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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 379 327
Rank change year-on-year +4 -52 +161
Contract jobs citing LDAP 174 137 264
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.44% 0.66%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.52% 2.03% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 71 168
10th Percentile £367 £220 £363
25th Percentile £425 £400 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +1.82% -5.98%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £674
90th Percentile £671 £775 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £559
% change year-on-year -13.04% +2.95% -6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 6
10th Percentile £44.88 - £53.13
25th Percentile £45.00 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £58.50 £72.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -19.31% +30.16% -18.98%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £72.60
90th Percentile £85.00 - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £58.50 £72.50 £55.70
% change year-on-year -19.31% +30.16% -18.98%

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 6,906 6,756 8,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.86% 21.67% 22.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,664 4,314 6,421
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.97%
75th Percentile £634 £666 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 99 182
10th Percentile £30.68 £26.25 £36.31
25th Percentile £43.00 £41.88 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.35 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.47%

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025. 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 -5 60 £608 -1.14% 12
Midlands -1 52 £492 -15.35% 4
West Midlands -15 36 £550 -5.38% 4
North of England -19 24 £453 +24.97% 2
North West -5 18 £450 +24.14% 1
East Midlands - 16 £410 -
South East -8 15 £484 -12.09% 15
East of England -20 12 £680 +20.89% 5
South West -4 11 £475 -29.32%
Yorkshire - 6 £525 - 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 38 (21.84%) Confluence
2 15 (8.62%) WebSphere
3 14 (8.05%) WebSphere Application Server
4 12 (6.90%) nginx
5 10 (5.75%) Apache
5 10 (5.75%) IIS
5 10 (5.75%) iPlanet
5 10 (5.75%) JBoss
6 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.72%) SharePoint
8 2 (1.15%) CICS
8 2 (1.15%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.57%) HCL Domino
9 1 (0.57%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 12 (6.90%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.15%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (7.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 71 (40.80%) AWS
2 53 (30.46%) Azure
3 34 (19.54%) GCP
4 20 (11.49%) Amazon S3
5 19 (10.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 19 (10.92%) Amazon EC2
6 18 (10.34%) Entra ID
6 18 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (7.47%) Amazon ECS
7 13 (7.47%) Route 53
8 12 (6.90%) Amazon ELB
8 12 (6.90%) AWS KMS
8 12 (6.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 11 (6.32%) OpenShift
10 9 (5.17%) GitHub
10 9 (5.17%) Serverless
11 8 (4.60%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (3.45%) SaaS
13 5 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (1.72%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (19.54%) SSL
2 31 (17.82%) DNS
3 30 (17.24%) SMTP
4 26 (14.94%) Kerberos
5 25 (14.37%) Firewall
6 24 (13.79%) HTTP
7 20 (11.49%) FTP
7 20 (11.49%) SSH
8 17 (9.77%) OpenLDAP
9 13 (7.47%) Network Security
10 12 (6.90%) IMAP
11 9 (5.17%) TCP/IP
12 4 (2.30%) Internet
13 3 (1.72%) DHCP
13 3 (1.72%) DKIM
13 3 (1.72%) DMARC
13 3 (1.72%) VPN
14 2 (1.15%) NAS
14 2 (1.15%) X.500
15 1 (0.57%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.62%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (7.47%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (6.90%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (5.75%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.30%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.72%) Metadata
6 3 (1.72%) Power BI
7 2 (1.15%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.57%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.57%) Redis
8 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (21.84%) JIRA
2 30 (17.24%) Git
3 29 (16.67%) Jenkins
4 12 (6.90%) Vagrant
5 10 (5.75%) Bitbucket Server
5 10 (5.75%) CA Release Automation
6 9 (5.17%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (4.02%) GitLab
8 3 (1.72%) Log4j
9 1 (0.57%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.57%) Subversion
General
1 69 (39.66%) Social Skills
2 37 (21.26%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (12.64%) Public Sector
4 19 (10.92%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (9.77%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (9.20%) Finance
7 6 (3.45%) Banking
8 4 (2.30%) Aviation
9 3 (1.72%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.15%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.15%) Electronics
10 2 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.15%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.15%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.15%) Marketing
10 2 (1.15%) Retail
11 1 (0.57%) Law
11 1 (0.57%) Police
Job Titles
1 22 (12.64%) Architect
2 21 (12.07%) Consultant
3 20 (11.49%) Analyst
4 19 (10.92%) DevOps Engineer
5 16 (9.20%) Senior
6 15 (8.62%) Platform Engineer
7 12 (6.90%) AWS Engineer
