FIDO Contract Job Trends in London

FIDO Alliance (FIDO2)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring FIDO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 - 397
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing FIDO 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.020% - 0.027%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.077% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £775
75th Percentile £575 - £788
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 - £600

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

FIDO 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,885 3,621 4,617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.23% 26.17% 24.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,620 2,347 3,509
10th Percentile £363 £380 £387
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -5.74%
75th Percentile £666 £700 £688
90th Percentile £770 £825 £800
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 21 30
10th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £29.60
25th Percentile £41.25 £38.50 £35.79
Median hourly rate £54.00 £52.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -25.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £69.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £80.00 £76.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

FIDO
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FIDO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

FIDO job vacancy trend in London

FIDO
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing FIDO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing FIDO

FIDO
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Akamai
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) IAM Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth2
1 1 (33.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) YubiKey
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (66.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Environments
1 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Identity
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform