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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 313 402
Rank change year-on-year +25 +89 -34
Contract jobs citing OAuth 362 179 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.84% 0.72% 0.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.43% 3.22% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 118 95
10th Percentile £402 £400 £427
25th Percentile £463 £458 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £537 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -10.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £668 £629 £638
90th Percentile £751 £685 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £537 £577
% change year-on-year +2.42% -6.93% +2.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £36.25 - -
25th Percentile £43.75 - -
Median hourly rate £63.75 - -
75th Percentile £84.34 - -
90th Percentile £87.24 - -
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +15.91% - -

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 8,174 5,566 7,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.08% 22.54% 20.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,387 3,859 5,456
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £535
% change year-on-year +1.45% -3.27% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 110 257
10th Percentile £30.45 £32.10 £22.75
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +11.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.05 £74.70
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year +13.04% +11.11% -20.38%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 +24 207 £550 -1.61% 86
North of England -38 68 £600 +21.95% 14
South East -24 51 £600 -4.76% 24
North West -26 35 £575 +15.00% 7
Yorkshire -35 32 £623 +32.73% 5
South West -19 15 £550 +8.91% 11
Midlands -60 9 £438 +1.74% 5
East of England -25 7 £500 - 5
East Midlands -29 5 £438 +4.17% 2
West Midlands -56 3 £350 -41.96% 3
North East - 2 £525 - 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 17 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.31%) Confluence
2 12 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.21%) Appian
4 5 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.83%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.28%) CICS
7 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 6 (1.66%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.83%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.28%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 192 (53.04%) Azure
2 147 (40.61%) AWS
3 109 (30.11%) Entra ID
4 79 (21.82%) GCP
5 55 (15.19%) Serverless
6 39 (10.77%) GitHub
7 33 (9.12%) GitHub Actions
8 30 (8.29%) SaaS
9 28 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (7.18%) Amazon S3
11 23 (6.35%) AWS Lambda
11 23 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (6.08%) Azure AKS
13 20 (5.52%) Amazon ECS
13 20 (5.52%) Kong
14 19 (5.25%) Apigee
14 19 (5.25%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (4.97%) Amazon EKS
16 16 (4.42%) Azure API Management
17 15 (4.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.67%) DNS
2 34 (9.39%) Kerberos
3 15 (4.14%) DHCP
4 11 (3.04%) Firewall
4 11 (3.04%) HTTP
4 11 (3.04%) SSL
5 7 (1.93%) DKIM
5 7 (1.93%) DMARC
5 7 (1.93%) Network Security
5 7 (1.93%) Reverse Proxy
6 6 (1.66%) IPsec
7 5 (1.38%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.83%) NGFW
9 2 (0.55%) RFID
9 2 (0.55%) VPN
10 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.28%) SSH
10 1 (0.28%) WAN
10 1 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.56%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (6.35%) Relational Database
4 20 (5.52%) Redis
5 15 (4.14%) MongoDB
5 15 (4.14%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.59%) DynamoDB
7 11 (3.04%) Pinecone
8 10 (2.76%) MySQL
9 9 (2.49%) Metadata
10 8 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.66%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (1.66%) Hazelcast
13 5 (1.38%) Data Vault
13 5 (1.38%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (1.10%) BigQuery
14 4 (1.10%) DocumentDB
15 3 (0.83%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 36 (9.94%) Git
2 26 (7.18%) Jenkins
3 24 (6.63%) GitLab
4 18 (4.97%) JIRA
5 10 (2.76%) Browser DevTools
5 10 (2.76%) Postman
6 8 (2.21%) MLflow
7 7 (1.93%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.93%) git-flow
8 5 (1.38%) Gradle
8 5 (1.38%) Maven
8 5 (1.38%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.10%) Snyk
9 4 (1.10%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.83%) Fiddler
10 3 (0.83%) JMeter
10 3 (0.83%) JUnit
10 3 (0.83%) Vite
11 2 (0.55%) Moq
11 2 (0.55%) Oracle APEX
General
1 86 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 73 (20.17%) Finance
3 45 (12.43%) Banking
3 45 (12.43%) Public Sector
4 29 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (2.76%) Retail
7 9 (2.49%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.49%) Military
8 5 (1.38%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.10%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.10%) Publishing
10 3 (0.83%) Legal
11 2 (0.55%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.55%) Law
11 2 (0.55%) Marketing
11 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.28%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (23.76%) Developer
2 82 (22.65%) Architect
3 54 (14.92%) Senior
4 26 (7.18%) Lead
5 25 (6.91%) Technical Architect
