OpenID Contract Job Trends in London

OpenID Connect (OIDC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring OpenID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 302 321
Rank change year-on-year -2 +19 +139
Contract jobs citing OpenID 73 54 69
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.51% 0.39% 0.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.95% 1.50% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 33 52
10th Percentile £413 £409 £503
25th Percentile £463 £475 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -11.54% +0.15%
75th Percentile £638 £708 £731
90th Percentile £704 £788 £837
England median daily rate £500 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -4.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,750 3,611 4,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.25% 26.01% 25.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,542 2,362 3,462
10th Percentile £363 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -0.86% -4.92%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £700
90th Percentile £763 £825 £800
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 31
10th Percentile £35.00 £34.65 £29.72
25th Percentile £41.25 £38.38 £35.94
Median hourly rate £54.00 £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +5.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £63.00 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.20 £72.80 £75.00
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £54.53
% change year-on-year -4.00% +14.62% -16.11%

OpenID
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

OpenID job vacancy trend in London

OpenID
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing OpenID

OpenID
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenID in London over the 6 months to 19 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OpenID in London

OpenID
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenID within the London region over the 6 months to 19 January 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
Central London +2 9 £575 - 15
West London -18 1 £425 +3.91% 10
South London - 1 £513 - 13
OpenID
England

