OpenIDM Contract Job Trends

ForgeRock OpenIDM
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring OpenIDM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 590 562 -
Rank change year-on-year -28 - -
Contract jobs citing OpenIDM 4 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.011% -
As % of the System Software category 0.090% 0.093% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £466 £410 -
25th Percentile £472 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £497 £475 -
90th Percentile £499 £490 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 -

All System Software Skills
UK

OpenIDM falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,430 4,280 5,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.27% 11.69% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,904 2,725 4,013
10th Percentile £213 £207 £195
25th Percentile £400 £375 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £592 £613 £615
90th Percentile £675 £701 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £470 £475
% change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% +4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 95 248
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.73 £15.33
25th Percentile £19.12 £21.46 £18.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -25.86% +75.35%
75th Percentile £74.26 £64.75 £65.99
90th Percentile £89.54 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £50.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +25.00% +33.33% +74.42%

OpenIDM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenIDM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

OpenIDM job vacancy trend in the UK

OpenIDM
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenIDM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OpenIDM

OpenIDM
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenIDM within the UK over the 6 months to 28 November 2025. 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
London +11 4 £488 +21.88%
England -22 4 £488 +8.33%
Work from Home - 1 £500 -

OpenIDM
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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) ForgeRock Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) J2EE
1 2 (50.00%) LDAP
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth
1 2 (50.00%) OpenID
1 2 (50.00%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
1 2 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Groovy
1 2 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) OpenAM
1 4 (100.00%) OpenDJ
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ForgeRock
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft