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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 320 397
Rank change year-on-year +41 +77 -31
Contract jobs citing OAuth 362 159 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 0.67% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.54% 2.99% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 107 101
10th Percentile £402 £400 £429
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £585
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% -8.03% +1.74%
75th Percentile £650 £653 £638
90th Percentile £741 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £537 £585
% change year-on-year +2.42% -8.21% +4.00%
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 7,978 5,315 7,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.22% 22.33% 20.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,268 3,680 5,354
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £421 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -0.90%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £792
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 95 235
10th Percentile £30.77 £28.13 £22.60
25th Percentile £51.25 £40.42 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.38 £66.50
90th Percentile £78.88 £81.01 £75.00
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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +34 205 £548 -0.45% 65
North of England -23 77 £575 +15.93% 12
North West -14 43 £575 +15.00% 11
South East -34 43 £600 -4.76% 19
Yorkshire -29 33 £598 +27.40% 1
South West -17 17 £550 +7.32% 7
Midlands -60 11 £438 -0.46% 5
East Midlands -32 5 £438 +7.43% 2
West Midlands -57 5 £350 -41.96% 3
East of England -33 4 £500 - 5
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
8 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.28%) CICS
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
2 137 (37.85%) AWS
3 107 (29.56%) Entra ID
4 75 (20.72%) GCP
5 53 (14.64%) Serverless
6 35 (9.67%) GitHub
7 29 (8.01%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (6.91%) SaaS
10 24 (6.63%) Amazon S3
11 23 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (6.08%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (5.80%) OCI
14 20 (5.52%) Azure AKS
14 20 (5.52%) PaaS
15 19 (5.25%) Apigee
15 19 (5.25%) Kong
16 18 (4.97%) AWS CloudFormation
17 17 (4.70%) Amazon ECS
17 17 (4.70%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.22%) DNS
2 34 (9.39%) 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 23 (6.35%) 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%) Data Vault
11 5 (1.38%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (1.10%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.10%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.83%) GIS
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 84 (23.20%) Social Skills
2 73 (20.17%) Finance
3 45 (12.43%) 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%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.93%) Retail
9 4 (1.10%) Publishing
10 3 (0.83%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.83%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.83%) Legal
10 3 (0.83%) Marketing
11 2 (0.55%) Games
11 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.55%) Law
11 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (25.14%) Developer
2 74 (20.44%) Architect
3 52 (14.36%) Senior
4 24 (6.63%) Lead
5 22 (6.08%) Java Developer
6 19 (5.25%) Technical Architect
7 16 (4.42%) Senior Developer
8 15 (4.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 13 (3.59%) Analyst
10 12 (3.31%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (3.04%) Backend Developer
11 11 (3.04%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (3.04%) Security Architect
12 10 (2.76%) Cloud Architect
12 10 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.49%) Applications Engineer
13 9 (2.49%) Consultant
13 9 (2.49%) IAM Specialist
14 8 (2.21%) Automation Engineer
14 8 (2.21%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (50.55%) OAuth2
2 169 (46.69%) OpenID
3 157 (43.37%) SAML
4 102 (28.18%) REST
5 73 (20.17%) JWT
6 59 (16.30%) RESTful
7 53 (14.64%) LDAP
8 50 (13.81%) SOAP
9 46 (12.71%) JSON
10 39 (10.77%) Spring Boot
11 38 (10.50%) Spring
12 33 (9.12%) Kafka
12 33 (9.12%) Web Services
13 32 (8.84%) .NET
14 31 (8.56%) Node.js
15 29 (8.01%) XML
16 27 (7.46%) React
17 26 (7.18%) SailPoint
18 25 (6.91%) CSS
19 24 (6.63%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 52 (14.36%) Cloud Native
2 28 (7.73%) 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%) Enterprise Cloud
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 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (39.78%) CI/CD
2 119 (32.87%) DevOps
3 94 (25.97%) Microservices
4 73 (20.17%) Agile
5 69 (19.06%) Infrastructure as Code
5 69 (19.06%) RBAC
6 64 (17.68%) Identity Access Management
7 61 (16.85%) Event-Driven
8 54 (14.92%) Containerisation
8 54 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (14.64%) Observability
10 48 (13.26%) Test Automation
11 46 (12.71%) Data Modelling
12 44 (12.15%) Validation
13 42 (11.60%) AI
13 42 (11.60%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 41 (11.33%) Design Patterns
15 40 (11.05%) API Integration
15 40 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (10.77%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 82 (22.65%) Java
2 77 (21.27%) Python
3 73 (20.17%) SQL
4 54 (14.92%) JavaScript
5 52 (14.36%) PowerShell
6 31 (8.56%) TypeScript
7 29 (8.01%) C#
8 21 (5.80%) Bicep
9 15 (4.14%) 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%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 63 (17.40%) SC Cleared
3 29 (8.01%) Degree
4 22 (6.08%) CISSP
5 16 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.04%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.76%) AWS 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 40 (11.05%) 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 4 (1.10%) ISO 20022
10 4 (1.10%) NCSC
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%) SEPA
11 3 (0.83%) WCAG
12 2 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 80 (22.10%) 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 81 (22.38%) Kubernetes
3 73 (20.17%) Terraform
4 37 (10.22%) 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 96 (26.52%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.39%) Okta
3 30 (8.29%) Google
3 30 (8.29%) Oracle
4 22 (6.08%) ServiceNow
5 18 (4.97%) CyberArk
6 13 (3.59%) OpenAI
6 13 (3.59%) SAP
7 12 (3.31%) MuleSoft
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