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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 337 397
Rank change year-on-year +65 +60 +51
Contract jobs citing OAuth 359 141 153
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.97% 0.58% 0.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.59% 2.55% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 101 110
10th Percentile £358 £409 £411
25th Percentile £434 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £582 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% +10.77% -8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £693 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -6.96%
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 7,829 5,537 7,568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.20% 22.60% 19.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,252 3,758 5,402
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -0.37% -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £663
90th Percentile £738 £790 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 86 193
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.30 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.19 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.38 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.20 £83.48 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 18 March 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 +59 193 £527 -12.17% 27
North of England -9 70 £469 -10.67% 16
North West -7 39 £413 -21.43% 11
South East -46 32 £585 -6.40% 17
South West +4 31 £570 +26.67% 4
Yorkshire -36 30 £497 -17.21% 4
Midlands -42 22 £500 -13.04% 2
West Midlands -40 18 £520 -10.54% 2
East Midlands -37 3 £438 -21.52%
East of England -21 2 £500 - 6
North East - 2 £525 - 1
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 18 (5.01%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.46%) Confluence
3 8 (2.23%) Appian
4 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.84%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.56%) CICS
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.51%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 175 (48.75%) Azure
2 130 (36.21%) AWS
3 96 (26.74%) Entra ID
4 59 (16.43%) Serverless
5 50 (13.93%) GCP
6 44 (12.26%) GitHub
7 34 (9.47%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (9.19%) GitHub Actions
9 30 (8.36%) Amazon S3
9 30 (8.36%) AWS Lambda
10 28 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
11 26 (7.24%) Apigee
12 24 (6.69%) PaaS
12 24 (6.69%) SaaS
13 23 (6.41%) Amazon ECS
14 22 (6.13%) IaaS
15 20 (5.57%) Power Platform
16 18 (5.01%) Amazon EKS
16 18 (5.01%) Power Automate
17 17 (4.74%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (11.42%) Kerberos
2 37 (10.31%) DNS
3 21 (5.85%) HTTP
4 20 (5.57%) Firewall
5 14 (3.90%) DHCP
6 12 (3.34%) SSL
7 8 (2.23%) HTTPS
8 7 (1.95%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (1.39%) IPsec
9 5 (1.39%) Network Security
10 4 (1.11%) SSH
10 4 (1.11%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.84%) Internet
12 2 (0.56%) Extranet
12 2 (0.56%) RFID
12 2 (0.56%) S/MIME
12 2 (0.56%) VPN
12 2 (0.56%) Wireshark
13 1 (0.28%) SMS
13 1 (0.28%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.69%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (6.13%) SQL Server
3 18 (5.01%) DynamoDB
4 14 (3.90%) Redis
5 11 (3.06%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.79%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.51%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.23%) MySQL
8 8 (2.23%) Power BI
8 8 (2.23%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.67%) Metadata
10 5 (1.39%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.11%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.11%) DocumentDB
11 4 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.84%) CockroachDB
12 3 (0.84%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.84%) GIS
Development Applications
1 32 (8.91%) Jenkins
2 31 (8.64%) Git
3 21 (5.85%) GitLab
4 20 (5.57%) Postman
5 19 (5.29%) JIRA
6 9 (2.51%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.23%) MLflow
7 8 (2.23%) SoapUI
8 7 (1.95%) Selenium
9 6 (1.67%) JUnit
9 6 (1.67%) Maven
10 5 (1.39%) Mockito
10 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.11%) Vite
12 3 (0.84%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.84%) Browser DevTools
12 3 (0.84%) git-flow
13 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.56%) Fiddler
13 2 (0.56%) NUnit
General
1 110 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 69 (19.22%) Finance
3 47 (13.09%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (11.14%) Banking
5 27 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.29%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.67%) Marketing
8 6 (1.67%) Military
9 5 (1.39%) Legal
9 5 (1.39%) Publishing
10 4 (1.11%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.84%) Games
11 3 (0.84%) Retail
12 2 (0.56%) Billing
12 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 89 (24.79%) Developer
2 70 (19.50%) Architect
3 46 (12.81%) Senior
4 23 (6.41%) Solutions Architect
5 21 (5.85%) Lead
6 17 (4.74%) Analyst
7 15 (4.18%) Java Developer
8 13 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (3.06%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 11 (3.06%) Business Analyst
10 11 (3.06%) Platform Engineer
