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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 389 428
Rank change year-on-year +5 +39 +120
Contract jobs citing OpenID 207 93 113
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.38% 0.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.60% 1.69% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 67 80
10th Percentile £406 £421 £432
25th Percentile £483 £481 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £700 £663 £691
90th Percentile £850 £703 £793
UK median daily rate £563 £564 £621
% change year-on-year -0.18% -9.26% +8.00%

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 7,970 5,490 7,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.19% 22.42% 20.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,328 3,809 5,324
10th Percentile £358 £367 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -3.85%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% -0.06% -4.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 91 184
10th Percentile £32.50 £29.07 £20.79
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.88 £37.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.83 £82.96 £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 19 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 19 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 -5 98 £563 -11.76% 21
North of England -31 58 £550 +8.16% 9
Yorkshire -24 37 £540 +15.14% 7
South West -14 22 £575 +28.64% 4
North West -32 20 £600 +14.29% 2
South East -38 15 £625 +8.70% 10
Midlands -60 10 £447 -22.26%
West Midlands -56 6 £450 -25.37%
East of England - 4 £425 - 1
East Midlands -30 3 £438 -6.22%
North East - 2 £525 -
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 (6.76%) Confluence
2 9 (4.35%) nginx
3 5 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.93%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 100 (48.31%) Azure
2 95 (45.89%) AWS
3 63 (30.43%) Entra ID
4 50 (24.15%) GCP
5 38 (18.36%) Serverless
6 24 (11.59%) SaaS
7 23 (11.11%) Amazon S3
8 18 (8.70%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (7.73%) OpenShift
10 15 (7.25%) GitHub
10 15 (7.25%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (6.76%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (6.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 13 (6.28%) PaaS
12 13 (6.28%) Route 53
13 12 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (5.31%) Azure API Management
15 10 (4.83%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (4.83%) Azure AKS
16 9 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (16.43%) Firewall
2 33 (15.94%) DNS
3 13 (6.28%) SSL
4 12 (5.80%) Kerberos
5 10 (4.83%) TCP/IP
6 9 (4.35%) OpenVPN
6 9 (4.35%) VPN
7 5 (2.42%) IPsec
7 5 (2.42%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (1.93%) DHCP
8 4 (1.93%) Network Security
9 1 (0.48%) Extranet
9 1 (0.48%) HTTP
9 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.48%) Internet
9 1 (0.48%) SMS
9 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
1 10 (4.83%) PostgreSQL
1 10 (4.83%) Redis
1 10 (4.83%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.35%) MySQL
3 8 (3.86%) DynamoDB
3 8 (3.86%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.42%) Data Vault
4 5 (2.42%) Snowflake Schema
5 4 (1.93%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.93%) DocumentDB
5 4 (1.93%) Metadata
5 4 (1.93%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.45%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.45%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.97%) Hazelcast
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.48%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 40 (19.32%) Jenkins
2 29 (14.01%) JIRA
3 24 (11.59%) GitLab
4 15 (7.25%) Selenium
5 13 (6.28%) Cucumber
6 12 (5.80%) Postman
6 12 (5.80%) REST Assured
7 7 (3.38%) Bitbucket
7 7 (3.38%) Gatling
7 7 (3.38%) SonarQube
8 5 (2.42%) Git
8 5 (2.42%) JMeter
8 5 (2.42%) TestRail
9 4 (1.93%) JUnit
9 4 (1.93%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.93%) Maven
9 4 (1.93%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.97%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.97%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.97%) git-flow
General
1 74 (35.75%) Social Skills
2 51 (24.64%) Finance
3 34 (16.43%) Documentation Skills
4 21 (10.14%) Banking
5 15 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.25%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (5.80%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.90%) Retail
8 3 (1.45%) Games
8 3 (1.45%) Legal
9 2 (0.97%) Billing
9 2 (0.97%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.97%) Military
10 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.48%) Law
Job Titles
1 80 (38.65%) Architect
2 27 (13.04%) Senior
3 20 (9.66%) Lead
4 19 (9.18%) Developer
5 18 (8.70%) Technical Architect
6 15 (7.25%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (6.28%) CyberArk Architect
8 10 (4.83%) AWS Architect
8 10 (4.83%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (4.83%) Cloud Architect
9 9 (4.35%) Security Architect
9 9 (4.35%) Test Engineer
10 8 (3.86%) Test Automation Engineer
11 6 (2.90%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (2.90%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 6 (2.90%) Data Engineer
