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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 440 475
Rank change year-on-year +56 +35 +154
Contract jobs citing OpenID 131 88 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.27% 0.27%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.10% 1.19% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 59 87
10th Percentile £363 £425 £458
25th Percentile £413 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - -5.14%
75th Percentile £575 £622 £681
90th Percentile £645 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £492 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -18.00% - -4.00%

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 6,247 7,369 9,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.48% 22.37% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,237 4,862 6,744
10th Percentile £350 £356 £380
25th Percentile £413 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £810 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 177 164
10th Percentile £31.39 £27.45 £36.84
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +2.04% -3.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £73.67
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.46 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -12.34% +2.67% -4.00%

OpenID
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing OpenID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for OpenID 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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 +36 66 £550 -8.33% 20
North of England +5 23 £450 -27.42% 2
South West +34 16 £442 -19.74% 2
Midlands -16 15 £413 -33.57%
East Midlands -1 14 £410 -34.08%
North West -3 14 £452 -27.18% 2
Yorkshire -7 9 £409 -
South East +15 3 £475 +5.56% 12
West Midlands -11 1 £603 +41.88%
OpenID
UK

OpenID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (9.16%) Apache
1 12 (9.16%) JBoss
2 11 (8.40%) IIS
2 11 (8.40%) WebSphere
3 10 (7.63%) iPlanet
3 10 (7.63%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (3.82%) CMS
4 5 (3.82%) Headless CMS
5 4 (3.05%) Confluence
6 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.53%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.76%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 72 (54.96%) AWS
2 62 (47.33%) Azure
3 38 (29.01%) Entra ID
4 35 (26.72%) GCP
5 19 (14.50%) SaaS
6 14 (10.69%) GitHub
7 13 (9.92%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (9.16%) Amazon EKS
8 12 (9.16%) OpenShift
9 11 (8.40%) Azure AKS
10 9 (6.87%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 7 (5.34%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (5.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (5.34%) OCI
11 7 (5.34%) Serverless
12 6 (4.58%) Amazon S3
12 6 (4.58%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (3.82%) Amazon Cognito
13 5 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (3.05%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.98%) Kerberos
2 10 (7.63%) HTTPS
3 3 (2.29%) Firewall
3 3 (2.29%) VPN
4 2 (1.53%) DNS
5 1 (0.76%) DHCP
5 1 (0.76%) HTTP
5 1 (0.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.63%) Oracle Database
2 6 (4.58%) DynamoDB
3 5 (3.82%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.29%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.53%) Metadata
5 2 (1.53%) Power BI
6 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.76%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.76%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.76%) MySQL
6 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.76%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (16.03%) Git
2 16 (12.21%) Jenkins
3 11 (8.40%) Bitbucket Server
3 11 (8.40%) CA Release Automation
4 9 (6.87%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (5.34%) GitLab
6 5 (3.82%) JIRA
7 3 (2.29%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.53%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.53%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.76%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.76%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.76%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.76%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.76%) Maven
9 1 (0.76%) Mocha
9 1 (0.76%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.76%) Xcode
General
1 45 (34.35%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.56%) Finance
3 17 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.87%) Banking
6 5 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.53%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.53%) French Language
7 2 (1.53%) Publishing
7 2 (1.53%) Retail
7 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.76%) Aviation
8 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.76%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 19 (14.50%) Architect
2 16 (12.21%) Developer
3 10 (7.63%) Software Engineer
4 8 (6.11%) Analyst
4 8 (6.11%) Business Analyst
