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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 353 336
Rank change year-on-year +41 -17 +138
Contract jobs citing LDAP 252 140 223
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.53% 0.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.46% 2.36% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 75 138
10th Percentile £422 £380 £325
25th Percentile £480 £463 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - +1.05%
75th Percentile £750 £644 £675
90th Percentile - £761 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £572
% change year-on-year -8.70% +0.61% +0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 6
10th Percentile £48.30 - £53.13
25th Percentile £50.81 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £72.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -11.72% +30.16% -23.70%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £72.60
90th Percentile £77.63 - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £66.00 £72.50 £55.70
% change year-on-year -8.97% +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 7,282 5,930 7,882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.02% 22.35% 20.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,876 3,765 5,694
10th Percentile £358 £363 £360
25th Percentile £415 £430 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £663
90th Percentile £738 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 76 183
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £25.96
25th Percentile £46.25 £43.38 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £76.03 £77.31
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +6 100 £700 +16.67% 54
North of England -11 44 £500 +23.84% 23
South East -2 41 £496 -9.98% 35
Midlands -33 35 £539 -11.18% 7
West Midlands -33 34 £540 -10.93% 3
Yorkshire -22 27 £525 -12.50% 6
North West -12 17 £471 +126.99% 17
South West -21 15 £500 +5.26% 17
East of England -19 14 £478 -16.87% 20
East Midlands - 1 £525 - 4
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 16 (6.35%) Confluence
2 13 (5.16%) nginx
3 12 (4.76%) WebSphere
4 11 (4.37%) Apache
4 11 (4.37%) WebSphere Application Server
5 10 (3.97%) IIS
5 10 (3.97%) iPlanet
5 10 (3.97%) JBoss
6 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.19%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.79%) CICS
8 2 (0.79%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (2.78%) Mozilla Thunderbird
1 7 (2.78%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 146 (57.94%) Azure
2 109 (43.25%) AWS
3 81 (32.14%) GCP
4 64 (25.40%) Entra ID
5 22 (8.73%) OpenShift
6 16 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (5.56%) Amazon S3
8 13 (5.16%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (5.16%) Route 53
9 12 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (4.37%) SaaS
11 8 (3.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (3.17%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (2.78%) Amazon ELB
12 7 (2.78%) AWS KMS
12 7 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.78%) Serverless
13 5 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.59%) Power Platform
15 3 (1.19%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 71 (28.17%) Kerberos
2 58 (23.02%) DNS
3 32 (12.70%) Firewall
4 31 (12.30%) DHCP
5 20 (7.94%) VPN
6 19 (7.54%) HTTP
7 17 (6.75%) SMTP
8 15 (5.95%) SSL
9 14 (5.56%) SSH
10 12 (4.76%) FTP
10 12 (4.76%) Network Security
11 11 (4.37%) Cisco ASA
12 9 (3.57%) LAN
12 9 (3.57%) TCP/IP
12 9 (3.57%) WAN
13 7 (2.78%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (2.78%) IMAP
13 7 (2.78%) OpenLDAP
14 6 (2.38%) Ethereal
14 6 (2.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.97%) Oracle Database
1 10 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
1 10 (3.97%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.78%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.38%) MySQL
5 4 (1.59%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.19%) Metadata
6 3 (1.19%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.19%) Power BI
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 56 (22.22%) Jenkins
2 31 (12.30%) JIRA
3 27 (10.71%) Git
4 24 (9.52%) GitLab
5 12 (4.76%) Selenium
6 10 (3.97%) Bitbucket Server
6 10 (3.97%) CA Release Automation
6 10 (3.97%) Cucumber
6 10 (3.97%) Postman
6 10 (3.97%) REST Assured
7 9 (3.57%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (2.78%) Vagrant
9 6 (2.38%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.98%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.98%) TestRail
11 4 (1.59%) Gatling
11 4 (1.59%) JMeter
11 4 (1.59%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.59%) NeoLoad
12 2 (0.79%) WebDriver
General
1 115 (45.63%) Social Skills
2 57 (22.62%) Documentation Skills
3 34 (13.49%) Finance
4 21 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 20 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.16%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.17%) Banking
9 5 (1.98%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.59%) Aviation
11 3 (1.19%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.79%) Electronics
12 2 (0.79%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.79%) Marketing
13 1 (0.40%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 73 (28.97%) Architect
2 47 (18.65%) CyberArk Architect
3 23 (9.13%) Consultant
4 11 (4.37%) DevOps Engineer
5 10 (3.97%) Analyst
5 10 (3.97%) Lead
5 10 (3.97%) Platform Engineer
6 9 (3.57%) Security Consultant
6 9 (3.57%) Test Automation Engineer
6 9 (3.57%) Test Engineer
7 8 (3.17%) Administrator
8 7 (2.78%) AWS Engineer
8 7 (2.78%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 7 (2.78%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 7 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (2.78%) Linux Administrator
