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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 458 479
Rank change year-on-year +61 +21 +147
Contract jobs citing OpenID 181 94 145
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.26% 0.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.22% 1.18% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 63 115
10th Percentile £405 £411 £438
25th Percentile £426 £491 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £682
90th Percentile £675 £735 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -16.30% -4.17% -5.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £53.40 - -
25th Percentile £54.75 - -
Median hourly rate £59.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.75 - -
90th Percentile £63.80 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.00 - -

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 8,136 7,937 10,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.92% 21.77% 22.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,406 5,013 7,383
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £657
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 112 189
10th Percentile £29.60 £22.00 £36.13
25th Percentile £42.50 £36.63 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.35 £74.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.66% -15.72%

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 13 November 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 13 November 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 +27 154 £492 -14.43% 78
UK excluding London +20 93 £481 -16.30% 38
London +9 67 £500 -13.04% 49
Work from Home +18 45 £496 -13.74% 43
South West +24 29 £525 -4.72% 10
North of England -17 21 £415 -36.23% 7
Midlands -20 16 £422 -0.71% 1
Scotland +13 13 £600 +38.57% 3
North West - 12 £433 - 6
East Midlands - 10 £410 -
South East -6 9 £481 -16.30% 13
Yorkshire -25 9 £408 - 1
West Midlands -23 6 £538 +26.47% 1
East of England - 6 £419 - 1

