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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 358 404
Rank change year-on-year +118 +46 +53
Contract jobs citing OAuth 361 130 162
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 0.49% 0.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.94% 2.22% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 90 124
10th Percentile £359 £409 £416
25th Percentile £413 £493 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £581 £548
Median % change year-on-year -10.28% +6.16% -8.75%
75th Percentile £613 £671 £650
90th Percentile £688 £728 £700
UK median daily rate £519 £575 £535
% change year-on-year -9.70% +7.48% -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £55.10 - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 - -
75th Percentile £69.38 - -
90th Percentile £72.31 - -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 - -

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 7,311 5,867 7,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.88% 22.33% 20.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,898 3,751 5,599
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £431 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £657
90th Percentile £738 £788 £751
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £534
% change year-on-year -4.65% +0.66% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 76 182
10th Percentile £34.40 £26.38 £25.85
25th Percentile £50.00 £49.31 £45.96
Median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £69.13 £66.19 £69.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.03 £77.40
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%

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 6 February 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 6 February 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 6 February 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 +66 190 £525 -8.70% 43
North of England +5 72 £446 -15.05% 23
North West +6 43 £404 -23.14% 11
South West +20 38 £563 +25.00% 8
Yorkshire -29 29 £475 -26.92% 10
Midlands -34 26 £525 -8.70% 9
South East -32 24 £500 -21.88% 22
West Midlands -27 21 £540 -7.18% 8
East Midlands -23 4 £442 -23.09% 1
East of England -25 2 £500 -33.33% 4
North East -13 1 - - 2
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 22 (6.09%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.16%) Confluence
3 10 (2.77%) Apache
4 7 (1.94%) Appian
4 7 (1.94%) IIS
4 7 (1.94%) iPlanet
4 7 (1.94%) JBoss
4 7 (1.94%) WebSphere
4 7 (1.94%) WebSphere Application Server
5 5 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.55%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.55%) CICS
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.28%) nginx
8 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.83%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.94%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.28%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 174 (48.20%) Azure
2 123 (34.07%) AWS
3 91 (25.21%) Entra ID
4 53 (14.68%) GitHub
5 49 (13.57%) GCP
6 47 (13.02%) Serverless
7 33 (9.14%) GitHub Actions
7 33 (9.14%) SaaS
8 32 (8.86%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (7.48%) Apigee
10 25 (6.93%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (6.93%) PaaS
11 24 (6.65%) Amazon S3
12 21 (5.82%) Power Platform
13 20 (5.54%) IaaS
14 18 (4.99%) Amazon ECS
14 18 (4.99%) Azure Monitor
15 17 (4.71%) Azure Logic Apps
16 16 (4.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.85%) Kerberos
2 35 (9.70%) DNS
3 20 (5.54%) Firewall
4 18 (4.99%) HTTPS
4 18 (4.99%) SSL
5 16 (4.43%) HTTP
6 15 (4.16%) DHCP
7 7 (1.94%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (1.39%) IPsec
8 5 (1.39%) Network Security
9 4 (1.11%) SSH
9 4 (1.11%) VPN
10 3 (0.83%) Internet
11 2 (0.55%) Extranet
11 2 (0.55%) RFID
11 2 (0.55%) S/MIME
11 2 (0.55%) Wireshark
12 1 (0.28%) SMS
12 1 (0.28%) SMTP
12 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.82%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (5.54%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.43%) NoSQL
4 14 (3.88%) DynamoDB
5 13 (3.60%) Redis
6 10 (2.77%) Pinecone
7 9 (2.49%) Oracle Database
7 9 (2.49%) Power BI
7 9 (2.49%) Relational Database
8 8 (2.22%) MySQL
9 7 (1.94%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.66%) Metadata
11 5 (1.39%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.39%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.11%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.11%) DocumentDB
12 4 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.83%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 37 (10.25%) Jenkins
2 36 (9.97%) Git
3 20 (5.54%) JIRA
4 19 (5.26%) Postman
5 18 (4.99%) GitLab
6 7 (1.94%) Bitbucket Server
6 7 (1.94%) CA Release Automation
6 7 (1.94%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.94%) Maven
6 7 (1.94%) MLflow
6 7 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.66%) JUnit
7 6 (1.66%) Selenium
7 6 (1.66%) SoapUI
7 6 (1.66%) Xcode
8 5 (1.39%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.39%) Gradle
8 5 (1.39%) Mockito
8 5 (1.39%) Storybook
8 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 109 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 66 (18.28%) Finance
3 41 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.70%) Banking
5 28 (7.76%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.82%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.66%) Marketing
8 6 (1.66%) Military
9 5 (1.39%) Publishing
10 4 (1.11%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.11%) Legal
11 3 (0.83%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.83%) Games
12 2 (0.55%) Billing
12 2 (0.55%) Retail
13 1 (0.28%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Law
13 1 (0.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 92 (25.48%) Developer
2 62 (17.17%) Architect
3 42 (11.63%) Senior
4 22 (6.09%) Solutions Architect
5 20 (5.54%) Lead
6 16 (4.43%) Analyst
7 15 (4.16%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (3.88%) Java Developer
9 12 (3.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 12 (3.32%) Integration Engineer
10 11 (3.05%) Consultant
11 10 (2.77%) Business Analyst
11 10 (2.77%) Technical Architect
12 9 (2.49%) Security Architect
12 9 (2.49%) Software Engineer
12 9 (2.49%) Technical Analyst
13 8 (2.22%) Cloud Architect
13 8 (2.22%) Platform Engineer
13 8 (2.22%) Security Engineer
13 8 (2.22%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (45.71%) SAML
2 157 (43.49%) OAuth2
3 140 (38.78%) OpenID
4 100 (27.70%) REST
5 73 (20.22%) JWT
6 63 (17.45%) JSON
7 57 (15.79%) RESTful
8 53 (14.68%) LDAP
9 48 (13.30%) SOAP
10 43 (11.91%) XML
11 35 (9.70%) Spring
12 34 (9.42%) Spring Boot
13 33 (9.14%) Node.js
14 31 (8.59%) React
15 29 (8.03%) Web Services
16 28 (7.76%) .NET
17 26 (7.20%) GraphQL
17 26 (7.20%) HTML
18 23 (6.37%) Kafka
19 22 (6.09%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.14%) Cloud Native
2 23 (6.37%) Distributed Systems
2 23 (6.37%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.09%) Replication
4 19 (5.26%) Mobile App
5 18 (4.99%) Management Information System
6 15 (4.16%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (3.60%) Public Cloud
8 11 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.77%) Private Cloud
10 9 (2.49%) PKI
11 8 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (2.22%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.94%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.66%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (1.39%) Mobile Banking
15 4 (1.11%) BYOD
15 4 (1.11%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 51 (14.13%) Windows
2 38 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 24 (6.65%) Linux
4 11 (3.05%) Android
4 11 (3.05%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.66%) Unix
6 4 (1.11%) AIX
6 4 (1.11%) Solaris
7 2 (0.55%) zOS
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (39.61%) CI/CD
2 117 (32.41%) DevOps
3 79 (21.88%) Identity Access Management
4 78 (21.61%) Microservices
5 72 (19.94%) Agile
6 67 (18.56%) RBAC
7 64 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (15.51%) Infrastructure as Code
9 50 (13.85%) Identity Management
10 48 (13.30%) Test Automation
11 47 (13.02%) AI
12 45 (12.47%) API Management
12 45 (12.47%) Validation
13 43 (11.91%) Containerisation
13 43 (11.91%) Event-Driven
14 36 (9.97%) Computer Science
14 36 (9.97%) Stakeholder Management
15 34 (9.42%) Cybersecurity
15 34 (9.42%) Observability
16 32 (8.86%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 88 (24.38%) Python
2 68 (18.84%) Java
3 65 (18.01%) PowerShell
4 53 (14.68%) JavaScript
5 51 (14.13%) SQL
6 33 (9.14%) TypeScript
7 24 (6.65%) C#
8 13 (3.60%) Go
9 12 (3.32%) Groovy
10 9 (2.49%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (2.22%) Bash
11 8 (2.22%) Bicep
12 7 (1.94%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.66%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.11%) PHP
15 3 (0.83%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.55%) C++
16 2 (0.55%) Swift
17 1 (0.28%) COBOL
17 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 68 (18.84%) SC Cleared
3 38 (10.53%) Degree
4 32 (8.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (8.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (6.37%) DV Cleared
7 22 (6.09%) CISSP
8 10 (2.77%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.49%) CISM
10 8 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.94%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.66%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.83%) PhD
14 2 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.55%) CCSP
14 2 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (15.24%) GDPR
2 35 (9.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (6.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 18 (4.99%) PCI DSS
5 17 (4.71%) NIST
6 14 (3.88%) SOC 2
7 11 (3.05%) Accessibility
7 11 (3.05%) Data Quality
8 10 (2.77%) WCAG
9 9 (2.49%) QA
10 8 (2.22%) HIPAA
10 8 (2.22%) PSD2
11 5 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (1.11%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.83%) GRC
13 3 (0.83%) ISO 8583
13 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.83%) SLA
14 2 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 97 (26.87%) Active Directory
2 65 (18.01%) Docker
3 6 (1.66%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 5 (1.39%) RACF
5 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.55%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.55%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.55%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.28%) Squid
Systems Management
1 113 (31.30%) Single Sign-On
2 65 (18.01%) Kubernetes
2 65 (18.01%) Terraform
3 45 (12.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (4.16%) Grafana
5 14 (3.88%) Ansible
6 8 (2.22%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.94%) CA Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.94%) CA Wily
8 6 (1.66%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.66%) Tivoli
9 5 (1.39%) Argo
9 5 (1.39%) Kibana
10 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.83%) SCCM
12 2 (0.55%) Istio
12 2 (0.55%) linkerd
12 2 (0.55%) PingFederate
13 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.28%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 126 (34.90%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.03%) Oracle
3 27 (7.48%) Google
3 27 (7.48%) Okta
4 24 (6.65%) Splunk
5 21 (5.82%) OpenAI
6 16 (4.43%) CyberArk
6 16 (4.43%) ForgeRock
7 13 (3.60%) Salesforce
8 12 (3.32%) IBM
8 12 (3.32%) MuleSoft
8 12 (3.32%) Ping Identity
9 11 (3.05%) VMware
10 10 (2.77%) SAP
11 9 (2.49%) ServiceNow
12 8 (2.22%) AppDynamics
12 8 (2.22%) Axway
13 7 (1.94%) Adobe
13 7 (1.94%) Automation Anywhere
13 7 (1.94%) UiPath