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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 394 465
Rank change year-on-year +9 +71 +35
Contract jobs citing OpenID 311 164 95
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.50% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.61% 1.91% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 120 61
10th Percentile £416 £375 £425
25th Percentile £463 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £495 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% -17.54% -
75th Percentile £626 £585 £650
90th Percentile £749 £671 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £539 £447 £551
% change year-on-year +20.47% -18.87% -8.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £53.40 -
25th Percentile £63.75 £54.75 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £59.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.12% - -
75th Percentile £86.08 £62.75 -
90th Percentile £87.16 £63.80 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £59.00 -
% change year-on-year +27.12% - -

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 11,904 8,573 9,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.68% 25.97% 24.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,819 5,684 6,029
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £440 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 187 186
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.05 £26.05
25th Percentile £51.25 £41.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £62.93
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -14.19% +4.88%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.49 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.70% -15.38% +10.53%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -3 256 £563 +18.42% 203
UK excluding London -17 160 £539 +20.47% 89
London -33 113 £575 +7.08% 135
Work from Home -25 100 £570 +15.85% 109
South East -15 53 £500 +5.26% 32
North of England -47 43 £570 +27.23% 14
Yorkshire -8 34 £570 +39.88% 7
Scotland -12 23 £425 -29.17% 14
Midlands -38 21 £464 +13.08% 8
West Midlands - 18 £510 - 6
East of England -17 11 £544 +26.20% 9
South West -47 9 £650 +27.08% 9
North West -46 7 £750 +66.11% 4
East Midlands -28 3 £402 -1.95% 2
North East - 3 £463 - 3

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 13 (4.18%) Confluence
2 8 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.61%) nginx
4 4 (1.29%) IIS
5 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.96%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.96%) Traefik
6 2 (0.64%) Apache
6 2 (0.64%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Gliffy
1 1 (0.32%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.32%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 168 (54.02%) Azure
2 139 (44.69%) AWS
3 115 (36.98%) Entra ID
4 70 (22.51%) GCP
5 36 (11.58%) Serverless
6 34 (10.93%) GitHub
7 27 (8.68%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (7.72%) SaaS
9 22 (7.07%) Azure Monitor
10 21 (6.75%) Amazon EKS
10 21 (6.75%) Azure Key Vault
11 19 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (5.47%) Azure AKS
12 17 (5.47%) Kong
13 16 (5.14%) Azure App Service
14 15 (4.82%) Azure API Management
15 14 (4.50%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (4.18%) Amazon S3
17 12 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
18 11 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.36%) DNS
2 15 (4.82%) Firewall
2 15 (4.82%) Kerberos
3 10 (3.22%) Reverse Proxy
4 8 (2.57%) HTTP
4 8 (2.57%) SSL
5 6 (1.93%) NGFW
6 5 (1.61%) Network Security
7 4 (1.29%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.64%) VPN
9 1 (0.32%) DHCP
9 1 (0.32%) DMZ
9 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.32%) Internet
9 1 (0.32%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.32%) SSH
9 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.97%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (5.79%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.14%) Relational Database
4 15 (4.82%) MongoDB
5 12 (3.86%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.25%) MySQL
8 6 (1.93%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.93%) Redis
9 5 (1.61%) Data Vault
10 4 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.96%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.96%) Parquet
12 2 (0.64%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.64%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.64%) Neo4j
12 2 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (15.43%) Git
2 22 (7.07%) GitLab
3 16 (5.14%) Jenkins
3 16 (5.14%) JIRA
4 8 (2.57%) JUnit
5 7 (2.25%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.93%) Maven
6 6 (1.93%) Mockito
7 5 (1.61%) JMeter
7 5 (1.61%) Storybook
8 4 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.29%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.96%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.96%) git-flow
9 3 (0.96%) Gradle
9 3 (0.96%) Selenium
10 2 (0.64%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.64%) Postman
10 2 (0.64%) Xcode
General
1 75 (24.12%) Social Skills
2 58 (18.65%) Finance
2 58 (18.65%) Public Sector
3 30 (9.65%) Banking
4 18 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.14%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.22%) Military
8 4 (1.29%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.29%) Retail
9 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.64%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.32%) Aviation
