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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 355 383
Rank change year-on-year -101 +28 +17
Contract jobs citing LDAP 178 148 140
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.39% 0.54% 0.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.82% 2.16% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 95 89
10th Percentile £278 £361 £245
25th Percentile £461 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £595
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -15.97% +8.18%
75th Percentile £607 £638 £656
90th Percentile £699 £671 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £596
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.14% +8.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 0
10th Percentile £59.75 £44.75 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% - -
75th Percentile £90.31 £81.35 -
90th Percentile £92.11 £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +30.77% - -

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 9,803 6,846 8,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.36% 24.99% 24.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,447 4,688 5,492
10th Percentile £380 £355 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -5.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 163 177
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £32.10
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.49 £54.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.97% -13.60% -0.40%
75th Percentile £75.75 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £71.60 £74.65
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +27.62% -15.32% -0.80%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 5 September 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
South East -17 55 £581 -7.00% 22
London -93 51 £525 -12.50% 62
South West -12 28 £525 -0.66% 12
North of England -70 22 £588 +30.61% 4
Yorkshire -32 18 £570 +11.22% 2
East of England -20 14 £483 -29.04% 22
Midlands -93 6 £375 -15.68% 6
West Midlands -69 5 £375 -31.82% 4
North West -74 3 £679 +52.13% 2
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 9 (5.06%) Confluence
2 6 (3.37%) IIS
3 3 (1.69%) nginx
3 3 (1.69%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.12%) Apache
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.56%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.81%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.56%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 108 (60.67%) Azure
2 77 (43.26%) AWS
3 71 (39.89%) Entra ID
4 51 (28.65%) GCP
5 19 (10.67%) SaaS
6 6 (3.37%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (2.25%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.25%) GitHub
8 4 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.25%) IaaS
8 4 (2.25%) PaaS
9 3 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.69%) Route 53
10 2 (1.12%) Amazon ELB
10 2 (1.12%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 27 (15.17%) Kerberos
2 25 (14.04%) DNS
3 15 (8.43%) DHCP
4 14 (7.87%) Firewall
5 10 (5.62%) HTTP
6 9 (5.06%) SSL
7 7 (3.93%) TCP/IP
7 7 (3.93%) VPN
8 5 (2.81%) HTTPS
8 5 (2.81%) IPsec
8 5 (2.81%) NAS
8 5 (2.81%) SAN
8 5 (2.81%) WAN
9 4 (2.25%) BIG-IP
9 4 (2.25%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (2.25%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (2.25%) LAN
9 4 (2.25%) OpenLDAP
9 4 (2.25%) SSH
9 4 (2.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.49%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.25%) Db2
2 4 (2.25%) Metadata
3 3 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.12%) MySQL
4 2 (1.12%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (8.43%) JIRA
2 14 (7.87%) Jenkins
3 11 (6.18%) GitLab
4 9 (5.06%) Git
5 4 (2.25%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.69%) JMeter
6 3 (1.69%) Postman
7 2 (1.12%) Gatling
7 2 (1.12%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.56%) Locust
8 1 (0.56%) Maven
8 1 (0.56%) Newman
8 1 (0.56%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.56%) Selenium
8 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.56%) TestCafe
8 1 (0.56%) Vagrant
General
1 69 (38.76%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.85%) Documentation Skills
3 17 (9.55%) Public Sector
4 16 (8.99%) Finance
5 14 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (6.74%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.25%) Back Office
7 4 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.25%) Military
8 3 (1.69%) Banking
8 3 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.69%) Retail
9 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.56%) Law
10 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Publishing
10 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (24.72%) Architect
2 18 (10.11%) Consultant
3 14 (7.87%) IAM Specialist
4 9 (5.06%) Senior
5 8 (4.49%) CyberArk Consultant
5 8 (4.49%) Developer
5 8 (4.49%) Lead
5 8 (4.49%) SailPoint Engineer
6 7 (3.93%) Analyst
6 7 (3.93%) CyberArk Architect
6 7 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (2.81%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 5 (2.81%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (2.81%) SailPoint Architect
7 5 (2.81%) Security Engineer
7 5 (2.81%) Support Engineer
7 5 (2.81%) Technical Architect
7 5 (2.81%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (2.25%) Linux Administrator
8 4 (2.25%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (35.39%) SAML
