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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 299 413
Rank change year-on-year +15 +114 -25
Contract jobs citing OAuth 369 185 140
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 0.74% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.47% 3.28% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 121 94
10th Percentile £402 £400 £426
25th Percentile £463 £458 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £537 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.75% -10.50% -
75th Percentile £668 £630 £638
90th Percentile £753 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £531 £577
% change year-on-year +3.58% -7.97% +2.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £36.25 - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £86.08 - -
90th Percentile £87.16 - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +36.36% - -

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 8,255 5,645 7,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.05% 22.60% 21.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,440 3,915 5,493
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £745 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 115 264
10th Percentile £30.66 £32.69 £23.07
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £55.63
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +7.87% -14.42%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.03 £81.01 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +28 208 £550 -1.61% 48
North of England -38 70 £570 +15.85% 11
South East -24 53 £600 -4.76% 27
North West -24 37 £550 +10.00% 7
Yorkshire -34 32 £620 +32.20% 3
South West -24 14 £550 +1.85% 6
Midlands -57 9 £438 +3.67% 2
East of England -21 8 £528 +5.50% 3
East Midlands -26 5 £438 +5.42%
West Midlands -55 3 £350 -41.96% 2
North East - 2 £525 - 1
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 16 (4.34%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.98%) Confluence
4 7 (1.90%) Appian
5 5 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.81%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.81%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.54%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.54%) Mule
8 1 (0.27%) CICS
8 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.81%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 199 (53.93%) Azure
2 146 (39.57%) AWS
3 115 (31.17%) Entra ID
4 80 (21.68%) GCP
5 54 (14.63%) Serverless
6 40 (10.84%) GitHub
7 33 (8.94%) GitHub Actions
8 29 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (7.86%) SaaS
9 25 (6.78%) Amazon S3
10 24 (6.50%) Azure AKS
11 23 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (5.96%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (5.42%) Amazon ECS
14 19 (5.15%) AWS CloudFormation
14 19 (5.15%) Kong
15 18 (4.88%) Apigee
16 17 (4.61%) Amazon EKS
17 16 (4.34%) Azure API Management
18 15 (4.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.49%) DNS
2 34 (9.21%) Kerberos
3 15 (4.07%) DHCP
4 11 (2.98%) Firewall
4 11 (2.98%) HTTP
5 9 (2.44%) SSL
6 7 (1.90%) DKIM
6 7 (1.90%) DMARC
6 7 (1.90%) Network Security
6 7 (1.90%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (1.36%) IPsec
7 5 (1.36%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.81%) NGFW
9 2 (0.54%) RFID
9 2 (0.54%) VPN
10 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.27%) SSH
10 1 (0.27%) WAN
10 1 (0.27%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.67%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (8.13%) SQL Server
3 27 (7.32%) Relational Database
4 23 (6.23%) Redis
5 16 (4.34%) NoSQL
6 15 (4.07%) MongoDB
7 14 (3.79%) DynamoDB
8 12 (3.25%) MySQL
9 9 (2.44%) Metadata
9 9 (2.44%) Pinecone
10 8 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.63%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (1.63%) Hazelcast
13 5 (1.36%) Data Vault
13 5 (1.36%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.36%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (1.08%) BigQuery
14 4 (1.08%) DocumentDB
15 3 (0.81%) GIS
Development Applications
1 36 (9.76%) Git
2 26 (7.05%) Jenkins
3 23 (6.23%) GitLab
4 18 (4.88%) JIRA
5 10 (2.71%) Browser DevTools
6 9 (2.44%) Postman
7 7 (1.90%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.90%) git-flow
7 7 (1.90%) MLflow
8 5 (1.36%) Gradle
8 5 (1.36%) Maven
8 5 (1.36%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.08%) Snyk
9 4 (1.08%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.81%) Fiddler
10 3 (0.81%) JMeter
10 3 (0.81%) Vite
11 2 (0.54%) Flyway
11 2 (0.54%) Gatling
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
General
1 83 (22.49%) Social Skills
2 75 (20.33%) Finance
3 47 (12.74%) Banking
4 45 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 31 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.25%) Retail
8 11 (2.98%) Military
9 9 (2.44%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.36%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.08%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.08%) Publishing
12 3 (0.81%) Legal
12 3 (0.81%) Marketing
13 2 (0.54%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.54%) Law
13 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.27%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.27%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 93 (25.20%) Developer
2 81 (21.95%) Architect
3 54 (14.63%) Senior
4 24 (6.50%) Technical Architect
5 23 (6.23%) Lead
6 21 (5.69%) Java Developer
7 16 (4.34%) Senior Developer
8 14 (3.79%) Full-Stack Developer
9 13 (3.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 11 (2.98%) Analyst
10 11 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (2.98%) IAM Specialist
