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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 412 450
Rank change year-on-year +32 +38 +106
Contract jobs citing OpenID 203 73 120
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.30% 0.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.58% 1.31% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 54 83
10th Percentile £421 £409 £425
25th Percentile £463 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £590 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% -1.75% -
75th Percentile £688 £661 £700
90th Percentile £770 £737 £832
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
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 7,879 5,583 7,575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.40% 22.60% 19.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,280 3,772 5,403
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £663
90th Percentile £738 £790 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 87 197
10th Percentile £35.05 £27.34 £21.08
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.78 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.70 £83.38 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 14 March 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 14 March 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 93 £569 -9.72% 13
North of England -30 44 £525 - 4
Yorkshire -26 31 £525 -12.50%
South West 0 28 £563 +1.12% 2
Midlands -43 14 £475 -17.39% 1
South East -54 14 £605 +5.22% 8
North West -28 12 £475 -9.52% 4
West Midlands - 10 £513 - 1
East of England - 8 £425 - 1
East Midlands -28 3 £438 -23.91%
North East - 2 £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 11 (5.42%) Confluence
2 8 (3.94%) nginx
3 3 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.49%) Apache
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
4 1 (0.49%) iPlanet
4 1 (0.49%) JBoss
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.49%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 101 (49.75%) Azure
2 93 (45.81%) AWS
3 59 (29.06%) Entra ID
4 41 (20.20%) GCP
5 34 (16.75%) Serverless
6 22 (10.84%) SaaS
7 18 (8.87%) Amazon S3
7 18 (8.87%) GitHub
7 18 (8.87%) PaaS
8 17 (8.37%) Amazon EKS
8 17 (8.37%) OpenShift
9 16 (7.88%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (6.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 13 (6.40%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (5.91%) Route 53
13 10 (4.93%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (4.93%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (4.43%) Azure AKS
14 9 (4.43%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 30 (14.78%) DNS
2 28 (13.79%) Firewall
3 13 (6.40%) Kerberos
4 10 (4.93%) SSL
5 9 (4.43%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.94%) OpenVPN
6 8 (3.94%) VPN
7 5 (2.46%) IPsec
7 5 (2.46%) Network Security
7 5 (2.46%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (1.48%) Internet
9 2 (0.99%) Extranet
9 2 (0.99%) HTTP
9 2 (0.99%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.99%) S/MIME
10 1 (0.49%) DHCP
10 1 (0.49%) SMS
10 1 (0.49%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.93%) Redis
3 9 (4.43%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (4.43%) MySQL
3 9 (4.43%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.94%) DynamoDB
4 8 (3.94%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.97%) DocumentDB
5 4 (1.97%) Neo4j
5 4 (1.97%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.48%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.48%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.99%) Hazelcast
7 2 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.49%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.49%) Parquet
8 1 (0.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 43 (21.18%) Jenkins
2 27 (13.30%) JIRA
3 26 (12.81%) GitLab
4 18 (8.87%) Selenium
5 16 (7.88%) Cucumber
6 12 (5.91%) Postman
6 12 (5.91%) REST Assured
7 11 (5.42%) Git
8 9 (4.43%) SonarQube
9 8 (3.94%) Bitbucket
10 7 (3.45%) Gatling
10 7 (3.45%) JUnit
11 6 (2.96%) Maven
12 5 (2.46%) JMeter
12 5 (2.46%) Mockito
12 5 (2.46%) TestRail
13 4 (1.97%) LoadRunner
13 4 (1.97%) NeoLoad
14 2 (0.99%) Artifactory
14 2 (0.99%) Cypress.io
General
1 90 (44.33%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.21%) Finance
3 33 (16.26%) Documentation Skills
4 21 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (9.85%) Banking
6 15 (7.39%) Public Sector
7 14 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (4.93%) Aviation
9 5 (2.46%) Legal
10 4 (1.97%) Retail
11 3 (1.48%) Games
11 3 (1.48%) Military
12 2 (0.99%) Billing
12 2 (0.99%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.49%) Law
13 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.49%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 78 (38.42%) Architect
2 27 (13.30%) Developer
3 25 (12.32%) Senior
4 20 (9.85%) Lead
5 19 (9.36%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (6.90%) Technical Architect
7 13 (6.40%) CyberArk Architect
8 11 (5.42%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (4.93%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (4.93%) Security Architect
10 9 (4.43%) Test Engineer
11 8 (3.94%) AWS Architect
11 8 (3.94%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.94%) Test Automation Engineer
