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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 313 389
Rank change year-on-year +30 +76 +8
Contract jobs citing OAuth 349 156 145
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 0.64% 0.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.45% 2.89% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 106 105
10th Percentile £400 £400 £434
25th Percentile £463 £464 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £644 £654 £638
90th Percentile £738 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £577
% change year-on-year +2.33% -6.85% +3.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £55.13 - -
90th Percentile £55.95 - -
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 7,843 5,398 7,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.26% 22.31% 20.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,194 3,735 5,309
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £626 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 100 227
10th Percentile £32.06 £33.25 £22.19
25th Percentile £52.38 £51.20 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.64
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.43 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -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 15 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
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 15 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 +32 200 £539 -5.19% 56
North of England -11 79 £569 +14.67% 15
North West -8 46 £550 +10.00% 13
South East -38 33 £598 -6.64% 26
Yorkshire -31 32 £598 +27.40% 2
South West -15 19 £550 +7.32% 6
Midlands -65 9 £438 -0.46% 5
West Midlands -57 5 £350 -41.96% 3
East of England - 4 £500 - 4
East Midlands -32 3 £438 -0.46% 2
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 (4.87%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.87%) Confluence
4 8 (2.29%) Appian
5 5 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.86%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.86%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.57%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.57%) CICS
8 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.58%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 169 (48.42%) Azure
2 133 (38.11%) AWS
3 103 (29.51%) Entra ID
4 73 (20.92%) GCP
5 53 (15.19%) Serverless
6 26 (7.45%) GitHub
7 25 (7.16%) SaaS
8 24 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (6.59%) Amazon S3
9 23 (6.59%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (6.30%) Apigee
11 21 (6.02%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (5.73%) Kong
12 20 (5.73%) PaaS
13 18 (5.16%) AWS CloudFormation
13 18 (5.16%) IaaS
13 18 (5.16%) OCI
14 17 (4.87%) Azure AKS
15 16 (4.58%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.89%) DNS
2 36 (10.32%) Kerberos
3 16 (4.58%) DHCP
4 14 (4.01%) HTTP
5 13 (3.72%) Firewall
6 11 (3.15%) SSL
7 7 (2.01%) DKIM
7 7 (2.01%) DMARC
7 7 (2.01%) Reverse Proxy
8 6 (1.72%) IPsec
9 5 (1.43%) Network Security
9 5 (1.43%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.86%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.86%) NGFW
11 2 (0.57%) RFID
11 2 (0.57%) VPN
12 1 (0.29%) SMS
12 1 (0.29%) WAN
12 1 (0.29%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.74%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.30%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.73%) Redis
4 16 (4.58%) Relational Database
5 11 (3.15%) DynamoDB
5 11 (3.15%) MongoDB
5 11 (3.15%) Pinecone
6 10 (2.87%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.58%) Metadata
8 7 (2.01%) MySQL
9 6 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.72%) Hazelcast
10 5 (1.43%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.43%) Data Vault
10 5 (1.43%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.43%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (1.15%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.15%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.86%) GIS
Development Applications
1 26 (7.45%) Git
2 24 (6.88%) Jenkins
3 23 (6.59%) GitLab
4 18 (5.16%) Postman
5 16 (4.58%) JIRA
6 8 (2.29%) MLflow
6 8 (2.29%) SoapUI
7 7 (2.01%) Browser DevTools
8 6 (1.72%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.43%) Gradle
9 5 (1.43%) Maven
9 5 (1.43%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.15%) git-flow
10 4 (1.15%) Snyk
11 3 (0.86%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.86%) Vite
12 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.57%) Moq
12 2 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 86 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 69 (19.77%) Finance
3 39 (11.17%) Banking
3 39 (11.17%) Public Sector
4 32 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.29%) Military
7 6 (1.72%) Retail
8 5 (1.43%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.15%) Marketing
9 4 (1.15%) Publishing
10 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.86%) Games
10 3 (0.86%) Legal
10 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (23.78%) Developer
2 70 (20.06%) Architect
3 48 (13.75%) Senior
4 20 (5.73%) Lead
5 18 (5.16%) Technical Architect
6 16 (4.58%) Java Developer
7 15 (4.30%) Analyst
8 13 (3.72%) Senior Developer
9 12 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 11 (3.15%) Backend Developer
11 10 (2.87%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (2.87%) Integration Engineer
