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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 398 416
Rank change year-on-year -7 +18 +128
Contract jobs citing OpenID 234 112 161
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.45% 1.69% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 74 109
10th Percentile £406 £409 £448
25th Percentile £485 £464 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £688 £654 £750
90th Percentile £788 £700 £755
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £509 £581
% change year-on-year +8.16% -12.48% +5.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87.50 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 9,558 6,625 8,942
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.84% 22.68% 20.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,369 4,545 6,258
10th Percentile £358 £363 £337
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £730 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £496 £500
% change year-on-year +0.78% -0.77% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 99 178
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £19.43
25th Percentile £52.50 £47.28 £32.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year - +38.77% -27.94%
75th Percentile £71.13 £68.75 £62.85
90th Percentile £81.00 £84.95 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.00%

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 10 April 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
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 10 April 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 +10 208 £550 -4.35% 36
UK excluding London -36 111 £550 +8.16% 22
London -22 99 £563 -10.71% 18
Work from Home -6 70 £550 -8.14% 21
North of England -35 55 £550 +4.76% 7
Yorkshire -23 36 £540 +15.14% 5
South West -16 22 £575 +28.64% 2
North West -21 18 £550 +4.76% 2
South East -48 14 £615 +6.96% 10
Midlands -52 14 £475 -19.35% 1
West Midlands -54 10 £513 -15.01% 1
East of England - 4 £425 - 2
East Midlands -31 3 £438 -23.91%
Scotland +7 2 £550 -8.33%
North East - 2 £525 -

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 (5.98%) Confluence
2 9 (3.85%) nginx
3 6 (2.56%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.85%) Apache
6 2 (0.85%) IIS
6 2 (0.85%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.85%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 117 (50.00%) Azure
2 101 (43.16%) AWS
3 69 (29.49%) Entra ID
4 58 (24.79%) GCP
5 36 (15.38%) Serverless
6 31 (13.25%) SaaS
7 22 (9.40%) Amazon S3
8 20 (8.55%) GitHub
9 19 (8.12%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (7.69%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (7.26%) OpenShift
12 15 (6.41%) PaaS
13 14 (5.98%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (5.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 13 (5.56%) Route 53
15 12 (5.13%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (4.70%) Azure API Management
17 10 (4.27%) Azure AKS
17 10 (4.27%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 37 (15.81%) DNS
2 35 (14.96%) Firewall
3 14 (5.98%) SSL
4 13 (5.56%) Kerberos
5 10 (4.27%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.27%) VPN
6 9 (3.85%) OpenVPN
7 5 (2.14%) DHCP
7 5 (2.14%) IPsec
7 5 (2.14%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (1.71%) Network Security
9 2 (0.85%) Internet
10 1 (0.43%) Extranet
10 1 (0.43%) HTTP
10 1 (0.43%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.43%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.27%) Elasticsearch
1 10 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
1 10 (4.27%) Redis
2 9 (3.85%) MySQL
2 9 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.42%) DynamoDB
3 8 (3.42%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.14%) Power BI
4 5 (2.14%) Star Schema
5 4 (1.71%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.71%) Data Vault
5 4 (1.71%) DocumentDB
5 4 (1.71%) Metadata
5 4 (1.71%) Neo4j
5 4 (1.71%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (1.28%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.28%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 46 (19.66%) Jenkins
2 30 (12.82%) JIRA
3 29 (12.39%) GitLab
4 19 (8.12%) Selenium
5 17 (7.26%) Cucumber
5 17 (7.26%) Git
6 13 (5.56%) REST Assured
7 12 (5.13%) Postman
8 7 (2.99%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.99%) Gatling
8 7 (2.99%) JUnit
8 7 (2.99%) Maven
8 7 (2.99%) SonarQube
9 5 (2.14%) JMeter
9 5 (2.14%) Mockito
9 5 (2.14%) TestRail
10 4 (1.71%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.71%) NeoLoad
11 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.85%) git-flow
General
1 88 (37.61%) Social Skills
2 56 (23.93%) Finance
3 35 (14.96%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (9.40%) Banking
5 18 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (6.84%) Public Sector
7 15 (6.41%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.14%) Retail
9 4 (1.71%) Legal
10 3 (1.28%) Games
11 2 (0.85%) Aviation
11 2 (0.85%) Billing
11 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.85%) Military
12 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.43%) Law
12 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.43%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 82 (35.04%) Architect
2 32 (13.68%) Developer
3 30 (12.82%) Senior
4 22 (9.40%) Lead
5 19 (8.12%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (5.98%) Technical Architect
