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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 355 325
Rank change year-on-year +18 -30 +160
Contract jobs citing LDAP 213 143 245
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 0.52% 0.67%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.04% 2.39% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 80 143
10th Percentile £413 £302 £331
25th Percentile £468 £451 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% -2.13% +3.25%
75th Percentile £744 £651 £681
90th Percentile £750 £762 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +1.05%
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 7,000 5,987 7,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.25% 21.79% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,678 3,822 5,641
10th Percentile £356 £358 £363
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £635 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £784 £763
UK median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.58% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 68 162
10th Percentile £32.86 £26.25 £31.33
25th Percentile £45.00 £42.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.50 £62.50 £52.20
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +19.74% -19.70%
75th Percentile £66.88 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.57 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +16.82% -17.69%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +9 87 £700 +16.67% 228
Midlands -26 37 £539 -7.35% 21
West Midlands -28 35 £545 -6.24% 3
North of England -18 33 £469 +30.73% 47
South East -20 23 £481 -12.66% 162
East of England -8 22 £492 -14.43% 40
Yorkshire - 19 £500 - 15
North West -9 14 £453 +26.27% 12
South West -10 10 £475 - 32
East Midlands - 2 £455 - 18
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 29 (13.62%) Confluence
2 12 (5.63%) WebSphere
3 11 (5.16%) Apache
3 11 (5.16%) nginx
3 11 (5.16%) WebSphere Application Server
4 10 (4.69%) IIS
4 10 (4.69%) iPlanet
4 10 (4.69%) JBoss
5 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.41%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.94%) CICS
7 2 (0.94%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.47%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.47%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 10 (4.69%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.94%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 102 (47.89%) Azure
2 100 (46.95%) AWS
3 70 (32.86%) GCP
4 26 (12.21%) Entra ID
5 19 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (8.45%) Amazon S3
7 17 (7.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 17 (7.98%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (5.16%) Amazon ECS
8 11 (5.16%) Route 53
8 11 (5.16%) SaaS
9 10 (4.69%) Amazon ELB
9 10 (4.69%) AWS KMS
9 10 (4.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 9 (4.23%) OpenShift
11 8 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.76%) Serverless
12 7 (3.29%) GitHub
13 5 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (1.41%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 43 (20.19%) DNS
2 38 (17.84%) Kerberos
3 36 (16.90%) SSL
4 31 (14.55%) SMTP
5 29 (13.62%) HTTP
6 25 (11.74%) FTP
7 24 (11.27%) Firewall
8 18 (8.45%) Network Security
8 18 (8.45%) SSH
9 15 (7.04%) OpenLDAP
10 10 (4.69%) IMAP
11 8 (3.76%) TCP/IP
12 7 (3.29%) VPN
13 6 (2.82%) DHCP
14 5 (2.35%) LAN
14 5 (2.35%) WAN
15 4 (1.88%) Cisco Nexus
15 4 (1.88%) DKIM
15 4 (1.88%) DMARC
15 4 (1.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.10%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.16%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (4.69%) Amazon Aurora
3 10 (4.69%) Oracle Database
4 9 (4.23%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.82%) MySQL
6 3 (1.41%) Metadata
6 3 (1.41%) Power BI
7 2 (0.94%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (17.84%) Jenkins
2 37 (17.37%) JIRA
3 34 (15.96%) Git
4 19 (8.92%) GitLab
5 10 (4.69%) Bitbucket Server
5 10 (4.69%) CA Release Automation
5 10 (4.69%) Vagrant
6 9 (4.23%) Selenium
6 9 (4.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (3.29%) Cucumber
7 7 (3.29%) REST Assured
8 6 (2.82%) Postman
9 5 (2.35%) TestRail
10 2 (0.94%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.47%) JUnit
11 1 (0.47%) Maven
11 1 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.47%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.47%) Subversion
11 1 (0.47%) Zephyr
General
1 101 (47.42%) Social Skills
2 33 (15.49%) Documentation Skills
3 27 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.80%) Public Sector
5 19 (8.92%) Finance
6 16 (7.51%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.76%) Banking
8 7 (3.29%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.88%) Aviation
10 3 (1.41%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.94%) Electronics
11 2 (0.94%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.94%) Marketing
12 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Law
12 1 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 51 (23.94%) Architect
2 35 (16.43%) CyberArk Architect
3 25 (11.74%) Consultant
4 20 (9.39%) Analyst
5 17 (7.98%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (7.04%) SOC Analyst
7 14 (6.57%) Senior
8 13 (6.10%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.69%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (4.69%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.69%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.69%) Developer
10 9 (4.23%) Security Consultant
11 8 (3.76%) AWS DevOps
