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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 279 398
Rank change year-on-year +1 +119 -42
Contract jobs citing OAuth 440 237 135
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 0.86% 0.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.47% 3.39% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 157 87
10th Percentile £411 £360 £470
25th Percentile £455 £406 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £475 £613
Median % change year-on-year +16.84% -22.45% +2.08%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £675
90th Percentile £750 £654 £722
UK median daily rate £550 £492 £600
% change year-on-year +11.79% -18.00% +1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 0
10th Percentile £38.75 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £85.54 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £87.56 - -
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 9,845 6,989 8,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.27% 25.49% 24.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,472 4,751 5,384
10th Percentile £380 £354 £363
25th Percentile £442 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 168 180
10th Percentile £29.54 £31.50 £27.68
25th Percentile £53.90 £42.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £62.93
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -12.60% +0.68%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.35 £61.60
% change year-on-year +19.60% -11.77% +2.67%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -2 215 £563 +8.85% 205
South East +3 76 £500 +2.56% 47
North of England -37 76 £570 +30.88% 34
Yorkshire -7 46 £563 +37.53% 15
Midlands -48 27 £464 +11.71% 15
North West -59 27 £625 +40.13% 15
West Midlands -36 22 £525 -6.71% 15
South West -30 18 £550 +9.45% 16
East of England -18 17 £550 +10.00% 10
East Midlands -24 5 £401 -2.79%
North East - 4 £600 - 4
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 19 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.95%) Confluence
2 13 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.36%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.14%) Mule
5 3 (0.68%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.36%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.68%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.45%) Infor LN
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.23%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 250 (56.82%) Azure
2 182 (41.36%) AWS
3 122 (27.73%) Entra ID
4 105 (23.86%) GCP
5 57 (12.95%) GitHub
6 44 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (9.77%) Serverless
8 41 (9.32%) GitHub Actions
9 36 (8.18%) SaaS
10 28 (6.36%) Azure Monitor
11 27 (6.14%) Azure Service Bus
12 24 (5.45%) Boomi
13 23 (5.23%) Azure API Management
14 19 (4.32%) Azure AKS
14 19 (4.32%) Azure Key Vault
14 19 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
15 18 (4.09%) Kong
16 16 (3.64%) Apigee
16 16 (3.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 14 (3.18%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.77%) DNS
2 20 (4.55%) Kerberos
3 12 (2.73%) Firewall
3 12 (2.73%) HTTP
3 12 (2.73%) SSL
4 7 (1.59%) DKIM
4 7 (1.59%) DMARC
5 6 (1.36%) DHCP
5 6 (1.36%) NGFW
5 6 (1.36%) X.509
6 5 (1.14%) IPsec
6 5 (1.14%) Network Security
6 5 (1.14%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.45%) SSH
7 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.45%) VPN
8 1 (0.23%) DMZ
8 1 (0.23%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.23%) Internet
8 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (8.64%) Relational Database
3 30 (6.82%) NoSQL
4 29 (6.59%) SQL Server
5 19 (4.32%) MySQL
6 17 (3.86%) MongoDB
6 17 (3.86%) Redis
7 11 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (2.50%) DynamoDB
8 9 (2.05%) Metadata
9 8 (1.82%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.59%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.36%) Power BI
12 5 (1.14%) Data Vault
12 5 (1.14%) Hazelcast
12 5 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.91%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.68%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 64 (14.55%) Git
2 30 (6.82%) Jenkins
3 26 (5.91%) GitLab
4 22 (5.00%) JIRA
5 14 (3.18%) Maven
6 11 (2.50%) Storybook
7 10 (2.27%) JUnit
8 8 (1.82%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.82%) Mockito
9 7 (1.59%) Browser DevTools
9 7 (1.59%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.59%) Gradle
10 5 (1.14%) git-flow
11 4 (0.91%) Postman
11 4 (0.91%) Selenium
11 4 (0.91%) Snyk
12 3 (0.68%) Fiddler
12 3 (0.68%) MSTest
12 3 (0.68%) NUnit
13 2 (0.45%) Mocha
General
1 114 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 88 (20.00%) Finance
3 58 (13.18%) Public Sector
4 39 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (8.18%) Banking
6 22 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.73%) Retail
8 11 (2.50%) Military
9 9 (2.05%) Investment Banking
10 8 (1.82%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.82%) Legal
11 5 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.91%) Publishing
13 3 (0.68%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.68%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.45%) Automotive
14 2 (0.45%) Law
14 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 128 (29.09%) Developer
2 100 (22.73%) Architect
3 51 (11.59%) Senior
4 35 (7.95%) Java Developer
5 34 (7.73%) Lead
6 30 (6.82%) Technical Architect
7 24 (5.45%) Full-Stack Developer
8 23 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (4.32%) Consultant
