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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 393 459
Rank change year-on-year -20 +66 +35
Contract jobs citing OpenID 261 161 113
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.49% 0.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.57% 2.15% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 116 66
10th Percentile £402 £365 £425
25th Percentile £480 £425 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £544 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -9.42% -
75th Percentile £647 £639 £638
90th Percentile £764 £676 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £440 £585
% change year-on-year +27.42% -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 10,138 7,471 8,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.01% 22.53% 22.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,600 5,028 5,801
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £630 £663
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.50% -6.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 171 241
10th Percentile £28.00 £30.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £41.25 £41.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.01 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year +13.04% -2.39% +0.16%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -17 219 £563 +8.49% 170
UK excluding London -27 129 £560 +27.42% 79
London -50 97 £550 -7.80% 107
Work from Home -16 86 £510 -1.64% 79
South East -22 52 £500 +5.26% 24
North of England -36 46 £620 +51.59% 18
Yorkshire -27 27 £620 +51.59% 10
North West -34 16 £712 +70.54% 7
Scotland -11 12 £550 -8.33% 10
South West -44 8 £550 +23.04% 12
Midlands -57 6 £401 -2.79% 7
East of England - 5 £543 - 3
West Midlands -47 4 £488 -19.03% 5
North East - 4 £494 - 1
East Midlands -20 2 £401 -2.20% 2

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 16 (6.13%) Confluence
2 7 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.15%) Apache
5 3 (1.15%) IIS
5 3 (1.15%) nginx
5 3 (1.15%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.15%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.38%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 147 (56.32%) Azure
2 106 (40.61%) AWS
3 101 (38.70%) Entra ID
4 54 (20.69%) GCP
5 35 (13.41%) Serverless
6 26 (9.96%) SaaS
7 22 (8.43%) GitHub
8 21 (8.05%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (7.66%) Azure AKS
10 19 (7.28%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (6.90%) Azure Key Vault
12 16 (6.13%) Amazon S3
13 15 (5.75%) Azure API Management
13 15 (5.75%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (4.60%) Amazon ECS
15 12 (4.60%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (4.60%) Azure App Service
15 12 (4.60%) Kong
16 9 (3.45%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 28 (10.73%) DNS
2 19 (7.28%) Firewall
3 14 (5.36%) Kerberos
4 8 (3.07%) HTTP
4 8 (3.07%) SSL
5 6 (2.30%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.92%) DHCP
7 4 (1.53%) Network Security
7 4 (1.53%) NGFW
8 3 (1.15%) OpenVPN
8 3 (1.15%) VPN
9 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.38%) SSH
9 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (4.21%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.83%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (3.07%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.68%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.92%) Data Vault
7 5 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
8 4 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.53%) Metadata
9 3 (1.15%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.77%) MySQL
10 2 (0.77%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.77%) Parquet
11 1 (0.38%) Db2
11 1 (0.38%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.38%) Redis
11 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (10.34%) Git
2 17 (6.51%) JIRA
3 14 (5.36%) GitLab
4 11 (4.21%) Jenkins
5 8 (3.07%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.92%) JMeter
7 4 (1.53%) git-flow
8 3 (1.15%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (1.15%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.15%) Fiddler
8 3 (1.15%) Postman
9 2 (0.77%) Gatling
9 2 (0.77%) JUnit
9 2 (0.77%) Mockito
9 2 (0.77%) NeoLoad
9 2 (0.77%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.77%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.38%) Maven
10 1 (0.38%) webpack
General
1 59 (22.61%) Social Skills
2 52 (19.92%) Public Sector
3 45 (17.24%) Finance
4 20 (7.66%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.13%) Banking
6 9 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (3.45%) Military
7 8 (3.07%) Retail
8 4 (1.53%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.77%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
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 (25.67%) Architect
2 49 (18.77%) Developer
3 30 (11.49%) Lead
4 29 (11.11%) Senior
5 24 (9.20%) Technical Architect
6 20 (7.66%) Full-Stack Developer
7 18 (6.90%) IAM Specialist
8 14 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.98%) Java Developer
10 12 (4.60%) Security Architect
10 12 (4.60%) Technical Leader
11 11 (4.21%) Platform Engineer
12 10 (3.83%) IAM Developer
13 9 (3.45%) AWS Architect
