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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 285 382
Rank change year-on-year -6 +97 -21
Contract jobs citing OAuth 403 234 131
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 0.85% 0.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.13% 3.42% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 158 83
10th Percentile £413 £359 £475
25th Percentile £473 £406 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -18.37% +2.08%
75th Percentile £656 £600 £675
90th Percentile £750 £663 £702
UK median daily rate £560 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +12.00% -16.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 0
10th Percentile £38.25 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £86.08 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £87.64 - -
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 9,749 6,844 8,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.37% 25.00% 24.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,427 4,696 5,529
10th Percentile £375 £356 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 167 181
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £31.25
25th Percentile £50.88 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £54.70 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.35% -12.48% -0.79%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.67 £76.48 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £53.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.07% -13.56% -1.44%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -12 200 £575 +4.55% 203
North of England -28 73 £625 +50.78% 28
South East -4 72 £500 - 33
Yorkshire -16 37 £594 +45.17% 15
North West -43 32 £625 +48.81% 10
Midlands -51 22 £464 +11.71% 16
West Midlands -41 17 £575 +11.87% 12
South West -27 16 £550 +1.85% 21
East of England -11 13 £555 +11.00% 6
East Midlands -29 5 £401 -2.79% 4
North East - 5 £563 - 3
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 19 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.23%) Confluence
2 13 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.74%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.24%) Mule
5 3 (0.74%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
Business Applications
1 7 (1.74%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.50%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 229 (56.82%) Azure
2 165 (40.94%) AWS
3 117 (29.03%) Entra ID
4 92 (22.83%) GCP
5 56 (13.90%) GitHub
6 41 (10.17%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (10.17%) GitHub Actions
6 41 (10.17%) Serverless
7 36 (8.93%) SaaS
8 22 (5.46%) Azure API Management
8 22 (5.46%) Azure Service Bus
9 20 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
10 19 (4.71%) Boomi
10 19 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (4.47%) Azure AKS
12 16 (3.97%) Apigee
12 16 (3.97%) Azure Key Vault
13 14 (3.47%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (3.23%) Kong
14 13 (3.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.71%) DNS
1 19 (4.71%) Kerberos
2 12 (2.98%) SSL
3 11 (2.73%) HTTP
4 10 (2.48%) Firewall
5 7 (1.74%) DKIM
5 7 (1.74%) DMARC
6 5 (1.24%) DHCP
7 4 (0.99%) IPsec
7 4 (0.99%) Network Security
7 4 (0.99%) NGFW
7 4 (0.99%) X.509
8 2 (0.50%) SSH
8 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.50%) VPN
9 1 (0.25%) DMZ
9 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.25%) Internet
9 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.18%) PostgreSQL
1 37 (9.18%) Relational Database
2 29 (7.20%) SQL Server
3 27 (6.70%) NoSQL
4 18 (4.47%) MongoDB
5 17 (4.22%) MySQL
5 17 (4.22%) Redis
6 12 (2.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (2.23%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.74%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.49%) Metadata
9 6 (1.49%) Power BI
9 6 (1.49%) Snowflake Schema
10 5 (1.24%) Data Vault
10 5 (1.24%) Hazelcast
11 4 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.50%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 57 (14.14%) Git
2 32 (7.94%) Jenkins
3 27 (6.70%) GitLab
4 20 (4.96%) JIRA
5 12 (2.98%) Maven
6 9 (2.23%) Storybook
7 8 (1.99%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.99%) JUnit
8 7 (1.74%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.74%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.74%) Gradle
9 6 (1.49%) Mockito
10 5 (1.24%) git-flow
10 5 (1.24%) Selenium
11 4 (0.99%) Postman
11 4 (0.99%) Snyk
12 3 (0.74%) Fiddler
12 3 (0.74%) JMeter
13 2 (0.50%) Mocha
13 2 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
General
1 98 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 80 (19.85%) Finance
3 58 (14.39%) Public Sector
4 33 (8.19%) Banking
5 30 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.96%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.98%) Retail
8 11 (2.73%) Military
9 10 (2.48%) Investment Banking
10 8 (1.99%) Legal
11 7 (1.74%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.99%) Publishing
13 3 (0.74%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.74%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.50%) Automotive
14 2 (0.50%) Law
14 2 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 118 (29.28%) Developer
2 100 (24.81%) Architect
3 51 (12.66%) Senior
4 33 (8.19%) Java Developer
4 33 (8.19%) Lead
5 28 (6.95%) Technical Architect
6 23 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
7 22 (5.46%) Full-Stack Developer
8 18 (4.47%) Senior Developer
9 15 (3.72%) IAM Specialist
10 14 (3.47%) Consultant
