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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 407 432
Rank change year-on-year +14 +25 +95
Contract jobs citing OpenID 236 116 155
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.39% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.50% 1.74% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 78 106
10th Percentile £406 £410 £437
25th Percentile £484 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £564 £621
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -9.26% +8.00%
75th Percentile £688 £654 £750
90th Percentile £850 £700 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £492 £538
% change year-on-year +11.79% -8.47% -2.27%
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 9,451 6,681 8,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.43% 22.69% 20.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,290 4,581 6,209
10th Percentile £358 £363 £337
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -0.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £726 £775 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 103 203
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.18 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.53 £37.35
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £71.13 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £83.79 £75.00
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 20 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 20 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 -16 207 £560 -2.61% 41
UK excluding London -20 111 £550 +11.79% 23
London -9 98 £563 -11.76% 22
Work from Home -6 73 £563 +4.75% 26
North of England -19 58 £550 +8.16% 8
Yorkshire -25 37 £540 +15.14% 6
South West -16 22 £575 +28.64% 4
North West -34 20 £600 +14.29% 2
South East -43 15 £625 +8.70% 10
Midlands -61 10 £447 -22.26%
West Midlands -58 6 £450 -25.37%
East of England - 4 £425 - 1
East Midlands -29 3 £438 -6.22%
Scotland -1 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 (5.93%) Confluence
2 9 (3.81%) nginx
3 8 (3.39%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.85%) Apache
5 2 (0.85%) IIS
5 2 (0.85%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.85%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 120 (50.85%) Azure
2 105 (44.49%) AWS
3 70 (29.66%) Entra ID
4 60 (25.42%) GCP
5 39 (16.53%) Serverless
6 29 (12.29%) SaaS
7 23 (9.75%) Amazon S3
8 19 (8.05%) GitHub
8 19 (8.05%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (7.63%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (7.20%) OpenShift
11 14 (5.93%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
11 14 (5.93%) PaaS
11 14 (5.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 13 (5.51%) Route 53
13 12 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (4.66%) Azure API Management
15 10 (4.24%) Azure AKS
15 10 (4.24%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 38 (16.10%) DNS
2 36 (15.25%) Firewall
3 14 (5.93%) SSL
4 13 (5.51%) Kerberos
5 11 (4.66%) TCP/IP
6 10 (4.24%) VPN
7 9 (3.81%) OpenVPN
8 6 (2.54%) DHCP
9 5 (2.12%) IPsec
9 5 (2.12%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (1.69%) Network Security
11 2 (0.85%) Internet
12 1 (0.42%) Extranet
12 1 (0.42%) HTTP
12 1 (0.42%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.42%) SMS
12 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.24%) Elasticsearch
1 10 (4.24%) PostgreSQL
1 10 (4.24%) Redis
1 10 (4.24%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.81%) MySQL
3 8 (3.39%) DynamoDB
3 8 (3.39%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.12%) Data Vault
4 5 (2.12%) Power BI
4 5 (2.12%) Snowflake Schema
4 5 (2.12%) Star Schema
5 4 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.69%) DocumentDB
5 4 (1.69%) Metadata
5 4 (1.69%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.27%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.85%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 46 (19.49%) Jenkins
2 30 (12.71%) JIRA
3 27 (11.44%) GitLab
4 16 (6.78%) Selenium
5 14 (5.93%) Cucumber
5 14 (5.93%) Git
6 13 (5.51%) REST Assured
7 12 (5.08%) Postman
8 7 (2.97%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.97%) Gatling
8 7 (2.97%) SonarQube
9 5 (2.12%) JMeter
9 5 (2.12%) TestRail
10 4 (1.69%) JUnit
10 4 (1.69%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.69%) Maven
10 4 (1.69%) NeoLoad
11 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.85%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.85%) git-flow
General
1 84 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 57 (24.15%) Finance
3 35 (14.83%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (9.32%) Banking
5 16 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.78%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.36%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.54%) Retail
8 4 (1.69%) Legal
9 3 (1.27%) Games
10 2 (0.85%) Billing
10 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.85%) Military
11 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.42%) Law
11 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.42%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 87 (36.86%) Architect
2 31 (13.14%) Developer
3 29 (12.29%) Senior
4 24 (10.17%) Lead
5 18 (7.63%) Technical Architect
6 17 (7.20%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (5.51%) CyberArk Architect
8 11 (4.66%) Security Architect
9 10 (4.24%) AWS Architect
9 10 (4.24%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (4.24%) Cloud Architect
10 9 (3.81%) Test Engineer
