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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 387 430
Rank change year-on-year -2 +43 +121
Contract jobs citing OpenID 198 88 126
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.36% 0.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.50% 1.60% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 64 89
10th Percentile £425 £409 £437
25th Percentile £481 £511 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £582 £620
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% -6.20% +3.33%
75th Percentile £688 £658 £700
90th Percentile £813 £708 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £598 £625
% change year-on-year -7.95% -4.40% +4.17%

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 7,910 5,507 7,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.86% 22.52% 20.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,296 3,799 5,406
10th Percentile £360 £363 £343
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -1.47% -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 88 170
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.85 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.20 £37.21
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £47.97
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +34.47% -26.21%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.80 £83.27 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.97
% change year-on-year +4.00% +30.30% -26.21%

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 March 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 March 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 -11 93 £569 -10.26% 18
North of England -32 48 £533 +1.43% 7
Yorkshire -36 31 £525 +11.94% 5
South West -7 24 £575 +27.78% 2
North West -30 16 £550 +4.76% 2
South East -56 15 £615 +6.96% 10
Midlands -55 14 £475 -19.35% 1
West Midlands -46 10 £513 -15.01% 1
East of England - 4 £425 - 2
East Midlands -34 3 £438 -23.91%
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 13 (6.57%) Confluence
2 9 (4.55%) nginx
3 2 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 96 (48.48%) Azure
2 91 (45.96%) AWS
3 57 (28.79%) Entra ID
4 43 (21.72%) GCP
5 34 (17.17%) Serverless
6 21 (10.61%) Amazon S3
7 20 (10.10%) SaaS
8 18 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (8.08%) GitHub
9 16 (8.08%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (8.08%) OpenShift
10 15 (7.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 14 (7.07%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (7.07%) PaaS
12 13 (6.57%) Route 53
13 11 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (5.05%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (5.05%) Azure API Management
15 9 (4.55%) Azure AKS
15 9 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (15.15%) DNS
2 28 (14.14%) Firewall
3 11 (5.56%) Kerberos
3 11 (5.56%) SSL
4 9 (4.55%) OpenVPN
4 9 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 9 (4.55%) VPN
5 5 (2.53%) IPsec
5 5 (2.53%) Reverse Proxy
6 3 (1.52%) Network Security
7 2 (1.01%) Internet
8 1 (0.51%) DHCP
8 1 (0.51%) Extranet
8 1 (0.51%) HTTP
8 1 (0.51%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.51%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.05%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (5.05%) Redis
3 9 (4.55%) MySQL
3 9 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 8 (4.04%) DynamoDB
4 8 (4.04%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.02%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.02%) DocumentDB
5 4 (2.02%) Neo4j
5 4 (2.02%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.52%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.52%) Metadata
7 2 (1.01%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.01%) Hazelcast
7 2 (1.01%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.01%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (20.71%) Jenkins
2 29 (14.65%) JIRA
3 26 (13.13%) GitLab
4 18 (9.09%) Selenium
5 16 (8.08%) Cucumber
6 12 (6.06%) Postman
6 12 (6.06%) REST Assured
7 9 (4.55%) Git
8 8 (4.04%) Bitbucket
8 8 (4.04%) SonarQube
9 7 (3.54%) Gatling
9 7 (3.54%) JUnit
10 6 (3.03%) Maven
11 5 (2.53%) JMeter
11 5 (2.53%) Mockito
11 5 (2.53%) TestRail
12 4 (2.02%) LoadRunner
12 4 (2.02%) NeoLoad
13 2 (1.01%) Artifactory
13 2 (1.01%) Cypress.io
General
1 73 (36.87%) Social Skills
2 40 (20.20%) Finance
3 32 (16.16%) Documentation Skills
4 19 (9.60%) Banking
5 14 (7.07%) Influencing Skills
5 14 (7.07%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.53%) Aviation
8 4 (2.02%) Retail
9 3 (1.52%) Games
9 3 (1.52%) Legal
9 3 (1.52%) Military
10 2 (1.01%) Billing
10 2 (1.01%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 78 (39.39%) Architect
2 26 (13.13%) Senior
3 23 (11.62%) Developer
4 19 (9.60%) Lead
5 18 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (7.07%) Technical Architect
7 13 (6.57%) CyberArk Architect
8 10 (5.05%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (5.05%) Cloud Architect
9 9 (4.55%) AWS Architect
