OAuth2 Job Trends

OAuth 2.0
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring OAuth2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 603 764
Rank change year-on-year +36 +161 +104
Permanent jobs citing OAuth2 103 92 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.18% 0.054%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.38% 0.83% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 52 55 21
10th Percentile £42,625 £53,688 £55,000
25th Percentile £56,875 £61,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,308 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% -7.59% -3.23%
75th Percentile £119,688 £85,625 £87,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £97,528 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £69,308 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.43% +2.68% +3.85%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

OAuth2 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,474 11,066 17,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.38% 22.13% 23.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5,505 6,559 14,349
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £61,551
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +7.23% -8.81%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

OAuth2
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OAuth2 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

OAuth2 job vacancy trend in the UK

OAuth2
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OAuth2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OAuth2

OAuth2
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OAuth2 over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for OAuth2 in the UK

OAuth2
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OAuth2 within the UK over the 6 months to 10 February 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
England +38 66 £75,000 +8.21% 47
UK excluding London +24 63 £60,000 -13.43% 35
Work from Home +50 56 £75,000 +8.21% 24
Scotland +13 31 - - 1
London +33 30 £107,500 +55.11% 17
South East +12 12 £60,000 -14.29% 11
South West -15 8 £75,000 +66.67% 4
North of England -15 7 £57,500 -17.04% 12
North West +17 6 £57,500 -17.04% 8
West Midlands +18 3 - - 4
Midlands +11 3 - - 4
East of England +21 1 £60,000 -20.00% 2
Wales +1 1 £42,000 -39.40%
Yorkshire -40 1 £40,000 -54.88% 3

