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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 380 440
Rank change year-on-year -10 +60 +66
Contract jobs citing OpenID 256 139 150
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.47% 0.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.61% 2.06% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 93 88
10th Percentile £403 £405 £425
25th Percentile £497 £447 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -10.20% +6.52%
75th Percentile £700 £630 £700
90th Percentile £850 £671 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £460 £585
% change year-on-year +22.42% -21.45% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £67.19 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £82.46 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +49.92% - -
75th Percentile £87.36 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £89.32 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £79.91 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +45.29% - -

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 9,793 6,763 9,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.51% 22.83% 21.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,430 4,617 6,310
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £535
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -3.27% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £768 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 125 272
10th Percentile £30.40 £29.14 £22.50
25th Percentile £51.88 £39.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +11.11% -20.38%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £82.89 £81.22 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £55.63
% change year-on-year +4.00% +12.36% -14.42%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -8 219 £563 +2.27% 98
UK excluding London -42 114 £563 +22.42% 81
London -25 109 £550 -12.35% 37
Work from Home +9 92 £550 +6.08% 78
North of England -37 54 £588 +19.41% 20
South East -28 34 £750 +30.43% 22
Yorkshire -32 33 £620 +41.23% 9
North West -30 19 £600 +14.29% 6
Midlands -58 10 £438 +4.17% 5
South West -30 8 £550 +23.04% 11
Scotland -11 6 £550 -8.33% 9
East Midlands -28 5 £438 +6.71% 3
West Midlands -55 4 £350 -41.96% 2
North East - 3 £469 - 5
East of England - 2 £555 - 8

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 (6.25%) Confluence
2 9 (3.52%) nginx
2 9 (3.52%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.17%) Apache
5 3 (1.17%) IIS
5 3 (1.17%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.17%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 136 (53.13%) Azure
2 118 (46.09%) AWS
3 90 (35.16%) Entra ID
4 58 (22.66%) GCP
5 44 (17.19%) Serverless
6 26 (10.16%) SaaS
7 24 (9.38%) Amazon S3
8 23 (8.98%) Amazon EKS
9 22 (8.59%) GitHub
9 22 (8.59%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (7.03%) OpenShift
10 18 (7.03%) Route 53
11 17 (6.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 16 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (5.08%) Amazon ECS
13 13 (5.08%) Azure AKS
14 11 (4.30%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (3.91%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (3.91%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 32 (12.50%) DNS
2 23 (8.98%) Firewall
3 16 (6.25%) Kerberos
4 13 (5.08%) SSL
5 12 (4.69%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.91%) VPN
7 9 (3.52%) OpenVPN
8 6 (2.34%) Network Security
9 5 (1.95%) DHCP
9 5 (1.95%) IPsec
9 5 (1.95%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (1.56%) HTTP
11 3 (1.17%) NGFW
12 1 (0.39%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.39%) Internet
12 1 (0.39%) SSH
12 1 (0.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.69%) NoSQL
2 11 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.91%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (3.13%) DynamoDB
4 8 (3.13%) Redis
4 8 (3.13%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.73%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.34%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.95%) Data Vault
7 5 (1.95%) Power BI
7 5 (1.95%) Snowflake Schema
7 5 (1.95%) Star Schema
8 4 (1.56%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.56%) DocumentDB
8 4 (1.56%) Metadata
8 4 (1.56%) MySQL
8 4 (1.56%) Neo4j
9 3 (1.17%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 32 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 24 (9.38%) JIRA
3 21 (8.20%) GitLab
4 19 (7.42%) Git
5 8 (3.13%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.73%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.34%) Gatling
7 6 (2.34%) JMeter
8 5 (1.95%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.95%) Postman
8 5 (1.95%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.95%) Selenium
9 4 (1.56%) git-flow
9 4 (1.56%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.56%) NeoLoad
10 3 (1.17%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (1.17%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.78%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.39%) Gradle
12 1 (0.39%) Maven
General
1 75 (29.30%) Social Skills
2 61 (23.83%) Finance
3 33 (12.89%) Public Sector
4 32 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 23 (8.98%) Banking
6 14 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.47%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.13%) Retail
8 6 (2.34%) Military
9 4 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.17%) Legal
11 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.39%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.39%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.39%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 95 (37.11%) Architect
