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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 318 402
Rank change year-on-year +18 +84 -5
Contract jobs citing OAuth 370 193 142
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 0.71% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.36% 3.17% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 126 90
10th Percentile £406 £365 £448
25th Percentile £470 £429 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £668 £603 £670
90th Percentile £753 £676 £700
UK median daily rate £560 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £36.75 - -
25th Percentile £48.75 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £85.54 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £87.16 - -
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 8,480 6,079 7,492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.86% 22.22% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,555 4,191 5,215
10th Percentile £363 £354 £357
25th Percentile £430 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £801
UK median daily rate £525 £507 £545
% change year-on-year +3.50% -6.93% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 138 240
10th Percentile £29.54 £31.25 £23.98
25th Percentile £50.88 £43.50 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +17.12% -1.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.30 £74.45
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -5 186 £562 +2.14% 89
North of England -21 74 £625 +31.16% 11
South East -6 71 £550 +2.33% 23
North West -22 37 £625 +27.03% 6
Yorkshire -26 33 £620 +41.23% 6
South West -36 11 £550 +1.85% 7
Midlands -58 11 £431 +3.92% 6
East of England -12 10 £558 +11.50% 5
West Midlands -54 8 £450 -25.37% 6
North East - 6 £563 -
East Midlands -24 3 £402 -3.13%
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 (4.59%) Confluence
2 15 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.08%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.81%) Appian
6 3 (0.81%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.54%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.54%) Mule
8 1 (0.27%) Apache
8 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.27%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.08%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.54%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 209 (56.49%) Azure
2 152 (41.08%) AWS
3 112 (30.27%) Entra ID
4 77 (20.81%) GCP
5 46 (12.43%) Serverless
6 40 (10.81%) GitHub
7 39 (10.54%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (8.65%) SaaS
9 30 (8.11%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (7.57%) Azure AKS
11 25 (6.76%) Azure API Management
12 22 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (5.14%) Azure Key Vault
14 18 (4.86%) Amazon S3
14 18 (4.86%) Azure Monitor
14 18 (4.86%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (4.59%) Apigee
16 15 (4.05%) Amazon ECS
16 15 (4.05%) Kong
17 13 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.86%) Kerberos
2 16 (4.32%) DNS
3 12 (3.24%) SSL
4 10 (2.70%) Firewall
4 10 (2.70%) HTTP
5 7 (1.89%) DKIM
5 7 (1.89%) DMARC
6 6 (1.62%) IPsec
7 5 (1.35%) Network Security
7 5 (1.35%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.81%) NGFW
9 2 (0.54%) DHCP
9 2 (0.54%) X.509
10 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.27%) SSH
10 1 (0.27%) VPN
10 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.57%) Relational Database
2 25 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (6.49%) SQL Server
4 16 (4.32%) Redis
5 14 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (3.78%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.51%) MongoDB
7 10 (2.70%) DynamoDB
8 8 (2.16%) Metadata
8 8 (2.16%) MySQL
9 5 (1.35%) Data Vault
9 5 (1.35%) Power BI
9 5 (1.35%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.08%) Hazelcast
11 3 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.81%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.54%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 43 (11.62%) Git
2 23 (6.22%) Jenkins
3 21 (5.68%) JIRA
4 19 (5.14%) GitLab
5 10 (2.70%) Browser DevTools
6 7 (1.89%) git-flow
6 7 (1.89%) Postman
7 6 (1.62%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.62%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.35%) Gradle
8 5 (1.35%) Maven
8 5 (1.35%) Storybook
9 4 (1.08%) MLflow
9 4 (1.08%) Snyk
10 3 (0.81%) Fiddler
10 3 (0.81%) JMeter
10 3 (0.81%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.54%) Mockito
11 2 (0.54%) Moq
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
General
1 83 (22.43%) Social Skills
2 78 (21.08%) Finance
3 51 (13.78%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.46%) Banking
5 26 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.78%) Retail
8 12 (3.24%) Military
9 10 (2.70%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.62%) Legal
11 5 (1.35%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.08%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.08%) Publishing
13 3 (0.81%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.54%) Automotive
14 2 (0.54%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.54%) Law
14 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 103 (27.84%) Developer
2 87 (23.51%) Architect
3 50 (13.51%) Senior
4 28 (7.57%) Lead
4 28 (7.57%) Technical Architect
5 25 (6.76%) Java Developer
6 23 (6.22%) Full-Stack Developer
7 18 (4.86%) Senior Developer
8 14 (3.78%) IAM Specialist
9 12 (3.24%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (3.24%) Consultant
9 12 (3.24%) Integration Architect