OAuth2
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 17 (16.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (4.85%) Apache Pulsar
2 5 (4.85%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.88%) Confluence
3 4 (3.88%) nginx
3 4 (3.88%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.94%) Anypoint
4 2 (1.94%) Apache
4 2 (1.94%) IIS
4 2 (1.94%) JBoss
4 2 (1.94%) Moodle
Business Applications
1 17 (16.50%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.91%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 72 (69.90%) Azure
2 46 (44.66%) GitHub
3 41 (39.81%) AWS
3 41 (39.81%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (23.30%) Azure Service Bus
5 21 (20.39%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (19.42%) Azure Logic Apps
6 20 (19.42%) GCP
7 19 (18.45%) Power Platform
8 17 (16.50%) GitHub Copilot
8 17 (16.50%) OCI
9 15 (14.56%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (13.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (13.59%) Azure Event Grid
11 11 (10.68%) Serverless
12 9 (8.74%) Entra ID
13 7 (6.80%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (5.83%) SaaS
15 5 (4.85%) OpenShift
16 4 (3.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.77%) Kerberos
2 6 (5.83%) HTTP
3 5 (4.85%) AMQP
4 4 (3.88%) VPN
5 3 (2.91%) LTE
5 3 (2.91%) RTP
5 3 (2.91%) SSL
5 3 (2.91%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.91%) Unified Communications
5 3 (2.91%) VoIP
5 3 (2.91%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.94%) DNS
6 2 (1.94%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.97%) CTI
7 1 (0.97%) Firewall
7 1 (0.97%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (16.50%) Power BI
1 17 (16.50%) Tableau
2 7 (6.80%) MySQL
3 5 (4.85%) Apache Hive
3 5 (4.85%) Big Data
3 5 (4.85%) Hadoop
3 5 (4.85%) MongoDB
3 5 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.85%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.88%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.91%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (2.91%) Redis
6 2 (1.94%) CockroachDB
7 1 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.97%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 25 (24.27%) Git
2 23 (22.33%) Jenkins
3 21 (20.39%) JIRA
4 17 (16.50%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (3.88%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.91%) JUnit
6 3 (2.91%) Mockito
6 3 (2.91%) NUnit
6 3 (2.91%) Snyk
7 2 (1.94%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.94%) Checkstyle
7 2 (1.94%) ESLint
7 2 (1.94%) GitLab
7 2 (1.94%) Gradle
7 2 (1.94%) Maven
7 2 (1.94%) Mocha
7 2 (1.94%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.94%) Subversion
7 2 (1.94%) TestNG
7 2 (1.94%) webpack
General
1 44 (42.72%) Finance
2 20 (19.42%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.77%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.83%) Banking
5 4 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.88%) Retail
6 3 (2.91%) Legal
7 1 (0.97%) Advertising
7 1 (0.97%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.97%) Back Office
7 1 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.97%) Law
7 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.97%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (27.18%) Senior
2 22 (21.36%) Developer
3 20 (19.42%) Applications Engineer
4 18 (17.48%) Cloud Engineer
5 14 (13.59%) Integration Engineer
6 9 (8.74%) Architect
6 9 (8.74%) Lead
6 9 (8.74%) Security Engineer
7 7 (6.80%) AWS Engineer
7 7 (6.80%) Python Developer
8 6 (5.83%) Senior Security Engineer
9 5 (4.85%) Senior Developer
10 4 (3.88%) AWS Developer
10 4 (3.88%) Full-Stack Developer
10 4 (3.88%) Lead Developer
10 4 (3.88%) Senior Python Developer
10 4 (3.88%) Senior SQL Developer
10 4 (3.88%) SQL Developer
10 4 (3.88%) Technical Developer
10 4 (3.88%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (100.00%) OAuth
2 44 (42.72%) RESTful
3 36 (34.95%) SAML
4 30 (29.13%) OpenID
5 21 (20.39%) REST
6 17 (16.50%) JSON
7 13 (12.62%) JWT
7 13 (12.62%) Kafka
8 10 (9.71%) .NET
8 10 (9.71%) CSS
8 10 (9.71%) HTML
9 9 (8.74%) React
10 8 (7.77%) LDAP
10 8 (7.77%) Node.js
10 8 (7.77%) SOAP
11 7 (6.80%) Flask
11 7 (6.80%) gRPC
12 6 (5.83%) Spring
12 6 (5.83%) Spring Boot
13 5 (4.85%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 24 (23.30%) Cloud Native
2 18 (17.48%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (15.53%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (6.80%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (6.80%) PKI
5 6 (5.83%) Mobile App
6 5 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.88%) Data Structures
7 4 (3.88%) Management Information System
7 4 (3.88%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.91%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (2.91%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (2.91%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.91%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.91%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.94%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.94%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.94%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.97%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.77%) Linux
2 6 (5.83%) Unix
3 4 (3.88%) Windows
3 4 (3.88%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.91%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.97%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (55.34%) CI/CD
2 55 (53.40%) DevOps
3 48 (46.60%) RBAC
4 43 (41.75%) Event-Driven
4 43 (41.75%) Test Automation
5 40 (38.83%) AI
6 39 (37.86%) Analytics
7 36 (34.95%) Microservices
8 31 (30.10%) API Integration
8 31 (30.10%) Asset Management
8 31 (30.10%) Coaching
9 27 (26.21%) Agile
10 24 (23.30%) Deployment Automation
11 23 (22.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 23 (22.33%) Observability
11 23 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (21.36%) Containerisation
13 21 (20.39%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (19.42%) ERP
15 19 (18.45%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 42 (40.78%) Python
2 38 (36.89%) Java
3 26 (25.24%) SQL
4 19 (18.45%) JavaScript
5 18 (17.48%) PL/SQL
6 17 (16.50%) Shell Script
7 14 (13.59%) Bicep
8 10 (9.71%) PowerShell
9 8 (7.77%) C#
9 8 (7.77%) Go
10 7 (6.80%) TypeScript
11 5 (4.85%) C++
12 3 (2.91%) C
12 3 (2.91%) Kotlin
13 2 (1.94%) ActionScript
13 2 (1.94%) DataWeave
13 2 (1.94%) Delphi
13 2 (1.94%) Groovy
13 2 (1.94%) VB
13 2 (1.94%) VB6
Qualifications
1 15 (14.56%) Computer Science Degree
1 15 (14.56%) Degree
2 6 (5.83%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.88%) CISM
3 4 (3.88%) CISSP
3 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.91%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.97%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.97%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (18.45%) GDPR
2 5 (4.85%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.88%) PCI DSS
3 4 (3.88%) QA
4 3 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.94%) PSD2
6 1 (0.97%) HL7
6 1 (0.97%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (20.39%) Docker
2 18 (17.48%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.91%) Kamailio
4 2 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (40.78%) Terraform
2 35 (33.98%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (17.48%) Kubernetes
4 9 (8.74%) Ansible
5 8 (7.77%) Grafana
6 6 (5.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (4.85%) Prometheus
8 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (2.91%) Argo
10 2 (1.94%) Nagios
11 1 (0.97%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 35 (33.98%) Microsoft
2 22 (21.36%) Oracle
3 14 (13.59%) Ab Initio
4 7 (6.80%) Dell
4 7 (6.80%) Salesforce
5 6 (5.83%) MuleSoft
6 5 (4.85%) Ericsson
6 5 (4.85%) ForgeRock
6 5 (4.85%) Mavenir
6 5 (4.85%) Nokia
6 5 (4.85%) Splunk
7 4 (3.88%) SAP
8 3 (2.91%) BT
8 3 (2.91%) Checkmarx
8 3 (2.91%) Databricks
8 3 (2.91%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.91%) Mitel
8 3 (2.91%) New Relic
8 3 (2.91%) Okta
8 3 (2.91%) Qualys