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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 397 457
Rank change year-on-year -35 +60 +56
Contract jobs citing OpenID 264 162 109
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.49% 0.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.24% 1.94% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 118 62
10th Percentile £410 £366 £425
25th Percentile £486 £426 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £537 £593
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% -9.37% -1.25%
75th Percentile £644 £641 £624
90th Percentile £751 £679 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £440 £581
% change year-on-year +27.99% -24.35% -3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £72.50 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £77.46 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.83% - -
75th Percentile £86.62 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £87.24 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £77.46 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +40.83% - -

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 11,809 8,337 9,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.94% 25.41% 24.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,770 5,631 6,452
10th Percentile £375 £355 £356
25th Percentile £431 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
75th Percentile £631 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 184 215
10th Percentile £29.81 £30.40 £23.80
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -8.33% -5.75%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.32 £79.61 £74.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.67% -10.71% +2.67%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -19 221 £575 +11.81% 39
UK excluding London -28 136 £563 +27.99% 24
London -50 93 £569 -5.21% 21
Work from Home -22 88 £520 +0.29% 19
South East -18 52 £513 -4.65% 10
North of England -39 48 £625 +52.81% 3
Yorkshire -21 29 £625 +53.37% 2
North West -41 16 £719 +59.67%
Scotland -15 13 £506 -15.71% 2
South West -43 9 £550 +23.04% 3
Midlands -57 7 £494 +19.70% 4
East of England - 7 £555 - 1
West Midlands -44 4 £627 +3.90% 3
North East - 4 £494 - 1
East Midlands -28 3 £402 -1.95% 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 14 (5.30%) Confluence
2 7 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.14%) Apache
5 3 (1.14%) IIS
5 3 (1.14%) nginx
5 3 (1.14%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.14%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.38%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 150 (56.82%) Azure
2 111 (42.05%) AWS
3 101 (38.26%) Entra ID
4 61 (23.11%) GCP
5 36 (13.64%) Serverless
6 26 (9.85%) SaaS
7 24 (9.09%) GitHub
8 23 (8.71%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (7.20%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (6.44%) Azure AKS
11 16 (6.06%) Azure API Management
11 16 (6.06%) Azure Key Vault
12 15 (5.68%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (5.30%) Kong
14 13 (4.92%) Amazon S3
14 13 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
15 11 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (3.79%) Amazon ECS
16 10 (3.79%) Azure App Service
16 10 (3.79%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.98%) DNS
2 19 (7.20%) Firewall
3 15 (5.68%) Kerberos
4 9 (3.41%) SSL
5 8 (3.03%) HTTP
6 5 (1.89%) DHCP
6 5 (1.89%) Network Security
6 5 (1.89%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.52%) NGFW
8 2 (0.76%) OpenVPN
8 2 (0.76%) VPN
9 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.38%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.38%) SSH
9 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.47%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (4.92%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.79%) MongoDB
4 9 (3.41%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.41%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.89%) Data Vault
6 5 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
7 4 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.52%) Metadata
8 3 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.14%) Redis
9 2 (0.76%) MySQL
9 2 (0.76%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.38%) Db2
10 1 (0.38%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.38%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (10.61%) Git
2 18 (6.82%) JIRA
3 15 (5.68%) GitLab
4 11 (4.17%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.65%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.89%) JMeter
7 4 (1.52%) Zephyr
8 3 (1.14%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (1.14%) Fiddler
8 3 (1.14%) git-flow
9 2 (0.76%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.76%) Gatling
9 2 (0.76%) JUnit
9 2 (0.76%) Mockito
9 2 (0.76%) NeoLoad
9 2 (0.76%) Postman
9 2 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.38%) Gradle
10 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.38%) webpack
General
1 56 (21.21%) Public Sector
1 56 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 48 (18.18%) Finance
3 19 (7.20%) Documentation Skills
4 18 (6.82%) Banking
5 15 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.41%) Military
8 8 (3.03%) Retail
9 4 (1.52%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.14%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 67 (25.38%) Architect
2 50 (18.94%) Developer
3 33 (12.50%) Lead
4 26 (9.85%) Senior
5 25 (9.47%) Technical Architect
6 18 (6.82%) Full-Stack Developer
