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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 349 402
Rank change year-on-year +103 +53 +55
Contract jobs citing OAuth 359 134 152
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.03% 0.52% 0.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.77% 2.29% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 93 113
10th Percentile £358 £409 £415
25th Percentile £425 £490 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £613 £660 £650
90th Percentile £688 £720 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £55.10 - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 - -
75th Percentile £69.38 - -
90th Percentile £72.31 - -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 - -

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 7,532 5,849 7,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.65% 22.62% 20.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,065 3,822 5,538
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £416 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £662 £670
90th Percentile £738 £788 £772
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.38% -1.87% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 78 203
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.92 £21.88
25th Percentile £52.50 £45.44 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £71.50 £67.88 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.80 £80.30 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 22 February 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 +69 193 £525 -7.28% 39
North of England -11 66 £450 -14.29% 21
South West +13 38 £563 +25.00% 11
North West 0 37 £396 -24.57% 14
Yorkshire -35 29 £475 -24.00% 4
South East -28 27 £563 -10.00% 21
Midlands -31 24 £520 -10.54% 5
West Midlands -45 19 £523 -11.06% 4
East Midlands -24 4 £442 -23.09% 1
East of England -23 2 £500 - 3
North East -20 1 - - 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 20 (5.57%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.74%) Confluence
3 8 (2.23%) Apache
3 8 (2.23%) Appian
4 6 (1.67%) IIS
4 6 (1.67%) iPlanet
4 6 (1.67%) JBoss
4 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.67%) WebSphere
4 6 (1.67%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.56%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.56%) CICS
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.84%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.23%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.28%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 175 (48.75%) Azure
2 125 (34.82%) AWS
3 95 (26.46%) Entra ID
4 47 (13.09%) GCP
4 47 (13.09%) GitHub
4 47 (13.09%) Serverless
5 33 (9.19%) GitHub Actions
5 33 (9.19%) SaaS
6 32 (8.91%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (7.52%) Amazon S3
8 27 (7.52%) PaaS
9 26 (7.24%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (6.96%) Apigee
11 22 (6.13%) IaaS
12 21 (5.85%) Amazon ECS
12 21 (5.85%) Power Platform
13 17 (4.74%) Azure Monitor
13 17 (4.74%) OCI
13 17 (4.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (13.65%) Kerberos
2 35 (9.75%) DNS
3 20 (5.57%) Firewall
4 17 (4.74%) HTTP
5 15 (4.18%) DHCP
5 15 (4.18%) HTTPS
5 15 (4.18%) SSL
6 7 (1.95%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (1.39%) IPsec
7 5 (1.39%) Network Security
8 4 (1.11%) SSH
8 4 (1.11%) VPN
9 3 (0.84%) Internet
10 2 (0.56%) Extranet
10 2 (0.56%) RFID
10 2 (0.56%) S/MIME
10 2 (0.56%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.28%) SMS
11 1 (0.28%) SMTP
11 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.13%) PostgreSQL
1 22 (6.13%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.46%) DynamoDB
3 14 (3.90%) Redis
4 12 (3.34%) NoSQL
5 11 (3.06%) Pinecone
6 9 (2.51%) Power BI
7 8 (2.23%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.23%) MySQL
7 8 (2.23%) Oracle Database
7 8 (2.23%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.95%) Metadata
9 5 (1.39%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.11%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.11%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.11%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.11%) DocumentDB
10 4 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.84%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 37 (10.31%) Jenkins
2 36 (10.03%) Git
3 21 (5.85%) JIRA
3 21 (5.85%) Postman
4 20 (5.57%) GitLab
5 8 (2.23%) MLflow
6 7 (1.95%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.95%) Maven
6 7 (1.95%) SoapUI
7 6 (1.67%) Bitbucket Server
7 6 (1.67%) CA Release Automation
7 6 (1.67%) JUnit
7 6 (1.67%) Selenium
7 6 (1.67%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (1.39%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.39%) Mockito
8 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.11%) Vite
10 3 (0.84%) Fiddler
10 3 (0.84%) SonarQube
General
1 113 (31.48%) Social Skills
2 68 (18.94%) Finance
3 45 (12.53%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.03%) Banking
5 27 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.85%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.67%) Marketing
8 6 (1.67%) Military
9 5 (1.39%) Legal
9 5 (1.39%) Publishing
10 4 (1.11%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.84%) Games
12 2 (0.56%) Billing
12 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.56%) Retail
13 1 (0.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 86 (23.96%) Developer
2 63 (17.55%) Architect
3 46 (12.81%) Senior
4 22 (6.13%) Lead
4 22 (6.13%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (5.01%) Analyst
6 16 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (3.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 13 (3.62%) Java Developer
