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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 481 454
Rank change year-on-year +76 -27 +168
Contract jobs citing OpenID 179 83 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.24% 0.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.19% 1.10% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 55 126
10th Percentile £406 £410 £438
25th Percentile £432 £509 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £651 £700
90th Percentile £700 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.50 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 - -
75th Percentile £64.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 8,189 7,567 9,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.47% 21.88% 22.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,414 4,793 6,998
10th Percentile £351 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 105 175
10th Percentile £30.40 £21.55 £31.55
25th Percentile £43.00 £36.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.40 £74.70 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -1.54% +25.26% -20.17%

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 14 December 2025.

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 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 14 December 2025. 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 +49 159 £500 -13.04% 156
UK excluding London +24 96 £500 -13.04% 145
London +15 66 £500 -12.28% 23
Work from Home +29 45 £496 -13.74% 66
South West +18 33 £545 -1.09% 17
North of England -10 28 £452 -30.54% 36
North West - 15 £450 - 10
Yorkshire - 13 £468 - 21
Midlands -29 11 £465 +9.29% 23
South East -3 10 £488 -15.22% 39
East of England - 8 £425 - 23
Scotland +8 7 £575 -20.69% 6
West Midlands -32 6 £538 +26.47% 14
East Midlands - 5 £415 - 9

