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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 393 456
Rank change year-on-year -18 +63 +54
Contract jobs citing OpenID 287 166 105
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.51% 0.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.44% 2.00% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 120 66
10th Percentile £410 £367 £425
25th Percentile £464 £413 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £492 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.79% -18.00% -
75th Percentile £634 £596 £632
90th Percentile £750 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £555 £440 £585
% change year-on-year +26.28% -24.87% -2.50%
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 11,783 8,312 9,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.65% 25.61% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,748 5,566 6,315
10th Percentile £375 £353 £356
25th Percentile £435 £413 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £634 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 180 187
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.20 £25.60
25th Percentile £49.00 £41.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -14.77% -2.99%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.20 £74.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% +4.00%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -23 242 £563 +18.42% 247
UK excluding London -31 152 £555 +26.28% 106
London -48 103 £556 +1.14% 167
Work from Home -25 96 £529 +6.60% 113
South East -16 50 £513 -4.65% 29
North of England -48 47 £600 +34.53% 18
Yorkshire -13 31 £600 +47.24% 12
Scotland -11 18 £425 -29.17% 15
Midlands -41 18 £464 +12.39% 11
West Midlands -37 15 £487 -19.27% 9
North West -44 14 £694 +54.11% 4
South West -55 10 £575 +30.02% 16
East of England - 9 £553 - 13
East Midlands -22 3 £402 -1.95% 2
North East - 3 £463 - 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 13 (4.53%) Confluence
2 9 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.70%) Apache
5 2 (0.70%) IIS
5 2 (0.70%) nginx
5 2 (0.70%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.70%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.35%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 159 (55.40%) Azure
2 128 (44.60%) AWS
3 107 (37.28%) Entra ID
4 66 (23.00%) GCP
5 33 (11.50%) Serverless
6 28 (9.76%) GitHub
7 26 (9.06%) SaaS
8 24 (8.36%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (5.92%) Amazon EKS
9 17 (5.92%) Azure Key Vault
9 17 (5.92%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (4.88%) Kong
11 13 (4.53%) Azure AKS
11 13 (4.53%) Azure App Service
12 12 (4.18%) Azure API Management
13 11 (3.83%) Amazon S3
14 10 (3.48%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (3.48%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.06%) DNS
2 19 (6.62%) Firewall
3 16 (5.57%) Kerberos
4 9 (3.14%) SSL
5 8 (2.79%) HTTP
6 6 (2.09%) Network Security
7 5 (1.74%) DHCP
7 5 (1.74%) NGFW
8 4 (1.39%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.35%) DMZ
9 1 (0.35%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.35%) Internet
9 1 (0.35%) OpenVPN
9 1 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.35%) SSH
9 1 (0.35%) VPN
9 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.41%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (4.88%) NoSQL
3 13 (4.53%) Relational Database
4 12 (4.18%) MongoDB
5 9 (3.14%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.74%) Data Vault
7 5 (1.74%) Snowflake Schema
8 4 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.39%) Metadata
8 4 (1.39%) MySQL
9 3 (1.05%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.05%) Redis
10 2 (0.70%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.70%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.35%) Db2
11 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.35%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 36 (12.54%) Git
2 19 (6.62%) GitLab
3 17 (5.92%) JIRA
4 12 (4.18%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.44%) JUnit
5 7 (2.44%) Maven
6 6 (2.09%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.74%) JMeter
7 5 (1.74%) Mockito
8 4 (1.39%) Zephyr
9 3 (1.05%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (1.05%) Fiddler
9 3 (1.05%) git-flow
9 3 (1.05%) Selenium
9 3 (1.05%) Storybook
10 2 (0.70%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.70%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.70%) Gatling
10 2 (0.70%) Postman
10 2 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 67 (23.34%) Social Skills
2 58 (20.21%) Finance
3 55 (19.16%) Public Sector
4 23 (8.01%) Banking
5 18 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.92%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.14%) Military
9 6 (2.09%) Retail
10 4 (1.39%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.05%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.35%) Aviation
12 1 (0.35%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Legal
12 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 65 (22.65%) Architect
2 59 (20.56%) Developer
3 34 (11.85%) Lead
4 29 (10.10%) Senior
5 28 (9.76%) Technical Architect
6 19 (6.62%) Java Developer
7 18 (6.27%) Full-Stack Developer
8 16 (5.57%) IAM Specialist
9 14 (4.88%) Technical Leader
10 12 (4.18%) IAM Developer
10 12 (4.18%) Security Architect
