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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 398 354
Rank change year-on-year +38 -44 +148
Contract jobs citing LDAP 167 125 250
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.59% 0.40% 0.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.56% 1.80% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 65 164
10th Percentile £363 £216 £363
25th Percentile £413 £380 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £675
90th Percentile £674 £769 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £551 £550
% change year-on-year -11.52% +0.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 5
10th Percentile £44.88 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £58.50 £72.50 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -19.31% +28.55% -17.96%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £78.00
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £58.50 £72.50 £56.40
% change year-on-year -19.31% +28.55% -17.96%

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 6,523 6,934 9,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.87% 22.03% 22.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,388 4,419 6,657
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £506 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -7.16% -1.00% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 130 187
10th Percentile £31.05 £27.68 £37.67
25th Percentile £42.50 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.70 £65.00 £55.56
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +16.99% -14.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.56 £73.78 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year -16.92% +16.07% -13.85%

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 25 October 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 25 October 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 25 October 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 +5 59 £604 +1.51% 14
Midlands 0 53 £450 -26.41% 2
West Midlands -12 33 £550 -10.06% 2
North of England -12 23 £453 +24.97% 5
East Midlands - 20 £410 -
North West -6 18 £450 +24.14% 5
East of England -15 12 £680 +20.89% 9
South West +5 11 £475 -29.32% 3
South East -8 10 £490 -14.83% 16
Yorkshire - 5 £525 -
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 38 (22.75%) Confluence
2 15 (8.98%) WebSphere
3 14 (8.38%) WebSphere Application Server
4 12 (7.19%) nginx
5 10 (5.99%) Apache
5 10 (5.99%) IIS
5 10 (5.99%) iPlanet
5 10 (5.99%) JBoss
6 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.80%) SharePoint
8 2 (1.20%) CICS
8 2 (1.20%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.60%) HCL Domino
9 1 (0.60%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 12 (7.19%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.80%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (7.78%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 70 (41.92%) AWS
2 47 (28.14%) Azure
3 33 (19.76%) GCP
4 20 (11.98%) Amazon S3
5 19 (11.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 19 (11.38%) Amazon EC2
6 18 (10.78%) Entra ID
6 18 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (7.78%) Amazon ECS
7 13 (7.78%) Route 53
8 12 (7.19%) Amazon ELB
8 12 (7.19%) AWS KMS
8 12 (7.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 11 (6.59%) OpenShift
10 9 (5.39%) GitHub
10 9 (5.39%) Serverless
11 8 (4.79%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (3.59%) SaaS
13 5 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (1.80%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (20.36%) SSL
2 29 (17.37%) DNS
2 29 (17.37%) SMTP
3 26 (15.57%) Firewall
3 26 (15.57%) HTTP
3 26 (15.57%) Kerberos
4 22 (13.17%) SSH
5 20 (11.98%) FTP
6 17 (10.18%) OpenLDAP
7 13 (7.78%) Network Security
8 12 (7.19%) IMAP
9 11 (6.59%) TCP/IP
10 6 (3.59%) Internet
11 3 (1.80%) VPN
12 2 (1.20%) DHCP
12 2 (1.20%) NAS
13 1 (0.60%) FCoE
13 1 (0.60%) LAN
13 1 (0.60%) POP3
13 1 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.98%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (7.78%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (7.19%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (5.99%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.40%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.80%) Metadata
6 3 (1.80%) Power BI
7 2 (1.20%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.60%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.60%) Redis
8 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (22.75%) JIRA
2 30 (17.96%) Git
3 29 (17.37%) Jenkins
4 12 (7.19%) Vagrant
5 10 (5.99%) Bitbucket Server
5 10 (5.99%) CA Release Automation
6 9 (5.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (4.19%) GitLab
8 3 (1.80%) Log4j
9 1 (0.60%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.60%) Subversion
General
1 67 (40.12%) Social Skills
2 39 (23.35%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (12.57%) Public Sector
4 17 (10.18%) Finance
4 17 (10.18%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (7.19%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.59%) Banking
7 4 (2.40%) Aviation
7 4 (2.40%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.20%) Electronics
8 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.20%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.20%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.20%) Marketing
8 2 (1.20%) Retail
9 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.60%) Law
9 1 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 23 (13.77%) Architect
2 20 (11.98%) Analyst
3 19 (11.38%) DevOps Engineer
4 18 (10.78%) Consultant
5 16 (9.58%) Senior
6 15 (8.98%) Platform Engineer
