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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 407 436
Rank change year-on-year +53 +29 +140
Contract jobs citing OpenID 208 70 123
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.27% 0.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.77% 1.21% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 50 89
10th Percentile £413 £409 £425
25th Percentile £452 £516 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -1.23%
75th Percentile £638 £651 £700
90th Percentile £743 £750 £799
UK median daily rate £525 £599 £650
% change year-on-year -12.32% -7.88% +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 7,508 5,766 7,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.89% 22.49% 20.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,040 3,737 5,525
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £416 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £626 £663 £663
90th Percentile £738 £788 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £530 £534
% change year-on-year -3.30% -0.75% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 74 185
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.80 £23.25
25th Percentile £50.81 £51.56 £44.60
Median hourly rate £63.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.55 £76.37 £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 17 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 17 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 +16 93 £545 -8.98% 15
North of England -22 45 £471 -10.29% 5
South West +13 35 £545 +21.11% 4
Yorkshire -23 29 £525 -12.50% 1
North West -17 16 £453 -13.71% 3
Midlands -42 14 £475 -17.39% 3
South East -32 11 £605 +5.22% 12
West Midlands - 10 £513 - 3
East of England - 8 £425 -
East Midlands -21 3 £438 -23.91%
North East -12 1 - - 1
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 9 (4.33%) Confluence
2 8 (3.85%) Apache
3 7 (3.37%) IIS
3 7 (3.37%) iPlanet
3 7 (3.37%) JBoss
3 7 (3.37%) nginx
3 7 (3.37%) WebSphere
3 7 (3.37%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (2.40%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 100 (48.08%) Azure
2 97 (46.63%) AWS
3 58 (27.88%) Entra ID
4 45 (21.63%) GCP
5 27 (12.98%) SaaS
6 26 (12.50%) Serverless
7 23 (11.06%) OpenShift
8 19 (9.13%) GitHub
9 18 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (8.17%) PaaS
11 16 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (7.21%) Amazon S3
13 14 (6.73%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 12 (5.77%) Route 53
16 11 (5.29%) AWS Lambda
17 9 (4.33%) AWS CloudFormation
18 8 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
18 8 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
18 8 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.46%) DNS
2 27 (12.98%) Firewall
3 22 (10.58%) Kerberos
4 10 (4.81%) SSL
5 9 (4.33%) VPN
6 8 (3.85%) TCP/IP
7 7 (3.37%) OpenVPN
8 5 (2.40%) HTTPS
8 5 (2.40%) IPsec
8 5 (2.40%) Network Security
8 5 (2.40%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (1.44%) Internet
10 2 (0.96%) Extranet
10 2 (0.96%) HTTP
10 2 (0.96%) S/MIME
11 1 (0.48%) DHCP
11 1 (0.48%) SMS
11 1 (0.48%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.29%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.81%) Redis
3 9 (4.33%) MySQL
3 9 (4.33%) Oracle Database
3 9 (4.33%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (3.37%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.88%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.92%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (1.92%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.92%) DocumentDB
8 4 (1.92%) Neo4j
8 4 (1.92%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.44%) Metadata
9 3 (1.44%) Power BI
10 2 (0.96%) Hazelcast
10 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.48%) Amazon QuickSight
11 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 51 (24.52%) Jenkins
2 28 (13.46%) GitLab
3 26 (12.50%) JIRA
4 18 (8.65%) Selenium
5 16 (7.69%) Cucumber
5 16 (7.69%) Git
6 12 (5.77%) REST Assured
7 11 (5.29%) Postman
8 9 (4.33%) SonarQube
9 7 (3.37%) Bitbucket
9 7 (3.37%) Bitbucket Server
9 7 (3.37%) CA Release Automation
9 7 (3.37%) Gatling
9 7 (3.37%) JUnit
9 7 (3.37%) Maven
9 7 (3.37%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (2.40%) JMeter
10 5 (2.40%) Mockito
10 5 (2.40%) TestRail
11 4 (1.92%) Artifactory
General
1 90 (43.27%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.67%) Finance
3 35 (16.83%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (8.65%) Banking
6 14 (6.73%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (6.25%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.29%) Aviation
9 4 (1.92%) Legal
10 3 (1.44%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.44%) Games
10 3 (1.44%) Military
11 2 (0.96%) Billing
11 2 (0.96%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.96%) Retail
12 1 (0.48%) Law
12 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 74 (35.58%) Architect
2 27 (12.98%) Developer
2 27 (12.98%) Senior
3 18 (8.65%) Lead
3 18 (8.65%) Solutions Architect
4 13 (6.25%) CyberArk Architect
4 13 (6.25%) Technical Architect
5 11 (5.29%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (4.81%) Cloud Architect
7 9 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (4.33%) Test Engineer
