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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 324 399
Rank change year-on-year +33 +75 -19
Contract jobs citing OAuth 370 192 146
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 0.70% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.37% 3.17% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 124 94
10th Percentile £406 £364 £426
25th Percentile £474 £428 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.93% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £668 £603 £660
90th Percentile £751 £677 £700
UK median daily rate £560 £525 £581
% change year-on-year +6.67% -9.64% +5.64%
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 8,467 6,064 7,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.87% 22.21% 21.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,557 4,172 5,262
10th Percentile £363 £355 £356
25th Percentile £430 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £746 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £543
% change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 135 243
10th Percentile £29.54 £31.25 £23.84
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -0.86% -7.20%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.61 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +4 188 £560 +1.82% 74
North of England -30 73 £625 +31.16% 9
South East -3 70 £550 -4.35% 23
North West -24 38 £625 +27.03% 5
Yorkshire -31 31 £620 +41.23% 4
South West -30 12 £550 +1.85% 4
Midlands -60 11 £431 +3.92% 4
East of England -13 10 £558 +11.50% 5
West Midlands -48 8 £450 -25.37% 4
North East - 6 £563 -
East Midlands -25 3 £402 -3.13%
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 16 (4.32%) Confluence
2 13 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.08%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.81%) Appian
6 3 (0.81%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.54%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.54%) Mule
8 1 (0.27%) Apache
8 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
8 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 (1.08%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.54%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 209 (56.49%) Azure
2 152 (41.08%) AWS
3 111 (30.00%) Entra ID
4 81 (21.89%) GCP
5 47 (12.70%) Serverless
6 41 (11.08%) GitHub
7 38 (10.27%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (8.65%) SaaS
9 30 (8.11%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (7.30%) Azure AKS
11 24 (6.49%) Azure API Management
12 22 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
13 18 (4.86%) Amazon S3
13 18 (4.86%) Azure Key Vault
13 18 (4.86%) Azure Service Bus
14 17 (4.59%) Apigee
14 17 (4.59%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (4.05%) Amazon ECS
15 15 (4.05%) Kong
16 13 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.86%) Kerberos
2 16 (4.32%) DNS
3 12 (3.24%) SSL
4 10 (2.70%) Firewall
4 10 (2.70%) HTTP
5 7 (1.89%) DKIM
5 7 (1.89%) DMARC
6 6 (1.62%) IPsec
7 5 (1.35%) Network Security
7 5 (1.35%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.81%) NGFW
9 2 (0.54%) DHCP
9 2 (0.54%) X.509
10 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.27%) SSH
10 1 (0.27%) VPN
10 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.57%) Relational Database
2 25 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (6.49%) SQL Server
4 16 (4.32%) Redis
5 13 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (3.51%) MongoDB
5 13 (3.51%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.70%) DynamoDB
7 8 (2.16%) Metadata
7 8 (2.16%) MySQL
8 5 (1.35%) Data Vault
8 5 (1.35%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (1.08%) Hazelcast
10 3 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.81%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.81%) Pinecone
10 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 42 (11.35%) Git
2 23 (6.22%) Jenkins
3 20 (5.41%) JIRA
4 18 (4.86%) GitLab
5 10 (2.70%) Browser DevTools
6 7 (1.89%) git-flow
6 7 (1.89%) Postman
7 6 (1.62%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.62%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.35%) Gradle
8 5 (1.35%) Maven
8 5 (1.35%) Storybook
9 4 (1.08%) MLflow
9 4 (1.08%) Snyk
10 3 (0.81%) Fiddler
10 3 (0.81%) JMeter
10 3 (0.81%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.54%) Mockito
11 2 (0.54%) Moq
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
General
1 82 (22.16%) Social Skills
2 79 (21.35%) Finance
3 49 (13.24%) Public Sector
4 38 (10.27%) Banking
5 27 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.78%) Retail
8 11 (2.97%) Military
9 10 (2.70%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.62%) Legal
11 5 (1.35%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.08%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.08%) Publishing
13 3 (0.81%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.54%) Automotive
14 2 (0.54%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.54%) Law
14 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (27.30%) Developer
2 90 (24.32%) Architect
3 48 (12.97%) Senior
4 28 (7.57%) Technical Architect
5 26 (7.03%) Java Developer
6 25 (6.76%) Lead
7 20 (5.41%) Full-Stack Developer
8 17 (4.59%) Senior Developer
9 14 (3.78%) IAM Specialist
10 12 (3.24%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (3.24%) Consultant
10 12 (3.24%) Integration Architect
10 12 (3.24%) Security Architect
11 11 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.43%) .NET Developer
