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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 386 465
Rank change year-on-year -2 +79 +41
Contract jobs citing OpenID 304 176 94
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.54% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.59% 2.07% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 126 57
10th Percentile £410 £388 £425
25th Percentile £463 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £492 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.79% -18.00% -
75th Percentile £627 £581 £650
90th Percentile £750 £661 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £447 £550
% change year-on-year +23.04% -18.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £53.40 -
25th Percentile £63.75 £54.75 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £59.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.12% - -
75th Percentile £86.08 £62.75 -
90th Percentile £87.16 £63.80 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £59.00 -
% change year-on-year +27.12% - -

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 11,754 8,517 9,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.61% 25.95% 24.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,733 5,676 6,164
10th Percentile £375 £353 £356
25th Percentile £438 £413 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 187 189
10th Percentile £28.64 £31.25 £25.56
25th Percentile £49.00 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.70 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.83% -12.48% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.80 £74.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £58.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.84% -9.62% +10.11%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -14 255 £558 +17.37% 155
UK excluding London -12 159 £550 +23.04% 68
London -41 109 £575 +7.08% 102
Work from Home -24 98 £550 +11.79% 78
South East -12 50 £500 +5.26% 15
North of England -43 47 £588 +31.14% 15
Yorkshire -12 36 £573 +40.49% 8
Midlands -37 21 £464 +12.39% 7
Scotland -20 19 £425 -29.17% 14
West Midlands -28 18 £510 -15.42% 7
East of England -14 11 £544 +26.20% 6
South West -45 11 £575 +28.64% 7
North West -60 9 £725 +60.58% 5
East Midlands -26 3 £402 -1.95%
North East - 3 £463 - 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 12 (3.95%) Confluence
2 9 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.66%) Apache
5 2 (0.66%) IIS
5 2 (0.66%) nginx
5 2 (0.66%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.66%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Gliffy
1 1 (0.33%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.33%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 160 (52.63%) Azure
2 133 (43.75%) AWS
3 107 (35.20%) Entra ID
4 70 (23.03%) GCP
5 33 (10.86%) Serverless
6 30 (9.87%) GitHub
7 27 (8.88%) SaaS
8 25 (8.22%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
10 18 (5.92%) Azure Key Vault
10 18 (5.92%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (5.26%) Kong
12 14 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (4.28%) Azure AKS
13 13 (4.28%) Azure App Service
14 12 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
15 11 (3.62%) Amazon S3
15 11 (3.62%) Azure API Management
16 10 (3.29%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (3.29%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.22%) DNS
2 20 (6.58%) Firewall
3 16 (5.26%) Kerberos
4 8 (2.63%) HTTP
5 7 (2.30%) SSL
6 6 (1.97%) Network Security
6 6 (1.97%) NGFW
6 6 (1.97%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (1.32%) DHCP
8 3 (0.99%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.33%) DMZ
9 1 (0.33%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.33%) Internet
9 1 (0.33%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.33%) SSH
9 1 (0.33%) VPN
9 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.21%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (4.93%) NoSQL
3 14 (4.61%) MongoDB
4 13 (4.28%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.96%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.64%) Data Vault
7 5 (1.64%) MySQL
8 4 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.99%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.99%) Redis
9 3 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.66%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.66%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.66%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.66%) Metadata
10 2 (0.66%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.33%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 42 (13.82%) Git
2 21 (6.91%) GitLab
3 15 (4.93%) Jenkins
3 15 (4.93%) JIRA
4 7 (2.30%) Bitbucket
4 7 (2.30%) JUnit
4 7 (2.30%) Maven
5 5 (1.64%) JMeter
5 5 (1.64%) Mockito
5 5 (1.64%) Storybook
6 4 (1.32%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.99%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.99%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.99%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.99%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.99%) git-flow
7 3 (0.99%) Gradle
7 3 (0.99%) Selenium
7 3 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.66%) NeoLoad
General
1 74 (24.34%) Social Skills
2 59 (19.41%) Finance
3 55 (18.09%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.87%) Banking
5 23 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.29%) Military
9 5 (1.64%) Retail
10 4 (1.32%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.66%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Aviation
12 1 (0.33%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Marketing
12 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (23.03%) Developer