11 1 (0.32%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.32%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.32%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.32%) Marketing
11 1 (0.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 74 (23.79%) Developer
2 67 (21.54%) Architect
3 36 (11.58%) Lead
4 32 (10.29%) Senior
4 32 (10.29%) Technical Architect
5 22 (7.07%) Full-Stack Developer
6 20 (6.43%) Java Developer
7 17 (5.47%) IAM Specialist
8 15 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (4.82%) Technical Leader
9 13 (4.18%) IAM Developer
10 12 (3.86%) Security Architect
11 11 (3.54%) AWS Architect
12 10 (3.22%) Cloud Engineer
13 9 (2.89%) DevOps Engineer
13 9 (2.89%) Lead Developer
13 9 (2.89%) Platform Engineer
14 8 (2.57%) Security Engineer
14 8 (2.57%) Senior Developer
15 7 (2.25%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 283 (91.00%) OAuth
2 187 (60.13%) OAuth2
3 157 (50.48%) SAML
4 97 (31.19%) Terraform
5 59 (18.97%) REST
6 57 (18.33%) LDAP
6 57 (18.33%) RESTful
7 52 (16.72%) JWT
8 51 (16.40%) React
9 34 (10.93%) Swagger
10 33 (10.61%) OpenAPI
11 32 (10.29%) .NET
12 30 (9.65%) Kafka
13 29 (9.32%) SailPoint
14 27 (8.68%) Node.js
15 23 (7.40%) JSON
16 21 (6.75%) CSS
17 20 (6.43%) HTML
18 18 (5.79%) Spring
19 16 (5.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 94 (30.23%) Cloud Native
2 42 (13.50%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (10.93%) PKI
4 32 (10.29%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (9.00%) Onboarding
6 17 (5.47%) Product Ownership
7 13 (4.18%) Management Information System
8 12 (3.86%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.93%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.93%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.93%) NHS
11 5 (1.61%) CMDB
11 5 (1.61%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.29%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.29%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.29%) Replication
12 4 (1.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.86%) Linux
2 8 (2.57%) Windows
3 5 (1.61%) Android
4 4 (1.29%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.96%) Unix
6 1 (0.32%) CentOS
6 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (45.66%) CI/CD
2 107 (34.41%) DevOps
3 102 (32.80%) Identity Access Management
4 82 (26.37%) Microservices
5 78 (25.08%) Agile
5 78 (25.08%) Infrastructure as Code
6 75 (24.12%) RBAC
7 60 (19.29%) Test Automation
8 55 (17.68%) Containerisation
9 52 (16.72%) Event-Driven
10 51 (16.40%) Zero Trust
11 49 (15.76%) Technical Leadership
12 46 (14.79%) Observability
12 46 (14.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 45 (14.47%) Validation
14 40 (12.86%) Analytics
15 39 (12.54%) Software Engineering
16 38 (12.22%) Full-Stack Development
16 38 (12.22%) Mentoring
16 38 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 92 (29.58%) Python
2 71 (22.83%) Java
3 61 (19.61%) PowerShell
4 44 (14.15%) JavaScript
5 38 (12.22%) TypeScript
6 31 (9.97%) SQL
7 29 (9.32%) Bicep
8 28 (9.00%) C#
9 23 (7.40%) Go
10 10 (3.22%) Bash
11 4 (1.29%) Lua
12 3 (0.96%) C++
12 3 (0.96%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.64%) Cypher
13 2 (0.64%) Groovy
13 2 (0.64%) Swift
14 1 (0.32%) C
14 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.32%) Perl
Qualifications
1 87 (27.97%) Security Cleared
2 68 (21.86%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.58%) Degree
4 20 (6.43%) Azure Certification
5 18 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (5.14%) AWS Certification
6 16 (5.14%) CISSP
7 14 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.89%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.93%) CISM
10 5 (1.61%) CSPO
10 5 (1.61%) MCSE
11 4 (1.29%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.64%) CEH
13 2 (0.64%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.32%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (7.40%) NIST
3 22 (7.07%) QA
4 19 (6.11%) Accessibility
5 16 (5.14%) GDPR
6 14 (4.50%) Data Quality
7 10 (3.22%) NCSC
7 10 (3.22%) WCAG
8 7 (2.25%) HIPAA
8 7 (2.25%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.64%) HL7
10 2 (0.64%) IEC 62304
10 2 (0.64%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.64%) SLA
10 2 (0.64%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.32%) GRC
11 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 91 (29.26%) Active Directory
2 46 (14.79%) Docker
3 6 (1.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.96%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 94 (30.23%) Kubernetes
2 70 (22.51%) Single Sign-On
3 23 (7.40%) Grafana
4 15 (4.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (4.50%) Prometheus
6 11 (3.54%) Argo
6 11 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (2.89%) Ansible
8 6 (1.93%) Istio
9 5 (1.61%) Kibana
10 4 (1.29%) HAProxy
10 4 (1.29%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.96%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.96%) Puppet
11 3 (0.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.64%) Consul
12 2 (0.64%) Packer
12 2 (0.64%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 112 (36.01%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.97%) Okta
3 21 (6.75%) Google
4 20 (6.43%) ForgeRock
5 18 (5.79%) Dynatrace
6 14 (4.50%) Ping Identity
7 13 (4.18%) ServiceNow
7 13 (4.18%) Splunk
8 12 (3.86%) CyberArk
9 7 (2.25%) Oracle
10 6 (1.93%) SAP
11 5 (1.61%) Denodo
12 4 (1.29%) BeyondTrust
12 4 (1.29%) F5
12 4 (1.29%) IBM
13 3 (0.96%) Cisco
13 3 (0.96%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.96%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.96%) Sparx
13 3 (0.96%) Workday