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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 376 385
Rank change year-on-year +8 +9 +146
Contract jobs citing LDAP 152 151 223
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.46% 0.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.41% 2.05% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 89 144
10th Percentile £363 £245 £365
25th Percentile £410 £463 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £598 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.32% +8.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £674
90th Percentile £675 £738 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £596 £550
% change year-on-year -16.14% +8.41% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 4
10th Percentile £44.75 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £66.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +9.02% -8.90%
75th Percentile £81.35 £73.75 £78.00
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £66.50
% change year-on-year -10.34% +9.02% -8.90%

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 6,298 7,374 9,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.64% 22.38% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,266 4,854 6,779
10th Percentile £350 £355 £377
25th Percentile £413 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £810 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 178 168
10th Percentile £31.50 £27.53 £37.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.93 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +4.88% -5.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £72.41
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.46 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.85 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -10.96% +2.67% -4.00%

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
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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 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 -20 61 £608 -0.73% 9
Midlands +12 48 £450 -27.65% 4
West Midlands +9 28 £550 +4.07% 1
North of England -9 24 £453 -10.30% 11
East Midlands +5 20 £410 -34.08% 3
North West +4 18 £450 -10.89% 4
East of England +6 12 £680 +23.64% 22
South West +12 6 £463 -2.63%
Yorkshire -11 6 £513 - 7
South East 0 4 £500 -14.35% 8
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 39 (25.66%) Confluence
2 15 (9.87%) WebSphere
3 14 (9.21%) WebSphere Application Server
4 12 (7.89%) nginx
5 10 (6.58%) Apache
5 10 (6.58%) IIS
5 10 (6.58%) iPlanet
5 10 (6.58%) JBoss
6 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (1.32%) CICS
7 2 (1.32%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.32%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.66%) CMS
8 1 (0.66%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.66%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 12 (7.89%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 3 (1.97%) AutoCAD
2 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (8.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 65 (42.76%) AWS
2 40 (26.32%) Azure
3 30 (19.74%) GCP
4 19 (12.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 19 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
4 19 (12.50%) Amazon S3
5 17 (11.18%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (9.87%) Entra ID
7 12 (7.89%) Amazon ECS
7 12 (7.89%) Amazon ELB
7 12 (7.89%) AWS KMS
7 12 (7.89%) Route 53
7 12 (7.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 11 (7.24%) OpenShift
9 9 (5.92%) GitHub
10 8 (5.26%) Serverless
11 7 (4.61%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (3.29%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (2.63%) SaaS
14 3 (1.97%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (21.71%) SMTP
1 33 (21.71%) SSL
2 30 (19.74%) HTTP
3 28 (18.42%) DNS
4 25 (16.45%) Firewall
5 23 (15.13%) FTP
6 21 (13.82%) Kerberos
7 18 (11.84%) SSH
8 17 (11.18%) OpenLDAP
9 14 (9.21%) Network Security
10 12 (7.89%) IMAP
11 10 (6.58%) TCP/IP
12 5 (3.29%) Internet
13 4 (2.63%) POP3
14 2 (1.32%) NAS
14 2 (1.32%) VPN
15 1 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
15 1 (0.66%) FCoE
15 1 (0.66%) Fibre Channel
15 1 (0.66%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.87%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (7.89%) Amazon Aurora
2 12 (7.89%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (6.58%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.63%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.63%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.97%) Metadata
6 2 (1.32%) Power BI
6 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.66%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.66%) Redis
Development Applications
1 39 (25.66%) JIRA
2 29 (19.08%) Git
3 28 (18.42%) Jenkins
4 12 (7.89%) Vagrant
5 10 (6.58%) Bitbucket Server
5 10 (6.58%) CA Release Automation
6 9 (5.92%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (3.95%) GitLab
8 3 (1.97%) Log4j
9 1 (0.66%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.66%) Subversion
General
1 62 (40.79%) Social Skills
2 35 (23.03%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (11.18%) Finance
4 16 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.95%) Banking
7 5 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.32%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.32%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.32%) Law
8 2 (1.32%) Retail
8 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.66%) Electronics
9 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.66%) Marketing
9 1 (0.66%) Police
Job Titles
1 22 (14.47%) Architect
2 21 (13.82%) Analyst
3 18 (11.84%) DevOps Engineer
