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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 389 434
Rank change year-on-year -8 +45 +90
Contract jobs citing OpenID 254 136 151
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.46% 0.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.59% 2.02% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 91 89
10th Percentile £403 £405 £425
25th Percentile £500 £449 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £620
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -11.29% +7.83%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £700
90th Percentile £850 £675 £755
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £469 £585
% change year-on-year +19.94% -19.83% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £67.19 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £82.46 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +49.92% - -
75th Percentile £87.36 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £89.32 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £79.91 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +45.29% - -

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 9,792 6,720 9,220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.57% 22.77% 21.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,434 4,601 6,355
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £768 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 120 265
10th Percentile £30.40 £29.23 £22.20
25th Percentile £51.25 £41.01 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% +17.75% -23.08%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.19 £68.75
90th Percentile £81.47 £81.35 £74.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.77% +15.00% -15.38%

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 June 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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -16 219 £563 +2.27% 48
UK excluding London -39 115 £563 +19.94% 28
London -8 107 £550 -12.70% 25
Work from Home -24 91 £550 +4.22% 23
North of England -20 56 £588 +15.54% 6
Yorkshire -25 35 £620 +32.20% 3
South East -31 34 £750 +30.43% 12
North West -26 19 £600 +14.29% 3
Midlands -58 10 £438 +4.17%
South West -23 8 £550 +23.04% 5
Scotland -16 5 £550 -8.33% 3
East Midlands -24 5 £438 +6.71%
West Midlands -50 4 £350 -41.96%
North East - 3 £469 -
East of England - 2 £555 - 2