10 11 (2.98%) Security Architect
10 11 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.71%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (2.71%) Consultant
11 10 (2.71%) Integration Architect
12 9 (2.44%) AWS Architect
13 8 (2.17%) Applications Engineer
13 8 (2.17%) Low-Code Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (50.14%) OAuth2
2 180 (48.78%) OpenID
3 161 (43.63%) SAML
4 110 (29.81%) REST
5 76 (20.60%) JWT
6 60 (16.26%) LDAP
6 60 (16.26%) RESTful
7 46 (12.47%) SOAP
8 43 (11.65%) JSON
9 34 (9.21%) .NET
9 34 (9.21%) Kafka
9 34 (9.21%) React
10 33 (8.94%) Spring
10 33 (8.94%) Spring Boot
11 32 (8.67%) Node.js
11 32 (8.67%) Web Services
12 31 (8.40%) SailPoint
13 28 (7.59%) CSS
14 26 (7.05%) OpenTelemetry
15 25 (6.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 67 (18.16%) Cloud Native
2 31 (8.40%) Onboarding
3 29 (7.86%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (5.96%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (4.61%) Mobile App
5 17 (4.61%) Product Ownership
5 17 (4.61%) Security Posture
6 16 (4.34%) Low-Code
6 16 (4.34%) Management Information System
7 15 (4.07%) Replication
8 12 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.44%) PKI
10 9 (2.44%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.63%) Freedom of Information
11 6 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.36%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.36%) CMDB
12 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (1.08%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.50%) Windows
2 20 (5.42%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.71%) Linux
4 9 (2.44%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.17%) Android
6 5 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.36%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) CentOS
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.27%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) VMS
7 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (43.63%) CI/CD
2 129 (34.96%) DevOps
3 96 (26.02%) Microservices
4 83 (22.49%) Agile
5 82 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
6 70 (18.97%) Identity Access Management
7 69 (18.70%) RBAC
8 64 (17.34%) Containerisation
9 60 (16.26%) Event-Driven
10 55 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
11 51 (13.82%) Observability
12 48 (13.01%) Test Automation
13 46 (12.47%) AI
14 45 (12.20%) Integration Patterns
14 45 (12.20%) Validation
15 44 (11.92%) API Integration
15 44 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 44 (11.92%) Zero Trust
16 40 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 40 (10.84%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 89 (24.12%) Python
2 83 (22.49%) Java
3 76 (20.60%) SQL
4 57 (15.45%) PowerShell
5 56 (15.18%) JavaScript
6 34 (9.21%) TypeScript
7 29 (7.86%) C#
8 21 (5.69%) Bicep
9 14 (3.79%) Go
10 9 (2.44%) Bash
11 8 (2.17%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.08%) PHP
13 3 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.81%) Swift
14 2 (0.54%) Groovy
14 2 (0.54%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.54%) PromQL
14 2 (0.54%) Scala
15 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.27%) XPath
Qualifications
1 94 (25.47%) Security Cleared
2 70 (18.97%) SC Cleared
3 35 (9.49%) Degree
4 26 (7.05%) CISSP
5 18 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (4.07%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.79%) AWS Certification
7 14 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.71%) CISM
10 9 (2.44%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.63%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.36%) CSPO
12 5 (1.36%) GIAC
13 4 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.54%) CEH
15 2 (0.54%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.30%) GDPR
2 34 (9.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (7.59%) NIST
4 19 (5.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 17 (4.61%) QA
6 14 (3.79%) PCI DSS
7 11 (2.98%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.90%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.90%) NCSC
9 6 (1.63%) SOC 2
10 4 (1.08%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.08%) GRC
10 4 (1.08%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.81%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.81%) SEPA
11 3 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 88 (23.85%) Active Directory
2 80 (21.68%) Docker
3 5 (1.36%) RACF
4 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.27%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.27%) Squid
Systems Management
1 87 (23.58%) Terraform
2 85 (23.04%) Kubernetes
3 79 (21.41%) Single Sign-On
4 38 (10.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 20 (5.42%) Grafana
6 18 (4.88%) Prometheus
7 13 (3.52%) Ansible
8 8 (2.17%) Argo
9 6 (1.63%) Istio
9 6 (1.63%) linkerd
10 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.08%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.08%) Kustomize
11 4 (1.08%) PingFederate
11 4 (1.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.54%) Consul
12 2 (0.54%) WMI
12 2 (0.54%) Zipkin
13 1 (0.27%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 104 (28.18%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.11%) Okta
3 30 (8.13%) Google
4 27 (7.32%) ServiceNow
5 26 (7.05%) Oracle
6 16 (4.34%) Ping Identity
7 15 (4.07%) SAP
8 14 (3.79%) CyberArk
8 14 (3.79%) MuleSoft
9 12 (3.25%) ForgeRock
9 12 (3.25%) OpenAI
10 9 (2.44%) Workday
11 8 (2.17%) OutSystems
11 8 (2.17%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.90%) Automation Anywhere
12 7 (1.90%) Splunk
12 7 (1.90%) UiPath
13 5 (1.36%) Denodo
13 5 (1.36%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.08%) Apple