7 13 (5.56%) CyberArk Architect
8 11 (4.70%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (4.70%) Java Developer
9 10 (4.27%) Cloud Architect
10 9 (3.85%) AWS Architect
10 9 (3.85%) Security Architect
10 9 (3.85%) Test Engineer
11 8 (3.42%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (3.42%) Test Automation Engineer
12 7 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
13 6 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 6 (2.56%) Platform Engineer
13 6 (2.56%) Senior Architect
13 6 (2.56%) Test Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (73.50%) OAuth
2 148 (63.25%) SAML
3 114 (48.72%) OAuth2
4 67 (28.63%) LDAP
5 50 (21.37%) REST
6 34 (14.53%) SailPoint
7 23 (9.83%) .NET
7 23 (9.83%) Kafka
8 21 (8.97%) RESTful
8 21 (8.97%) Spring
8 21 (8.97%) Spring Boot
9 19 (8.12%) Node.js
9 19 (8.12%) React
10 15 (6.41%) JWT
10 15 (6.41%) Playwright
11 13 (5.56%) GraphQL
11 13 (5.56%) JSON
12 12 (5.13%) OpenTelemetry
13 11 (4.70%) HTML
14 10 (4.27%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.66%) Cloud Native
2 32 (13.68%) Onboarding
3 17 (7.26%) PKI
4 14 (5.98%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.27%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.85%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.99%) Replication
8 6 (2.56%) IoT
8 6 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.56%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.56%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.14%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.71%) Clustering
10 4 (1.71%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.25%) Windows
2 17 (7.26%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.27%) Linux
4 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (41.03%) CI/CD
1 96 (41.03%) DevOps
2 65 (27.78%) Identity Access Management
3 63 (26.92%) RBAC
4 47 (20.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 46 (19.66%) Microservices
5 46 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (18.38%) Agile
7 40 (17.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (17.09%) Test Automation
8 39 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
8 39 (16.67%) Secrets Management
9 36 (15.38%) Event-Driven
9 36 (15.38%) Roadmaps
10 35 (14.96%) Observability
10 35 (14.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 31 (13.25%) Containerisation
12 29 (12.39%) Design Patterns
13 27 (11.54%) Migration
13 27 (11.54%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 66 (28.21%) Java
2 41 (17.52%) Python
3 38 (16.24%) PowerShell
3 38 (16.24%) SQL
4 21 (8.97%) TypeScript
5 19 (8.12%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.56%) C#
7 10 (4.27%) PHP
8 8 (3.42%) Go
9 6 (2.56%) Bicep
10 5 (2.14%) Scala
11 4 (1.71%) Bash
11 4 (1.71%) Cypher
11 4 (1.71%) Groovy
11 4 (1.71%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.85%) Swift
13 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 79 (33.76%) Security Cleared
2 51 (21.79%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (8.12%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.13%) CISSP
6 9 (3.85%) Degree
7 5 (2.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.71%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.71%) CISM
9 3 (1.28%) GIAC
10 2 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.85%) OCP
10 2 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (15.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (13.25%) NIST
3 17 (7.26%) GDPR
3 17 (7.26%) QA
4 15 (6.41%) NCSC
5 10 (4.27%) PCI DSS
6 8 (3.42%) SOC 2
6 8 (3.42%) WCAG
7 5 (2.14%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.28%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.28%) GRC
9 3 (1.28%) ISO 20022
9 3 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.28%) SEPA
10 2 (0.85%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.85%) PSD2
11 1 (0.43%) GMP
11 1 (0.43%) GxP
System Software
1 63 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 30 (12.82%) Docker
3 10 (4.27%) Squid
4 5 (2.14%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.14%) RACF
5 4 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.85%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.85%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.85%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 71 (30.34%) Single Sign-On
2 64 (27.35%) Kubernetes
3 55 (23.50%) Terraform
4 31 (13.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 26 (11.11%) Grafana
6 20 (8.55%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.85%) FortiGate
8 8 (3.42%) Ansible
9 7 (2.99%) Consul
10 6 (2.56%) Argo
11 5 (2.14%) Istio
11 5 (2.14%) Kibana
11 5 (2.14%) PingFederate
12 4 (1.71%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.71%) Kustomize
12 4 (1.71%) linkerd
13 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
14 1 (0.43%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.43%) Oracle Identity Manager
14 1 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 82 (35.04%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.39%) CyberArk
3 28 (11.97%) ServiceNow
4 19 (8.12%) Splunk
5 17 (7.26%) Google
6 15 (6.41%) Okta
7 11 (4.70%) Dynatrace
7 11 (4.70%) Ping Identity
8 10 (4.27%) Red Hat
8 10 (4.27%) VMware
9 7 (2.99%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.99%) ForgeRock
10 5 (2.14%) BeyondTrust
10 5 (2.14%) Oracle
11 4 (1.71%) Denodo
11 4 (1.71%) MuleSoft
12 3 (1.28%) IBM
13 2 (0.85%) NetIQ
13 2 (0.85%) SAP
13 2 (0.85%) Zscaler