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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 444 435
Rank change year-on-year +38 -9 +129
Contract jobs citing OpenID 185 91 157
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.29% 0.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.23% 1.29% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 61 125
10th Percentile £406 £413 £450
25th Percentile £450 £506 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £700
90th Percentile £695 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £504 £551 £588
% change year-on-year -8.58% -6.21% -6.00%
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 8,298 7,033 9,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.31% 22.08% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,521 4,471 6,497
10th Percentile £356 £353 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 84 172
10th Percentile £32.44 £22.00 £28.63
25th Percentile £44.50 £36.31 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.53 £77.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

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 January 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 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for OpenID in the UK

OpenID
Top 14 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 January 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 +40 173 £500 -13.04% 124
UK excluding London +15 98 £504 -8.58% 123
London +8 73 £500 -13.04% 62
Work from Home -3 44 £496 -13.74% 135
North of England -14 38 £468 -10.86% 25
South West +13 35 £545 -1.09% 17
Yorkshire - 22 £513 - 12
North West -5 16 £450 -14.29% 13
South East -28 9 £481 -19.79% 38
Midlands -38 8 £525 +23.53% 8
East of England - 8 £425 - 11
West Midlands -33 6 £538 +26.47% 2
East Midlands - 2 £411 - 6
Scotland +4 1 £523 - 20

