluence
4 8 (2.21%) Appian
5 5 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.83%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.55%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.55%) CICS
8 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.49%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.28%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 180 (49.72%) Azure
2 138 (38.12%) AWS
3 108 (29.83%) Entra ID
4 76 (20.99%) GCP
5 53 (14.64%) Serverless
6 34 (9.39%) GitHub
7 28 (7.73%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (6.91%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (6.91%) SaaS
9 24 (6.63%) Amazon S3
9 24 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (6.08%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (5.52%) Azure AKS
11 20 (5.52%) OCI
11 20 (5.52%) PaaS
12 19 (5.25%) Apigee
12 19 (5.25%) Kong
13 18 (4.97%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (4.70%) Amazon ECS
14 17 (4.70%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.22%) DNS
2 36 (9.94%) Kerberos
3 16 (4.42%) DHCP
4 13 (3.59%) HTTP
5 12 (3.31%) Firewall
6 11 (3.04%) SSL
7 7 (1.93%) DKIM
7 7 (1.93%) DMARC
7 7 (1.93%) Reverse Proxy
8 6 (1.66%) IPsec
9 5 (1.38%) Network Security
9 5 (1.38%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.83%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.83%) NGFW
11 2 (0.55%) RFID
11 2 (0.55%) VPN
12 1 (0.28%) SMS
12 1 (0.28%) WAN
12 1 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.01%) SQL Server
2 24 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (5.25%) Redis
4 18 (4.97%) Relational Database
5 15 (4.14%) MongoDB
5 15 (4.14%) NoSQL
6 12 (3.31%) DynamoDB
7 11 (3.04%) Pinecone
8 9 (2.49%) Metadata
9 8 (2.21%) MySQL
10 6 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.66%) Hazelcast
11 5 (1.38%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (1.38%) Data Vault
11 5 (1.38%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.10%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.10%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.83%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 31 (8.56%) Git
2 29 (8.01%) Jenkins
3 25 (6.91%) GitLab
4 17 (4.70%) Postman
5 16 (4.42%) JIRA
6 9 (2.49%) Browser DevTools
7 8 (2.21%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.21%) MLflow
7 8 (2.21%) SoapUI
8 7 (1.93%) git-flow
9 5 (1.38%) Gradle
9 5 (1.38%) Maven
9 5 (1.38%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.10%) Snyk
11 3 (0.83%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.83%) JMeter
11 3 (0.83%) JUnit
11 3 (0.83%) Vite
12 2 (0.55%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.55%) Selenium
General
1 86 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 72 (19.89%) Finance
3 44 (12.15%) Banking
4 41 (11.33%) Public Sector
5 30 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.49%) Military
8 7 (1.93%) Retail
9 6 (1.66%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.10%) Publishing
11 3 (0.83%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.83%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.83%) Legal
11 3 (0.83%) Marketing
12 2 (0.55%) Games
12 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.55%) Law
12 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (24.86%) Developer
2 73 (20.17%) Architect
3 52 (14.36%) Senior
4 25 (6.91%) Lead
5 22 (6.08%) Java Developer
6 19 (5.25%) Technical Architect
7 16 (4.42%) Senior Developer
8 14 (3.87%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 13 (3.59%) Analyst
10 11 (3.04%) Backend Developer
10 11 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (3.04%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (2.76%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (2.76%) Security Architect
11 10 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.49%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (2.49%) Consultant
12 9 (2.49%) IAM Specialist
13 8 (2.21%) Automation Engineer
13 8 (2.21%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (50.00%) OAuth2
2 169 (46.69%) OpenID
3 157 (43.37%) SAML
4 100 (27.62%) REST
5 73 (20.17%) JWT
6 59 (16.30%) RESTful
7 54 (14.92%) LDAP
8 50 (13.81%) SOAP
9 46 (12.71%) JSON
10 40 (11.05%) Spring Boot
11 39 (10.77%) Spring
12 34 (9.39%) Web Services
13 33 (9.12%) Kafka
14 32 (8.84%) .NET
15 30 (8.29%) Node.js
16 29 (8.01%) XML
17 27 (7.46%) React
18 26 (7.18%) SailPoint
19 25 (6.91%) CSS
20 24 (6.63%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.09%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.01%) Onboarding
