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 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 344 334
Rank change year-on-year +18 -10 +145
Contract jobs citing LDAP 220 145 228
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.54% 0.62%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.13% 2.44% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 80 135
10th Percentile £413 £349 £338
25th Percentile £468 £451 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £581 £583
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% -0.30% +2.46%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £762 £739
UK median daily rate £525 £583 £575
% change year-on-year -9.95% +1.39% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 6
10th Percentile £44.75 - £53.13
25th Percentile £50.25 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £72.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% +30.16% -23.70%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £72.60
90th Percentile £76.75 - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £72.50 £55.70
% change year-on-year -9.66% +30.16% -23.70%

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 7,019 5,943 7,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.07% 22.12% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,690 3,796 5,638
10th Percentile £356 £363 £363
25th Percentile £413 £431 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £634 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £788 £753
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 77 173
10th Percentile £33.00 £26.25 £28.75
25th Percentile £46.00 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +14.55% -16.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.05 £74.61 £77.90
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -1.60% +13.64% -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 18 January 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 18 January 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 18 January 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 +15 89 £700 +16.67% 53
North of England -16 37 £470 +16.41% 24
Midlands -31 36 £539 -11.18% 12
West Midlands -24 35 £540 -10.93% 5
South East -15 26 £481 -12.66% 51
Yorkshire -24 26 £525 -12.50% 8
East of England -15 16 £478 -16.87% 33
South West -7 13 £488 +2.63% 25
North West -17 11 £448 +115.90% 14
East Midlands - 1 £525 - 7
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 22 (10.00%) Confluence
2 12 (5.45%) WebSphere
3 11 (5.00%) Apache
3 11 (5.00%) WebSphere Application Server
4 10 (4.55%) IIS
4 10 (4.55%) iPlanet
4 10 (4.55%) JBoss
4 10 (4.55%) nginx
5 7 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.36%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.91%) CICS
7 2 (0.91%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.45%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.45%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 9 (4.09%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 7 (3.18%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.91%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 117 (53.18%) Azure
2 107 (48.64%) AWS
3 78 (35.45%) GCP
4 38 (17.27%) Entra ID
5 18 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (7.73%) Amazon S3
7 16 (7.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 16 (7.27%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (5.00%) OpenShift
8 11 (5.00%) SaaS
9 10 (4.55%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (4.55%) Route 53
10 9 (4.09%) Amazon ELB
10 9 (4.09%) AWS KMS
10 9 (4.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 8 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.64%) Serverless
12 7 (3.18%) GitHub
13 5 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (1.36%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 46 (20.91%) Kerberos
2 41 (18.64%) DNS
3 23 (10.45%) HTTP
4 22 (10.00%) Firewall
4 22 (10.00%) SMTP
5 21 (9.55%) SSL
6 17 (7.73%) SSH
7 16 (7.27%) FTP
8 14 (6.36%) DHCP
8 14 (6.36%) OpenLDAP
9 13 (5.91%) VPN
10 12 (5.45%) Network Security
11 9 (4.09%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (4.09%) IMAP
12 8 (3.64%) LAN
12 8 (3.64%) WAN
13 7 (3.18%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (3.18%) Wireless
14 6 (2.73%) HTTPS
14 6 (2.73%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (4.55%) Oracle Database
3 9 (4.09%) Amazon Aurora
3 9 (4.09%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.73%) MySQL
5 4 (1.82%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.36%) Metadata
6 3 (1.36%) Power BI
7 2 (0.91%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 47 (21.36%) Jenkins
2 37 (16.82%) JIRA
3 35 (15.91%) Git
4 28 (12.73%) GitLab
5 12 (5.45%) Selenium
6 10 (4.55%) Bitbucket Server
6 10 (4.55%) CA Release Automation
6 10 (4.55%) Cucumber
6 10 (4.55%) Postman
6 10 (4.55%) REST Assured
7 9 (4.09%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (4.09%) Vagrant
8 5 (2.27%) TestRail
9 4 (1.82%) Gatling
9 4 (1.82%) JMeter
9 4 (1.82%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.82%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.91%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.45%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 101 (45.91%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
3 21 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (9.55%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.09%) Finance
5 15 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (3.64%) Banking
7 5 (2.27%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.82%) Aviation
9 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.36%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.91%) Electronics
10 2 (0.91%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.91%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.91%) Marketing
11 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 52 (23.64%) Architect
2 37 (16.82%) CyberArk Architect
