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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 360 383
Rank change year-on-year -89 +23 +14
Contract jobs citing LDAP 194 152 143
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.55% 0.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.97% 2.18% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 98 86
10th Percentile £314 £362 £238
25th Percentile £483 £408 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £606
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -17.53% +10.23%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £674
90th Percentile £690 £671 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 0
10th Percentile £70.38 £44.75 -
25th Percentile £76.22 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% - -
75th Percentile £89.58 £81.35 -
90th Percentile £92.11 £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +30.77% - -

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 9,867 6,979 8,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.29% 25.08% 24.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,481 4,774 5,525
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £440 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -5.64% -0.90%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 164 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.36 £27.38
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.27 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £54.35 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -13.04% -0.79%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £71.40 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +23.81% -14.77% -1.44%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -4 57 £581 -7.00% 22
London -83 53 £525 -10.64% 33
South West -14 34 £525 +13.51% 11
North of England -76 22 £588 +30.18% 8
East of England -12 21 £500 -26.47% 25
Yorkshire -32 18 £570 +11.22% 5
Midlands -92 5 £450 - 11
West Midlands -73 4 £450 -18.18% 3
North West -63 3 £679 +51.45% 2
North East - 1 - - 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 10 (5.15%) Confluence
2 8 (4.12%) IIS
3 3 (1.55%) Apache
3 3 (1.55%) nginx
3 3 (1.55%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (2.06%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.52%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 108 (55.67%) Azure
2 77 (39.69%) AWS
3 71 (36.60%) Entra ID
4 51 (26.29%) GCP
5 19 (9.79%) SaaS
6 6 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (2.06%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.06%) GitHub
8 4 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.06%) IaaS
8 4 (2.06%) PaaS
9 3 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.55%) Route 53
10 2 (1.03%) Amazon ELB
10 2 (1.03%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.03%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.43%) Kerberos
2 27 (13.92%) DNS
3 16 (8.25%) DHCP
4 14 (7.22%) HTTP
5 13 (6.70%) Firewall
5 13 (6.70%) SSL
6 8 (4.12%) TCP/IP
7 6 (3.09%) VPN
8 5 (2.58%) NAS
8 5 (2.58%) SAN
9 4 (2.06%) FTP
9 4 (2.06%) HTTPS
9 4 (2.06%) IPsec
9 4 (2.06%) Network Security
9 4 (2.06%) OpenLDAP
9 4 (2.06%) SMTP
9 4 (2.06%) SSH
9 4 (2.06%) WAN
10 3 (1.55%) BIG-IP
10 3 (1.55%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.12%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.06%) Db2
2 4 (2.06%) Metadata
2 4 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.55%) MySQL
4 2 (1.03%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.52%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.52%) Power BI
5 1 (0.52%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 16 (8.25%) JIRA
2 15 (7.73%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.67%) GitLab
4 10 (5.15%) Git
5 4 (2.06%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.55%) JMeter
6 3 (1.55%) Postman
7 2 (1.03%) Gatling
7 2 (1.03%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.52%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.52%) Gerrit
8 1 (0.52%) Locust
8 1 (0.52%) Maven
8 1 (0.52%) Newman
8 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.52%) Selenium
8 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.52%) TestCafe
8 1 (0.52%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.52%) Vagrant
General
1 79 (40.72%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.46%) Documentation Skills
3 17 (8.76%) Finance
3 17 (8.76%) Public Sector
4 16 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.70%) Aerospace
6 6 (3.09%) Back Office
7 4 (2.06%) Banking
7 4 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.06%) Military
8 3 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.55%) Retail
9 2 (1.03%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.52%) Law
10 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Publishing
10 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (25.77%) Architect
2 19 (9.79%) Consultant
3 14 (7.22%) IAM Specialist
4 9 (4.64%) Analyst
4 9 (4.64%) CyberArk Consultant
4 9 (4.64%) Developer
4 9 (4.64%) Senior
5 8 (4.12%) Lead
5 8 (4.12%) SailPoint Engineer
6 7 (3.61%) CyberArk Architect
6 7 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (3.61%) Security Engineer
6 7 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (2.58%) C Developer
7 5 (2.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (2.58%) Software Developer
