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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 424 427
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +150
Contract jobs citing OpenID 172 92 164
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.29% 0.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.11% 1.32% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 62 131
10th Percentile £406 £413 £438
25th Percentile £450 £508 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £575 £638
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% -9.80% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £651 £700
90th Percentile £694 £736 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -11.19% -6.17% -4.00%
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 8,140 6,989 9,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.37% 21.99% 21.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,391 4,444 6,566
10th Percentile £356 £353 £360
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £774 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £499 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.25% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 82 168
10th Percentile £33.00 £21.33 £28.28
25th Percentile £45.00 £33.69 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £52.20
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +19.74% -19.70%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.20
% change year-on-year - +19.74% -19.70%

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 11 January 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 11 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for OpenID in the UK

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 11 January 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 +34 160 £500 -13.04% 122
UK excluding London 0 88 £500 -11.19% 128
London +8 70 £500 -13.04% 54
Work from Home -2 41 £500 -13.04% 143
South West +10 33 £545 -1.09% 18
North of England -13 31 £468 -10.86% 35
Yorkshire - 16 £485 - 18
North West -14 15 £450 -14.29% 15
South East -14 9 £481 -19.79% 33
East of England - 8 £425 - 10
Midlands -34 7 £531 +25.00% 7
West Midlands -25 6 £538 +26.47% 1
Scotland +1 1 £523 -27.86% 21
East Midlands - 1 £385 - 6