12 7 (3.45%) ForgeRock Developer
13 6 (2.96%) Analyst
13 6 (2.96%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 6 (2.96%) Security Engineer
13 6 (2.96%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (71.43%) OAuth
2 134 (66.01%) SAML
3 106 (52.22%) OAuth2
4 58 (28.57%) LDAP
5 42 (20.69%) REST
6 26 (12.81%) RESTful
7 25 (12.32%) SailPoint
8 21 (10.34%) .NET
9 15 (7.39%) Playwright
9 15 (7.39%) Spring
9 15 (7.39%) Spring Boot
10 14 (6.90%) Kafka
10 14 (6.90%) React
11 12 (5.91%) HTML
12 11 (5.42%) JSON
13 10 (4.93%) JPA
13 10 (4.93%) JWT
13 10 (4.93%) Node.js
13 10 (4.93%) OpenTelemetry
14 9 (4.43%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 40 (19.70%) Cloud Native
2 32 (15.76%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.40%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.40%) PKI
4 10 (4.93%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.93%) Private Cloud
5 7 (3.45%) Replication
6 6 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.96%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.46%) BYOD
7 5 (2.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.46%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.48%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.99%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.33%) Windows
2 18 (8.87%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.94%) Linux
4 3 (1.48%) Android
4 3 (1.48%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.49%) Unix
5 1 (0.49%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (42.36%) CI/CD
1 86 (42.36%) DevOps
2 57 (28.08%) Identity Access Management
3 51 (25.12%) RBAC
4 47 (23.15%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (20.69%) Microservices
6 41 (20.20%) Agile
7 38 (18.72%) Infrastructure as Code
8 35 (17.24%) Secrets Management
8 35 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (16.75%) Cybersecurity
9 34 (16.75%) Observability
9 34 (16.75%) Test Automation
10 32 (15.76%) Design Patterns
11 31 (15.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 29 (14.29%) Event-Driven
13 28 (13.79%) Identity Management
14 27 (13.30%) Containerisation
15 26 (12.81%) Architectural Patterns
15 26 (12.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 46 (22.66%) Java
2 37 (18.23%) PowerShell
2 37 (18.23%) Python
3 31 (15.27%) SQL
4 17 (8.37%) JavaScript
4 17 (8.37%) TypeScript
5 12 (5.91%) C#
6 8 (3.94%) Go
6 8 (3.94%) PHP
7 5 (2.46%) Bicep
7 5 (2.46%) Groovy
7 5 (2.46%) Scala
8 4 (1.97%) Bash
8 4 (1.97%) Cypher
8 4 (1.97%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.48%) Swift
10 2 (0.99%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.49%) C
11 1 (0.49%) C++
11 1 (0.49%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 75 (36.95%) Security Cleared
2 48 (23.65%) SC Cleared
3 26 (12.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (9.85%) DV Cleared
5 14 (6.90%) Degree
6 11 (5.42%) CISSP
7 5 (2.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.97%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.99%) CCSP
10 2 (0.99%) GIAC
11 1 (0.49%) HND
11 1 (0.49%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.49%) OCP
11 1 (0.49%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (14.78%) NIST
3 23 (11.33%) GDPR
4 17 (8.37%) QA
5 15 (7.39%) NCSC
6 11 (5.42%) PCI DSS
7 8 (3.94%) WCAG
8 7 (3.45%) PSD2
8 7 (3.45%) SOC 2
9 6 (2.96%) HIPAA
9 6 (2.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.97%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.48%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.48%) GRC
11 3 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.99%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.99%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.99%) SEPA
System Software
1 53 (26.11%) Active Directory
2 29 (14.29%) Docker
3 9 (4.43%) Squid
4 5 (2.46%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.46%) RACF
5 4 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.99%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.99%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.99%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.49%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 70 (34.48%) Single Sign-On
2 56 (27.59%) Kubernetes
3 42 (20.69%) Terraform
4 26 (12.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 23 (11.33%) Grafana
6 17 (8.37%) Prometheus
7 8 (3.94%) FortiGate
8 7 (3.45%) Consul
9 6 (2.96%) Argo
10 5 (2.46%) Ansible
10 5 (2.46%) Kibana
10 5 (2.46%) PingFederate
11 3 (1.48%) Istio
11 3 (1.48%) Kustomize
11 3 (1.48%) linkerd
12 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.49%) CA Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.49%) Oracle Identity Manager
13 1 (0.49%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.49%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 76 (37.44%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.82%) CyberArk
3 21 (10.34%) ServiceNow
4 20 (9.85%) Splunk
5 17 (8.37%) Ping Identity
6 15 (7.39%) Google
7 13 (6.40%) ForgeRock
8 10 (4.93%) VMware
9 9 (4.43%) Dynatrace
9 9 (4.43%) Okta
10 8 (3.94%) Red Hat
11 7 (3.45%) Atlassian
12 6 (2.96%) Oracle
13 3 (1.48%) BeyondTrust
13 3 (1.48%) MuleSoft
14 2 (0.99%) AppDynamics
14 2 (0.99%) IBM
14 2 (0.99%) NetIQ
14 2 (0.99%) Optimizely
14 2 (0.99%) Xamarin