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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 393 426
Rank change year-on-year +16 +33 +109
Contract jobs citing OpenID 210 92 116
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.38% 0.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.64% 1.69% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 66 81
10th Percentile £403 £431 £432
25th Percentile £481 £492 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £572 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.76% -4.75% +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £656 £645
90th Percentile £850 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £563 £560 £620
% change year-on-year +0.45% -9.68% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - -

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 7,947 5,454 7,512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.69% 22.40% 20.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,297 3,781 5,342
10th Percentile £361 £368 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -1.23% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 100 218
10th Percentile £34.25 £30.13 £22.27
25th Percentile £52.38 £51.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -3 106 £550 -12.70% 15
North of England -18 62 £565 +11.16% 9
Yorkshire -18 39 £563 +19.94% 5
North West -29 21 £600 +14.29% 4
South East -41 19 £625 +8.70% 7
South West -30 11 £575 +28.64% 5
Midlands -71 8 £438 -23.91% 1
West Midlands -59 4 £350 -41.96%
East of England - 4 £425 - 3
East Midlands -29 3 £438 -6.22% 1
North East - 3 £469 -
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 14 (6.67%) Confluence
2 9 (4.29%) nginx
3 5 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.90%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 109 (51.90%) Azure
2 101 (48.10%) AWS
3 75 (35.71%) Entra ID
4 51 (24.29%) GCP
5 38 (18.10%) Serverless
6 24 (11.43%) Amazon S3
6 24 (11.43%) SaaS
7 19 (9.05%) Amazon EKS
8 16 (7.62%) OpenShift
9 15 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 13 (6.19%) GitHub
10 13 (6.19%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (6.19%) Route 53
11 12 (5.71%) PaaS
12 11 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (4.76%) Azure AKS
14 9 (4.29%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.38%) DNS
1 26 (12.38%) Firewall
2 16 (7.62%) Kerberos
3 12 (5.71%) SSL
4 11 (5.24%) TCP/IP
5 9 (4.29%) OpenVPN
5 9 (4.29%) VPN
6 5 (2.38%) IPsec
6 5 (2.38%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (1.90%) DHCP
7 4 (1.90%) Network Security
8 2 (0.95%) HTTP
8 2 (0.95%) NGFW
9 1 (0.48%) Extranet
9 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.48%) Internet
9 1 (0.48%) SMS
9 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
1 10 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
1 10 (4.76%) Redis
1 10 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.29%) MySQL
3 8 (3.81%) DynamoDB
3 8 (3.81%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.38%) Data Vault
4 5 (2.38%) Snowflake Schema
5 4 (1.90%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.90%) DocumentDB
5 4 (1.90%) Metadata
5 4 (1.90%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.43%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.43%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.95%) Hazelcast
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.48%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 38 (18.10%) Jenkins
2 29 (13.81%) JIRA
3 23 (10.95%) GitLab
4 13 (6.19%) Selenium
5 12 (5.71%) Postman
5 12 (5.71%) REST Assured
6 11 (5.24%) Cucumber
7 7 (3.33%) Bitbucket
7 7 (3.33%) Gatling
7 7 (3.33%) SonarQube
8 5 (2.38%) JMeter
8 5 (2.38%) TestRail
9 4 (1.90%) Git
9 4 (1.90%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.90%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.95%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.95%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.95%) git-flow
10 2 (0.95%) JUnit
10 2 (0.95%) Maven
General
1 68 (32.38%) Social Skills
2 53 (25.24%) Finance
3 33 (15.71%) Documentation Skills
4 23 (10.95%) Public Sector
5 20 (9.52%) Banking
6 15 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.38%) Retail
9 3 (1.43%) Games
9 3 (1.43%) Legal
9 3 (1.43%) Military
10 2 (0.95%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.48%) Law
11 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (38.10%) Architect
2 24 (11.43%) Senior
3 22 (10.48%) Developer
4 21 (10.00%) Lead
5 18 (8.57%) Technical Architect
6 13 (6.19%) CyberArk Architect
7 10 (4.76%) AWS Architect
7 10 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
7 10 (4.76%) IAM Specialist
8 9 (4.29%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (4.29%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (4.29%) Test Engineer
9 8 (3.81%) Security Architect
9 8 (3.81%) Test Automation Engineer
10 6 (2.86%) Analyst
10 6 (2.86%) Java Developer
10 6 (2.86%) Lead Architect
10 6 (2.86%) Senior Architect
11 5 (2.38%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (74.29%) OAuth
2 130 (61.90%) SAML
3 102 (48.57%) OAuth2
4 70 (33.33%) LDAP
5 42 (20.00%) REST
6 36 (17.14%) SailPoint