9 19 (4.32%) Senior Developer
10 15 (3.41%) IAM Specialist
10 15 (3.41%) Technical Leader
11 13 (2.95%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (2.95%) Security Architect
12 12 (2.73%) Azure Developer
12 12 (2.73%) IAM Developer
13 11 (2.50%) Backend Developer
14 10 (2.27%) Integration Architect
14 10 (2.27%) Senior Java Developer
14 10 (2.27%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 235 (53.41%) OAuth2
2 227 (51.59%) OpenID
3 165 (37.50%) SAML
4 163 (37.05%) REST
5 101 (22.95%) JWT
6 96 (21.82%) Terraform
7 70 (15.91%) SOAP
8 66 (15.00%) RESTful
9 60 (13.64%) React
10 58 (13.18%) JSON
11 55 (12.50%) LDAP
12 52 (11.82%) CSS
13 46 (10.45%) Kafka
14 45 (10.23%) Swagger
15 44 (10.00%) .NET
15 44 (10.00%) HTML
16 43 (9.77%) Node.js
16 43 (9.77%) OpenAPI
17 39 (8.86%) Middleware
18 36 (8.18%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 93 (21.14%) Cloud Native
2 45 (10.23%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (8.64%) Onboarding
4 35 (7.95%) Enterprise Software
5 34 (7.73%) Product Ownership
6 19 (4.32%) Security Posture
7 17 (3.86%) PKI
8 15 (3.41%) CMDB
8 15 (3.41%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.73%) AI Agents
10 9 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (2.05%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.82%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.36%) Freedom of Information
13 6 (1.36%) Replication
14 5 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (1.14%) Mobile App
15 4 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.50%) Windows
2 10 (2.27%) Linux
3 8 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.14%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.45%) Android
5 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.23%) CentOS
6 1 (0.23%) Unix
6 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (41.59%) CI/CD
2 155 (35.23%) DevOps
3 128 (29.09%) Microservices
4 122 (27.73%) Agile
5 98 (22.27%) Identity Access Management
6 90 (20.45%) Event-Driven
7 83 (18.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 77 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
9 76 (17.27%) Containerisation
10 73 (16.59%) Test Automation
11 64 (14.55%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 64 (14.55%) RBAC
12 63 (14.32%) AI
12 63 (14.32%) Stakeholder Management
13 62 (14.09%) Technical Leadership
14 61 (13.86%) Observability
15 56 (12.73%) API Management
15 56 (12.73%) Mentoring
15 56 (12.73%) Software Engineering
16 53 (12.05%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 118 (26.82%) Java
2 109 (24.77%) Python
3 93 (21.14%) JavaScript
4 79 (17.95%) SQL
5 67 (15.23%) PowerShell
6 57 (12.95%) TypeScript
7 40 (9.09%) C#
8 30 (6.82%) Bicep
9 11 (2.50%) Go
10 8 (1.82%) Bash
11 5 (1.14%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.68%) Groovy
12 3 (0.68%) PHP
13 2 (0.45%) BeanShell
13 2 (0.45%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.45%) PromQL
13 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.23%) Lua
14 1 (0.23%) X++
14 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 113 (25.68%) Security Cleared
2 86 (19.55%) SC Cleared
3 44 (10.00%) Degree
4 22 (5.00%) Azure Certification
4 22 (5.00%) CISSP
5 21 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (3.41%) AWS Certification
9 12 (2.73%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.05%) CISM
10 9 (2.05%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.14%) CSPO
11 5 (1.14%) MCSE
12 3 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.68%) GIAC
12 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.45%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (7.50%) NIST
3 28 (6.36%) GDPR
3 28 (6.36%) QA
4 14 (3.18%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.50%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.82%) NCSC
6 8 (1.82%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.59%) HIPAA
7 7 (1.59%) WCAG
8 6 (1.36%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.68%) SEPA
9 3 (0.68%) SLA
10 2 (0.45%) HL7
10 2 (0.45%) IEC 62304
10 2 (0.45%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.45%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.45%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 99 (22.50%) Active Directory
2 79 (17.95%) Docker
3 6 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.68%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.23%) Squid
Systems Management
1 106 (24.09%) Kubernetes
2 71 (16.14%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (5.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 24 (5.45%) Grafana
5 20 (4.55%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.73%) Ansible
7 10 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.59%) Argo
9 5 (1.14%) PingFederate
10 4 (0.91%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.68%) Kibana
11 3 (0.68%) WMI
12 2 (0.45%) Consul
12 2 (0.45%) Istio
12 2 (0.45%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.45%) SCOM
12 2 (0.45%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.45%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.23%) linkerd
Vendors
1 132 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.23%) Oracle
3 44 (10.00%) Google
4 38 (8.64%) ServiceNow
5 31 (7.05%) Okta
6 27 (6.14%) MuleSoft
7 18 (4.09%) CyberArk
7 18 (4.09%) Ping Identity
8 17 (3.86%) Salesforce
9 15 (3.41%) SAP
10 12 (2.73%) Databricks
10 12 (2.73%) IBM
11 10 (2.27%) Informatica
11 10 (2.27%) OpenAI
12 9 (2.05%) TIBCO
12 9 (2.05%) Workday
12 9 (2.05%) WSO2
13 8 (1.82%) ForgeRock
13 8 (1.82%) OutSystems
14 7 (1.59%) Dell