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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 401 439
Rank change year-on-year -8 +38 +88
Contract jobs citing OpenID 242 115 162
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.56% 1.73% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 77 108
10th Percentile £402 £421 £437
25th Percentile £480 £492 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £568 £620
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% -8.39% +10.71%
75th Percentile £688 £642 £750
90th Percentile £850 £692 £758
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £492 £531
% change year-on-year +11.79% -7.39% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £73.13 - -
90th Percentile £84.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 - -

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 9,438 6,629 8,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.00% 22.68% 20.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,252 4,549 6,220
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £529
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -0.76% -3.82%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £780 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 112 231
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.14 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £48.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £82.87 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -25.78%

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 30 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OpenID over the 6 months to 30 April 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 30 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 +4 209 £556 -3.26% 33
UK excluding London -24 108 £550 +11.79% 22
London -1 104 £563 -10.71% 14
Work from Home -7 77 £550 +2.42% 13
North of England -27 63 £563 +10.62% 8
Yorkshire -23 39 £563 +19.94% 4
North West -25 22 £600 +14.29% 4
South East -35 19 £625 +8.70% 7
South West -30 11 £575 +28.64% 4
Midlands -64 8 £438 -23.91% 1
West Midlands -56 4 £350 -41.96%
East of England - 4 £425 - 2
Scotland -1 3 £550 -8.33%
East Midlands -27 3 £438 -6.22% 1
North East - 3 £469 -

