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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 418 426
Rank change year-on-year +14 +8 +103
Contract jobs citing OpenID 233 104 167
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.36% 0.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.47% 1.58% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 69 115
10th Percentile £409 £409 £450
25th Percentile £480 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £651 £750
90th Percentile £775 £702 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £542 £525 £585
% change year-on-year +3.14% -10.26% +6.36%
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 9,417 6,577 8,964
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.04% 22.63% 20.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,273 4,491 6,268
10th Percentile £358 £363 £334
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 99 176
10th Percentile £35.05 £26.25 £20.49
25th Percentile £52.50 £41.13 £34.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.75 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £84.95 £73.13
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 2 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 2 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 +3 208 £550 -4.35% 36
UK excluding London -26 110 £542 +3.14% 22
London -14 99 £556 -11.71% 18
Work from Home +1 66 £550 -8.79% 21
North of England -26 53 £545 +3.81% 7
Yorkshire -27 34 £533 +13.54% 5
South West -12 23 £575 +28.64% 2
North West -22 18 £550 +4.76% 2
South East -52 15 £615 +6.96% 10
Midlands -51 14 £475 -19.35% 1
West Midlands -53 10 £513 -15.01% 1
East of England - 4 £425 - 2
East Midlands -32 3 £438 -23.91%
North East - 2 £525 -
Scotland +5 1 £550 -8.33%

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 (6.01%) Confluence
2 9 (3.86%) nginx
3 5 (2.15%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.43%) Apache
5 1 (0.43%) IIS
5 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 117 (50.21%) Azure
2 100 (42.92%) AWS
3 67 (28.76%) Entra ID
4 55 (23.61%) GCP
5 35 (15.02%) Serverless
6 29 (12.45%) SaaS
7 22 (9.44%) Amazon S3
8 21 (9.01%) GitHub
9 20 (8.58%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (7.73%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (7.30%) OpenShift
12 15 (6.44%) PaaS
12 15 (6.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 14 (6.01%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (5.58%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (5.58%) Route 53
15 12 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
17 10 (4.29%) Amazon ECS
17 10 (4.29%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.45%) DNS
2 34 (14.59%) Firewall
3 14 (6.01%) SSL
4 12 (5.15%) Kerberos
5 10 (4.29%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.29%) VPN
6 9 (3.86%) OpenVPN
7 5 (2.15%) DHCP
7 5 (2.15%) IPsec
7 5 (2.15%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (1.72%) Network Security
9 2 (0.86%) 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 11 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (4.29%) Redis
3 9 (3.86%) MySQL
3 9 (3.86%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.43%) DynamoDB
4 8 (3.43%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.15%) Power BI
5 5 (2.15%) Star Schema
6 4 (1.72%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.72%) DocumentDB
6 4 (1.72%) Metadata
6 4 (1.72%) Neo4j
6 4 (1.72%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.29%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.29%) Data Vault
7 3 (1.29%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.86%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (19.74%) Jenkins
2 30 (12.88%) JIRA
3 29 (12.45%) GitLab
4 19 (8.15%) Selenium
5 18 (7.73%) Git
6 17 (7.30%) Cucumber
7 13 (5.58%) REST Assured
8 12 (5.15%) Postman
9 7 (3.00%) Bitbucket
9 7 (3.00%) Gatling
9 7 (3.00%) JUnit
9 7 (3.00%) Maven
9 7 (3.00%) SonarQube
10 5 (2.15%) JMeter
10 5 (2.15%) Mockito
10 5 (2.15%) TestRail
11 4 (1.72%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.72%) NeoLoad
12 2 (0.86%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.86%) git-flow
General
1 84 (36.05%) Social Skills
2 52 (22.32%) Finance
3 34 (14.59%) Documentation Skills
4 21 (9.01%) Banking
5 18 (7.73%) Public Sector
6 17 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (6.01%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.15%) Aviation
8 5 (2.15%) Retail
9 4 (1.72%) Legal
10 3 (1.29%) Games
10 3 (1.29%) Military
11 2 (0.86%) Billing
11 2 (0.86%) Investment Banking
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 (35.19%) Architect
2 33 (14.16%) Developer
3 29 (12.45%) Senior
4 23 (9.87%) Lead
5 20 (8.58%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (6.01%) Technical Architect
7 13 (5.58%) CyberArk Architect
8 10 (4.29%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (4.29%) Cloud Architect
8 10 (4.29%) Java Developer
9 9 (3.86%) AWS Architect
9 9 (3.86%) Security Architect
9 9 (3.86%) Test Engineer
10 8 (3.43%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.43%) Test Automation Engineer
