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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 405 434
Rank change year-on-year +48 +29 +154
Contract jobs citing OpenID 198 73 125
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.28% 0.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.73% 1.25% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 50 92
10th Percentile £406 £409 £425
25th Percentile £450 £508 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% -4.17% -3.23%
75th Percentile £625 £651 £700
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £640
% change year-on-year -8.70% -10.16% +6.67%
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 7,262 5,829 7,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.96% 22.36% 20.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,866 3,693 5,643
10th Percentile £358 £363 £355
25th Percentile £415 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £659
90th Percentile £738 £788 £753
UK median daily rate £513 £537 £534
% change year-on-year -4.61% +0.61% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 76 181
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.38 £25.75
25th Percentile £50.00 £45.51 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.03 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.40% +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 3 February 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 3 February 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 86 £525 -12.13% 62
North of England -17 47 £469 -10.67% 22
South West +15 35 £545 +21.11% 15
Yorkshire - 28 £525 - 8
North West -18 19 £448 -14.67% 13
Midlands -46 11 £525 -8.70% 5
South East -36 9 £546 -5.00% 36
East of England - 8 £425 - 11
West Midlands - 7 £538 - 3
East Midlands -25 3 £438 -23.91% 2
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 (6.06%) Apache
2 11 (5.56%) IIS
2 11 (5.56%) JBoss
2 11 (5.56%) WebSphere
3 10 (5.05%) iPlanet
3 10 (5.05%) WebSphere Application Server
4 7 (3.54%) Confluence
5 5 (2.53%) nginx
5 5 (2.53%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (47.47%) Azure
2 93 (46.97%) AWS
3 53 (26.77%) Entra ID
4 44 (22.22%) GCP
5 26 (13.13%) OpenShift
6 25 (12.63%) SaaS
7 21 (10.61%) Serverless
8 19 (9.60%) GitHub
9 18 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (8.08%) PaaS
11 15 (7.58%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (6.06%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (5.56%) Amazon S3
13 11 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 10 (5.05%) Route 53
15 9 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (4.04%) AWS CloudFormation
16 8 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (4.04%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 6 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.13%) DNS
2 25 (12.63%) Firewall
3 24 (12.12%) Kerberos
4 9 (4.55%) SSL
5 7 (3.54%) VPN
6 6 (3.03%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.53%) HTTPS
7 5 (2.53%) Network Security
7 5 (2.53%) OpenVPN
7 5 (2.53%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (2.02%) IPsec
9 3 (1.52%) Internet
10 2 (1.01%) Extranet
10 2 (1.01%) S/MIME
11 1 (0.51%) DHCP
11 1 (0.51%) HTTP
11 1 (0.51%) SMS
11 1 (0.51%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.06%) Oracle Database
2 10 (5.05%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (4.55%) MySQL
3 9 (4.55%) Redis
3 9 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 8 (4.04%) NoSQL
5 6 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.02%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (2.02%) BigQuery
7 4 (2.02%) DocumentDB
7 4 (2.02%) DynamoDB
7 4 (2.02%) Neo4j
8 3 (1.52%) Metadata
8 3 (1.52%) Power BI
8 3 (1.52%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.01%) Hazelcast
9 2 (1.01%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 55 (27.78%) Jenkins
2 29 (14.65%) GitLab
3 25 (12.63%) JIRA
4 20 (10.10%) Git
5 18 (9.09%) Selenium
6 16 (8.08%) Cucumber
7 12 (6.06%) REST Assured
8 11 (5.56%) Bitbucket Server
8 11 (5.56%) CA Release Automation
8 11 (5.56%) Postman
9 9 (4.55%) Sonatype Nexus
10 8 (4.04%) SonarQube
11 7 (3.54%) Gatling
11 7 (3.54%) JUnit
11 7 (3.54%) Maven
12 6 (3.03%) Bitbucket
13 5 (2.53%) JMeter
13 5 (2.53%) Mockito
13 5 (2.53%) TestRail
14 4 (2.02%) NeoLoad
General
1 85 (42.93%) Social Skills
2 46 (23.23%) Finance
3 34 (17.17%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.59%) Banking
6 14 (7.07%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (6.06%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.56%) Aviation
9 4 (2.02%) Legal
10 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.52%) Games
10 3 (1.52%) Military
11 2 (1.01%) Billing
11 2 (1.01%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.01%) Retail
12 1 (0.51%) Law
12 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 67 (33.84%) Architect
2 27 (13.64%) Developer
3 24 (12.12%) Senior
4 17 (8.59%) Solutions Architect
5 15 (7.58%) Lead
6 13 (6.57%) CyberArk Architect
7 11 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (5.56%) Technical Architect
8 10 (5.05%) Cloud Architect
8 10 (5.05%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (4.55%) Test Engineer
10 8 (4.04%) Security Architect
