LDAP Contract Job Trends in England

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring LDAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 383 399
Rank change year-on-year -30 +16 +64
Contract jobs citing LDAP 211 128 149
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.47% 0.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.48% 2.13% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 85 97
10th Percentile £371 £363 £269
25th Percentile £488 £425 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +0.23%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £622
90th Percentile £775 £681 £699
UK median daily rate £545 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £80.34 -
25th Percentile £61.88 £80.59 -
Median hourly rate £79.91 £81.35 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% - -
75th Percentile £87.16 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £87.48 £83.05 -
UK median hourly rate £87.16 £81.35 -
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,525 6,019 7,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.02% 22.27% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,625 4,136 5,523
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £428 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £778 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 135 264
10th Percentile £30.30 £30.95 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £48.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -10.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.48 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

LDAP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

LDAP job vacancy trend in England

LDAP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing LDAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing LDAP

LDAP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LDAP in England over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LDAP in England

LDAP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing LDAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing LDAP

LDAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LDAP in England over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for LDAP in England

LDAP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LDAP within the England region over the 6 months to 10 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London -33 78 £600 +4.35% 12
South East -4 58 £525 -27.59% 19
North of England -67 38 £617 +10.77% 4
Yorkshire -37 22 £540 -10.00% 2
South West -21 18 £550 -11.11% 5
North West -40 15 £635 +23.44% 2
Midlands -79 10 £320 -27.19% 1
West Midlands -73 9 £320 -41.82% 1
East of England -35 7 £475 -20.83% 3
North East - 1 - -
LDAP
UK

