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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 359 391
Rank change year-on-year -80 +32 -27
Contract jobs citing LDAP 198 153 127
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.55% 0.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.01% 2.14% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 103 66
10th Percentile £318 £363 £216
25th Percentile £500 £411 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £601 £638 £684
90th Percentile £700 £675 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £492 £560
% change year-on-year +6.71% -12.14% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 1
10th Percentile £70.38 - -
25th Percentile £76.22 £45.00 £71.25
Median hourly rate £85.00 £63.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.92% -13.10% +28.55%
75th Percentile £89.58 £78.18 £73.75
90th Percentile £92.11 £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £63.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year +34.92% -13.10% +28.55%

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 9,834 7,150 8,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.26% 25.49% 24.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,464 4,822 5,230
10th Percentile £381 £356 £360
25th Percentile £448 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 172 171
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £54.84 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £66.83 £54.35 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.96% -16.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £51.97 £65.00
% change year-on-year +25.07% -20.05% +8.33%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -7 65 £548 +9.50% 26
London -89 55 £575 -4.80% 61
South West 0 38 £525 +10.53% 16
East of England -26 20 £513 -24.63% 9
North of England -83 14 £565 +24.72% 7
Yorkshire -21 13 £583 +11.00% 4
West Midlands -69 4 £450 -18.18% 4
Midlands -86 4 £450 - 6
North West -67 1 £500 +11.11% 3
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 (5.56%) IIS
2 8 (4.04%) Confluence
3 5 (2.53%) Apache
4 4 (2.02%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.01%) nginx
6 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.52%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 103 (52.02%) Azure
2 73 (36.87%) Entra ID
3 69 (34.85%) AWS
4 43 (21.72%) GCP
5 23 (11.62%) SaaS
6 7 (3.54%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (3.03%) Amazon S3
7 6 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.03%) GitHub
8 5 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.02%) IaaS
9 4 (2.02%) PaaS
9 4 (2.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.52%) Serverless
11 2 (1.01%) Amazon ELB
11 2 (1.01%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.14%) Kerberos
2 25 (12.63%) DNS
3 15 (7.58%) DHCP
4 14 (7.07%) HTTP
5 12 (6.06%) Firewall
6 9 (4.55%) SSH
6 9 (4.55%) SSL
7 7 (3.54%) Network Security
7 7 (3.54%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.53%) NAS
8 5 (2.53%) OpenLDAP
8 5 (2.53%) SAN
8 5 (2.53%) VPN
9 4 (2.02%) FTP
9 4 (2.02%) HTTPS
9 4 (2.02%) IPsec
9 4 (2.02%) SMTP
9 4 (2.02%) WAN
10 3 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (1.52%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.02%) Db2
2 4 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.01%) Metadata
3 2 (1.01%) MySQL
3 2 (1.01%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.51%) Base SAS
4 1 (0.51%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.51%) Power BI
4 1 (0.51%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 14 (7.07%) JIRA
2 13 (6.57%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.56%) Git
4 10 (5.05%) GitLab
5 4 (2.02%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.52%) JMeter
6 3 (1.52%) Postman
7 2 (1.01%) Gatling
7 2 (1.01%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.51%) Gerrit
8 1 (0.51%) Locust
8 1 (0.51%) Maven
8 1 (0.51%) Newman
8 1 (0.51%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.51%) Selenium
8 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.51%) TestCafe
8 1 (0.51%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.51%) Vagrant
General
1 81 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 29 (14.65%) Documentation Skills
3 21 (10.61%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.07%) Finance
6 12 (6.06%) Aerospace
7 6 (3.03%) Back Office
8 4 (2.02%) Banking
8 4 (2.02%) Military
9 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.01%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.01%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.01%) Legal
11 1 (0.51%) Law
11 1 (0.51%) Local Government
11 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.51%) Publishing
11 1 (0.51%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (25.76%) Architect
2 17 (8.59%) Consultant
2 17 (8.59%) IAM Specialist
3 13 (6.57%) Developer
4 9 (4.55%) CyberArk Consultant
5 8 (4.04%) Analyst
5 8 (4.04%) C Developer
5 8 (4.04%) CyberArk Architect
5 8 (4.04%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (4.04%) Lead
5 8 (4.04%) Linux Developer
5 8 (4.04%) SailPoint Engineer
5 8 (4.04%) Software Developer
5 8 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (3.54%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (3.54%) Security Engineer
6 7 (3.54%) Senior
7 6 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (3.03%) Security Architect
8 5 (2.53%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (30.81%) SAML
2 53 (26.77%) OpenID
3 52 (26.26%) OAuth
