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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 406 464
Rank change year-on-year -17 +58 +54
Contract jobs citing OpenID 265 160 109
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.49% 0.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.27% 1.91% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 119 63
10th Percentile £412 £367 £425
25th Percentile £486 £414 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £519 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -13.58% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £624
90th Percentile £750 £679 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £439 £581
% change year-on-year +28.28% -24.53% -3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £72.50 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £77.46 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.83% - -
75th Percentile £86.62 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £87.24 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £77.46 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +40.83% - -

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 11,693 8,375 9,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.76% 25.41% 24.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,693 5,653 6,417
10th Percentile £375 £355 £356
25th Percentile £433 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £630 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +6.26% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 185 197
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.45 £26.44
25th Percentile £45.00 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -12.34% -1.44%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.59 £79.48 £74.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% +8.33%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -20 222 £575 +15.93% 114
UK excluding London -7 140 £563 +28.28% 49
London -44 92 £569 -1.09% 81
Work from Home -13 90 £523 +2.60% 58
South East -18 51 £513 -4.65% 14
North of England -44 46 £623 +52.20% 10
Yorkshire -27 29 £625 +53.37% 8
Scotland -16 15 £443 -26.13% 4
North West -43 14 £694 +65.12%
Midlands -53 11 £585 +41.82% 7
South West -41 10 £575 +28.64% 7
West Midlands -37 8 £620 +2.82% 6
East of England - 7 £555 - 3
North East - 4 £494 - 2
East Midlands -24 3 £402 -1.95% 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 13 (4.91%) Confluence
2 8 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.13%) Apache
5 3 (1.13%) IIS
5 3 (1.13%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.13%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.75%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.38%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 148 (55.85%) Azure
2 114 (43.02%) AWS
3 102 (38.49%) Entra ID
4 60 (22.64%) GCP
5 35 (13.21%) Serverless
6 26 (9.81%) SaaS
7 25 (9.43%) GitHub
8 23 (8.68%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (6.42%) Amazon EKS
10 16 (6.04%) Azure Key Vault
11 15 (5.66%) Azure Monitor
12 14 (5.28%) Azure AKS
13 13 (4.91%) Azure API Management
13 13 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (4.91%) Kong
14 11 (4.15%) Amazon S3
14 11 (4.15%) Azure App Service
15 10 (3.77%) Amazon ECS
15 10 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (3.77%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (10.57%) DNS
2 18 (6.79%) Firewall
3 15 (5.66%) Kerberos
4 9 (3.40%) SSL
5 8 (3.02%) HTTP
6 5 (1.89%) DHCP
6 5 (1.89%) Network Security
7 4 (1.51%) NGFW
7 4 (1.51%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.38%) DMZ
8 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.38%) Internet
8 1 (0.38%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.38%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.38%) SSH
8 1 (0.38%) VPN
8 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (4.91%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.77%) MongoDB
3 10 (3.77%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.40%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.89%) Data Vault
6 5 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
7 4 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.51%) Metadata
8 3 (1.13%) Redis
9 2 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.75%) MySQL
9 2 (0.75%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.38%) Db2
10 1 (0.38%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.38%) Parquet
10 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 31 (11.70%) Git
2 17 (6.42%) GitLab
2 17 (6.42%) JIRA
3 11 (4.15%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.26%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.89%) JMeter
5 5 (1.89%) JUnit
6 4 (1.51%) Maven
6 4 (1.51%) Zephyr
7 3 (1.13%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (1.13%) Fiddler
7 3 (1.13%) git-flow
7 3 (1.13%) Mockito
8 2 (0.75%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.75%) Gatling
8 2 (0.75%) NeoLoad
8 2 (0.75%) Postman
8 2 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.38%) Gradle
9 1 (0.38%) Selenium
General
1 59 (22.26%) Social Skills
2 56 (21.13%) Public Sector
3 49 (18.49%) Finance
4 18 (6.79%) Banking
5 17 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.42%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.40%) Military
8 6 (2.26%) Retail
9 4 (1.51%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.13%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.38%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 67 (25.28%) Architect
2 52 (19.62%) Developer
3 32 (12.08%) Lead
4 27 (10.19%) Senior
4 27 (10.19%) Technical Architect
5 18 (6.79%) Full-Stack Developer
