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This section looks at the demand for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited LDAP over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank360350
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads255345
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.336 %0.366 %
As % of the category below2.480 %2.593 %
Daily rates quoted75117
Average minimum daily rate£360£384
Average daily rate£382£405
% change on same period last year-5.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£393
% change on same period last year-4.27 %
Hourly rates quoted918
Average minimum hourly rate£25.78£30.83
Average hourly rate£29.22£35.72
% change on same period last year-18.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.67£40.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.22£36.04
% change on same period last year-18.92 %
Communications & Networking UKCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1028313303
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled13.56 %14.11 %
Daily rates quoted28233227
Average minimum daily rate£336£350
Average daily rate£358£369
% change on same period last year-3.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted12241649
Average minimum hourly rate£24.05£25.99
Average hourly rate£25.70£27.80
% change on same period last year-7.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.35£29.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.53
% change on same period last year-10.35 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

LDAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LDAP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

LDAP Demand Trend

LDAP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LDAP within the UK.

LDAP Daily Rate Trend

LDAP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LDAP within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

LDAP Daily Rate Histogram

LDAP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LDAP within the UK.

LDAP Hourly Rate Trend

LDAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LDAP within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

LDAP Hourly Rate Histogram

LDAP
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing LDAP within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-2247£382-5.80 %
LondonDown-279£392-5.36 %
South EastUp+958£406+3.24 %
North WestUp+734£308-11.94 %
South WestUp+2620£400-27.32 %
CheshireDown-618£294-
BerkshireUp+3917£330-21.22 %
City of LondonDown-2917£401-20.17 %
East of EnglandDown-1415£472+18.61 %
West MidlandsUp+714£249-28.92 %
MidlandsUp+913£263-
HampshireUp+2012£413-
SurreyUp+511£268-11.57 %
YorkshireUp+1710--
NorfolkUp+138£525-
West YorkshireUp+78--
OxfordshireNew entry-7£500-
BournemouthUp+77£395-
NorwichUp+117£525-
DorsetUp+57£395-
Thames ValleyUp+306--
DevonUp+96--
ScotlandUp+306£345+7.81 %
OxfordNew entry-6£500-
WilmslowNew entry-6£296-
ExeterNew entry-6--
LancashireUp+116--
LeedsDown-66--
Docklands, LondonUp+105£365-7.59 %
TelfordNo change04£245-

LDAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LDAP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited LDAP.

1219 (36.99 %)Unix
2153 (25.84 %)Oracle
3151 (25.51 %)Active Directory
4147 (24.83 %)Linux
5143 (24.16 %)Solaris
6128 (21.62 %)Java
7122 (20.61 %)Sun
8116 (19.59 %)Windows
995 (16.05 %)Microsoft
1088 (14.86 %)J2EE
1088 (14.86 %)Finance
1187 (14.70 %)Perl
1282 (13.85 %)DNS
1282 (13.85 %)Banking
1381 (13.68 %)XML
1479 (13.34 %)SQL
1571 (11.99 %)Shell Script
1669 (11.66 %)TCP/IP
1767 (11.32 %)Tivoli
1865 (10.98 %)IBM
1964 (10.81 %)WebServices
2059 (9.966 %)WebSphere
2158 (9.797 %)Migration
2256 (9.459 %).NET
2354 (9.122 %)JavaScript
2453 (8.953 %)IIS
2453 (8.953 %)AIX
2552 (8.784 %)JSP
2552 (8.784 %)WebLogic
2651 (8.615 %)Apache

LDAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LDAP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited LDAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
188 (14.86 %)J2EE
281 (13.68 %)XML
364 (10.81 %)WebServices
459 (9.966 %)WebSphere
556 (9.459 %).NET
652 (8.784 %)JSP
750 (8.446 %)HTML
839 (6.588 %)JDBC
937 (6.250 %)CSS
1033 (5.574 %)Servlets
1128 (4.730 %)Struts
1225 (4.223 %)JMS
1322 (3.716 %)EJB
1421 (3.547 %)AJAX
1421 (3.547 %)Middleware
1421 (3.547 %)Hibernate
1519 (3.209 %)ADSI
1618 (3.041 %)Spring
1717 (2.872 %)JNDI
1815 (2.534 %)Java EE
Application Platforms
153 (8.953 %)IIS
252 (8.784 %)WebLogic
351 (8.615 %)Apache
434 (5.743 %)Tomcat
528 (4.730 %)MS Exchange
528 (4.730 %)WebLogic Portal
627 (4.561 %)WebSphere Application Server
726 (4.392 %)iPlanet
820 (3.378 %)SharePoint
915 (2.534 %)WebSphere MQ
915 (2.534 %)Exchange Server 2003
1014 (2.365 %)Exchange Server 2000
1113 (2.196 %)Exchange Server 2007
1212 (2.027 %)CMS
1311 (1.858 %)Oracle Application Server
149 (1.520 %)IBM HTTP Server
158 (1.351 %)SharePoint Server 2007
167 (1.182 %)Oracle 10gAS
167 (1.182 %)ColdFusion
176 (1.014 %)BizTalk Server
Applications
138 (6.419 %)MS Office
220 (3.378 %)MS Visio
317 (2.872 %)MS Excel
43 (0.507 %)MS Project
52 (0.338 %)Photoshop
61 (0.169 %)Fireworks
61 (0.169 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
17 (1.182 %)BusinessWorks
24 (0.676 %)Staffware
24 (0.676 %)Oracle 11i
24 (0.676 %)WebTrends
33 (0.507 %)assyst
42 (0.338 %)SAP CRM
51 (0.169 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
51 (0.169 %)SAP HR
51 (0.169 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
182 (13.85 %)DNS
269 (11.66 %)TCP/IP
346 (7.770 %)Internet
346 (7.770 %)Firewall
444 (7.432 %)HTTP
543 (7.264 %)SAN
631 (5.236 %)SSH
729 (4.899 %)Kerberos
827 (4.561 %)SSL
925 (4.223 %)LAN
1020 (3.378 %)X.500
1119 (3.209 %)VPN
1217 (2.872 %)DHCP
1217 (2.872 %)SMS
1316 (2.703 %)WINS
1415 (2.534 %)FTP
1513 (2.196 %)Intranet
1612 (2.027 %)SMTP
1711 (1.858 %)DMZ
1711 (1.858 %)IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
145 (7.601 %)SQL Server
229 (4.899 %)Oracle 10g
326 (4.392 %)DB2
421 (3.547 %)Datawarehouse
514 (2.365 %)Oracle 9i
514 (2.365 %)MySQL
514 (2.365 %)SQL Server 2005
612 (2.027 %)RDBMS
711 (1.858 %)BusinessObjects
711 (1.858 %)SQL Server 7
88 (1.351 %)SQL Server 2000
88 (1.351 %)Crystal Reports
96 (1.014 %)ETL
105 (0.845 %)Oracle 8/8i
114 (0.676 %)GIS
123 (0.507 %)SQL Server Integration Services
123 (0.507 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
123 (0.507 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
123 (0.507 %)BusinessObjects XI
123 (0.507 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
132 (5.405 %)JUnit
228 (4.730 %)Ant
313 (2.196 %)Eclipse
411 (1.858 %)LoadRunner
411 (1.858 %)Log4j
510 (1.689 %)Visual Studio
69 (1.520 %)JDeveloper
77 (1.182 %)PVCS
85 (0.845 %)ClearCase
94 (0.676 %)Flash
94 (0.676 %)Subversion
103 (0.507 %)Rational Rose
112 (0.338 %)VSS/SourceSafe
112 (0.338 %)TestDirector
112 (0.338 %)QuickTest Pro
112 (0.338 %)RequisitePro
112 (0.338 %)CruiseControl
121 (0.169 %)HttpUnit
121 (0.169 %)ERwin
121 (0.169 %)ProC
General
188 (14.86 %)Finance
282 (13.85 %)Banking
347 (7.939 %)Investment Banking
347 (7.939 %)Telecoms
432 (5.405 %)Government
520 (3.378 %)Retail
614 (2.365 %)Financial Institution
78 (1.351 %)Billing
87 (1.182 %)Pensions
96 (1.014 %)Marketing
96 (1.014 %)Pharmaceutical
96 (1.014 %)Education
105 (0.845 %)Insurance
114 (0.676 %)Front Office
123 (0.507 %)Health
123 (0.507 %)Legal
132 (0.338 %)Criminal Justice
132 (0.338 %)Police
132 (0.338 %)Home Office
132 (0.338 %)Auditing
Job Titles
1107 (18.07 %)Developer
282 (13.85 %)Analyst
376 (12.84 %)Administrator
449 (8.277 %)Consultant
547 (7.939 %)Java Developer
646 (7.770 %)Architect
736 (6.081 %)Systems Administrator
736 (6.081 %)UNIX Administrator
831 (5.236 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
921 (3.547 %)Test Analyst
1020 (3.378 %)J2EE Developer
1020 (3.378 %)UNIX Engineer
1118 (3.041 %)Support Engineer
1217 (2.872 %)DBA
1217 (2.872 %)Solutions Architect
1316 (2.703 %)2nd Line Support
