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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 446 441
Rank change year-on-year +61 -5 +127
Contract jobs citing OpenID 228 83 159
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.27% 0.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.55% 1.19% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 56 114
10th Percentile £413 £411 £427
25th Percentile £461 £522 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £599 £645
Median % change year-on-year -12.32% -7.17% +7.50%
75th Percentile £634 £651 £750
90th Percentile £717 £738 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -11.39% +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 8,936 6,984 9,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.27% 22.56% 20.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,978 4,502 6,552
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £535 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +0.19% -7.13%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 84 190
10th Percentile £35.00 £25.55 £22.75
25th Percentile £51.19 £39.06 £44.70
Median hourly rate £64.25 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £78.08 £76.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

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 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 14 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 14 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 +58 207 £525 -8.70% 33
UK excluding London +17 113 £510 -11.39% 25
London +9 92 £545 -8.98% 13
Work from Home +21 67 £563 -7.22% 17
North of England -19 45 £471 -10.29% 6
South West +20 35 £545 +21.11% 4
Yorkshire -29 29 £525 -12.50% 2
North West -20 16 £453 -13.71% 3
Midlands -39 14 £475 -17.39% 3
South East -32 11 £605 +5.22% 10
West Midlands - 10 £513 - 3
East of England - 8 £425 - 1
East Midlands -24 3 £438 -23.91%
Scotland +3 1 £523 -12.83%
North East -13 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 9 (3.95%) Confluence
2 8 (3.51%) Apache
3 7 (3.07%) IIS
3 7 (3.07%) iPlanet
3 7 (3.07%) JBoss
3 7 (3.07%) nginx
3 7 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.07%) WebSphere
3 7 (3.07%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
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
2 103 (45.18%) AWS
3 65 (28.51%) Entra ID
4 52 (22.81%) GCP
5 30 (13.16%) SaaS
6 26 (11.40%) GitHub
6 26 (11.40%) Serverless
7 24 (10.53%) OpenShift
8 21 (9.21%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (7.46%) PaaS
11 15 (6.58%) Amazon S3
12 14 (6.14%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (5.70%) AWS CloudFormation
13 13 (5.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 12 (5.26%) Route 53
15 11 (4.82%) AWS Lambda
16 9 (3.95%) Amazon SQS
16 9 (3.95%) Power Platform
17 8 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 30 (13.16%) DNS
2 28 (12.28%) Firewall
3 23 (10.09%) Kerberos
4 11 (4.82%) SSL
5 10 (4.39%) VPN
6 9 (3.95%) TCP/IP
7 7 (3.07%) OpenVPN
8 6 (2.63%) HTTPS
9 5 (2.19%) IPsec
9 5 (2.19%) Network Security
9 5 (2.19%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (1.75%) Internet
11 2 (0.88%) DHCP
11 2 (0.88%) Extranet
11 2 (0.88%) HTTP
11 2 (0.88%) S/MIME
12 1 (0.44%) SMS
12 1 (0.44%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (4.82%) Redis
3 9 (3.95%) MySQL
3 9 (3.95%) Oracle Database
3 9 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (3.51%) Power BI
5 7 (3.07%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.63%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (2.19%) Star Schema
8 4 (1.75%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (1.75%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.75%) DocumentDB
8 4 (1.75%) Neo4j
8 4 (1.75%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.32%) Metadata
10 2 (0.88%) Hazelcast
10 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.44%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 57 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 31 (13.60%) GitLab
3 27 (11.84%) JIRA
4 26 (11.40%) Git
5 19 (8.33%) Selenium
6 17 (7.46%) Cucumber
7 13 (5.70%) REST Assured
8 11 (4.82%) Postman
9 9 (3.95%) SonarQube
10 7 (3.07%) Bitbucket
10 7 (3.07%) Bitbucket Server
10 7 (3.07%) CA Release Automation
10 7 (3.07%) Gatling
10 7 (3.07%) JUnit
10 7 (3.07%) Maven
10 7 (3.07%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (2.19%) JMeter
11 5 (2.19%) Mockito
11 5 (2.19%) TestRail
12 4 (1.75%) Artifactory
General
1 101 (44.30%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.18%) Finance
3 35 (15.35%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.89%) Banking
5 18 (7.89%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.14%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (4.82%) Aviation
8 5 (2.19%) Legal
9 3 (1.32%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.32%) Games
9 3 (1.32%) Military
10 2 (0.88%) Billing
10 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.88%) Retail
11 1 (0.44%) Law
11 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 78 (34.21%) Architect
2 36 (15.79%) Developer
3 27 (11.84%) Senior
4 22 (9.65%) 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
9 9 (3.95%) Analyst
