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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 450 435
Rank change year-on-year +33 -15 +162
Contract jobs citing OpenID 172 92 160
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.28% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.06% 1.27% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 60 127
10th Percentile £406 £412 £438
25th Percentile £450 £505 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £651 £700
90th Percentile £693 £739 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -11.19% -6.17% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.50 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 - -
75th Percentile £64.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 8,335 7,252 9,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.47% 21.86% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,523 4,605 6,619
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £770 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 86 173
10th Percentile £31.25 £21.25 £31.40
25th Percentile £44.50 £29.13 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +14.68% -16.15%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +0.80% +19.05% -19.23%

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 1 January 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 14 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 1 January 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 +32 156 £500 -13.04% 49
UK excluding London +8 89 £500 -11.19% 41
London -1 68 £500 -13.04% 11
Work from Home +5 42 £496 -13.74% 33
South West +17 33 £545 -1.09% 2
North of England -29 29 £453 -13.71% 20
North West -14 15 £450 -14.29% 7
Yorkshire - 14 £469 - 12
South East -16 9 £481 -16.30% 9
East of England - 8 £425 -
Midlands -31 7 £531 +25.00% 9
West Midlands -26 6 £538 +26.47% 8
Scotland +12 4 £525 -27.59%
East Midlands - 1 £385 - 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 12 (6.98%) Apache
2 11 (6.40%) IIS
2 11 (6.40%) JBoss
2 11 (6.40%) WebSphere
3 10 (5.81%) iPlanet
3 10 (5.81%) WebSphere Application Server
4 7 (4.07%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.74%) Confluence
7 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (54.65%) Azure
2 80 (46.51%) AWS
3 49 (28.49%) Entra ID
4 38 (22.09%) GCP
5 28 (16.28%) GitHub
6 24 (13.95%) SaaS
7 20 (11.63%) GitHub Actions
7 20 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (8.14%) OpenShift
9 12 (6.98%) PaaS
10 8 (4.65%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (4.65%) Amazon SQS
10 8 (4.65%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (4.65%) Serverless
11 5 (2.91%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (2.91%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (13.95%) Kerberos
2 19 (11.05%) DNS
3 18 (10.47%) Firewall
4 7 (4.07%) SSL
5 6 (3.49%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.74%) Internet
7 2 (1.16%) DHCP
7 2 (1.16%) Extranet
7 2 (1.16%) HTTP
7 2 (1.16%) Network Security
7 2 (1.16%) S/MIME
7 2 (1.16%) VPN
8 1 (0.58%) IPsec
8 1 (0.58%) SMS
8 1 (0.58%) SMTP
8 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.56%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.98%) Oracle Database
3 10 (5.81%) Redis
4 9 (5.23%) MySQL
4 9 (5.23%) NoSQL
5 7 (4.07%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.33%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.74%) DocumentDB
7 3 (1.74%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.74%) Metadata
7 3 (1.74%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.74%) Power BI
8 2 (1.16%) Hazelcast
8 2 (1.16%) NewSQL
8 2 (1.16%) OLTP
9 1 (0.58%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (22.67%) Jenkins
2 27 (15.70%) Git
3 23 (13.37%) GitLab
4 14 (8.14%) JIRA
4 14 (8.14%) Selenium
5 12 (6.98%) Cucumber
6 11 (6.40%) Bitbucket Server
6 11 (6.40%) CA Release Automation
7 9 (5.23%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (4.65%) REST Assured
9 7 (4.07%) JUnit
9 7 (4.07%) Maven
9 7 (4.07%) Postman
10 5 (2.91%) Mockito
10 5 (2.91%) TestRail
11 4 (2.33%) Artifactory
12 3 (1.74%) Cypress.io
12 3 (1.74%) Gatling
12 3 (1.74%) SonarQube
13 1 (0.58%) git-flow
General
1 74 (43.02%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.19%) Finance
3 21 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.88%) Public Sector
5 16 (9.30%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (6.40%) Aviation
6 11 (6.40%) Banking
7 4 (2.33%) Legal
8 3 (1.74%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.74%) Games
9 2 (1.16%) Billing
9 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Retail
10 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Law
10 1 (0.58%) Military
10 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.58%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 31 (18.02%) Architect
2 29 (16.86%) Developer
3 22 (12.79%) Senior
4 18 (10.47%) Lead
5 12 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (6.40%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (5.81%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (4.65%) Java Developer
9 7 (4.07%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (4.07%) ForgeRock Developer
9 7 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.07%) Senior Developer