14 8 (3.07%) DevOps Engineer
14 8 (3.07%) Lead Developer
15 7 (2.68%) Cloud Engineer
15 7 (2.68%) Senior Developer
16 6 (2.30%) Azure Developer
16 6 (2.30%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (89.27%) OAuth
2 163 (62.45%) SAML
3 152 (58.24%) OAuth2
4 66 (25.29%) LDAP
5 48 (18.39%) REST
6 39 (14.94%) RESTful
7 35 (13.41%) SailPoint
8 30 (11.49%) React
9 25 (9.58%) JWT
10 24 (9.20%) .NET
11 23 (8.81%) Kafka
12 18 (6.90%) JSON
12 18 (6.90%) Node.js
13 15 (5.75%) Web Services
14 14 (5.36%) OpenTelemetry
15 12 (4.60%) CSS
15 12 (4.60%) HTML
15 12 (4.60%) SOAP
15 12 (4.60%) Spring
16 11 (4.21%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 70 (26.82%) Cloud Native
2 31 (11.88%) Onboarding
3 29 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (10.73%) PKI
5 25 (9.58%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (5.36%) Product Ownership
7 13 (4.98%) Management Information System
8 9 (3.45%) IoT
8 9 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (3.07%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (3.07%) Mobile App
10 7 (2.68%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.92%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.92%) Clustering
11 5 (1.92%) NHS
11 5 (1.92%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.53%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.53%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.13%) Linux
2 12 (4.60%) Windows
3 4 (1.53%) Android
4 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.15%) Unix
4 3 (1.15%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.38%) CentOS
6 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (39.85%) CI/CD
2 83 (31.80%) DevOps
3 81 (31.03%) Identity Access Management
4 66 (25.29%) RBAC
5 64 (24.52%) Microservices
6 56 (21.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 52 (19.92%) Agile
8 50 (19.16%) Containerisation
9 49 (18.77%) Zero Trust
10 41 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
11 38 (14.56%) Test Automation
12 35 (13.41%) Event-Driven
12 35 (13.41%) Roadmaps
13 34 (13.03%) Analytics
13 34 (13.03%) Mentoring
14 33 (12.64%) Observability
14 33 (12.64%) Runbook
14 33 (12.64%) Technical Leadership
15 30 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
16 29 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 66 (25.29%) Python
2 57 (21.84%) Java
3 51 (19.54%) PowerShell
4 31 (11.88%) JavaScript
5 28 (10.73%) SQL
5 28 (10.73%) TypeScript
6 22 (8.43%) C#
7 19 (7.28%) Bicep
8 10 (3.83%) Bash
9 6 (2.30%) Go
10 4 (1.53%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.53%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.15%) Groovy
12 2 (0.77%) Cypher
12 2 (0.77%) PHP
13 1 (0.38%) C
13 1 (0.38%) C++
13 1 (0.38%) Perl
13 1 (0.38%) Scala
13 1 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 81 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 63 (24.14%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.11%) Degree
4 22 (8.43%) CISSP
5 16 (6.13%) Azure Certification
6 15 (5.75%) AWS Certification
6 15 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.83%) CISM
9 7 (2.68%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.92%) CSPO
11 4 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.53%) GIAC
12 3 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.15%) MCSE
13 2 (0.77%) CEH
13 2 (0.77%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (9.58%) NIST
3 23 (8.81%) GDPR
4 15 (5.75%) QA
5 10 (3.83%) Accessibility
5 10 (3.83%) NCSC
6 6 (2.30%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.92%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.53%) WCAG
9 2 (0.77%) HL7
9 2 (0.77%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.77%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.77%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.77%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.77%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.38%) GRC
System Software
1 83 (31.80%) Active Directory
2 44 (16.86%) Docker
3 3 (1.15%) OpenAM
3 3 (1.15%) Squid
3 3 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 67 (25.67%) Terraform
2 64 (24.52%) Kubernetes
3 58 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
4 22 (8.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (6.13%) Grafana
6 12 (4.60%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.45%) Ansible
7 9 (3.45%) Argo
8 8 (3.07%) Istio
9 7 (2.68%) Kustomize
9 7 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.53%) CA Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.53%) Consul
10 4 (1.53%) linkerd
10 4 (1.53%) PingFederate
10 4 (1.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (1.15%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.77%) Kibana
12 2 (0.77%) Packer
12 2 (0.77%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 92 (35.25%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.58%) Okta
3 18 (6.90%) ForgeRock
4 15 (5.75%) CyberArk
4 15 (5.75%) Ping Identity
4 15 (5.75%) ServiceNow
5 14 (5.36%) Dynatrace
6 12 (4.60%) Google
7 9 (3.45%) Splunk
8 8 (3.07%) SAP
9 6 (2.30%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.92%) Denodo
10 5 (1.92%) IBM
10 5 (1.92%) Workday
11 3 (1.15%) BeyondTrust
11 3 (1.15%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.77%) Oracle
12 2 (0.77%) Sparx
12 2 (0.77%) Thycotic
12 2 (0.77%) VMware