7 5 (2.58%) Support Engineer
7 5 (2.58%) Technical Architect
7 5 (2.58%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (32.99%) SAML
2 58 (29.90%) OpenID
3 57 (29.38%) OAuth
4 41 (21.13%) SailPoint
5 32 (16.49%) REST
6 28 (14.43%) OAuth2
7 18 (9.28%) Web Services
8 17 (8.76%) Terraform
9 16 (8.25%) JSON
10 11 (5.67%) SOAP
11 10 (5.15%) JDBC
12 8 (4.12%) Middleware
13 7 (3.61%) .NET
13 7 (3.61%) Jakarta EE
13 7 (3.61%) Regular Expression
14 5 (2.58%) OpenTofu
14 5 (2.58%) pytest
15 2 (1.03%) Kafka
15 2 (1.03%) Playwright
15 2 (1.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (19.07%) Onboarding
2 18 (9.28%) PKI
3 17 (8.76%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (6.70%) Management Information System
4 13 (6.70%) Replication
5 10 (5.15%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (4.12%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.12%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.09%) Clustering
7 6 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.58%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.58%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.06%) Mainframe
9 4 (2.06%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.55%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.55%) YARA
11 2 (1.03%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 40 (20.62%) Linux
2 37 (19.07%) Windows
3 12 (6.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 12 (6.19%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.12%) Unix
5 7 (3.61%) CentOS
6 6 (3.09%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.03%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (1.03%) Rocky
8 2 (1.03%) VMS
9 1 (0.52%) CatOS
9 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.52%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (30.93%) SIEM
2 54 (27.84%) RBAC
3 45 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 44 (22.68%) Cybersecurity
4 44 (22.68%) Identity Access Management
5 41 (21.13%) Runbook
6 40 (20.62%) DevOps
7 38 (19.59%) Privileged Access Management
8 37 (19.07%) Technical Leadership
9 36 (18.56%) ITSM
10 35 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (15.46%) DevSecOps
11 30 (15.46%) Migration
12 29 (14.95%) CI/CD
13 28 (14.43%) Roadmaps
13 28 (14.43%) Security Architecture
13 28 (14.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 26 (13.40%) Analytics
14 26 (13.40%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 64 (32.99%) PowerShell
2 54 (27.84%) Python
3 29 (14.95%) Java
4 12 (6.19%) Bash
4 12 (6.19%) SQL
5 11 (5.67%) BeanShell
6 6 (3.09%) Groovy
7 5 (2.58%) C
7 5 (2.58%) MATLAB
7 5 (2.58%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.06%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.06%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.55%) C#
10 2 (1.03%) Cypher
10 2 (1.03%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.52%) Go
11 1 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 79 (40.72%) Security Cleared
2 52 (26.80%) SC Cleared
3 33 (17.01%) DV Cleared
4 27 (13.92%) CISSP
5 25 (12.89%) Degree
6 18 (9.28%) CISM
7 11 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.09%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.58%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.58%) CSPO
10 4 (2.06%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (2.06%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.55%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.52%) CRISC
13 1 (0.52%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (26.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (23.71%) NIST
3 28 (14.43%) GDPR
4 14 (7.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (4.12%) HIPAA
6 7 (3.61%) NCSC
7 6 (3.09%) Data Quality
8 5 (2.58%) GRC
9 4 (2.06%) SLA
10 2 (1.03%) ITGC
10 2 (1.03%) QA
11 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 153 (78.87%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.22%) NFS
3 12 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (5.15%) Docker
5 9 (4.64%) Hyper-V
6 7 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.55%) OpenAM
7 3 (1.55%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.03%) Squid
9 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.52%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.52%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.52%) KVM
9 1 (0.52%) Postfix
9 1 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 27 (13.92%) Single Sign-On
2 23 (11.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 11 (5.67%) Kubernetes
4 10 (5.15%) Ansible
5 8 (4.12%) CA Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.61%) Grafana
7 5 (2.58%) Prometheus
8 4 (2.06%) Check_MK
8 4 (2.06%) PingFederate
8 4 (2.06%) Podman
8 4 (2.06%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (1.55%) Kustomize
10 2 (1.03%) Puppet
11 1 (0.52%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.52%) Nagios
11 1 (0.52%) Nessus
11 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 66 (34.02%) CyberArk
2 62 (31.96%) Microsoft
3 32 (16.49%) ServiceNow
4 18 (9.28%) VMware
5 14 (7.22%) Okta
6 11 (5.67%) Ping Identity
6 11 (5.67%) SAP
7 10 (5.15%) ForgeRock
8 9 (4.64%) Google
9 7 (3.61%) Red Hat
9 7 (3.61%) Workday
10 6 (3.09%) BeyondTrust
10 6 (3.09%) Splunk
11 5 (2.58%) Salesforce
12 4 (2.06%) CheckPoint
12 4 (2.06%) Greenplum
12 4 (2.06%) Oracle
12 4 (2.06%) Palo Alto
12 4 (2.06%) Sybase
13 3 (1.55%) F5