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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 400 442 421
Rank change year-on-year +42 -21 +204
Contract jobs citing OpenID 155 76 135
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.27% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.21% 1.21% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 52 105
10th Percentile £406 £409 £443
25th Percentile £438 £498 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £681
90th Percentile £688 £748 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £586 £600
% change year-on-year -13.01% -2.29% -6.25%
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 £63.00 - -

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 7,025 6,271 7,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.22% 21.89% 21.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,692 4,004 5,810
10th Percentile £350 £358 £363
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.80%
75th Percentile £633 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £508 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 77 165
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £33.20
25th Percentile £43.84 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £58.00 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.18 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £58.73 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -6.04% +16.82% -17.69%

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 December 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 23 December 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 +7 64 £500 -13.04% 44
South West +23 33 £545 -1.09% 21
North of England -16 30 £453 -17.64% 42
North West -12 15 £450 - 22
Yorkshire - 15 £468 - 18
South East -18 10 £488 -15.22% 34
Midlands -33 8 £525 +23.53% 19
East of England - 8 £425 - 18
West Midlands -24 6 £538 +26.47% 8
East Midlands - 2 £400 - 10
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 (7.74%) Apache
2 11 (7.10%) IIS
2 11 (7.10%) JBoss
2 11 (7.10%) WebSphere
3 10 (6.45%) iPlanet
3 10 (6.45%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (3.23%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.94%) Confluence
5 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.65%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 84 (54.19%) Azure
2 70 (45.16%) AWS
3 48 (30.97%) Entra ID
4 29 (18.71%) GCP
5 22 (14.19%) SaaS
6 20 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (10.97%) GitHub
8 12 (7.74%) OpenShift
8 12 (7.74%) PaaS
9 8 (5.16%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (5.16%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (3.23%) Serverless
12 4 (2.58%) Azure API Management
12 4 (2.58%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (2.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (2.58%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (1.94%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.55%) Kerberos
2 18 (11.61%) Firewall
3 15 (9.68%) DNS
4 7 (4.52%) SSL
5 5 (3.23%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.94%) Internet
7 2 (1.29%) Extranet
7 2 (1.29%) HTTP
7 2 (1.29%) Network Security
7 2 (1.29%) S/MIME
7 2 (1.29%) VPN
8 1 (0.65%) DHCP
8 1 (0.65%) IPsec
8 1 (0.65%) SMS
8 1 (0.65%) SMTP
8 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.74%) Oracle Database
2 6 (3.87%) MySQL
2 6 (3.87%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.58%) Redis
5 3 (1.94%) Metadata
5 3 (1.94%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.94%) Power BI
6 2 (1.29%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.65%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.65%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 30 (19.35%) Jenkins
2 20 (12.90%) Git
3 19 (12.26%) GitLab
4 14 (9.03%) JIRA
4 14 (9.03%) Selenium
5 12 (7.74%) Cucumber
6 11 (7.10%) Bitbucket Server
6 11 (7.10%) CA Release Automation
7 9 (5.81%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (5.16%) REST Assured
9 7 (4.52%) JUnit
9 7 (4.52%) Maven
9 7 (4.52%) Postman
10 5 (3.23%) Mockito
10 5 (3.23%) TestRail
11 4 (2.58%) Artifactory
12 3 (1.94%) Cypress.io
12 3 (1.94%) SonarQube
13 1 (0.65%) Mocha
13 1 (0.65%) WebDriver
General
1 68 (43.87%) Social Skills
2 28 (18.06%) Finance
3 22 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.32%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (7.10%) Aviation
6 10 (6.45%) Public Sector
7 8 (5.16%) Banking
8 4 (2.58%) Legal
9 3 (1.94%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.94%) Games
10 2 (1.29%) Billing
10 2 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.29%) Retail
11 1 (0.65%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.65%) Law
11 1 (0.65%) Military
11 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.65%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 28 (18.06%) Architect
2 21 (13.55%) Developer
3 20 (12.90%) Senior
4 15 (9.68%) Lead
5 11 (7.10%) Azure Engineer
5 11 (7.10%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (6.45%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (4.52%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (4.52%) ForgeRock Developer
