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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 412 434
Rank change year-on-year 0 +22 +89
Contract jobs citing OpenID 228 111 161
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.40% 1.68% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 73 109
10th Percentile £408 £409 £448
25th Percentile £485 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £688 £656 £750
90th Percentile £788 £700 £755
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £481 £581
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.30% +5.64%
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 9,511 6,623 8,925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.78% 22.66% 20.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,333 4,544 6,234
10th Percentile £358 £363 £334
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £729 £775 £751
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.11% -1.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 101 178
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £19.43
25th Percentile £52.50 £43.50 £32.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +38.59% -28.95%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.75 £62.85
90th Percentile £81.00 £84.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.00%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 +7 203 £550 -4.35% 36
UK excluding London -25 106 £550 +14.46% 22
London -34 99 £563 -10.71% 18
Work from Home -5 70 £550 -7.37% 21
North of England -24 55 £550 +4.76% 7
Yorkshire -20 36 £540 +15.14% 5
South West -18 22 £575 +28.64% 2
North West -18 18 £550 +4.76% 2
South East -48 14 £615 +49.73% 10
Midlands -56 10 £447 -24.11% 1
West Midlands -57 6 £450 -25.37% 1
East Midlands -38 3 £438 -23.91%
East of England - 3 £425 - 2
Scotland +5 2 £550 -8.33%
North East - 2 £525 -

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 14 (6.14%) Confluence
2 9 (3.95%) nginx
3 6 (2.63%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.88%) Apache
6 2 (0.88%) IIS
6 2 (0.88%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.88%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 115 (50.44%) Azure
2 97 (42.54%) AWS
3 68 (29.82%) Entra ID
4 58 (25.44%) GCP
5 36 (15.79%) Serverless
6 30 (13.16%) SaaS
7 22 (9.65%) Amazon S3
8 19 (8.33%) GitHub
8 19 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (7.89%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (7.46%) OpenShift
11 14 (6.14%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (6.14%) PaaS
11 14 (6.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 13 (5.70%) Route 53
13 12 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (4.82%) Azure API Management
15 10 (4.39%) Azure AKS
15 10 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 37 (16.23%) DNS
2 35 (15.35%) Firewall
3 14 (6.14%) SSL
4 13 (5.70%) Kerberos
5 10 (4.39%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.39%) VPN
6 9 (3.95%) OpenVPN
7 5 (2.19%) DHCP
7 5 (2.19%) IPsec
7 5 (2.19%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (1.75%) Network Security
9 2 (0.88%) Internet
10 1 (0.44%) Extranet
10 1 (0.44%) HTTP
10 1 (0.44%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.44%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.39%) Elasticsearch
1 10 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
1 10 (4.39%) Redis
2 9 (3.95%) MySQL
2 9 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.51%) DynamoDB
3 8 (3.51%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.19%) Power BI
4 5 (2.19%) Star Schema
5 4 (1.75%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.75%) Data Vault
5 4 (1.75%) DocumentDB
5 4 (1.75%) Metadata
5 4 (1.75%) Neo4j
5 4 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (1.32%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.32%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.88%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 46 (20.18%) Jenkins
2 30 (13.16%) JIRA
3 26 (11.40%) GitLab
4 16 (7.02%) Selenium
5 14 (6.14%) Cucumber
5 14 (6.14%) Git
6 13 (5.70%) REST Assured
7 12 (5.26%) Postman
8 7 (3.07%) Bitbucket
8 7 (3.07%) Gatling
8 7 (3.07%) SonarQube
9 5 (2.19%) JMeter
9 5 (2.19%) TestRail
10 4 (1.75%) JUnit
10 4 (1.75%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.75%) Maven
10 4 (1.75%) NeoLoad
11 2 (0.88%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.88%) git-flow
11 2 (0.88%) Mockito
General
1 83 (36.40%) Social Skills
2 56 (24.56%) Finance
3 35 (15.35%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (9.65%) Banking
5 16 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (6.58%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (6.58%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.19%) Retail
8 4 (1.75%) Legal
9 3 (1.32%) Games
10 2 (0.88%) Billing
10 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.88%) Military
11 1 (0.44%) Aviation
11 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.44%) Law
11 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.44%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 82 (35.96%) Architect
2 29 (12.72%) Developer
3 28 (12.28%) Senior
4 22 (9.65%) Lead
5 19 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (6.14%) Technical Architect
7 13 (5.70%) CyberArk Architect
8 10 (4.39%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (4.39%) Cloud Architect