3 27 (7.46%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (6.08%) Mobile App
5 19 (5.25%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (4.42%) Low-Code
6 16 (4.42%) Replication
7 13 (3.59%) Management Information System
8 12 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (3.31%) Public Cloud
9 11 (3.04%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (2.49%) PKI
12 7 (1.93%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.66%) Freedom of Information
14 5 (1.38%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.38%) CMDB
14 5 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.63%) Windows
2 19 (5.25%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.49%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.21%) Android
5 6 (1.66%) Linux
6 2 (0.55%) zOS
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (38.95%) CI/CD
2 118 (32.60%) DevOps
3 94 (25.97%) Microservices
4 72 (19.89%) Agile
5 69 (19.06%) RBAC
6 67 (18.51%) Infrastructure as Code
7 63 (17.40%) Identity Access Management
8 60 (16.57%) Event-Driven
9 54 (14.92%) Containerisation
10 53 (14.64%) Observability
10 53 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
11 48 (13.26%) Test Automation
12 46 (12.71%) Data Modelling
13 44 (12.15%) Validation
14 41 (11.33%) AI
14 41 (11.33%) Design Patterns
14 41 (11.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 40 (11.05%) API Integration
15 40 (11.05%) Zero Trust
16 39 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 82 (22.65%) Java
2 75 (20.72%) Python
3 73 (20.17%) SQL
4 54 (14.92%) JavaScript
5 51 (14.09%) PowerShell
6 31 (8.56%) TypeScript
7 29 (8.01%) C#
8 20 (5.52%) Bicep
9 14 (3.87%) Go
10 13 (3.59%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.93%) Bash
12 4 (1.10%) PHP
13 3 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.83%) Swift
14 2 (0.55%) Groovy
14 2 (0.55%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.55%) PromQL
14 2 (0.55%) Scala
15 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.28%) XPath
Qualifications
1 89 (24.59%) Security Cleared
2 62 (17.13%) SC Cleared
3 28 (7.73%) Degree
4 22 (6.08%) CISSP
5 16 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.76%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.76%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.76%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.49%) CISM
10 6 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.10%) CSPO
11 4 (1.10%) GIAC
11 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.55%) CEH
12 2 (0.55%) MCSE
12 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.77%) GDPR
2 31 (8.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (7.18%) NIST
4 21 (5.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 16 (4.42%) QA
6 15 (4.14%) PCI DSS
7 11 (3.04%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.93%) HIPAA
9 6 (1.66%) SOC 2
10 5 (1.38%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.83%) GRC
11 3 (0.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.83%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.83%) NCSC
11 3 (0.83%) SEPA
11 3 (0.83%) WCAG
12 2 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 81 (22.38%) Active Directory
2 74 (20.44%) Docker
3 6 (1.66%) RACF
4 2 (0.55%) Squid
4 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 84 (23.20%) Single Sign-On
2 80 (22.10%) Kubernetes
3 71 (19.61%) Terraform
4 38 (10.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (5.25%) Grafana
5 19 (5.25%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.21%) Argo
7 6 (1.66%) Ansible
7 6 (1.66%) Istio
7 6 (1.66%) linkerd
8 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.10%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.10%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.10%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.55%) Consul
11 2 (0.55%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 97 (26.80%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.12%) Okta
3 29 (8.01%) Google
3 29 (8.01%) Oracle
4 22 (6.08%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.97%) CyberArk
6 13 (3.59%) SAP
7 12 (3.31%) MuleSoft
7 12 (3.31%) OpenAI
7 12 (3.31%) Ping Identity
8 9 (2.49%) ForgeRock
9 8 (2.21%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (2.21%) UiPath
10 7 (1.93%) OutSystems
10 7 (1.93%) Splunk
10 7 (1.93%) Workday
11 5 (1.38%) Denodo
11 5 (1.38%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.10%) Apple
12 4 (1.10%) BeyondTrust