7 7 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (4.52%) Security Engineer
8 6 (3.87%) Analyst
8 6 (3.87%) Consultant
8 6 (3.87%) Senior Developer
8 6 (3.87%) Software Engineer
8 6 (3.87%) Test Engineer
9 5 (3.23%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.23%) IAM Specialist
9 5 (3.23%) Security Architect
9 5 (3.23%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (79.35%) OAuth
2 118 (76.13%) SAML
3 71 (45.81%) OAuth2
4 46 (29.68%) LDAP
5 22 (14.19%) REST
6 16 (10.32%) SailPoint
7 14 (9.03%) .NET
7 14 (9.03%) RESTful
8 12 (7.74%) Spring
9 10 (6.45%) React
10 9 (5.81%) Spring Boot
11 8 (5.16%) HTML
11 8 (5.16%) JDBC
11 8 (5.16%) JSON
12 7 (4.52%) GraphQL
13 6 (3.87%) Node.js
14 5 (3.23%) Gherkin
14 5 (3.23%) JPA
14 5 (3.23%) Kafka
14 5 (3.23%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.97%) Onboarding
2 15 (9.68%) PKI
3 11 (7.10%) Management Information System
4 9 (5.81%) Private Cloud
5 8 (5.16%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.87%) Replication
7 4 (2.58%) BYOD
7 4 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.58%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.94%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.29%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.29%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.65%) Contactless
10 1 (0.65%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.65%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 30 (19.35%) Windows
2 23 (14.84%) Windows Server
3 19 (12.26%) Linux
4 8 (5.16%) Unix
5 2 (1.29%) 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 51 (32.90%) Identity Access Management
2 50 (32.26%) CI/CD
3 45 (29.03%) DevOps
4 41 (26.45%) RBAC
5 36 (23.23%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (18.71%) Identity Management
7 26 (16.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 24 (15.48%) Agile
8 24 (15.48%) Migration
9 23 (14.84%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 22 (14.19%) Microservices
11 20 (12.90%) DevSecOps
12 18 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (10.97%) Containerisation
13 17 (10.97%) Observability
13 17 (10.97%) Test Automation
14 16 (10.32%) Infrastructure as Code
15 14 (9.03%) Technical Leadership
16 13 (8.39%) Software Engineering
16 13 (8.39%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 43 (27.74%) PowerShell
2 34 (21.94%) Java
3 30 (19.35%) Python
4 24 (15.48%) JavaScript
5 15 (9.68%) Groovy
5 15 (9.68%) SQL
6 9 (5.81%) Shell Script
7 8 (5.16%) PHP
8 7 (4.52%) Bash
9 6 (3.87%) C#
10 5 (3.23%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.94%) Go
12 2 (1.29%) C
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
Qualifications
1 47 (30.32%) Security Cleared
2 25 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (14.19%) SC Cleared
4 18 (11.61%) DV Cleared
5 12 (7.74%) Degree
6 10 (6.45%) CISSP
7 7 (4.52%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.94%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.94%) CISM
8 3 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.29%) CCSP
9 2 (1.29%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.65%) HND
10 1 (0.65%) ISSAP
10 1 (0.65%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.65%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (16.77%) GDPR
2 17 (10.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (7.74%) NIST
3 12 (7.74%) QA
4 7 (4.52%) HIPAA
4 7 (4.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (3.87%) PSD2
5 6 (3.87%) SOC 2
6 5 (3.23%) PCI DSS
6 5 (3.23%) WCAG
7 4 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.94%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.29%) NCSC
9 2 (1.29%) SLA
10 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 69 (44.52%) Active Directory
2 25 (16.13%) Docker
3 8 (5.16%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.29%) OpenAM
5 2 (1.29%) OpenDJ
5 2 (1.29%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.65%) Firmware
6 1 (0.65%) RACF
6 1 (0.65%) Squid
Systems Management
1 64 (41.29%) Single Sign-On
2 27 (17.42%) Terraform
3 24 (15.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (12.90%) Kubernetes
5 11 (7.10%) CA Single Sign-On
5 11 (7.10%) Grafana
6 10 (6.45%) CA Wily
7 9 (5.81%) Ansible
7 9 (5.81%) PingFederate
7 9 (5.81%) Progress Chef
8 8 (5.16%) Tivoli
9 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (3.23%) Kibana
11 4 (2.58%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.94%) Argo
12 3 (1.94%) SCCM
13 2 (1.29%) Puppet
13 2 (1.29%) Tivoli Identity Manager
14 1 (0.65%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.65%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 80 (51.61%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.26%) Ping Identity
3 16 (10.32%) Splunk
4 14 (9.03%) CyberArk
5 13 (8.39%) ForgeRock
5 13 (8.39%) IBM
5 13 (8.39%) Oracle
6 11 (7.10%) AppDynamics
6 11 (7.10%) Broadcom
7 10 (6.45%) Okta
7 10 (6.45%) ServiceNow
7 10 (6.45%) VMware
8 8 (5.16%) Google
9 3 (1.94%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.29%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (1.29%) Intel
10 2 (1.29%) NetIQ
10 2 (1.29%) Optimizely
10 2 (1.29%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.29%) Xamarin