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 (5.79%) Confluence
2 9 (3.72%) nginx
3 8 (3.31%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.07%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.83%) Apache
5 2 (0.83%) IIS
5 2 (0.83%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.83%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 133 (54.96%) Azure
2 113 (46.69%) AWS
3 81 (33.47%) Entra ID
4 63 (26.03%) GCP
5 39 (16.12%) Serverless
6 29 (11.98%) SaaS
7 24 (9.92%) Amazon S3
8 19 (7.85%) Amazon EKS
9 18 (7.44%) GitHub
9 18 (7.44%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (7.02%) OpenShift
11 15 (6.20%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (6.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 14 (5.79%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (5.37%) PaaS
13 13 (5.37%) Route 53
14 10 (4.13%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (4.13%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (4.13%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.98%) DNS
2 27 (11.16%) Firewall
3 14 (5.79%) Kerberos
4 13 (5.37%) SSL
5 12 (4.96%) TCP/IP
6 10 (4.13%) VPN
7 9 (3.72%) OpenVPN
8 6 (2.48%) DHCP
9 5 (2.07%) IPsec
9 5 (2.07%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (1.65%) Network Security
11 3 (1.24%) HTTP
12 2 (0.83%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.83%) Internet
13 1 (0.41%) Extranet
13 1 (0.41%) NGFW
13 1 (0.41%) SMS
13 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
1 11 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
1 11 (4.55%) Redis
1 11 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.72%) MySQL
2 9 (3.72%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.31%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.07%) Data Vault
4 5 (2.07%) Power BI
4 5 (2.07%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.07%) Snowflake Schema
4 5 (2.07%) Star Schema
5 4 (1.65%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.65%) DocumentDB
5 4 (1.65%) Metadata
5 4 (1.65%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.24%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.83%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 45 (18.60%) Jenkins
2 30 (12.40%) JIRA
3 27 (11.16%) GitLab
4 16 (6.61%) Git
5 14 (5.79%) Selenium
6 13 (5.37%) REST Assured
7 12 (4.96%) Cucumber
7 12 (4.96%) Postman
8 7 (2.89%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.89%) Gatling
8 7 (2.89%) SonarQube
9 5 (2.07%) JMeter
9 5 (2.07%) TestRail
10 4 (1.65%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.65%) NeoLoad
11 3 (1.24%) git-flow
12 2 (0.83%) Browser DevTools
12 2 (0.83%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.83%) Fiddler
12 2 (0.83%) Maven
General
1 79 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 60 (24.79%) Finance
3 33 (13.64%) Documentation Skills
4 26 (10.74%) Public Sector
5 22 (9.09%) Banking
6 16 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (6.20%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.07%) Retail
9 4 (1.65%) Legal
9 4 (1.65%) Military
10 3 (1.24%) Games
11 2 (0.83%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.41%) Law
12 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 88 (36.36%) Architect
2 37 (15.29%) Developer
3 28 (11.57%) Lead
3 28 (11.57%) Senior
4 18 (7.44%) Technical Architect
5 13 (5.37%) CyberArk Architect
6 12 (4.96%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (4.55%) IAM Specialist
8 10 (4.13%) AWS Architect
8 10 (4.13%) Cloud Architect
8 10 (4.13%) Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (4.13%) Java Developer
8 10 (4.13%) Security Architect
9 9 (3.72%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (3.72%) Test Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) Test Automation Engineer
11 7 (2.89%) Analyst
11 7 (2.89%) Lead Architect
11 7 (2.89%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (75.21%) OAuth
2 145 (59.92%) SAML
3 119 (49.17%) OAuth2
4 77 (31.82%) LDAP
5 54 (22.31%) REST
6 38 (15.70%) SailPoint
7 25 (10.33%) Kafka
7 25 (10.33%) RESTful
8 24 (9.92%) Node.js
9 19 (7.85%) JWT
10 18 (7.44%) .NET
11 17 (7.02%) Spring
11 17 (7.02%) Spring Boot
12 16 (6.61%) React
13 12 (4.96%) JSON
13 12 (4.96%) OpenTelemetry
14 11 (4.55%) Web Services
15 10 (4.13%) Playwright
16 9 (3.72%) FastAPI
16 9 (3.72%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 55 (22.73%) Cloud Native
2 34 (14.05%) Onboarding
3 17 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (7.02%) PKI
4 12 (4.96%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.89%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.48%) IoT
7 6 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.48%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.07%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.65%) Clustering
9 4 (1.65%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.24%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.24%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.26%) Windows
2 12 (4.96%) Linux
3 7 (2.89%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.83%) Android
5 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.41%) Unix
6 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (42.56%) CI/CD
2 97 (40.08%) DevOps
3 63 (26.03%) Identity Access Management
4 61 (25.21%) RBAC
5 55 (22.73%) Infrastructure as Code
6 50 (20.66%) Microservices
7 42 (17.36%) Secrets Management
7 42 (17.36%) Test Automation
8 41 (16.94%) Agile
8 41 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (16.53%) Cybersecurity
10 39 (16.12%) Containerisation
11 38 (15.70%) Event-Driven
12 37 (15.29%) Observability
13 36 (14.88%) Roadmaps
14 34 (14.05%) Design Patterns
14 34 (14.05%) Zero Trust
15 33 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 32 (13.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 28 (11.57%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 68 (28.10%) Java
2 54 (22.31%) Python
3 44 (18.18%) SQL
4 34 (14.05%) PowerShell
5 26 (10.74%) TypeScript
6 22 (9.09%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.13%) Bicep
8 9 (3.72%) C#
8 9 (3.72%) Go
9 7 (2.89%) PHP
10 5 (2.07%) Scala
11 4 (1.65%) Cypher
11 4 (1.65%) Groovy
11 4 (1.65%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.24%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.83%) Bash
13 2 (0.83%) Swift
14 1 (0.41%) C
Qualifications
1 72 (29.75%) Security Cleared
2 55 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.20%) CISSP
3 15 (6.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (5.37%) Degree
5 8 (3.31%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.89%) CISM
7 5 (2.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (2.07%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.07%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.24%) GIAC
9 2 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.83%) OCP
9 2 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (17.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (15.70%) NIST
3 19 (7.85%) QA
4 17 (7.02%) GDPR
5 15 (6.20%) NCSC
6 10 (4.13%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.89%) HIPAA
7 7 (2.89%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.24%) GRC
9 3 (1.24%) ISO 20022
9 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.24%) SEPA
9 3 (1.24%) WCAG
10 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.83%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.83%) PSD2
11 1 (0.41%) GMP
11 1 (0.41%) GxP
System Software
1 60 (24.79%) Active Directory
2 37 (15.29%) Docker
3 10 (4.13%) Squid
4 5 (2.07%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.07%) RACF
5 2 (0.83%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.83%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.83%) OpenIDM
5 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (28.51%) Kubernetes
2 62 (25.62%) Single Sign-On
3 61 (25.21%) Terraform
4 22 (9.09%) Grafana
5 21 (8.68%) Prometheus
6 19 (7.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 9 (3.72%) FortiGate
8 8 (3.31%) Ansible
8 8 (3.31%) Consul
9 6 (2.48%) Argo
10 5 (2.07%) Istio
10 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.65%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.65%) Kustomize
11 4 (1.65%) linkerd
11 4 (1.65%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 1 (0.41%) Packer
13 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 80 (33.06%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.81%) ServiceNow
3 29 (11.98%) CyberArk
4 20 (8.26%) Splunk
5 18 (7.44%) Google
6 16 (6.61%) Okta
7 12 (4.96%) Dynatrace
8 10 (4.13%) Red Hat
9 9 (3.72%) ForgeRock
9 9 (3.72%) Ping Identity
10 7 (2.89%) Atlassian
10 7 (2.89%) SAP
11 5 (2.07%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (2.07%) Denodo
11 5 (2.07%) Workday
12 4 (1.65%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.65%) VMware
13 3 (1.24%) IBM
13 3 (1.24%) Oracle
14 2 (0.83%) NetIQ