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 (6.63%) Apache
1 12 (6.63%) JBoss
2 11 (6.08%) IIS
2 11 (6.08%) WebSphere
3 10 (5.52%) iPlanet
3 10 (5.52%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (2.76%) CMS
4 5 (2.76%) Headless CMS
4 5 (2.76%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.66%) Confluence
5 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 96 (53.04%) AWS
2 93 (51.38%) Azure
3 56 (30.94%) Entra ID
4 40 (22.10%) GCP
5 30 (16.57%) GitHub
6 26 (14.36%) SaaS
7 23 (12.71%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (8.29%) Amazon EKS
9 13 (7.18%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (6.63%) OpenShift
11 11 (6.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 11 (6.08%) Serverless
12 10 (5.52%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (5.52%) Azure AKS
13 9 (4.97%) PaaS
14 7 (3.87%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (3.87%) Amazon S3
15 6 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
15 6 (3.31%) Datadog
15 6 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.15%) Kerberos
2 17 (9.39%) Firewall
3 13 (7.18%) DNS
4 6 (3.31%) SSL
5 5 (2.76%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.66%) Internet
7 2 (1.10%) Extranet
7 2 (1.10%) HTTP
7 2 (1.10%) Network Security
7 2 (1.10%) S/MIME
7 2 (1.10%) VPN
8 1 (0.55%) DHCP
8 1 (0.55%) SMTP
8 1 (0.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.63%) Oracle Database
2 8 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.31%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.76%) NewSQL
4 5 (2.76%) OLTP
5 3 (1.66%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (1.66%) CockroachDB
5 3 (1.66%) Metadata
5 3 (1.66%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.66%) Power BI
6 2 (1.10%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.10%) Redis
7 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.55%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.55%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.55%) MySQL
7 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (13.81%) Git
2 24 (13.26%) Jenkins
3 12 (6.63%) GitLab
4 11 (6.08%) Bitbucket Server
4 11 (6.08%) CA Release Automation
5 9 (4.97%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (3.31%) JUnit
6 6 (3.31%) Maven
7 5 (2.76%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.76%) JIRA
7 5 (2.76%) Mockito
7 5 (2.76%) Selenium
8 4 (2.21%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.66%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.66%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.55%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.55%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.55%) Crashlytics
10 1 (0.55%) fastlane
10 1 (0.55%) git-flow
General
1 92 (50.83%) Social Skills
2 35 (19.34%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (19.34%) Finance
3 15 (8.29%) Documentation Skills
4 13 (7.18%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.08%) Aviation
6 9 (4.97%) Banking
7 4 (2.21%) Legal
8 3 (1.66%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.66%) Retail
9 2 (1.10%) Billing
9 2 (1.10%) Publishing
10 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Law
10 1 (0.55%) Military
10 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.55%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 31 (17.13%) Architect
2 23 (12.71%) Senior
3 22 (12.15%) Developer
4 13 (7.18%) Lead
5 11 (6.08%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (4.97%) Analyst
6 9 (4.97%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (4.97%) Business Analyst
6 9 (4.97%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (4.42%) Consultant
7 8 (4.42%) IAM Specialist
8 7 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.87%) Java Engineer
9 6 (3.31%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (3.31%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
9 6 (3.31%) Identity Management Engineer
9 6 (3.31%) Security Engineer
9 6 (3.31%) Senior Developer
9 6 (3.31%) Software Engineer
10 5 (2.76%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (87.29%) OAuth
2 146 (80.66%) SAML
3 86 (47.51%) OAuth2
4 45 (24.86%) LDAP
5 23 (12.71%) Spring
6 17 (9.39%) RESTful
6 17 (9.39%) SailPoint
7 16 (8.84%) REST
8 14 (7.73%) JSON
9 11 (6.08%) .NET
9 11 (6.08%) Spring Boot
10 10 (5.52%) Hibernate
11 9 (4.97%) Kafka
11 9 (4.97%) React
12 8 (4.42%) GraphQL
12 8 (4.42%) JDBC
13 7 (3.87%) OpenAPI
13 7 (3.87%) Swagger
14 6 (3.31%) .NET Framework
14 6 (3.31%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.26%) Cloud Native
2 18 (9.94%) Onboarding
3 14 (7.73%) PKI
4 12 (6.63%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (6.08%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.97%) Private Cloud
7 6 (3.31%) Replication
8 5 (2.76%) BYOD
9 4 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (2.21%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.66%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.66%) Taxonomies
11 2 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (1.10%) Product Ownership
11 2 (1.10%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (14.36%) Windows
2 23 (12.71%) Linux
3 21 (11.60%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.42%) Unix
5 3 (1.66%) Android
6 2 (1.10%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.55%) CentOS
7 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.55%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (34.81%) Identity Access Management
2 58 (32.04%) DevOps
3 57 (31.49%) CI/CD
4 55 (30.39%) RBAC
5 47 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (22.65%) Identity Management
7 35 (19.34%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 34 (18.78%) Infrastructure as Code
9 32 (17.68%) Agile
10 28 (15.47%) Containerisation
10 28 (15.47%) Microservices
11 27 (14.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (13.26%) DevSecOps
13 20 (11.05%) Migration
14 19 (10.50%) Mentoring
15 18 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 16 (8.84%) Observability
16 16 (8.84%) Technical Leadership
17 15 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
17 15 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 48 (26.52%) PowerShell
2 39 (21.55%) Java
3 32 (17.68%) Python
4 19 (10.50%) JavaScript
5 14 (7.73%) Groovy
6 13 (7.18%) SQL
7 10 (5.52%) Shell Script
8 8 (4.42%) C#
9 7 (3.87%) Bash
10 5 (2.76%) ANSI SQL
10 5 (2.76%) Go
11 3 (1.66%) PHP
12 2 (1.10%) C
12 2 (1.10%) Kotlin
12 2 (1.10%) Swift
12 2 (1.10%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.55%) C++
13 1 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.55%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (23.20%) Security Cleared
2 21 (11.60%) SC Cleared
3 20 (11.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (7.73%) DV Cleared
5 13 (7.18%) CISSP
5 13 (7.18%) Degree
6 12 (6.63%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.31%) CISM
8 4 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (2.21%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.66%) CCSP
9 3 (1.66%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.55%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (20.99%) GDPR
2 23 (12.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (8.84%) HIPAA
4 13 (7.18%) NIST
5 10 (5.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (4.42%) SOC 2
7 7 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (3.31%) PSD2
8 6 (3.31%) QA
8 6 (3.31%) WCAG
9 5 (2.76%) PCI DSS
10 4 (2.21%) Accessibility
10 4 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.66%) Data Quality
12 2 (1.10%) SLA
13 1 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.55%) GRC
13 1 (0.55%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 80 (44.20%) Active Directory
2 34 (18.78%) Docker
3 8 (4.42%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 85 (46.96%) Single Sign-On
2 49 (27.07%) Terraform
3 43 (23.76%) Kubernetes
4 16 (8.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (8.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (6.08%) CA Single Sign-On
6 11 (6.08%) Grafana
7 10 (5.52%) Ansible
7 10 (5.52%) CA Wily
7 10 (5.52%) Tivoli Identity Manager
8 9 (4.97%) PingFederate
8 9 (4.97%) Progress Chef
9 8 (4.42%) Tivoli
10 5 (2.76%) Kibana
11 4 (2.21%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.66%) Argo
12 3 (1.66%) SCCM
13 2 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (1.10%) Puppet
14 1 (0.55%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 81 (44.75%) Microsoft
2 30 (16.57%) Ping Identity
3 22 (12.15%) IBM
4 17 (9.39%) CyberArk
4 17 (9.39%) ForgeRock
5 16 (8.84%) Oracle
6 15 (8.29%) Splunk
7 13 (7.18%) Okta
8 11 (6.08%) AppDynamics
8 11 (6.08%) Broadcom
9 8 (4.42%) Alibaba
9 8 (4.42%) Google
9 8 (4.42%) VMware
10 4 (2.21%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.66%) Salesforce
12 2 (1.10%) Intel
12 2 (1.10%) Optimizely
12 2 (1.10%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.10%) Xamarin
12 2 (1.10%) Zscaler