4 8 (6.11%) Senior
5 7 (5.34%) ForgeRock Engineer
5 7 (5.34%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
5 7 (5.34%) Identity Management Engineer
5 7 (5.34%) Java Engineer
6 6 (4.58%) Consultant
6 6 (4.58%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (4.58%) IAM Specialist
7 5 (3.82%) AWS Specialist
7 5 (3.82%) Designer
7 5 (3.82%) Security Architect
7 5 (3.82%) Solutions Designer
8 4 (3.05%) C# Software Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) Python Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (89.31%) OAuth
2 86 (65.65%) SAML
3 52 (39.69%) OAuth2
4 40 (30.53%) LDAP
5 20 (15.27%) Spring
6 13 (9.92%) Hibernate
6 13 (9.92%) REST
7 12 (9.16%) SailPoint
8 11 (8.40%) SOAP
9 9 (6.87%) JDBC
9 9 (6.87%) Kafka
10 8 (6.11%) JSON
11 7 (5.34%) FastAPI
12 5 (3.82%) React
12 5 (3.82%) RESTful
12 5 (3.82%) Spring Boot
12 5 (3.82%) Swagger
12 5 (3.82%) XACML
13 4 (3.05%) NumPy
13 4 (3.05%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.21%) Cloud Native
1 16 (12.21%) Onboarding
2 15 (11.45%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (10.69%) PKI
4 10 (7.63%) Taxonomies
5 4 (3.05%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.29%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.53%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.53%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.53%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.76%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Replication
8 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.92%) Linux
2 11 (8.40%) Windows
3 9 (6.87%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.11%) Unix
5 1 (0.76%) Android
5 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.76%) CentOS
5 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (50.38%) Identity Access Management
2 45 (34.35%) DevOps
3 37 (28.24%) Identity Management
4 36 (27.48%) CI/CD
4 36 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (24.43%) RBAC
6 24 (18.32%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 23 (17.56%) DevSecOps
8 22 (16.79%) Agile
9 19 (14.50%) Containerisation
10 16 (12.21%) API Integration
10 16 (12.21%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (12.21%) Mentoring
11 13 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (9.16%) Microservices
12 12 (9.16%) Open Source
12 12 (9.16%) Scrum
13 11 (8.40%) Application Security
13 11 (8.40%) Zero Trust
14 10 (7.63%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 37 (28.24%) Java
2 34 (25.95%) Python
3 20 (15.27%) PowerShell
4 18 (13.74%) JavaScript
5 13 (9.92%) C#
5 13 (9.92%) Groovy
6 9 (6.87%) Shell Script
7 6 (4.58%) SQL
8 5 (3.82%) Bash
9 2 (1.53%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.76%) C
10 1 (0.76%) Go
10 1 (0.76%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.76%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.76%) Swift
10 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (22.14%) Security Cleared
2 18 (13.74%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.16%) AWS Certification
4 8 (6.11%) Degree
5 5 (3.82%) CISSP
5 5 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.05%) CISM
7 3 (2.29%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.29%) OCP
7 3 (2.29%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.53%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.76%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.76%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.56%) GDPR
2 17 (12.98%) HIPAA
3 14 (10.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (10.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (8.40%) NIST
5 6 (4.58%) SOC 2
6 5 (3.82%) QA
7 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.53%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.76%) PMO
9 1 (0.76%) PSD2
System Software
1 48 (36.64%) Active Directory
2 29 (22.14%) Docker
3 8 (6.11%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (2.29%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 63 (48.09%) Single Sign-On
2 28 (21.37%) Terraform
3 26 (19.85%) Kubernetes
4 13 (9.92%) Ansible
4 13 (9.92%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 11 (8.40%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (7.63%) CA Wily
7 9 (6.87%) Progress Chef
8 8 (6.11%) Tivoli
9 7 (5.34%) MIIS
10 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (3.05%) PingFederate
12 3 (2.29%) Grafana
12 3 (2.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (1.53%) Prometheus
13 2 (1.53%) Puppet
13 2 (1.53%) SCCM
14 1 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.76%) Podman
Vendors
1 46 (35.11%) Microsoft
2 30 (22.90%) Ping Identity
3 26 (19.85%) IBM
4 18 (13.74%) Okta
5 17 (12.98%) ForgeRock
6 16 (12.21%) Oracle
7 14 (10.69%) Splunk
8 11 (8.40%) Broadcom
9 10 (7.63%) AppDynamics
10 8 (6.11%) Alibaba
10 8 (6.11%) CyberArk
11 4 (3.05%) Google
12 3 (2.29%) MuleSoft
12 3 (2.29%) Salesforce
12 3 (2.29%) ServiceNow
13 2 (1.53%) Red Hat
14 1 (0.76%) CA Agile Central
14 1 (0.76%) Intel
14 1 (0.76%) VMware
14 1 (0.76%) Xamarin