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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 443 430
Rank change year-on-year +61 -13 +137
Contract jobs citing OpenID 214 82 164
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.26% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.53% 1.18% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 54 127
10th Percentile £407 £410 £434
25th Percentile £454 £481 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £640
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -10.16% +6.67%
75th Percentile £625 £651 £700
90th Percentile £715 £743 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £504 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -12.39% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £64.10 - -
25th Percentile £68.00 - -
Median hourly rate £76.50 - -
75th Percentile £85.50 - -
90th Percentile £89.70 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.00 - -

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 8,459 6,973 9,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.22% 22.43% 21.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,628 4,418 6,612
10th Percentile £357 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £535 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -0.93% -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £770 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 90 190
10th Percentile £34.40 £24.78 £25.98
25th Percentile £46.25 £38.31 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.75 £67.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.15 £77.32 £76.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

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 27 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OpenID over the 6 months to 27 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for OpenID in the UK

OpenID
Top 14 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 27 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
England +50 196 £519 -9.82% 122
UK excluding London +19 106 £504 -12.39% 122
London +15 88 £525 -10.45% 59
Work from Home +15 62 £560 -7.44% 130
North of England -17 43 £468 -10.86% 21
South West +18 35 £545 +21.11% 19
Yorkshire - 25 £513 - 7
North West -16 18 £446 -15.05% 14
Midlands -44 11 £525 +23.53% 7
South East -39 9 £546 -8.96% 39
East of England - 8 £425 - 12
West Midlands -28 7 £538 +26.47% 2
East Midlands - 3 £438 - 5
Scotland +10 1 £523 - 20