9 6 (2.38%) Developer
9 6 (2.38%) Network Engineer
9 6 (2.38%) Security Engineer
9 6 (2.38%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (31.75%) SAML
2 69 (27.38%) OpenID
3 56 (22.22%) OAuth
4 54 (21.43%) REST
5 36 (14.29%) SOAP
6 25 (9.92%) SailPoint
7 10 (3.97%) Middleware
8 7 (2.78%) .NET
9 6 (2.38%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.59%) J2EE
10 4 (1.59%) Playwright
11 3 (1.19%) Web Services
12 2 (0.79%) AngularJS
12 2 (0.79%) HTML
12 2 (0.79%) RESTful
12 2 (0.79%) XML
13 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET Web API
13 1 (0.40%) boto
13 1 (0.40%) libvirt
13 1 (0.40%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.87%) Replication
2 37 (14.68%) Security Posture
3 36 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
4 31 (12.30%) Onboarding
5 20 (7.94%) Cloud Native
6 15 (5.95%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.57%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.57%) PKI
8 7 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.38%) SCADA
10 5 (1.98%) CSOC
10 5 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.98%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.19%) CMDB
12 2 (0.79%) Clustering
12 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.79%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 51 (20.24%) Linux
1 51 (20.24%) Windows
2 30 (11.90%) Windows Server
3 16 (6.35%) Ubuntu
4 12 (4.76%) CentOS
4 12 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (3.57%) Unix
6 8 (3.17%) Solaris
7 7 (2.78%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (2.78%) VMS
8 6 (2.38%) AIX
9 4 (1.59%) CatOS
10 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.79%) zOS
11 1 (0.40%) MVS
11 1 (0.40%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (31.75%) SIEM
2 79 (31.35%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (30.56%) DevOps
4 74 (29.37%) CI/CD
5 68 (26.98%) Privileged Access Management
6 60 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
7 58 (23.02%) Identity Access Management
8 54 (21.43%) Task Automation
9 53 (21.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 50 (19.84%) ITSM
11 41 (16.27%) RBAC
11 41 (16.27%) Technical Leadership
12 35 (13.89%) Integration Patterns
13 34 (13.49%) Presales
14 31 (12.30%) Migration
15 26 (10.32%) Roadmaps
16 25 (9.92%) DevSecOps
17 23 (9.13%) Agile
17 23 (9.13%) High Availability
18 21 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 125 (49.60%) PowerShell
2 100 (39.68%) Python
3 27 (10.71%) SQL
4 25 (9.92%) Java
5 20 (7.94%) Groovy
6 15 (5.95%) Shell Script
7 11 (4.37%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.17%) Bash
8 8 (3.17%) PHP
9 7 (2.78%) MATLAB
10 4 (1.59%) Cypher
10 4 (1.59%) Scala
10 4 (1.59%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.79%) BeanShell
11 2 (0.79%) C#
11 2 (0.79%) C++
11 2 (0.79%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.40%) Go
12 1 (0.40%) Korn
12 1 (0.40%) Perl
Qualifications
1 144 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 139 (55.16%) SC Cleared
3 31 (12.30%) CISSP
4 27 (10.71%) CISM
5 14 (5.56%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.17%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.78%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (2.78%) Degree
8 6 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.59%) GIAC
9 4 (1.59%) GSEC
10 3 (1.19%) APMG
10 3 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.19%) SSCP
11 1 (0.40%) CCA
11 1 (0.40%) CISA
11 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.40%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (23.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (22.22%) GDPR
3 52 (20.63%) NIST
4 20 (7.94%) NCSC
4 20 (7.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (3.17%) QA
6 7 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (2.78%) SLA
7 5 (1.98%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.59%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.79%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.40%) GRC
System Software
1 171 (67.86%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.14%) Docker
3 15 (5.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.76%) Squid
5 11 (4.37%) Postfix
6 8 (3.17%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 7 (2.78%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 7 (2.78%) DFS Replication
7 7 (2.78%) Dovecot
8 6 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (2.38%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.19%) KVM
9 3 (1.19%) NFS
10 2 (0.79%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.79%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.79%) OpenDJ
10 2 (0.79%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.40%) iptables
11 1 (0.40%) Lustre
11 1 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 52 (20.63%) Single Sign-On
2 37 (14.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 22 (8.73%) Kubernetes
4 20 (7.94%) Terraform
5 14 (5.56%) Ansible
6 13 (5.16%) Grafana
7 12 (4.76%) Prometheus
8 10 (3.97%) CA Single Sign-On
8 10 (3.97%) CA Wily
9 9 (3.57%) Progress Chef
10 8 (3.17%) Tivoli
11 7 (2.78%) Check_MK
11 7 (2.78%) Nessus
11 7 (2.78%) Podman
11 7 (2.78%) Proxmox
11 7 (2.78%) Red Hat Satellite
12 6 (2.38%) PingFederate
13 5 (1.98%) Consul
13 5 (1.98%) FortiGate
13 5 (1.98%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 93 (36.90%) CyberArk
2 82 (32.54%) Microsoft
3 66 (26.19%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (13.49%) Centrify
5 28 (11.11%) ServiceNow
6 24 (9.52%) Splunk
7 23 (9.13%) VMware
8 19 (7.54%) Okta
9 15 (5.95%) Cisco
9 15 (5.95%) Oracle
10 12 (4.76%) Red Hat
11 11 (4.37%) IBM
12 10 (3.97%) AppDynamics
12 10 (3.97%) Broadcom
13 9 (3.57%) F5
13 9 (3.57%) Google
14 7 (2.78%) Jaspersoft
14 7 (2.78%) Ping Identity
14 7 (2.78%) SAP
15 6 (2.38%) Palo Alto