OpenID Connect (OIDC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for OpenID skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OpenID over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 439 533 609
Rank change year-on-year +94 +76 -98
Contract jobs citing OpenID 159 187 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.31% 0.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.79% 1.34% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 130 169
10th Percentile £437 £430 £457
25th Percentile £513 £458 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £560 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £750 £649 £700
90th Percentile - £700 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

OpenID is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,876 13,931 24,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.50% 23.29% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,162 10,182 17,689
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £767 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 153 242
10th Percentile £20.91 £31.60 £21.10
25th Percentile £39.98 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £64.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.85 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +32.65% +8.89%

OpenID
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OpenID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OpenID in the UK

OpenID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OpenID.

Daily rate trend for OpenID in the UK

OpenID
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenID over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OpenID in the UK

OpenID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OpenID.

Hourly rate trend for OpenID in the UK

OpenID
Top 13 Contract 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 27 April 2024. 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 +127 117 £600 +9.09% 27
UK excluding London +78 67 £525 -4.55% 14
Work from Home +70 62 £595 +6.21% 12
London +75 58 £650 +8.33% 12
North of England +53 24 £450 -14.29%
Midlands +38 16 £620 +18.10% 1
East Midlands +33 16 £620 +18.10% 1
North West +28 13 £450 -14.29%
Scotland +42 12 £700 +40.00% 3
Yorkshire +29 11 £525 -
South East +27 10 £500 +5.26% 8
South West +9 4 - - 2
Wales -4 1 £425 -5.56%

