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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 359 378
Rank change year-on-year -7 +19 +92
Contract jobs citing LDAP 248 130 154
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.53% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.03% 2.35% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 82 100
10th Percentile £427 £368 £281
25th Percentile £492 £418 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £750 £638 £622
90th Percentile £775 £686 £699
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £560
% change year-on-year +9.52% -6.25% +2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £80.34 -
25th Percentile £56.56 £80.59 -
Median hourly rate £77.46 £81.35 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.79% - -
75th Percentile £85.96 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £87.56 £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 8,184 5,528 7,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.19% 22.55% 20.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,400 3,838 5,503
10th Percentile £363 £360 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £745 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £536
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.94% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 105 248
10th Percentile £31.18 £31.07 £22.68
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.97
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +27.64% -24.67%
75th Percentile £73.34 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.22 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £49.50
% change year-on-year +10.40% +18.94% -23.85%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +4 113 £700 +30.54% 5
South East -29 50 £525 -27.59% 17
North of England -47 44 £610 +22.00% 5
Yorkshire -35 28 £525 -12.50% 3
South West -14 16 £545 -17.74% 4
North West -25 15 £635 +65.23% 2
East of England -28 12 £480 -18.26% 5
Midlands -84 9 £320 -34.96% 1
West Midlands -66 8 £320 -45.53% 1
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 11 (4.44%) Confluence
2 9 (3.63%) nginx
3 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.21%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.40%) Apache
6 1 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.40%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (2.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 2 (0.81%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 168 (67.74%) Azure
2 117 (47.18%) AWS
3 90 (36.29%) Entra ID
4 83 (33.47%) GCP
5 16 (6.45%) OpenShift
6 14 (5.65%) SaaS
7 11 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (4.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (4.03%) Amazon EKS
8 10 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (4.03%) Serverless
9 9 (3.63%) Amazon S3
9 9 (3.63%) Route 53
10 5 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.81%) GitHub
12 2 (0.81%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.81%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.81%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 57 (22.98%) DNS
2 53 (21.37%) Kerberos
3 34 (13.71%) Firewall
4 30 (12.10%) DHCP
5 25 (10.08%) VPN
6 20 (8.06%) TCP/IP
7 16 (6.45%) SSL
8 13 (5.24%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (3.63%) OpenVPN
9 9 (3.63%) WAN
10 8 (3.23%) IPsec
10 8 (3.23%) LAN
10 8 (3.23%) Network Security
11 7 (2.82%) BGP
11 7 (2.82%) BIG-IP
11 7 (2.82%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (2.82%) HTTP
11 7 (2.82%) HTTPS
12 6 (2.42%) MPLS
12 6 (2.42%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.24%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.63%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (3.23%) MySQL
4 4 (1.61%) Metadata
4 4 (1.61%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.40%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.40%) Power BI
6 1 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 44 (17.74%) Jenkins
2 28 (11.29%) GitLab
3 26 (10.48%) JIRA
4 14 (5.65%) Git
5 11 (4.44%) REST Assured
5 11 (4.44%) Selenium
6 10 (4.03%) Cucumber
6 10 (4.03%) Postman
7 9 (3.63%) Bitbucket
8 8 (3.23%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.61%) Gatling
9 4 (1.61%) JMeter
9 4 (1.61%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.61%) NeoLoad
9 4 (1.61%) TestRail
10 1 (0.40%) JUnit
10 1 (0.40%) Maven
10 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.40%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 101 (40.73%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.37%) Documentation Skills
3 41 (16.53%) Finance
4 21 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 19 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.65%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.84%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.63%) Banking
9 3 (1.21%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.21%) Retail
10 2 (0.81%) Military
10 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.40%) Legal
11 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (34.27%) Architect
2 47 (18.95%) CyberArk Architect
3 13 (5.24%) Lead
4 11 (4.44%) Administrator
4 11 (4.44%) Consultant
4 11 (4.44%) Linux Administrator
4 11 (4.44%) Technical Architect
5 9 (3.63%) IAM Specialist
6 8 (3.23%) Developer
6 8 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (3.23%) Network Engineer
7 7 (2.82%) Security Engineer
