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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 411 422
Rank change year-on-year +58 +11 +160
Contract jobs citing OpenID 193 81 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.59% 0.30% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.69% 1.36% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 56 102
10th Percentile £409 £411 £439
25th Percentile £452 £498 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £570 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.03% -5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £697
90th Percentile £715 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -8.70% -11.54% +7.44%
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 £76.50 - -

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 7,167 5,947 7,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.08% 22.19% 21.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,807 3,801 5,641
10th Percentile £356 £363 £363
25th Percentile £415 £430 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £630 £657 £663
90th Percentile £738 £788 £758
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £545
% change year-on-year -4.65% -1.38% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 77 177
10th Percentile £33.00 £26.25 £26.84
25th Percentile £46.25 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year - +14.55% -16.06%
75th Percentile £66.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.80 £77.70
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 +7 89 £525 -8.70% 56
North of England -20 40 £468 -10.86% 19
South West +21 35 £545 -1.00% 18
Yorkshire - 24 £513 - 7
North West -17 16 £450 -14.29% 12
South East -28 10 £488 -18.75% 38
Midlands -40 10 £531 +25.00% 7
East of England - 8 £425 - 12
West Midlands -41 7 £538 +26.47% 2
East Midlands - 2 £442 - 5
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 (6.22%) Apache
2 11 (5.70%) IIS
2 11 (5.70%) JBoss
2 11 (5.70%) WebSphere
3 10 (5.18%) iPlanet
3 10 (5.18%) WebSphere Application Server
4 7 (3.63%) Confluence
5 5 (2.59%) nginx
5 5 (2.59%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 93 (48.19%) Azure
2 92 (47.67%) AWS
3 51 (26.42%) Entra ID
4 44 (22.80%) GCP
5 23 (11.92%) OpenShift
6 22 (11.40%) SaaS
7 21 (10.88%) GitHub
8 18 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (9.33%) Serverless
9 15 (7.77%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (6.74%) PaaS
11 12 (6.22%) Amazon EKS
12 11 (5.70%) Amazon S3
12 11 (5.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (5.18%) Route 53
14 9 (4.66%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (4.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 8 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
16 7 (3.63%) AWS CloudFormation
17 6 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.47%) DNS
2 25 (12.95%) Firewall
3 21 (10.88%) Kerberos
4 7 (3.63%) VPN
5 6 (3.11%) SSL
5 6 (3.11%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.59%) HTTPS
6 5 (2.59%) OpenVPN
7 4 (2.07%) Network Security
7 4 (2.07%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (1.55%) Internet
9 2 (1.04%) Extranet
9 2 (1.04%) HTTP
9 2 (1.04%) S/MIME
10 1 (0.52%) DHCP
10 1 (0.52%) IPsec
10 1 (0.52%) SMS
10 1 (0.52%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.22%) Oracle Database
2 11 (5.70%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.18%) MySQL
3 10 (5.18%) NoSQL
3 10 (5.18%) Redis
4 9 (4.66%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.07%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (2.07%) BigQuery
7 4 (2.07%) DocumentDB
7 4 (2.07%) DynamoDB
7 4 (2.07%) Neo4j
8 3 (1.55%) Metadata
8 3 (1.55%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.55%) Power BI
8 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.04%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 51 (26.42%) Jenkins
2 30 (15.54%) GitLab
3 25 (12.95%) JIRA
4 20 (10.36%) Git
5 17 (8.81%) Selenium
6 15 (7.77%) Cucumber
7 11 (5.70%) Bitbucket Server
7 11 (5.70%) CA Release Automation
7 11 (5.70%) Postman
7 11 (5.70%) REST Assured
8 9 (4.66%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (4.15%) SonarQube
10 7 (3.63%) Gatling
10 7 (3.63%) JUnit
10 7 (3.63%) Maven
11 6 (3.11%) Bitbucket
12 5 (2.59%) JMeter
12 5 (2.59%) Mockito
12 5 (2.59%) TestRail
13 4 (2.07%) Cypress.io
General
1 83 (43.01%) Social Skills
2 44 (22.80%) Finance
3 31 (16.06%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.36%) Banking
5 11 (5.70%) Aviation
5 11 (5.70%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (5.18%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.07%) Legal
8 3 (1.55%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.55%) Games
9 2 (1.04%) Billing
9 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.04%) Military
9 2 (1.04%) Retail
10 1 (0.52%) Law
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.52%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 59 (30.57%) Architect
2 28 (14.51%) Developer
3 22 (11.40%) Senior
4 16 (8.29%) Solutions Architect
5 15 (7.77%) Lead
6 11 (5.70%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (5.18%) Cloud Architect
7 10 (5.18%) CyberArk Architect
7 10 (5.18%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (4.66%) Test Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) Technical Architect
9 8 (4.15%) Test Automation Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) AWS Architect