11 10 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.58%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (2.58%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (2.58%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (2.58%) IAM Specialist
13 8 (2.29%) Automation Engineer
13 8 (2.29%) Platform Engineer
13 8 (2.29%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (48.71%) OAuth2
2 164 (46.99%) OpenID
3 153 (43.84%) SAML
4 93 (26.65%) REST
5 72 (20.63%) JWT
6 52 (14.90%) RESTful
7 51 (14.61%) LDAP
8 50 (14.33%) JSON
9 47 (13.47%) SOAP
10 35 (10.03%) Web Services
11 34 (9.74%) Spring
11 34 (9.74%) Spring Boot
12 32 (9.17%) Node.js
12 32 (9.17%) XML
13 31 (8.88%) Kafka
14 30 (8.60%) .NET
15 24 (6.88%) React
15 24 (6.88%) SailPoint
16 23 (6.59%) Swagger
17 22 (6.30%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.47%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.31%) Onboarding
3 26 (7.45%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (5.73%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (5.73%) Mobile App
5 16 (4.58%) Replication
6 14 (4.01%) Low-Code
7 13 (3.72%) Management Information System
7 13 (3.72%) Public Cloud
8 12 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.58%) PKI
11 7 (2.01%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
12 6 (1.72%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.43%) CMDB
13 5 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.45%) Windows
2 20 (5.73%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.58%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.29%) Android
5 6 (1.72%) Linux
6 2 (0.57%) zOS
7 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (36.96%) CI/CD
2 110 (31.52%) DevOps
3 87 (24.93%) Microservices
4 70 (20.06%) RBAC
5 62 (17.77%) Agile
5 62 (17.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 61 (17.48%) Identity Access Management
7 57 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (14.90%) Event-Driven
9 51 (14.61%) Containerisation
10 47 (13.47%) Observability
11 46 (13.18%) Test Automation
12 45 (12.89%) Data Modelling
12 45 (12.89%) Validation
13 40 (11.46%) Integration Patterns
14 39 (11.17%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 39 (11.17%) Zero Trust
15 38 (10.89%) AI
15 38 (10.89%) API Integration
15 38 (10.89%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 75 (21.49%) Java
2 74 (21.20%) Python
3 68 (19.48%) SQL
4 50 (14.33%) PowerShell
5 49 (14.04%) JavaScript
6 33 (9.46%) TypeScript
7 28 (8.02%) C#
8 16 (4.58%) Bicep
9 13 (3.72%) Go
9 13 (3.72%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.01%) Bash
11 4 (1.15%) Groovy
11 4 (1.15%) PHP
12 3 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.86%) Swift
13 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.29%) C++
14 1 (0.29%) COBOL
14 1 (0.29%) JCL
14 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (24.64%) Security Cleared
2 58 (16.62%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.16%) Degree
4 18 (5.16%) CISSP
5 16 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.15%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.58%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.29%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.29%) CISM
9 6 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.15%) GIAC
10 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.57%) MCSE
11 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.29%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.60%) GDPR
2 31 (8.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (7.45%) NIST
4 21 (6.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (4.30%) PCI DSS
6 11 (3.15%) Data Quality
6 11 (3.15%) QA
7 7 (2.01%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.72%) SOC 2
9 5 (1.43%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.86%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.86%) GRC
10 3 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.86%) ISO 8583
10 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.86%) NCSC
10 3 (0.86%) SEPA
10 3 (0.86%) WCAG
11 2 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 81 (23.21%) Active Directory
2 69 (19.77%) Docker
3 6 (1.72%) RACF
4 2 (0.57%) OpenAM
4 2 (0.57%) OpenDJ
4 2 (0.57%) OpenIDM
4 2 (0.57%) Squid
4 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 85 (24.36%) Single Sign-On
2 74 (21.20%) Kubernetes
3 66 (18.91%) Terraform
4 38 (10.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (4.58%) Grafana
5 16 (4.58%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.01%) Argo
7 6 (1.72%) Istio
7 6 (1.72%) linkerd
8 5 (1.43%) Ansible
8 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.15%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.15%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.15%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.29%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 98 (28.08%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.60%) Google
3 29 (8.31%) Okta
4 25 (7.16%) Oracle
5 20 (5.73%) ServiceNow
6 17 (4.87%) CyberArk
7 14 (4.01%) MuleSoft
8 12 (3.44%) SAP
9 10 (2.87%) OpenAI
10 9 (2.58%) Ping Identity
11 8 (2.29%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (2.29%) ForgeRock
11 8 (2.29%) UiPath
12 7 (2.01%) Splunk
12 7 (2.01%) Workday
13 5 (1.43%) Denodo
13 5 (1.43%) OutSystems
13 5 (1.43%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.15%) Apple
14 4 (1.15%) BeyondTrust