7 12 (6.90%) AWS Platform Engineer
7 12 (6.90%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 10 (5.75%) AWS DevOps
8 10 (5.75%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 10 (5.75%) DevOps Platform Engineer
8 10 (5.75%) ServiceNow Architect
8 10 (5.75%) SOC Analyst
9 9 (5.17%) Developer
10 8 (4.60%) Senior Architect
11 6 (3.45%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
11 6 (3.45%) Identity Management Engineer
11 6 (3.45%) Management Consultant
12 5 (2.87%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (39.66%) SAML
2 52 (29.89%) OAuth
3 43 (24.71%) OpenID
4 31 (17.82%) REST
5 19 (10.92%) AngularJS
5 19 (10.92%) HTML
5 19 (10.92%) Web Services
6 16 (9.20%) JDBC
6 16 (9.20%) SOAP
7 14 (8.05%) HTML5
8 13 (7.47%) Apache Camel
8 13 (7.47%) jQuery
8 13 (7.47%) JSON
8 13 (7.47%) ODBC
8 13 (7.47%) RabbitMQ
9 12 (6.90%) OAuth2
10 11 (6.32%) SailPoint
11 9 (5.17%) Hibernate
11 9 (5.17%) Spring
12 7 (4.02%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.77%) Onboarding
2 15 (8.62%) Replication
3 14 (8.05%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (5.75%) Cyberattack
5 8 (4.60%) CSOC
5 8 (4.60%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.60%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.87%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.87%) PKI
7 5 (2.87%) SCADA
7 5 (2.87%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.30%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (2.30%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.15%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.15%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 51 (29.31%) Linux
2 42 (24.14%) Windows
3 14 (8.05%) Windows Server
4 13 (7.47%) Ubuntu
4 13 (7.47%) Unix
4 13 (7.47%) VMS
5 12 (6.90%) Amazon Linux
6 9 (5.17%) Solaris
7 7 (4.02%) AIX
8 5 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (2.30%) CentOS
10 2 (1.15%) zOS
11 1 (0.57%) MVS
11 1 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (35.63%) DevOps
2 57 (32.76%) CI/CD
3 44 (25.29%) Identity Access Management
4 37 (21.26%) Agile
5 36 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (20.69%) RBAC
6 34 (19.54%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (16.09%) Privileged Access Management
8 23 (13.22%) Scrum
8 23 (13.22%) SIEM
9 22 (12.64%) Microservices
10 20 (11.49%) DevSecOps
11 19 (10.92%) Cloud Security
11 19 (10.92%) Configuration Management
11 19 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (10.92%) Identity Management
11 19 (10.92%) Migration
12 18 (10.34%) Roadmaps
13 17 (9.77%) Change Management
13 17 (9.77%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 55 (31.61%) Python
2 53 (30.46%) PowerShell
3 27 (15.52%) SQL
4 24 (13.79%) Groovy
5 23 (13.22%) Java
6 22 (12.64%) JavaScript
7 9 (5.17%) Bash
8 8 (4.60%) Shell Script
9 7 (4.02%) Go
10 3 (1.72%) C++
11 2 (1.15%) BeanShell
11 2 (1.15%) C#
11 2 (1.15%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.57%) Formula Language
12 1 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.57%) LotusScript
12 1 (0.57%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 64 (36.78%) Security Cleared
2 61 (35.06%) SC Cleared
3 24 (13.79%) CISSP
4 17 (9.77%) AWS Certification
5 16 (9.20%) CISM
6 13 (7.47%) Degree
7 10 (5.75%) Azure Certification
8 9 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (4.60%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (3.45%) DV Cleared
12 4 (2.30%) MCSA
12 4 (2.30%) MCSE
13 3 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (1.15%) IBM Certification
15 1 (0.57%) CBAP
15 1 (0.57%) CISA
15 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (24.14%) GDPR
2 30 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (14.37%) NIST
4 13 (7.47%) HIPAA
5 10 (5.75%) QA
5 10 (5.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (3.45%) SOC 2
7 4 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (2.30%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 88 (50.57%) Active Directory
2 31 (17.82%) Docker
3 15 (8.62%) Postfix
4 12 (6.90%) Dovecot
4 12 (6.90%) Squid
5 10 (5.75%) DFS Replication
6 8 (4.60%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 2 (1.15%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (1.15%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.15%) KVM
7 2 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.57%) Firmware
8 1 (0.57%) NFS
8 1 (0.57%) SRDF
8 1 (0.57%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.57%) Xen
Systems Management
1 55 (31.61%) Single Sign-On
2 24 (13.79%) Terraform
3 19 (10.92%) Kubernetes
4 17 (9.77%) Nessus
5 15 (8.62%) Prometheus
6 12 (6.90%) Grafana
7 11 (6.32%) Ansible
8 10 (5.75%) CA Single Sign-On
8 10 (5.75%) CA Wily
8 10 (5.75%) Proxmox
9 9 (5.17%) Progress Chef
9 9 (5.17%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 8 (4.60%) Tivoli
11 6 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (3.45%) PingFederate
12 4 (2.30%) CASB
12 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (1.72%) SCCM
13 3 (1.72%) SELinux
14 2 (1.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 47 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 42 (24.14%) CyberArk
3 35 (20.11%) ServiceNow
4 23 (13.22%) IBM
5 20 (11.49%) BeyondTrust
6 19 (10.92%) Splunk
7 17 (9.77%) Remedy
8 16 (9.20%) Ping Identity
9 15 (8.62%) Oracle
10 14 (8.05%) HP
11 13 (7.47%) BMC
11 13 (7.47%) Ivanti
12 12 (6.90%) Jaspersoft
13 10 (5.75%) AppDynamics
13 10 (5.75%) Broadcom
13 10 (5.75%) ForgeRock
14 9 (5.17%) Okta
15 7 (4.02%) SAP
16 5 (2.87%) Atlassian
16 5 (2.87%) Tenable