2 38 (14.84%) Developer
3 30 (11.72%) Senior
4 29 (11.33%) Technical Architect
5 24 (9.38%) Lead
6 16 (6.25%) AWS Architect
7 12 (4.69%) CyberArk Architect
7 12 (4.69%) IAM Specialist
7 12 (4.69%) Security Architect
8 11 (4.30%) Cloud Architect
8 11 (4.30%) Java Developer
9 10 (3.91%) Full-Stack Developer
9 10 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.73%) Analyst
10 7 (2.73%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (2.73%) IAM Developer
10 7 (2.73%) Lead Architect
10 7 (2.73%) Technical Leader
11 6 (2.34%) Senior Architect
11 6 (2.34%) Test Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (80.86%) OAuth
2 158 (61.72%) SAML
3 135 (52.73%) OAuth2
4 81 (31.64%) LDAP
5 52 (20.31%) REST
6 37 (14.45%) SailPoint
7 32 (12.50%) RESTful
8 25 (9.77%) Kafka
9 23 (8.98%) .NET
10 22 (8.59%) JWT
10 22 (8.59%) Node.js
11 19 (7.42%) React
12 18 (7.03%) Web Services
13 17 (6.64%) JSON
13 17 (6.64%) Spring
13 17 (6.64%) Spring Boot
14 15 (5.86%) OpenTelemetry
15 12 (4.69%) AngularJS
16 10 (3.91%) Playwright
16 10 (3.91%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 69 (26.95%) Cloud Native
2 43 (16.80%) Onboarding
3 22 (8.59%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (7.42%) PKI
5 16 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (4.30%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.52%) Product Ownership
8 8 (3.13%) IoT
8 8 (3.13%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.73%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.95%) Clustering
11 5 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.95%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.95%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.17%) AI Agents
13 3 (1.17%) Algorithms
13 3 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.86%) Windows
2 14 (5.47%) Linux
3 5 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.56%) Android
4 4 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.78%) Unix
7 1 (0.39%) CentOS
7 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (45.31%) CI/CD
2 105 (41.02%) DevOps
3 66 (25.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 65 (25.39%) RBAC
5 63 (24.61%) Identity Access Management
5 63 (24.61%) Microservices
6 50 (19.53%) Agile
7 48 (18.75%) Containerisation
8 45 (17.58%) Event-Driven
9 42 (16.41%) Cybersecurity
10 41 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
11 40 (15.63%) Roadmaps
11 40 (15.63%) Secrets Management
12 39 (15.23%) Observability
13 37 (14.45%) Stakeholder Management
13 37 (14.45%) Zero Trust
14 36 (14.06%) Test Automation
15 34 (13.28%) Design Patterns
16 32 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
17 31 (12.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 65 (25.39%) Java
2 59 (23.05%) Python
3 41 (16.02%) PowerShell
4 39 (15.23%) SQL
5 27 (10.55%) TypeScript
6 21 (8.20%) JavaScript
7 16 (6.25%) Bicep
8 15 (5.86%) C#
9 8 (3.13%) Bash
9 8 (3.13%) Go
10 5 (1.95%) Scala
11 4 (1.56%) Cypher
11 4 (1.56%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.17%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.78%) Groovy
13 2 (0.78%) PHP
13 2 (0.78%) Swift
14 1 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 83 (32.42%) Security Cleared
2 69 (26.95%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.81%) CISSP
4 17 (6.64%) Degree
5 15 (5.86%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (4.30%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.52%) CISM
9 6 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.56%) CSPO
12 3 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.17%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.17%) GIAC
13 2 (0.78%) CEH
13 2 (0.78%) MCSE
13 2 (0.78%) OCP
13 2 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (17.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (15.23%) NIST
3 21 (8.20%) GDPR
4 20 (7.81%) NCSC
5 18 (7.03%) QA
6 10 (3.91%) PCI DSS
7 8 (3.13%) SOC 2
8 7 (2.73%) HIPAA
9 6 (2.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.56%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.56%) GRC
11 3 (1.17%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.17%) ISO 20022
11 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.17%) SEPA
11 3 (1.17%) WCAG
12 2 (0.78%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.78%) PSD2
13 1 (0.39%) GMP
13 1 (0.39%) GxP
System Software
1 68 (26.56%) Active Directory
2 44 (17.19%) Docker
3 10 (3.91%) Squid
4 5 (1.95%) RACF
5 4 (1.56%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (29.30%) Kubernetes
2 71 (27.73%) Terraform
3 70 (27.34%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (8.20%) Grafana
4 21 (8.20%) Prometheus
5 19 (7.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (3.91%) Ansible
7 9 (3.52%) FortiGate
8 8 (3.13%) Consul
9 7 (2.73%) Argo
10 6 (2.34%) Istio
11 5 (1.95%) Kustomize
11 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.56%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.56%) linkerd
12 4 (1.56%) PingFederate
13 3 (1.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 1 (0.39%) Packer
14 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
14 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 84 (32.81%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.16%) CyberArk
2 26 (10.16%) ServiceNow
3 25 (9.77%) Okta
4 19 (7.42%) Splunk
5 17 (6.64%) Google
6 15 (5.86%) Ping Identity
7 13 (5.08%) Dynatrace
7 13 (5.08%) ForgeRock
8 10 (3.91%) Red Hat
9 8 (3.13%) SAP
10 7 (2.73%) Atlassian
11 6 (2.34%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.95%) Denodo
12 5 (1.95%) Workday
13 4 (1.56%) Oracle
14 3 (1.17%) BeyondTrust
14 3 (1.17%) IBM
15 2 (0.78%) Thycotic
15 2 (0.78%) VMware