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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 324 402
Rank change year-on-year +45 +78 -3
Contract jobs citing OAuth 354 156 146
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 0.64% 0.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.47% 2.87% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 106 108
10th Percentile £383 £406 £428
25th Percentile £463 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% -1.74%
75th Percentile £638 £654 £628
90th Percentile £730 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £565
% change year-on-year +2.28% -4.82% +0.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £55.13 - -
90th Percentile £55.95 - -
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 7,925 5,442 7,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.46% 22.33% 20.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,259 3,762 5,362
10th Percentile £363 £368 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -0.86% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 104 226
10th Percentile £32.50 £31.15 £22.12
25th Percentile £52.00 £51.20 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -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 7 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
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 7 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 +34 199 £543 -4.49% 52
North of England -4 79 £563 +13.41% 23
North West -12 46 £550 +10.00% 14
South East -22 36 £595 -7.03% 24
Yorkshire -25 32 £575 +22.60% 8
South West -13 22 £550 +7.32% 14
Midlands -71 9 £438 -10.67% 8
West Midlands -56 5 £350 -41.96% 3
East of England - 4 £500 - 11
East Midlands -33 3 £438 -0.46% 5
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 17 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.82%) Confluence
2 10 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.26%) Appian
4 5 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.85%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.85%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.56%) CICS
7 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.54%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 170 (48.02%) Azure
2 134 (37.85%) AWS
3 104 (29.38%) Entra ID
4 70 (19.77%) GCP
5 55 (15.54%) Serverless
6 30 (8.47%) GitHub
7 27 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (7.06%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (6.78%) Amazon S3
9 24 (6.78%) Apigee
10 23 (6.50%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (6.21%) SaaS
12 20 (5.65%) Kong
12 20 (5.65%) PaaS
13 18 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
13 18 (5.08%) IaaS
13 18 (5.08%) OCI
14 17 (4.80%) Amazon ECS
14 17 (4.80%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.45%) DNS
2 35 (9.89%) Kerberos
3 17 (4.80%) HTTP
4 16 (4.52%) DHCP
5 13 (3.67%) Firewall
6 11 (3.11%) SSL
7 7 (1.98%) Reverse Proxy
8 6 (1.69%) IPsec
9 5 (1.41%) DKIM
9 5 (1.41%) DMARC
9 5 (1.41%) Network Security
9 5 (1.41%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.13%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.56%) NGFW
11 2 (0.56%) RFID
11 2 (0.56%) VPN
12 1 (0.28%) Extranet
12 1 (0.28%) SMS
12 1 (0.28%) WAN
12 1 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.34%) SQL Server
2 25 (7.06%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (5.37%) Redis
4 17 (4.80%) Relational Database
5 12 (3.39%) DynamoDB
5 12 (3.39%) MongoDB
6 11 (3.11%) Pinecone
7 10 (2.82%) MySQL
8 9 (2.54%) Metadata
8 9 (2.54%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.69%) Power BI
11 5 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (1.41%) Data Vault
11 5 (1.41%) Hazelcast
11 5 (1.41%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.13%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.13%) DocumentDB
12 4 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (7.34%) Git
1 26 (7.34%) Jenkins
2 23 (6.50%) GitLab
3 19 (5.37%) Postman
4 14 (3.95%) JIRA
5 8 (2.26%) MLflow
5 8 (2.26%) SoapUI
6 7 (1.98%) Browser DevTools
7 6 (1.69%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.41%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.13%) git-flow
9 4 (1.13%) Gradle
9 4 (1.13%) Maven
10 3 (0.85%) Fiddler
10 3 (0.85%) Snyk
10 3 (0.85%) Vite
11 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.56%) Moq
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.56%) Selenium
General
1 93 (26.27%) Social Skills
2 72 (20.34%) Finance
3 42 (11.86%) Banking
4 38 (10.73%) Public Sector
5 36 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (1.98%) Military
8 5 (1.41%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.41%) Marketing
8 5 (1.41%) Retail
9 4 (1.13%) Publishing
10 3 (0.85%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.85%) Games
10 3 (0.85%) Legal
10 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 87 (24.58%) Developer
2 68 (19.21%) Architect
3 48 (13.56%) Senior
4 19 (5.37%) Lead
5 17 (4.80%) Analyst
5 17 (4.80%) Java Developer
6 15 (4.24%) Technical Architect
7 13 (3.67%) Full-Stack Developer
8 12 (3.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 12 (3.39%) Senior Developer
9 10 (2.82%) Backend Developer
9 10 (2.82%) Business Analyst
9 10 (2.82%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (2.82%) Integration Engineer