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 (6.98%) Apache
2 11 (6.40%) IIS
2 11 (6.40%) JBoss
2 11 (6.40%) WebSphere
3 10 (5.81%) iPlanet
3 10 (5.81%) WebSphere Application Server
4 7 (4.07%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.74%) Confluence
7 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (54.65%) Azure
2 80 (46.51%) AWS
3 49 (28.49%) Entra ID
4 38 (22.09%) GCP
5 27 (15.70%) GitHub
6 24 (13.95%) SaaS
7 20 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (11.05%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (9.30%) OpenShift
10 12 (6.98%) PaaS
11 9 (5.23%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (5.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (5.23%) Serverless
12 8 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (4.07%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (3.49%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (3.49%) Amazon S3
14 6 (3.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 5 (2.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (2.91%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.79%) Kerberos
2 20 (11.63%) DNS
3 18 (10.47%) Firewall
4 7 (4.07%) SSL
5 6 (3.49%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.74%) Internet
7 2 (1.16%) DHCP
7 2 (1.16%) Extranet
7 2 (1.16%) HTTP
7 2 (1.16%) Network Security
7 2 (1.16%) S/MIME
7 2 (1.16%) VPN
8 1 (0.58%) IPsec
8 1 (0.58%) SMS
8 1 (0.58%) SMTP
8 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.98%) Oracle Database
1 12 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (6.40%) Redis
3 10 (5.81%) MySQL
3 10 (5.81%) NoSQL
4 7 (4.07%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.33%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (2.33%) DocumentDB
6 4 (2.33%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.74%) Metadata
7 3 (1.74%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.74%) Power BI
8 2 (1.16%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.58%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 44 (25.58%) Jenkins
2 27 (15.70%) GitLab
3 25 (14.53%) Git
4 16 (9.30%) JIRA
4 16 (9.30%) Selenium
5 14 (8.14%) Cucumber
6 11 (6.40%) Bitbucket Server
6 11 (6.40%) CA Release Automation
7 10 (5.81%) REST Assured
8 9 (5.23%) Sonatype Nexus
9 7 (4.07%) JUnit
9 7 (4.07%) Maven
9 7 (4.07%) Postman
10 5 (2.91%) Mockito
10 5 (2.91%) TestRail
11 4 (2.33%) Artifactory
12 3 (1.74%) Cypress.io
12 3 (1.74%) Gatling
12 3 (1.74%) SonarQube
13 1 (0.58%) git-flow
General
1 75 (43.60%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.19%) Finance
3 21 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.88%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (8.72%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.40%) Aviation
6 11 (6.40%) Banking
7 4 (2.33%) Legal
8 3 (1.74%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.74%) Games
8 3 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Billing
9 2 (1.16%) Retail
10 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Law
10 1 (0.58%) Military
10 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.58%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 34 (19.77%) Architect
2 27 (15.70%) Developer
3 20 (11.63%) Senior
4 17 (9.88%) Lead
5 12 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (6.40%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (5.81%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (4.65%) Java Developer
9 7 (4.07%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (4.07%) ForgeRock Developer
9 7 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.07%) Test Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) Consultant
10 6 (3.49%) Security Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) Senior Developer
10 6 (3.49%) Software Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) Test Automation Engineer
11 5 (2.91%) Analyst
11 5 (2.91%) Lead Developer
11 5 (2.91%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (77.33%) OAuth
2 119 (69.19%) SAML
3 83 (48.26%) OAuth2
4 49 (28.49%) LDAP
5 29 (16.86%) REST
6 22 (12.79%) Spring
7 20 (11.63%) RESTful
7 20 (11.63%) Spring Boot
8 18 (10.47%) Kafka
8 18 (10.47%) SailPoint
9 15 (8.72%) .NET
10 10 (5.81%) JPA
10 10 (5.81%) Node.js
10 10 (5.81%) React
11 9 (5.23%) JSON
12 8 (4.65%) GraphQL
12 8 (4.65%) HTML
12 8 (4.65%) JDBC
13 7 (4.07%) OpenTelemetry
14 6 (3.49%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.63%) Onboarding
2 16 (9.30%) PKI
3 14 (8.14%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.40%) Management Information System
5 9 (5.23%) Private Cloud
6 8 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.49%) Replication
8 5 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.91%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.33%) BYOD
9 4 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.74%) Taxonomies
11 2 (1.16%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.58%) Legacy Code
12 1 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.58%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 33 (19.19%) Windows
2 23 (13.37%) Windows Server
3 20 (11.63%) Linux
4 8 (4.65%) Unix
5 2 (1.16%) Android
5 2 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.58%) CentOS
6 1 (0.58%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (38.37%) CI/CD
2 56 (32.56%) DevOps
3 52 (30.23%) Identity Access Management
4 42 (24.42%) RBAC
5 40 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (19.77%) Microservices
7 31 (18.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 30 (17.44%) Agile
9 28 (16.28%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (15.12%) Identity Management
10 26 (15.12%) Migration
10 26 (15.12%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (14.53%) Observability
12 24 (13.95%) Containerisation
13 20 (11.63%) DevSecOps
13 20 (11.63%) Event-Driven
13 20 (11.63%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 20 (11.63%) Test Automation
14 18 (10.47%) Software Engineering
15 17 (9.88%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 46 (26.74%) Java
2 44 (25.58%) PowerShell
3 33 (19.19%) Python
4 24 (13.95%) JavaScript
5 23 (13.37%) SQL
6 15 (8.72%) Groovy
7 9 (5.23%) Shell Script
8 8 (4.65%) PHP
9 7 (4.07%) Bash
9 7 (4.07%) C#
10 5 (2.91%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.74%) Go
12 2 (1.16%) C
13 1 (0.58%) C++
13 1 (0.58%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.58%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.58%) Rust
13 1 (0.58%) Swift
13 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (28.49%) Security Cleared
2 26 (15.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (13.95%) SC Cleared
4 18 (10.47%) DV Cleared
5 12 (6.98%) Degree
6 11 (6.40%) CISSP
7 7 (4.07%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.33%) CISM
9 3 (1.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.16%) CCSP
10 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.58%) ISSAP
11 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.58%) OCP
11 1 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (15.70%) GDPR
2 26 (15.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (10.47%) QA
4 17 (9.88%) NIST
5 9 (5.23%) PCI DSS
6 8 (4.65%) PSD2
6 8 (4.65%) SOC 2
7 7 (4.07%) HIPAA
7 7 (4.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (4.07%) WCAG
8 4 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.74%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.74%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.74%) NCSC
10 2 (1.16%) ISO 20022
10 2 (1.16%) ISO 8583
10 2 (1.16%) SEPA
10 2 (1.16%) SLA
11 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 69 (40.12%) Active Directory
2 36 (20.93%) Docker
3 8 (4.65%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.16%) OpenAM
5 2 (1.16%) OpenDJ
5 2 (1.16%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.58%) Firmware
6 1 (0.58%) RACF
6 1 (0.58%) Squid
Systems Management
1 66 (38.37%) Single Sign-On
2 37 (21.51%) Terraform
3 31 (18.02%) Kubernetes
4 24 (13.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 15 (8.72%) Grafana
6 12 (6.98%) Ansible
7 11 (6.40%) CA Single Sign-On
8 10 (5.81%) CA Wily
9 9 (5.23%) PingFederate
9 9 (5.23%) Progress Chef
10 8 (4.65%) Prometheus
10 8 (4.65%) Tivoli
11 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (3.49%) Argo
13 5 (2.91%) Kibana
14 3 (1.74%) SCCM
15 2 (1.16%) Puppet
16 1 (0.58%) Opsgenie
16 1 (0.58%) Oracle Identity Manager
16 1 (0.58%) Podman
Vendors
1 79 (45.93%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.47%) Ping Identity
3 17 (9.88%) Splunk
4 14 (8.14%) Oracle
5 13 (7.56%) CyberArk
5 13 (7.56%) ForgeRock
6 12 (6.98%) IBM
6 12 (6.98%) ServiceNow
7 11 (6.40%) AppDynamics
7 11 (6.40%) Broadcom
7 11 (6.40%) Google
8 10 (5.81%) Okta
8 10 (5.81%) VMware
9 3 (1.74%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.16%) Confluent
10 2 (1.16%) Intel
10 2 (1.16%) NetIQ
10 2 (1.16%) Optimizely
10 2 (1.16%) Xamarin