10 14 (3.47%) Technical Leader
11 13 (3.23%) Backend Developer
11 13 (3.23%) Security Architect
12 11 (2.73%) Azure Developer
13 10 (2.48%) IAM Developer
13 10 (2.48%) Integration Architect
13 10 (2.48%) Senior Java Developer
14 9 (2.23%) Cloud Engineer
14 9 (2.23%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (52.36%) OAuth2
2 202 (50.12%) OpenID
3 152 (37.72%) REST
3 152 (37.72%) SAML
4 87 (21.59%) JWT
5 82 (20.35%) Terraform
6 66 (16.38%) SOAP
7 61 (15.14%) RESTful
8 57 (14.14%) LDAP
9 53 (13.15%) JSON
10 51 (12.66%) React
11 50 (12.41%) CSS
12 45 (11.17%) .NET
13 43 (10.67%) Kafka
14 42 (10.42%) HTML
15 38 (9.43%) Spring
16 36 (8.93%) Swagger
17 34 (8.44%) OpenAPI
17 34 (8.44%) SailPoint
18 33 (8.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 81 (20.10%) Cloud Native
2 36 (8.93%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (8.44%) Onboarding
4 33 (8.19%) Product Ownership
5 31 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (4.96%) Security Posture
7 15 (3.72%) Management Information System
8 14 (3.47%) PKI
9 13 (3.23%) CMDB
10 10 (2.48%) Mobile App
11 9 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (2.23%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.99%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (1.49%) Freedom of Information
14 5 (1.24%) Public Cloud
14 5 (1.24%) Replication
14 5 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.73%) Windows
2 8 (1.99%) Linux
2 8 (1.99%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.24%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.99%) Android
4 4 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.25%) CentOS
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
5 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (40.94%) CI/CD
2 137 (34.00%) DevOps
3 115 (28.54%) Microservices
4 106 (26.30%) Agile
5 90 (22.33%) Identity Access Management
6 82 (20.35%) Event-Driven
7 76 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (17.87%) Containerisation
8 72 (17.87%) Infrastructure as Code
9 63 (15.63%) Test Automation
10 61 (15.14%) AI
11 56 (13.90%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 56 (13.90%) Technical Leadership
12 55 (13.65%) Mentoring
13 54 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
14 53 (13.15%) Integration Patterns
15 52 (12.90%) RBAC
16 51 (12.66%) API Management
17 50 (12.41%) API Integration
18 45 (11.17%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 107 (26.55%) Java
2 93 (23.08%) Python
3 87 (21.59%) JavaScript
4 78 (19.35%) SQL
5 59 (14.64%) PowerShell
6 47 (11.66%) TypeScript
7 38 (9.43%) C#
8 25 (6.20%) Bicep
9 8 (1.99%) Bash
9 8 (1.99%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.24%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.74%) Groovy
11 3 (0.74%) PHP
12 2 (0.50%) Go
12 2 (0.50%) PromQL
12 2 (0.50%) Scala
12 2 (0.50%) Swift
13 1 (0.25%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.25%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 104 (25.81%) Security Cleared
2 79 (19.60%) SC Cleared
3 38 (9.43%) Degree
4 21 (5.21%) CISSP
5 19 (4.71%) Azure Certification
6 18 (4.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (3.72%) AWS Certification
8 14 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (2.73%) CISM
10 11 (2.73%) DV Cleared
11 9 (2.23%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.24%) CSPO
13 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.74%) GIAC
14 3 (0.74%) MCSE
15 2 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 34 (8.44%) NIST
2 31 (7.69%) GDPR
3 25 (6.20%) QA
4 12 (2.98%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.23%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.99%) NCSC
7 7 (1.74%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.24%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.24%) WCAG
10 3 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.74%) SEPA
11 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.50%) HL7
11 2 (0.50%) IEC 62304
11 2 (0.50%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.50%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.50%) SNOMED CT
11 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 92 (22.83%) Active Directory
2 78 (19.35%) Docker
3 3 (0.74%) OpenAM
3 3 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.25%) Squid
Systems Management
1 93 (23.08%) Kubernetes
2 58 (14.39%) Single Sign-On
3 27 (6.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 23 (5.71%) Grafana
5 19 (4.71%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.98%) Ansible
7 7 (1.74%) Argo
7 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.24%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.99%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.99%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.74%) Kibana
10 3 (0.74%) WMI
11 2 (0.50%) Consul
11 2 (0.50%) Istio
11 2 (0.50%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.50%) SCOM
11 2 (0.50%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.50%) Zipkin
12 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 120 (29.78%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.17%) Oracle
3 36 (8.93%) Google
4 32 (7.94%) ServiceNow
5 26 (6.45%) Okta
6 23 (5.71%) MuleSoft
7 17 (4.22%) Salesforce
8 16 (3.97%) CyberArk
8 16 (3.97%) SAP
9 14 (3.47%) Ping Identity
10 11 (2.73%) Workday
11 10 (2.48%) IBM
11 10 (2.48%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.99%) Databricks
12 8 (1.99%) Informatica
12 8 (1.99%) OutSystems
13 7 (1.74%) ForgeRock
13 7 (1.74%) TIBCO
13 7 (1.74%) WSO2
14 5 (1.24%) Dell