OpenID Contract Job Trends in England

OpenID Connect (OIDC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring OpenID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 388 426
Rank change year-on-year +4 +38 +104
Contract jobs citing OpenID 209 91 117
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.37% 0.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.63% 1.67% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 65 82
10th Percentile £402 £441 £432
25th Percentile £480 £492 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £701 £656 £649
90th Percentile £850 £700 £784
UK median daily rate £563 £568 £620
% change year-on-year -0.97% -8.39% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

OpenID 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 7,932 5,452 7,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.67% 22.41% 20.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,285 3,781 5,352
10th Percentile £363 £370 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £529
% change year-on-year -1.90% -0.76% -3.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 100 216
10th Percentile £34.75 £30.13 £22.12
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £42.81
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.63 £82.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

OpenID
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenID relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

OpenID job vacancy trend in England

OpenID
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenID.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenID

OpenID
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenID in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OpenID in England

OpenID
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenID.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenID

OpenID
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 OpenID within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 -1 104 £563 -10.71% 14
North of England -27 63 £563 +10.62% 8
Yorkshire -23 39 £563 +19.94% 4
North West -25 22 £600 +14.29% 4
South East -35 19 £625 +8.70% 7
South West -30 11 £575 +28.64% 4
Midlands -64 8 £438 -23.91% 1
West Midlands -56 4 £350 -41.96%
East of England - 4 £425 - 2
East Midlands -27 3 £438 -6.22% 1
North East - 3 £469 -
OpenID
UK

