OpenID Contract Job Trends

OpenID Connect (OIDC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring OpenID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 410 429 421
Rank change year-on-year +19 -8 +108
Contract jobs citing OpenID 221 96 167
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.33% 0.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.34% 1.46% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 65 116
10th Percentile £425 £409 £450
25th Percentile £485 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £628
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.38% +4.58%
75th Percentile £688 £656 £750
90th Percentile £778 £708 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -6.09% -1.71% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87.50 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,445 6,593 8,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.25% 22.69% 20.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,291 4,497 6,263
10th Percentile £358 £363 £331
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £496 £498
% change year-on-year +0.91% -0.40% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 98 187
10th Percentile £35.23 £26.25 £20.66
25th Percentile £52.50 £40.19 £37.35
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.75 £64.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £85.05 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

OpenID
Job Vacancy Trend

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

OpenID job vacancy trend in the UK

OpenID
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenID.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenID

OpenID
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenID over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OpenID in the UK

OpenID
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenID.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenID

OpenID
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenID within the UK over the 6 months to 28 March 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
England -4 198 £550 -6.70% 36
UK excluding London -25 106 £540 -6.09% 22
London -9 93 £569 -10.26% 18
Work from Home 0 60 £566 -5.86% 21
North of England -30 48 £533 +1.43% 7
Yorkshire -28 31 £525 +11.94% 5
South West -1 25 £570 +2.47% 2
North West -28 16 £550 +4.76% 2
South East -57 14 £615 +6.96% 10
Midlands -62 14 £475 -17.39% 1
West Midlands - 10 £513 - 1
East of England - 4 £425 - 2
East Midlands -31 3 £438 -23.91%
North East - 2 £525 -
Scotland 0 1 £550 -8.33%