6 18 (6.82%) IAM Specialist
7 15 (5.68%) Java Developer
8 14 (5.30%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (5.30%) Technical Leader
9 13 (4.92%) Security Architect
10 12 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (4.17%) IAM Developer
12 9 (3.41%) AWS Architect
13 8 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
13 8 (3.03%) Lead Developer
14 6 (2.27%) Azure Engineer
14 6 (2.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (2.27%) Senior Developer
14 6 (2.27%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (88.26%) OAuth
2 160 (60.61%) SAML
3 151 (57.20%) OAuth2
4 67 (25.38%) LDAP
5 65 (24.62%) Terraform
6 49 (18.56%) REST
7 39 (14.77%) RESTful
8 34 (12.88%) SailPoint
9 33 (12.50%) React
10 27 (10.23%) JWT
11 24 (9.09%) Kafka
12 22 (8.33%) .NET
13 16 (6.06%) CSS
13 16 (6.06%) JSON
13 16 (6.06%) Node.js
14 15 (5.68%) Web Services
15 14 (5.30%) OpenTelemetry
16 13 (4.92%) HTML
17 12 (4.55%) Django
18 11 (4.17%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 75 (28.41%) Cloud Native
2 31 (11.74%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (10.98%) Onboarding
4 27 (10.23%) PKI
5 24 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (5.68%) Product Ownership
7 12 (4.55%) Management Information System
8 10 (3.79%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (3.41%) IoT
9 9 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (3.03%) Mobile App
11 6 (2.27%) AI Agents
11 6 (2.27%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.89%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.89%) Clustering
12 5 (1.89%) NHS
12 5 (1.89%) Operational Technology
13 4 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (1.52%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.06%) Linux
2 12 (4.55%) Windows
3 4 (1.52%) Android
4 3 (1.14%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.14%) Unix
4 3 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.38%) CentOS
6 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (40.15%) CI/CD
2 85 (32.20%) DevOps
3 84 (31.82%) Identity Access Management
4 67 (25.38%) Microservices
5 63 (23.86%) RBAC
6 55 (20.83%) Agile
7 54 (20.45%) Infrastructure as Code
8 51 (19.32%) Containerisation
9 48 (18.18%) Zero Trust
10 39 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (14.77%) Technical Leadership
10 39 (14.77%) Test Automation
11 37 (14.02%) Roadmaps
12 35 (13.26%) Event-Driven
12 35 (13.26%) Mentoring
13 34 (12.88%) Analytics
13 34 (12.88%) Runbook
14 33 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
15 31 (11.74%) Observability
16 30 (11.36%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 71 (26.89%) Python
2 58 (21.97%) Java
3 49 (18.56%) PowerShell
4 32 (12.12%) JavaScript
5 28 (10.61%) TypeScript
6 27 (10.23%) SQL
7 20 (7.58%) C#
8 18 (6.82%) Bicep
9 10 (3.79%) Bash
10 7 (2.65%) Go
11 4 (1.52%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.14%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.76%) Cypher
13 2 (0.76%) Groovy
13 2 (0.76%) PHP
14 1 (0.38%) BeanShell
14 1 (0.38%) C++
14 1 (0.38%) Perl
14 1 (0.38%) Scala
14 1 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 81 (30.68%) Security Cleared
2 64 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 31 (11.74%) Degree
4 21 (7.95%) CISSP
5 15 (5.68%) AWS Certification
6 14 (5.30%) Azure Certification
6 14 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.79%) CISM
8 10 (3.79%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.89%) CSPO
10 4 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.52%) GIAC
11 3 (1.14%) CEH
11 3 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.14%) MCSE
12 2 (0.76%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (9.85%) NIST
3 24 (9.09%) GDPR
4 17 (6.44%) QA
5 11 (4.17%) Accessibility
6 10 (3.79%) NCSC
7 7 (2.65%) Data Quality
8 6 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.89%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.14%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.14%) WCAG
11 2 (0.76%) HL7
11 2 (0.76%) IEC 62304
11 2 (0.76%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.76%) SNOMED CT
12 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.38%) GRC
System Software
1 82 (31.06%) Active Directory
2 46 (17.42%) Docker
3 3 (1.14%) OpenAM
3 3 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.76%) Squid
5 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (25.76%) Kubernetes
2 58 (21.97%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (5.68%) Grafana
5 11 (4.17%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.79%) Argo
7 9 (3.41%) Istio
8 8 (3.03%) Ansible
9 7 (2.65%) Kustomize
9 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.52%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.52%) linkerd
10 4 (1.52%) PingFederate
10 4 (1.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (1.14%) Consul
12 2 (0.76%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.76%) Kibana
12 2 (0.76%) Packer
12 2 (0.76%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.38%) FreeIPA
Vendors
1 94 (35.61%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.85%) Okta
3 18 (6.82%) ForgeRock
4 15 (5.68%) CyberArk
4 15 (5.68%) Google
4 15 (5.68%) Ping Identity
5 14 (5.30%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.92%) Dynatrace
7 10 (3.79%) Splunk
8 8 (3.03%) SAP
9 5 (1.89%) Denodo
9 5 (1.89%) IBM
9 5 (1.89%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.89%) Workday
10 4 (1.52%) Oracle
11 3 (1.14%) BeyondTrust
11 3 (1.14%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (0.76%) Sparx
12 2 (0.76%) Thycotic