OpenID
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.74%) Confluence
1 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Apache
2 1 (1.37%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 40 (54.79%) Azure
2 25 (34.25%) AWS
3 24 (32.88%) Entra ID
4 16 (21.92%) GitHub
5 14 (19.18%) GCP
6 11 (15.07%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (13.70%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (12.33%) SaaS
9 7 (9.59%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (8.22%) OpenShift
11 5 (6.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (6.85%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (6.85%) Amazon S3
11 5 (6.85%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (6.85%) Route 53
11 5 (6.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (5.48%) Amazon Kinesis
12 4 (5.48%) Amazon MSK
12 4 (5.48%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) DNS
1 5 (6.85%) Firewall
1 5 (6.85%) HTTPS
2 3 (4.11%) SSL
3 2 (2.74%) Extranet
3 2 (2.74%) HTTP
3 2 (2.74%) Internet
3 2 (2.74%) Kerberos
3 2 (2.74%) Network Security
3 2 (2.74%) S/MIME
4 1 (1.37%) SMS
4 1 (1.37%) SMTP
4 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.70%) NoSQL
2 7 (9.59%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (9.59%) Redis
3 5 (6.85%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (6.85%) MySQL
4 4 (5.48%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (5.48%) DocumentDB
4 4 (5.48%) DynamoDB
5 3 (4.11%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.74%) Hazelcast
6 2 (2.74%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.37%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (1.37%) BigQuery
7 1 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.37%) Hadoop
7 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (19.18%) Jenkins
2 10 (13.70%) GitLab
3 4 (5.48%) Cypress.io
3 4 (5.48%) JIRA
4 3 (4.11%) Artifactory
4 3 (4.11%) Gatling
4 3 (4.11%) Git
5 2 (2.74%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.37%) Android Studio
6 1 (1.37%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (1.37%) fastlane
6 1 (1.37%) Fiddler
6 1 (1.37%) git-flow
6 1 (1.37%) JMeter
6 1 (1.37%) JUnit
6 1 (1.37%) Mocha
6 1 (1.37%) Postman
6 1 (1.37%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.37%) Selenium
6 1 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (41.10%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.92%) Finance
3 11 (15.07%) Banking
4 9 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.85%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.48%) Legal
7 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Law
7 1 (1.37%) Military
7 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
7 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.37%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 24 (32.88%) Architect
2 14 (19.18%) Developer
3 7 (9.59%) Senior
4 6 (8.22%) Security Engineer
4 6 (8.22%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (6.85%) Security Architect
6 4 (5.48%) AWS Architect
6 4 (5.48%) Cloud Architect
6 4 (5.48%) Java Architect
6 4 (5.48%) Lead
6 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) Administrator
7 3 (4.11%) CyberArk Architect
7 3 (4.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 3 (4.11%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (4.11%) ForgeRock Developer
7 3 (4.11%) Java Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) Java Developer
8 2 (2.74%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.74%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (86.30%) OAuth
2 46 (63.01%) SAML
3 40 (54.79%) OAuth2
4 13 (17.81%) Kafka
4 13 (17.81%) RESTful
5 12 (16.44%) LDAP
5 12 (16.44%) Spring
6 11 (15.07%) Spring Boot
7 10 (13.70%) REST
8 7 (9.59%) React
9 6 (8.22%) .NET
9 6 (8.22%) GraphQL
9 6 (8.22%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (6.85%) Hibernate
10 5 (6.85%) JPA
11 4 (5.48%) HTML
11 4 (5.48%) JSON
11 4 (5.48%) OpenAPI
11 4 (5.48%) SOAP
11 4 (5.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.81%) Cloud Native
2 11 (15.07%) PKI
3 10 (13.70%) Management Information System
4 8 (10.96%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (9.59%) Onboarding
6 5 (6.85%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (5.48%) BYOD
7 4 (5.48%) Security Posture
8 3 (4.11%) Private Cloud
8 3 (4.11%) Taxonomies
9 2 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (2.74%) Legacy Code
9 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (1.37%) AI Agents
10 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
10 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
10 1 (1.37%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.74%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.74%) Linux
2 1 (1.37%) Android
2 1 (1.37%) CentOS
2 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (52.05%) CI/CD
2 26 (35.62%) DevOps
3 22 (30.14%) Microservices
4 20 (27.40%) Identity Access Management
5 18 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (23.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (19.18%) DevSecOps
7 14 (19.18%) Observability
8 13 (17.81%) Agile
8 13 (17.81%) Containerisation
8 13 (17.81%) Event-Driven
8 13 (17.81%) Performance Tuning
8 13 (17.81%) Secrets Management
9 12 (16.44%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (16.44%) Design Patterns
9 12 (16.44%) Identity Management
10 11 (15.07%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 11 (15.07%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 9 (12.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (12.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (31.51%) Java
2 17 (23.29%) Python
3 13 (17.81%) PowerShell
4 12 (16.44%) JavaScript
4 12 (16.44%) SQL
5 4 (5.48%) C#
5 4 (5.48%) TypeScript
6 3 (4.11%) Bash
6 3 (4.11%) Go
6 3 (4.11%) Groovy
7 2 (2.74%) Swift
8 1 (1.37%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (1.37%) Objective-C
8 1 (1.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (17.81%) Security Cleared
2 10 (13.70%) Degree
3 8 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.59%) CISSP
4 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.11%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (2.74%) CCSP
6 2 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.74%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.37%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.37%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (1.37%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.37%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (13.70%) NIST
2 10 (13.70%) QA
3 8 (10.96%) PCI DSS
4 7 (9.59%) GDPR
5 5 (6.85%) HIPAA
6 4 (5.48%) NCSC
6 4 (5.48%) PSD2
6 4 (5.48%) SOC 2
7 3 (4.11%) Accessibility
8 2 (2.74%) ISO 20022
8 2 (2.74%) ISO 8583
8 2 (2.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (2.74%) SEPA
8 2 (2.74%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (26.03%) Docker
2 18 (24.66%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.74%) OpenAM
3 2 (2.74%) OpenDJ
3 2 (2.74%) OpenIDM
4 1 (1.37%) Squid
Systems Management
1 25 (34.25%) Single Sign-On
2 23 (31.51%) Terraform
3 20 (27.40%) Kubernetes
4 9 (12.33%) Ansible
5 6 (8.22%) Grafana
6 4 (5.48%) Argo
6 4 (5.48%) Prometheus
7 2 (2.74%) Puppet
8 1 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (1.37%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 25 (34.25%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.70%) Okta
3 9 (12.33%) CyberArk
4 8 (10.96%) ForgeRock
4 8 (10.96%) Google
5 7 (9.59%) Splunk
6 3 (4.11%) Ping Identity
7 2 (2.74%) Confluent
7 2 (2.74%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.74%) NetIQ
7 2 (2.74%) Optimizely
8 1 (1.37%) IBM
8 1 (1.37%) Intel
8 1 (1.37%) Oracle
8 1 (1.37%) Qualys
8 1 (1.37%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.37%) VMware
8 1 (1.37%) Xamarin