9 9 (4.55%) Security Architect
9 9 (4.55%) Test Engineer
10 8 (4.04%) Test Automation Engineer
11 7 (3.54%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.54%) Senior Developer
12 6 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 6 (3.03%) Senior Architect
13 5 (2.53%) Platform Engineer
13 5 (2.53%) Test Architect
13 5 (2.53%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (72.73%) OAuth
2 125 (63.13%) SAML
3 102 (51.52%) OAuth2
4 61 (30.81%) LDAP
5 43 (21.72%) REST
6 28 (14.14%) SailPoint
7 21 (10.61%) RESTful
8 18 (9.09%) .NET
9 16 (8.08%) Kafka
9 16 (8.08%) Spring
9 16 (8.08%) Spring Boot
10 15 (7.58%) Playwright
11 14 (7.07%) React
12 12 (6.06%) JSON
13 11 (5.56%) HTML
13 11 (5.56%) JWT
14 10 (5.05%) JPA
14 10 (5.05%) Node.js
14 10 (5.05%) OpenTelemetry
15 9 (4.55%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 40 (20.20%) Cloud Native
2 29 (14.65%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (5.05%) PKI
4 10 (5.05%) Private Cloud
5 9 (4.55%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.54%) Replication
7 6 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.53%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.52%) Clustering
10 3 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.52%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.01%) Legacy Code
11 2 (1.01%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.61%) Windows
2 17 (8.59%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.54%) Linux
4 2 (1.01%) Android
4 2 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.51%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (42.42%) DevOps
2 82 (41.41%) CI/CD
3 54 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
4 51 (25.76%) RBAC
5 40 (20.20%) Agile
5 40 (20.20%) Microservices
5 40 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (19.19%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 35 (17.68%) Secrets Management
9 34 (17.17%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (16.67%) Test Automation
11 32 (16.16%) Observability
12 30 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (14.65%) Design Patterns
14 28 (14.14%) Event-Driven
14 28 (14.14%) Roadmaps
15 26 (13.13%) Identity Management
16 25 (12.63%) Architectural Patterns
17 23 (11.62%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 51 (25.76%) Java
2 34 (17.17%) SQL
3 33 (16.67%) Python
4 30 (15.15%) PowerShell
5 16 (8.08%) TypeScript
6 15 (7.58%) JavaScript
7 12 (6.06%) C#
8 10 (5.05%) PHP
9 8 (4.04%) Go
10 5 (2.53%) Bicep
10 5 (2.53%) Scala
11 4 (2.02%) Bash
11 4 (2.02%) Cypher
11 4 (2.02%) Groovy
11 4 (2.02%) Kotlin
12 2 (1.01%) Swift
13 1 (0.51%) C
13 1 (0.51%) C++
13 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 73 (36.87%) Security Cleared
2 47 (23.74%) SC Cleared
3 22 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (10.10%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.56%) CISSP
6 9 (4.55%) Degree
7 4 (2.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (2.02%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.02%) CISM
8 3 (1.52%) GIAC
9 2 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.51%) HND
10 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.51%) OCP
10 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (17.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (16.16%) NIST
3 22 (11.11%) GDPR
4 16 (8.08%) QA
5 15 (7.58%) NCSC
6 9 (4.55%) PCI DSS
7 8 (4.04%) WCAG
8 7 (3.54%) SOC 2
9 6 (3.03%) HIPAA
10 5 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (1.52%) Accessibility
12 3 (1.52%) Data Quality
12 3 (1.52%) GRC
12 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (1.52%) PSD2
13 2 (1.01%) ISO 20022
13 2 (1.01%) ISO 8583
13 2 (1.01%) SEPA
System Software
1 53 (26.77%) Active Directory
2 24 (12.12%) Docker
3 10 (5.05%) Squid
4 5 (2.53%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.53%) RACF
5 4 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.01%) OpenAM
6 2 (1.01%) OpenDJ
6 2 (1.01%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (34.85%) Single Sign-On
2 54 (27.27%) Kubernetes
3 43 (21.72%) Terraform
4 30 (15.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 24 (12.12%) Grafana
6 18 (9.09%) Prometheus
7 9 (4.55%) FortiGate
8 7 (3.54%) Consul
8 7 (3.54%) PingFederate
9 6 (3.03%) Argo
10 5 (2.53%) Ansible
10 5 (2.53%) Kibana
11 3 (1.52%) CA Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.52%) Istio
11 3 (1.52%) Kustomize
11 3 (1.52%) linkerd
12 1 (0.51%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.51%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 68 (34.34%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.13%) CyberArk
2 26 (13.13%) ServiceNow
3 19 (9.60%) Splunk
4 14 (7.07%) Google
4 14 (7.07%) Ping Identity
5 11 (5.56%) Dynatrace
6 10 (5.05%) Okta
6 10 (5.05%) VMware
7 9 (4.55%) Red Hat
8 8 (4.04%) ForgeRock
9 7 (3.54%) Atlassian
10 5 (2.53%) BeyondTrust
10 5 (2.53%) Oracle
11 4 (2.02%) MuleSoft
12 2 (1.01%) NetIQ
12 2 (1.01%) Optimizely
12 2 (1.01%) SAP
12 2 (1.01%) Thycotic
12 2 (1.01%) Workday