4 41 (20.71%) SailPoint
5 34 (17.17%) REST
6 29 (14.65%) OAuth2
7 21 (10.61%) Terraform
7 21 (10.61%) Web Services
8 15 (7.58%) JSON
9 9 (4.55%) SOAP
10 8 (4.04%) Middleware
10 8 (4.04%) OpenTofu
11 7 (3.54%) .NET
11 7 (3.54%) JDBC
11 7 (3.54%) pytest
11 7 (3.54%) Regular Expression
12 3 (1.52%) Jakarta EE
13 2 (1.01%) Kafka
13 2 (1.01%) XML
13 2 (1.01%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (21.21%) Onboarding
2 22 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (9.60%) PKI
4 14 (7.07%) Replication
5 12 (6.06%) Cloud Native
5 12 (6.06%) Management Information System
6 10 (5.05%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (3.03%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.53%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.53%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.02%) Mainframe
9 4 (2.02%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.52%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.52%) YARA
11 2 (1.01%) CSOC
11 2 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 46 (23.23%) Linux
2 45 (22.73%) Windows
3 16 (8.08%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (5.56%) Unix
5 5 (2.53%) CentOS
5 5 (2.53%) Ubuntu
5 5 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.01%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (1.01%) Rocky
6 2 (1.01%) VMS
7 1 (0.51%) CatOS
7 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.51%) SUSE
7 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (32.83%) SIEM
2 55 (27.78%) RBAC
3 51 (25.76%) Runbook
4 50 (25.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (23.74%) Identity Access Management
6 45 (22.73%) Technical Leadership
7 42 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (21.21%) DevOps
7 42 (21.21%) ITSM
7 42 (21.21%) Privileged Access Management
8 37 (18.69%) CI/CD
9 35 (17.68%) Secrets Management
10 34 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (17.17%) DevSecOps
10 34 (17.17%) Security Architecture
11 31 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (15.15%) Migration
13 29 (14.65%) Mentoring
14 28 (14.14%) Analytics
15 27 (13.64%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 65 (32.83%) PowerShell
2 54 (27.27%) Python
3 20 (10.10%) Java
4 12 (6.06%) Bash
5 11 (5.56%) BeanShell
5 11 (5.56%) SQL
6 8 (4.04%) C
7 5 (2.53%) Groovy
8 4 (2.02%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.52%) Go
9 3 (1.52%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.52%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.52%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.01%) C#
10 2 (1.01%) Cypher
10 2 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.51%) Bicep
11 1 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.51%) R
11 1 (0.51%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 90 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 58 (29.29%) SC Cleared
3 39 (19.70%) DV Cleared
4 26 (13.13%) Degree
5 22 (11.11%) CISSP
6 13 (6.57%) CISM
7 11 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.54%) Azure Certification
9 6 (3.03%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.53%) CSPO
11 4 (2.02%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.52%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.51%) GIAC
13 1 (0.51%) RHCE
13 1 (0.51%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (26.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (26.26%) NIST
3 20 (10.10%) GDPR
4 10 (5.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (4.04%) NCSC
6 6 (3.03%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.53%) GRC
8 3 (1.52%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.52%) SLA
9 2 (1.01%) ITGC
9 2 (1.01%) QA
10 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 164 (82.83%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.57%) NFS
3 11 (5.56%) Docker
3 11 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (4.55%) Hyper-V
5 7 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.52%) OpenAM
6 3 (1.52%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.51%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.51%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.51%) KVM
7 1 (0.51%) Postfix
7 1 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.51%) Squid
Systems Management
1 23 (11.62%) Single Sign-On
2 18 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 14 (7.07%) Kubernetes
4 10 (5.05%) Ansible
5 8 (4.04%) Grafana
6 5 (2.53%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.02%) CA Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.52%) Kustomize
9 2 (1.01%) Check_MK
9 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.01%) Podman
9 2 (1.01%) Puppet
9 2 (1.01%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.51%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.51%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.51%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.51%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.51%) Salt
10 1 (0.51%) systemd
10 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 73 (36.87%) CyberArk
1 73 (36.87%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.14%) ServiceNow
3 16 (8.08%) VMware
4 15 (7.58%) Okta
5 11 (5.56%) ForgeRock
6 8 (4.04%) BeyondTrust
6 8 (4.04%) Google
6 8 (4.04%) SAP
6 8 (4.04%) Splunk
7 7 (3.54%) Ping Identity
8 5 (2.53%) Salesforce
9 4 (2.02%) F5
9 4 (2.02%) Greenplum
9 4 (2.02%) Oracle
9 4 (2.02%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.02%) Red Hat
9 4 (2.02%) Sybase
9 4 (2.02%) Workday
10 3 (1.52%) CheckPoint