The first table below looks at the demand for LDAP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LDAP over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Rank 317 230 335
Rank change year-on-year
-87 +105
Contract jobs citing LDAP 231 465 275
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.490% 0.784% 0.457%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.363% 5.001% 3.537%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 231 152
Average daily rate £423 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.58% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £263 £309
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £363
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 3
Average hourly rate £23.75 £33.50 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.10% -25.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.34 £23.60 £35.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £53.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.63 £45.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
-9.72% +34.32%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6869 9298 7776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.58% 15.68% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3351 4212 3539
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 624 790
Average hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.85 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%

LDAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

LDAP Jobs Demand Trend

LDAP
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LDAP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

LDAP Daily Rate Histogram

LDAP
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LDAP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

LDAP Hourly Rate Histogram

LDAP
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LDAP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -90 210 £425 -
London -80 109 £450 +5.88%
South East -5 45 £375 +9.05%
City of London -18 40 £425 -5.55%
North West -20 23 £389 +15.09%
Berkshire +2 18 £375 +36.36%
Hampshire +2 16 £375 -10.71%
Scotland -14 13 £410 +17.14%
West Midlands +21 12 £438 +16.66%
Manchester -6 12 £403 +7.33%
North East +19 11 £260 -
Tyne and Wear +15 10 £261 +0.48%
Newcastle upon Tyne +13 10 £261 +0.48%
Reading +7 9 £388 +29.16%
Cheshire -4 9 £250 -16.73%
Oxfordshire +1 7 £305 +1.66%
Andover - 6 £463 -
Bicester - 6 £305 -
Docklands, London - 6 £450 -
Edinburgh +4 5 £375 +11.11%
South West +19 4 £375 -
Glasgow -19 4 £420 -4.54%
Warwickshire - 4 £275 -
Milton Keynes +2 3 - -
Buckinghamshire -1 3 - -
Yorkshire -12 3 £313 -21.87%
East of England -19 3 £369 +1.72%
Warwick - 3 - -
Wiltshire +10 2 £375 -6.25%
East Midlands +1 2 - -

LDAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 180 (43.58%) Linux
2 161 (38.98%) Windows
3 157 (38.01%) UNIX
4 145 (35.11%) Active Directory
5 137 (33.17%) Microsoft
6 133 (32.20%) Java
7 122 (29.54%) Red Hat
8 121 (29.30%) Oracle
9 109 (26.39%) Apache
10 107 (25.91%) Perl
11 104 (25.18%) TCP/IP
12 98 (23.73%) SQL
13 92 (22.28%) WebSphere
14 90 (21.79%) DNS
15 82 (19.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 74 (17.92%) XML
17 73 (17.68%) SAN
18 69 (16.71%) JBoss
18 69 (16.71%) Firewall
19 68 (16.46%) Banking
19 68 (16.46%) IBM
20 65 (15.74%) Security Cleared
21 64 (15.50%) Citrix
22 63 (15.25%) Middleware
22 63 (15.25%) VMware
23 61 (14.77%) Finance
24 60 (14.53%) Solaris
24 60 (14.53%) Web Services
25 57 (13.80%) WebSphere Application Server
25 57 (13.80%) SSL

LDAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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
1 92 (22.28%) WebSphere
2 74 (17.92%) XML
3 63 (15.25%) Middleware
4 60 (14.53%) Web Services
5 54 (13.08%) SOAP
6 48 (11.62%) .NET
7 47 (11.38%) Java EE
8 46 (11.14%) XSLT
9 31 (7.506%) COM+
10 28 (6.780%) SAML
11 21 (5.085%) JMS
12 18 (4.358%) HTML
12 18 (4.358%) Spring
13 16 (3.874%) CSS
13 16 (3.874%) Hibernate
14 14 (3.390%) J2EE
15 13 (3.148%) ASP.NET
15 13 (3.148%) JDBC
16 12 (2.906%) Ruby on Rails
17 11 (2.663%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 109 (26.39%) Apache
2 57 (13.80%) WebSphere Application Server
3 54 (13.08%) IIS
4 44 (10.65%) Tomcat
5 38 (9.201%) MS Exchange
6 29 (7.022%) Exchange Server 2010
7 26 (6.295%) SharePoint
8 25 (6.053%) WebLogic
9 24 (5.811%) Exchange Server 2003
10 22 (5.327%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 22 (5.327%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 19 (4.600%) Lotus Notes
12 16 (3.874%) Lotus Domino
12 16 (3.874%) WebSphere Process Server
12 16 (3.874%) IBM HTTP Server
13 13 (3.148%) GlassFish
14 12 (2.906%) Oracle Application Server
15 11 (2.663%) SharePoint Server
15 11 (2.663%) FileNet
16 10 (2.421%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 53 (12.83%) MS Excel
2 18 (4.358%) MS Office
3 13 (3.148%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.695%) MS Project
5 3 (0.726%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.695%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.211%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.969%) BusinessWorks
4 3 (0.726%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
4 3 (0.726%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.484%) Maximo
5 2 (0.484%) ENOVIA
5 2 (0.484%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.484%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.484%) AWD
5 2 (0.484%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.484%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 104 (25.18%) TCP/IP
2 90 (21.79%) DNS
3 73 (17.68%) SAN
4 69 (16.71%) Firewall
5 57 (13.80%) SSL
6 51 (12.35%) HTTP
7 45 (10.90%) SMTP
8 38 (9.201%) BIG-IP
9 37 (8.959%) NetScaler
10 34 (8.232%) DHCP
11 29 (7.022%) LAN
11 29 (7.022%) WAN
12 28 (6.780%) NAS
13 23 (5.569%) Kerberos
14 21 (5.085%) VPN
15 19 (4.600%) POP3
16 16 (3.874%) Internet
17 15 (3.632%) IPsec
18 13 (3.148%) SNMP
19 10 (2.421%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 30 (7.264%) DB2
3 23 (5.569%) RDBMS
4 19 (4.600%) MySQL
5 15 (3.632%) SQL Server 2005
6 14 (3.390%) Oracle 8/8i
7 13 (3.148%) DTS
8 12 (2.906%) Oracle 10g
8 12 (2.906%) Oracle BI EE
9 11 (2.663%) Oracle Reports
9 11 (2.663%) OLAP
10 10 (2.421%) IDOL
11 9 (2.179%) SQLPlus
12 8 (1.937%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (1.937%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (1.937%) Oracle Exadata
13 7 (1.695%) Oracle 11g
13 7 (1.695%) SAP BW
14 6 (1.453%) Oracle Discoverer
14 6 (1.453%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 20 (4.843%) Git (software)
2 12 (2.906%) Maven
3 11 (2.663%) Hudson
3 11 (2.663%) Visual Studio
4 10 (2.421%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.937%) JUnit
6 7 (1.695%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.695%) Subversion
7 6 (1.453%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.969%) Rational Application Developer
9 3 (0.726%) JIRA
9 3 (0.726%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.726%) CruiseControl
9 3 (0.726%) Ant
9 3 (0.726%) PVCS
9 3 (0.726%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.484%) TestDirector
10 2 (0.484%) NetBeans
10 2 (0.484%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.484%) NWDI
General
1 68 (16.46%) Banking
2 61 (14.77%) Finance
3 25 (6.053%) Telecoms
4 23 (5.569%) Investment Banking
5 17 (4.116%) Retail
6 6 (1.453%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.211%) Financial Institution
8 4 (0.969%) Law
8 4 (0.969%) Legal
8 4 (0.969%) French Language
9 3 (0.726%) German Language
9 3 (0.726%) Spanish Language
9 3 (0.726%) Retail Banking
9 3 (0.726%) Back Office
9 3 (0.726%) Publishing
10 2 (0.484%) Marketing
10 2 (0.484%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.242%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.242%) Portuguese Language
11 1 (0.242%) Billing
Job Titles
1 63 (15.25%) Administrator
2 56 (13.56%) Developer
3 38 (9.201%) Support Engineer
4 36 (8.717%) Architect
5 31 (7.506%) Consultant
6 29 (7.022%) Systems Administrator
6 29 (7.022%) Analyst
7 21 (5.085%) Senior Support Engineer
8 18 (4.358%) Java Developer
9 17 (4.116%) Linux Administrator
10 16 (3.874%) Linux Engineer
10 16 (3.874%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (3.148%) Web Engineer
12 12 (2.906%) UNIX Systems Administrator
12 12 (2.906%) UNIX Administrator
12 12 (2.906%) Linux Systems Administrator
13 11 (2.663%) UNIX Engineer
13 11 (2.663%) Project Manager
14 10 (2.421%) Security Engineer
