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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 306 324
Rank change year-on-year -21 +18 +41
Contract jobs citing OpenID 123 61 58
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.60% 0.46% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.26% 1.54% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 39 37
10th Percentile £448 £413 £413
25th Percentile £503 £453 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £631 £588 £650
90th Percentile £715 £638 £750
England median daily rate £555 £475 £575
% change year-on-year +16.84% -17.39% -4.17%

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 5,434 3,949 4,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.50% 29.52% 29.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,668 2,700 3,255
10th Percentile £400 £366 £385
25th Percentile £456 £430 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £700
90th Percentile £750 £788 £850
England median daily rate £535 £518 £550
% change year-on-year +3.38% -5.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 32 23
10th Percentile £30.40 £31.77 £23.88
25th Percentile £36.25 £34.17 £36.50
Median hourly rate £49.50 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +22.28% -32.00%
75th Percentile £59.81 £61.56 £61.97
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £74.20
England median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +10.94%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -18 17 £625 +25.00% 11
West London -20 1 £550 +29.41% 1
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 6 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.07%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (3.25%) Confluence
3 4 (3.25%) IIS
4 2 (1.63%) SAS
5 1 (0.81%) nginx
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.63%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.81%) Gliffy
2 1 (0.81%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 67 (54.47%) Azure
2 55 (44.72%) Entra ID
3 50 (40.65%) AWS
4 21 (17.07%) GCP
5 18 (14.63%) GitHub
6 12 (9.76%) Azure Monitor
6 12 (9.76%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (9.76%) Serverless
7 11 (8.94%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (8.94%) Azure Key Vault
8 10 (8.13%) Azure App Service
9 9 (7.32%) Amazon S3
9 9 (7.32%) Azure AKS
9 9 (7.32%) SaaS
10 8 (6.50%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (6.50%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (5.69%) Azure Event Grid
11 7 (5.69%) Azure Functions
11 7 (5.69%) Snowflake
12 6 (4.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.63%) DNS
2 12 (9.76%) Kerberos
3 8 (6.50%) Firewall
3 8 (6.50%) SSL
4 5 (4.07%) NGFW
5 4 (3.25%) Reverse Proxy
6 3 (2.44%) Network Security
7 2 (1.63%) VPN
8 1 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.81%) SSH
8 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (5.69%) SQL Server
3 5 (4.07%) Data Vault
3 5 (4.07%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.25%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.44%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.44%) MySQL
6 2 (1.63%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.63%) Base SAS
6 2 (1.63%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.63%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.63%) Metadata
6 2 (1.63%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.81%) Redis
7 1 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (12.20%) Git
2 6 (4.88%) GitLab
2 6 (4.88%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.88%) JIRA
3 2 (1.63%) Artifactory
3 2 (1.63%) git-flow
3 2 (1.63%) Gradle
3 2 (1.63%) JMeter
3 2 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.63%) Xcode
4 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.81%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.81%) Crashlytics
4 1 (0.81%) fastlane
General
1 24 (19.51%) Finance
2 21 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 15 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.13%) Banking
5 7 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.44%) Retail
7 2 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.63%) Publishing
7 2 (1.63%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.81%) Aviation
8 1 (0.81%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.81%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.81%) Legal
8 1 (0.81%) Marketing
8 1 (0.81%) Police
8 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (26.02%) Architect
2 18 (14.63%) Senior
3 16 (13.01%) Developer
4 11 (8.94%) Technical Architect
5 8 (6.50%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (5.69%) Security Engineer
6 7 (5.69%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.88%) Applications Engineer
7 6 (4.88%) Lead
8 5 (4.07%) AWS Architect
8 5 (4.07%) Data Engineer
8 5 (4.07%) Senior Data Engineer
