OpenID Job Trends in England

OpenID Connect (OIDC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring OpenID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 637 530
Rank change year-on-year +69 -107 +242
Permanent jobs citing OpenID 49 42 150
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.093% 0.087% 0.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.78% 0.40% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 23 20 83
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,190 £61,250
25th Percentile £51,875 £61,535 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.82% -6.32%
75th Percentile £101,250 £86,000 £86,403
90th Percentile £137,250 - £100,064
UK median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -11.76%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

OpenID falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,259 10,404 12,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.84% 21.61% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,819 6,107 10,094
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,663
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +1.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

OpenID
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OpenID relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

OpenID job vacancy trend in England

OpenID
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenID

OpenID
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OpenID in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for OpenID in England

OpenID
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenID within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +61 23 £100,000 +33.33% 55
South East +40 7 £45,000 -10.00% 34
South West -4 5 - - 18
Midlands - 4 £40,000 - 7
North of England +9 3 £65,000 -12.75% 32
North West +20 2 £70,000 -6.04% 14
East Midlands - 2 £40,000 - 6
West Midlands - 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -11 1 £40,000 - 18
OpenID
UK

OpenID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (8.16%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.04%) Apache
2 1 (2.04%) Confluence
2 1 (2.04%) IIS
2 1 (2.04%) JBoss
2 1 (2.04%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 31 (63.27%) Azure
2 24 (48.98%) Entra ID
3 16 (32.65%) AWS
4 12 (24.49%) Google Workspace
5 6 (12.24%) GitHub
6 5 (10.20%) Serverless
7 4 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (8.16%) OneDrive
8 3 (6.12%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (6.12%) GCP
8 3 (6.12%) OCI
8 3 (6.12%) SaaS
9 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (4.08%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (4.08%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (2.04%) Datadog
10 1 (2.04%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.49%) Broadband
2 4 (8.16%) Kerberos
3 2 (4.08%) DNS
3 2 (4.08%) HTTPS
3 2 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (4.08%) LTE
4 1 (2.04%) Firewall
4 1 (2.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.04%) MariaDB
2 1 (2.04%) MySQL
2 1 (2.04%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Git
2 1 (2.04%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.04%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Subversion
General
1 13 (26.53%) Finance
2 12 (24.49%) Organisational Skills
2 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Banking
4 4 (8.16%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Back Office
6 1 (2.04%) Legal
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Senior
2 12 (24.49%) Developer
3 7 (14.29%) Architect
3 7 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 5 (10.20%) IAM Developer
5 4 (8.16%) AWS Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Lead
5 4 (8.16%) Lead Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Lead Python Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Python Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Senior Python Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Senior SQL Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Software Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) SQL Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Technical Developer
5 4 (8.16%) Technical Leader
6 3 (6.12%) Active Directory Architect
6 3 (6.12%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (89.80%) OAuth
2 34 (69.39%) SAML
3 23 (46.94%) OAuth2
4 18 (36.73%) LDAP
5 15 (30.61%) SOAP
6 14 (28.57%) REST
7 12 (24.49%) GraphQL
8 5 (10.20%) CSS
8 5 (10.20%) HTML
9 4 (8.16%) Flask
9 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (6.12%) React
11 2 (4.08%) .NET
11 2 (4.08%) JDBC
11 2 (4.08%) RESTful
12 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET
12 1 (2.04%) J2EE
12 1 (2.04%) JPA
12 1 (2.04%) WCF
12 1 (2.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (24.49%) Cyberattack
3 6 (12.24%) PKI
4 5 (10.20%) Onboarding
5 4 (8.16%) Data Structures
6 3 (6.12%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (6.12%) Mobile App
7 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (4.08%) Security Posture
7 2 (4.08%) Virtual Team
8 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
8 1 (2.04%) Digital Wallet
8 1 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (2.04%) Legacy Code
8 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (2.04%) Low-Code
8 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
8 1 (2.04%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.33%) Windows
2 6 (12.24%) Linux
3 3 (6.12%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.04%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.82%) Identity Access Management
2 17 (34.69%) Mentoring
3 16 (32.65%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (32.65%) Roadmaps
4 13 (26.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (24.49%) Change Control
5 12 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (24.49%) Programme Delivery
5 12 (24.49%) Regulatory Compliance
6 10 (20.41%) RBAC
7 8 (16.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 7 (14.29%) Containerisation
8 7 (14.29%) DevOps
9 6 (12.24%) CI/CD
9 6 (12.24%) Identity Management
9 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (12.24%) Privileged Access Management
10 5 (10.20%) Data Analysis
10 5 (10.20%) Information Security
10 5 (10.20%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 23 (46.94%) PowerShell
2 17 (34.69%) SQL
3 14 (28.57%) Bash
4 13 (26.53%) JavaScript
4 13 (26.53%) T-SQL
5 11 (22.45%) Python
6 9 (18.37%) Java
7 3 (6.12%) Groovy
7 3 (6.12%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.04%) C#
8 1 (2.04%) Delphi
8 1 (2.04%) VB
8 1 (2.04%) VB6
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.16%) CISM
2 4 (8.16%) CISSP
3 3 (6.12%) Azure Certification
3 3 (6.12%) DV Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.08%) Degree
5 1 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (26.53%) NIST
2 12 (24.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (24.49%) NCSC
3 2 (4.08%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.08%) PSD2
System Software
1 28 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 7 (14.29%) Docker
3 1 (2.04%) OpenAM
3 1 (2.04%) OpenDJ
3 1 (2.04%) OpenIDM
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (38.78%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (18.37%) Terraform
3 4 (8.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (6.12%) Ansible
4 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.04%) Nagios
5 1 (2.04%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 15 (30.61%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.24%) ForgeRock
3 3 (6.12%) Ping Identity
4 2 (4.08%) Okta
5 1 (2.04%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.04%) Cognizant
5 1 (2.04%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.04%) Foundry
5 1 (2.04%) New Relic
5 1 (2.04%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.04%) Splunk