9 12 (3.24%) Security Architect
10 11 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.43%) .NET Developer
11 9 (2.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 9 (2.43%) IAM Developer
11 9 (2.43%) Senior Java Developer
12 8 (2.16%) Azure Developer
12 8 (2.16%) Low-Code Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (51.35%) OAuth2
2 184 (49.73%) OpenID
3 151 (40.81%) SAML
4 127 (34.32%) REST
5 76 (20.54%) JWT
6 61 (16.49%) SOAP
7 59 (15.95%) RESTful
8 52 (14.05%) LDAP
9 44 (11.89%) JSON
10 37 (10.00%) .NET
11 36 (9.73%) SailPoint
12 35 (9.46%) Kafka
12 35 (9.46%) React
13 33 (8.92%) CSS
14 31 (8.38%) Spring
15 29 (7.84%) Web Services
16 27 (7.30%) Node.js
16 27 (7.30%) Spring Boot
17 26 (7.03%) HTML
17 26 (7.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (18.38%) Cloud Native
2 36 (9.73%) Onboarding
3 32 (8.65%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (7.03%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (5.68%) Product Ownership
5 21 (5.68%) Security Posture
6 16 (4.32%) Management Information System
7 14 (3.78%) Mobile App
8 12 (3.24%) CMDB
8 12 (3.24%) Low-Code
9 11 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (2.97%) PKI
10 8 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.62%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.62%) Freedom of Information
11 6 (1.62%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (1.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.43%) Windows
2 7 (1.89%) Linux
3 5 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.35%) Ubuntu
3 5 (1.35%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.08%) Android
4 4 (1.08%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.27%) CentOS
5 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
5 1 (0.27%) VMS
5 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (41.08%) CI/CD
2 136 (36.76%) DevOps
3 97 (26.22%) Microservices
4 93 (25.14%) Agile
5 74 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
6 72 (19.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 70 (18.92%) Containerisation
8 63 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (15.95%) Event-Driven
10 58 (15.68%) RBAC
11 55 (14.86%) AI
11 55 (14.86%) Test Automation
12 49 (13.24%) API Integration
13 45 (12.16%) Zero Trust
14 43 (11.62%) Integration Patterns
15 41 (11.08%) Data Modelling
16 40 (10.81%) API Management
16 40 (10.81%) Migration
16 40 (10.81%) Observability
17 39 (10.54%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 83 (22.43%) Java
2 82 (22.16%) Python
3 73 (19.73%) SQL
4 69 (18.65%) JavaScript
5 50 (13.51%) PowerShell
6 37 (10.00%) TypeScript
7 35 (9.46%) C#
8 25 (6.76%) Bicep
9 9 (2.43%) Bash
9 9 (2.43%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.35%) Go
11 4 (1.08%) Groovy
11 4 (1.08%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.81%) PHP
13 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.54%) PromQL
13 2 (0.54%) Scala
13 2 (0.54%) Swift
14 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.27%) XPath
Qualifications
1 95 (25.68%) Security Cleared
2 73 (19.73%) SC Cleared
3 36 (9.73%) Degree
4 25 (6.76%) CISSP
5 20 (5.41%) Azure Certification
6 15 (4.05%) AWS Certification
7 14 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.70%) CISM
10 9 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (2.16%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.89%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (1.35%) CSPO
14 5 (1.35%) GIAC
15 4 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
17 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 2 (0.54%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (7.84%) NIST
3 27 (7.30%) GDPR
4 18 (4.86%) QA
5 10 (2.70%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.43%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.89%) NCSC
8 6 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.35%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.08%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.54%) GRC
12 2 (0.54%) IEC 62304
12 2 (0.54%) ISO 13485
12 2 (0.54%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.54%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.54%) SNOMED CT
12 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (22.97%) Active Directory
2 77 (20.81%) Docker
3 5 (1.35%) RACF
4 3 (0.81%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.27%) Squid
6 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 78 (21.08%) Terraform
2 75 (20.27%) Kubernetes
3 64 (17.30%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (6.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 23 (6.22%) Grafana
6 21 (5.68%) Prometheus
7 12 (3.24%) Ansible
8 6 (1.62%) Argo
8 6 (1.62%) Istio
8 6 (1.62%) linkerd
9 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.08%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.08%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.08%) PingFederate
10 4 (1.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.81%) WMI
12 2 (0.54%) Consul
12 2 (0.54%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.27%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 105 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.92%) ServiceNow
3 31 (8.38%) Oracle
4 27 (7.30%) Okta
5 25 (6.76%) Google
6 18 (4.86%) MuleSoft
7 16 (4.32%) CyberArk
8 15 (4.05%) Ping Identity
8 15 (4.05%) SAP
9 11 (2.97%) Workday
10 10 (2.70%) ForgeRock
10 10 (2.70%) OpenAI
10 10 (2.70%) Salesforce
11 8 (2.16%) OutSystems
12 5 (1.35%) Denodo
12 5 (1.35%) Splunk
12 5 (1.35%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.08%) BeyondTrust
13 4 (1.08%) IBM
14 3 (0.81%) UiPath