8 12 (3.34%) Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (3.06%) Business Analyst
9 11 (3.06%) Consultant
10 10 (2.79%) Integration Engineer
10 10 (2.79%) Technical Architect
11 9 (2.51%) Security Architect
11 9 (2.51%) Security Engineer
11 9 (2.51%) Senior Developer
11 9 (2.51%) Software Engineer
11 9 (2.51%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (2.23%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (47.08%) SAML
2 159 (44.29%) OAuth2
3 149 (41.50%) OpenID
4 99 (27.58%) REST
5 76 (21.17%) JWT
6 62 (17.27%) JSON
7 58 (16.16%) RESTful
8 49 (13.65%) LDAP
9 48 (13.37%) SOAP
10 42 (11.70%) XML
11 35 (9.75%) Node.js
11 35 (9.75%) React
12 33 (9.19%) Spring
13 32 (8.91%) .NET
13 32 (8.91%) Spring Boot
14 31 (8.64%) Web Services
15 28 (7.80%) HTML
16 23 (6.41%) OpenAPI
17 22 (6.13%) GraphQL
17 22 (6.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.47%) Cloud Native
2 26 (7.24%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (6.69%) Onboarding
4 22 (6.13%) Replication
5 19 (5.29%) Management Information System
6 17 (4.74%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (4.18%) Mobile App
8 14 (3.90%) Public Cloud
9 11 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (3.06%) PKI
10 10 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (2.51%) Low-Code
11 9 (2.51%) Private Cloud
12 8 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (2.23%) Security Posture
13 7 (1.95%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.39%) BYOD
14 5 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (1.39%) Mobile Banking
15 4 (1.11%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 51 (14.21%) Windows
2 37 (10.31%) Windows Server
3 20 (5.57%) Linux
4 7 (1.95%) Android
4 7 (1.95%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.39%) Unix
6 4 (1.11%) AIX
6 4 (1.11%) Solaris
7 2 (0.56%) zOS
8 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (40.67%) CI/CD
2 117 (32.59%) DevOps
3 82 (22.84%) Identity Access Management
4 81 (22.56%) Microservices
5 75 (20.89%) Agile
6 72 (20.06%) RBAC
7 65 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
8 62 (17.27%) Infrastructure as Code
9 51 (14.21%) Identity Management
9 51 (14.21%) Test Automation
10 47 (13.09%) AI
10 47 (13.09%) Validation
11 43 (11.98%) Event-Driven
12 42 (11.70%) Containerisation
13 40 (11.14%) API Management
14 36 (10.03%) Cybersecurity
14 36 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
15 35 (9.75%) Observability
16 34 (9.47%) Integration Patterns
16 34 (9.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 87 (24.23%) Python
2 66 (18.38%) Java
3 65 (18.11%) PowerShell
4 58 (16.16%) JavaScript
5 52 (14.48%) SQL
6 34 (9.47%) TypeScript
7 28 (7.80%) C#
8 14 (3.90%) Go
9 12 (3.34%) Groovy
10 11 (3.06%) Bicep
11 9 (2.51%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (2.23%) Kotlin
13 7 (1.95%) Bash
14 5 (1.39%) Shell Script
15 4 (1.11%) PHP
16 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.56%) C++
16 2 (0.56%) Swift
17 1 (0.28%) COBOL
17 1 (0.28%) XPath
Qualifications
1 92 (25.63%) Security Cleared
2 65 (18.11%) SC Cleared
3 35 (9.75%) Degree
4 32 (8.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (6.96%) DV Cleared
6 24 (6.69%) CISSP
6 24 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.06%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.79%) TOGAF Certification
9 9 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.51%) CISM
10 7 (1.95%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.39%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.84%) PhD
13 2 (0.56%) CCSP
14 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.28%) PMP
14 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (14.48%) GDPR
2 34 (9.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (6.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 18 (5.01%) NIST
5 17 (4.74%) PCI DSS
6 14 (3.90%) SOC 2
7 12 (3.34%) Data Quality
8 10 (2.79%) QA
8 10 (2.79%) WCAG
9 8 (2.23%) PSD2
10 7 (1.95%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.95%) HIPAA
11 5 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (1.11%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.84%) GRC
13 3 (0.84%) ISO 8583
13 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.84%) SLA
14 2 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 96 (26.74%) Active Directory
2 68 (18.94%) Docker
3 5 (1.39%) RACF
3 5 (1.39%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.56%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.56%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.56%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.28%) Squid
Systems Management
1 114 (31.75%) Single Sign-On
2 68 (18.94%) Terraform
3 66 (18.38%) Kubernetes
4 44 (12.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (3.90%) Grafana
6 13 (3.62%) Ansible
7 8 (2.23%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.67%) CA Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.67%) CA Wily
9 5 (1.39%) Argo
9 5 (1.39%) Kibana
9 5 (1.39%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.39%) Tivoli
10 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.84%) SCCM
12 2 (0.56%) Istio
12 2 (0.56%) linkerd
12 2 (0.56%) PingFederate
13 1 (0.28%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.28%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 126 (35.10%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.08%) Oracle
3 25 (6.96%) Okta
4 24 (6.69%) Google
5 22 (6.13%) Splunk
6 19 (5.29%) OpenAI
7 17 (4.74%) CyberArk
7 17 (4.74%) ForgeRock
8 12 (3.34%) Ping Identity
9 11 (3.06%) IBM
9 11 (3.06%) Salesforce
9 11 (3.06%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.79%) MuleSoft
10 10 (2.79%) VMware
11 9 (2.51%) SAP
12 8 (2.23%) Automation Anywhere
12 8 (2.23%) UiPath
13 7 (1.95%) Adobe
13 7 (1.95%) AppDynamics
13 7 (1.95%) BeyondTrust