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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 361 396
Rank change year-on-year -108 +35 +28
Contract jobs citing LDAP 156 154 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.56% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.83% 2.50% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 99 91
10th Percentile £300 £362 £225
25th Percentile £454 £410 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £680 £699
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £555
% change year-on-year -4.76% -5.41% +0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £45.00 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £77.46 £80.68 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.99% - -
75th Percentile £86.62 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £87.24 £84.70 -
UK median hourly rate £77.46 £80.68 -
% change year-on-year -3.99% - -

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 8,538 6,155 7,309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.65% 22.30% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,584 4,225 5,039
10th Percentile £364 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 152 228
10th Percentile £28.86 £31.25 £23.94
25th Percentile £46.66 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.63
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -1.12% -7.29%
75th Percentile £73.11 £67.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £80.91 £74.13
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -16.67%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -12 53 £568 -21.72% 8
London -84 51 £525 -13.08% 24
North of England -79 25 £620 +24.00% 7
Yorkshire -33 16 £540 +8.00% 5
South West -36 13 £550 -4.35% 8
North West -52 8 £643 +67.45% 2
East of England -29 6 £483 -26.05% 4
Midlands -81 6 £375 -14.68% 3
West Midlands -66 5 £375 -28.57% 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 9 (5.77%) Confluence
2 4 (2.56%) nginx
3 3 (1.92%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.28%) Apache
4 2 (1.28%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.64%) IIS
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.64%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.64%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.64%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (3.21%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 102 (65.38%) Azure
2 71 (45.51%) AWS
3 65 (41.67%) Entra ID
4 41 (26.28%) GCP
5 19 (12.18%) SaaS
6 6 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (2.56%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.56%) IaaS
8 4 (2.56%) PaaS
8 4 (2.56%) Route 53
8 4 (2.56%) Serverless
9 3 (1.92%) GitHub
9 3 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.92%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 29 (18.59%) DNS
2 23 (14.74%) Kerberos
3 21 (13.46%) Firewall
4 14 (8.97%) SSL
4 14 (8.97%) TCP/IP
5 11 (7.05%) VPN
6 10 (6.41%) DHCP
7 7 (4.49%) NAS
7 7 (4.49%) SAN
8 5 (3.21%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (3.21%) HTTPS
8 5 (3.21%) IPsec
8 5 (3.21%) WAN
9 4 (2.56%) BIG-IP
9 4 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (2.56%) HTTP
9 4 (2.56%) LAN
10 3 (1.92%) Network Security
10 3 (1.92%) SSH
10 3 (1.92%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.56%) Db2
2 4 (2.56%) Metadata
2 4 (2.56%) MySQL
3 3 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.28%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.28%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.64%) Power BI
5 1 (0.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (8.33%) Jenkins
2 12 (7.69%) JIRA
3 9 (5.77%) GitLab
4 8 (5.13%) Git
5 4 (2.56%) Postman
6 3 (1.92%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.92%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.28%) Gatling
7 2 (1.28%) JMeter
7 2 (1.28%) NeoLoad
7 2 (1.28%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.64%) Maven
8 1 (0.64%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.64%) Selenium
8 1 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 53 (33.97%) Social Skills
2 28 (17.95%) Documentation Skills
3 24 (15.38%) Finance
4 20 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (12.82%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.49%) Aerospace
6 6 (3.85%) Banking
7 4 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.56%) Military
8 3 (1.92%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.92%) Retail
9 2 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.64%) Legal
10 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 26 (16.67%) Architect
2 14 (8.97%) IAM Specialist
3 13 (8.33%) Consultant
4 11 (7.05%) Senior
5 10 (6.41%) Developer
6 8 (5.13%) SailPoint Engineer
6 8 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (3.85%) Analyst
7 6 (3.85%) CyberArk Architect
7 6 (3.85%) Lead
7 6 (3.85%) Technical Architect
8 5 (3.21%) Network Engineer
8 5 (3.21%) Senior Developer
8 5 (3.21%) Support Engineer
8 5 (3.21%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (2.56%) Incident Manager
9 4 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.56%) Linux Administrator
9 4 (2.56%) Senior Software Developer
