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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 400 428
Rank change year-on-year +5 +28 +89
Contract jobs citing OpenID 239 117 157
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.40% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.56% 1.78% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 81 102
10th Percentile £403 £410 £432
25th Percentile £479 £463 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £620
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -11.29% +10.71%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £750
90th Percentile £850 £688 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £556 £469 £550
% change year-on-year +18.60% -14.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £73.13 - -
90th Percentile £84.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 - -

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 9,336 6,568 8,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.63% 22.66% 20.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,162 4,502 6,154
10th Percentile £360 £363 £350
25th Percentile £416 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.78% -2.82%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £730 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £482 £500
% change year-on-year +3.84% -3.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 109 242
10th Percentile £32.50 £30.05 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.40 £82.27 £74.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -25.78%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +4 208 £563 -0.97% 42
UK excluding London -31 107 £556 +18.60% 24
London -8 103 £550 -13.21% 18
Work from Home -7 76 £550 +2.42% 18
North of England -16 64 £565 +11.16% 8
Yorkshire -18 41 £563 +19.94% 2
North West -24 21 £600 +14.29% 6
South East -42 19 £700 +21.74% 8
South West -33 10 £575 +28.64% 3
Midlands -58 8 £438 -0.46% 2
West Midlands -52 4 £350 -41.96%
Scotland +7 3 £550 -8.33%
East Midlands -33 3 £438 +7.43% 2
North East - 3 £469 -
East of England - 3 £425 - 3

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 14 (5.86%) Confluence
2 9 (3.77%) nginx
3 8 (3.35%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.84%) Apache
6 2 (0.84%) IIS
6 2 (0.84%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.84%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 127 (53.14%) Azure
2 112 (46.86%) AWS
3 80 (33.47%) Entra ID
4 61 (25.52%) GCP
5 40 (16.74%) Serverless
6 29 (12.13%) SaaS
7 24 (10.04%) Amazon S3
8 18 (7.53%) Amazon EKS
8 18 (7.53%) OpenShift
9 15 (6.28%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (6.28%) GitHub
9 15 (6.28%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (6.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 13 (5.44%) Route 53
11 12 (5.02%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (4.60%) Azure AKS
13 10 (4.18%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (4.18%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (4.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (12.55%) DNS
2 24 (10.04%) Firewall
3 17 (7.11%) Kerberos
4 13 (5.44%) SSL
5 12 (5.02%) TCP/IP
6 10 (4.18%) VPN
7 9 (3.77%) OpenVPN
8 6 (2.51%) DHCP
9 5 (2.09%) IPsec
9 5 (2.09%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (1.67%) Network Security
11 3 (1.26%) HTTP
12 2 (0.84%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.84%) NGFW
13 1 (0.42%) Internet
13 1 (0.42%) SMS
13 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
1 11 (4.60%) Redis
1 11 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.18%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (3.77%) MySQL
3 9 (3.77%) NoSQL
4 8 (3.35%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.09%) Data Vault
5 5 (2.09%) Power BI
5 5 (2.09%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.09%) Snowflake Schema
5 5 (2.09%) Star Schema
6 4 (1.67%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.67%) DocumentDB
6 4 (1.67%) Metadata
6 4 (1.67%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.26%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.26%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 41 (17.15%) Jenkins
2 30 (12.55%) JIRA
3 26 (10.88%) GitLab
4 14 (5.86%) Git
4 14 (5.86%) Selenium
5 13 (5.44%) REST Assured
6 12 (5.02%) Cucumber
6 12 (5.02%) Postman
7 7 (2.93%) Bitbucket
7 7 (2.93%) Gatling
7 7 (2.93%) SonarQube
8 6 (2.51%) JMeter
9 5 (2.09%) TestRail
10 4 (1.67%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.67%) NeoLoad
11 3 (1.26%) Browser DevTools
11 3 (1.26%) Fiddler
11 3 (1.26%) git-flow
12 2 (0.84%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.84%) Maven
General
1 73 (30.54%) Social Skills
2 59 (24.69%) Finance
3 31 (12.97%) Documentation Skills
4 25 (10.46%) Public Sector
5 22 (9.21%) Banking
6 15 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (5.86%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.51%) Retail
9 4 (1.67%) Military
10 3 (1.26%) Games
10 3 (1.26%) Legal
11 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.42%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 84 (35.15%) Architect
2 38 (15.90%) Developer
3 27 (11.30%) Senior
4 25 (10.46%) Lead
5 19 (7.95%) Technical Architect
6 13 (5.44%) CyberArk Architect
7 11 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
8 10 (4.18%) AWS Architect
8 10 (4.18%) Cloud Architect
