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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 310 400
Rank change year-on-year +32 +90 -20
Contract jobs citing OAuth 360 159 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 0.67% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.49% 2.99% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 107 100
10th Percentile £403 £400 £428
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £593
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% -9.20% +3.04%
75th Percentile £650 £653 £638
90th Percentile £743 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £537 £593
% change year-on-year +2.42% -9.37% +5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £36.25 - -
25th Percentile £38.75 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £68.06 - -
90th Percentile £84.60 - -
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 8,020 5,318 7,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.25% 22.37% 20.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,295 3,686 5,352
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £421 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.35%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £794 £793
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 95 234
10th Percentile £30.87 £28.13 £22.58
25th Percentile £51.25 £40.42 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.13 £68.38 £66.63
90th Percentile £78.83 £81.01 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -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 27 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OAuth in England over the 6 months to 27 May 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 27 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 +37 206 £543 -1.36% 64
North of England -22 76 £575 +15.93% 13
South East -30 43 £600 -4.76% 20
North West -20 41 £575 +15.00% 12
Yorkshire -25 34 £598 +27.40% 2
South West -17 17 £550 +7.32% 6
Midlands -70 9 £438 -0.46% 6
East Midlands -34 5 £438 +7.43% 2
East of England -26 4 £500 - 5
West Midlands -59 3 £350 -41.96% 4
North East - 2 £525 -
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 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.78%) Confluence
4 8 (2.22%) Appian
5 5 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.83%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.56%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.28%) CICS
8 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 9 (2.50%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.28%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 181 (50.28%) Azure
2 137 (38.06%) AWS
3 109 (30.28%) Entra ID
4 73 (20.28%) GCP
5 52 (14.44%) Serverless
6 35 (9.72%) GitHub
7 29 (8.06%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (7.22%) SaaS
9 24 (6.67%) Amazon S3
9 24 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (6.11%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (5.83%) OCI
12 20 (5.56%) Azure AKS
12 20 (5.56%) PaaS
13 19 (5.28%) Kong
14 18 (5.00%) Apigee
14 18 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (4.72%) Amazon ECS
15 17 (4.72%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.28%) DNS
2 34 (9.44%) Kerberos
3 16 (4.44%) DHCP
4 12 (3.33%) Firewall
5 11 (3.06%) HTTP
5 11 (3.06%) SSL
6 7 (1.94%) DKIM
6 7 (1.94%) DMARC
6 7 (1.94%) Reverse Proxy
7 6 (1.67%) IPsec
8 5 (1.39%) Network Security
8 5 (1.39%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.83%) NGFW
10 2 (0.56%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.56%) RFID
10 2 (0.56%) VPN
11 1 (0.28%) SMS
11 1 (0.28%) WAN
11 1 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.61%) SQL Server
2 23 (6.39%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (5.28%) Relational Database
4 18 (5.00%) Redis
5 15 (4.17%) MongoDB
5 15 (4.17%) NoSQL
6 12 (3.33%) DynamoDB
7 11 (3.06%) Pinecone
8 9 (2.50%) Metadata
9 8 (2.22%) MySQL
10 6 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.67%) Hazelcast
11 5 (1.39%) Data Vault
11 5 (1.39%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.11%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (1.11%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.11%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.83%) GIS
Development Applications
1 29 (8.06%) Git
2 27 (7.50%) Jenkins
3 25 (6.94%) GitLab
4 16 (4.44%) JIRA
4 16 (4.44%) Postman
5 10 (2.78%) Browser DevTools
6 8 (2.22%) Cucumber
6 8 (2.22%) MLflow
6 8 (2.22%) SoapUI
7 7 (1.94%) git-flow
8 5 (1.39%) Gradle
8 5 (1.39%) Maven
8 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.11%) Snyk
10 3 (0.83%) Fiddler
10 3 (0.83%) JMeter
10 3 (0.83%) JUnit
10 3 (0.83%) Vite
11 2 (0.56%) Moq
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
General
1 83 (23.06%) Social Skills
2 75 (20.83%) Finance
3 44 (12.22%) Banking
4 42 (11.67%) Public Sector
5 29 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.50%) Military
8 7 (1.94%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.94%) Retail
9 5 (1.39%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.11%) Publishing
11 3 (0.83%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.83%) Legal
12 2 (0.56%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.56%) Law
12 2 (0.56%) Marketing
12 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Games
13 1 (0.28%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (24.72%) Developer
2 74 (20.56%) Architect
3 53 (14.72%) Senior
4 24 (6.67%) Lead
5 21 (5.83%) Java Developer