4 16 (10.53%) Senior
5 15 (9.87%) Platform Engineer
6 12 (7.89%) AWS Engineer
6 12 (7.89%) AWS Platform Engineer
6 12 (7.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 12 (7.89%) Developer
6 12 (7.89%) SOC Analyst
7 10 (6.58%) AWS DevOps
7 10 (6.58%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) DevOps Platform Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) ServiceNow Architect
8 8 (5.26%) Consultant
8 8 (5.26%) Senior Architect
8 8 (5.26%) ServiceNow Developer
9 7 (4.61%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
9 7 (4.61%) Identity Management Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (41.45%) SAML
2 48 (31.58%) OAuth
3 40 (26.32%) OpenID
4 31 (20.39%) REST
5 22 (14.47%) AngularJS
5 22 (14.47%) Web Services
6 21 (13.82%) HTML
7 17 (11.18%) SOAP
8 16 (10.53%) JDBC
9 15 (9.87%) HTML5
10 14 (9.21%) JSON
11 13 (8.55%) Apache Camel
11 13 (8.55%) Hibernate
11 13 (8.55%) jQuery
11 13 (8.55%) ODBC
11 13 (8.55%) RabbitMQ
11 13 (8.55%) Spring
12 11 (7.24%) OAuth2
13 9 (5.92%) SailPoint
14 7 (4.61%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.87%) Management Information System
1 15 (9.87%) Replication
2 13 (8.55%) Onboarding
3 12 (7.89%) Cyberattack
4 10 (6.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (5.92%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (5.26%) CSOC
6 8 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (4.61%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (4.61%) Product Ownership
8 5 (3.29%) Cloud Native
8 5 (3.29%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.63%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.97%) Digital Signage
10 3 (1.97%) SCADA
10 3 (1.97%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.32%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.32%) Clustering
11 2 (1.32%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.32%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 41 (26.97%) Linux
2 32 (21.05%) Windows
3 16 (10.53%) Unix
4 13 (8.55%) VMS
5 12 (7.89%) Amazon Linux
6 10 (6.58%) Ubuntu
7 9 (5.92%) Windows Server
8 5 (3.29%) Solaris
9 3 (1.97%) AIX
10 2 (1.32%) zOS
11 1 (0.66%) MVS
11 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (32.89%) DevOps
2 48 (31.58%) CI/CD
3 43 (28.29%) Identity Access Management
4 35 (23.03%) Agile
5 30 (19.74%) RBAC
6 29 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (15.79%) Scrum
8 22 (14.47%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (14.47%) Microservices
9 21 (13.82%) Privileged Access Management
10 20 (13.16%) Cloud Security
10 20 (13.16%) Configuration Management
11 18 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (11.18%) Identity Management
12 17 (11.18%) ITSM
13 15 (9.87%) Change Management
13 15 (9.87%) Containerisation
13 15 (9.87%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 15 (9.87%) Performance Tuning
13 15 (9.87%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.68%) Python
2 35 (23.03%) PowerShell
3 25 (16.45%) Java
4 23 (15.13%) Groovy
4 23 (15.13%) JavaScript
4 23 (15.13%) SQL
5 8 (5.26%) Shell Script
6 7 (4.61%) Go
7 5 (3.29%) Bash
8 3 (1.97%) C++
9 2 (1.32%) C#
9 2 (1.32%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.66%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.66%) Formula Language
10 1 (0.66%) LotusScript
10 1 (0.66%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 49 (32.24%) Security Cleared
2 47 (30.92%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.53%) AWS Certification
4 14 (9.21%) Degree
5 10 (6.58%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.92%) CISSP
7 8 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (4.61%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.29%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.63%) MCSA
10 4 (2.63%) MCSE
11 3 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.32%) CISM
12 2 (1.32%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.66%) CBAP
13 1 (0.66%) CISA
13 1 (0.66%) GIAC
13 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (17.11%) GDPR
2 16 (10.53%) HIPAA
3 11 (7.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (6.58%) QA
5 8 (5.26%) NIST
5 8 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (3.29%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.66%) Data Quality
System Software
1 68 (44.74%) Active Directory
2 32 (21.05%) Docker
3 12 (7.89%) Dovecot
3 12 (7.89%) Postfix
3 12 (7.89%) Squid
4 10 (6.58%) DFS Replication
5 8 (5.26%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 2 (1.32%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.32%) KVM
6 2 (1.32%) NFS
6 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.66%) SRDF
7 1 (0.66%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.66%) Xen
Systems Management
1 53 (34.87%) Single Sign-On
2 23 (15.13%) Kubernetes
3 22 (14.47%) Terraform
4 17 (11.18%) Nessus
5 15 (9.87%) Prometheus
6 13 (8.55%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 12 (7.89%) Grafana
8 10 (6.58%) CA Single Sign-On
8 10 (6.58%) CA Wily
8 10 (6.58%) Proxmox
9 9 (5.92%) Ansible
9 9 (5.92%) Progress Chef
10 8 (5.26%) Tivoli
11 4 (2.63%) CASB
12 3 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (1.97%) SELinux
13 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (1.32%) PingFederate
13 2 (1.32%) SCCM
14 1 (0.66%) HP Operations Orchestration
Vendors
1 47 (30.92%) Microsoft
2 37 (24.34%) ServiceNow
3 27 (17.76%) IBM
4 26 (17.11%) CyberArk
5 20 (13.16%) Splunk
6 17 (11.18%) Remedy
7 15 (9.87%) Ping Identity
8 13 (8.55%) BMC
8 13 (8.55%) HP
8 13 (8.55%) Ivanti
8 13 (8.55%) Oracle
9 12 (7.89%) Jaspersoft
10 11 (7.24%) ForgeRock
11 10 (6.58%) AppDynamics
11 10 (6.58%) Broadcom
11 10 (6.58%) Okta
12 5 (3.29%) Atlassian
12 5 (3.29%) SAP
12 5 (3.29%) Tenable
13 4 (2.63%) Red Hat