10 11 (3.06%) Security Architect
10 11 (3.06%) Technical Architect
11 10 (2.79%) Integration Engineer
11 10 (2.79%) Senior Developer
12 9 (2.51%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (2.51%) Consultant
13 8 (2.23%) Cloud Architect
13 8 (2.23%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (46.24%) OAuth2
1 166 (46.24%) SAML
2 144 (40.11%) OpenID
3 93 (25.91%) REST
4 76 (21.17%) JWT
5 57 (15.88%) RESTful
6 56 (15.60%) JSON
7 40 (11.14%) SOAP
8 37 (10.31%) LDAP
9 36 (10.03%) Node.js
9 36 (10.03%) XML
10 35 (9.75%) .NET
10 35 (9.75%) Spring
10 35 (9.75%) Spring Boot
11 33 (9.19%) React
12 28 (7.80%) Web Services
13 26 (7.24%) HTML
14 24 (6.69%) Kafka
15 21 (5.85%) OpenAPI
16 20 (5.57%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.31%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.08%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (6.69%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.85%) Mobile App
4 21 (5.85%) Replication
5 18 (5.01%) Management Information System
6 14 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.90%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.51%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.51%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (2.23%) PKI
9 8 (2.23%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.67%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.39%) BYOD
11 5 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (12.53%) Windows
2 33 (9.19%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.06%) Linux
4 7 (1.95%) Android
4 7 (1.95%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.11%) AIX
5 4 (1.11%) Solaris
6 2 (0.56%) zOS
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (38.44%) CI/CD
2 111 (30.92%) DevOps
3 91 (25.35%) Microservices
4 77 (21.45%) Identity Access Management
5 74 (20.61%) RBAC
6 70 (19.50%) Agile
6 70 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (17.27%) Infrastructure as Code
8 52 (14.48%) Test Automation
9 50 (13.93%) AI
10 49 (13.65%) Containerisation
11 48 (13.37%) Identity Management
12 47 (13.09%) Event-Driven
12 47 (13.09%) Validation
13 42 (11.70%) Integration Patterns
14 41 (11.42%) Design Patterns
15 40 (11.14%) Data Modelling
15 40 (11.14%) Observability
16 39 (10.86%) API Management
17 37 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (24.51%) Python
2 64 (17.83%) Java
3 61 (16.99%) PowerShell
4 57 (15.88%) JavaScript
5 52 (14.48%) SQL
6 31 (8.64%) TypeScript
7 30 (8.36%) C#
8 14 (3.90%) Go
9 13 (3.62%) Kotlin
10 10 (2.79%) Kusto Query Language
11 9 (2.51%) Bash
12 8 (2.23%) Bicep
13 5 (1.39%) Groovy
14 4 (1.11%) PHP
15 3 (0.84%) Swift
16 2 (0.56%) C++
17 1 (0.28%) Assembly Language
17 1 (0.28%) C
17 1 (0.28%) COBOL
17 1 (0.28%) JCL
Qualifications
1 96 (26.74%) Security Cleared
2 64 (17.83%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.03%) Degree
4 29 (8.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (7.24%) DV Cleared
6 25 (6.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (6.13%) CISSP
8 10 (2.79%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.79%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.23%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.95%) CISM
11 5 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.84%) PhD
13 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.56%) CCSP
13 2 (0.56%) GIAC
13 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.86%) GDPR
2 29 (8.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (6.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 17 (4.74%) NIST
4 17 (4.74%) PCI DSS
5 13 (3.62%) Data Quality
6 10 (2.79%) QA
6 10 (2.79%) SOC 2
6 10 (2.79%) WCAG
7 7 (1.95%) PSD2
8 6 (1.67%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.39%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.11%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.84%) GRC
11 3 (0.84%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.84%) SLA
12 2 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 85 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 67 (18.66%) Docker
3 6 (1.67%) RACF
4 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.56%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.56%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.56%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.28%) Squid
Systems Management
1 101 (28.13%) Single Sign-On
2 72 (20.06%) Kubernetes
3 66 (18.38%) Terraform
4 46 (12.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (4.74%) Grafana
6 13 (3.62%) Ansible
7 11 (3.06%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.39%) Argo
8 5 (1.39%) Istio
8 5 (1.39%) Kibana
8 5 (1.39%) linkerd
9 3 (0.84%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.28%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Identity Manager
11 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 114 (31.75%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.41%) Oracle
3 22 (6.13%) Google
3 22 (6.13%) Okta
4 16 (4.46%) CyberArk
4 16 (4.46%) OpenAI
4 16 (4.46%) Splunk
5 14 (3.90%) ForgeRock
5 14 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.06%) MuleSoft
6 11 (3.06%) Ping Identity
7 10 (2.79%) VMware
8 9 (2.51%) SAP
9 8 (2.23%) Automation Anywhere
9 8 (2.23%) UiPath
10 7 (1.95%) Adobe
10 7 (1.95%) BeyondTrust
11 6 (1.67%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.39%) Databricks
12 5 (1.39%) IBM