3 25 (11.36%) Consultant
4 16 (7.27%) DevOps Engineer
5 12 (5.45%) Analyst
5 12 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
6 11 (5.00%) Developer
7 10 (4.55%) Lead
8 9 (4.09%) AWS Engineer
8 9 (4.09%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 9 (4.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 9 (4.09%) Security Consultant
8 9 (4.09%) Test Automation Engineer
8 9 (4.09%) Test Engineer
9 8 (3.64%) Administrator
9 8 (3.64%) Senior
10 7 (3.18%) AWS DevOps
10 7 (3.18%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 7 (3.18%) Linux Administrator
10 7 (3.18%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (30.00%) SAML
2 59 (26.82%) REST
3 53 (24.09%) OpenID
4 51 (23.18%) OAuth
5 37 (16.82%) SOAP
6 24 (10.91%) SailPoint
7 10 (4.55%) Middleware
8 7 (3.18%) .NET
8 7 (3.18%) boto
8 7 (3.18%) pytest
9 6 (2.73%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.73%) Flake8
9 6 (2.73%) HTML
9 6 (2.73%) mypy
9 6 (2.73%) OAuth2
9 6 (2.73%) Web Services
10 4 (1.82%) HTML5
10 4 (1.82%) J2EE
10 4 (1.82%) Playwright
11 3 (1.36%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (16.82%) Security Posture
2 36 (16.36%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (10.91%) Replication
4 20 (9.09%) Onboarding
5 18 (8.18%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (4.09%) Cloud Native
6 9 (4.09%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.18%) CSOC
7 7 (3.18%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (3.18%) Cyberattack
7 7 (3.18%) PKI
7 7 (3.18%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (2.73%) SCADA
9 2 (0.91%) Clustering
9 2 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.91%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (23.64%) Linux
2 48 (21.82%) Windows
3 24 (10.91%) Windows Server
4 16 (7.27%) Ubuntu
5 13 (5.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (5.45%) CentOS
7 10 (4.55%) Unix
7 10 (4.55%) VMS
8 9 (4.09%) Amazon Linux
8 9 (4.09%) Solaris
9 7 (3.18%) AIX
10 4 (1.82%) CatOS
11 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.91%) zOS
12 1 (0.45%) MVS
12 1 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (31.36%) Privileged Access Management
2 68 (30.91%) SIEM
3 67 (30.45%) CI/CD
3 67 (30.45%) DevOps
4 65 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (24.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 53 (24.09%) Task Automation
6 48 (21.82%) Cybersecurity
6 48 (21.82%) Identity Access Management
7 41 (18.64%) ITSM
8 38 (17.27%) Technical Leadership
9 37 (16.82%) Integration Patterns
10 35 (15.91%) RBAC
11 34 (15.45%) Presales
12 25 (11.36%) Agile
13 22 (10.00%) DevSecOps
14 21 (9.55%) Migration
15 18 (8.18%) Roadmaps
16 17 (7.73%) Cloud Security
16 17 (7.73%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 104 (47.27%) Python
2 101 (45.91%) PowerShell
3 28 (12.73%) SQL
4 25 (11.36%) Java
5 22 (10.00%) Groovy
6 15 (6.82%) Shell Script
7 14 (6.36%) JavaScript
8 9 (4.09%) Bash
9 7 (3.18%) Go
9 7 (3.18%) MATLAB
10 6 (2.73%) PHP
11 4 (1.82%) Cypher
11 4 (1.82%) Scala
11 4 (1.82%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.36%) C++
13 2 (0.91%) BeanShell
13 2 (0.91%) C#
13 2 (0.91%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.45%) LotusScript
14 1 (0.45%) Perl
Qualifications
1 117 (53.18%) Security Cleared
2 114 (51.82%) SC Cleared
3 28 (12.73%) CISSP
4 24 (10.91%) CISM
5 16 (7.27%) AWS Certification
6 9 (4.09%) Azure Certification
6 9 (4.09%) Degree
7 7 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.18%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.91%) GIAC
10 2 (0.91%) GSEC
11 1 (0.45%) CCA
11 1 (0.45%) CISA
11 1 (0.45%) Citrix Certification
11 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.45%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (21.36%) GDPR
2 45 (20.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (17.27%) NIST
4 14 (6.36%) QA
4 14 (6.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (4.09%) NCSC
6 7 (3.18%) SLA
7 6 (2.73%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.27%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.91%) HIPAA
System Software
1 149 (67.73%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.64%) Docker
3 13 (5.91%) Postfix
4 12 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (4.09%) DFS Replication
5 9 (4.09%) Dovecot
5 9 (4.09%) Squid
6 8 (3.64%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 7 (3.18%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 6 (2.73%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.36%) KVM
9 3 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.91%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.91%) NFS
10 2 (0.91%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.91%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.91%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.45%) Firmware
11 1 (0.45%) XenApp
11 1 (0.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 44 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
2 20 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 17 (7.73%) Terraform
4 13 (5.91%) Ansible
5 12 (5.45%) Kubernetes
6 10 (4.55%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (4.55%) CA Wily
6 10 (4.55%) Nessus
7 9 (4.09%) Grafana
7 9 (4.09%) Progress Chef
7 9 (4.09%) Prometheus
7 9 (4.09%) Proxmox
8 8 (3.64%) Tivoli
9 7 (3.18%) Check_MK
9 7 (3.18%) Podman
9 7 (3.18%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (2.73%) PingFederate
11 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (1.36%) SCCM
12 3 (1.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 81 (36.82%) CyberArk
2 64 (29.09%) BeyondTrust
2 64 (29.09%) Microsoft
3 34 (15.45%) Centrify
4 33 (15.00%) ServiceNow
5 21 (9.55%) VMware
6 15 (6.82%) Oracle
6 15 (6.82%) Splunk
7 12 (5.45%) Cisco
7 12 (5.45%) Okta
8 11 (5.00%) IBM
9 10 (4.55%) AppDynamics
9 10 (4.55%) Broadcom
10 9 (4.09%) F5
10 9 (4.09%) Google
10 9 (4.09%) Jaspersoft
11 8 (3.64%) Red Hat
12 7 (3.18%) Ping Identity
12 7 (3.18%) SAP
13 6 (2.73%) Palo Alto