9 7 (4.07%) Software Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) Consultant
10 6 (3.49%) Lead Developer
10 6 (3.49%) Security Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) Test Engineer
11 5 (2.91%) Analyst
11 5 (2.91%) Security Architect
11 5 (2.91%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (79.65%) OAuth
2 121 (70.35%) SAML
3 85 (49.42%) OAuth2
4 45 (26.16%) LDAP
5 26 (15.12%) REST
6 21 (12.21%) RESTful
6 21 (12.21%) Spring
7 19 (11.05%) Spring Boot
8 17 (9.88%) .NET
8 17 (9.88%) Kafka
9 16 (9.30%) SailPoint
10 10 (5.81%) Node.js
10 10 (5.81%) React
11 9 (5.23%) JPA
11 9 (5.23%) JSON
12 8 (4.65%) GraphQL
12 8 (4.65%) HTML
12 8 (4.65%) JDBC
13 7 (4.07%) OpenAPI
13 7 (4.07%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.47%) Onboarding
2 16 (9.30%) PKI
3 13 (7.56%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.40%) Management Information System
5 9 (5.23%) Private Cloud
6 7 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.49%) Replication
8 5 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.91%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.33%) BYOD
9 4 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.74%) Taxonomies
11 2 (1.16%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.58%) AI Agents
12 1 (0.58%) Contactless
12 1 (0.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 33 (19.19%) Windows
2 23 (13.37%) Windows Server
3 21 (12.21%) Linux
4 8 (4.65%) Unix
5 2 (1.16%) Android
6 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.58%) CentOS
6 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.58%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (37.79%) CI/CD
2 57 (33.14%) DevOps
3 52 (30.23%) Identity Access Management
4 41 (23.84%) RBAC
5 39 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (20.93%) Microservices
7 34 (19.77%) Agile
8 29 (16.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (16.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 28 (16.28%) Containerisation
10 26 (15.12%) Identity Management
10 26 (15.12%) Migration
11 25 (14.53%) Observability
12 24 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (12.21%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 19 (11.05%) DevSecOps
14 19 (11.05%) Software Engineering
15 18 (10.47%) Event-Driven
15 18 (10.47%) Mentoring
15 18 (10.47%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 44 (25.58%) Java
1 44 (25.58%) PowerShell
2 36 (20.93%) Python
3 24 (13.95%) JavaScript
4 22 (12.79%) SQL
5 15 (8.72%) Groovy
6 10 (5.81%) Shell Script
7 9 (5.23%) C#
8 8 (4.65%) PHP
9 7 (4.07%) Bash
10 5 (2.91%) TypeScript
11 4 (2.33%) Go
12 2 (1.16%) ANSI SQL
12 2 (1.16%) C
13 1 (0.58%) C++
13 1 (0.58%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.58%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.58%) Rust
13 1 (0.58%) Swift
Qualifications
1 47 (27.33%) Security Cleared
2 26 (15.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (12.79%) SC Cleared
4 18 (10.47%) DV Cleared
5 12 (6.98%) Degree
6 11 (6.40%) CISSP
7 7 (4.07%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.33%) CISM
9 3 (1.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.16%) CCSP
10 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.58%) ISSAP
11 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (15.70%) GDPR
2 24 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (9.88%) QA
4 15 (8.72%) NIST
5 8 (4.65%) PCI DSS
5 8 (4.65%) PSD2
5 8 (4.65%) SOC 2
6 7 (4.07%) HIPAA
6 7 (4.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (4.07%) WCAG
7 5 (2.91%) Accessibility
8 4 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.74%) Data Quality
10 2 (1.16%) ISO 20022
10 2 (1.16%) ISO 8583
10 2 (1.16%) NCSC
10 2 (1.16%) SEPA
10 2 (1.16%) SLA
11 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 69 (40.12%) Active Directory
2 37 (21.51%) Docker
3 8 (4.65%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 3 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.16%) OpenAM
5 2 (1.16%) OpenDJ
5 2 (1.16%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.58%) Firmware
6 1 (0.58%) RACF
6 1 (0.58%) Squid
Systems Management
1 65 (37.79%) Single Sign-On
2 40 (23.26%) Terraform
3 33 (19.19%) Kubernetes
4 24 (13.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (8.14%) Grafana
6 11 (6.40%) Ansible
6 11 (6.40%) CA Single Sign-On
7 10 (5.81%) CA Wily
8 9 (5.23%) PingFederate
8 9 (5.23%) Progress Chef
9 8 (4.65%) Tivoli
10 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (4.07%) Prometheus
11 5 (2.91%) Argo
11 5 (2.91%) Kibana
12 3 (1.74%) SCCM
13 2 (1.16%) Puppet
14 1 (0.58%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.58%) Oracle Identity Manager
14 1 (0.58%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 79 (45.93%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.47%) Ping Identity
3 16 (9.30%) Splunk
4 14 (8.14%) Oracle
5 13 (7.56%) ForgeRock
6 12 (6.98%) CyberArk
6 12 (6.98%) IBM
7 11 (6.40%) AppDynamics
7 11 (6.40%) Broadcom
8 10 (5.81%) Google
8 10 (5.81%) Okta
8 10 (5.81%) ServiceNow
8 10 (5.81%) VMware
9 3 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.16%) Confluent
10 2 (1.16%) Intel
10 2 (1.16%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.16%) NetIQ
10 2 (1.16%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.16%) Xamarin