11 6 (2.90%) Lead Architect
11 6 (2.90%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (2.90%) Senior Architect
11 6 (2.90%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (73.91%) OAuth
2 132 (63.77%) SAML
3 105 (50.72%) OAuth2
4 62 (29.95%) LDAP
5 42 (20.29%) REST
6 31 (14.98%) SailPoint
7 20 (9.66%) Kafka
8 17 (8.21%) RESTful
9 15 (7.25%) .NET
10 14 (6.76%) JWT
10 14 (6.76%) Spring
10 14 (6.76%) Spring Boot
11 13 (6.28%) Node.js
12 12 (5.80%) OpenTelemetry
12 12 (5.80%) Playwright
13 10 (4.83%) React
14 8 (3.86%) .NET Core
14 8 (3.86%) HTML
14 8 (3.86%) JSON
15 7 (3.38%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 45 (21.74%) Cloud Native
2 27 (13.04%) Onboarding
3 14 (6.76%) PKI
4 13 (6.28%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.83%) Private Cloud
6 9 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.38%) Replication
8 5 (2.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.42%) IoT
8 5 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.42%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.93%) Clustering
9 4 (1.93%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.93%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.45%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.97%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 26 (12.56%) Windows
2 18 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.86%) Linux
4 2 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.48%) Android
5 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (41.06%) DevOps
2 84 (40.58%) CI/CD
3 56 (27.05%) Identity Access Management
4 55 (26.57%) RBAC
5 42 (20.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 42 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (18.36%) Secrets Management
7 36 (17.39%) Microservices
8 35 (16.91%) Cybersecurity
9 34 (16.43%) Agile
9 34 (16.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 33 (15.94%) Observability
11 32 (15.46%) Test Automation
12 31 (14.98%) Roadmaps
13 30 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (14.01%) Design Patterns
14 29 (14.01%) Event-Driven
15 27 (13.04%) Zero Trust
16 26 (12.56%) Architectural Patterns
17 25 (12.08%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 55 (26.57%) Java
2 37 (17.87%) SQL
3 35 (16.91%) Python
4 31 (14.98%) PowerShell
5 19 (9.18%) TypeScript
6 14 (6.76%) JavaScript
7 11 (5.31%) C#
8 10 (4.83%) PHP
9 8 (3.86%) Go
10 5 (2.42%) Bicep
10 5 (2.42%) Scala
11 4 (1.93%) Bash
11 4 (1.93%) Cypher
11 4 (1.93%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.45%) Groovy
13 2 (0.97%) Swift
14 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (34.30%) Security Cleared
2 44 (21.26%) SC Cleared
3 21 (10.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (9.18%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.80%) CISSP
6 9 (4.35%) Degree
7 5 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.93%) CISM
9 3 (1.45%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.45%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.45%) GIAC
10 2 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.48%) HND
11 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.48%) OCP
11 1 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (14.01%) NIST
3 16 (7.73%) QA
4 15 (7.25%) GDPR
4 15 (7.25%) NCSC
5 10 (4.83%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.42%) SOC 2
6 5 (2.42%) WCAG
7 4 (1.93%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.45%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.45%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.45%) GRC
8 3 (1.45%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (1.45%) SEPA
9 2 (0.97%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.97%) PSD2
10 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 56 (27.05%) Active Directory
2 25 (12.08%) Docker
3 10 (4.83%) Squid
4 5 (2.42%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.42%) RACF
4 5 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.97%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.97%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.97%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 63 (30.43%) Single Sign-On
2 54 (26.09%) Kubernetes
3 47 (22.71%) Terraform
4 31 (14.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 21 (10.14%) Grafana
6 18 (8.70%) Prometheus
7 9 (4.35%) FortiGate
8 7 (3.38%) Consul
9 5 (2.42%) Argo
10 4 (1.93%) Ansible
10 4 (1.93%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.93%) Istio
10 4 (1.93%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.93%) linkerd
10 4 (1.93%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.97%) Kibana
11 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.48%) Oracle Identity Manager
12 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 70 (33.82%) Microsoft
2 30 (14.49%) CyberArk
3 27 (13.04%) ServiceNow
4 19 (9.18%) Splunk
5 15 (7.25%) Google
6 11 (5.31%) Dynatrace
6 11 (5.31%) Okta
6 11 (5.31%) VMware
7 9 (4.35%) Ping Identity
7 9 (4.35%) Red Hat
8 7 (3.38%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.90%) ForgeRock
10 5 (2.42%) BeyondTrust
10 5 (2.42%) Denodo
11 4 (1.93%) MuleSoft
12 3 (1.45%) Oracle
13 2 (0.97%) NetIQ
13 2 (0.97%) SAP
13 2 (0.97%) Thycotic
13 2 (0.97%) Workday