6 19 (5.28%) Technical Architect
7 16 (4.44%) Senior Developer
8 15 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 12 (3.33%) Analyst
9 12 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (3.06%) Backend Developer
10 11 (3.06%) Security Architect
11 10 (2.78%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (2.78%) Consultant
11 10 (2.78%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.50%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (2.50%) IAM Specialist
13 8 (2.22%) Automation Engineer
13 8 (2.22%) Low-Code Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (50.00%) OAuth2
2 171 (47.50%) OpenID
3 157 (43.61%) SAML
4 103 (28.61%) REST
5 72 (20.00%) JWT
6 58 (16.11%) RESTful
7 52 (14.44%) LDAP
8 51 (14.17%) SOAP
9 44 (12.22%) JSON
10 38 (10.56%) Spring
10 38 (10.56%) Spring Boot
11 33 (9.17%) Kafka
11 33 (9.17%) Web Services
12 31 (8.61%) .NET
13 30 (8.33%) Node.js
14 28 (7.78%) XML
15 27 (7.50%) CSS
15 27 (7.50%) React
16 25 (6.94%) SailPoint
17 24 (6.67%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 53 (14.72%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.06%) Onboarding
3 28 (7.78%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (6.11%) Mobile App
5 19 (5.28%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (4.72%) Low-Code
7 16 (4.44%) Replication
8 13 (3.61%) Management Information System
9 12 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (3.33%) Public Cloud
10 11 (3.06%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (2.50%) PKI
13 7 (1.94%) Security Posture
14 6 (1.67%) Freedom of Information
15 5 (1.39%) AI Agents
15 5 (1.39%) CMDB
15 5 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 5 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
15 5 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.67%) Windows
2 19 (5.28%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.50%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.22%) Android
5 6 (1.67%) Linux
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (39.72%) CI/CD
2 119 (33.06%) DevOps
3 93 (25.83%) Microservices
4 73 (20.28%) Agile
5 70 (19.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 70 (19.44%) RBAC
6 63 (17.50%) Identity Access Management
7 61 (16.94%) Event-Driven
8 55 (15.28%) Containerisation
9 54 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
10 52 (14.44%) Observability
11 47 (13.06%) Test Automation
12 44 (12.22%) Data Modelling
13 43 (11.94%) Validation
14 42 (11.67%) AI
14 42 (11.67%) Design Patterns
14 42 (11.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 41 (11.39%) API Integration
15 41 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 40 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 79 (21.94%) Java
2 75 (20.83%) Python
2 75 (20.83%) SQL
3 53 (14.72%) JavaScript
4 52 (14.44%) PowerShell
5 30 (8.33%) TypeScript
6 28 (7.78%) C#
7 21 (5.83%) Bicep
8 15 (4.17%) Go
9 13 (3.61%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.94%) Bash
11 4 (1.11%) PHP
12 3 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.83%) Swift
13 2 (0.56%) Groovy
13 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.56%) PromQL
13 2 (0.56%) Scala
14 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (24.72%) Security Cleared
2 62 (17.22%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.50%) Degree
4 22 (6.11%) CISSP
5 14 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.06%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.78%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.78%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.50%) CISM
10 6 (1.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.11%) CSPO
11 4 (1.11%) GIAC
11 4 (1.11%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.56%) CEH
12 2 (0.56%) MCSE
12 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.83%) GDPR
2 31 (8.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (6.94%) NIST
4 20 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 16 (4.44%) QA
6 15 (4.17%) PCI DSS
7 11 (3.06%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.94%) HIPAA
9 6 (1.67%) SOC 2
10 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.11%) ISO 20022
10 4 (1.11%) NCSC
11 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.83%) GRC
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 81 (22.50%) Active Directory
2 73 (20.28%) Docker
3 6 (1.67%) RACF
4 2 (0.56%) Squid
4 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 87 (24.17%) Single Sign-On
2 79 (21.94%) Kubernetes
3 74 (20.56%) Terraform
4 37 (10.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (5.28%) Grafana
5 19 (5.28%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.22%) Argo
7 6 (1.67%) Ansible
7 6 (1.67%) Istio
7 6 (1.67%) linkerd
8 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.11%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.11%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.11%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.56%) Consul
11 2 (0.56%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 96 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.72%) Okta
3 32 (8.89%) Oracle
4 29 (8.06%) Google
5 22 (6.11%) ServiceNow
6 17 (4.72%) CyberArk
7 13 (3.61%) OpenAI
7 13 (3.61%) Ping Identity
7 13 (3.61%) SAP
8 12 (3.33%) MuleSoft
9 10 (2.78%) ForgeRock
10 8 (2.22%) Automation Anywhere
10 8 (2.22%) OutSystems
10 8 (2.22%) UiPath
11 7 (1.94%) Workday
12 6 (1.67%) Splunk
13 5 (1.39%) Denodo
13 5 (1.39%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.11%) Apple
14 4 (1.11%) BeyondTrust