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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 389 460
Rank change year-on-year -1 +71 +55
Contract jobs citing OpenID 225 114 89
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.42% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.66% 1.87% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 80 56
10th Percentile £403 £400 £425
25th Percentile £494 £428 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £603
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £700 £619 £634
90th Percentile £850 £678 £700
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £613
% change year-on-year +2.27% -10.20% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £79.91 - -
75th Percentile £87.16 - -
90th Percentile £87.32 - -
UK median hourly rate £79.91 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +45.29% - -

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 8,465 6,107 7,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.86% 22.27% 21.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,558 4,200 5,303
10th Percentile £363 £355 £356
25th Percentile £431 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £521 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -5.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £746 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £510 £540
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.56% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 135 248
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.63 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.15
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.18% -6.96%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%

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 20 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OpenID in England over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for OpenID in England

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 20 July 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 -14 109 £563 -8.39% 33
North of England -46 48 £610 +28.42% 3
South East -30 43 £750 +30.43% 16
Yorkshire -38 27 £623 +52.20% 2
North West -35 19 £631 +28.25% 1
Midlands -50 9 £420 +1.14% 1
South West -40 6 £550 +23.04% 1
West Midlands -57 5 £400 -33.67% 1
East of England - 5 £543 - 1
East Midlands -24 4 £420 +1.76%
North East - 4 £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 16 (7.11%) Confluence
2 9 (4.00%) nginx
3 5 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.78%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.44%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 128 (56.89%) Azure
2 94 (41.78%) AWS
3 88 (39.11%) Entra ID
4 45 (20.00%) GCP
5 39 (17.33%) Serverless
6 24 (10.67%) SaaS
7 20 (8.89%) Amazon S3
8 13 (5.78%) Amazon EKS
8 13 (5.78%) Azure AKS
9 12 (5.33%) OpenShift
9 12 (5.33%) Route 53
9 12 (5.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (4.89%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (4.89%) GitHub
10 11 (4.89%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (4.44%) Azure API Management
11 10 (4.44%) Azure Key Vault
12 9 (4.00%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.33%) DNS
2 18 (8.00%) Firewall
3 16 (7.11%) Kerberos
4 11 (4.89%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.44%) SSL
6 9 (4.00%) OpenVPN
6 9 (4.00%) VPN
7 6 (2.67%) Network Security
8 4 (1.78%) DHCP
8 4 (1.78%) IPsec
9 3 (1.33%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.89%) HTTP
10 2 (0.89%) NGFW
11 1 (0.44%) SSH
11 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.00%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (3.56%) Relational Database
3 7 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.67%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.22%) Data Vault
5 5 (2.22%) Snowflake Schema
6 4 (1.78%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.78%) Metadata
6 4 (1.78%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.78%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.33%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.89%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.44%) MySQL
9 1 (0.44%) Parquet
9 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.44%) Redis
9 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (9.33%) JIRA
2 16 (7.11%) Jenkins
3 12 (5.33%) Git
4 7 (3.11%) Bitbucket
4 7 (3.11%) SonarQube
5 6 (2.67%) GitLab
6 4 (1.78%) JMeter
7 3 (1.33%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (1.33%) Fiddler
7 3 (1.33%) git-flow
7 3 (1.33%) Postman
8 2 (0.89%) Gatling
8 2 (0.89%) NeoLoad
8 2 (0.89%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.44%) Gradle
9 1 (0.44%) Maven
9 1 (0.44%) Selenium
9 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 51 (22.67%) Finance
3 36 (16.00%) Public Sector
4 31 (13.78%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (8.44%) Banking
6 15 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.56%) Military
8 8 (3.56%) Retail
9 4 (1.78%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.33%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.89%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.89%) Legal
12 1 (0.44%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (32.00%) Architect
2 32 (14.22%) Developer
3 27 (12.00%) Technical Architect
4 25 (11.11%) Senior
5 22 (9.78%) Lead
6 14 (6.22%) IAM Specialist
7 11 (4.89%) AWS Architect