11 7 (3.00%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.00%) IAM Specialist
11 7 (3.00%) Senior Developer
12 6 (2.58%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 6 (2.58%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (72.53%) OAuth
2 147 (63.09%) SAML
3 113 (48.50%) OAuth2
4 67 (28.76%) LDAP
5 51 (21.89%) REST
6 32 (13.73%) SailPoint
7 23 (9.87%) .NET
8 22 (9.44%) Kafka
8 22 (9.44%) RESTful
9 21 (9.01%) Spring
9 21 (9.01%) Spring Boot
10 19 (8.15%) Node.js
10 19 (8.15%) React
11 15 (6.44%) Playwright
12 14 (6.01%) GraphQL
12 14 (6.01%) JWT
13 13 (5.58%) JSON
14 11 (4.72%) HTML
14 11 (4.72%) OpenTelemetry
15 10 (4.29%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 44 (18.88%) Cloud Native
2 34 (14.59%) Onboarding
3 16 (6.87%) PKI
4 13 (5.58%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.29%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.86%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.00%) Replication
8 6 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.15%) IoT
9 5 (2.15%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.15%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.15%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.72%) Clustering
10 4 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.72%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 30 (12.88%) Windows
2 17 (7.30%) Windows Server
3 12 (5.15%) Linux
4 2 (0.86%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (41.20%) CI/CD
1 96 (41.20%) DevOps
2 62 (26.61%) Identity Access Management
3 61 (26.18%) RBAC
4 47 (20.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 46 (19.74%) Microservices
5 46 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (18.88%) Agile
7 41 (17.60%) Stakeholder Management
7 41 (17.60%) Test Automation
8 39 (16.74%) Cybersecurity
8 39 (16.74%) Secrets Management
9 36 (15.45%) Event-Driven
10 34 (14.59%) Observability
11 33 (14.16%) Roadmaps
11 33 (14.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 30 (12.88%) Containerisation
13 29 (12.45%) Migration
14 28 (12.02%) Design Patterns
15 27 (11.59%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (27.04%) Java
2 41 (17.60%) Python
3 37 (15.88%) PowerShell
3 37 (15.88%) SQL
4 21 (9.01%) TypeScript
5 19 (8.15%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.58%) C#
7 10 (4.29%) PHP
8 8 (3.43%) Go
9 6 (2.58%) Bicep
10 5 (2.15%) Scala
11 4 (1.72%) Bash
11 4 (1.72%) Cypher
11 4 (1.72%) Groovy
11 4 (1.72%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.86%) Swift
13 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (35.62%) Security Cleared
2 55 (23.61%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (8.58%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.15%) CISSP
6 9 (3.86%) Degree
7 5 (2.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.72%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.72%) CISM
9 3 (1.29%) GIAC
10 2 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.86%) OCP
10 2 (0.86%) 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 41 (17.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (15.02%) NIST
3 22 (9.44%) GDPR
4 17 (7.30%) QA
5 15 (6.44%) NCSC
6 10 (4.29%) PCI DSS
7 9 (3.86%) SOC 2
8 8 (3.43%) WCAG
9 6 (2.58%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
11 3 (1.29%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.29%) GRC
11 3 (1.29%) ISO 20022
11 3 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.29%) SEPA
12 2 (0.86%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.86%) PSD2
System Software
1 63 (27.04%) Active Directory
2 30 (12.88%) Docker
3 10 (4.29%) Squid
4 5 (2.15%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.15%) RACF
5 4 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.86%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.86%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.86%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 76 (32.62%) Single Sign-On
2 63 (27.04%) Kubernetes
3 53 (22.75%) Terraform
4 31 (13.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 26 (11.16%) Grafana
6 20 (8.58%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.86%) FortiGate
8 8 (3.43%) PingFederate
9 7 (3.00%) Ansible
9 7 (3.00%) Argo
9 7 (3.00%) Consul
10 5 (2.15%) Kibana
11 4 (1.72%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.72%) Istio
12 3 (1.29%) Kustomize
12 3 (1.29%) linkerd
13 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
14 1 (0.43%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.43%) Oracle Identity Manager
14 1 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 83 (35.62%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.02%) ServiceNow
3 27 (11.59%) CyberArk
4 19 (8.15%) Splunk
5 17 (7.30%) Google
6 14 (6.01%) Ping Identity
7 13 (5.58%) Okta
8 11 (4.72%) Dynatrace
9 10 (4.29%) Red Hat
9 10 (4.29%) VMware
10 7 (3.00%) Atlassian
10 7 (3.00%) ForgeRock
11 5 (2.15%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (2.15%) Oracle
12 4 (1.72%) MuleSoft
13 3 (1.29%) Denodo
14 2 (0.86%) Confluent
14 2 (0.86%) Optimizely
14 2 (0.86%) Thycotic
14 2 (0.86%) Zscaler