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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 311 339
Rank change year-on-year +29 +28 +130
Contract jobs citing OpenID 90 52 70
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.62% 0.38% 0.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.37% 1.44% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 32 52
10th Percentile £413 £409 £503
25th Percentile £475 £472 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £586 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -9.81% +0.15%
75th Percentile £694 £708 £731
90th Percentile £900 £792 £837
England median daily rate £524 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.87% -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 3,793 3,610 4,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.12% 26.17% 24.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,565 2,350 3,496
10th Percentile £363 £380 £388
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -5.74%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £688
90th Percentile £769 £825 £800
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 20 30
10th Percentile £35.00 £34.83 £29.60
25th Percentile £41.88 £38.44 £35.79
Median hourly rate £55.00 £54.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +10.77% -25.00%
75th Percentile £66.25 £65.00 £69.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £81.38 £76.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

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 26 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 26 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 0 8 £593 +3.04% 12
South London - 5 £519 - 12
East London - 3 £540 - 10
West London -17 1 £425 +3.91% 10
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 7 (7.78%) Confluence
2 5 (5.56%) nginx
3 2 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.11%) Apache
4 1 (1.11%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 44 (48.89%) Azure
2 34 (37.78%) AWS
3 24 (26.67%) Entra ID
4 16 (17.78%) OpenShift
5 15 (16.67%) GCP
6 14 (15.56%) GitHub
7 12 (13.33%) Amazon EKS
7 12 (13.33%) Serverless
8 11 (12.22%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (11.11%) Amazon S3
9 10 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (11.11%) Route 53
9 10 (11.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 9 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (10.00%) SaaS
11 5 (5.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (5.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.11%) DNS
1 10 (11.11%) Firewall
2 6 (6.67%) TCP/IP
3 5 (5.56%) HTTPS
3 5 (5.56%) OpenVPN
3 5 (5.56%) VPN
4 3 (3.33%) SSL
5 2 (2.22%) Extranet
5 2 (2.22%) Internet
5 2 (2.22%) Kerberos
5 2 (2.22%) Network Security
5 2 (2.22%) S/MIME
6 1 (1.11%) HTTP
6 1 (1.11%) SMS
6 1 (1.11%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.89%) NoSQL
2 6 (6.67%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (6.67%) Redis
3 5 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (4.44%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (4.44%) BigQuery
4 4 (4.44%) DocumentDB
4 4 (4.44%) DynamoDB
4 4 (4.44%) MySQL
4 4 (4.44%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.22%) Hazelcast
5 2 (2.22%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.11%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (1.11%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.11%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 24 (26.67%) Jenkins
2 9 (10.00%) JIRA
3 8 (8.89%) GitLab
4 7 (7.78%) SonarQube
5 5 (5.56%) Bitbucket
6 3 (3.33%) Artifactory
6 3 (3.33%) Gatling
6 3 (3.33%) Git
7 2 (2.22%) Cypress.io
8 1 (1.11%) Android Studio
8 1 (1.11%) Fiddler
8 1 (1.11%) git-flow
8 1 (1.11%) JMeter
8 1 (1.11%) JUnit
8 1 (1.11%) Maven
8 1 (1.11%) Postman
8 1 (1.11%) REST Assured
8 1 (1.11%) Selenium
8 1 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (1.11%) Xcode
General
1 46 (51.11%) Social Skills
2 27 (30.00%) Finance
3 20 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (16.67%) Banking
5 14 (15.56%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.56%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.44%) Legal
9 2 (2.22%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.11%) Law
10 1 (1.11%) Military
10 1 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.11%) Retail
10 1 (1.11%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 42 (46.67%) Architect
2 14 (15.56%) Developer
3 13 (14.44%) CyberArk Architect
4 9 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
5 8 (8.89%) Senior
6 7 (7.78%) AWS Architect
6 7 (7.78%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (6.67%) Security Engineer
8 5 (5.56%) Security Architect
9 4 (4.44%) Java Architect