2 58 (32.58%) OpenID
3 57 (32.02%) OAuth
4 41 (23.03%) SailPoint
5 30 (16.85%) REST
6 28 (15.73%) OAuth2
7 18 (10.11%) Web Services
8 16 (8.99%) Terraform
9 14 (7.87%) JSON
10 11 (6.18%) SOAP
11 10 (5.62%) JDBC
12 8 (4.49%) Middleware
13 7 (3.93%) .NET
13 7 (3.93%) Jakarta EE
14 5 (2.81%) pytest
14 5 (2.81%) Regular Expression
15 4 (2.25%) OpenTofu
16 2 (1.12%) Kafka
16 2 (1.12%) Playwright
16 2 (1.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (19.10%) Onboarding
2 18 (10.11%) PKI
3 17 (9.55%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (6.74%) Replication
5 11 (6.18%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.49%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.49%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.37%) Clustering
7 6 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.81%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.81%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.81%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.25%) Mainframe
9 4 (2.25%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.12%) IoT
11 2 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 36 (20.22%) Linux
2 34 (19.10%) Windows
3 12 (6.74%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (4.49%) Unix
6 7 (3.93%) CentOS
7 5 (2.81%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.12%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (1.12%) VMS
10 1 (0.56%) CatOS
10 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.56%) Rocky
10 1 (0.56%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (29.78%) RBAC
2 48 (26.97%) SIEM
3 42 (23.60%) Identity Access Management
4 41 (23.03%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (21.35%) DevOps
5 38 (21.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 36 (20.22%) Privileged Access Management
7 35 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (19.66%) Runbook
8 31 (17.42%) Technical Leadership
9 30 (16.85%) ITSM
10 28 (15.73%) CI/CD
10 28 (15.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (14.61%) Migration
11 26 (14.61%) Roadmaps
12 24 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (13.48%) DevSecOps
12 24 (13.48%) Zero Trust
13 23 (12.92%) Analytics
14 20 (11.24%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 63 (35.39%) PowerShell
2 52 (29.21%) Python
3 29 (16.29%) Java
4 12 (6.74%) Bash
5 11 (6.18%) BeanShell
5 11 (6.18%) SQL
6 5 (2.81%) Groovy
6 5 (2.81%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.25%) C
7 4 (2.25%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.25%) MATLAB
7 4 (2.25%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.69%) C#
9 2 (1.12%) Cypher
9 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.56%) Go
10 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 70 (39.33%) Security Cleared
2 49 (27.53%) SC Cleared
3 27 (15.17%) CISSP
4 24 (13.48%) Degree
4 24 (13.48%) DV Cleared
5 18 (10.11%) CISM
6 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (3.37%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.81%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.81%) CSPO
9 4 (2.25%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.25%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.56%) CESG Certified Professional
12 1 (0.56%) CRISC
12 1 (0.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (25.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (22.47%) NIST
3 28 (15.73%) GDPR
4 15 (8.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (5.06%) HIPAA
6 7 (3.93%) NCSC
7 6 (3.37%) Data Quality
8 4 (2.25%) SLA
9 3 (1.69%) GRC
10 2 (1.12%) ITGC
10 2 (1.12%) QA
11 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 143 (80.34%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.18%) NFS
2 11 (6.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.06%) Docker
4 7 (3.93%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.81%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.25%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.69%) OpenAM
8 2 (1.12%) Squid
9 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.56%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.56%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.56%) KVM
9 1 (0.56%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 27 (15.17%) Single Sign-On
2 23 (12.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 11 (6.18%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.06%) Ansible
5 8 (4.49%) CA Single Sign-On
6 6 (3.37%) Grafana
7 4 (2.25%) Check_MK
7 4 (2.25%) PingFederate
7 4 (2.25%) Podman
7 4 (2.25%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.25%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (1.69%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.56%) CASB
9 1 (0.56%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.56%) Nagios
9 1 (0.56%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.56%) systemd
9 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 63 (35.39%) Microsoft
2 58 (32.58%) CyberArk
3 30 (16.85%) ServiceNow
4 17 (9.55%) VMware
5 14 (7.87%) Okta
6 11 (6.18%) Ping Identity
6 11 (6.18%) SAP
7 10 (5.62%) ForgeRock
8 9 (5.06%) Google
9 7 (3.93%) Workday
10 6 (3.37%) BeyondTrust
10 6 (3.37%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.81%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.81%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.81%) Salesforce
11 5 (2.81%) Splunk
12 4 (2.25%) Cisco
12 4 (2.25%) Greenplum
12 4 (2.25%) Oracle
12 4 (2.25%) Sybase