7 12 (7.19%) AWS Engineer
7 12 (7.19%) AWS Platform Engineer
7 12 (7.19%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 10 (5.99%) AWS DevOps
8 10 (5.99%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 10 (5.99%) DevOps Platform Engineer
8 10 (5.99%) ServiceNow Architect
8 10 (5.99%) SOC Analyst
9 9 (5.39%) Developer
10 8 (4.79%) Senior Architect
11 7 (4.19%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Identity Management Engineer
12 6 (3.59%) Management Consultant
13 5 (2.99%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (43.71%) SAML
2 56 (33.53%) OAuth
3 47 (28.14%) OpenID
4 31 (18.56%) REST
5 19 (11.38%) AngularJS
5 19 (11.38%) HTML
5 19 (11.38%) Web Services
6 16 (9.58%) JDBC
6 16 (9.58%) SOAP
7 14 (8.38%) HTML5
8 13 (7.78%) Apache Camel
8 13 (7.78%) Hibernate
8 13 (7.78%) jQuery
8 13 (7.78%) JSON
8 13 (7.78%) OAuth2
8 13 (7.78%) ODBC
8 13 (7.78%) RabbitMQ
8 13 (7.78%) Spring
9 11 (6.59%) SailPoint
10 7 (4.19%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.18%) Onboarding
2 15 (8.98%) Management Information System
3 13 (7.78%) Replication
4 10 (5.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (5.99%) Cyberattack
5 8 (4.79%) CSOC
5 8 (4.79%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.79%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.99%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.99%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.40%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (2.40%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.80%) Digital Signage
10 3 (1.80%) PKI
10 3 (1.80%) SCADA
10 3 (1.80%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.20%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 48 (28.74%) Linux
2 41 (24.55%) Windows
3 14 (8.38%) Windows Server
4 13 (7.78%) Unix
4 13 (7.78%) VMS
5 12 (7.19%) Amazon Linux
6 10 (5.99%) Ubuntu
7 9 (5.39%) Solaris
8 7 (4.19%) AIX
9 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (1.20%) zOS
10 1 (0.60%) CentOS
10 1 (0.60%) MVS
10 1 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (33.53%) DevOps
2 53 (31.74%) CI/CD
3 46 (27.54%) Identity Access Management
4 38 (22.75%) Agile
5 37 (22.16%) RBAC
6 34 (20.36%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (15.57%) Cybersecurity
8 25 (14.97%) Privileged Access Management
9 23 (13.77%) Scrum
10 22 (13.17%) Microservices
11 20 (11.98%) Cloud Security
11 20 (11.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (11.98%) Migration
12 19 (11.38%) Configuration Management
13 17 (10.18%) Change Management
13 17 (10.18%) Identity Management
13 17 (10.18%) ITSM
13 17 (10.18%) Roadmaps
14 16 (9.58%) Containerisation
14 16 (9.58%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 46 (27.54%) PowerShell
2 45 (26.95%) Python
3 27 (16.17%) Java
4 26 (15.57%) SQL
5 24 (14.37%) Groovy
6 22 (13.17%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.79%) Shell Script
8 7 (4.19%) Bash
8 7 (4.19%) Go
9 3 (1.80%) C++
10 2 (1.20%) BeanShell
10 2 (1.20%) C#
10 2 (1.20%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.60%) Formula Language
11 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.60%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 58 (34.73%) Security Cleared
2 55 (32.93%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.18%) AWS Certification
4 16 (9.58%) CISSP
5 13 (7.78%) Degree
6 10 (5.99%) Azure Certification
7 8 (4.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (4.79%) CISM
8 6 (3.59%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (3.59%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.40%) MCSA
10 4 (2.40%) MCSE
11 3 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.20%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.60%) CISA
13 1 (0.60%) GIAC
13 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.60%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.60%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (22.75%) GDPR
2 25 (14.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (11.98%) NIST
4 16 (9.58%) HIPAA
5 10 (5.99%) QA
6 9 (5.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (4.19%) SOC 2
8 4 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (2.40%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 79 (47.31%) Active Directory
2 33 (19.76%) Docker
3 12 (7.19%) Dovecot
3 12 (7.19%) Postfix
3 12 (7.19%) Squid
4 10 (5.99%) DFS Replication
5 8 (4.79%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 2 (1.20%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.20%) KVM
6 2 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.60%) Firmware
7 1 (0.60%) NFS
7 1 (0.60%) SRDF
7 1 (0.60%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.60%) Xen
Systems Management
1 56 (33.53%) Single Sign-On
2 25 (14.97%) Terraform
3 21 (12.57%) Kubernetes
4 17 (10.18%) Nessus
5 15 (8.98%) Prometheus
6 13 (7.78%) Tivoli Identity Manager
7 12 (7.19%) Grafana
8 11 (6.59%) Ansible
9 10 (5.99%) CA Single Sign-On
9 10 (5.99%) CA Wily
9 10 (5.99%) Proxmox
10 9 (5.39%) Progress Chef
11 8 (4.79%) Tivoli
12 6 (3.59%) PingFederate
13 4 (2.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (2.40%) CASB
13 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
14 3 (1.80%) SCCM
14 3 (1.80%) SELinux
15 2 (1.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 49 (29.34%) Microsoft
2 36 (21.56%) CyberArk
3 34 (20.36%) ServiceNow
4 27 (16.17%) IBM
5 20 (11.98%) Ping Identity
6 19 (11.38%) Splunk
7 17 (10.18%) Remedy
8 14 (8.38%) BeyondTrust
8 14 (8.38%) HP
8 14 (8.38%) Oracle
9 13 (7.78%) BMC
9 13 (7.78%) Ivanti
10 12 (7.19%) Jaspersoft
11 10 (5.99%) AppDynamics
11 10 (5.99%) Broadcom
11 10 (5.99%) ForgeRock
11 10 (5.99%) Okta
12 7 (4.19%) SAP
13 5 (2.99%) Atlassian
13 5 (2.99%) Tenable