8 5 (4.07%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 5 (4.07%) Snowflake Engineer
9 4 (3.25%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (3.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.25%) Security Architect
9 4 (3.25%) Senior Architect
9 4 (3.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (82.93%) OAuth
2 63 (51.22%) OAuth2
3 55 (44.72%) SAML
4 50 (40.65%) Terraform
5 26 (21.14%) REST
6 24 (19.51%) JWT
7 18 (14.63%) .NET
7 18 (14.63%) RESTful
8 14 (11.38%) OpenAPI
8 14 (11.38%) Swagger
9 13 (10.57%) Kafka
9 13 (10.57%) LDAP
10 12 (9.76%) JSON
11 11 (8.94%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (4.88%) Keycloak
12 6 (4.88%) Model Context Protocol
12 6 (4.88%) SailPoint
13 5 (4.07%) AngularJS
13 5 (4.07%) OpenTelemetry
13 5 (4.07%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (23.58%) Cloud Native
2 21 (17.07%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (12.20%) PKI
4 13 (10.57%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (4.07%) CMDB
6 5 (4.07%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (4.07%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.25%) NHS
8 3 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.44%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.63%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.63%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.63%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.81%) Distributed Applications
10 1 (0.81%) Replication
10 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.69%) Linux
2 5 (4.07%) Windows
3 3 (2.44%) Android
3 3 (2.44%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.81%) CentOS
4 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.81%) Unix
4 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (39.84%) CI/CD
2 44 (35.77%) DevOps
2 44 (35.77%) Infrastructure as Code
3 33 (26.83%) Identity Access Management
4 32 (26.02%) RBAC
5 25 (20.33%) Agile
6 23 (18.70%) Validation
7 22 (17.89%) Event-Driven
7 22 (17.89%) Zero Trust
8 21 (17.07%) Microservices
9 20 (16.26%) Migration
10 19 (15.45%) Observability
11 17 (13.82%) Test Automation
12 16 (13.01%) Deployment Automation
13 15 (12.20%) Containerisation
13 15 (12.20%) Integration Patterns
13 15 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (11.38%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (29.27%) Python
2 23 (18.70%) PowerShell
3 22 (17.89%) Bicep
4 21 (17.07%) Java
5 19 (15.45%) SQL
6 18 (14.63%) C#
7 8 (6.50%) JavaScript
8 6 (4.88%) TypeScript
9 4 (3.25%) Bash
9 4 (3.25%) Go
10 3 (2.44%) C++
10 3 (2.44%) Kotlin
10 3 (2.44%) Lua
11 2 (1.63%) SAS Macro
11 2 (1.63%) Swift
12 1 (0.81%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.81%) Perl
Qualifications
1 23 (18.70%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.01%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.32%) Azure Certification
4 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.88%) CISSP
6 5 (4.07%) MCSE
6 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (3.25%) CISM
8 3 (2.44%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.44%) Degree
8 3 (2.44%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.81%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.81%) CRISC
10 1 (0.81%) GXPN
10 1 (0.81%) OSCE
10 1 (0.81%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.32%) GDPR
2 8 (6.50%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.69%) QA
4 4 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.44%) HIPAA
5 3 (2.44%) NIST
5 3 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.63%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.63%) HL7
6 2 (1.63%) IEC 62304
6 2 (1.63%) ISO 13485
6 2 (1.63%) SNOMED CT
6 2 (1.63%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (28.46%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.76%) Docker
3 6 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (21.14%) Kubernetes
1 26 (21.14%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.69%) Grafana
4 6 (4.88%) Ansible
5 5 (4.07%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.44%) Argo
6 3 (2.44%) Progress Chef
6 3 (2.44%) Puppet
7 2 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.63%) Istio
7 2 (1.63%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.81%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 50 (40.65%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.13%) Okta
3 7 (5.69%) Google
3 7 (5.69%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.88%) Oracle
5 5 (4.07%) Denodo
5 5 (4.07%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.25%) Dynatrace
6 4 (3.25%) ForgeRock
7 3 (2.44%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.44%) OpenAI
7 3 (2.44%) Ping Identity
7 3 (2.44%) SAP
7 3 (2.44%) Workday
8 2 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.63%) Foundry
8 2 (1.63%) IBM
8 2 (1.63%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.63%) Splunk
9 1 (0.81%) VMware