8 8 (3.85%) Analyst
8 8 (3.85%) AWS Architect
8 8 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (3.85%) Security Architect
8 8 (3.85%) Test Automation Engineer
9 7 (3.37%) ForgeRock Developer
9 7 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (3.37%) Senior Developer
10 6 (2.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (71.15%) OAuth
2 143 (68.75%) SAML
3 98 (47.12%) OAuth2
4 68 (32.69%) LDAP
5 41 (19.71%) REST
6 24 (11.54%) RESTful
6 24 (11.54%) SailPoint
7 19 (9.13%) .NET
8 15 (7.21%) React
8 15 (7.21%) Spring
9 14 (6.73%) Kafka
9 14 (6.73%) Spring Boot
10 13 (6.25%) Playwright
11 11 (5.29%) HTML
12 10 (4.81%) GraphQL
12 10 (4.81%) JPA
12 10 (4.81%) JSON
13 8 (3.85%) JDBC
13 8 (3.85%) Node.js
14 7 (3.37%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.35%) Cloud Native
2 33 (15.87%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.69%) PKI
4 13 (6.25%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.81%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.37%) Replication
7 5 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.92%) BYOD
8 4 (1.92%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.44%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.44%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.96%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.96%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.94%) Windows
2 22 (10.58%) Windows Server
3 15 (7.21%) Linux
4 6 (2.88%) Unix
5 2 (0.96%) Android
5 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.48%) CentOS
6 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.48%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (42.31%) CI/CD
2 83 (39.90%) DevOps
3 61 (29.33%) Identity Access Management
4 51 (24.52%) RBAC
5 45 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (18.75%) Agile
7 37 (17.79%) Microservices
8 36 (17.31%) Infrastructure as Code
8 36 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (16.35%) Cybersecurity
9 34 (16.35%) Secrets Management
10 33 (15.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 31 (14.90%) Test Automation
12 30 (14.42%) Design Patterns
12 30 (14.42%) Identity Management
13 29 (13.94%) Event-Driven
14 28 (13.46%) Observability
15 26 (12.50%) Migration
15 26 (12.50%) Roadmaps
16 23 (11.06%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 48 (23.08%) Java
2 41 (19.71%) Python
3 40 (19.23%) PowerShell
4 31 (14.90%) SQL
5 22 (10.58%) JavaScript
6 16 (7.69%) TypeScript
7 11 (5.29%) C#
7 11 (5.29%) Groovy
8 9 (4.33%) Go
9 8 (3.85%) PHP
10 7 (3.37%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.88%) Bash
12 4 (1.92%) Bicep
12 4 (1.92%) Cypher
12 4 (1.92%) Scala
13 2 (0.96%) C
13 2 (0.96%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.96%) Swift
14 1 (0.48%) C++
14 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (34.13%) Security Cleared
2 43 (20.67%) SC Cleared
3 27 (12.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (10.10%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.25%) Degree
6 11 (5.29%) CISSP
7 5 (2.40%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.92%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.96%) CCSP
10 2 (0.96%) CISM
10 2 (0.96%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.48%) HND
11 1 (0.48%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (19.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (15.38%) NIST
3 28 (13.46%) GDPR
4 19 (9.13%) QA
5 15 (7.21%) NCSC
6 12 (5.77%) PCI DSS
7 11 (5.29%) SOC 2
8 8 (3.85%) PSD2
8 8 (3.85%) WCAG
9 7 (3.37%) HIPAA
9 7 (3.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.92%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.44%) GRC
11 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.96%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.96%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.96%) SEPA
System Software
1 64 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 30 (14.42%) Docker
3 8 (3.85%) Squid
4 6 (2.88%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 5 (2.40%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 5 (2.40%) RACF
6 4 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.96%) OpenAM
7 2 (0.96%) OpenDJ
7 2 (0.96%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 82 (39.42%) Single Sign-On
2 51 (24.52%) Kubernetes
3 42 (20.19%) Terraform
4 26 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 20 (9.62%) Grafana
6 14 (6.73%) Prometheus
7 9 (4.33%) PingFederate
8 7 (3.37%) CA Single Sign-On
8 7 (3.37%) CA Wily
8 7 (3.37%) FortiGate
9 6 (2.88%) Argo
9 6 (2.88%) Consul
9 6 (2.88%) Progress Chef
9 6 (2.88%) Tivoli
10 5 (2.40%) Ansible
10 5 (2.40%) Kibana
11 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (1.44%) SCCM
13 1 (0.48%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.48%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 84 (40.38%) Microsoft
2 26 (12.50%) Splunk
3 25 (12.02%) CyberArk
4 20 (9.62%) ServiceNow
5 19 (9.13%) Ping Identity
6 16 (7.69%) Google
7 14 (6.73%) ForgeRock
7 14 (6.73%) Okta
8 12 (5.77%) Oracle
9 11 (5.29%) VMware
10 9 (4.33%) Red Hat
11 8 (3.85%) AppDynamics
11 8 (3.85%) IBM
12 7 (3.37%) Broadcom
12 7 (3.37%) Dynatrace
13 6 (2.88%) Atlassian
14 3 (1.44%) BeyondTrust
14 3 (1.44%) Salesforce
15 2 (0.96%) Optimizely
15 2 (0.96%) Xamarin