9 10 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (2.54%) Applications Engineer
10 9 (2.54%) IAM Specialist
10 9 (2.54%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (2.26%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (2.26%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (49.44%) OAuth2
2 159 (44.92%) OpenID
3 155 (43.79%) SAML
4 95 (26.84%) REST
5 77 (21.75%) JWT
6 52 (14.69%) JSON
7 50 (14.12%) RESTful
8 49 (13.84%) LDAP
9 48 (13.56%) SOAP
10 35 (9.89%) Node.js
10 35 (9.89%) Spring
10 35 (9.89%) Spring Boot
11 34 (9.60%) XML
12 33 (9.32%) Web Services
13 31 (8.76%) Kafka
14 27 (7.63%) .NET
14 27 (7.63%) React
15 24 (6.78%) SailPoint
15 24 (6.78%) Swagger
16 23 (6.50%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.28%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.19%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (7.63%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.93%) Mobile App
5 19 (5.37%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (4.52%) Replication
7 14 (3.95%) Low-Code
8 13 (3.67%) Public Cloud
9 12 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (2.82%) Management Information System
11 9 (2.54%) PKI
12 7 (1.98%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.69%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.41%) CMDB
14 5 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (1.13%) Freedom of Information
15 4 (1.13%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.63%) Windows
2 21 (5.93%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.54%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.26%) Android
5 6 (1.69%) Linux
6 2 (0.56%) zOS
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (37.29%) CI/CD
2 110 (31.07%) DevOps
3 89 (25.14%) Microservices
4 71 (20.06%) RBAC
5 65 (18.36%) Agile
6 64 (18.08%) Infrastructure as Code
7 62 (17.51%) Identity Access Management
8 61 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (14.97%) Event-Driven
10 51 (14.41%) Containerisation
11 49 (13.84%) Test Automation
12 46 (12.99%) Data Modelling
13 45 (12.71%) Observability
14 44 (12.43%) Integration Patterns
14 44 (12.43%) Validation
15 39 (11.02%) AI
15 39 (11.02%) API Integration
15 39 (11.02%) Design Patterns
15 39 (11.02%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 37 (10.45%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 79 (22.32%) Python
2 77 (21.75%) Java
3 68 (19.21%) SQL
4 50 (14.12%) PowerShell
5 49 (13.84%) JavaScript
6 33 (9.32%) TypeScript
7 27 (7.63%) C#
8 14 (3.95%) Bicep
8 14 (3.95%) Go
9 13 (3.67%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.98%) Bash
11 4 (1.13%) Groovy
11 4 (1.13%) PHP
12 3 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.85%) Swift
13 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.28%) C++
14 1 (0.28%) COBOL
14 1 (0.28%) JCL
14 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (22.88%) Security Cleared
2 54 (15.25%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.63%) Degree
4 19 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (5.08%) CISSP
6 16 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (3.39%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.26%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.26%) CISM
10 5 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.41%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.13%) GIAC
11 4 (1.13%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.56%) MCSE
12 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.17%) GDPR
2 31 (8.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (7.06%) NIST
4 21 (5.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 16 (4.52%) PCI DSS
6 12 (3.39%) Data Quality
7 10 (2.82%) QA
8 7 (1.98%) HIPAA
9 6 (1.69%) SOC 2
10 5 (1.41%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.85%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.85%) GRC
11 3 (0.85%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.85%) SEPA
11 3 (0.85%) WCAG
12 2 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.56%) PSD2
System Software
1 80 (22.60%) Active Directory
2 68 (19.21%) Docker
3 6 (1.69%) RACF
4 2 (0.56%) OpenAM
4 2 (0.56%) OpenDJ
4 2 (0.56%) OpenIDM
4 2 (0.56%) Squid
4 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 86 (24.29%) Single Sign-On
2 76 (21.47%) Kubernetes
3 67 (18.93%) Terraform
4 37 (10.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (4.52%) Grafana
6 15 (4.24%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.98%) Ansible
7 7 (1.98%) Argo
8 6 (1.69%) Istio
8 6 (1.69%) linkerd
9 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.13%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.13%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.13%) PingFederate
11 3 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.28%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 99 (27.97%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.91%) Google
2 28 (7.91%) Okta
3 25 (7.06%) Oracle
4 21 (5.93%) ServiceNow
5 17 (4.80%) CyberArk
6 14 (3.95%) MuleSoft
7 13 (3.67%) SAP
8 11 (3.11%) OpenAI
9 9 (2.54%) Ping Identity
9 9 (2.54%) Splunk
10 8 (2.26%) Automation Anywhere
10 8 (2.26%) ForgeRock
10 8 (2.26%) UiPath
11 7 (1.98%) Workday
12 5 (1.41%) Denodo
12 5 (1.41%) OutSystems
13 4 (1.13%) Apple
13 4 (1.13%) BeyondTrust
13 4 (1.13%) Zscaler