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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 438 427
Rank change year-on-year +29 -11 +110
Contract jobs citing OpenID 226 89 159
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.30% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.43% 1.34% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 62 108
10th Percentile £425 £413 £428
25th Percentile £469 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £668 £663 £750
90th Percentile £725 £748 £761
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -4.55%
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 9,301 6,662 8,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.54% 22.69% 20.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,200 4,480 6,267
10th Percentile £358 £363 £335
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 96 209
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £40.75 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £72.00 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £83.48 £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 17 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OpenID over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for OpenID in the UK

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 17 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 +24 201 £540 -9.81% 28
UK excluding London -15 109 £525 -8.70% 18
London -6 91 £569 -11.03% 11
Work from Home +6 63 £566 -10.12% 16
North of England -30 44 £525 - 5
Yorkshire -24 31 £525 -12.50% 2
South West +2 28 £563 +1.12% 2
Midlands -42 14 £475 -17.39% 1
South East -47 14 £605 +5.22% 9
North West -26 12 £600 +14.29% 3
West Midlands - 10 £513 - 1
East of England - 8 £425 - 1
East Midlands -29 3 £438 -23.91%
Scotland +9 2 £537 -10.58%
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 10 (4.42%) Confluence
2 8 (3.54%) nginx
3 6 (2.65%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) Apache
5 1 (0.44%) IIS
5 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 118 (52.21%) Azure
2 98 (43.36%) AWS
3 68 (30.09%) Entra ID
4 48 (21.24%) GCP
5 35 (15.49%) Serverless
6 25 (11.06%) SaaS
7 24 (10.62%) GitHub
8 21 (9.29%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (8.41%) PaaS
10 18 (7.96%) Amazon S3
11 17 (7.52%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (7.52%) OpenShift
12 16 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (6.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 13 (5.75%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (5.75%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (5.31%) Route 53
16 10 (4.42%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (4.42%) Amazon ECS
17 9 (3.98%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 33 (14.60%) DNS
2 29 (12.83%) Firewall
3 13 (5.75%) Kerberos
4 11 (4.87%) SSL
5 10 (4.42%) TCP/IP
6 9 (3.98%) VPN
7 8 (3.54%) OpenVPN
8 5 (2.21%) IPsec
8 5 (2.21%) Network Security
8 5 (2.21%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (1.77%) Internet
10 2 (0.88%) DHCP
10 2 (0.88%) Extranet
10 2 (0.88%) HTTP
10 2 (0.88%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.88%) S/MIME
11 1 (0.44%) SMS
11 1 (0.44%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (4.87%) Redis
3 9 (3.98%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (3.98%) MySQL
3 9 (3.98%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.54%) DynamoDB
4 8 (3.54%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.65%) Power BI
6 5 (2.21%) Star Schema
7 4 (1.77%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.77%) DocumentDB
7 4 (1.77%) Neo4j
7 4 (1.77%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.33%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.88%) Hazelcast
9 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.44%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 47 (20.80%) Jenkins
2 30 (13.27%) GitLab
3 27 (11.95%) JIRA
4 19 (8.41%) Git
4 19 (8.41%) Selenium
5 17 (7.52%) Cucumber
6 13 (5.75%) REST Assured
7 12 (5.31%) Postman
8 8 (3.54%) Bitbucket
8 8 (3.54%) SonarQube
9 7 (3.10%) Gatling
9 7 (3.10%) JUnit
10 6 (2.65%) Maven
11 5 (2.21%) JMeter
11 5 (2.21%) Mockito
11 5 (2.21%) TestRail
12 4 (1.77%) LoadRunner
12 4 (1.77%) NeoLoad
13 2 (0.88%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.88%) git-flow
General
1 100 (44.25%) Social Skills
2 42 (18.58%) Finance
3 34 (15.04%) Documentation Skills
4 23 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.85%) Banking
6 19 (8.41%) Public Sector
7 14 (6.19%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (4.42%) Aviation
9 6 (2.65%) Legal
10 3 (1.33%) Games
10 3 (1.33%) Military
10 3 (1.33%) Retail
11 2 (0.88%) Billing
11 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.44%) Law
12 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 81 (35.84%) Architect
2 36 (15.93%) Developer
3 25 (11.06%) Senior
4 24 (10.62%) Lead
5 20 (8.85%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (6.19%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (6.19%) Technical Architect
7 13 (5.75%) CyberArk Architect
8 11 (4.87%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (4.42%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (4.42%) Security Architect
