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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 314 397
Rank change year-on-year +17 +83 -22
Contract jobs citing OAuth 382 198 140
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.84% 0.72% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.48% 3.23% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 129 89
10th Percentile £413 £367 £446
25th Percentile £484 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £514 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.87% -14.33% -
75th Percentile £670 £613 £672
90th Percentile £751 £676 £700
UK median daily rate £560 £519 £600
% change year-on-year +8.00% -13.58% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 0
10th Percentile £37.25 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £85.00 £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 8,530 6,128 7,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.74% 22.20% 21.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,584 4,228 5,077
10th Percentile £363 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £649 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £824
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 145 231
10th Percentile £29.00 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £47.60 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £73.94 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.36 £79.48 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year +18.18% +2.33% -10.42%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +4 192 £569 +3.50% 106
North of England -25 75 £625 +31.58% 11
South East -1 74 £525 +7.69% 21
Yorkshire -16 36 £620 +41.23% 7
North West -33 35 £625 +27.03% 5
South West -33 12 £550 +1.85% 8
Midlands -58 11 £438 +5.42% 4
East of England -10 10 £558 +11.50% 6
West Midlands -55 9 £531 -11.94% 4
North East - 6 £563 -
East Midlands -28 2 £401 -2.79%
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 (4.45%) Confluence
2 16 (4.19%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.83%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.31%) Mule
6 3 (0.79%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.52%) Appian
8 1 (0.26%) Apache
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.26%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.05%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.52%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 214 (56.02%) Azure
2 152 (39.79%) AWS
3 112 (29.32%) Entra ID
4 83 (21.73%) GCP
5 44 (11.52%) Serverless
6 41 (10.73%) GitHub
7 40 (10.47%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (9.16%) SaaS
9 30 (7.85%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (6.81%) Azure AKS
11 25 (6.54%) Azure API Management
12 22 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (4.97%) Azure Key Vault
13 19 (4.97%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (4.71%) Azure Monitor
15 17 (4.45%) Amazon S3
15 17 (4.45%) Apigee
16 15 (3.93%) Kong
17 14 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
18 13 (3.40%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.45%) DNS
1 17 (4.45%) Kerberos
2 14 (3.66%) SSL
3 11 (2.88%) HTTP
4 10 (2.62%) Firewall
5 7 (1.83%) DKIM
5 7 (1.83%) DMARC
6 5 (1.31%) IPsec
6 5 (1.31%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.05%) Network Security
8 3 (0.79%) NGFW
9 2 (0.52%) DHCP
9 2 (0.52%) X.509
10 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.26%) SSH
10 1 (0.26%) VPN
10 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.85%) Relational Database
2 26 (6.81%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (6.28%) SQL Server
4 16 (4.19%) Redis
5 15 (3.93%) NoSQL
6 14 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (3.14%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.62%) DynamoDB
9 9 (2.36%) MySQL
10 8 (2.09%) Metadata
11 6 (1.57%) Power BI
12 5 (1.31%) Data Vault
12 5 (1.31%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.31%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.05%) Hazelcast
14 3 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
15 2 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 47 (12.30%) Git
2 25 (6.54%) Jenkins
3 21 (5.50%) GitLab
3 21 (5.50%) JIRA
4 10 (2.62%) Browser DevTools
5 7 (1.83%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.83%) git-flow
6 6 (1.57%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.57%) Postman
7 5 (1.31%) Gradle
7 5 (1.31%) Maven
7 5 (1.31%) Storybook
8 4 (1.05%) Snyk
9 3 (0.79%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.79%) JMeter
9 3 (0.79%) MLflow
10 2 (0.52%) Mockito
10 2 (0.52%) Moq
10 2 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.52%) SoapUI
General
1 88 (23.04%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.68%) Finance
3 54 (14.14%) Public Sector
4 36 (9.42%) Banking
5 29 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.66%) Retail
8 12 (3.14%) Military
9 10 (2.62%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.83%) Legal
11 5 (1.31%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.05%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.05%) Publishing
13 3 (0.79%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.52%) Automotive
14 2 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.52%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.52%) Law
14 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 105 (27.49%) Developer
2 97 (25.39%) Architect
3 49 (12.83%) Senior
4 32 (8.38%) Lead
5 28 (7.33%) Technical Architect
6 25 (6.54%) Java Developer
7 23 (6.02%) Full-Stack Developer
8 19 (4.97%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (4.71%) Senior Developer
