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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 321 389
Rank change year-on-year +46 +68 -2
Contract jobs citing OAuth 349 158 142
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 0.65% 0.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.42% 2.91% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 107 103
10th Percentile £403 £400 £433
25th Percentile £463 £466 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £577
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.63% +0.35%
75th Percentile £644 £653 £638
90th Percentile £738 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £537 £585
% change year-on-year +2.37% -8.16% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £37.75 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 - -

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 7,895 5,421 7,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.24% 22.28% 20.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,238 3,753 5,342
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 £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 99 230
10th Percentile £31.03 £32.65 £22.42
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £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 £65.95
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.50 £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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +35 201 £539 -5.19% 62
North of England -16 78 £575 +15.93% 14
North West -16 44 £600 +20.00% 13
South East -40 35 £598 -6.64% 21
Yorkshire -25 33 £575 +22.60% 2
South West -13 16 £550 +7.32% 7
Midlands -60 10 £438 -0.46% 6
West Midlands -52 5 £350 -41.96% 4
East of England -25 4 £500 - 4
East Midlands -33 4 £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
1 170 (48.71%) Azure
2 131 (37.54%) AWS
3 103 (29.51%) Entra ID
4 74 (21.20%) GCP
5 53 (15.19%) Serverless
6 28 (8.02%) GitHub
7 25 (7.16%) SaaS
8 24 (6.88%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (6.59%) Amazon S3
9 23 (6.59%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (6.02%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (5.44%) Apigee
11 19 (5.44%) Azure AKS
11 19 (5.44%) Kong
11 19 (5.44%) PaaS
12 18 (5.16%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (4.87%) Amazon EKS
13 17 (4.87%) IaaS
13 17 (4.87%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.60%) DNS
2 36 (10.32%) Kerberos
3 16 (4.58%) DHCP
4 14 (4.01%) HTTP
5 12 (3.44%) 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 28 (8.02%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.30%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.73%) Redis
4 17 (4.87%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.72%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.44%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.15%) DynamoDB
7 11 (3.15%) Pinecone
8 9 (2.58%) Metadata
9 7 (2.01%) MySQL
10 6 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.72%) Hazelcast
11 5 (1.43%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (1.43%) Data Vault
11 5 (1.43%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.43%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.15%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.15%) DocumentDB
13 3 (0.86%) GIS
Development Applications
1 27 (7.74%) Git
2 25 (7.16%) Jenkins
3 23 (6.59%) GitLab
4 17 (4.87%) Postman
5 16 (4.58%) JIRA
6 9 (2.58%) Browser DevTools
7 8 (2.29%) MLflow
7 8 (2.29%) SoapUI
8 6 (1.72%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.43%) git-flow
9 5 (1.43%) Gradle
9 5 (1.43%) Maven
9 5 (1.43%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.15%) Snyk
11 3 (0.86%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.86%) JMeter
11 3 (0.86%) Vite
12 2 (0.57%) Moq
12 2 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 85 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.20%) Finance
3 40 (11.46%) Banking
4 38 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 30 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.29%) Military
8 7 (2.01%) Retail
9 5 (1.43%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.15%) Marketing
10 4 (1.15%) Publishing
11 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.86%) Games
11 3 (0.86%) Legal
12 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.29%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (24.93%) Developer
2 69 (19.77%) Architect
3 49 (14.04%) Senior
4 22 (6.30%) Lead
5 18 (5.16%) Java Developer
5 18 (5.16%) Technical Architect
6 14 (4.01%) Senior Developer
7 13 (3.72%) Analyst
8 12 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 11 (3.15%) Backend Developer
