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

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 450 358 394
Rank change year-on-year -92 +36 -45
Contract jobs citing LDAP 205 166 130
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.44% 0.59% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.05% 2.30% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 112 67
10th Percentile £402 £363 £217
25th Percentile £500 £413 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £492 £560
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -12.14% +1.82%
75th Percentile £601 £625 £694
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 22 11 1
10th Percentile £72.50 - -
25th Percentile £78.47 £45.00 £71.25
Median hourly rate £85.24 £63.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.30% -13.10% +28.55%
75th Percentile £92.11 £78.18 £73.75
90th Percentile £92.46 £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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10,011 7,231 7,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.40% 25.61% 24.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,586 4,863 5,163
10th Percentile £381 £358 £361
25th Percentile £447 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -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 284 172 150
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £34.28
25th Percentile £52.19 £41.51 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +11.03%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.70 £71.80 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £51.44 £65.00
% change year-on-year +26.36% -20.86% +10.11%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -3 68 £545 +11.28% 22
London -96 57 £575 -4.80% 42
South West -8 39 £525 +10.53% 12
East of England -19 19 £513 -24.63% 7
North of England -82 15 £540 +19.21% 6
Yorkshire -23 13 £583 +11.00% 2
Midlands -86 5 £426 -5.33% 4
West Midlands -69 3 £500 -9.09% 2
East Midlands -29 2 £402 -1.95% 2
North West -61 2 £500 +11.11% 3
LDAP
UK

LDAP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1SAML30.7%63
2OpenID27.8%57
3OAuth27.3%56
4SailPoint21.0%43
5REST16.6%34
6OAuth215.6%32
7Terraform10.7%22
8Web Services10.2%21
9JSON7.8%16
10OpenTofu4.4%9
10SOAP4.4%9
12Middleware3.9%8
13.NET3.4%7
13JDBC3.4%7
13pytest3.4%7
13Regular Expression3.4%7
17Kafka2.0%4
18Jakarta EE1.5%3
18JWT1.5%3
18Playwright1.5%3