9 9 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (3.95%) Test Engineer
10 8 (3.51%) AWS Architect
10 8 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.51%) Java Developer
10 8 (3.51%) Security Architect
10 8 (3.51%) Test Automation Engineer
11 7 (3.07%) ForgeRock Developer
11 7 (3.07%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (3.07%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (71.05%) OAuth
2 151 (66.23%) SAML
3 103 (45.18%) OAuth2
4 70 (30.70%) LDAP
5 47 (20.61%) REST
6 28 (12.28%) SailPoint
7 25 (10.96%) RESTful
8 24 (10.53%) .NET
9 19 (8.33%) Kafka
9 19 (8.33%) React
9 19 (8.33%) Spring
10 18 (7.89%) Spring Boot
11 17 (7.46%) Node.js
12 14 (6.14%) GraphQL
13 12 (5.26%) Playwright
14 10 (4.39%) HTML
14 10 (4.39%) JPA
14 10 (4.39%) JSON
15 8 (3.51%) AngularJS
15 8 (3.51%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 35 (15.35%) Cloud Native
3 17 (7.46%) PKI
4 13 (5.70%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.39%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.07%) Replication
7 6 (2.63%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.75%) BYOD
10 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.32%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.88%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (14.47%) Windows
2 22 (9.65%) Windows Server
3 16 (7.02%) Linux
4 6 (2.63%) 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 94 (41.23%) DevOps
3 65 (28.51%) Identity Access Management
4 60 (26.32%) RBAC
5 48 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (19.30%) Agile
6 44 (19.30%) Infrastructure as Code
7 41 (17.98%) Microservices
7 41 (17.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 37 (16.23%) Test Automation
9 35 (15.35%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (15.35%) Event-Driven
9 35 (15.35%) Secrets Management
9 35 (15.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 32 (14.04%) Roadmaps
11 30 (13.16%) Design Patterns
11 30 (13.16%) Identity Management
12 28 (12.28%) Containerisation
12 28 (12.28%) Migration
12 28 (12.28%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 53 (23.25%) Java
2 48 (21.05%) Python
3 45 (19.74%) PowerShell
4 32 (14.04%) SQL
5 27 (11.84%) JavaScript
6 20 (8.77%) TypeScript
7 11 (4.82%) C#
7 11 (4.82%) Groovy
8 9 (3.95%) Go
9 8 (3.51%) PHP
10 7 (3.07%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.63%) Bash
12 4 (1.75%) Bicep
12 4 (1.75%) Cypher
12 4 (1.75%) Scala
13 2 (0.88%) C
13 2 (0.88%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.88%) Swift
14 1 (0.44%) C++
14 1 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 78 (34.21%) Security Cleared
2 50 (21.93%) SC Cleared
3 28 (12.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (9.21%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.70%) Degree
6 12 (5.26%) CISSP
7 5 (2.19%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.75%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.32%) CISM
9 3 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.88%) CCSP
10 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.44%) HND
11 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.44%) OCP
11 1 (0.44%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (19.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (14.04%) NIST
3 30 (13.16%) GDPR
4 19 (8.33%) QA
5 15 (6.58%) NCSC
6 13 (5.70%) SOC 2
7 12 (5.26%) PCI DSS
8 8 (3.51%) HIPAA
8 8 (3.51%) PSD2
8 8 (3.51%) WCAG
9 7 (3.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.75%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.32%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.32%) GRC
11 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.88%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.88%) SEPA
System Software
1 70 (30.70%) Active Directory
2 35 (15.35%) Docker
3 8 (3.51%) Squid
4 6 (2.63%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 5 (2.19%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 5 (2.19%) RACF
6 4 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.88%) OpenAM
7 2 (0.88%) OpenDJ
7 2 (0.88%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 90 (39.47%) Single Sign-On
2 57 (25.00%) Kubernetes
3 49 (21.49%) Terraform
4 26 (11.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (9.65%) Grafana
6 16 (7.02%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.95%) PingFederate
8 7 (3.07%) Argo
8 7 (3.07%) CA Single Sign-On
8 7 (3.07%) CA Wily
8 7 (3.07%) FortiGate
8 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (2.63%) Ansible
9 6 (2.63%) Consul
9 6 (2.63%) Progress Chef
9 6 (2.63%) Tivoli
10 5 (2.19%) Kibana
11 3 (1.32%) SCCM
12 1 (0.44%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.44%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 93 (40.79%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.40%) CyberArk
2 26 (11.40%) Splunk
3 21 (9.21%) ServiceNow
4 19 (8.33%) Google
4 19 (8.33%) Ping Identity
5 14 (6.14%) ForgeRock
5 14 (6.14%) Okta
6 13 (5.70%) Oracle
7 11 (4.82%) VMware
8 10 (4.39%) Red Hat
9 8 (3.51%) AppDynamics
9 8 (3.51%) IBM
10 7 (3.07%) Broadcom
10 7 (3.07%) Dynatrace
11 6 (2.63%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.32%) BeyondTrust
12 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.88%) Confluent
13 2 (0.88%) Optimizely