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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 446 456
Rank change year-on-year +61 +10 +166
Contract jobs citing OpenID 154 70 126
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.23% 0.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.21% 1.04% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 51 95
10th Percentile £406 £409 £430
25th Percentile £425 £491 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -6.90%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £675
90th Percentile £660 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £576 £600
% change year-on-year -13.23% -3.96% -6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.50 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 - -
75th Percentile £64.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £59.00 - -

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 6,968 6,730 8,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.69% 21.72% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,693 4,269 6,227
10th Percentile £350 £360 £369
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% - -5.16%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 105 179
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.40 £65.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +22.64% -18.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.43 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -15.38% +19.13% -12.93%

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 29 November 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 29 November 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 +38 67 £500 -13.04% 12
South West +32 31 £533 -3.36% 7
North of England -18 25 £446 -31.38% 6
North West - 14 £448 - 3
Midlands -23 11 £465 +9.29% 1
Yorkshire - 11 £409 -
South East -3 9 £481 -16.30% 11
East of England - 8 £425 -
West Midlands -20 6 £538 +26.47% 1
East Midlands - 5 £415 -
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 12 (7.79%) Apache
2 11 (7.14%) IIS
2 11 (7.14%) JBoss
2 11 (7.14%) WebSphere
3 10 (6.49%) iPlanet
3 10 (6.49%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (3.25%) CMS
4 5 (3.25%) Headless CMS
4 5 (3.25%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.30%) Confluence
7 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.65%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (51.30%) Azure
2 78 (50.65%) AWS
3 49 (31.82%) Entra ID
4 30 (19.48%) GCP
5 24 (15.58%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (14.94%) SaaS
7 17 (11.04%) GitHub
8 13 (8.44%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (7.14%) OpenShift
9 11 (7.14%) PaaS
10 10 (6.49%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 10 (6.49%) Serverless
11 8 (5.19%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (5.19%) Azure AKS
11 8 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (5.19%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (4.55%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (4.55%) Amazon S3
13 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (3.25%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.34%) Kerberos
2 18 (11.69%) Firewall
3 14 (9.09%) DNS
4 5 (3.25%) SSL
5 4 (2.60%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.95%) Internet
7 2 (1.30%) Extranet
7 2 (1.30%) HTTP
7 2 (1.30%) Network Security
7 2 (1.30%) S/MIME
7 2 (1.30%) VPN
8 1 (0.65%) DHCP
8 1 (0.65%) SMTP
8 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.79%) Oracle Database
2 5 (3.25%) DynamoDB
3 4 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.95%) Metadata
4 3 (1.95%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.95%) Power BI
4 3 (1.95%) Redis
5 2 (1.30%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.65%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.65%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.65%) MySQL
6 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (13.64%) Jenkins
2 20 (12.99%) Git
3 11 (7.14%) Bitbucket Server
3 11 (7.14%) CA Release Automation
3 11 (7.14%) GitLab
4 9 (5.84%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (3.90%) Maven
5 6 (3.90%) Selenium
6 5 (3.25%) Cucumber
6 5 (3.25%) JIRA
6 5 (3.25%) JUnit
6 5 (3.25%) Mockito
7 4 (2.60%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.95%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.95%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.65%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.65%) JMeter
9 1 (0.65%) Mocha
General
1 77 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (15.58%) Finance
3 23 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.74%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (7.14%) Aviation
6 8 (5.19%) Banking
6 8 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.60%) Legal
8 3 (1.95%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.95%) Retail
9 2 (1.30%) Billing
9 2 (1.30%) Games
9 2 (1.30%) Publishing
10 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Law
10 1 (0.65%) Military
10 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.65%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 28 (18.18%) Architect
2 19 (12.34%) Developer
3 18 (11.69%) Senior
4 10 (6.49%) Azure Engineer
4 10 (6.49%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (5.84%) Business Analyst
5 9 (5.84%) DevOps Engineer
