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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 315 399
Rank change year-on-year +15 +84 -21
Contract jobs citing OAuth 375 195 147
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.83% 0.71% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.40% 3.19% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 127 94
10th Percentile £409 £366 £426
25th Percentile £476 £430 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £668 £608 £660
90th Percentile £751 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £563 £531 £593
% change year-on-year +5.93% -10.38% +7.73%
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 8,526 6,105 7,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.93% 22.28% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,608 4,199 5,344
10th Percentile £363 £355 £351
25th Percentile £430 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £521 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -5.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.20% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 135 251
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.63 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -9.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.70%

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 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 19 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 19 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 +6 194 £575 +4.55% 43
North of England -29 74 £625 +30.75% 9
South East -17 65 £580 +0.87% 21
North West -28 38 £625 +27.03% 6
Yorkshire -31 32 £610 +38.95% 2
Midlands -54 13 £442 +6.57% 2
South West -32 12 £550 +1.85% 2
East of England -9 10 £558 +11.50% 3
West Midlands -54 8 £450 -25.37% 2
North East - 6 £563 - 1
East Midlands -25 4 £420 +1.14%
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 13 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.20%) Confluence
2 12 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.07%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.07%) Appian
5 3 (0.80%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.53%) Mule
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 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 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.53%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 209 (55.73%) Azure
2 155 (41.33%) AWS
3 114 (30.40%) Entra ID
4 80 (21.33%) GCP
5 48 (12.80%) Serverless
6 39 (10.40%) GitHub
7 33 (8.80%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (8.53%) SaaS
9 29 (7.73%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (6.40%) Azure AKS
11 22 (5.87%) Microsoft 365
12 21 (5.60%) Azure API Management
13 19 (5.07%) Amazon S3
14 17 (4.53%) Azure Service Bus
15 16 (4.27%) Amazon ECS
15 16 (4.27%) Apigee
15 16 (4.27%) Kong
16 14 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
16 14 (3.73%) Azure Key Vault
17 13 (3.47%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.13%) Kerberos
2 20 (5.33%) DNS
3 12 (3.20%) SSL
4 10 (2.67%) Firewall
4 10 (2.67%) HTTP
5 7 (1.87%) DKIM
5 7 (1.87%) DMARC
6 6 (1.60%) DHCP
6 6 (1.60%) Network Security
7 5 (1.33%) IPsec
7 5 (1.33%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.80%) NGFW
8 3 (0.80%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.27%) SSH
9 1 (0.27%) VPN
9 1 (0.27%) WAN
9 1 (0.27%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.73%) Relational Database
2 26 (6.93%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (6.93%) SQL Server
3 17 (4.53%) Redis
4 14 (3.73%) MongoDB
5 10 (2.67%) DynamoDB
6 9 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (2.40%) NoSQL
7 8 (2.13%) Metadata
7 8 (2.13%) MySQL
8 5 (1.33%) Data Vault
8 5 (1.33%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.33%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (1.07%) Hazelcast
9 4 (1.07%) Pinecone
10 3 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.80%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 41 (10.93%) Git
2 23 (6.13%) Jenkins
3 20 (5.33%) JIRA
4 19 (5.07%) GitLab
5 10 (2.67%) Browser DevTools
6 7 (1.87%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.87%) git-flow
6 7 (1.87%) Postman
7 5 (1.33%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.33%) Gradle
7 5 (1.33%) Maven
7 5 (1.33%) MLflow
8 4 (1.07%) Snyk
8 4 (1.07%) Storybook
9 3 (0.80%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.80%) JMeter
9 3 (0.80%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.80%) Vite
10 2 (0.53%) Mockito
10 2 (0.53%) Moq
General
1 87 (23.20%) Social Skills
2 81 (21.60%) Finance
3 49 (13.07%) Public Sector
4 42 (11.20%) Banking
5 28 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.73%) Retail
8 11 (2.93%) Investment Banking
8 11 (2.93%) Military
9 5 (1.33%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.33%) Legal
10 4 (1.07%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.80%) Publishing
12 2 (0.53%) Automotive
12 2 (0.53%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.53%) Law
12 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 98 (26.13%) Developer
2 91 (24.27%) Architect
3 51 (13.60%) Senior
4 28 (7.47%) Technical Architect
5 26 (6.93%) Java Developer
6 25 (6.67%) Lead
7 18 (4.80%) Senior Developer
8 16 (4.27%) Full-Stack Developer
9 14 (3.73%) IAM Specialist
10 13 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (3.20%) Cloud Engineer
11 12 (3.20%) Integration Architect
11 12 (3.20%) Security Architect
12 11 (2.93%) Consultant
