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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 454 440
Rank change year-on-year +73 -14 +132
Contract jobs citing OpenID 228 83 155
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.27% 0.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.51% 1.20% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 57 111
10th Percentile £413 £409 £425
25th Percentile £463 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £634 £651 £750
90th Percentile £715 £735 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £512 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -11.04% +9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £64.10 - -
25th Percentile £68.00 - -
Median hourly rate £76.50 - -
75th Percentile £85.50 - -
90th Percentile £89.70 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.00 - -

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 9,096 6,923 9,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.02% 22.73% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,091 4,493 6,370
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.69% -7.13%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 227 90 218
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.15 £22.27
25th Percentile £52.50 £38.69 £41.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £72.73 £67.88 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.10 £75.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

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 25 February 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 25 February 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 25 February 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 +56 208 £525 -8.70% 41
UK excluding London +7 111 £512 -11.04% 27
London +2 95 £533 -11.06% 21
Work from Home +22 67 £556 -10.46% 17
North of England -26 43 £475 -9.52% 6
South West +7 34 £550 -1.12% 3
Yorkshire -31 29 £525 -12.50%
North West -29 14 £465 -11.43% 5
Midlands -44 14 £475 -17.39% 4
South East -42 12 £605 +5.22% 13
West Midlands - 10 £513 - 4
East of England - 8 £425 -
East Midlands -26 3 £438 -23.91%
Scotland +9 1 £523 -12.83%
North East -15 1 - - 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 11 (4.82%) Confluence
2 8 (3.51%) nginx
3 7 (3.07%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.63%) Apache
5 5 (2.19%) IIS
5 5 (2.19%) iPlanet
5 5 (2.19%) JBoss
5 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.19%) WebSphere
5 5 (2.19%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 117 (51.32%) Azure
2 102 (44.74%) AWS
3 65 (28.51%) Entra ID
4 49 (21.49%) GCP
5 30 (13.16%) SaaS
6 28 (12.28%) Serverless
7 26 (11.40%) GitHub
8 22 (9.65%) OpenShift
9 21 (9.21%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (7.89%) PaaS
12 17 (7.46%) Amazon S3
13 15 (6.58%) Amazon EKS
14 14 (6.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (5.70%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (5.70%) Route 53
16 12 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
17 9 (3.95%) Amazon EC2
17 9 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
17 9 (3.95%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.60%) DNS
2 29 (12.72%) Firewall
3 21 (9.21%) Kerberos
4 11 (4.82%) SSL
4 11 (4.82%) VPN
5 10 (4.39%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.51%) OpenVPN
7 6 (2.63%) HTTPS
8 5 (2.19%) IPsec
8 5 (2.19%) Network Security
8 5 (2.19%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (1.75%) Internet
10 2 (0.88%) DHCP
10 2 (0.88%) Extranet
10 2 (0.88%) HTTP
10 2 (0.88%) S/MIME
11 1 (0.44%) SMS
11 1 (0.44%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (4.82%) Redis
3 9 (3.95%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (3.95%) MySQL
3 9 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.51%) NoSQL
4 8 (3.51%) Power BI
5 7 (3.07%) DynamoDB
5 7 (3.07%) Oracle Database
6 5 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (2.19%) Star Schema
7 4 (1.75%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.75%) DocumentDB
7 4 (1.75%) Neo4j
7 4 (1.75%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.32%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.32%) Metadata
9 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.88%) Hazelcast
9 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 54 (23.68%) Jenkins
2 30 (13.16%) GitLab
3 29 (12.72%) JIRA
4 24 (10.53%) Git
5 19 (8.33%) Selenium
6 17 (7.46%) Cucumber
7 13 (5.70%) REST Assured
8 12 (5.26%) Postman
9 10 (4.39%) SonarQube
10 8 (3.51%) Bitbucket
11 7 (3.07%) Gatling
11 7 (3.07%) JUnit
11 7 (3.07%) Maven
12 6 (2.63%) Sonatype Nexus
13 5 (2.19%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (2.19%) CA Release Automation
13 5 (2.19%) JMeter
13 5 (2.19%) Mockito
13 5 (2.19%) TestRail
14 4 (1.75%) NeoLoad
General
1 102 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 44 (19.30%) Finance
3 36 (15.79%) Documentation Skills
4 25 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.33%) Banking
6 17 (7.46%) Public Sector
7 14 (6.14%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.82%) Aviation
9 6 (2.63%) Legal
10 3 (1.32%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.32%) Games
10 3 (1.32%) Military
11 2 (0.88%) Billing
11 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.88%) Retail
12 1 (0.44%) Law
12 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 77 (33.77%) Architect
2 37 (16.23%) Developer
3 29 (12.72%) Senior
4 23 (10.09%) Lead
5 20 (8.77%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (5.70%) CyberArk Architect