12 9 (2.43%) Analyst
12 9 (2.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 9 (2.43%) IAM Developer
12 9 (2.43%) Senior Java Developer
13 8 (2.16%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (51.35%) OAuth2
2 185 (50.00%) OpenID
3 154 (41.62%) SAML
4 125 (33.78%) REST
5 76 (20.54%) JWT
6 61 (16.49%) SOAP
7 59 (15.95%) RESTful
8 52 (14.05%) LDAP
9 43 (11.62%) JSON
10 36 (9.73%) .NET
10 36 (9.73%) SailPoint
11 34 (9.19%) Kafka
11 34 (9.19%) React
12 32 (8.65%) Spring
13 30 (8.11%) CSS
13 30 (8.11%) Web Services
14 28 (7.57%) Spring Boot
15 27 (7.30%) Node.js
16 26 (7.03%) XML
17 23 (6.22%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (18.11%) Cloud Native
2 37 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 32 (8.65%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (6.76%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (5.68%) Security Posture
6 20 (5.41%) Product Ownership
7 16 (4.32%) Management Information System
8 15 (4.05%) Mobile App
9 12 (3.24%) CMDB
9 12 (3.24%) Low-Code
10 11 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.97%) PKI
11 8 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.62%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.62%) Freedom of Information
12 6 (1.62%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (1.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.43%) Windows
2 7 (1.89%) Linux
3 5 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.35%) Ubuntu
3 5 (1.35%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.08%) Android
4 4 (1.08%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.27%) CentOS
5 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
5 1 (0.27%) VMS
5 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (40.54%) CI/CD
2 136 (36.76%) DevOps
3 98 (26.49%) Microservices
4 95 (25.68%) Agile
5 76 (20.54%) Identity Access Management
6 72 (19.46%) Containerisation
7 70 (18.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 62 (16.76%) Event-Driven
9 60 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (15.41%) RBAC
11 54 (14.59%) AI
12 51 (13.78%) Test Automation
13 49 (13.24%) API Integration
14 45 (12.16%) Zero Trust
15 43 (11.62%) Integration Patterns
16 41 (11.08%) Data Modelling
17 39 (10.54%) API Management
17 39 (10.54%) Observability
18 38 (10.27%) Roadmaps
18 38 (10.27%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 84 (22.70%) Java
2 81 (21.89%) Python
3 71 (19.19%) SQL
4 65 (17.57%) JavaScript
5 49 (13.24%) PowerShell
6 37 (10.00%) TypeScript
7 32 (8.65%) C#
8 24 (6.49%) Bicep
9 9 (2.43%) Bash
9 9 (2.43%) Go
9 9 (2.43%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.08%) Groovy
11 3 (0.81%) PHP
11 3 (0.81%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.54%) PromQL
12 2 (0.54%) Scala
12 2 (0.54%) Swift
13 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.27%) XPath
Qualifications
1 93 (25.14%) Security Cleared
2 71 (19.19%) SC Cleared
3 36 (9.73%) Degree
4 25 (6.76%) CISSP
5 19 (5.14%) Azure Certification
6 15 (4.05%) AWS Certification
7 14 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.70%) CISM
10 9 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (2.16%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.89%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (1.35%) CSPO
14 5 (1.35%) GIAC
15 4 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
17 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 2 (0.54%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (7.84%) NIST
3 27 (7.30%) GDPR
4 17 (4.59%) QA
5 9 (2.43%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.43%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.89%) NCSC
7 6 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.35%) HIPAA
9 4 (1.08%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.54%) GRC
11 2 (0.54%) IEC 62304
11 2 (0.54%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.54%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.54%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.54%) SNOMED CT
11 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 84 (22.70%) Active Directory
2 79 (21.35%) Docker
3 5 (1.35%) RACF
4 3 (0.81%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.54%) 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 79 (21.35%) Kubernetes
2 78 (21.08%) Terraform
3 65 (17.57%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (6.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 23 (6.22%) Grafana
6 21 (5.68%) Prometheus
7 12 (3.24%) Ansible
8 6 (1.62%) Argo
8 6 (1.62%) Istio
8 6 (1.62%) linkerd
9 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.08%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.08%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.08%) PingFederate
10 4 (1.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.81%) WMI
12 2 (0.54%) Consul
12 2 (0.54%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.27%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 101 (27.30%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.92%) ServiceNow
3 30 (8.11%) Oracle
4 29 (7.84%) Google
5 27 (7.30%) Okta
6 18 (4.86%) MuleSoft
7 16 (4.32%) CyberArk
8 15 (4.05%) Ping Identity
8 15 (4.05%) SAP
9 11 (2.97%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.97%) Workday
10 10 (2.70%) ForgeRock
10 10 (2.70%) OpenAI
11 8 (2.16%) OutSystems
12 5 (1.35%) Denodo
12 5 (1.35%) Splunk
12 5 (1.35%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.08%) BeyondTrust
13 4 (1.08%) IBM
14 3 (0.81%) Automation Anywhere