8 10 (4.44%) Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (4.44%) Java Developer
9 9 (4.00%) CyberArk Architect
9 9 (4.00%) IAM Developer
9 9 (4.00%) Security Architect
10 7 (3.11%) Analyst
10 7 (3.11%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.11%) Technical Leader
11 6 (2.67%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (2.67%) Cloud Architect
11 6 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.22%) Data Engineer
12 5 (2.22%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (81.78%) OAuth
2 143 (63.56%) SAML
3 113 (50.22%) OAuth2
4 74 (32.89%) LDAP
5 34 (15.11%) SailPoint
6 33 (14.67%) REST
7 25 (11.11%) RESTful
8 19 (8.44%) .NET
9 18 (8.00%) Web Services
10 16 (7.11%) JWT
10 16 (7.11%) Node.js
11 14 (6.22%) Kafka
12 13 (5.78%) JSON
12 13 (5.78%) React
13 11 (4.89%) SOAP
14 9 (4.00%) Spring
15 8 (3.56%) OpenTelemetry
15 8 (3.56%) Spring Boot
16 7 (3.11%) AngularJS
16 7 (3.11%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 59 (26.22%) Cloud Native
2 37 (16.44%) Onboarding
3 19 (8.44%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (8.44%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (7.56%) PKI
5 11 (4.89%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.56%) IoT
6 8 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.56%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.11%) Mobile App
7 7 (3.11%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.22%) Clustering
8 5 (2.22%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.33%) NHS
10 3 (1.33%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.33%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.89%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.89%) Linux
2 9 (4.00%) Windows
3 3 (1.33%) Android
3 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.89%) Unix
5 1 (0.44%) CentOS
5 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (37.33%) DevOps
2 82 (36.44%) CI/CD
3 61 (27.11%) Identity Access Management
4 54 (24.00%) RBAC
5 51 (22.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 48 (21.33%) Microservices
7 45 (20.00%) Agile
8 40 (17.78%) Zero Trust
9 39 (17.33%) Cybersecurity
9 39 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (17.33%) Roadmaps
10 37 (16.44%) Containerisation
11 30 (13.33%) Event-Driven
12 28 (12.44%) Runbook
12 28 (12.44%) Stakeholder Management
13 27 (12.00%) Architectural Patterns
14 26 (11.56%) Mentoring
14 26 (11.56%) Threat Modelling
15 24 (10.67%) API Integration
15 24 (10.67%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (21.33%) Java
2 46 (20.44%) Python
3 34 (15.11%) PowerShell
4 25 (11.11%) SQL
5 21 (9.33%) TypeScript
6 17 (7.56%) JavaScript
7 16 (7.11%) C#
8 15 (6.67%) Bicep
9 6 (2.67%) Go
10 5 (2.22%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.78%) Bash
12 2 (0.89%) Cypher
12 2 (0.89%) Groovy
12 2 (0.89%) PHP
12 2 (0.89%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.44%) Perl
13 1 (0.44%) Scala
13 1 (0.44%) Swift
Qualifications
1 76 (33.78%) Security Cleared
2 68 (30.22%) SC Cleared
3 24 (10.67%) Degree
4 23 (10.22%) CISSP
5 12 (5.33%) AWS Certification
5 12 (5.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.89%) Azure Certification
7 9 (4.00%) CISM
8 7 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.67%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.22%) CSPO
11 4 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.78%) GIAC
12 3 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.89%) CEH
13 2 (0.89%) MCSE
14 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (14.67%) NIST
3 24 (10.67%) GDPR
4 16 (7.11%) NCSC
5 9 (4.00%) QA
6 6 (2.67%) HIPAA
6 6 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.22%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.22%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.78%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.78%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.33%) GRC
10 2 (0.89%) HL7
10 2 (0.89%) IEC 62304
10 2 (0.89%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.89%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.44%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.44%) SEPA
11 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 67 (29.78%) Active Directory
2 34 (15.11%) Docker
3 9 (4.00%) Squid
4 4 (1.78%) RACF
5 3 (1.33%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.44%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 67 (29.78%) Single Sign-On
2 55 (24.44%) Kubernetes
2 55 (24.44%) Terraform
3 21 (9.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 18 (8.00%) Grafana
5 16 (7.11%) Prometheus
6 9 (4.00%) FortiGate
7 8 (3.56%) Consul
8 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.78%) Ansible
9 4 (1.78%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.78%) Istio
9 4 (1.78%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.78%) linkerd
9 4 (1.78%) PingFederate
9 4 (1.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (1.33%) Argo
11 1 (0.44%) Packer
11 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 82 (36.44%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.11%) CyberArk
3 23 (10.22%) Okta
4 16 (7.11%) Ping Identity
4 16 (7.11%) ServiceNow
5 14 (6.22%) Splunk
6 12 (5.33%) Dynatrace
7 11 (4.89%) Google
8 10 (4.44%) ForgeRock
9 9 (4.00%) Red Hat
10 7 (3.11%) Atlassian
11 6 (2.67%) MuleSoft
11 6 (2.67%) SAP
12 5 (2.22%) Denodo
12 5 (2.22%) Workday
13 4 (1.78%) BeyondTrust
14 2 (0.89%) Oracle
14 2 (0.89%) Salesforce
14 2 (0.89%) Sparx
14 2 (0.89%) Thycotic