14 10 (2.421%) Firewall Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.11%) PKI
2 30 (7.264%) Clustering
3 25 (6.053%) Blackberry
4 19 (4.600%) Open Source
5 15 (3.632%) Equities
5 15 (3.632%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.179%) Client/Server
7 8 (1.937%) Mainframe
8 7 (1.695%) Cryptography
9 6 (1.453%) Replication
9 6 (1.453%) SecurID
9 6 (1.453%) SaaS
9 6 (1.453%) Computer Science
10 5 (1.211%) Wiki
10 5 (1.211%) DataPower
10 5 (1.211%) Smartcard
11 4 (0.969%) Thin Client
11 4 (0.969%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.969%) Fat Client
12 3 (0.726%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 180 (43.58%) Linux
2 161 (38.98%) Windows
3 157 (38.01%) UNIX
4 82 (19.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 60 (14.53%) Solaris
6 45 (10.90%) Windows XP
7 41 (9.927%) Windows Server 2008
8 40 (9.685%) Windows Server 2003
9 25 (6.053%) AIX
10 20 (4.843%) Windows 7
11 16 (3.874%) SUSE
12 11 (2.663%) HPUX
13 10 (2.421%) CentOS
14 5 (1.211%) Oracle Linux
15 4 (0.969%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.726%) Windows 8
17 2 (0.484%) Debian
17 2 (0.484%) Ubuntu
17 2 (0.484%) Windows 2000 Server
17 2 (0.484%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (13.56%) Migration
2 44 (10.65%) E-Commerce
3 42 (10.17%) Identity Management
4 40 (9.685%) ITIL
5 39 (9.443%) Change Control
6 31 (7.506%) Project Management
7 29 (7.022%) SOA
8 24 (5.811%) Time Management
8 24 (5.811%) Disaster Recovery
8 24 (5.811%) Configuration Management
9 22 (5.327%) Change Management
10 17 (4.116%) Agile Software Development
10 17 (4.116%) PRINCE2
11 16 (3.874%) Information Security
11 16 (3.874%) Load Balancing
12 14 (3.390%) Workflow
12 14 (3.390%) Root Cause Analysis
13 12 (2.906%) Performance Management
14 11 (2.663%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (2.663%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 133 (32.20%) Java
2 107 (25.91%) Perl
3 98 (23.73%) SQL
4 52 (12.59%) Shell Script
5 35 (8.475%) C
6 31 (7.506%) PowerShell
7 28 (6.780%) Ruby
8 23 (5.569%) C#
8 23 (5.569%) JavaScript
9 16 (3.874%) PHP
10 15 (3.632%) PL/SQL
11 14 (3.390%) T-SQL
12 12 (2.906%) Bash shell
13 11 (2.663%) VBScript
13 11 (2.663%) VB
13 11 (2.663%) C++
14 7 (1.695%) Korn
14 7 (1.695%) Python
15 5 (1.211%) sed
15 5 (1.211%) AWK
Qualifications
1 65 (15.74%) Security Cleared
2 55 (13.32%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.053%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (4.116%) GIAC
5 15 (3.632%) CISSP
6 10 (2.421%) MCSE
6 10 (2.421%) GWAPT
6 10 (2.421%) GPEN
7 8 (1.937%) Degree
8 7 (1.695%) Security+ Certification
8 7 (1.695%) MCSD
9 6 (1.453%) MCITP
10 5 (1.211%) CISA
10 5 (1.211%) ISEB
11 3 (0.726%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.726%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.726%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.726%) MCSA
12 2 (0.484%) MCP
12 2 (0.484%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.421%) ISO 9001
1 10 (2.421%) SLA
2 8 (1.937%) QA
3 7 (1.695%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (0.969%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.484%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.484%) COBIT
System Software
1 145 (35.11%) Active Directory
2 49 (11.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (7.748%) NFS
4 23 (5.569%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 18 (4.358%) Oracle RAC
6 11 (2.663%) Oracle RMAN
7 10 (2.421%) VMware ESX
7 10 (2.421%) vSphere
8 9 (2.179%) Shibboleth
9 8 (1.937%) Postfix
9 8 (1.937%) Squid
10 7 (1.695%) Tivoli Directory Server
10 7 (1.695%) XenApp
10 7 (1.695%) XenServer
10 7 (1.695%) Nmap
11 6 (1.453%) ProxySG
11 6 (1.453%) OpenSSO
12 5 (1.211%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 5 (1.211%) SRDF
13 4 (0.969%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (9.201%) Tivoli
2 25 (6.053%) Puppet
3 20 (4.843%) Nagios
4 19 (4.600%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 16 (3.874%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 16 (3.874%) SCOM
6 11 (2.663%) Data Guard
6 11 (2.663%) Netcool
7 10 (2.421%) Norton AntiVirus
7 10 (2.421%) SCCM
8 9 (2.179%) McAfee ePO
9 8 (1.937%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 8 (1.937%) MAILsweeper
10 6 (1.453%) NetBackup
11 5 (1.211%) Oracle Identity Manager
12 3 (0.726%) WSUS
12 3 (0.726%) Backup Exec
12 3 (0.726%) TIBCO Hawk
12 3 (0.726%) CA SiteMinder
12 3 (0.726%) OpenView
Vendors
1 137 (33.17%) Microsoft
2 122 (29.54%) Red Hat
3 121 (29.30%) Oracle
4 69 (16.71%) JBoss
5 68 (16.46%) IBM
6 64 (15.50%) Citrix
7 63 (15.25%) VMware
8 40 (9.685%) F5
9 29 (7.022%) HP
9 29 (7.022%) Sun
10 24 (5.811%) Lotus
10 24 (5.811%) Cisco
11 22 (5.327%) EMC
12 19 (4.600%) Symantec
12 19 (4.600%) McAfee
13 18 (4.358%) SAP
14 17 (4.116%) Veritas
15 15 (3.632%) Business Objects
16 12 (2.906%) Siebel
17 10 (2.421%) NetApp
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