OpenID
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 14 (6.70%) Confluence
2 9 (4.31%) nginx
3 5 (2.39%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.91%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 110 (52.63%) Azure
2 101 (48.33%) AWS
3 73 (34.93%) Entra ID
4 52 (24.88%) GCP
5 38 (18.18%) Serverless
6 24 (11.48%) Amazon S3
6 24 (11.48%) SaaS
7 19 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
8 16 (7.66%) OpenShift
9 15 (7.18%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (7.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 13 (6.22%) GitHub
10 13 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (6.22%) Route 53
11 12 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (5.74%) PaaS
12 10 (4.78%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (4.78%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (4.78%) Azure AKS
13 9 (4.31%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.96%) Firewall
2 24 (11.48%) DNS
3 13 (6.22%) Kerberos
4 12 (5.74%) SSL
5 11 (5.26%) TCP/IP
6 9 (4.31%) OpenVPN
6 9 (4.31%) VPN
7 5 (2.39%) IPsec
7 5 (2.39%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (1.91%) DHCP
8 4 (1.91%) Network Security
9 2 (0.96%) HTTP
10 1 (0.48%) Extranet
10 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.48%) Internet
10 1 (0.48%) NGFW
10 1 (0.48%) SMS
10 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.78%) Elasticsearch
1 10 (4.78%) PostgreSQL
1 10 (4.78%) Redis
1 10 (4.78%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.31%) MySQL
3 8 (3.83%) DynamoDB
3 8 (3.83%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.39%) Data Vault
4 5 (2.39%) Snowflake Schema
5 4 (1.91%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.91%) DocumentDB
5 4 (1.91%) Metadata
5 4 (1.91%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.44%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.96%) Hazelcast
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.48%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 38 (18.18%) Jenkins
2 29 (13.88%) JIRA
3 23 (11.00%) GitLab
4 13 (6.22%) Selenium
5 12 (5.74%) Postman
5 12 (5.74%) REST Assured
6 11 (5.26%) Cucumber
7 7 (3.35%) Bitbucket
7 7 (3.35%) Gatling
7 7 (3.35%) SonarQube
8 5 (2.39%) JMeter
8 5 (2.39%) TestRail
9 4 (1.91%) Git
9 4 (1.91%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.91%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.96%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.96%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.96%) git-flow
10 2 (0.96%) JUnit
10 2 (0.96%) Maven
General
1 68 (32.54%) Social Skills
2 54 (25.84%) Finance
3 32 (15.31%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 21 (10.05%) Banking
6 15 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (7.18%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.39%) Retail
8 3 (1.44%) Games
8 3 (1.44%) Legal
8 3 (1.44%) Military
9 2 (0.96%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.48%) Law
10 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (38.76%) Architect
2 24 (11.48%) Senior
3 22 (10.53%) Developer
3 22 (10.53%) Lead
4 18 (8.61%) Technical Architect
5 13 (6.22%) CyberArk Architect
6 10 (4.78%) AWS Architect
6 10 (4.78%) Cloud Architect
6 10 (4.78%) IAM Specialist
6 10 (4.78%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
7 9 (4.31%) Test Engineer
8 8 (3.83%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (3.83%) Security Architect
8 8 (3.83%) Test Automation Engineer
9 7 (3.35%) Lead Architect
10 6 (2.87%) Analyst
10 6 (2.87%) Java Developer
10 6 (2.87%) Senior Architect
11 5 (2.39%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (74.16%) OAuth
2 129 (61.72%) SAML
3 103 (49.28%) OAuth2
4 70 (33.49%) LDAP
5 42 (20.10%) REST
6 36 (17.22%) SailPoint
7 20 (9.57%) Kafka
7 20 (9.57%) RESTful
8 17 (8.13%) JWT
9 15 (7.18%) Node.js
10 12 (5.74%) .NET
10 12 (5.74%) OpenTelemetry
10 12 (5.74%) Spring
10 12 (5.74%) Spring Boot
11 11 (5.26%) Web Services
12 10 (4.78%) Playwright
13 9 (4.31%) JSON
13 9 (4.31%) React
14 7 (3.35%) J2EE
15 6 (2.87%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (23.44%) Cloud Native
2 29 (13.88%) Onboarding
3 15 (7.18%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (6.22%) PKI
5 10 (4.78%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.87%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.39%) IoT
8 5 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.39%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.91%) Clustering
9 4 (1.91%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.44%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.44%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.96%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.70%) Windows
2 9 (4.31%) Linux
3 7 (3.35%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.44%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.96%) Android
6 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.48%) Unix
6 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (40.67%) CI/CD
2 84 (40.19%) DevOps
3 56 (26.79%) Identity Access Management
4 52 (24.88%) RBAC
5 45 (21.53%) Infrastructure as Code
6 39 (18.66%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (18.18%) Microservices
7 38 (18.18%) Secrets Management
8 36 (17.22%) Cybersecurity
9 34 (16.27%) Agile
10 33 (15.79%) Observability
11 32 (15.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 32 (15.31%) Test Automation
11 32 (15.31%) Zero Trust
12 31 (14.83%) Design Patterns
12 31 (14.83%) Event-Driven
12 31 (14.83%) Roadmaps
13 29 (13.88%) Containerisation
14 27 (12.92%) Architectural Patterns
15 26 (12.44%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (26.79%) Java
2 42 (20.10%) Python
3 40 (19.14%) SQL
4 27 (12.92%) PowerShell
5 21 (10.05%) TypeScript
6 13 (6.22%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.31%) Go
8 8 (3.83%) Bicep
8 8 (3.83%) C#
9 7 (3.35%) PHP
10 5 (2.39%) Scala
11 4 (1.91%) Cypher
11 4 (1.91%) Groovy
11 4 (1.91%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.96%) Bash
12 2 (0.96%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.96%) Swift
Qualifications
1 63 (30.14%) Security Cleared
2 47 (22.49%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.18%) CISSP
4 14 (6.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (6.22%) Degree
6 8 (3.83%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.35%) CISM
8 5 (2.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.44%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.44%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.44%) GIAC
11 2 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.48%) MCSE
12 1 (0.48%) OCP
12 1 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (16.75%) NIST
3 17 (8.13%) GDPR
4 16 (7.66%) QA
5 15 (7.18%) NCSC
6 10 (4.78%) PCI DSS
7 7 (3.35%) HIPAA
8 6 (2.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (2.39%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.44%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.44%) GRC
10 3 (1.44%) ISO 20022
10 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.44%) SEPA
10 3 (1.44%) WCAG
11 2 (0.96%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.96%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.96%) PSD2
12 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 53 (25.36%) Active Directory
2 27 (12.92%) Docker
3 10 (4.78%) Squid
4 5 (2.39%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.39%) RACF
5 2 (0.96%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.96%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.96%) OpenIDM
5 2 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 57 (27.27%) Kubernetes
2 54 (25.84%) Single Sign-On
3 50 (23.92%) Terraform
4 20 (9.57%) Grafana
5 19 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (9.09%) Prometheus
6 9 (4.31%) FortiGate
7 8 (3.83%) Consul
8 5 (2.39%) Ansible
8 5 (2.39%) Argo
9 4 (1.91%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.91%) Istio
9 4 (1.91%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.91%) linkerd
9 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.91%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.48%) Packer
11 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 68 (32.54%) Microsoft
2 29 (13.88%) CyberArk
2 29 (13.88%) ServiceNow
3 20 (9.57%) Splunk
4 15 (7.18%) Google
5 13 (6.22%) Okta
6 12 (5.74%) Dynatrace
7 9 (4.31%) Ping Identity
7 9 (4.31%) Red Hat
8 7 (3.35%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.87%) ForgeRock
10 5 (2.39%) BeyondTrust
10 5 (2.39%) Denodo
10 5 (2.39%) SAP
10 5 (2.39%) Workday
11 4 (1.91%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.91%) VMware
12 2 (0.96%) NetIQ
12 2 (0.96%) Oracle
12 2 (0.96%) Thycotic