10 8 (4.04%) Test Automation Engineer
11 7 (3.54%) Analyst
11 7 (3.54%) AWS Architect
11 7 (3.54%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.54%) ForgeRock Developer
11 7 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.54%) Senior Developer
12 6 (3.03%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (71.21%) SAML
2 140 (70.71%) OAuth
3 88 (44.44%) OAuth2
4 70 (35.35%) LDAP
5 37 (18.69%) REST
6 22 (11.11%) RESTful
7 21 (10.61%) SailPoint
8 17 (8.59%) .NET
9 14 (7.07%) Spring
10 13 (6.57%) React
10 13 (6.57%) Spring Boot
11 10 (5.05%) HTML
11 10 (5.05%) JPA
11 10 (5.05%) Kafka
11 10 (5.05%) Playwright
12 9 (4.55%) JSON
13 8 (4.04%) GraphQL
13 8 (4.04%) JDBC
14 7 (3.54%) Node.js
15 6 (3.03%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 31 (15.66%) Onboarding
3 14 (7.07%) PKI
4 13 (6.57%) Management Information System
5 10 (5.05%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.54%) Replication
7 5 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.02%) BYOD
8 4 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.02%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.52%) Taxonomies
10 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.01%) Legacy Code
10 2 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 33 (16.67%) Windows
2 26 (13.13%) Windows Server
3 19 (9.60%) Linux
4 8 (4.04%) Unix
5 2 (1.01%) Android
5 2 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.51%) CentOS
6 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.51%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (42.42%) CI/CD
2 80 (40.40%) DevOps
3 60 (30.30%) Identity Access Management
4 45 (22.73%) RBAC
5 42 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (17.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 34 (17.17%) Agile
8 33 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
8 33 (16.67%) Secrets Management
9 32 (16.16%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (16.16%) Microservices
9 32 (16.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 30 (15.15%) Identity Management
11 29 (14.65%) Design Patterns
11 29 (14.65%) Test Automation
12 25 (12.63%) Event-Driven
12 25 (12.63%) Migration
12 25 (12.63%) Observability
13 24 (12.12%) Containerisation
14 22 (11.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 47 (23.74%) Java
2 40 (20.20%) PowerShell
2 40 (20.20%) Python
3 30 (15.15%) SQL
4 22 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 15 (7.58%) Groovy
6 12 (6.06%) TypeScript
7 9 (4.55%) C#
7 9 (4.55%) Go
7 9 (4.55%) Shell Script
8 8 (4.04%) PHP
9 6 (3.03%) Bash
10 4 (2.02%) Cypher
10 4 (2.02%) Scala
11 3 (1.52%) Bicep
12 2 (1.01%) C
12 2 (1.01%) Swift
13 1 (0.51%) C++
13 1 (0.51%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 39 (19.70%) SC Cleared
3 27 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (10.10%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.57%) Degree
6 10 (5.05%) CISSP
7 8 (4.04%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.02%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.01%) CCSP
10 2 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.01%) CISM
10 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.51%) HND
11 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (19.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (15.66%) NIST
3 27 (13.64%) GDPR
4 18 (9.09%) QA
5 15 (7.58%) NCSC
6 11 (5.56%) PCI DSS
6 11 (5.56%) SOC 2
7 8 (4.04%) PSD2
8 7 (3.54%) HIPAA
8 7 (3.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (3.54%) WCAG
9 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.52%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.52%) Data Quality
10 3 (1.52%) GRC
10 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (1.01%) ISO 20022
11 2 (1.01%) ISO 8583
11 2 (1.01%) SEPA
System Software
1 66 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 30 (15.15%) Docker
3 8 (4.04%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 6 (3.03%) Squid
5 5 (2.53%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 4 (2.02%) RACF
6 4 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (1.01%) OpenAM
7 2 (1.01%) OpenDJ
7 2 (1.01%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 75 (37.88%) Single Sign-On
2 49 (24.75%) Kubernetes
3 39 (19.70%) Terraform
4 26 (13.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (8.59%) Grafana
6 11 (5.56%) CA Single Sign-On
6 11 (5.56%) Prometheus
7 10 (5.05%) CA Wily
8 9 (4.55%) PingFederate
8 9 (4.55%) Progress Chef
9 8 (4.04%) Tivoli
10 6 (3.03%) Ansible
11 5 (2.53%) Argo
11 5 (2.53%) Consul
11 5 (2.53%) FortiGate
11 5 (2.53%) Kibana
12 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (1.52%) SCCM
14 1 (0.51%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.51%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 84 (42.42%) Microsoft
2 30 (15.15%) Splunk
3 24 (12.12%) CyberArk
4 20 (10.10%) ServiceNow
5 19 (9.60%) Ping Identity
6 17 (8.59%) Google
7 15 (7.58%) Oracle
8 13 (6.57%) ForgeRock
8 13 (6.57%) Okta
9 11 (5.56%) AppDynamics
9 11 (5.56%) Broadcom
9 11 (5.56%) IBM
9 11 (5.56%) VMware
10 7 (3.54%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.53%) Atlassian
11 5 (2.53%) Dynatrace
12 3 (1.52%) Salesforce
13 2 (1.01%) NetIQ
13 2 (1.01%) Optimizely
13 2 (1.01%) Xamarin