OpenID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (5.88%) Confluence
2 9 (4.07%) nginx
3 4 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.45%) Apache
5 1 (0.45%) IIS
5 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 114 (51.58%) Azure
2 98 (44.34%) AWS
3 66 (29.86%) Entra ID
4 50 (22.62%) GCP
5 35 (15.84%) Serverless
6 24 (10.86%) SaaS
7 21 (9.50%) Amazon S3
7 21 (9.50%) GitHub
8 20 (9.05%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (8.14%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (7.69%) OpenShift
11 15 (6.79%) PaaS
11 15 (6.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 14 (6.33%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
13 13 (5.88%) Route 53
14 11 (4.98%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (4.52%) Amazon ECS
15 10 (4.52%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 33 (14.93%) DNS
2 29 (13.12%) Firewall
3 12 (5.43%) Kerberos
3 12 (5.43%) SSL
4 10 (4.52%) TCP/IP
4 10 (4.52%) VPN
5 9 (4.07%) OpenVPN
6 5 (2.26%) IPsec
6 5 (2.26%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (1.36%) Internet
7 3 (1.36%) Network Security
8 2 (0.90%) DHCP
9 1 (0.45%) Extranet
9 1 (0.45%) HTTP
9 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.45%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.98%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.52%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (4.52%) Redis
3 9 (4.07%) MySQL
3 9 (4.07%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.62%) DynamoDB
4 8 (3.62%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.26%) Power BI
5 5 (2.26%) Star Schema
6 4 (1.81%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.81%) DocumentDB
6 4 (1.81%) Neo4j
6 4 (1.81%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.36%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.36%) Metadata
8 2 (0.90%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.90%) Hazelcast
8 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 47 (21.27%) Jenkins
2 30 (13.57%) JIRA
3 29 (13.12%) GitLab
4 19 (8.60%) Selenium
5 18 (8.14%) Git
6 17 (7.69%) Cucumber
7 13 (5.88%) REST Assured
8 12 (5.43%) Postman
9 8 (3.62%) Bitbucket
9 8 (3.62%) SonarQube
10 7 (3.17%) Gatling
10 7 (3.17%) JUnit
11 6 (2.71%) Maven
12 5 (2.26%) JMeter
12 5 (2.26%) Mockito
12 5 (2.26%) TestRail
13 4 (1.81%) LoadRunner
13 4 (1.81%) NeoLoad
14 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
14 2 (0.90%) git-flow
General
1 84 (38.01%) Social Skills
2 45 (20.36%) Finance
3 33 (14.93%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (9.05%) Banking
5 18 (8.14%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.33%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.26%) Aviation
9 4 (1.81%) Legal
9 4 (1.81%) Retail
10 3 (1.36%) Games
10 3 (1.36%) Military
11 2 (0.90%) Billing
11 2 (0.90%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.45%) Law
12 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.45%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 82 (37.10%) Architect
2 32 (14.48%) Developer
3 27 (12.22%) Senior
4 23 (10.41%) Lead
5 20 (9.05%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (6.33%) Technical Architect
7 13 (5.88%) CyberArk Architect
8 10 (4.52%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (4.52%) Cloud Architect
9 9 (4.07%) AWS Architect
9 9 (4.07%) Security Architect
9 9 (4.07%) Test Engineer
10 8 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.62%) Java Developer
10 8 (3.62%) Test Automation Engineer
11 7 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.17%) Senior Developer
12 6 (2.71%) Analyst
12 6 (2.71%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 6 (2.71%) IAM Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (73.30%) OAuth
2 137 (61.99%) SAML
3 111 (50.23%) OAuth2
4 65 (29.41%) LDAP
5 51 (23.08%) REST
6 31 (14.03%) SailPoint
7 24 (10.86%) .NET
8 23 (10.41%) RESTful
9 20 (9.05%) Kafka
9 20 (9.05%) Spring
9 20 (9.05%) Spring Boot
10 19 (8.60%) Node.js
10 19 (8.60%) React
11 15 (6.79%) Playwright
12 14 (6.33%) GraphQL
13 13 (5.88%) JSON
14 11 (4.98%) HTML
14 11 (4.98%) JWT
15 10 (4.52%) JPA
15 10 (4.52%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 42 (19.00%) Cloud Native
2 35 (15.84%) Onboarding
3 13 (5.88%) PKI
4 11 (4.98%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.52%) Private Cloud
6 9 (4.07%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.62%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (3.17%) Replication
9 6 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (2.26%) Mobile App
10 5 (2.26%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.36%) Clustering
12 3 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.36%) Operational Technology
12 3 (1.36%) Product Ownership
13 2 (0.90%) BYOD
13 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.76%) Windows
2 17 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.62%) Linux
4 2 (0.90%) Android
4 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (42.99%) DevOps
2 94 (42.53%) CI/CD
3 61 (27.60%) RBAC
4 60 (27.15%) Identity Access Management
5 45 (20.36%) Agile
5 45 (20.36%) Infrastructure as Code
6 44 (19.91%) Microservices
7 42 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (19.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (18.55%) Test Automation
9 38 (17.19%) Cybersecurity
10 36 (16.29%) Secrets Management
11 33 (14.93%) Event-Driven
11 33 (14.93%) Observability
11 33 (14.93%) Roadmaps
12 32 (14.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (13.12%) Design Patterns
14 28 (12.67%) Containerisation
15 27 (12.22%) Identity Management
16 26 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 57 (25.79%) Java
2 42 (19.00%) Python
3 38 (17.19%) PowerShell
4 36 (16.29%) SQL
5 21 (9.50%) TypeScript
6 20 (9.05%) JavaScript
7 13 (5.88%) C#
8 9 (4.07%) PHP
9 8 (3.62%) Go
10 6 (2.71%) Bicep
11 5 (2.26%) Scala
12 4 (1.81%) Bash
12 4 (1.81%) Cypher
12 4 (1.81%) Groovy
12 4 (1.81%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.90%) Swift
14 1 (0.45%) C
14 1 (0.45%) C++
14 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 81 (36.65%) Security Cleared
2 55 (24.89%) SC Cleared
3 23 (10.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (9.05%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.98%) CISSP
6 9 (4.07%) Degree
7 5 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.81%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.81%) CISM
9 3 (1.36%) GIAC
10 2 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.90%) OCP
10 2 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (14.93%) NIST
3 23 (10.41%) GDPR
4 17 (7.69%) QA
5 15 (6.79%) NCSC
6 9 (4.07%) PCI DSS
6 9 (4.07%) SOC 2
7 8 (3.62%) WCAG
8 6 (2.71%) HIPAA
8 6 (2.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.81%) PSD2
10 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.36%) Data Quality
10 3 (1.36%) GRC
10 3 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.90%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.90%) SEPA
System Software
1 62 (28.05%) Active Directory
2 29 (13.12%) Docker
3 10 (4.52%) Squid
4 5 (2.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.26%) RACF
5 4 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.90%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.90%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.90%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 76 (34.39%) Single Sign-On
2 60 (27.15%) Kubernetes
3 50 (22.62%) Terraform
4 30 (13.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 26 (11.76%) Grafana
6 20 (9.05%) Prometheus
7 9 (4.07%) FortiGate
8 7 (3.17%) Ansible
8 7 (3.17%) Argo
8 7 (3.17%) Consul
8 7 (3.17%) PingFederate
9 5 (2.26%) Kibana
10 4 (1.81%) Istio
11 3 (1.36%) CA Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.36%) Kustomize
11 3 (1.36%) linkerd
12 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.45%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.45%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 81 (36.65%) Microsoft
2 27 (12.22%) ServiceNow
3 26 (11.76%) CyberArk
4 19 (8.60%) Splunk
5 17 (7.69%) Google
6 15 (6.79%) Ping Identity
7 11 (4.98%) Dynatrace
7 11 (4.98%) Okta
8 10 (4.52%) Red Hat
8 10 (4.52%) VMware
9 9 (4.07%) ForgeRock
10 7 (3.17%) Atlassian
11 5 (2.26%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (2.26%) Oracle
12 4 (1.81%) MuleSoft
13 2 (0.90%) Confluent
13 2 (0.90%) Denodo
13 2 (0.90%) Optimizely
13 2 (0.90%) Thycotic
13 2 (0.90%) Zscaler