2 66 (21.71%) Architect
3 35 (11.51%) Lead
4 32 (10.53%) Technical Architect
5 30 (9.87%) Senior
6 21 (6.91%) Java Developer
7 19 (6.25%) Full-Stack Developer
8 16 (5.26%) IAM Specialist
9 15 (4.93%) Technical Leader
10 14 (4.61%) IAM Developer
11 13 (4.28%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (3.95%) Security Architect
13 11 (3.62%) AWS Architect
14 9 (2.96%) Platform Engineer
15 8 (2.63%) Cloud Engineer
15 8 (2.63%) Lead Developer
15 8 (2.63%) Security Engineer
16 7 (2.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 7 (2.30%) Lead Architect
16 7 (2.30%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 273 (89.80%) OAuth
2 178 (58.55%) OAuth2
3 160 (52.63%) SAML
4 88 (28.95%) Terraform
5 57 (18.75%) LDAP
6 55 (18.09%) REST
7 54 (17.76%) RESTful
8 48 (15.79%) React
9 46 (15.13%) JWT
10 31 (10.20%) Swagger
11 30 (9.87%) OpenAPI
12 29 (9.54%) SailPoint
13 28 (9.21%) Kafka
14 27 (8.88%) .NET
15 26 (8.55%) Node.js
16 20 (6.58%) CSS
17 19 (6.25%) HTML
17 19 (6.25%) JSON
18 17 (5.59%) Spring
19 15 (4.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 91 (29.93%) Cloud Native
2 41 (13.49%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (9.87%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (9.87%) Onboarding
3 30 (9.87%) PKI
4 18 (5.92%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.95%) Enterprise Cloud
6 11 (3.62%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.96%) IoT
8 8 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.97%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.64%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.64%) CMDB
11 5 (1.64%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.64%) NHS
11 5 (1.64%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.64%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.32%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.26%) Linux
2 13 (4.28%) Windows
3 5 (1.64%) Android
4 4 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.32%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.99%) Unix
6 1 (0.33%) CentOS
6 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (43.42%) CI/CD
2 100 (32.89%) Identity Access Management
3 98 (32.24%) DevOps
4 81 (26.64%) Microservices
5 75 (24.67%) Agile
6 74 (24.34%) Infrastructure as Code
7 69 (22.70%) RBAC
8 55 (18.09%) Containerisation
8 55 (18.09%) Test Automation
9 52 (17.11%) Event-Driven
10 49 (16.12%) Technical Leadership
11 47 (15.46%) Zero Trust
12 43 (14.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 42 (13.82%) Observability
14 41 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
15 38 (12.50%) Mentoring
15 38 (12.50%) Validation
16 36 (11.84%) Analytics
16 36 (11.84%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 36 (11.84%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 84 (27.63%) Python
2 72 (23.68%) Java
3 57 (18.75%) PowerShell
4 41 (13.49%) JavaScript
5 35 (11.51%) TypeScript
6 25 (8.22%) SQL
7 24 (7.89%) Bicep
7 24 (7.89%) C#
8 20 (6.58%) Go
9 10 (3.29%) Bash
10 3 (0.99%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.99%) Lua
10 3 (0.99%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.66%) C++
11 2 (0.66%) Cypher
11 2 (0.66%) Groovy
11 2 (0.66%) Swift
12 1 (0.33%) C
12 1 (0.33%) Perl
12 1 (0.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 84 (27.63%) Security Cleared
2 65 (21.38%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.84%) Degree
4 18 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (5.59%) CISSP
6 16 (5.26%) AWS Certification
6 16 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 14 (4.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.96%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.97%) CISM
10 5 (1.64%) CSPO
10 5 (1.64%) MCSE
11 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.99%) CEH
12 3 (0.99%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.66%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (7.57%) NIST
3 19 (6.25%) Accessibility
3 19 (6.25%) QA
4 17 (5.59%) GDPR
5 12 (3.95%) Data Quality
6 10 (3.29%) NCSC
6 10 (3.29%) WCAG
7 7 (2.30%) HIPAA
7 7 (2.30%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.66%) HL7
9 2 (0.66%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.66%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.66%) SLA
9 2 (0.66%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 84 (27.63%) Active Directory
2 44 (14.47%) Docker
3 6 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.99%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.33%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 88 (28.95%) Kubernetes
2 66 (21.71%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (5.59%) Grafana
4 16 (5.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 11 (3.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.29%) Argo
6 10 (3.29%) Prometheus
7 7 (2.30%) Ansible
8 6 (1.97%) Istio
9 5 (1.64%) Kibana
10 4 (1.32%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.66%) Consul
11 2 (0.66%) Packer
11 2 (0.66%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.66%) Puppet
11 2 (0.66%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.33%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 104 (34.21%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.20%) Okta
3 21 (6.91%) Google
4 17 (5.59%) ForgeRock
5 16 (5.26%) Dynatrace
6 15 (4.93%) Ping Identity
7 14 (4.61%) CyberArk
7 14 (4.61%) ServiceNow
8 13 (4.28%) Splunk
9 6 (1.97%) Oracle
9 6 (1.97%) SAP
10 5 (1.64%) Denodo
11 4 (1.32%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (1.32%) IBM
12 3 (0.99%) Cisco
12 3 (0.99%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.99%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.99%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.99%) Sparx
12 3 (0.99%) Workday