10 12 (4.18%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.83%) AWS Architect
12 9 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
13 8 (2.79%) Lead Developer
14 7 (2.44%) DevOps Engineer
14 7 (2.44%) Security Engineer
15 6 (2.09%) Cloud Engineer
15 6 (2.09%) Lead Architect
15 6 (2.09%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (89.20%) OAuth
2 163 (56.79%) OAuth2
3 161 (56.10%) SAML
4 77 (26.83%) Terraform
5 63 (21.95%) LDAP
6 52 (18.12%) REST
7 46 (16.03%) RESTful
8 41 (14.29%) React
9 35 (12.20%) JWT
10 31 (10.80%) SailPoint
11 25 (8.71%) .NET
11 25 (8.71%) Kafka
12 24 (8.36%) Swagger
13 23 (8.01%) OpenAPI
14 20 (6.97%) JSON
15 18 (6.27%) CSS
15 18 (6.27%) Node.js
15 18 (6.27%) Spring
16 17 (5.92%) HTML
17 16 (5.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 79 (27.53%) Cloud Native
2 33 (11.50%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (10.45%) Onboarding
4 28 (9.76%) PKI
5 26 (9.06%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (6.27%) Product Ownership
7 12 (4.18%) Management Information System
8 11 (3.83%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (3.14%) IoT
10 8 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (2.09%) AI Agents
12 6 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (2.09%) Security Posture
13 5 (1.74%) Algorithms
13 5 (1.74%) Clustering
13 5 (1.74%) NHS
13 5 (1.74%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.39%) Data Structures
14 4 (1.39%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.23%) Linux
2 12 (4.18%) Windows
3 4 (1.39%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.05%) Android
4 3 (1.05%) Unix
5 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) CentOS
6 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (40.42%) CI/CD
2 97 (33.80%) Identity Access Management
3 90 (31.36%) DevOps
4 72 (25.09%) Microservices
5 65 (22.65%) Agile
6 63 (21.95%) Infrastructure as Code
6 63 (21.95%) RBAC
7 52 (18.12%) Zero Trust
8 48 (16.72%) Containerisation
9 47 (16.38%) Technical Leadership
10 44 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
10 44 (15.33%) Test Automation
11 43 (14.98%) Event-Driven
12 42 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
13 39 (13.59%) Roadmaps
14 37 (12.89%) Mentoring
15 35 (12.20%) Observability
15 35 (12.20%) Runbook
16 33 (11.50%) Analytics
17 32 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 80 (27.87%) Python
2 73 (25.44%) Java
3 55 (19.16%) PowerShell
4 37 (12.89%) JavaScript
5 31 (10.80%) TypeScript
6 27 (9.41%) SQL
7 22 (7.67%) Bicep
8 21 (7.32%) C#
9 12 (4.18%) Go
10 10 (3.48%) Bash
11 3 (1.05%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.70%) Cypher
12 2 (0.70%) Groovy
12 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.70%) PHP
13 1 (0.35%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.35%) C++
13 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.35%) Lua
13 1 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 79 (27.53%) Security Cleared
2 62 (21.60%) SC Cleared
3 31 (10.80%) Degree
4 21 (7.32%) CISSP
5 16 (5.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (5.23%) AWS Certification
6 15 (5.23%) Azure Certification
7 13 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (4.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (3.48%) CISM
10 9 (3.14%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.74%) CSPO
12 4 (1.39%) MCSE
13 3 (1.05%) CEH
13 3 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (9.06%) NIST
3 24 (8.36%) GDPR
4 18 (6.27%) QA
5 15 (5.23%) Accessibility
6 10 (3.48%) Data Quality
6 10 (3.48%) NCSC
7 8 (2.79%) WCAG
8 6 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.74%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.05%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.70%) HL7
11 2 (0.70%) IEC 62304
11 2 (0.70%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.70%) SNOMED CT
12 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.35%) SEPA
12 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 86 (29.97%) Active Directory
2 43 (14.98%) Docker
3 4 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.05%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.35%) Squid
5 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 78 (27.18%) Kubernetes
2 67 (23.34%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (7.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (5.23%) Grafana
5 9 (3.14%) Argo
5 9 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (3.14%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.09%) Ansible
6 6 (2.09%) Istio
7 5 (1.74%) Kibana
7 5 (1.74%) PingFederate
8 4 (1.39%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.39%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.70%) Consul
9 2 (0.70%) Packer
9 2 (0.70%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.35%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 101 (35.19%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.41%) Okta
3 17 (5.92%) CyberArk
3 17 (5.92%) ForgeRock
4 16 (5.57%) Dynatrace
4 16 (5.57%) Google
5 14 (4.88%) Ping Identity
5 14 (4.88%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.83%) Splunk
7 8 (2.79%) SAP
8 6 (2.09%) Oracle
9 5 (1.74%) BeyondTrust
9 5 (1.74%) Denodo
9 5 (1.74%) Workday
10 4 (1.39%) IBM
11 3 (1.05%) Cisco
11 3 (1.05%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.05%) OpenAI
11 3 (1.05%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.70%) BiZZdesign