10 7 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) ForgeRock Developer
10 7 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Security Architect
10 7 (3.63%) Senior Developer
11 6 (3.11%) Consultant
11 6 (3.11%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (72.02%) OAuth
2 131 (67.88%) SAML
3 90 (46.63%) OAuth2
4 66 (34.20%) LDAP
5 36 (18.65%) REST
6 24 (12.44%) RESTful
7 20 (10.36%) SailPoint
8 17 (8.81%) .NET
8 17 (8.81%) Spring
9 16 (8.29%) Spring Boot
10 13 (6.74%) Kafka
10 13 (6.74%) React
11 10 (5.18%) HTML
11 10 (5.18%) JPA
11 10 (5.18%) Playwright
12 9 (4.66%) GraphQL
12 9 (4.66%) JSON
12 9 (4.66%) Node.js
13 8 (4.15%) JDBC
14 6 (3.11%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.54%) Cloud Native
2 25 (12.95%) Onboarding
3 14 (7.25%) PKI
4 13 (6.74%) Management Information System
5 10 (5.18%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (5.18%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.63%) Replication
7 5 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.07%) BYOD
8 4 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.07%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.55%) Taxonomies
10 2 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.04%) Legacy Code
10 2 (1.04%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.04%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.52%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 33 (17.10%) Windows
2 26 (13.47%) Windows Server
3 19 (9.84%) Linux
4 8 (4.15%) Unix
5 2 (1.04%) Android
5 2 (1.04%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.52%) CentOS
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (41.97%) CI/CD
2 77 (39.90%) DevOps
3 60 (31.09%) Identity Access Management
4 45 (23.32%) RBAC
5 43 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (18.13%) Agile
7 34 (17.62%) Microservices
7 34 (17.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 32 (16.58%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (16.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (15.54%) Identity Management
11 29 (15.03%) Secrets Management
12 28 (14.51%) Containerisation
12 28 (14.51%) Observability
12 28 (14.51%) Test Automation
13 27 (13.99%) Event-Driven
14 26 (13.47%) Migration
15 25 (12.95%) Cybersecurity
16 24 (12.44%) Design Patterns
17 21 (10.88%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 49 (25.39%) Java
2 42 (21.76%) Python
3 40 (20.73%) PowerShell
4 28 (14.51%) SQL
5 24 (12.44%) JavaScript
6 15 (7.77%) Groovy
7 12 (6.22%) TypeScript
8 9 (4.66%) C#
8 9 (4.66%) Go
8 9 (4.66%) Shell Script
9 8 (4.15%) PHP
10 6 (3.11%) Bash
11 4 (2.07%) Cypher
11 4 (2.07%) Scala
12 2 (1.04%) Bicep
12 2 (1.04%) C
12 2 (1.04%) Swift
13 1 (0.52%) C++
13 1 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (32.64%) Security Cleared
2 36 (18.65%) SC Cleared
3 27 (13.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (10.36%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.74%) Degree
6 10 (5.18%) CISSP
7 8 (4.15%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.07%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.04%) CCSP
10 2 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.04%) CISM
10 2 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.52%) HND
11 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.52%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (18.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (13.99%) NIST
3 26 (13.47%) GDPR
4 21 (10.88%) QA
5 12 (6.22%) NCSC
6 10 (5.18%) PCI DSS
6 10 (5.18%) SOC 2
7 8 (4.15%) PSD2
8 7 (3.63%) HIPAA
8 7 (3.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (3.63%) WCAG
9 4 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.55%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.55%) Data Quality
11 2 (1.04%) GRC
11 2 (1.04%) ISO 20022
11 2 (1.04%) ISO 8583
11 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (1.04%) SEPA
System Software
1 66 (34.20%) Active Directory
2 35 (18.13%) Docker
3 8 (4.15%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 6 (3.11%) Squid
5 5 (2.59%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 4 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (1.04%) OpenAM
7 2 (1.04%) OpenDJ
7 2 (1.04%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.52%) RACF
Systems Management
1 68 (35.23%) Single Sign-On
2 47 (24.35%) Kubernetes
3 43 (22.28%) Terraform
4 26 (13.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 18 (9.33%) Grafana
6 11 (5.70%) Ansible
6 11 (5.70%) CA Single Sign-On
6 11 (5.70%) Prometheus
7 10 (5.18%) CA Wily
8 9 (4.66%) PingFederate
8 9 (4.66%) Progress Chef
9 8 (4.15%) Tivoli
10 5 (2.59%) Argo
10 5 (2.59%) Consul
10 5 (2.59%) FortiGate
10 5 (2.59%) Kibana
11 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (1.55%) SCCM
13 2 (1.04%) Puppet
14 1 (0.52%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 80 (41.45%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.51%) Splunk
3 21 (10.88%) CyberArk
4 19 (9.84%) Ping Identity
4 19 (9.84%) ServiceNow
5 18 (9.33%) Google
6 15 (7.77%) Oracle
7 13 (6.74%) ForgeRock
7 13 (6.74%) Okta
8 11 (5.70%) AppDynamics
8 11 (5.70%) Broadcom
8 11 (5.70%) IBM
8 11 (5.70%) VMware
9 7 (3.63%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.59%) Atlassian
10 5 (2.59%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.55%) Salesforce
12 2 (1.04%) MuleSoft
12 2 (1.04%) NetIQ
12 2 (1.04%) Optimizely