11 8 (3.76%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.76%) DevOps Platform Engineer
11 8 (3.76%) Lead
12 6 (2.82%) Administrator
12 6 (2.82%) ServiceNow Architect
12 6 (2.82%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (28.64%) SAML
2 58 (27.23%) REST
3 45 (21.13%) OAuth
3 45 (21.13%) OpenID
4 43 (20.19%) SOAP
5 17 (7.98%) SailPoint
6 12 (5.63%) AngularJS
6 12 (5.63%) HTML
6 12 (5.63%) Web Services
7 10 (4.69%) HTML5
8 9 (4.23%) Apache Camel
8 9 (4.23%) JDBC
8 9 (4.23%) jQuery
8 9 (4.23%) JSON
8 9 (4.23%) ODBC
8 9 (4.23%) RabbitMQ
9 8 (3.76%) Middleware
10 7 (3.29%) .NET
10 7 (3.29%) boto
10 7 (3.29%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 41 (19.25%) Security Posture
2 36 (16.90%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (9.39%) Management Information System
4 19 (8.92%) Onboarding
5 17 (7.98%) Replication
6 15 (7.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (7.04%) Cyberattack
7 13 (6.10%) CSOC
7 13 (6.10%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (6.10%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (3.29%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.82%) SCADA
10 4 (1.88%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.88%) PKI
11 3 (1.41%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.94%) Clustering
12 2 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.94%) Mainframe
13 1 (0.47%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 52 (24.41%) Linux
2 46 (21.60%) Windows
3 17 (7.98%) Windows Server
4 14 (6.57%) Ubuntu
4 14 (6.57%) Unix
5 11 (5.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (5.16%) VMS
6 10 (4.69%) Amazon Linux
6 10 (4.69%) CentOS
7 9 (4.23%) Solaris
8 7 (3.29%) AIX
9 2 (0.94%) CatOS
9 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.94%) zOS
10 1 (0.47%) MVS
10 1 (0.47%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (33.33%) SIEM
2 67 (31.46%) Privileged Access Management
3 64 (30.05%) DevOps
4 63 (29.58%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (26.76%) CI/CD
6 53 (24.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 46 (21.60%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (21.60%) Task Automation
8 45 (21.13%) ITSM
9 43 (20.19%) Integration Patterns
10 37 (17.37%) Technical Leadership
11 36 (16.90%) Identity Access Management
12 34 (15.96%) Presales
13 27 (12.68%) Agile
14 25 (11.74%) RBAC
15 21 (9.86%) Incident Response
16 20 (9.39%) DevSecOps
16 20 (9.39%) Migration
17 19 (8.92%) Information Security
17 19 (8.92%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 104 (48.83%) Python
2 98 (46.01%) PowerShell
3 26 (12.21%) SQL
4 23 (10.80%) Groovy
5 19 (8.92%) Java
5 19 (8.92%) JavaScript
6 13 (6.10%) Shell Script
7 9 (4.23%) Bash
8 7 (3.29%) Go
9 5 (2.35%) MATLAB
9 5 (2.35%) PHP
10 3 (1.41%) C++
11 2 (0.94%) BeanShell
11 2 (0.94%) C#
11 2 (0.94%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.47%) Formula Language
12 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.47%) LotusScript
12 1 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 112 (52.58%) Security Cleared
2 109 (51.17%) SC Cleared
3 30 (14.08%) CISSP
4 22 (10.33%) CISM
5 17 (7.98%) AWS Certification
6 10 (4.69%) Azure Certification
6 10 (4.69%) Degree
6 10 (4.69%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.76%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.88%) MCSA
9 4 (1.88%) MCSE
10 1 (0.47%) CCA
10 1 (0.47%) CISA
10 1 (0.47%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.47%) GIAC
10 1 (0.47%) GSEC
10 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (18.31%) GDPR
2 38 (17.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (14.55%) NIST
4 11 (5.16%) QA
5 7 (3.29%) NCSC
5 7 (3.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (2.82%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.35%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.35%) SLA
8 4 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.41%) HIPAA
System Software
1 139 (65.26%) Active Directory
2 20 (9.39%) Docker
3 14 (6.57%) Postfix
4 10 (4.69%) DFS Replication
4 10 (4.69%) Dovecot
4 10 (4.69%) Squid
5 8 (3.76%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 6 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (1.41%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 3 (1.41%) KVM
7 3 (1.41%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.94%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.94%) NFS
8 2 (0.94%) OpenAM
8 2 (0.94%) OpenDJ
8 2 (0.94%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.47%) Firmware
9 1 (0.47%) SRDF
9 1 (0.47%) XenApp
9 1 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 41 (19.25%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (8.92%) Terraform
3 15 (7.04%) Nessus
4 12 (5.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (5.63%) Ansible
5 10 (4.69%) CA Single Sign-On
5 10 (4.69%) CA Wily
5 10 (4.69%) Grafana
5 10 (4.69%) Kubernetes
5 10 (4.69%) Prometheus
5 10 (4.69%) Proxmox
6 9 (4.23%) Progress Chef
7 8 (3.76%) Tivoli
8 6 (2.82%) PingFederate
9 5 (2.35%) Check_MK
9 5 (2.35%) Podman
9 5 (2.35%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (1.88%) CASB
10 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (1.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 81 (38.03%) CyberArk
2 62 (29.11%) BeyondTrust
3 54 (25.35%) Microsoft
4 34 (15.96%) Centrify
5 33 (15.49%) ServiceNow
6 17 (7.98%) Splunk
7 15 (7.04%) Oracle
8 13 (6.10%) Remedy
8 13 (6.10%) VMware
9 12 (5.63%) IBM
10 10 (4.69%) AppDynamics
10 10 (4.69%) Broadcom
10 10 (4.69%) HP
10 10 (4.69%) Jaspersoft
11 9 (4.23%) BMC
11 9 (4.23%) Ivanti
12 8 (3.76%) Ping Identity
13 7 (3.29%) SAP
14 6 (2.82%) Cisco
14 6 (2.82%) Red Hat