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 (6.70%) Apache
2 11 (6.15%) IIS
2 11 (6.15%) JBoss
2 11 (6.15%) WebSphere
3 10 (5.59%) iPlanet
3 10 (5.59%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (2.79%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.12%) Confluence
7 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 100 (55.87%) Azure
2 84 (46.93%) AWS
3 58 (32.40%) Entra ID
4 37 (20.67%) GCP
5 30 (16.76%) GitHub
6 23 (12.85%) SaaS
7 21 (11.73%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (7.82%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (6.70%) OpenShift
10 11 (6.15%) PaaS
11 8 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (3.35%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (3.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (2.79%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (2.79%) Azure AKS
13 5 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (2.79%) OCI
14 4 (2.23%) Datadog
14 4 (2.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.85%) Kerberos
2 18 (10.06%) Firewall
3 16 (8.94%) DNS
4 6 (3.35%) HTTPS
5 5 (2.79%) SSL
6 3 (1.68%) Internet
7 2 (1.12%) DHCP
7 2 (1.12%) Extranet
7 2 (1.12%) HTTP
7 2 (1.12%) Network Security
7 2 (1.12%) S/MIME
7 2 (1.12%) VPN
8 1 (0.56%) SMS
8 1 (0.56%) SMTP
8 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.70%) Oracle Database
2 8 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.35%) MySQL
3 6 (3.35%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.79%) Redis
5 3 (1.68%) Metadata
5 3 (1.68%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.68%) Power BI
6 2 (1.12%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.12%) NewSQL
6 2 (1.12%) OLTP
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.56%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (17.32%) Jenkins
2 26 (14.53%) Git
3 17 (9.50%) GitLab
4 12 (6.70%) Selenium
5 11 (6.15%) Bitbucket Server
5 11 (6.15%) CA Release Automation
5 11 (6.15%) JIRA
6 10 (5.59%) Cucumber
7 9 (5.03%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (3.91%) Maven
8 7 (3.91%) Postman
9 6 (3.35%) JUnit
9 6 (3.35%) REST Assured
10 5 (2.79%) Mockito
10 5 (2.79%) TestRail
11 4 (2.23%) Artifactory
12 3 (1.68%) Cypress.io
12 3 (1.68%) SonarQube
13 1 (0.56%) Gatling
13 1 (0.56%) git-flow
General
1 86 (48.04%) Social Skills
2 32 (17.88%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (16.76%) Finance
4 16 (8.94%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (8.38%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.15%) Aviation
7 9 (5.03%) Banking
8 4 (2.23%) Legal
9 3 (1.68%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.68%) Games
10 2 (1.12%) Billing
10 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.12%) Retail
11 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.56%) Law
11 1 (0.56%) Military
11 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.56%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 33 (18.44%) Architect
2 26 (14.53%) Developer
3 21 (11.73%) Lead
3 21 (11.73%) Senior
4 12 (6.70%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (6.15%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (3.91%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (3.91%) Consultant
7 7 (3.91%) ForgeRock Developer
7 7 (3.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (3.91%) Security Engineer
7 7 (3.91%) Senior Developer
7 7 (3.91%) Software Engineer
8 6 (3.35%) Analyst
9 5 (2.79%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (2.79%) Java Developer
9 5 (2.79%) Lead Developer
9 5 (2.79%) Security Architect
9 5 (2.79%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (82.12%) OAuth
2 136 (75.98%) SAML
3 80 (44.69%) OAuth2
4 50 (27.93%) LDAP
5 24 (13.41%) REST
6 22 (12.29%) SailPoint
7 18 (10.06%) Spring
8 16 (8.94%) .NET
8 16 (8.94%) RESTful
9 12 (6.70%) Spring Boot
10 10 (5.59%) React
11 9 (5.03%) JSON
11 9 (5.03%) Kafka
11 9 (5.03%) Node.js
12 8 (4.47%) HTML
12 8 (4.47%) JDBC
13 7 (3.91%) GraphQL
13 7 (3.91%) OpenAPI
13 7 (3.91%) Swagger
14 6 (3.35%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.06%) Onboarding
2 15 (8.38%) PKI
3 12 (6.70%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.15%) Management Information System
5 9 (5.03%) Private Cloud
6 8 (4.47%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (3.35%) Replication
8 5 (2.79%) BYOD
8 5 (2.79%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.68%) Taxonomies
11 2 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.12%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.56%) AI Agents
12 1 (0.56%) Algorithms
12 1 (0.56%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.56%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 31 (17.32%) Windows
2 23 (12.85%) Windows Server
3 20 (11.17%) Linux
4 8 (4.47%) Unix
5 2 (1.12%) Android
6 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.56%) CentOS
6 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (34.08%) Identity Access Management
2 60 (33.52%) CI/CD
3 56 (31.28%) DevOps
4 47 (26.26%) RBAC
5 41 (22.91%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (18.99%) Identity Management
7 31 (17.32%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (16.20%) Agile
8 29 (16.20%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 27 (15.08%) Microservices
9 27 (15.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (14.53%) Containerisation
11 24 (13.41%) Migration
12 22 (12.29%) DevSecOps
12 22 (12.29%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (10.06%) Observability
14 17 (9.50%) Mentoring
14 17 (9.50%) Software Engineering
15 15 (8.38%) B2C
15 15 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 50 (27.93%) PowerShell
2 39 (21.79%) Java
3 32 (17.88%) Python
4 24 (13.41%) JavaScript
5 15 (8.38%) Groovy
6 14 (7.82%) SQL
7 10 (5.59%) Shell Script
8 8 (4.47%) C#
8 8 (4.47%) PHP
9 6 (3.35%) Bash
10 5 (2.79%) TypeScript
11 4 (2.23%) Go
12 2 (1.12%) ANSI SQL
12 2 (1.12%) C
13 1 (0.56%) C++
13 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.56%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.56%) Rust
13 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (26.82%) Security Cleared
2 26 (14.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (12.29%) SC Cleared
4 18 (10.06%) DV Cleared
5 12 (6.70%) CISSP
5 12 (6.70%) Degree
6 7 (3.91%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.79%) CISM
8 4 (2.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.68%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.68%) CCSP
9 3 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.56%) ISSAP
11 1 (0.56%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (17.88%) GDPR
2 20 (11.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (7.26%) NIST
4 12 (6.70%) QA
5 11 (6.15%) HIPAA
6 7 (3.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (3.91%) SOC 2
7 6 (3.35%) PCI DSS
7 6 (3.35%) PSD2
7 6 (3.35%) WCAG
8 4 (2.23%) Accessibility
8 4 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.68%) Data Quality
10 2 (1.12%) NCSC
10 2 (1.12%) SLA
11 1 (0.56%) GRC
11 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 82 (45.81%) Active Directory
2 32 (17.88%) Docker
3 8 (4.47%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.12%) OpenAM
5 2 (1.12%) OpenDJ
5 2 (1.12%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 78 (43.58%) Single Sign-On
2 42 (23.46%) Terraform
3 32 (17.88%) Kubernetes
4 24 (13.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (8.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (6.15%) CA Single Sign-On
6 11 (6.15%) Grafana
7 10 (5.59%) CA Wily
8 9 (5.03%) Ansible
8 9 (5.03%) PingFederate
8 9 (5.03%) Progress Chef
9 8 (4.47%) Tivoli
10 5 (2.79%) Kibana
10 5 (2.79%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 4 (2.23%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.68%) Argo
12 3 (1.68%) SCCM
13 2 (1.12%) Puppet
14 1 (0.56%) linkerd
14 1 (0.56%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 87 (48.60%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.29%) Ping Identity
3 20 (11.17%) CyberArk
4 17 (9.50%) IBM
5 16 (8.94%) ForgeRock
5 16 (8.94%) Splunk
6 14 (7.82%) Oracle
7 12 (6.70%) Okta
8 11 (6.15%) AppDynamics
8 11 (6.15%) Broadcom
9 10 (5.59%) ServiceNow
9 10 (5.59%) VMware
10 9 (5.03%) Google
11 3 (1.68%) Salesforce
12 2 (1.12%) Intel
12 2 (1.12%) MuleSoft
12 2 (1.12%) NetIQ
12 2 (1.12%) Optimizely
12 2 (1.12%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.12%) Xamarin