LDAP
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 14 (6.64%) Confluence
2 9 (4.27%) nginx
3 3 (1.42%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) IIS
5 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.47%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (3.79%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 131 (62.09%) Azure
2 93 (44.08%) Entra ID
3 81 (38.39%) AWS
4 45 (21.33%) GCP
5 14 (6.64%) OpenShift
5 14 (6.64%) SaaS
6 11 (5.21%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (5.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 10 (4.74%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (4.74%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (4.74%) Serverless
8 9 (4.27%) Amazon S3
8 9 (4.27%) Route 53
9 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.42%) IaaS
10 3 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.42%) PaaS
11 2 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.95%) GitHub
11 2 (0.95%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 58 (27.49%) DNS
2 53 (25.12%) Kerberos
3 37 (17.54%) Firewall
4 31 (14.69%) DHCP
5 25 (11.85%) VPN
6 20 (9.48%) TCP/IP
7 16 (7.58%) SSL
8 13 (6.16%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (4.27%) OpenVPN
9 9 (4.27%) WAN
10 8 (3.79%) IPsec
10 8 (3.79%) LAN
10 8 (3.79%) NAS
10 8 (3.79%) Network Security
11 7 (3.32%) BGP
11 7 (3.32%) BIG-IP
11 7 (3.32%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (3.32%) HTTP
11 7 (3.32%) HTTPS
11 7 (3.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.21%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.27%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (2.84%) Neo4j
4 4 (1.90%) Metadata
4 4 (1.90%) MySQL
5 3 (1.42%) Db2
6 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.47%) Power BI
7 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (14.69%) Jenkins
2 22 (10.43%) JIRA
3 17 (8.06%) GitLab
4 9 (4.27%) Bitbucket
4 9 (4.27%) Git
5 8 (3.79%) SonarQube
6 7 (3.32%) Postman
7 6 (2.84%) Gatling
7 6 (2.84%) JMeter
7 6 (2.84%) NeoLoad
8 4 (1.90%) LoadRunner
9 3 (1.42%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.95%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.95%) Selenium
10 2 (0.95%) Zephyr
General
1 70 (33.18%) Social Skills
2 46 (21.80%) Documentation Skills
3 39 (18.48%) Finance
4 22 (10.43%) Public Sector
5 21 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (6.64%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.32%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.84%) Banking
9 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.42%) Retail
10 2 (0.95%) Military
10 2 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.47%) Legal
11 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (23.22%) Architect
2 14 (6.64%) CyberArk Architect
3 11 (5.21%) Technical Architect
4 10 (4.74%) Developer
4 10 (4.74%) Senior
5 9 (4.27%) IAM Specialist
6 8 (3.79%) Consultant
6 8 (3.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (3.79%) Lead
6 8 (3.79%) Network Engineer
6 8 (3.79%) SailPoint Engineer
7 7 (3.32%) Security Engineer
7 7 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.84%) Administrator
8 6 (2.84%) Linux Administrator
9 5 (2.37%) AWS Architect
9 5 (2.37%) Senior Developer
9 5 (2.37%) Support Engineer
9 5 (2.37%) Technical Engineer
10 4 (1.90%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (39.81%) SAML
2 78 (36.97%) OpenID
3 61 (28.91%) OAuth
4 37 (17.54%) SailPoint
5 29 (13.74%) REST
6 23 (10.90%) OAuth2
7 17 (8.06%) Web Services
8 9 (4.27%) .NET
8 9 (4.27%) Middleware
8 9 (4.27%) SOAP
9 8 (3.79%) JSON
10 7 (3.32%) J2EE
11 6 (2.84%) JDBC
11 6 (2.84%) Playwright
12 2 (0.95%) EDI
12 2 (0.95%) pytest
12 2 (0.95%) XML
13 1 (0.47%) HTML
13 1 (0.47%) RESTful
13 1 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (18.48%) Onboarding
2 32 (15.17%) Replication
3 20 (9.48%) Cloud Native
4 19 (9.00%) PKI
5 13 (6.16%) Management Information System
6 11 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (4.27%) Data Centre
7 9 (4.27%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.84%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.37%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (2.37%) Clustering
10 4 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.42%) CMDB
11 3 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (1.42%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.95%) IoT
12 2 (0.95%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 46 (21.80%) Linux
2 38 (18.01%) Windows
3 17 (8.06%) Windows Server
4 14 (6.64%) Unix
5 10 (4.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.27%) Ubuntu
7 8 (3.79%) CentOS
8 3 (1.42%) CatOS
9 1 (0.47%) Rocky
9 1 (0.47%) SUSE
9 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (31.75%) DevOps
2 58 (27.49%) RBAC
3 57 (27.01%) Cybersecurity
4 56 (26.54%) Identity Access Management
5 55 (26.07%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (22.75%) CI/CD
7 33 (15.64%) SIEM
8 29 (13.74%) Roadmaps
9 26 (12.32%) Migration
10 25 (11.85%) ITIL
10 25 (11.85%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (11.85%) Zero Trust
11 24 (11.37%) Agile
12 23 (10.90%) High Availability
12 23 (10.90%) ITSM
12 23 (10.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (10.43%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (9.48%) Privileged Access Management
15 19 (9.00%) Cloud Security
16 18 (8.53%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 81 (38.39%) PowerShell
2 55 (26.07%) Python
3 32 (15.17%) Java
4 14 (6.64%) SQL
5 11 (5.21%) Bash
6 7 (3.32%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.32%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.84%) BeanShell
7 6 (2.84%) Cypher
7 6 (2.84%) MATLAB
7 6 (2.84%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.37%) Groovy
9 4 (1.90%) C
9 4 (1.90%) PHP
9 4 (1.90%) Scala
10 3 (1.42%) C#
10 3 (1.42%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.95%) C++
12 1 (0.47%) Korn
12 1 (0.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 102 (48.34%) Security Cleared
2 93 (44.08%) SC Cleared
3 35 (16.59%) CISSP
4 24 (11.37%) Degree
5 21 (9.95%) CISM
6 13 (6.16%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (4.27%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.84%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.37%) CSPO
10 5 (2.37%) GIAC
10 5 (2.37%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.37%) MCSA
10 5 (2.37%) MCSE
10 5 (2.37%) SSCP
11 4 (1.90%) APMG
11 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (22.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (20.38%) NIST
3 40 (18.96%) GDPR
4 21 (9.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 18 (8.53%) NCSC
6 9 (4.27%) HIPAA
7 6 (2.84%) SLA
8 4 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.42%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.42%) GRC
9 3 (1.42%) QA
10 2 (0.95%) DICOM
10 2 (0.95%) HL7
11 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 142 (67.30%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.27%) Squid
4 8 (3.79%) Docker
5 7 (3.32%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (3.32%) VMware NSX
6 6 (2.84%) NFS
7 5 (2.37%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 3 (1.42%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.47%) KVM
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 52 (24.64%) Single Sign-On
2 44 (20.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 30 (14.22%) Kubernetes
4 25 (11.85%) Terraform
5 14 (6.64%) Grafana
6 13 (6.16%) Ansible
7 11 (5.21%) Prometheus
8 9 (4.27%) FortiGate
9 7 (3.32%) CA Single Sign-On
9 7 (3.32%) Consul
9 7 (3.32%) vCenter Server
10 6 (2.84%) CASB
10 6 (2.84%) Check_MK
10 6 (2.84%) Podman
10 6 (2.84%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (2.37%) Nessus
12 4 (1.90%) PingFederate
13 3 (1.42%) Kustomize
13 3 (1.42%) SCOM
14 1 (0.47%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 75 (35.55%) Microsoft
2 53 (25.12%) CyberArk
3 34 (16.11%) ServiceNow
4 23 (10.90%) VMware
5 22 (10.43%) Okta
6 21 (9.95%) Splunk
7 15 (7.11%) Red Hat
8 14 (6.64%) Cisco
9 12 (5.69%) BeyondTrust
10 11 (5.21%) Ping Identity
11 10 (4.74%) Google
12 9 (4.27%) Dynatrace
13 8 (3.79%) CheckPoint
13 8 (3.79%) Palo Alto
13 8 (3.79%) SAP
14 7 (3.32%) Atlassian
14 7 (3.32%) F5
14 7 (3.32%) ForgeRock
14 7 (3.32%) Oracle
15 6 (2.84%) Workday
40 LDAP jobs in England