10 9 (3.98%) Test Engineer
11 8 (3.54%) AWS Architect
11 8 (3.54%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (3.54%) Java Developer
11 8 (3.54%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.54%) Test Automation Engineer
12 7 (3.10%) Analyst
12 7 (3.10%) ForgeRock Developer
13 6 (2.65%) IAM Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (72.12%) OAuth
2 145 (64.16%) SAML
3 114 (50.44%) OAuth2
4 61 (26.99%) LDAP
5 50 (22.12%) REST
6 30 (13.27%) SailPoint
7 26 (11.50%) .NET
7 26 (11.50%) RESTful
8 19 (8.41%) Kafka
8 19 (8.41%) Node.js
8 19 (8.41%) React
8 19 (8.41%) Spring
8 19 (8.41%) Spring Boot
9 15 (6.64%) Playwright
10 14 (6.19%) GraphQL
11 12 (5.31%) HTML
12 11 (4.87%) JSON
12 11 (4.87%) JWT
12 11 (4.87%) OpenTelemetry
13 10 (4.42%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 42 (18.58%) Cloud Native
2 37 (16.37%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.08%) PKI
4 13 (5.75%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.42%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.42%) Private Cloud
6 8 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.10%) Replication
7 7 (3.10%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.21%) BYOD
9 5 (2.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.21%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.33%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.33%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.88%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.95%) Windows
2 17 (7.52%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.54%) Linux
4 2 (0.88%) Android
4 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (42.92%) CI/CD
2 96 (42.48%) DevOps
3 62 (27.43%) Identity Access Management
3 62 (27.43%) RBAC
4 50 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (20.35%) Infrastructure as Code
5 46 (20.35%) Microservices
6 45 (19.91%) Agile
7 42 (18.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 42 (18.58%) Test Automation
8 39 (17.26%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (15.93%) Observability
9 36 (15.93%) Secrets Management
10 35 (15.49%) Event-Driven
11 32 (14.16%) Containerisation
11 32 (14.16%) Roadmaps
11 32 (14.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (13.72%) Design Patterns
13 29 (12.83%) Identity Management
14 27 (11.95%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 51 (22.57%) Java
2 45 (19.91%) PowerShell
2 45 (19.91%) Python
3 33 (14.60%) SQL
4 21 (9.29%) JavaScript
4 21 (9.29%) TypeScript
5 13 (5.75%) C#
6 8 (3.54%) Go
6 8 (3.54%) PHP
7 6 (2.65%) Bicep
8 5 (2.21%) Scala
9 4 (1.77%) Bash
9 4 (1.77%) Cypher
9 4 (1.77%) Groovy
10 3 (1.33%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.88%) Swift
12 1 (0.44%) C++
12 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.44%) Rust
12 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (36.73%) Security Cleared
2 56 (24.78%) SC Cleared
3 27 (11.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (8.85%) DV Cleared
5 14 (6.19%) Degree
6 11 (4.87%) CISSP
7 5 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.77%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.33%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.88%) CCSP
10 2 (0.88%) GIAC
10 2 (0.88%) OCP
10 2 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (18.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (13.72%) NIST
3 25 (11.06%) GDPR
4 18 (7.96%) QA
5 15 (6.64%) NCSC
6 11 (4.87%) PCI DSS
7 9 (3.98%) SOC 2
8 8 (3.54%) WCAG
9 7 (3.10%) PSD2
9 7 (3.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (2.65%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.77%) Accessibility
11 4 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (1.33%) Data Quality
12 3 (1.33%) GRC
12 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.88%) SEPA
13 2 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (27.43%) Active Directory
2 33 (14.60%) Docker
3 9 (3.98%) Squid
4 5 (2.21%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.21%) RACF
5 4 (1.77%) 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 77 (34.07%) Single Sign-On
2 62 (27.43%) Kubernetes
3 50 (22.12%) Terraform
4 27 (11.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 26 (11.50%) Grafana
6 20 (8.85%) Prometheus
7 8 (3.54%) FortiGate
8 7 (3.10%) Ansible
8 7 (3.10%) Argo
8 7 (3.10%) Consul
9 5 (2.21%) Kibana
9 5 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (2.21%) PingFederate
10 4 (1.77%) Istio
11 3 (1.33%) Kustomize
11 3 (1.33%) linkerd
12 1 (0.44%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.44%) Oracle Identity Manager
12 1 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 87 (38.50%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.50%) CyberArk
3 22 (9.73%) ServiceNow
4 19 (8.41%) Splunk
5 18 (7.96%) Google
6 16 (7.08%) Ping Identity
7 12 (5.31%) ForgeRock
8 10 (4.42%) Okta
8 10 (4.42%) VMware
9 9 (3.98%) Dynatrace
9 9 (3.98%) Red Hat
10 7 (3.10%) Atlassian
11 5 (2.21%) Oracle
12 3 (1.33%) BeyondTrust
12 3 (1.33%) MuleSoft
13 2 (0.88%) Confluent
13 2 (0.88%) IBM
13 2 (0.88%) NetIQ
13 2 (0.88%) Optimizely
13 2 (0.88%) Zscaler