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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 440 442
Rank change year-on-year +56 +2 +100
Contract jobs citing OpenID 238 87 154
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.29% 0.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.56% 1.26% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 60 109
10th Percentile £413 £409 £425
25th Percentile £463 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £599 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.81% -7.88% +8.33%
75th Percentile £659 £652 £750
90th Percentile £715 £728 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -9.04% +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 9,313 6,923 9,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.83% 22.71% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,221 4,544 6,332
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -7.89%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 87 222
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £38.88 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £72.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.45 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 +52 215 £525 -9.72% 35
UK excluding London +2 114 £523 -9.04% 19
London +15 99 £550 -8.33% 20
Work from Home +16 68 £550 -11.47% 16
North of England -26 45 £492 -6.29% 5
South West +6 33 £550 -1.12% 3
Yorkshire -30 30 £525 -12.50%
North West -15 15 £470 -10.48% 5
Midlands -43 14 £475 -17.39% 1
South East -48 14 £605 +5.22% 10
West Midlands - 10 £513 - 1
East of England - 8 £425 -
East Midlands -21 3 £438 -23.91%
Scotland +9 1 £523 -12.83%
North East -13 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 11 (4.62%) Confluence
2 8 (3.36%) nginx
3 7 (2.94%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.10%) Apache
4 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.68%) IIS
5 4 (1.68%) iPlanet
5 4 (1.68%) JBoss
5 4 (1.68%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.68%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 120 (50.42%) Azure
2 103 (43.28%) AWS
3 69 (28.99%) Entra ID
4 51 (21.43%) GCP
5 32 (13.45%) Serverless
6 27 (11.34%) SaaS
7 25 (10.50%) GitHub
8 22 (9.24%) OpenShift
9 21 (8.82%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (8.40%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (7.56%) PaaS
12 17 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
12 17 (7.14%) Amazon S3
13 14 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 13 (5.46%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (5.46%) Route 53
15 12 (5.04%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (4.20%) Amazon ECS
17 9 (3.78%) Azure AKS
17 9 (3.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 32 (13.45%) DNS
2 29 (12.18%) Firewall
3 20 (8.40%) Kerberos
4 11 (4.62%) SSL
4 11 (4.62%) VPN
5 10 (4.20%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.36%) OpenVPN
7 6 (2.52%) HTTPS
8 5 (2.10%) IPsec
8 5 (2.10%) Network Security
8 5 (2.10%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (1.68%) Internet
10 2 (0.84%) DHCP
10 2 (0.84%) Extranet
10 2 (0.84%) HTTP
10 2 (0.84%) S/MIME
11 1 (0.42%) SMS
11 1 (0.42%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (4.62%) Redis
3 9 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (3.78%) MySQL
4 8 (3.36%) DynamoDB
4 8 (3.36%) NoSQL
4 8 (3.36%) Power BI
4 8 (3.36%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.52%) Oracle Database
6 5 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (2.10%) Star Schema
7 4 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.68%) DocumentDB
7 4 (1.68%) Neo4j
7 4 (1.68%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.26%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.26%) Metadata
9 2 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.84%) Hazelcast
9 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 53 (22.27%) Jenkins
2 31 (13.03%) GitLab
3 28 (11.76%) JIRA
4 23 (9.66%) Git
5 19 (7.98%) Selenium
6 17 (7.14%) Cucumber
7 13 (5.46%) REST Assured
8 12 (5.04%) Postman
9 10 (4.20%) SonarQube
10 8 (3.36%) Bitbucket
11 7 (2.94%) Gatling
11 7 (2.94%) JUnit
11 7 (2.94%) Maven
12 5 (2.10%) JMeter
12 5 (2.10%) Mockito
12 5 (2.10%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (2.10%) TestRail
13 4 (1.68%) Bitbucket Server
13 4 (1.68%) CA Release Automation
13 4 (1.68%) LoadRunner
General
1 105 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 44 (18.49%) Finance
3 36 (15.13%) Documentation Skills
4 25 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.82%) Banking
6 18 (7.56%) Public Sector
7 14 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.62%) Aviation
9 6 (2.52%) Legal
10 4 (1.68%) Retail
11 3 (1.26%) Games
11 3 (1.26%) Military
12 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.84%) Billing
12 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.84%) Wearables
13 1 (0.42%) Law
13 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (34.03%) Architect
2 36 (15.13%) Developer
3 28 (11.76%) Senior
4 24 (10.08%) Lead
5 21 (8.82%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
7 13 (5.46%) CyberArk Architect
7 13 (5.46%) Technical Architect
8 11 (4.62%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (4.20%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (4.20%) Security Architect
10 9 (3.78%) Analyst
10 9 (3.78%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.78%) Test Engineer