9 9 (3.95%) AWS Architect
9 9 (3.95%) Security Architect
9 9 (3.95%) Test Engineer
10 8 (3.51%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.51%) Java Developer
10 8 (3.51%) Test Automation Engineer
11 6 (2.63%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 6 (2.63%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (2.63%) Systems Engineer
11 6 (2.63%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (73.25%) OAuth
2 145 (63.60%) SAML
3 110 (48.25%) OAuth2
4 66 (28.95%) LDAP
5 50 (21.93%) REST
6 33 (14.47%) SailPoint
7 23 (10.09%) Kafka
8 22 (9.65%) .NET
9 20 (8.77%) RESTful
10 19 (8.33%) Node.js
11 18 (7.89%) Spring
11 18 (7.89%) Spring Boot
12 16 (7.02%) React
13 15 (6.58%) JWT
14 13 (5.70%) GraphQL
15 12 (5.26%) OpenTelemetry
15 12 (5.26%) Playwright
16 10 (4.39%) JSON
17 8 (3.51%) .NET Framework
17 8 (3.51%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (20.18%) Cloud Native
2 32 (14.04%) Onboarding
3 17 (7.46%) PKI
4 14 (6.14%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.39%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.95%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.07%) Replication
8 6 (2.63%) IoT
8 6 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.63%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.19%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.19%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.75%) Clustering
10 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.60%) Windows
2 17 (7.46%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.39%) Linux
4 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.44%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (42.11%) CI/CD
2 95 (41.67%) DevOps
3 64 (28.07%) Identity Access Management
4 63 (27.63%) RBAC
5 46 (20.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 45 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (18.86%) Microservices
8 40 (17.54%) Test Automation
9 39 (17.11%) Agile
9 39 (17.11%) Cybersecurity
9 39 (17.11%) Secrets Management
10 37 (16.23%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (15.79%) Event-Driven
11 36 (15.79%) Roadmaps
12 35 (15.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 34 (14.91%) Observability
14 31 (13.60%) Containerisation
15 29 (12.72%) Design Patterns
16 27 (11.84%) Zero Trust
17 26 (11.40%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 62 (27.19%) Java
2 41 (17.98%) Python
3 38 (16.67%) SQL
4 37 (16.23%) PowerShell
5 21 (9.21%) TypeScript
6 17 (7.46%) JavaScript
7 13 (5.70%) C#
8 10 (4.39%) PHP
9 8 (3.51%) Go
10 6 (2.63%) Bicep
11 5 (2.19%) Scala
12 4 (1.75%) Bash
12 4 (1.75%) Cypher
12 4 (1.75%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.32%) Groovy
14 2 (0.88%) Swift
15 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 76 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 49 (21.49%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (8.33%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.26%) CISSP
6 9 (3.95%) Degree
7 5 (2.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.75%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.75%) CISM
9 3 (1.32%) GIAC
10 2 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.88%) OCP
10 2 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (13.60%) NIST
3 17 (7.46%) GDPR
3 17 (7.46%) QA
4 15 (6.58%) NCSC
5 10 (4.39%) PCI DSS
6 8 (3.51%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.19%) HIPAA
7 5 (2.19%) WCAG
8 4 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.32%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.32%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.32%) GRC
9 3 (1.32%) ISO 20022
9 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.32%) SEPA
10 2 (0.88%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.88%) PSD2
11 1 (0.44%) GMP
11 1 (0.44%) GxP
System Software
1 61 (26.75%) Active Directory
2 30 (13.16%) Docker
3 10 (4.39%) Squid
4 5 (2.19%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.19%) RACF
5 4 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.88%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.88%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.88%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (30.26%) Single Sign-On
2 61 (26.75%) Kubernetes
3 53 (23.25%) Terraform
4 31 (13.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 23 (10.09%) Grafana
6 20 (8.77%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.95%) FortiGate
8 7 (3.07%) Ansible
8 7 (3.07%) Consul
9 6 (2.63%) Argo
10 5 (2.19%) Istio
10 5 (2.19%) PingFederate
11 4 (1.75%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.75%) Kustomize
11 4 (1.75%) linkerd
12 2 (0.88%) Kibana
13 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.44%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.44%) Oracle Identity Manager
13 1 (0.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 81 (35.53%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.72%) CyberArk
3 28 (12.28%) ServiceNow
4 19 (8.33%) Splunk
5 17 (7.46%) Google
6 15 (6.58%) Okta
7 11 (4.82%) Dynatrace
8 10 (4.39%) Ping Identity
8 10 (4.39%) Red Hat
8 10 (4.39%) VMware
9 7 (3.07%) Atlassian
10 6 (2.63%) ForgeRock
11 5 (2.19%) BeyondTrust
12 4 (1.75%) Denodo
12 4 (1.75%) MuleSoft
13 3 (1.32%) IBM
13 3 (1.32%) Oracle
14 2 (0.88%) NetIQ
14 2 (0.88%) SAP
14 2 (0.88%) Zscaler