7 20 (9.52%) RESTful
8 19 (9.05%) Kafka
9 17 (8.10%) JWT
10 15 (7.14%) Node.js
11 12 (5.71%) .NET
11 12 (5.71%) OpenTelemetry
11 12 (5.71%) Spring
11 12 (5.71%) Spring Boot
12 11 (5.24%) Web Services
13 10 (4.76%) Playwright
14 9 (4.29%) JSON
14 9 (4.29%) React
15 7 (3.33%) J2EE
16 6 (2.86%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (23.33%) Cloud Native
2 31 (14.76%) Onboarding
3 15 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (6.19%) PKI
5 12 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (4.76%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.86%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.38%) IoT
8 5 (2.38%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.90%) Clustering
9 4 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.90%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.43%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.43%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.95%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.95%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.67%) Windows
2 9 (4.29%) Linux
3 7 (3.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.43%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.95%) Android
6 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.48%) Unix
6 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (40.00%) CI/CD
1 84 (40.00%) DevOps
2 55 (26.19%) Identity Access Management
3 53 (25.24%) RBAC
4 45 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (18.10%) Microservices
5 38 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (18.10%) Secrets Management
6 35 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (16.19%) Agile
8 33 (15.71%) Observability
9 32 (15.24%) Test Automation
10 31 (14.76%) Design Patterns
10 31 (14.76%) Event-Driven
10 31 (14.76%) Roadmaps
10 31 (14.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 31 (14.76%) Zero Trust
11 29 (13.81%) Containerisation
12 27 (12.86%) Architectural Patterns
13 26 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (26.67%) Java
2 42 (20.00%) Python
3 40 (19.05%) SQL
4 28 (13.33%) PowerShell
5 21 (10.00%) TypeScript
6 13 (6.19%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.29%) Bicep
7 9 (4.29%) Go
8 8 (3.81%) C#
9 7 (3.33%) PHP
10 5 (2.38%) Scala
11 4 (1.90%) Cypher
11 4 (1.90%) Groovy
11 4 (1.90%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.95%) Bash
12 2 (0.95%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.95%) Swift
Qualifications
1 64 (30.48%) Security Cleared
2 47 (22.38%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.14%) CISSP
3 15 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (6.19%) Degree
5 8 (3.81%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.33%) CISM
7 5 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.43%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.43%) GIAC
10 2 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.95%) MCSE
11 1 (0.48%) HND
11 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.48%) OCP
11 1 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (18.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (16.67%) NIST
3 17 (8.10%) GDPR
4 16 (7.62%) QA
5 15 (7.14%) NCSC
6 10 (4.76%) PCI DSS
7 7 (3.33%) HIPAA
8 6 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (2.38%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.43%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.43%) GRC
10 3 (1.43%) ISO 20022
10 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.43%) SEPA
10 3 (1.43%) WCAG
11 2 (0.95%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.95%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.95%) PSD2
12 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 55 (26.19%) Active Directory
2 27 (12.86%) Docker
3 10 (4.76%) Squid
4 5 (2.38%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.38%) RACF
5 2 (0.95%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.95%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.95%) OpenIDM
5 2 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 57 (27.14%) Kubernetes
2 56 (26.67%) Single Sign-On
3 50 (23.81%) Terraform
4 20 (9.52%) Grafana
5 19 (9.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (9.05%) Prometheus
6 9 (4.29%) FortiGate
7 8 (3.81%) Consul
8 5 (2.38%) Ansible
8 5 (2.38%) Argo
8 5 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.90%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.90%) Istio
9 4 (1.90%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.90%) linkerd
9 4 (1.90%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.48%) Packer
11 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 70 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 29 (13.81%) CyberArk
2 29 (13.81%) ServiceNow
3 20 (9.52%) Splunk
4 15 (7.14%) Google
5 13 (6.19%) Okta
6 12 (5.71%) Dynatrace
7 9 (4.29%) Ping Identity
7 9 (4.29%) Red Hat
8 7 (3.33%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.86%) ForgeRock
10 5 (2.38%) BeyondTrust
10 5 (2.38%) Denodo
10 5 (2.38%) SAP
10 5 (2.38%) Workday
11 4 (1.90%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.90%) VMware
12 2 (0.95%) NetIQ
12 2 (0.95%) Oracle
12 2 (0.95%) Thycotic