10 10 (2.87%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.58%) Applications Engineer
11 9 (2.58%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (2.58%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (2.58%) Consultant
11 9 (2.58%) IAM Specialist
11 9 (2.58%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (2.29%) Automation Engineer
12 8 (2.29%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (49.00%) OAuth2
2 164 (46.99%) OpenID
3 152 (43.55%) SAML
4 92 (26.36%) REST
5 68 (19.48%) JWT
6 54 (15.47%) RESTful
7 51 (14.61%) LDAP
8 47 (13.47%) JSON
8 47 (13.47%) SOAP
9 35 (10.03%) Spring
9 35 (10.03%) Spring Boot
10 34 (9.74%) Web Services
11 31 (8.88%) .NET
11 31 (8.88%) Kafka
12 30 (8.60%) Node.js
13 29 (8.31%) XML
14 25 (7.16%) React
15 24 (6.88%) SailPoint
16 23 (6.59%) CSS
17 22 (6.30%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (13.47%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.31%) Onboarding
3 26 (7.45%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (5.73%) Mobile App
5 19 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (4.58%) Replication
7 15 (4.30%) Low-Code
8 13 (3.72%) Management Information System
9 12 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (3.44%) Public Cloud
10 10 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (2.58%) PKI
12 7 (2.01%) Product Ownership
12 7 (2.01%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
14 5 (1.43%) CMDB
14 5 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.88%) Windows
2 19 (5.44%) 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 86 (24.64%) Microservices
4 69 (19.77%) RBAC
5 63 (18.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 62 (17.77%) Agile
7 61 (17.48%) Identity Access Management
8 55 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (15.47%) Event-Driven
10 50 (14.33%) Containerisation
10 50 (14.33%) Observability
11 47 (13.47%) Test Automation
12 46 (13.18%) Data Modelling
13 44 (12.61%) Validation
14 40 (11.46%) API Integration
14 40 (11.46%) Zero Trust
15 39 (11.17%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 38 (10.89%) AI
16 38 (10.89%) Design Patterns
16 38 (10.89%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 77 (22.06%) Java
2 73 (20.92%) Python
3 68 (19.48%) SQL
4 52 (14.90%) JavaScript
5 49 (14.04%) PowerShell
6 32 (9.17%) TypeScript
7 29 (8.31%) C#
8 17 (4.87%) Bicep
9 14 (4.01%) Go
10 13 (3.72%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.01%) Bash
12 4 (1.15%) Groovy
12 4 (1.15%) PHP
13 3 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.86%) Swift
14 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.57%) Scala
15 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.29%) C++
15 1 (0.29%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 82 (23.50%) Security Cleared
2 56 (16.05%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.59%) Degree
4 18 (5.16%) CISSP
5 15 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.58%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.58%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.29%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.29%) CISM
10 6 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.15%) GIAC
11 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.57%) MCSE
12 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.29%) PMP
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 13 (3.72%) QA
7 11 (3.15%) Data Quality
8 7 (2.01%) HIPAA
9 6 (1.72%) SOC 2
10 5 (1.43%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.86%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.86%) GRC
11 3 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.86%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.86%) SEPA
11 3 (0.86%) WCAG
12 2 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 79 (22.64%) 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 83 (23.78%) Single Sign-On
2 74 (21.20%) Kubernetes
3 67 (19.20%) Terraform
4 36 (10.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (4.87%) Grafana
5 17 (4.87%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.01%) Argo
7 6 (1.72%) Istio
7 6 (1.72%) linkerd
8 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.15%) Ansible
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 96 (27.51%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.60%) Okta
3 29 (8.31%) Google
4 25 (7.16%) Oracle
5 21 (6.02%) ServiceNow
6 17 (4.87%) CyberArk
7 12 (3.44%) MuleSoft
7 12 (3.44%) SAP
8 10 (2.87%) OpenAI
9 9 (2.58%) Ping Identity
10 8 (2.29%) Automation Anywhere
10 8 (2.29%) ForgeRock
10 8 (2.29%) UiPath
11 7 (2.01%) Splunk
11 7 (2.01%) Workday
12 6 (1.72%) OutSystems
13 5 (1.43%) Denodo
13 5 (1.43%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.15%) Apple
14 4 (1.15%) BeyondTrust