9 4 (2.56%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (39.74%) SAML
2 59 (37.82%) OpenID
3 54 (34.62%) OAuth
4 37 (23.72%) SailPoint
5 28 (17.95%) OAuth2
6 22 (14.10%) REST
7 19 (12.18%) Web Services
8 10 (6.41%) .NET
9 9 (5.77%) JSON
10 8 (5.13%) Middleware
11 7 (4.49%) Jakarta EE
11 7 (4.49%) SOAP
12 6 (3.85%) JDBC
13 2 (1.28%) EDI
13 2 (1.28%) Playwright
13 2 (1.28%) pytest
13 2 (1.28%) XML
13 2 (1.28%) YAML
14 1 (0.64%) FIDO
14 1 (0.64%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.23%) Onboarding
2 17 (10.90%) PKI
3 13 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (7.05%) Management Information System
5 9 (5.77%) Security Posture
6 8 (5.13%) Data Centre
6 8 (5.13%) Replication
7 6 (3.85%) Clustering
7 6 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (3.21%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (3.21%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.56%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.56%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.28%) IoT
11 2 (1.28%) PACS
11 2 (1.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 40 (25.64%) Linux
2 28 (17.95%) Windows
3 15 (9.62%) Unix
4 10 (6.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (3.85%) CentOS
5 6 (3.85%) Windows Server
6 5 (3.21%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.64%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.64%) CatOS
7 1 (0.64%) Rocky
7 1 (0.64%) SUSE
7 1 (0.64%) VMS
7 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (31.41%) RBAC
2 38 (24.36%) DevOps
2 38 (24.36%) Identity Access Management
2 38 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (23.72%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 25 (16.03%) Privileged Access Management
6 24 (15.38%) Zero Trust
7 23 (14.74%) SIEM
7 23 (14.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (14.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 20 (12.82%) Migration
9 20 (12.82%) Runbook
10 19 (12.18%) Roadmaps
11 18 (11.54%) Analytics
11 18 (11.54%) ITIL
12 16 (10.26%) Agile
12 16 (10.26%) API Integration
12 16 (10.26%) Computer Science
12 16 (10.26%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 50 (32.05%) PowerShell
2 46 (29.49%) Python
3 28 (17.95%) Java
4 13 (8.33%) Bash
4 13 (8.33%) SQL
5 7 (4.49%) BeanShell
6 6 (3.85%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.85%) Shell Script
7 5 (3.21%) Groovy
8 4 (2.56%) C
8 4 (2.56%) MATLAB
8 4 (2.56%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.92%) C#
10 2 (1.28%) C++
10 2 (1.28%) Cypher
10 2 (1.28%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.64%) PHP
11 1 (0.64%) R
11 1 (0.64%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 53 (33.97%) Security Cleared
2 47 (30.13%) SC Cleared
3 30 (19.23%) CISSP
4 28 (17.95%) Degree
5 16 (10.26%) CISM
6 15 (9.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (6.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (4.49%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.85%) AWS Certification
10 5 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (3.21%) CSPO
10 5 (3.21%) Master's Degree
10 5 (3.21%) MCSA
10 5 (3.21%) MCSE
11 4 (2.56%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (1.28%) GIAC
13 2 (1.28%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (20.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (16.67%) NIST
3 25 (16.03%) GDPR
4 11 (7.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (5.77%) HIPAA
6 6 (3.85%) Data Quality
6 6 (3.85%) NCSC
7 4 (2.56%) SLA
8 2 (1.28%) DICOM
8 2 (1.28%) GRC
8 2 (1.28%) HL7
8 2 (1.28%) ITGC
9 1 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.64%) QA
9 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 119 (76.28%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.77%) Docker
3 7 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.85%) NFS
5 4 (2.56%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.92%) OpenAM
6 3 (1.92%) Squid
7 2 (1.28%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.64%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.64%) KVM
8 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (20.51%) Single Sign-On
2 21 (13.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 20 (12.82%) Terraform
4 14 (8.97%) Kubernetes
5 12 (7.69%) Ansible
6 8 (5.13%) CA Single Sign-On
6 8 (5.13%) Grafana
7 6 (3.85%) CASB
7 6 (3.85%) Prometheus
8 5 (3.21%) Nessus
9 4 (2.56%) Check_MK
9 4 (2.56%) PingFederate
9 4 (2.56%) Podman
9 4 (2.56%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (1.92%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.92%) Kustomize
11 2 (1.28%) Consul
11 2 (1.28%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.64%) Argo
12 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 55 (35.26%) Microsoft
2 43 (27.56%) CyberArk
3 25 (16.03%) ServiceNow
4 13 (8.33%) VMware
5 11 (7.05%) Ping Identity
6 10 (6.41%) Okta
7 9 (5.77%) Splunk
8 8 (5.13%) Red Hat
8 8 (5.13%) SAP
9 7 (4.49%) BeyondTrust
9 7 (4.49%) ForgeRock
9 7 (4.49%) Oracle
9 7 (4.49%) Workday
10 6 (3.85%) Google
10 6 (3.85%) Sybase
11 5 (3.21%) CheckPoint
11 5 (3.21%) Cisco
11 5 (3.21%) Palo Alto
11 5 (3.21%) Remedy
11 5 (3.21%) Tenable
56 LDAP jobs in England