6 21 (5.80%) Java Developer
7 15 (4.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 15 (4.14%) Senior Developer
8 12 (3.31%) Analyst
9 11 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (3.04%) Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (3.04%) IAM Specialist
9 11 (3.04%) Security Architect
9 11 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (2.76%) Cloud Architect
10 10 (2.76%) Consultant
10 10 (2.76%) Integration Architect
11 9 (2.49%) AWS Architect
12 8 (2.21%) Automation Engineer
12 8 (2.21%) Low-Code Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (50.83%) OAuth2
2 176 (48.62%) OpenID
3 159 (43.92%) SAML
4 107 (29.56%) REST
5 71 (19.61%) JWT
6 59 (16.30%) RESTful
7 57 (15.75%) LDAP
8 48 (13.26%) SOAP
9 43 (11.88%) JSON
10 34 (9.39%) Kafka
10 34 (9.39%) Web Services
11 33 (9.12%) .NET
11 33 (9.12%) Spring
11 33 (9.12%) Spring Boot
12 32 (8.84%) Node.js
13 30 (8.29%) React
14 28 (7.73%) CSS
14 28 (7.73%) SailPoint
15 26 (7.18%) Swagger
16 25 (6.91%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 62 (17.13%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.56%) Onboarding
3 29 (8.01%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (5.25%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (4.70%) Low-Code
5 17 (4.70%) Mobile App
6 15 (4.14%) Management Information System
6 15 (4.14%) Product Ownership
6 15 (4.14%) Replication
7 12 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.04%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.49%) Public Cloud
11 8 (2.21%) PKI
12 6 (1.66%) Freedom of Information
12 6 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.38%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.38%) CMDB
13 5 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.08%) Windows
2 18 (4.97%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.49%) Apple iOS
3 9 (2.49%) Linux
4 8 (2.21%) Android
5 3 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.83%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.28%) CentOS
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.28%) Unix
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (42.82%) CI/CD
2 124 (34.25%) DevOps
3 96 (26.52%) Microservices
4 81 (22.38%) Agile
5 79 (21.82%) Infrastructure as Code
6 70 (19.34%) RBAC
7 65 (17.96%) Identity Access Management
8 61 (16.85%) Containerisation
9 60 (16.57%) Event-Driven
10 53 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
11 51 (14.09%) Observability
12 47 (12.98%) Integration Patterns
13 46 (12.71%) API Integration
13 46 (12.71%) Test Automation
13 46 (12.71%) Validation
14 45 (12.43%) AI
15 44 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
16 43 (11.88%) Data Modelling
17 42 (11.60%) Zero Trust
18 39 (10.77%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 87 (24.03%) Python
2 78 (21.55%) Java
3 77 (21.27%) SQL
4 55 (15.19%) PowerShell
5 53 (14.64%) JavaScript
6 32 (8.84%) TypeScript
7 28 (7.73%) C#
8 21 (5.80%) Bicep
9 14 (3.87%) Go
10 10 (2.76%) Bash
11 8 (2.21%) Kotlin
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 66 (18.23%) SC Cleared
3 32 (8.84%) Degree
4 24 (6.63%) CISSP
5 16 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (4.14%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.87%) AWS Certification
7 14 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.76%) CISM
10 8 (2.21%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.38%) CSPO
12 5 (1.38%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.10%) GIAC
13 4 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.55%) CEH
15 2 (0.55%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.50%) GDPR
2 34 (9.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (7.73%) NIST
4 19 (5.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 17 (4.70%) QA
6 14 (3.87%) PCI DSS
7 12 (3.31%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.93%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.93%) NCSC
9 6 (1.66%) SOC 2
10 4 (1.10%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.10%) GRC
10 4 (1.10%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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
System Software
1 84 (23.20%) Active Directory
2 78 (21.55%) 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 82 (22.65%) Kubernetes
1 82 (22.65%) Terraform
2 81 (22.38%) Single Sign-On
3 36 (9.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (5.52%) Grafana
5 19 (5.25%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.49%) Ansible
7 8 (2.21%) Argo
8 6 (1.66%) Istio
8 6 (1.66%) linkerd
9 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.10%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.10%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.10%) PingFederate
11 3 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.55%) Consul
12 2 (0.55%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 100 (27.62%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.94%) Okta
3 29 (8.01%) Google
3 29 (8.01%) Oracle
4 25 (6.91%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.14%) Ping Identity
5 15 (4.14%) SAP
6 14 (3.87%) CyberArk
7 13 (3.59%) MuleSoft
7 13 (3.59%) OpenAI
8 11 (3.04%) ForgeRock
9 9 (2.49%) Workday
10 8 (2.21%) Automation Anywhere
10 8 (2.21%) OutSystems
10 8 (2.21%) UiPath
11 7 (1.93%) Splunk
12 6 (1.66%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.38%) Denodo
13 5 (1.38%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.10%) Apple