10 15 (3.93%) IAM Specialist
11 13 (3.40%) Consultant
11 13 (3.40%) Security Architect
12 12 (3.14%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (3.14%) Integration Architect
13 11 (2.88%) Technical Leader
14 9 (2.36%) .NET Developer
14 9 (2.36%) IAM Developer
14 9 (2.36%) Lead Architect
14 9 (2.36%) Senior Java Developer
15 8 (2.09%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (52.88%) OAuth2
2 193 (50.52%) OpenID
3 157 (41.10%) SAML
4 132 (34.55%) REST
5 79 (20.68%) JWT
6 65 (17.02%) SOAP
7 59 (15.45%) RESTful
8 53 (13.87%) LDAP
9 48 (12.57%) JSON
10 37 (9.69%) .NET
10 37 (9.69%) SailPoint
11 36 (9.42%) Kafka
11 36 (9.42%) React
12 35 (9.16%) CSS
13 31 (8.12%) Spring
14 30 (7.85%) XML
15 28 (7.33%) HTML
16 27 (7.07%) Node.js
16 27 (7.07%) Web Services
17 26 (6.81%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 74 (19.37%) Cloud Native
2 34 (8.90%) Onboarding
3 33 (8.64%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (7.33%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (6.81%) Product Ownership
6 21 (5.50%) Security Posture
7 16 (4.19%) Management Information System
7 16 (4.19%) PKI
8 13 (3.40%) Mobile App
9 12 (3.14%) CMDB
10 11 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.88%) Low-Code
11 8 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.57%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.57%) Freedom of Information
13 5 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.31%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.05%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.62%) Windows
2 8 (2.09%) Linux
3 6 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.31%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.05%) Android
5 4 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) CentOS
6 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.26%) Unix
6 1 (0.26%) VMS
6 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (41.36%) CI/CD
2 141 (36.91%) DevOps
3 98 (25.65%) Microservices
4 96 (25.13%) Agile
5 82 (21.47%) Identity Access Management
6 73 (19.11%) Containerisation
7 71 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
8 70 (18.32%) Infrastructure as Code
9 66 (17.28%) Event-Driven
10 60 (15.71%) RBAC
11 56 (14.66%) AI
11 56 (14.66%) Test Automation
12 53 (13.87%) Integration Patterns
13 49 (12.83%) Zero Trust
14 48 (12.57%) API Integration
15 46 (12.04%) Mentoring
16 44 (11.52%) Roadmaps
16 44 (11.52%) Technical Leadership
17 42 (10.99%) API Management
17 42 (10.99%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 87 (22.77%) Java
2 84 (21.99%) Python
3 73 (19.11%) JavaScript
3 73 (19.11%) SQL
4 52 (13.61%) PowerShell
5 38 (9.95%) TypeScript
6 37 (9.69%) C#
7 23 (6.02%) Bicep
8 9 (2.36%) Bash
8 9 (2.36%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.31%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.05%) Groovy
11 3 (0.79%) Go
11 3 (0.79%) PHP
12 2 (0.52%) PromQL
12 2 (0.52%) Scala
12 2 (0.52%) Swift
13 1 (0.26%) C++
13 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.26%) XPath
Qualifications
1 103 (26.96%) Security Cleared
2 77 (20.16%) SC Cleared
3 37 (9.69%) Degree
4 24 (6.28%) CISSP
5 20 (5.24%) Azure Certification
6 15 (3.93%) AWS Certification
6 15 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (3.14%) DV Cleared
9 10 (2.62%) CISM
10 8 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.83%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.31%) CSPO
13 5 (1.31%) GIAC
14 4 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 2 (0.52%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 30 (7.85%) NIST
2 27 (7.07%) GDPR
3 21 (5.50%) QA
4 10 (2.62%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.83%) NCSC
5 7 (1.83%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.57%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.31%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.52%) HL7
9 2 (0.52%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.52%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.52%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.52%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.52%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.26%) SEPA
10 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 89 (23.30%) Active Directory
2 78 (20.42%) Docker
3 4 (1.05%) RACF
4 3 (0.79%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.26%) Squid
6 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 79 (20.68%) Kubernetes
2 76 (19.90%) Terraform
3 61 (15.97%) Single Sign-On
4 25 (6.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (5.76%) Grafana
6 20 (5.24%) Prometheus
7 13 (3.40%) Ansible
8 7 (1.83%) Argo
9 5 (1.31%) Istio
9 5 (1.31%) linkerd
9 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.05%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.05%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.05%) PingFederate
10 4 (1.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.79%) WMI
12 2 (0.52%) Consul
12 2 (0.52%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.26%) Puppet
13 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 107 (28.01%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.64%) Oracle
2 33 (8.64%) ServiceNow
3 30 (7.85%) Google
4 27 (7.07%) Okta
5 22 (5.76%) MuleSoft
6 16 (4.19%) CyberArk
7 15 (3.93%) Ping Identity
7 15 (3.93%) SAP
8 13 (3.40%) Salesforce
9 10 (2.62%) ForgeRock
9 10 (2.62%) Workday
10 9 (2.36%) OpenAI
11 8 (2.09%) OutSystems
12 6 (1.57%) IBM
13 5 (1.31%) Denodo
13 5 (1.31%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.05%) BeyondTrust
14 4 (1.05%) Informatica
15 3 (0.79%) TIBCO