LDAP Contracts in England

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring LDAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LDAP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 377 470
Rank change year-on-year +7 +93 +72
Contract jobs citing LDAP 115 166 184
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.45% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.11% 2.21% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 110 124
10th Percentile £414 £290 £400
25th Percentile £500 £401 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £647 £624 £650
90th Percentile £688 £701 £725
UK median daily rate £595 £558 £550
% change year-on-year +6.73% +1.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £80.34 - -
25th Percentile £80.59 £51.25 £71.50
Median hourly rate £81.35 £52.50 £73.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.95% -28.08% -
75th Percentile £81.91 £53.75 £74.88
90th Percentile £83.05 - £75.55
UK median hourly rate £81.35 £52.50 £73.00
% change year-on-year +54.95% -28.08% -

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 5,454 7,511 11,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.39% 20.19% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,783 5,341 8,633
10th Percentile £368 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 218 138
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.27 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £48.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £75.00 £80.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

LDAP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing LDAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for LDAP in England

LDAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LDAP in England.

Daily rate trend for LDAP in England

LDAP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LDAP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LDAP in England

LDAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LDAP in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 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 -25 48 £600 +9.09% 61
East of England +43 19 £588 +102.59% 26
North of England +25 17 £600 - 19
West Midlands +20 11 £625 +35.14% 9
Midlands +11 11 £625 +4.17% 18
Yorkshire +10 10 £600 +6.67% 10
South East +46 8 £588 +4.68% 44
South West +52 7 £663 +35.90% 11
North West +22 7 £500 -19.35% 7
LDAP
UK

LDAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (10.43%) Confluence
2 6 (5.22%) Apache
3 5 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.35%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.48%) CMS
5 3 (2.61%) JBoss
5 3 (2.61%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.74%) IIS
7 1 (0.87%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (4.35%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.74%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 35 (30.43%) Azure
2 22 (19.13%) Entra ID
3 17 (14.78%) AWS
4 8 (6.96%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (6.09%) GCP
6 4 (3.48%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (3.48%) Nutanix
6 4 (3.48%) OpenShift
6 4 (3.48%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.48%) SaaS
6 4 (3.48%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (2.61%) GitHub
7 3 (2.61%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.74%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.74%) IaaS
8 2 (1.74%) PaaS
8 2 (1.74%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.74%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.87%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 30 (26.09%) DNS
2 29 (25.22%) HTTP
3 28 (24.35%) SMTP
4 27 (23.48%) SSL
5 20 (17.39%) FTP
6 14 (12.17%) Network Security
7 12 (10.43%) NAS
8 11 (9.57%) DHCP
8 11 (9.57%) Firewall
8 11 (9.57%) Kerberos
8 11 (9.57%) SAN
9 8 (6.96%) POP3
10 7 (6.09%) TCP/IP
11 5 (4.35%) HTTPS
12 4 (3.48%) LAN
12 4 (3.48%) tcpdump
12 4 (3.48%) Telnet
12 4 (3.48%) WAN
13 3 (2.61%) OpenLDAP
13 3 (2.61%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.57%) Relational Database
2 6 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.35%) Oracle Database
3 5 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.48%) Power BI
5 3 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (2.61%) MySQL
5 3 (2.61%) Neo4j
6 2 (1.74%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.74%) Sybase ASE
7 1 (0.87%) Metadata
7 1 (0.87%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.87%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 16 (13.91%) JIRA
2 8 (6.96%) Git
3 6 (5.22%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.48%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.61%) Eclipse
5 3 (2.61%) JUnit
5 3 (2.61%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (2.61%) Selenium
5 3 (2.61%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.61%) Subversion
6 2 (1.74%) Maven
6 2 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.87%) GitLab
7 1 (0.87%) Serena SBM
General
1 36 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 23 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (14.78%) Finance
4 10 (8.70%) Banking
5 5 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.48%) Law
7 3 (2.61%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.61%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.61%) Retail
8 2 (1.74%) International Banking
8 2 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.87%) Aviation
9 1 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.87%) Legal
9 1 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (16.52%) Architect
2 16 (13.91%) Analyst
3 15 (13.04%) Developer
3 15 (13.04%) Senior
4 14 (12.17%) Administrator
5 13 (11.30%) SOC Analyst
6 9 (7.83%) Lead
6 9 (7.83%) Linux Engineer
7 7 (6.09%) ServiceNow Developer
8 5 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (4.35%) IT Security Officer
8 5 (4.35%) Linux Administrator
8 5 (4.35%) Security Officer
9 4 (3.48%) Consultant
9 4 (3.48%) DevOps Administrator
9 4 (3.48%) Senior Manager
9 4 (3.48%) ServiceNow Administrator
9 4 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.48%) Systems Administrator
10 3 (2.61%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (26.96%) SAML
2 26 (22.61%) REST
3 23 (20.00%) OAuth
4 18 (15.65%) Web Services
5 17 (14.78%) AngularJS
6 15 (13.04%) SOAP
7 12 (10.43%) CSS
8 11 (9.57%) HTML
9 10 (8.70%) Bootstrap
9 10 (8.70%) JSON
10 9 (7.83%) OpenID
11 8 (6.96%) CSS3
12 7 (6.09%) JWT
12 7 (6.09%) SailPoint
12 7 (6.09%) XML
13 6 (5.22%) Ajax
13 6 (5.22%) Middleware
14 5 (4.35%) Kafka
15 4 (3.48%) JDBC
15 4 (3.48%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.30%) Cyberattack
1 13 (11.30%) Product Ownership
2 11 (9.57%) Cyber Threat
2 11 (9.57%) Onboarding
2 11 (9.57%) Security Operations Centre
3 10 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 8 (6.96%) Clustering
4 8 (6.96%) CSOC
5 6 (5.22%) Security Posture
6 5 (4.35%) Data Centre
6 5 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.48%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (3.48%) PKI
7 4 (3.48%) Replication
8 3 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.74%) CMDB
9 2 (1.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.74%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 33 (28.70%) Linux
2 22 (19.13%) Windows
3 11 (9.57%) Windows Server
4 10 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (5.22%) Ubuntu
6 5 (4.35%) Unix
7 4 (3.48%) Solaris
8 2 (1.74%) CentOS
8 2 (1.74%) Debian
8 2 (1.74%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (1.74%) VMS
9 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (25.22%) Agile
2 24 (20.87%) DevOps
3 23 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 21 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (15.65%) ITIL
6 18 (15.65%) RBAC
7 14 (12.17%) Threat Detection
8 13 (11.30%) Analytics
8 13 (11.30%) Information Security
9 12 (10.43%) Information Management
9 12 (10.43%) Migration
9 12 (10.43%) Roadmaps
9 12 (10.43%) Scrum
10 11 (9.57%) Incident Response
10 11 (9.57%) Network Packet Capture
11 10 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (8.70%) ITSM
11 10 (8.70%) Security Operations
11 10 (8.70%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.61%) PowerShell
2 24 (20.87%) Python
3 17 (14.78%) JavaScript
4 15 (13.04%) Java
5 10 (8.70%) SQL
6 7 (6.09%) Bash
7 5 (4.35%) C#
7 5 (4.35%) Groovy
8 4 (3.48%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.61%) C++
9 3 (2.61%) Perl
10 2 (1.74%) Ruby
10 2 (1.74%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.87%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.87%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.87%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.87%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 25 (21.74%) SC Cleared
3 14 (12.17%) DV Cleared
4 6 (5.22%) Degree
5 4 (3.48%) CISSP
5 4 (3.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.74%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.87%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.87%) CISM
8 1 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.96%) GDPR
1 8 (6.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (6.96%) NIST
2 7 (6.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (3.48%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.74%) NCSC
4 2 (1.74%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.74%) PMO
5 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.87%) Data Quality
System Software
1 53 (46.09%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.09%) NFS
3 5 (4.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 5 (4.35%) Docker
3 5 (4.35%) OpenAM
3 5 (4.35%) OpenDJ
3 5 (4.35%) OpenIDM
3 5 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.48%) Samba
5 2 (1.74%) Veritas File System
5 2 (1.74%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.87%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.87%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.87%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (33.91%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (13.91%) Ansible
3 13 (11.30%) Kubernetes
4 7 (6.09%) Grafana
5 6 (5.22%) Puppet
6 5 (4.35%) Prometheus
6 5 (4.35%) SELinux
6 5 (4.35%) Terraform
7 4 (3.48%) Tivoli
7 4 (3.48%) yum
8 3 (2.61%) Control-M
8 3 (2.61%) Netcool
8 3 (2.61%) QRadar
8 3 (2.61%) ZABBIX
9 2 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.74%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (1.74%) Nessus
9 2 (1.74%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.74%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (1.74%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 23 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 21 (18.26%) Microsoft
3 15 (13.04%) Oracle
3 15 (13.04%) Splunk
4 14 (12.17%) Red Hat
5 12 (10.43%) CyberArk
5 12 (10.43%) VMware
6 10 (8.70%) ForgeRock
7 6 (5.22%) SAP
8 5 (4.35%) Confluent
9 4 (3.48%) IBM
9 4 (3.48%) NetApp
9 4 (3.48%) Okta
9 4 (3.48%) OpenText
9 4 (3.48%) Qualtrics
9 4 (3.48%) Qualys
9 4 (3.48%) Sybase
10 3 (2.61%) BMC
10 3 (2.61%) Google
10 3 (2.61%) HP