1316 (2.703 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1415 (2.534 %)Support Analyst
1415 (2.534 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1512 (2.027 %)Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
134 (5.743 %)PKI
220 (3.378 %)HACMP
316 (2.703 %)N-Tier
316 (2.703 %)Clustering
415 (2.534 %)Equities
415 (2.534 %)Derivative
415 (2.534 %)Fixed Income
512 (2.027 %)Chip and PIN
69 (1.520 %)Smartcard
77 (1.182 %)Web 2.0
85 (0.845 %)Client/Server
94 (0.676 %)IPTV
94 (0.676 %)Asset Management
103 (0.507 %)Replication
103 (0.507 %)EPoS
103 (0.507 %)NHS
112 (0.338 %)W3C
112 (0.338 %)DTV
112 (0.338 %)NPfIT
112 (0.338 %)AS400
Operating Systems
1219 (36.99 %)Unix
2147 (24.83 %)Linux
3143 (24.16 %)Solaris
4116 (19.59 %)Windows
553 (8.953 %)AIX
628 (4.730 %)Windows 2000
720 (3.378 %)Windows NT
819 (3.209 %)Windows Server 2003
915 (2.534 %)HPUX
108 (1.351 %)Windows Vista
116 (1.014 %)SUSE
116 (1.014 %)Windows XP
124 (0.676 %)FreeBSD
124 (0.676 %)Windows Mobile
124 (0.676 %)Tru64
132 (0.338 %)NetWare
141 (0.169 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
158 (9.797 %)Migration
244 (7.432 %)Security Cleared
335 (5.912 %)UML
430 (5.068 %)OO
430 (5.068 %)SC Cleared
526 (4.392 %)Content Management
622 (3.716 %)Change Management
721 (3.547 %)RUP
820 (3.378 %)SOA
919 (3.209 %)CRM
919 (3.209 %)Identity Management
1017 (2.872 %)ITIL
1114 (2.365 %)Business Intelligence
1114 (2.365 %)Project Management
1114 (2.365 %)Disaster Recovery
1213 (2.196 %)Release Management
1312 (2.027 %)MVC
1312 (2.027 %)Data Migration
1411 (1.858 %)Integration Testing
1411 (1.858 %)Web Development
Programming Languages
1128 (21.62 %)Java
287 (14.70 %)Perl
379 (13.34 %)SQL
471 (11.99 %)Shell Script
554 (9.122 %)JavaScript
644 (7.432 %)C#
724 (4.054 %)VB
821 (3.547 %)Korn
920 (3.378 %)C
1015 (2.534 %)PL/SQL
1113 (2.196 %)C++
1113 (2.196 %)VBScript
127 (1.182 %)AWK
127 (1.182 %)Transact-SQL
136 (1.014 %)DHTML
136 (1.014 %)Jython
145 (0.845 %)VBA
154 (0.676 %)PHP
163 (0.507 %)VB.NET
163 (0.507 %)ABAP
Qualifications
122 (3.716 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (1.858 %)ISEB
211 (1.858 %)MCSE
310 (1.689 %)CISSP
48 (1.351 %)Cisco Certification
48 (1.351 %)MCSA
57 (1.182 %)MCP
57 (1.182 %)Degree
57 (1.182 %)CCNA
64 (0.676 %)Sun Certification
73 (0.507 %)MCAD
82 (0.338 %)MCSD
82 (0.338 %)CISA
82 (0.338 %)CISM
82 (0.338 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
82 (0.338 %)PRINCE2 Certification
91 (0.169 %)MCTS
91 (0.169 %)MCPD
91 (0.169 %)HNC
91 (0.169 %)CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
112 (2.027 %)QA
210 (1.689 %)BS7799
39 (1.520 %)SLA
48 (1.351 %)ISO27001
52 (0.338 %)ISO/IEC 20000
61 (0.169 %)ISO9000
61 (0.169 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1151 (25.51 %)Active Directory
225 (4.223 %)NetBackup
315 (2.534 %)AquaLogic
413 (2.196 %)Oracle RAC
510 (1.689 %)VMware Infrastructure
510 (1.689 %)VMware ESX
69 (1.520 %)NFS
78 (1.351 %)Oracle RMAN
86 (1.014 %)VMware Workstation
95 (0.845 %)Terminal Server
104 (0.676 %)Novell eDirectory
113 (0.507 %)Citrix Presentation Server
122 (0.338 %)Samba
131 (0.169 %)ISA Server
131 (0.169 %)RACF
131 (0.169 %)Xen
Systems Management
167 (11.32 %)Tivoli
216 (2.703 %)AutoSys
311 (1.858 %)CA SiteMinder
311 (1.858 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
47 (1.182 %)WSUS
47 (1.182 %)OMEGAMON
47 (1.182 %)SCCM
47 (1.182 %)Tivoli Monitoring
55 (0.845 %)MOM
64 (0.676 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
64 (0.676 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
64 (0.676 %)Legato
64 (0.676 %)BMC PATROL
64 (0.676 %)SCOM
73 (0.507 %)EMC NetWorker
73 (0.507 %)Nagios
73 (0.507 %)MIIS
73 (0.507 %)OpenView
82 (0.338 %)NNM
82 (0.338 %)OVOW
Vendors
1153 (25.84 %)Oracle
2122 (20.61 %)Sun
395 (16.05 %)Microsoft
465 (10.98 %)IBM
550 (8.446 %)VERITAS
640 (6.757 %)Red Hat
735 (5.912 %)BEA
827 (4.561 %)Cisco
924 (4.054 %)VMware
1021 (3.547 %)HP
1120 (3.378 %)CheckPoint
1217 (2.872 %)Remedy
1314 (2.365 %)Vignette
1413 (2.196 %)Novell
1512 (2.027 %)CA
1512 (2.027 %)SAP
1512 (2.027 %)EMC
1512 (2.027 %)Citrix
1611 (1.858 %)Sybase
1611 (1.858 %)Business Objects
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