7 7 (2.82%) Senior
7 7 (2.82%) Test Automation Engineer
7 7 (2.82%) Test Engineer
8 6 (2.42%) SailPoint Engineer
8 6 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.02%) AWS Architect
9 5 (2.02%) Test Architect
9 5 (2.02%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (33.87%) OpenID
1 84 (33.87%) SAML
2 65 (26.21%) REST
3 60 (24.19%) OAuth
4 42 (16.94%) SailPoint
5 41 (16.53%) SOAP
6 22 (8.87%) OAuth2
7 17 (6.85%) Web Services
8 11 (4.44%) .NET
8 11 (4.44%) Middleware
9 9 (3.63%) J2EE
10 8 (3.23%) JSON
11 6 (2.42%) JDBC
12 4 (1.61%) Playwright
12 4 (1.61%) XML
13 2 (0.81%) EDI
14 1 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
14 1 (0.40%) HTML
14 1 (0.40%) RESTful
14 1 (0.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.53%) Enterprise Software
2 39 (15.73%) Onboarding
2 39 (15.73%) Security Posture
3 34 (13.71%) Replication
4 21 (8.47%) Cloud Native
5 17 (6.85%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.84%) PKI
7 11 (4.44%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.02%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.02%) Clustering
8 5 (2.02%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.21%) CMDB
10 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.81%) IoT
11 2 (0.81%) PACS
11 2 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.40%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 46 (18.55%) Linux
2 36 (14.52%) Windows
3 19 (7.66%) Windows Server
4 15 (6.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (5.24%) CentOS
6 11 (4.44%) Unix
7 9 (3.63%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.21%) CatOS
9 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.40%) Rocky
10 1 (0.40%) SUSE
10 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (34.68%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (29.03%) DevOps
3 64 (25.81%) SIEM
4 58 (23.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 57 (22.98%) Identity Access Management
5 57 (22.98%) ITSM
6 56 (22.58%) CI/CD
7 54 (21.77%) RBAC
8 52 (20.97%) Cybersecurity
9 49 (19.76%) Privileged Access Management
10 47 (18.95%) Task Automation
11 41 (16.53%) Technical Leadership
12 39 (15.73%) Integration Patterns
13 37 (14.92%) Presales
14 29 (11.69%) Agile
14 29 (11.69%) Migration
15 28 (11.29%) Roadmaps
16 25 (10.08%) Zero Trust
17 24 (9.68%) High Availability
17 24 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 111 (44.76%) PowerShell
2 87 (35.08%) Python
3 40 (16.13%) Java
4 19 (7.66%) SQL
5 13 (5.24%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.84%) Shell Script
7 11 (4.44%) MATLAB
8 10 (4.03%) Bash
9 8 (3.23%) PHP
10 5 (2.02%) Groovy
11 4 (1.61%) BeanShell
11 4 (1.61%) Cypher
11 4 (1.61%) Scala
11 4 (1.61%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.81%) C++
13 1 (0.40%) C
13 1 (0.40%) C#
13 1 (0.40%) Korn
13 1 (0.40%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 140 (56.45%) Security Cleared
2 132 (53.23%) SC Cleared
3 32 (12.90%) CISSP
4 21 (8.47%) CISM
5 17 (6.85%) Degree
6 13 (5.24%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (5.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.63%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.42%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.02%) MCSA
9 5 (2.02%) MCSE
10 4 (1.61%) APMG
10 4 (1.61%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.61%) CSPO
10 4 (1.61%) GIAC
10 4 (1.61%) SSCP
11 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.21%) GSEC
12 2 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (19.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (18.15%) NIST
3 42 (16.94%) GDPR
4 23 (9.27%) NCSC
5 22 (8.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 11 (4.44%) SLA
7 9 (3.63%) HIPAA
8 7 (2.82%) QA
9 4 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.21%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.81%) DICOM
11 2 (0.81%) HL7
11 2 (0.81%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.81%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.40%) GRC
12 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 170 (68.55%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.63%) Squid
4 8 (3.23%) Docker
5 7 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.82%) VMware NSX
6 5 (2.02%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 3 (1.21%) NFS
8 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.40%) KVM
8 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 53 (21.37%) Single Sign-On
2 44 (17.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 32 (12.90%) Kubernetes
4 22 (8.87%) Terraform
5 17 (6.85%) Ansible
6 12 (4.84%) Grafana
7 11 (4.44%) Check_MK
7 11 (4.44%) Podman
7 11 (4.44%) Prometheus
7 11 (4.44%) Red Hat Satellite
8 9 (3.63%) FortiGate
9 7 (2.82%) Consul
9 7 (2.82%) vCenter Server
10 6 (2.42%) CASB
11 5 (2.02%) Nessus
12 4 (1.61%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.61%) PingFederate
13 3 (1.21%) Kustomize
13 3 (1.21%) SCOM
14 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 81 (32.66%) CyberArk
2 74 (29.84%) Microsoft
3 44 (17.74%) BeyondTrust
4 38 (15.32%) ServiceNow
5 34 (13.71%) Centrify
6 27 (10.89%) VMware
7 22 (8.87%) Splunk
8 21 (8.47%) Okta
9 20 (8.06%) Red Hat
10 14 (5.65%) Cisco
11 10 (4.03%) Google
11 10 (4.03%) Ping Identity
12 9 (3.63%) Dynatrace
13 8 (3.23%) CheckPoint
13 8 (3.23%) Palo Alto
13 8 (3.23%) SAP
14 7 (2.82%) Atlassian
14 7 (2.82%) F5
15 6 (2.42%) ForgeRock
15 6 (2.42%) Workday
35 LDAP jobs in England