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 12 (6.49%) Apache
2 11 (5.95%) IIS
2 11 (5.95%) JBoss
2 11 (5.95%) WebSphere
3 10 (5.41%) iPlanet
3 10 (5.41%) WebSphere Application Server
4 7 (3.78%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.62%) Confluence
7 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 100 (54.05%) Azure
2 86 (46.49%) AWS
3 55 (29.73%) Entra ID
4 45 (24.32%) GCP
5 28 (15.14%) GitHub
6 25 (13.51%) SaaS
7 20 (10.81%) GitHub Actions
7 20 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (8.65%) OpenShift
9 13 (7.03%) PaaS
10 10 (5.41%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (5.41%) Serverless
11 9 (4.86%) Amazon SQS
12 8 (4.32%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (3.78%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (3.24%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (3.24%) Amazon S3
14 6 (3.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 5 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (11.89%) DNS
1 22 (11.89%) Kerberos
2 20 (10.81%) Firewall
3 7 (3.78%) SSL
4 6 (3.24%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.62%) Internet
5 3 (1.62%) Network Security
6 2 (1.08%) DHCP
6 2 (1.08%) Extranet
6 2 (1.08%) HTTP
6 2 (1.08%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.08%) S/MIME
6 2 (1.08%) VPN
7 1 (0.54%) IPsec
7 1 (0.54%) SMS
7 1 (0.54%) SMTP
7 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.49%) Oracle Database
1 12 (6.49%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.95%) Redis
3 10 (5.41%) MySQL
3 10 (5.41%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.32%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.16%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (2.16%) DocumentDB
6 4 (2.16%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.16%) Neo4j
7 3 (1.62%) Metadata
7 3 (1.62%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.62%) Power BI
8 2 (1.08%) Hazelcast
8 2 (1.08%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.54%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.54%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.54%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 47 (25.41%) Jenkins
2 31 (16.76%) GitLab
3 25 (13.51%) Git
4 20 (10.81%) JIRA
5 16 (8.65%) Selenium
6 14 (7.57%) Cucumber
7 11 (5.95%) Bitbucket Server
7 11 (5.95%) CA Release Automation
7 11 (5.95%) Postman
8 10 (5.41%) REST Assured
9 9 (4.86%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (3.78%) Gatling
10 7 (3.78%) JUnit
10 7 (3.78%) Maven
11 5 (2.70%) JMeter
11 5 (2.70%) Mockito
11 5 (2.70%) TestRail
12 4 (2.16%) Artifactory
12 4 (2.16%) Cypress.io
12 4 (2.16%) NeoLoad
General
1 77 (41.62%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.84%) Finance
3 22 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.73%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (8.65%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.57%) Banking
7 11 (5.95%) Aviation
8 4 (2.16%) Legal
9 3 (1.62%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.62%) Games
9 3 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.08%) Billing
10 2 (1.08%) Military
10 2 (1.08%) Retail
11 1 (0.54%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.54%) Law
11 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.54%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 39 (21.08%) Architect
2 30 (16.22%) Developer
3 21 (11.35%) Senior
4 19 (10.27%) Lead
5 13 (7.03%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (5.95%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (5.41%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (4.86%) Test Engineer
9 8 (4.32%) Java Developer
9 8 (4.32%) Test Automation Engineer
10 7 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.78%) ForgeRock Developer
10 7 (3.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.24%) Consultant
11 6 (3.24%) Security Architect
11 6 (3.24%) Security Engineer
11 6 (3.24%) Senior Developer
11 6 (3.24%) Software Engineer
12 5 (2.70%) Analyst
12 5 (2.70%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (76.76%) OAuth
2 125 (67.57%) SAML
3 91 (49.19%) OAuth2
4 53 (28.65%) LDAP
5 34 (18.38%) REST
6 22 (11.89%) RESTful
6 22 (11.89%) SailPoint
6 22 (11.89%) Spring
7 20 (10.81%) Spring Boot
8 18 (9.73%) Kafka
9 16 (8.65%) .NET
10 12 (6.49%) Node.js
10 12 (6.49%) React
11 10 (5.41%) HTML
11 10 (5.41%) JPA
11 10 (5.41%) Playwright
12 9 (4.86%) GraphQL
12 9 (4.86%) JSON
13 8 (4.32%) JDBC
14 7 (3.78%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.81%) Onboarding
2 19 (10.27%) Cloud Native
3 16 (8.65%) PKI
4 14 (7.57%) Management Information System
5 10 (5.41%) Private Cloud
6 9 (4.86%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.78%) Replication
8 5 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.70%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.16%) BYOD
9 4 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.62%) Taxonomies
11 2 (1.08%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.08%) Legacy Code
11 2 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.08%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.54%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.54%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 35 (18.92%) Windows
2 25 (13.51%) Windows Server
3 20 (10.81%) Linux
4 8 (4.32%) Unix
5 2 (1.08%) Android
5 2 (1.08%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.54%) CentOS
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (40.54%) CI/CD
2 64 (34.59%) DevOps
3 58 (31.35%) Identity Access Management
4 49 (26.49%) RBAC
5 41 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (19.46%) Microservices
6 36 (19.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 34 (18.38%) Agile
8 30 (16.22%) Infrastructure as Code
9 29 (15.68%) Containerisation
10 28 (15.14%) Observability
11 27 (14.59%) Identity Management
11 27 (14.59%) Migration
11 27 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
12 26 (14.05%) Event-Driven
12 26 (14.05%) Test Automation
13 21 (11.35%) DevSecOps
14 20 (10.81%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 19 (10.27%) Secrets Management
16 18 (9.73%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 52 (28.11%) Java
2 46 (24.86%) PowerShell
3 40 (21.62%) Python
4 24 (12.97%) JavaScript
4 24 (12.97%) SQL
5 15 (8.11%) Groovy
6 11 (5.95%) TypeScript
7 9 (4.86%) Shell Script
8 8 (4.32%) C#
8 8 (4.32%) PHP
9 7 (3.78%) Bash
10 5 (2.70%) Go
11 4 (2.16%) Cypher
11 4 (2.16%) Scala
12 2 (1.08%) C
12 2 (1.08%) Swift
13 1 (0.54%) Bicep
13 1 (0.54%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 52 (28.11%) Security Cleared
2 28 (15.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (12.97%) SC Cleared
4 20 (10.81%) DV Cleared
5 13 (7.03%) Degree
6 11 (5.95%) CISSP
7 7 (3.78%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.16%) CISM
8 4 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.62%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.08%) CCSP
10 2 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.54%) HND
11 1 (0.54%) MCP
11 1 (0.54%) OCP
11 1 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (15.14%) GDPR
1 28 (15.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (11.35%) QA
3 18 (9.73%) NIST
4 10 (5.41%) PCI DSS
4 10 (5.41%) SOC 2
5 8 (4.32%) HIPAA
5 8 (4.32%) PSD2
5 8 (4.32%) WCAG
6 7 (3.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (2.16%) Accessibility
7 4 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.62%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.62%) NCSC
9 2 (1.08%) ISO 20022
9 2 (1.08%) ISO 8583
9 2 (1.08%) SEPA
9 2 (1.08%) SLA
10 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 71 (38.38%) Active Directory
2 36 (19.46%) Docker
3 8 (4.32%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 5 (2.70%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 4 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.08%) OpenAM
6 2 (1.08%) OpenDJ
6 2 (1.08%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.54%) Firmware
7 1 (0.54%) RACF
7 1 (0.54%) Squid
Systems Management
1 69 (37.30%) Single Sign-On
2 40 (21.62%) Terraform
3 34 (18.38%) Kubernetes
4 26 (14.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 15 (8.11%) Grafana
6 12 (6.49%) Ansible
7 11 (5.95%) CA Single Sign-On
8 10 (5.41%) CA Wily
9 9 (4.86%) PingFederate
9 9 (4.86%) Progress Chef
10 8 (4.32%) Prometheus
10 8 (4.32%) Tivoli
11 7 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (3.24%) Argo
13 5 (2.70%) Kibana
14 3 (1.62%) SCCM
15 2 (1.08%) Puppet
16 1 (0.54%) Opsgenie
16 1 (0.54%) Oracle Identity Manager
16 1 (0.54%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 83 (44.86%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.27%) Ping Identity
3 18 (9.73%) Splunk
4 17 (9.19%) ServiceNow
5 15 (8.11%) Google
5 15 (8.11%) Oracle
6 13 (7.03%) CyberArk
6 13 (7.03%) ForgeRock
7 12 (6.49%) IBM
7 12 (6.49%) Okta
8 11 (5.95%) AppDynamics
8 11 (5.95%) Broadcom
8 11 (5.95%) VMware
9 3 (1.62%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.62%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.08%) Intel
10 2 (1.08%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.08%) NetIQ
10 2 (1.08%) Optimizely
10 2 (1.08%) Xamarin