13 10 (2.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 9 (2.40%) Analyst
14 9 (2.40%) IAM Developer
14 9 (2.40%) Senior Java Developer
15 8 (2.13%) Backend Developer
15 8 (2.13%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (51.20%) OAuth2
2 186 (49.60%) OpenID
3 154 (41.07%) SAML
4 122 (32.53%) REST
5 75 (20.00%) JWT
6 59 (15.73%) RESTful
7 58 (15.47%) SOAP
8 56 (14.93%) LDAP
9 41 (10.93%) JSON
10 36 (9.60%) SailPoint
11 35 (9.33%) React
12 33 (8.80%) .NET
12 33 (8.80%) Spring
13 32 (8.53%) Kafka
14 31 (8.27%) Web Services
15 29 (7.73%) CSS
15 29 (7.73%) Node.js
15 29 (7.73%) Spring Boot
16 24 (6.40%) XML
17 23 (6.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 67 (17.87%) Cloud Native
2 38 (10.13%) Onboarding
3 32 (8.53%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (6.40%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (5.60%) Product Ownership
5 21 (5.60%) Security Posture
6 17 (4.53%) Management Information System
7 16 (4.27%) Mobile App
8 13 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (3.47%) Low-Code
9 12 (3.20%) CMDB
10 11 (2.93%) PKI
11 8 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.87%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.60%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.60%) Freedom of Information
14 5 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (1.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.73%) Windows
2 10 (2.67%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.13%) Linux
4 5 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.33%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.07%) Android
5 4 (1.07%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.27%) CentOS
6 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.27%) Unix
6 1 (0.27%) VMS
6 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 134 (35.73%) DevOps
3 99 (26.40%) Microservices
4 94 (25.07%) Agile
5 75 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
6 73 (19.47%) Containerisation
7 72 (19.20%) Infrastructure as Code
8 61 (16.27%) Event-Driven
9 60 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (15.47%) RBAC
11 54 (14.40%) AI
12 50 (13.33%) API Integration
13 49 (13.07%) Test Automation
14 47 (12.53%) Zero Trust
15 42 (11.20%) Data Modelling
16 41 (10.93%) Integration Patterns
16 41 (10.93%) Observability
17 39 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
17 39 (10.40%) Migration
17 39 (10.40%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 87 (23.20%) Java
2 82 (21.87%) Python
3 68 (18.13%) SQL
4 64 (17.07%) JavaScript
5 51 (13.60%) PowerShell
6 37 (9.87%) TypeScript
7 29 (7.73%) C#
8 23 (6.13%) Bicep
9 12 (3.20%) Go
10 9 (2.40%) Bash
10 9 (2.40%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.07%) Groovy
12 3 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.80%) PHP
12 3 (0.80%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.53%) PromQL
13 2 (0.53%) Scala
13 2 (0.53%) Swift
14 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.27%) XPath
Qualifications
1 97 (25.87%) Security Cleared
2 75 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 38 (10.13%) Degree
4 27 (7.20%) CISSP
5 18 (4.80%) Azure Certification
6 16 (4.27%) AWS Certification
7 15 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.67%) CISM
10 9 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (2.40%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.87%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.33%) CSPO
13 5 (1.33%) GIAC
14 4 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 2 (0.53%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (8.27%) GDPR
3 29 (7.73%) NIST
4 17 (4.53%) QA
5 10 (2.67%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (2.40%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.87%) NCSC
8 6 (1.60%) HIPAA
9 4 (1.07%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.07%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.80%) GRC
10 3 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.53%) HL7
11 2 (0.53%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.53%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.53%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 84 (22.40%) Active Directory
2 81 (21.60%) Docker
3 5 (1.33%) RACF
4 3 (0.80%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.53%) 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 84 (22.40%) Kubernetes
2 78 (20.80%) Terraform
3 72 (19.20%) Single Sign-On
4 28 (7.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (5.87%) Grafana
6 20 (5.33%) Prometheus
7 12 (3.20%) Ansible
8 6 (1.60%) Argo
8 6 (1.60%) Istio
8 6 (1.60%) linkerd
9 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.07%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.07%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.07%) PingFederate
10 4 (1.07%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.80%) WMI
12 2 (0.53%) Consul
12 2 (0.53%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.27%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 102 (27.20%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.07%) ServiceNow
3 32 (8.53%) Okta
4 29 (7.73%) Oracle
5 27 (7.20%) Google
6 16 (4.27%) CyberArk
6 16 (4.27%) MuleSoft
6 16 (4.27%) Ping Identity
7 14 (3.73%) SAP
8 11 (2.93%) OpenAI
9 10 (2.67%) ForgeRock
9 10 (2.67%) Salesforce
9 10 (2.67%) Workday
10 8 (2.13%) OutSystems
11 6 (1.60%) Splunk
12 5 (1.33%) Denodo
12 5 (1.33%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.07%) Automation Anywhere
13 4 (1.07%) BeyondTrust
13 4 (1.07%) UiPath