6 16 (6.04%) IAM Specialist
6 16 (6.04%) Java Developer
7 14 (5.28%) Technical Leader
8 13 (4.91%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (4.53%) Security Architect
10 11 (4.15%) IAM Developer
10 11 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (3.77%) AWS Architect
12 8 (3.02%) Lead Developer
13 7 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
14 6 (2.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (2.26%) Lead Architect
14 6 (2.26%) Senior Developer
14 6 (2.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 235 (88.68%) OAuth
2 156 (58.87%) SAML
3 146 (55.09%) OAuth2
4 68 (25.66%) Terraform
5 65 (24.53%) LDAP
6 49 (18.49%) REST
7 42 (15.85%) RESTful
8 34 (12.83%) React
9 32 (12.08%) SailPoint
10 28 (10.57%) JWT
11 24 (9.06%) .NET
11 24 (9.06%) Kafka
12 17 (6.42%) JSON
13 16 (6.04%) CSS
14 15 (5.66%) Node.js
14 15 (5.66%) Web Services
15 14 (5.28%) OpenTelemetry
15 14 (5.28%) Spring
15 14 (5.28%) Swagger
16 13 (4.91%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 78 (29.43%) Cloud Native
2 31 (11.70%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (10.57%) Onboarding
4 27 (10.19%) PKI
5 25 (9.43%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (5.66%) Product Ownership
7 12 (4.53%) Management Information System
8 10 (3.77%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (3.40%) IoT
10 8 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (2.64%) Mobile App
12 6 (2.26%) AI Agents
12 6 (2.26%) Security Posture
13 5 (1.89%) Algorithms
13 5 (1.89%) Clustering
13 5 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.89%) NHS
13 5 (1.89%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.04%) Linux
2 13 (4.91%) Windows
3 4 (1.51%) Android
3 4 (1.51%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.13%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.13%) Unix
5 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.38%) CentOS
6 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 88 (33.21%) Identity Access Management
3 84 (31.70%) DevOps
4 67 (25.28%) Microservices
5 61 (23.02%) RBAC
6 59 (22.26%) Agile
7 55 (20.75%) Infrastructure as Code
8 49 (18.49%) Containerisation
9 46 (17.36%) Zero Trust
10 43 (16.23%) Technical Leadership
11 41 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
12 39 (14.72%) Test Automation
13 37 (13.96%) Event-Driven
13 37 (13.96%) Roadmaps
14 35 (13.21%) Mentoring
14 35 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (12.45%) Observability
16 32 (12.08%) Analytics
16 32 (12.08%) Runbook
17 31 (11.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 71 (26.79%) Python
2 63 (23.77%) Java
3 50 (18.87%) PowerShell
4 33 (12.45%) JavaScript
5 27 (10.19%) SQL
5 27 (10.19%) TypeScript
6 21 (7.92%) C#
7 19 (7.17%) Bicep
8 10 (3.77%) Bash
9 9 (3.40%) Go
10 4 (1.51%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.13%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.75%) Cypher
12 2 (0.75%) Groovy
12 2 (0.75%) PHP
13 1 (0.38%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.38%) Lua
13 1 (0.38%) Perl
13 1 (0.38%) Scala
13 1 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 81 (30.57%) Security Cleared
2 64 (24.15%) SC Cleared
3 31 (11.70%) Degree
4 19 (7.17%) CISSP
5 15 (5.66%) AWS Certification
6 14 (5.28%) Azure Certification
6 14 (5.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.77%) CISM
8 10 (3.77%) Master's Degree
9 7 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.89%) CSPO
11 3 (1.13%) CEH
11 3 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.13%) MCSE
12 2 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.75%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.75%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (9.81%) NIST
3 24 (9.06%) GDPR
4 17 (6.42%) QA
5 11 (4.15%) Accessibility
6 10 (3.77%) NCSC
7 8 (3.02%) Data Quality
8 6 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.89%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.13%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.13%) WCAG
11 2 (0.75%) HL7
11 2 (0.75%) IEC 62304
11 2 (0.75%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.75%) SNOMED CT
12 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.38%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 81 (30.57%) Active Directory
2 43 (16.23%) Docker
3 3 (1.13%) OpenAM
3 3 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 1 (0.38%) Squid
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 70 (26.42%) Kubernetes
2 57 (21.51%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (8.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (5.66%) Grafana
5 11 (4.15%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.77%) Argo
7 8 (3.02%) Ansible
7 8 (3.02%) Istio
7 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (2.26%) Kustomize
9 5 (1.89%) PingFederate
10 4 (1.51%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (1.13%) Kibana
11 3 (1.13%) linkerd
12 2 (0.75%) Consul
12 2 (0.75%) Packer
12 2 (0.75%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.38%) FreeIPA
13 1 (0.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 94 (35.47%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.81%) Okta
3 16 (6.04%) CyberArk
3 16 (6.04%) ForgeRock
4 15 (5.66%) Dynatrace
4 15 (5.66%) Google
5 14 (5.28%) Ping Identity
5 14 (5.28%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.77%) Splunk
7 8 (3.02%) SAP
8 5 (1.89%) Denodo
8 5 (1.89%) IBM
8 5 (1.89%) Workday
9 4 (1.51%) Oracle
10 3 (1.13%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (1.13%) Cisco
10 3 (1.13%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.13%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.75%) BiZZdesign
11 2 (0.75%) Thycotic