9 4 (4.44%) Lead
9 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Engineer
9 4 (4.44%) Technical Architect
10 3 (3.33%) Administrator
10 3 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Architect
10 3 (3.33%) ForgeRock Developer
10 3 (3.33%) GCP Architect
10 3 (3.33%) Java Engineer
10 3 (3.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (72.22%) OAuth
2 59 (65.56%) SAML
3 39 (43.33%) OAuth2
4 27 (30.00%) LDAP
5 13 (14.44%) Kafka
6 12 (13.33%) Spring
7 11 (12.22%) RESTful
7 11 (12.22%) Spring Boot
8 10 (11.11%) REST
9 8 (8.89%) React
10 7 (7.78%) .NET
11 6 (6.67%) OpenTelemetry
12 5 (5.56%) GraphQL
12 5 (5.56%) Hibernate
12 5 (5.56%) JPA
13 4 (4.44%) gRPC
13 4 (4.44%) HTML
13 4 (4.44%) JSON
13 4 (4.44%) SOAP
13 4 (4.44%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.33%) Cloud Native
2 17 (18.89%) Onboarding
3 11 (12.22%) PKI
4 10 (11.11%) Management Information System
5 8 (8.89%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (4.44%) BYOD
7 4 (4.44%) Security Posture
8 3 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (3.33%) Private Cloud
8 3 (3.33%) Taxonomies
9 2 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (2.22%) Legacy Code
10 1 (1.11%) AI Agents
10 1 (1.11%) Algorithms
10 1 (1.11%) Mobile App
10 1 (1.11%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.22%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.22%) Linux
1 2 (2.22%) Windows
2 1 (1.11%) Android
2 1 (1.11%) CentOS
2 1 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (52.22%) CI/CD
2 40 (44.44%) DevOps
3 27 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 23 (25.56%) Identity Access Management
4 23 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (25.56%) Secrets Management
5 22 (24.44%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (23.33%) Design Patterns
7 20 (22.22%) Microservices
8 19 (21.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (18.89%) Architectural Design
9 17 (18.89%) SIEM
10 16 (17.78%) Event-Driven
11 15 (16.67%) Agile
11 15 (16.67%) Identity Management
11 15 (16.67%) Observability
11 15 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
12 14 (15.56%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 14 (15.56%) Performance Tuning
12 14 (15.56%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 23 (25.56%) Java
2 19 (21.11%) Python
3 13 (14.44%) PowerShell
3 13 (14.44%) SQL
4 10 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 6 (6.67%) Go
6 5 (5.56%) C#
6 5 (5.56%) TypeScript
7 3 (3.33%) Bash
7 3 (3.33%) Groovy
8 2 (2.22%) Swift
9 1 (1.11%) Kotlin
9 1 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (1.11%) Objective-C
9 1 (1.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (31.11%) Security Cleared
2 23 (25.56%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.11%) Degree
4 8 (8.89%) CISSP
5 7 (7.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (4.44%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.22%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.22%) CCSP
8 2 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.22%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.11%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (1.11%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (1.11%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (1.11%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.11%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (22.22%) NIST
3 14 (15.56%) NCSC
4 10 (11.11%) QA
5 8 (8.89%) PCI DSS
6 7 (7.78%) GDPR
7 5 (5.56%) HIPAA
8 4 (4.44%) PSD2
8 4 (4.44%) SOC 2
9 3 (3.33%) Accessibility
10 2 (2.22%) ISO 20022
10 2 (2.22%) ISO 8583
10 2 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (2.22%) SEPA
10 2 (2.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (23.33%) Docker
2 18 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (6.67%) Squid
4 2 (2.22%) OpenAM
4 2 (2.22%) OpenDJ
4 2 (2.22%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 37 (41.11%) Kubernetes
2 30 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
3 29 (32.22%) Terraform
4 10 (11.11%) Grafana
5 9 (10.00%) Prometheus
6 7 (7.78%) Ansible
7 5 (5.56%) Consul
7 5 (5.56%) FortiGate
8 4 (4.44%) Argo
9 1 (1.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (1.11%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 26 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 19 (21.11%) CyberArk
3 15 (16.67%) Splunk
4 10 (11.11%) Okta
5 9 (10.00%) Google
6 8 (8.89%) ForgeRock
7 6 (6.67%) Red Hat
8 5 (5.56%) Atlassian
8 5 (5.56%) Dynatrace
9 3 (3.33%) Ping Identity
10 2 (2.22%) Confluent
10 2 (2.22%) NetIQ
10 2 (2.22%) Optimizely
10 2 (2.22%) Oracle
11 1 (1.11%) IBM
11 1 (1.11%) Intel
11 1 (1.11%) Qualys
11 1 (1.11%) Salesforce
11 1 (1.11%) ServiceNow
11 1 (1.11%) VMware