6 13 (5.70%) Technical Architect
7 11 (4.82%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (4.39%) Cloud Architect
8 10 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (3.95%) Analyst
9 9 (3.95%) Test Engineer
10 8 (3.51%) AWS Architect
10 8 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.51%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.51%) Java Developer
10 8 (3.51%) Security Architect
10 8 (3.51%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.51%) Test Automation Engineer
11 7 (3.07%) ForgeRock Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (71.49%) OAuth
2 150 (65.79%) SAML
3 106 (46.49%) OAuth2
4 69 (30.26%) LDAP
5 48 (21.05%) REST
6 27 (11.84%) SailPoint
7 26 (11.40%) RESTful
8 25 (10.96%) .NET
9 21 (9.21%) React
10 20 (8.77%) Spring
11 19 (8.33%) Kafka
11 19 (8.33%) Spring Boot
12 18 (7.89%) Node.js
13 15 (6.58%) GraphQL
14 14 (6.14%) Playwright
15 11 (4.82%) HTML
15 11 (4.82%) JSON
16 10 (4.39%) JPA
17 8 (3.51%) AngularJS
17 8 (3.51%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 36 (15.79%) Cloud Native
3 16 (7.02%) PKI
4 14 (6.14%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.39%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.07%) Replication
7 7 (3.07%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.19%) BYOD
9 5 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.32%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.88%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.88%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.60%) Windows
2 20 (8.77%) Windows Server
3 13 (5.70%) Linux
4 5 (2.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.88%) Android
5 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.44%) CentOS
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (43.86%) CI/CD
2 96 (42.11%) DevOps
3 65 (28.51%) Identity Access Management
4 59 (25.88%) RBAC
5 50 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (19.74%) Agile
6 45 (19.74%) Infrastructure as Code
7 41 (17.98%) Microservices
7 41 (17.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 39 (17.11%) Test Automation
9 36 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (15.35%) Event-Driven
10 35 (15.35%) Secrets Management
11 34 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (14.04%) Roadmaps
13 31 (13.60%) Identity Management
14 30 (13.16%) Design Patterns
14 30 (13.16%) Observability
15 28 (12.28%) Migration
16 27 (11.84%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 55 (24.12%) Java
2 48 (21.05%) Python
3 45 (19.74%) PowerShell
4 32 (14.04%) SQL
5 28 (12.28%) JavaScript
6 22 (9.65%) TypeScript
7 12 (5.26%) C#
8 10 (4.39%) Groovy
9 9 (3.95%) Go
10 8 (3.51%) PHP
11 5 (2.19%) Bash
11 5 (2.19%) Bicep
11 5 (2.19%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.75%) Cypher
12 4 (1.75%) Scala
13 3 (1.32%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.88%) Swift
15 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.44%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 79 (34.65%) Security Cleared
2 51 (22.37%) SC Cleared
3 29 (12.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (9.21%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.70%) Degree
6 12 (5.26%) CISSP
7 6 (2.63%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.88%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.88%) CCSP
11 2 (0.88%) CISM
11 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.44%) HND
12 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.44%) OCP
12 1 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (18.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (14.04%) NIST
3 28 (12.28%) GDPR
4 19 (8.33%) QA
5 15 (6.58%) NCSC
6 13 (5.70%) SOC 2
7 11 (4.82%) PCI DSS
8 8 (3.51%) PSD2
8 8 (3.51%) WCAG
9 6 (2.63%) HIPAA
9 6 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (2.19%) Accessibility
11 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (1.32%) Data Quality
12 3 (1.32%) GRC
12 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.88%) ISO 8583
13 2 (0.88%) SEPA
System Software
1 69 (30.26%) Active Directory
2 34 (14.91%) Docker
3 9 (3.95%) Squid
4 5 (2.19%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.19%) RACF
4 5 (2.19%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 4 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.88%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.88%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.88%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 90 (39.47%) Single Sign-On
2 57 (25.00%) Kubernetes
3 51 (22.37%) Terraform
4 26 (11.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 21 (9.21%) Grafana
6 16 (7.02%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.95%) PingFederate
8 8 (3.51%) FortiGate
9 7 (3.07%) Argo
9 7 (3.07%) Consul
9 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (2.63%) Ansible
11 5 (2.19%) CA Single Sign-On
11 5 (2.19%) CA Wily
11 5 (2.19%) Kibana
11 5 (2.19%) Progress Chef
11 5 (2.19%) Tivoli
12 3 (1.32%) SCCM
13 1 (0.44%) Istio
13 1 (0.44%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 93 (40.79%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.40%) CyberArk
3 24 (10.53%) Splunk
4 21 (9.21%) ServiceNow
5 19 (8.33%) Google
5 19 (8.33%) Ping Identity
6 15 (6.58%) ForgeRock
7 12 (5.26%) Okta
8 11 (4.82%) VMware
9 10 (4.39%) Oracle
9 10 (4.39%) Red Hat
10 9 (3.95%) Dynatrace
11 7 (3.07%) Atlassian
12 6 (2.63%) AppDynamics
12 6 (2.63%) IBM
13 5 (2.19%) Broadcom
14 3 (1.32%) BeyondTrust
15 2 (0.88%) Confluent
15 2 (0.88%) Xamarin
15 2 (0.88%) Zscaler