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 12 (5.61%) Apache
2 11 (5.14%) IIS
2 11 (5.14%) JBoss
2 11 (5.14%) WebSphere
3 10 (4.67%) iPlanet
3 10 (4.67%) WebSphere Application Server
4 7 (3.27%) Confluence
4 7 (3.27%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 106 (49.53%) Azure
2 98 (45.79%) AWS
3 58 (27.10%) Entra ID
4 50 (23.36%) GCP
5 27 (12.62%) OpenShift
6 26 (12.15%) GitHub
6 26 (12.15%) SaaS
7 20 (9.35%) GitHub Actions
7 20 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (8.88%) Serverless
9 14 (6.54%) PaaS
10 12 (5.61%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (5.61%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (5.14%) Amazon S3
11 11 (5.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (4.67%) Route 53
13 9 (4.21%) Amazon SQS
13 9 (4.21%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (3.74%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.08%) DNS
2 26 (12.15%) Firewall
3 23 (10.75%) Kerberos
4 8 (3.74%) SSL
4 8 (3.74%) VPN
5 7 (3.27%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.80%) HTTPS
7 5 (2.34%) Network Security
7 5 (2.34%) OpenVPN
7 5 (2.34%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (1.87%) Internet
9 2 (0.93%) DHCP
9 2 (0.93%) Extranet
9 2 (0.93%) IPsec
9 2 (0.93%) S/MIME
10 1 (0.47%) HTTP
10 1 (0.47%) SMS
10 1 (0.47%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.61%) Oracle Database
2 11 (5.14%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (4.67%) Redis
4 9 (4.21%) MySQL
4 9 (4.21%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.74%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.80%) Power BI
7 5 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.87%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (1.87%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.87%) DocumentDB
8 4 (1.87%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.87%) Neo4j
9 3 (1.40%) Metadata
9 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.40%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.93%) Hazelcast
10 2 (0.93%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 60 (28.04%) Jenkins
2 31 (14.49%) GitLab
3 28 (13.08%) Git
4 26 (12.15%) JIRA
5 18 (8.41%) Selenium
6 16 (7.48%) Cucumber
7 12 (5.61%) REST Assured
8 11 (5.14%) Bitbucket Server
8 11 (5.14%) CA Release Automation
8 11 (5.14%) Postman
9 9 (4.21%) Sonatype Nexus
10 8 (3.74%) SonarQube
11 7 (3.27%) Gatling
11 7 (3.27%) JUnit
11 7 (3.27%) Maven
12 6 (2.80%) Bitbucket
13 5 (2.34%) JMeter
13 5 (2.34%) Mockito
13 5 (2.34%) TestRail
14 4 (1.87%) NeoLoad
General
1 96 (44.86%) Social Skills
2 47 (21.96%) Finance
3 34 (15.89%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.88%) Banking
6 16 (7.48%) Public Sector
7 14 (6.54%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (5.14%) Aviation
9 5 (2.34%) Legal
10 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.40%) Games
11 2 (0.93%) Billing
11 2 (0.93%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.93%) Military
11 2 (0.93%) Retail
12 1 (0.47%) Law
12 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 68 (31.78%) Architect
2 34 (15.89%) Developer
3 23 (10.75%) Senior
4 19 (8.88%) Lead
4 19 (8.88%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (6.07%) CyberArk Architect
6 11 (5.14%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (4.67%) Cloud Architect
7 10 (4.67%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (4.21%) Technical Architect
8 9 (4.21%) Test Engineer
9 8 (3.74%) Java Developer
9 8 (3.74%) Security Architect
9 8 (3.74%) Test Automation Engineer
10 7 (3.27%) AWS Architect
10 7 (3.27%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.27%) ForgeRock Developer
10 7 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.27%) Senior Developer
11 6 (2.80%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (70.56%) OAuth
2 145 (67.76%) SAML
3 94 (43.93%) OAuth2
4 71 (33.18%) LDAP
5 41 (19.16%) REST
6 24 (11.21%) SailPoint
7 23 (10.75%) RESTful
8 20 (9.35%) .NET
9 19 (8.88%) Spring
10 18 (8.41%) Spring Boot
11 16 (7.48%) Kafka
11 16 (7.48%) React
12 14 (6.54%) Node.js
13 11 (5.14%) GraphQL
14 10 (4.67%) HTML
14 10 (4.67%) JPA
14 10 (4.67%) Playwright
15 9 (4.21%) JSON
16 8 (3.74%) JDBC
17 7 (3.27%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.89%) Onboarding
2 33 (15.42%) Cloud Native
3 15 (7.01%) PKI
4 13 (6.07%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.67%) Private Cloud
6 8 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.27%) Replication
8 6 (2.80%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.87%) BYOD
10 4 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.40%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.93%) Legacy Code
12 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 37 (17.29%) Windows
2 26 (12.15%) Windows Server
3 20 (9.35%) Linux
4 8 (3.74%) Unix
5 2 (0.93%) Android
5 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.47%) CentOS
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (42.99%) CI/CD
2 87 (40.65%) DevOps
3 63 (29.44%) Identity Access Management
4 52 (24.30%) RBAC
5 45 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (19.63%) Infrastructure as Code
7 39 (18.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 38 (17.76%) Agile
9 35 (16.36%) Microservices
9 35 (16.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 34 (15.89%) Secrets Management
11 32 (14.95%) Test Automation
12 31 (14.49%) Cybersecurity
12 31 (14.49%) Event-Driven
13 30 (14.02%) Containerisation
13 30 (14.02%) Identity Management
14 28 (13.08%) Migration
15 27 (12.62%) Design Patterns
15 27 (12.62%) Observability
16 26 (12.15%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 52 (24.30%) Java
2 45 (21.03%) PowerShell
2 45 (21.03%) Python
3 28 (13.08%) SQL
4 25 (11.68%) JavaScript
5 15 (7.01%) Groovy
5 15 (7.01%) TypeScript
6 9 (4.21%) C#
6 9 (4.21%) Go
6 9 (4.21%) Shell Script
7 8 (3.74%) PHP
8 6 (2.80%) Bash
9 4 (1.87%) Cypher
9 4 (1.87%) Scala
10 3 (1.40%) Bicep
11 2 (0.93%) C
11 2 (0.93%) Swift
12 1 (0.47%) C++
12 1 (0.47%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (33.18%) Security Cleared
2 44 (20.56%) SC Cleared
3 28 (13.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (9.35%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.07%) Degree
6 11 (5.14%) CISSP
7 8 (3.74%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.87%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.40%) CISM
11 2 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.93%) CCSP
11 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.47%) HND
12 1 (0.47%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (20.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (14.49%) NIST
3 29 (13.55%) GDPR
4 19 (8.88%) QA
5 15 (7.01%) NCSC
6 13 (6.07%) SOC 2
7 11 (5.14%) PCI DSS
8 8 (3.74%) HIPAA
8 8 (3.74%) PSD2
8 8 (3.74%) WCAG
9 7 (3.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.87%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.40%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.40%) GRC
11 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.93%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.93%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.93%) SEPA
System Software
1 71 (33.18%) Active Directory
2 36 (16.82%) Docker
3 8 (3.74%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 6 (2.80%) Squid
5 5 (2.34%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 4 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.93%) OpenAM
7 2 (0.93%) OpenDJ
7 2 (0.93%) OpenIDM
7 2 (0.93%) RACF
Systems Management
1 79 (36.92%) Single Sign-On
2 55 (25.70%) Kubernetes
3 47 (21.96%) Terraform
4 26 (12.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (8.88%) Grafana
6 13 (6.07%) Prometheus
7 11 (5.14%) CA Single Sign-On
8 10 (4.67%) CA Wily
9 9 (4.21%) PingFederate
9 9 (4.21%) Progress Chef
10 8 (3.74%) Ansible
10 8 (3.74%) Tivoli
11 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (2.80%) Argo
13 5 (2.34%) Consul
13 5 (2.34%) FortiGate
13 5 (2.34%) Kibana
14 3 (1.40%) SCCM
15 1 (0.47%) Istio
15 1 (0.47%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 88 (41.12%) Microsoft
2 30 (14.02%) Splunk
3 25 (11.68%) CyberArk
4 20 (9.35%) ServiceNow
5 19 (8.88%) Google
5 19 (8.88%) Ping Identity
6 16 (7.48%) Oracle
7 13 (6.07%) ForgeRock
7 13 (6.07%) Okta
8 11 (5.14%) AppDynamics
8 11 (5.14%) Broadcom
8 11 (5.14%) IBM
8 11 (5.14%) VMware
9 8 (3.74%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.34%) Atlassian
10 5 (2.34%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.40%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.93%) Confluent
12 2 (0.93%) NetIQ
12 2 (0.93%) Xamarin