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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 364 309
Rank change year-on-year +6 -55 +204
Contract jobs citing LDAP 189 141 265
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.49% 0.71%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.72% 2.23% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 73 164
10th Percentile £406 £252 £360
25th Percentile £462 £409 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% - -
75th Percentile £642 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £749
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 6
10th Percentile £45.00 - £53.13
25th Percentile £47.63 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +30.16% -23.70%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £72.60
90th Percentile £84.50 - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £55.70
% change year-on-year -10.34% +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 6,961 6,325 8,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.28% 21.83% 21.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,644 4,051 5,940
10th Percentile £351 £358 £375
25th Percentile £413 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £770
UK median daily rate £505 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -7.68% -0.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 81 167
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £33.80
25th Percentile £43.75 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

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 December 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 18 December 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 18 December 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 -10 62 £644 +4.72% 12
Midlands -17 41 £513 -8.97% 6
West Midlands -15 36 £540 -4.09% 4
North of England -19 34 £470 -6.00% 20
South East -23 23 £481 -12.66% 11
Yorkshire - 19 £500 - 12
East of England -14 17 £680 +18.26% 15
North West -6 15 £453 -9.40% 7
South West -5 11 £475 - 4
East Midlands - 5 £415 - 2
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 33 (17.46%) Confluence
2 12 (6.35%) nginx
2 12 (6.35%) WebSphere
3 11 (5.82%) Apache
3 11 (5.82%) WebSphere Application Server
4 10 (5.29%) IIS
4 10 (5.29%) iPlanet
4 10 (5.29%) JBoss
5 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.59%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.06%) CICS
7 2 (1.06%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.53%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.53%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 11 (5.82%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 83 (43.92%) AWS
2 81 (42.86%) Azure
3 51 (26.98%) GCP
4 28 (14.81%) Entra ID
5 20 (10.58%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (10.05%) Amazon S3
7 18 (9.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 18 (9.52%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (6.35%) Amazon ECS
8 12 (6.35%) Route 53
9 11 (5.82%) Amazon ELB
9 11 (5.82%) AWS KMS
9 11 (5.82%) SaaS
9 11 (5.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 9 (4.76%) GitHub
10 9 (4.76%) OpenShift
11 8 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (4.23%) Serverless
12 5 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.59%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 43 (22.75%) DNS
2 36 (19.05%) Kerberos
2 36 (19.05%) SSL
3 32 (16.93%) SMTP
4 29 (15.34%) HTTP
5 25 (13.23%) FTP
6 24 (12.70%) Firewall
7 18 (9.52%) Network Security
7 18 (9.52%) SSH
8 16 (8.47%) OpenLDAP
9 11 (5.82%) IMAP
10 8 (4.23%) TCP/IP
11 7 (3.70%) VPN
12 6 (3.17%) DHCP
13 5 (2.65%) LAN
13 5 (2.65%) WAN
14 4 (2.12%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (2.12%) DKIM
14 4 (2.12%) DMARC
14 4 (2.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.35%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (5.82%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (5.29%) Oracle Database
5 7 (3.70%) SQL Server
6 6 (3.17%) MySQL
7 3 (1.59%) Metadata
7 3 (1.59%) Power BI
8 2 (1.06%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 41 (21.69%) JIRA
2 34 (17.99%) Jenkins
3 30 (15.87%) Git
4 14 (7.41%) GitLab
5 11 (5.82%) Vagrant
6 10 (5.29%) Bitbucket Server
6 10 (5.29%) CA Release Automation
7 9 (4.76%) Selenium
7 9 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (3.70%) Cucumber
8 7 (3.70%) REST Assured
9 6 (3.17%) Postman
10 5 (2.65%) TestRail
11 2 (1.06%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.53%) JUnit
12 1 (0.53%) Maven
12 1 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.53%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.53%) Subversion
12 1 (0.53%) Zephyr
General
1 84 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.81%) Documentation Skills
3 27 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.17%) Public Sector
5 19 (10.05%) Finance
6 16 (8.47%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.23%) Banking
8 4 (2.12%) Aviation
9 3 (1.59%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.06%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.06%) Electronics
10 2 (1.06%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.06%) Marketing
11 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Law
11 1 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (14.81%) Architect
2 23 (12.17%) Consultant
3 22 (11.64%) Analyst
4 18 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (7.94%) SOC Analyst
6 14 (7.41%) Platform Engineer
6 14 (7.41%) Senior
7 13 (6.88%) CyberArk Architect
8 11 (5.82%) AWS Engineer
8 11 (5.82%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 11 (5.82%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 9 (4.76%) AWS DevOps