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 16 (6.30%) Confluence
2 9 (3.54%) nginx
2 9 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.18%) Apache
5 3 (1.18%) IIS
5 3 (1.18%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.18%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 138 (54.33%) Azure
2 118 (46.46%) AWS
3 89 (35.04%) Entra ID
4 59 (23.23%) GCP
5 43 (16.93%) Serverless
6 26 (10.24%) SaaS
7 24 (9.45%) Amazon S3
8 22 (8.66%) Amazon EKS
8 22 (8.66%) GitHub
8 22 (8.66%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (7.09%) OpenShift
9 18 (7.09%) Route 53
10 17 (6.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 15 (5.91%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (5.12%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (5.12%) Azure AKS
13 11 (4.33%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (3.94%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (3.94%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.81%) DNS
2 22 (8.66%) Firewall
3 16 (6.30%) Kerberos
4 13 (5.12%) SSL
5 12 (4.72%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.94%) VPN
7 9 (3.54%) OpenVPN
8 6 (2.36%) Network Security
9 5 (1.97%) DHCP
9 5 (1.97%) IPsec
9 5 (1.97%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (1.18%) HTTP
10 3 (1.18%) NGFW
11 1 (0.39%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.39%) Internet
11 1 (0.39%) SSH
11 1 (0.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.72%) NoSQL
2 10 (3.94%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.15%) DynamoDB
3 8 (3.15%) Redis
3 8 (3.15%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.76%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.36%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.97%) Data Vault
6 5 (1.97%) Power BI
6 5 (1.97%) Snowflake Schema
6 5 (1.97%) Star Schema
7 4 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.57%) DocumentDB
7 4 (1.57%) Metadata
7 4 (1.57%) MySQL
7 4 (1.57%) Neo4j
8 3 (1.18%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 34 (13.39%) Jenkins
2 26 (10.24%) JIRA
3 23 (9.06%) GitLab
4 19 (7.48%) Git
5 7 (2.76%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.76%) Cucumber
5 7 (2.76%) REST Assured
5 7 (2.76%) Selenium
5 7 (2.76%) SonarQube
6 6 (2.36%) Gatling
6 6 (2.36%) JMeter
7 5 (1.97%) Postman
8 4 (1.57%) git-flow
8 4 (1.57%) LoadRunner
8 4 (1.57%) NeoLoad
9 3 (1.18%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (1.18%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.79%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.39%) Maven
11 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 75 (29.53%) Social Skills
2 63 (24.80%) Finance
3 33 (12.99%) Public Sector
4 32 (12.60%) Documentation Skills
5 22 (8.66%) Banking
6 14 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.76%) Retail
9 6 (2.36%) Military
10 4 (1.57%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.18%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.18%) Legal
12 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.39%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 94 (37.01%) Architect
2 38 (14.96%) Developer
3 30 (11.81%) Senior
4 29 (11.42%) Technical Architect
5 25 (9.84%) Lead
6 16 (6.30%) AWS Architect
7 12 (4.72%) CyberArk Architect
7 12 (4.72%) IAM Specialist
8 11 (4.33%) Cloud Architect
8 11 (4.33%) Java Developer
8 11 (4.33%) Security Architect
9 10 (3.94%) Full-Stack Developer
9 10 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.76%) Analyst
10 7 (2.76%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (2.76%) IAM Developer
10 7 (2.76%) Lead Architect
10 7 (2.76%) Technical Leader
11 6 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (2.36%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (80.31%) OAuth
2 156 (61.42%) SAML
3 132 (51.97%) OAuth2
4 83 (32.68%) LDAP
5 53 (20.87%) REST
6 39 (15.35%) SailPoint
7 31 (12.20%) RESTful
8 24 (9.45%) Kafka
9 23 (9.06%) .NET
10 21 (8.27%) JWT
10 21 (8.27%) Node.js
11 18 (7.09%) React
11 18 (7.09%) Web Services
12 17 (6.69%) JSON
12 17 (6.69%) Spring
12 17 (6.69%) Spring Boot
13 14 (5.51%) OpenTelemetry
14 12 (4.72%) AngularJS
15 10 (3.94%) GraphQL
15 10 (3.94%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 68 (26.77%) Cloud Native
2 43 (16.93%) Onboarding
3 21 (8.27%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (6.69%) PKI
5 16 (6.30%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (4.33%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.54%) Product Ownership
8 8 (3.15%) IoT
9 7 (2.76%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.76%) Mobile App
10 6 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.97%) Clustering
11 5 (1.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.97%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.97%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.18%) AI Agents
13 3 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.18%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.91%) Windows
2 14 (5.51%) Linux
3 5 (1.97%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.57%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.18%) Android
5 3 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.79%) Unix
7 1 (0.39%) CentOS
7 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (45.67%) CI/CD
2 105 (41.34%) DevOps
3 65 (25.59%) Infrastructure as Code
3 65 (25.59%) RBAC
4 63 (24.80%) Identity Access Management
4 63 (24.80%) Microservices
5 50 (19.69%) Agile
6 48 (18.90%) Containerisation
7 44 (17.32%) Event-Driven
8 42 (16.54%) Cybersecurity
8 42 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (15.75%) Roadmaps
9 40 (15.75%) Secrets Management
10 38 (14.96%) Observability
10 38 (14.96%) Test Automation
11 37 (14.57%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (13.78%) Zero Trust
13 34 (13.39%) Design Patterns
14 32 (12.60%) Architectural Patterns
15 31 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 66 (25.98%) Java
2 58 (22.83%) Python
3 41 (16.14%) PowerShell
3 41 (16.14%) SQL
4 26 (10.24%) TypeScript
5 21 (8.27%) JavaScript
6 16 (6.30%) Bicep
7 15 (5.91%) C#
8 8 (3.15%) Bash
8 8 (3.15%) Go
9 5 (1.97%) Scala
10 4 (1.57%) Cypher
10 4 (1.57%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.18%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.79%) Groovy
12 2 (0.79%) PHP
12 2 (0.79%) Swift
13 1 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 83 (32.68%) Security Cleared
2 69 (27.17%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.87%) CISSP
4 16 (6.30%) Degree
5 15 (5.91%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (4.33%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.54%) CISM
9 5 (1.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.57%) CSPO
11 3 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.18%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.18%) GIAC
12 2 (0.79%) CEH
12 2 (0.79%) MCSE
12 2 (0.79%) OCP
12 2 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (17.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (15.35%) NIST
3 21 (8.27%) GDPR
4 19 (7.48%) NCSC
5 18 (7.09%) QA
6 10 (3.94%) PCI DSS
7 8 (3.15%) SOC 2
8 7 (2.76%) HIPAA
9 6 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.57%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.57%) GRC
11 3 (1.18%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.18%) ISO 20022
11 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.18%) SEPA
11 3 (1.18%) WCAG
12 2 (0.79%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.79%) PSD2
13 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 68 (26.77%) Active Directory
2 44 (17.32%) Docker
3 10 (3.94%) Squid
4 5 (1.97%) RACF
5 4 (1.57%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (29.13%) Kubernetes
2 70 (27.56%) Terraform
3 69 (27.17%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (8.27%) Grafana
4 21 (8.27%) Prometheus
5 19 (7.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (3.94%) Ansible
7 9 (3.54%) FortiGate
8 8 (3.15%) Consul
9 6 (2.36%) Argo
9 6 (2.36%) Istio
10 5 (1.97%) Kustomize
10 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.57%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.57%) linkerd
11 4 (1.57%) PingFederate
12 3 (1.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 1 (0.39%) Packer
13 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 84 (33.07%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.02%) ServiceNow
3 26 (10.24%) CyberArk
4 25 (9.84%) Okta
5 18 (7.09%) Splunk
6 17 (6.69%) Google
7 15 (5.91%) Ping Identity
8 12 (4.72%) Dynatrace
8 12 (4.72%) ForgeRock
9 10 (3.94%) Red Hat
10 8 (3.15%) SAP
11 7 (2.76%) Atlassian
12 6 (2.36%) MuleSoft
13 5 (1.97%) Denodo
13 5 (1.97%) Workday
14 4 (1.57%) Oracle
15 3 (1.18%) BeyondTrust
15 3 (1.18%) IBM
16 2 (0.79%) Sparx
16 2 (0.79%) Thycotic