11 8 (3.39%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (3.39%) Java Developer
11 8 (3.39%) Test Automation Engineer
12 6 (2.54%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (2.54%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 6 (2.54%) Data Engineer
12 6 (2.54%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (2.54%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (74.58%) OAuth
2 147 (62.29%) SAML
3 118 (50.00%) OAuth2
4 68 (28.81%) LDAP
5 52 (22.03%) REST
6 33 (13.98%) SailPoint
7 24 (10.17%) Kafka
8 22 (9.32%) Node.js
9 21 (8.90%) .NET
10 19 (8.05%) RESTful
11 18 (7.63%) Spring
11 18 (7.63%) Spring Boot
12 15 (6.36%) JWT
12 15 (6.36%) React
13 12 (5.08%) GraphQL
13 12 (5.08%) OpenTelemetry
13 12 (5.08%) Playwright
14 10 (4.24%) JSON
15 8 (3.39%) .NET Core
15 8 (3.39%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.19%) Cloud Native
2 32 (13.56%) Onboarding
3 18 (7.63%) PKI
4 14 (5.93%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (4.66%) Management Information System
6 10 (4.24%) Private Cloud
7 9 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.97%) Replication
9 6 (2.54%) IoT
9 6 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.54%) Security Posture
10 5 (2.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.12%) Mobile App
10 5 (2.12%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.69%) Clustering
11 4 (1.69%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.27%) AI Agents
12 3 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.56%) Windows
2 18 (7.63%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.24%) Linux
4 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Android
5 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (41.95%) CI/CD
2 96 (40.68%) DevOps
3 64 (27.12%) RBAC
4 63 (26.69%) Identity Access Management
5 51 (21.61%) Infrastructure as Code
6 45 (19.07%) Microservices
7 44 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (17.37%) Secrets Management
9 40 (16.95%) Test Automation
10 39 (16.53%) Agile
10 39 (16.53%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (15.25%) Observability
11 36 (15.25%) Roadmaps
11 36 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (14.83%) Event-Driven
12 35 (14.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 33 (13.98%) Containerisation
14 31 (13.14%) Design Patterns
15 29 (12.29%) Zero Trust
16 27 (11.44%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 65 (27.54%) Java
2 45 (19.07%) Python
3 39 (16.53%) SQL
4 38 (16.10%) PowerShell
5 24 (10.17%) TypeScript
6 21 (8.90%) JavaScript
7 12 (5.08%) C#
8 10 (4.24%) PHP
9 8 (3.39%) Go
10 6 (2.54%) Bicep
11 5 (2.12%) Scala
12 4 (1.69%) Bash
12 4 (1.69%) Cypher
12 4 (1.69%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.27%) Groovy
14 2 (0.85%) Swift
15 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 79 (33.47%) Security Cleared
2 52 (22.03%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (8.05%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.08%) CISSP
6 9 (3.81%) Degree
7 5 (2.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (2.12%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.12%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.69%) CISM
9 3 (1.27%) GIAC
10 2 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.85%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.85%) OCP
10 2 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (15.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (13.56%) NIST
3 17 (7.20%) QA
4 15 (6.36%) GDPR
4 15 (6.36%) NCSC
5 10 (4.24%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.97%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.12%) WCAG
8 4 (1.69%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.27%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.27%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.27%) GRC
9 3 (1.27%) ISO 20022
9 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.27%) SEPA
10 2 (0.85%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.85%) PSD2
11 1 (0.42%) GMP
11 1 (0.42%) GxP
System Software
1 63 (26.69%) Active Directory
2 32 (13.56%) Docker
3 10 (4.24%) Squid
4 5 (2.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.12%) RACF
4 5 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.85%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.85%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.85%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 70 (29.66%) Single Sign-On
2 63 (26.69%) Kubernetes
3 57 (24.15%) Terraform
4 31 (13.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 23 (9.75%) Grafana
6 20 (8.47%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.81%) FortiGate
8 7 (2.97%) Ansible
8 7 (2.97%) Consul
9 6 (2.54%) Argo
10 5 (2.12%) Istio
11 4 (1.69%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.69%) Kustomize
11 4 (1.69%) linkerd
11 4 (1.69%) PingFederate
12 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.85%) Kibana
13 2 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 1 (0.42%) Oracle Identity Manager
14 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 82 (34.75%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.71%) CyberArk
3 29 (12.29%) ServiceNow
4 19 (8.05%) Splunk
5 18 (7.63%) Google
6 14 (5.93%) Okta
7 11 (4.66%) Dynatrace
7 11 (4.66%) VMware
8 10 (4.24%) Red Hat
9 9 (3.81%) Ping Identity
10 8 (3.39%) ForgeRock
11 7 (2.97%) Atlassian
12 5 (2.12%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (2.12%) Denodo
13 4 (1.69%) MuleSoft
13 4 (1.69%) SAP
14 3 (1.27%) IBM
14 3 (1.27%) Oracle
15 2 (0.85%) NetIQ
15 2 (0.85%) Thycotic