9 9 (4.76%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 9 (4.76%) Developer
9 9 (4.76%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.23%) Lead
11 7 (3.70%) Security Consultant
12 6 (3.17%) Management Consultant
12 6 (3.17%) Test Automation Engineer
12 6 (3.17%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (34.39%) SAML
2 49 (25.93%) OAuth
3 48 (25.40%) OpenID
4 36 (19.05%) REST
5 21 (11.11%) SailPoint
5 21 (11.11%) SOAP
6 12 (6.35%) AngularJS
6 12 (6.35%) HTML
6 12 (6.35%) Web Services
7 10 (5.29%) HTML5
8 9 (4.76%) Apache Camel
8 9 (4.76%) JDBC
8 9 (4.76%) jQuery
8 9 (4.76%) JSON
8 9 (4.76%) ODBC
8 9 (4.76%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (3.70%) .NET
9 7 (3.70%) boto
9 7 (3.70%) pytest
10 6 (3.17%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.05%) Onboarding
1 19 (10.05%) Security Posture
2 17 (8.99%) Replication
3 16 (8.47%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (7.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (7.94%) Cyberattack
4 15 (7.94%) Management Information System
5 13 (6.88%) CSOC
5 13 (6.88%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (6.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.17%) SCADA
7 4 (2.12%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (2.12%) PKI
7 4 (2.12%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.59%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.06%) Clustering
9 2 (1.06%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.06%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 48 (25.40%) Linux
2 44 (23.28%) Windows
3 15 (7.94%) Windows Server
4 14 (7.41%) Ubuntu
4 14 (7.41%) Unix
5 12 (6.35%) VMS
6 11 (5.82%) Amazon Linux
7 9 (4.76%) Solaris
8 7 (3.70%) AIX
9 6 (3.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.65%) CentOS
11 2 (1.06%) CatOS
11 2 (1.06%) zOS
12 1 (0.53%) MVS
12 1 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (34.39%) DevOps
2 60 (31.75%) CI/CD
3 49 (25.93%) SIEM
4 48 (25.40%) Cybersecurity
5 45 (23.81%) Privileged Access Management
6 43 (22.75%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (20.11%) Identity Access Management
8 31 (16.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 29 (15.34%) RBAC
10 28 (14.81%) Agile
11 24 (12.70%) Task Automation
12 23 (12.17%) ITSM
13 22 (11.64%) DevSecOps
14 21 (11.11%) Incident Response
14 21 (11.11%) Integration Patterns
15 20 (10.58%) Identity Management
15 20 (10.58%) Information Security
16 19 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
16 19 (10.05%) Root Cause Analysis
17 18 (9.52%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 83 (43.92%) Python
2 77 (40.74%) PowerShell
3 27 (14.29%) SQL
4 24 (12.70%) Groovy
5 21 (11.11%) Java
6 18 (9.52%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.76%) Bash
8 8 (4.23%) Shell Script
9 7 (3.70%) Go
10 5 (2.65%) PHP
11 3 (1.59%) C++
12 2 (1.06%) BeanShell
12 2 (1.06%) C#
12 2 (1.06%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.53%) Formula Language
13 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.53%) LotusScript
13 1 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 86 (45.50%) Security Cleared
2 83 (43.92%) SC Cleared
3 30 (15.87%) CISSP
4 22 (11.64%) CISM
5 17 (8.99%) AWS Certification
6 10 (5.29%) Azure Certification
6 10 (5.29%) Degree
6 10 (5.29%) DV Cleared
6 10 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.12%) MCSA
9 4 (2.12%) MCSE
10 1 (0.53%) CCA
10 1 (0.53%) CISA
10 1 (0.53%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.53%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.53%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (24.34%) GDPR
2 39 (20.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (16.93%) NIST
4 11 (5.82%) QA
4 11 (5.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (4.76%) HIPAA
6 6 (3.17%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.65%) NCSC
7 5 (2.65%) PCI DSS
8 4 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 110 (58.20%) Active Directory
2 23 (12.17%) Docker
3 15 (7.94%) Postfix
4 11 (5.82%) Dovecot
4 11 (5.82%) Squid
5 10 (5.29%) DFS Replication
6 8 (4.23%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 6 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (1.59%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 3 (1.59%) KVM
8 3 (1.59%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.06%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.06%) NFS
9 2 (1.06%) OpenAM
9 2 (1.06%) OpenDJ
9 2 (1.06%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.53%) Firmware
10 1 (0.53%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.53%) XenApp
10 1 (0.53%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 44 (23.28%) Single Sign-On
2 20 (10.58%) Terraform
3 16 (8.47%) Nessus
4 12 (6.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (6.35%) Kubernetes
5 11 (5.82%) Grafana
5 11 (5.82%) Prometheus
6 10 (5.29%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (5.29%) CA Wily
6 10 (5.29%) Proxmox
7 9 (4.76%) Progress Chef
8 8 (4.23%) Tivoli
9 7 (3.70%) Ansible
10 6 (3.17%) PingFederate
11 4 (2.12%) CASB
11 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (2.12%) Tivoli Identity Manager
12 3 (1.59%) SCCM
13 2 (1.06%) Puppet
13 2 (1.06%) SELinux
Vendors
1 61 (32.28%) CyberArk
2 55 (29.10%) Microsoft
3 40 (21.16%) BeyondTrust
4 35 (18.52%) ServiceNow
5 17 (8.99%) Splunk
6 15 (7.94%) IBM
6 15 (7.94%) Oracle
7 13 (6.88%) Remedy
8 12 (6.35%) Centrify
9 11 (5.82%) Jaspersoft
9 11 (5.82%) Ping Identity
10 10 (5.29%) AppDynamics
10 10 (5.29%) Broadcom
10 10 (5.29%) HP
11 9 (4.76%) BMC
11 9 (4.76%) Ivanti
11 9 (4.76%) Okta
12 8 (4.23%) VMware
13 7 (3.70%) SAP
14 6 (3.17%) Cisco