5 9 (5.84%) Lead
6 8 (5.19%) Analyst
6 8 (5.19%) Consultant
7 7 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (4.55%) ForgeRock Developer
7 7 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (4.55%) Security Engineer
8 5 (3.25%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.25%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.25%) Designer
8 5 (3.25%) Security Architect
8 5 (3.25%) Senior DevOps
8 5 (3.25%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (85.06%) OAuth
2 124 (80.52%) SAML
3 76 (49.35%) OAuth2
4 41 (26.62%) LDAP
5 16 (10.39%) REST
6 15 (9.74%) Spring
7 14 (9.09%) JSON
8 13 (8.44%) RESTful
9 9 (5.84%) .NET
9 9 (5.84%) React
9 9 (5.84%) Spring Boot
10 8 (5.19%) JDBC
11 7 (4.55%) GraphQL
11 7 (4.55%) SailPoint
12 6 (3.90%) HTML
13 5 (3.25%) Gherkin
13 5 (3.25%) Hibernate
13 5 (3.25%) JPA
13 5 (3.25%) Kafka
13 5 (3.25%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.34%) Onboarding
2 16 (10.39%) Cloud Native
3 14 (9.09%) PKI
4 11 (7.14%) Management Information System
5 9 (5.84%) Private Cloud
6 8 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (3.90%) Replication
8 4 (2.60%) BYOD
8 4 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.60%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.95%) Taxonomies
10 2 (1.30%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (1.30%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.65%) Contactless
11 1 (0.65%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.65%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 28 (18.18%) Windows
2 22 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 18 (11.69%) Linux
4 8 (5.19%) Unix
5 2 (1.30%) Android
6 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.65%) CentOS
6 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (35.71%) Identity Access Management
2 50 (32.47%) RBAC
3 47 (30.52%) DevOps
4 44 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 39 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (22.08%) Identity Management
7 25 (16.23%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 25 (16.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (14.29%) Migration
9 21 (13.64%) DevSecOps
9 21 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (13.64%) Microservices
10 19 (12.34%) Containerisation
10 19 (12.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (11.69%) Agile
12 17 (11.04%) Mentoring
13 16 (10.39%) Technical Leadership
14 15 (9.74%) Observability
15 14 (9.09%) Privileged Identity Management
16 13 (8.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 41 (26.62%) PowerShell
2 28 (18.18%) Java
3 25 (16.23%) Python
4 19 (12.34%) JavaScript
5 15 (9.74%) Groovy
6 9 (5.84%) Shell Script
7 8 (5.19%) SQL
8 7 (4.55%) Bash
9 6 (3.90%) C#
10 4 (2.60%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.95%) PHP
12 2 (1.30%) C
12 2 (1.30%) Go
13 1 (0.65%) C++
13 1 (0.65%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.65%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.65%) Swift
13 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.65%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 23 (14.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (12.34%) SC Cleared
4 16 (10.39%) DV Cleared
5 12 (7.79%) AWS Certification
5 12 (7.79%) Degree
6 10 (6.49%) CISSP
7 3 (1.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.95%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.95%) CISM
7 3 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.30%) CCSP
8 2 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.65%) HND
9 1 (0.65%) ISSAP
9 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (18.83%) GDPR
2 16 (10.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (7.14%) NIST
4 10 (6.49%) HIPAA
5 8 (5.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (4.55%) QA
6 7 (4.55%) SOC 2
7 6 (3.90%) PSD2
8 5 (3.25%) WCAG
9 4 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (2.60%) PCI DSS
10 3 (1.95%) Data Quality
11 2 (1.30%) SLA
12 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.65%) NCSC
12 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (48.05%) Active Directory
2 26 (16.88%) Docker
3 8 (5.19%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.30%) OpenAM
5 2 (1.30%) OpenDJ
5 2 (1.30%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 71 (46.10%) Single Sign-On
2 33 (21.43%) Terraform
3 27 (17.53%) Kubernetes
4 19 (12.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 11 (7.14%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (6.49%) CA Wily
6 10 (6.49%) Grafana
7 9 (5.84%) Ansible
7 9 (5.84%) PingFederate
7 9 (5.84%) Progress Chef
8 8 (5.19%) Tivoli
9 7 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (3.25%) Kibana
10 5 (3.25%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 3 (1.95%) Argo
11 3 (1.95%) Prometheus
11 3 (1.95%) SCCM
12 2 (1.30%) Puppet
13 1 (0.65%) Oracle Identity Manager
13 1 (0.65%) Podman
Vendors
1 78 (50.65%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.64%) Ping Identity
3 17 (11.04%) IBM
4 16 (10.39%) ForgeRock
5 15 (9.74%) Splunk
6 14 (9.09%) Oracle
7 13 (8.44%) Okta
8 11 (7.14%) AppDynamics
8 11 (7.14%) Broadcom
9 10 (6.49%) CyberArk
10 9 (5.84%) VMware
11 8 (5.19%) Alibaba
12 6 (3.90%) Google
13 4 (2.60%) ServiceNow
14 3 (1.95%) Salesforce
15 2 (1.30%) Intel
15 2 (1.30%) MuleSoft
15 2 (1.30%) Optimizely
15 2 (1.30%) Red Hat
15 2 (1.30%) Xamarin