OpenID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.26%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 1 (0.63%) IIS
2 1 (0.63%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.63%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 41 (25.79%) AWS
2 40 (25.16%) Entra ID
3 34 (21.38%) Azure
4 14 (8.81%) SaaS
5 13 (8.18%) PaaS
6 10 (6.29%) Serverless
7 9 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (5.66%) GCP
7 9 (5.66%) IaaS
8 6 (3.77%) Apigee
8 6 (3.77%) Azure Functions
8 6 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
8 6 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (3.14%) OCI
10 3 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.89%) Azure API Management
10 3 (1.89%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.69%) Kerberos
2 11 (6.92%) HTTP
3 6 (3.77%) SSL
4 3 (1.89%) Internet
4 3 (1.89%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.26%) DNS
5 2 (1.26%) Firewall
5 2 (1.26%) FTP
5 2 (1.26%) Network Security
5 2 (1.26%) SSH
6 1 (0.63%) IPsec
6 1 (0.63%) NAS
6 1 (0.63%) S/MIME
6 1 (0.63%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.32%) NoSQL
2 10 (6.29%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.52%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.89%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (1.89%) MySQL
5 3 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.26%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (8.18%) Jenkins
2 9 (5.66%) Git
3 7 (4.40%) Visual Studio
4 6 (3.77%) Bitbucket
4 6 (3.77%) GitLab
5 4 (2.52%) JIRA
6 3 (1.89%) gulp
6 3 (1.89%) Maven
7 2 (1.26%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.26%) Gatling
8 1 (0.63%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.63%) VersionOne
General
1 47 (29.56%) Social Skills
2 38 (23.90%) Public Sector
3 15 (9.43%) Finance
4 10 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.89%) German Language
6 2 (1.26%) Banking
6 2 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.26%) Marketing
6 2 (1.26%) Retail
7 1 (0.63%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (34.59%) Architect
2 36 (22.64%) Developer
3 19 (11.95%) Security Architect
4 13 (8.18%) Consultant
5 12 (7.55%) ForgeRock Architect
6 9 (5.66%) IAM Consultant
7 8 (5.03%) Senior
8 6 (3.77%) Java Developer
8 6 (3.77%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.14%) Azure Architect
9 5 (3.14%) ForgeRock Engineer
9 5 (3.14%) Full Stack Developer
9 5 (3.14%) Node.js Developer
10 4 (2.52%) Analyst
10 4 (2.52%) Azure Developer
10 4 (2.52%) Cloud Developer
10 4 (2.52%) Data Engineer
10 4 (2.52%) DevOps Engineer
10 4 (2.52%) Technical Architect
11 3 (1.89%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (77.36%) OAuth
2 112 (70.44%) SAML
3 32 (20.13%) LDAP
4 31 (19.50%) RESTful
5 28 (17.61%) Web Services
6 27 (16.98%) OAuth2
6 27 (16.98%) REST
7 21 (13.21%) XACML
8 20 (12.58%) Node.js
9 19 (11.95%) JSON
10 15 (9.43%) .NET
11 13 (8.18%) XML
12 12 (7.55%) SOAP
13 11 (6.92%) SailPoint
14 8 (5.03%) JWT
15 7 (4.40%) React
16 6 (3.77%) ARM Templates
16 6 (3.77%) Spring
17 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Graph
17 5 (3.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.29%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.40%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.77%) Enterprise Cloud
4 5 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (3.14%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (2.52%) Blockchain
5 4 (2.52%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.52%) PKI
5 4 (2.52%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.52%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.89%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.26%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.26%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.63%) Clustering
8 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.40%) Linux
2 4 (2.52%) Unix
2 4 (2.52%) Windows
3 3 (1.89%) Android
3 3 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (42.77%) Identity Access Management
2 41 (25.79%) DevOps
3 31 (19.50%) Identity Management
4 24 (15.09%) Agile
5 21 (13.21%) Infrastructure Automation
5 21 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (11.32%) Use Case
7 17 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (10.69%) Threat Detection
8 16 (10.06%) Test Automation
9 15 (9.43%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 14 (8.81%) API Design
10 14 (8.81%) B2C
10 14 (8.81%) Scrum
10 14 (8.81%) Security Architecture
11 13 (8.18%) RBAC
11 13 (8.18%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (6.92%) Migration
13 11 (6.92%) OO
Programming Languages
1 37 (23.27%) Java
2 32 (20.13%) Python
3 26 (16.35%) JavaScript
4 16 (10.06%) PowerShell
5 15 (9.43%) SQL
6 11 (6.92%) C#
7 7 (4.40%) Go
8 6 (3.77%) C
9 5 (3.14%) Scala
10 3 (1.89%) Bash
10 3 (1.89%) BeanShell
10 3 (1.89%) Perl
10 3 (1.89%) PHP
10 3 (1.89%) Ruby
11 2 (1.26%) Groovy
11 2 (1.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (27.04%) Security Cleared
2 42 (26.42%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.40%) CISSP
3 7 (4.40%) Degree
4 2 (1.26%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.26%) CISA
4 2 (1.26%) CISM
4 2 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.77%) QA
2 3 (1.89%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.63%) COBIT
4 1 (0.63%) HL7
4 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (15.72%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.52%) Docker
2 4 (2.52%) OpenAM
2 4 (2.52%) OpenIDM
3 1 (0.63%) OpenDJ
3 1 (0.63%) Terminal Server
3 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 47 (29.56%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (10.06%) Ansible
3 14 (8.81%) PingFederate
4 11 (6.92%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.52%) Terraform
6 1 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.63%) Consul
6 1 (0.63%) Istio
Vendors
1 36 (22.64%) Microsoft
2 25 (15.72%) Okta
3 20 (12.58%) ForgeRock
4 16 (10.06%) Ping Identity
5 13 (8.18%) IBM
6 10 (6.29%) Oracle
7 6 (3.77%) Cadence
7 6 (3.77%) CyberArk
7 6 (3.77%) Google
8 5 (3.14%) MuleSoft
9 4 (2.52%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (2.52%) Zscaler
10 2 (1.26%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (1.26%) CA
10 2 (1.26%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.26%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.26%) SAP
10 2 (1.26%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.26%) Sitecore
10 2 (1.26%) Splunk