11 8 (3.36%) AWS Architect
11 8 (3.36%) Java Developer
11 8 (3.36%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.36%) Test Automation Engineer
12 7 (2.94%) ForgeRock Developer
12 7 (2.94%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (72.69%) OAuth
2 154 (64.71%) SAML
3 119 (50.00%) OAuth2
4 71 (29.83%) LDAP
5 48 (20.17%) REST
6 30 (12.61%) SailPoint
7 26 (10.92%) RESTful
8 25 (10.50%) .NET
9 20 (8.40%) React
9 20 (8.40%) Spring
10 19 (7.98%) Kafka
10 19 (7.98%) Node.js
10 19 (7.98%) Spring Boot
11 15 (6.30%) Playwright
12 14 (5.88%) GraphQL
13 11 (4.62%) HTML
13 11 (4.62%) JSON
13 11 (4.62%) OpenTelemetry
14 10 (4.20%) JPA
14 10 (4.20%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.81%) Cloud Native
2 37 (15.55%) Onboarding
3 18 (7.56%) PKI
4 14 (5.88%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.20%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.94%) Replication
6 7 (2.94%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.10%) BYOD
8 5 (2.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.10%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.26%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.26%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.84%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.03%) Windows
2 20 (8.40%) Windows Server
3 13 (5.46%) Linux
4 4 (1.68%) Unix
5 3 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.84%) Android
6 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.42%) CentOS
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (43.28%) CI/CD
2 101 (42.44%) DevOps
3 65 (27.31%) Identity Access Management
4 63 (26.47%) RBAC
5 50 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (19.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 45 (18.91%) Agile
8 44 (18.49%) Microservices
9 42 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 40 (16.81%) Test Automation
11 38 (15.97%) Cybersecurity
12 36 (15.13%) Secrets Management
13 35 (14.71%) Event-Driven
13 35 (14.71%) Observability
14 34 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 32 (13.45%) Containerisation
15 32 (13.45%) Design Patterns
15 32 (13.45%) Roadmaps
16 31 (13.03%) Identity Management
17 30 (12.61%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 55 (23.11%) Java
2 48 (20.17%) Python
3 46 (19.33%) PowerShell
4 31 (13.03%) SQL
5 27 (11.34%) JavaScript
6 22 (9.24%) TypeScript
7 12 (5.04%) C#
8 9 (3.78%) Go
8 9 (3.78%) Groovy
9 8 (3.36%) PHP
10 5 (2.10%) Bash
10 5 (2.10%) Bicep
10 5 (2.10%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.68%) Cypher
11 4 (1.68%) Scala
12 3 (1.26%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.84%) Swift
14 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.42%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.42%) Rust
Qualifications
1 85 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 57 (23.95%) SC Cleared
3 27 (11.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (8.82%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.88%) CISSP
5 14 (5.88%) Degree
6 5 (2.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.68%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.84%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.84%) CCSP
9 2 (0.84%) CISM
9 2 (0.84%) GIAC
9 2 (0.84%) OCP
9 2 (0.84%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (18.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (13.03%) NIST
3 28 (11.76%) GDPR
4 19 (7.98%) QA
5 15 (6.30%) NCSC
6 11 (4.62%) PCI DSS
6 11 (4.62%) SOC 2
7 8 (3.36%) PSD2
7 8 (3.36%) WCAG
8 6 (2.52%) HIPAA
8 6 (2.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (2.10%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.26%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.26%) GRC
11 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.84%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.84%) SEPA
12 2 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (28.99%) Active Directory
2 37 (15.55%) Docker
3 9 (3.78%) Squid
4 5 (2.10%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 5 (2.10%) RACF
5 4 (1.68%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 4 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.84%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.84%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.84%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 87 (36.55%) Single Sign-On
2 63 (26.47%) Kubernetes
3 52 (21.85%) Terraform
4 26 (10.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 26 (10.92%) Grafana
5 21 (8.82%) Prometheus
6 8 (3.36%) Argo
6 8 (3.36%) FortiGate
6 8 (3.36%) PingFederate
7 7 (2.94%) Ansible
7 7 (2.94%) Consul
7 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.10%) Kibana
9 4 (1.68%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.68%) CA Wily
9 4 (1.68%) Istio
9 4 (1.68%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.68%) Tivoli
10 3 (1.26%) linkerd
10 3 (1.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 93 (39.08%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.92%) CyberArk
3 23 (9.66%) Splunk
4 22 (9.24%) ServiceNow
5 20 (8.40%) Ping Identity
6 19 (7.98%) Google
7 17 (7.14%) ForgeRock
8 11 (4.62%) Okta
8 11 (4.62%) VMware
9 10 (4.20%) Red Hat
10 9 (3.78%) Dynatrace
10 9 (3.78%) Oracle
11 7 (2.94%) Atlassian
12 5 (2.10%) AppDynamics
12 5 (2.10%) IBM
13 4 (1.68%) Broadcom
14 3 (1.26%) BeyondTrust
14 3 (1.26%) MuleSoft
15 2 (0.84%) Confluent
15 2 (0.84%) Optimizely