8 10 (4.18%) Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (4.18%) IAM Specialist
9 9 (3.77%) Java Developer
9 9 (3.77%) Test Engineer
10 8 (3.35%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (3.35%) Security Architect
10 8 (3.35%) Test Automation Engineer
11 7 (2.93%) Analyst
11 7 (2.93%) Senior Developer
12 6 (2.51%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (76.57%) OAuth
2 140 (58.58%) SAML
3 118 (49.37%) OAuth2
4 78 (32.64%) LDAP
5 57 (23.85%) REST
6 39 (16.32%) SailPoint
7 27 (11.30%) RESTful
8 22 (9.21%) .NET
8 22 (9.21%) Kafka
8 22 (9.21%) Node.js
9 21 (8.79%) JWT
10 16 (6.69%) React
11 15 (6.28%) Spring
11 15 (6.28%) Spring Boot
12 13 (5.44%) JSON
12 13 (5.44%) OpenTelemetry
13 12 (5.02%) Web Services
14 10 (4.18%) AngularJS
14 10 (4.18%) GraphQL
14 10 (4.18%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 57 (23.85%) Cloud Native
2 39 (16.32%) Onboarding
3 17 (7.11%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (5.86%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (5.86%) PKI
5 9 (3.77%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.51%) IoT
6 6 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.51%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.51%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.09%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.67%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.67%) Clustering
8 4 (1.67%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.67%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.84%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.95%) Windows
2 12 (5.02%) Linux
3 6 (2.51%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.26%) Android
6 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.42%) Unix
7 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (41.84%) CI/CD
2 95 (39.75%) DevOps
3 62 (25.94%) RBAC
4 59 (24.69%) Identity Access Management
5 55 (23.01%) Infrastructure as Code
6 51 (21.34%) Microservices
7 43 (17.99%) Test Automation
8 42 (17.57%) Secrets Management
9 41 (17.15%) Agile
10 40 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
11 39 (16.32%) Event-Driven
11 39 (16.32%) Observability
12 38 (15.90%) Containerisation
13 36 (15.06%) Cybersecurity
14 34 (14.23%) Design Patterns
14 34 (14.23%) Roadmaps
15 33 (13.81%) Zero Trust
16 31 (12.97%) Stakeholder Management
17 30 (12.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 29 (12.13%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 67 (28.03%) Java
2 53 (22.18%) Python
3 44 (18.41%) SQL
4 32 (13.39%) PowerShell
5 27 (11.30%) TypeScript
6 23 (9.62%) JavaScript
7 14 (5.86%) Bicep
8 12 (5.02%) C#
9 8 (3.35%) Go
10 7 (2.93%) PHP
11 5 (2.09%) Scala
12 4 (1.67%) Cypher
12 4 (1.67%) Groovy
12 4 (1.67%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.84%) Bash
14 2 (0.84%) Swift
15 1 (0.42%) C
Qualifications
1 71 (29.71%) Security Cleared
2 55 (23.01%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.86%) CISSP
3 14 (5.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (3.77%) Degree
5 8 (3.35%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.93%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.93%) CISM
6 7 (2.93%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.26%) GIAC
10 2 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.84%) MCSE
10 2 (0.84%) OCP
10 2 (0.84%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (17.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (15.48%) NIST
3 21 (8.79%) QA
4 17 (7.11%) GDPR
5 16 (6.69%) NCSC
6 10 (4.18%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.93%) HIPAA
7 7 (2.93%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.26%) GRC
9 3 (1.26%) ISO 20022
9 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.26%) SEPA
9 3 (1.26%) WCAG
10 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.84%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.84%) PSD2
11 1 (0.42%) GMP
11 1 (0.42%) GxP
System Software
1 61 (25.52%) Active Directory
2 38 (15.90%) Docker
3 10 (4.18%) Squid
4 5 (2.09%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.09%) RACF
5 2 (0.84%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.84%) OpenDJ
5 2 (0.84%) OpenIDM
5 2 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 66 (27.62%) Kubernetes
1 66 (27.62%) Single Sign-On
2 58 (24.27%) Terraform
3 21 (8.79%) Grafana
3 21 (8.79%) Prometheus
4 19 (7.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 9 (3.77%) FortiGate
6 8 (3.35%) Ansible
6 8 (3.35%) Consul
7 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.09%) Argo
8 5 (2.09%) Istio
9 4 (1.67%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.67%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.67%) linkerd
9 4 (1.67%) PingFederate
10 3 (1.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.42%) Packer
11 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 76 (31.80%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.97%) ServiceNow
3 28 (11.72%) CyberArk
4 18 (7.53%) Splunk
5 17 (7.11%) Google
5 17 (7.11%) Okta
6 12 (5.02%) Dynatrace
7 10 (4.18%) Red Hat
8 9 (3.77%) ForgeRock
8 9 (3.77%) Ping Identity
9 7 (2.93%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.93%) SAP
10 5 (2.09%) Denodo
10 5 (2.09%) MuleSoft
10 5 (2.09%) Workday
11 4 (1.67%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (1.67%) VMware
12 3 (1.26%) Oracle
13 2 (0.84%) IBM
13 2 (0.84%) NetIQ