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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 331 372
Rank change year-on-year +10 +41 +73
Contract jobs citing LDAP 245 149 184
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.59% 0.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.23% 2.59% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 82 107
10th Percentile £440 £400 £316
25th Percentile £488 £464 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% +4.55% -1.35%
75th Percentile £731 £634 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £741
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 6
10th Percentile £50.70 £73.07 £53.13
25th Percentile £53.00 £75.79 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £80.68 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -19.43% +44.84% -23.70%
75th Percentile £75.00 £81.56 £72.60
90th Percentile £78.50 £81.88 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £73.00 £80.68 £55.70
% change year-on-year -9.51% +44.84% -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 7,581 5,753 7,713
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.67% 22.66% 20.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,111 3,765 5,504
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £418 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.38% -1.69% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 78 209
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.92 £22.35
25th Percentile £52.50 £45.44 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £72.00 £67.88 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.30 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -3 97 £700 +16.67% 11
North of England -35 43 £550 - 1
South East -10 39 £492 -10.71% 11
Midlands -53 29 £545 -10.10% 1
West Midlands -52 28 £550 -9.28% 1
Yorkshire -37 26 £525 -12.50%
North West -18 17 £617 +74.42% 1
South West -20 16 £513 -2.38% 1
East of England -29 14 £478 -16.87% 6
East Midlands - 1 £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 11 (4.49%) Confluence
1 11 (4.49%) nginx
2 7 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.45%) Apache
4 5 (2.04%) IIS
4 5 (2.04%) iPlanet
4 5 (2.04%) JBoss
4 5 (2.04%) WebSphere
4 5 (2.04%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.86%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 142 (57.96%) Azure
2 100 (40.82%) AWS
3 79 (32.24%) GCP
4 63 (25.71%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.76%) OpenShift
6 11 (4.49%) Amazon S3
6 11 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (4.49%) Route 53
6 11 (4.49%) SaaS
7 10 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
7 10 (4.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 9 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (3.67%) Serverless
9 8 (3.27%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.63%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.63%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.22%) Amazon ELB
11 3 (1.22%) AWS KMS
11 3 (1.22%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 66 (26.94%) Kerberos
2 61 (24.90%) DNS
3 33 (13.47%) Firewall
4 31 (12.65%) DHCP
5 23 (9.39%) VPN
6 19 (7.76%) SSL
7 16 (6.53%) TCP/IP
8 15 (6.12%) HTTP
9 14 (5.71%) Network Security
10 13 (5.31%) SMTP
11 12 (4.90%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (3.27%) FTP
12 8 (3.27%) LAN
12 8 (3.27%) SSH
12 8 (3.27%) WAN
13 7 (2.86%) OpenVPN
14 6 (2.45%) BIG-IP
14 6 (2.45%) Cisco Nexus
14 6 (2.45%) Ethereal
14 6 (2.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.67%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (2.45%) MySQL
4 5 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.04%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.63%) Neo4j
5 4 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (1.22%) Metadata
6 3 (1.22%) Power BI
7 1 (0.41%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 47 (19.18%) Jenkins
2 26 (10.61%) JIRA
3 25 (10.20%) GitLab
4 18 (7.35%) Git
5 13 (5.31%) Selenium
6 12 (4.90%) REST Assured
7 11 (4.49%) Cucumber
7 11 (4.49%) Postman
8 8 (3.27%) Bitbucket
9 7 (2.86%) SonarQube
10 5 (2.04%) Bitbucket Server
10 5 (2.04%) CA Release Automation
10 5 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (2.04%) TestRail
11 4 (1.63%) Gatling
11 4 (1.63%) JMeter
11 4 (1.63%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.63%) NeoLoad
12 3 (1.22%) Vagrant
13 2 (0.82%) WebDriver
General
1 111 (45.31%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.67%) Documentation Skills
3 35 (14.29%) Finance
4 22 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.27%) Banking
7 8 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.04%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.63%) Aviation
10 2 (0.82%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.82%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.41%) Electronics
11 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 73 (29.80%) Architect
2 47 (19.18%) CyberArk Architect
3 21 (8.57%) Consultant
4 10 (4.08%) Analyst
4 10 (4.08%) Lead
5 9 (3.67%) Security Consultant
5 9 (3.67%) Test Automation Engineer
5 9 (3.67%) Test Engineer
6 8 (3.27%) Administrator
6 8 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (3.27%) Network Engineer
6 8 (3.27%) Security Engineer
6 8 (3.27%) Senior
7 7 (2.86%) Developer
7 7 (2.86%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (2.86%) Linux Administrator
8 6 (2.45%) Technical Architect
9 5 (2.04%) Automation Test Lead
9 5 (2.04%) Test Architect
9 5 (2.04%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (29.39%) SAML
2 66 (26.94%) OpenID
3 54 (22.04%) REST
4 48 (19.59%) OAuth
5 36 (14.69%) SOAP
6 25 (10.20%) SailPoint
7 8 (3.27%) Middleware
8 7 (2.86%) .NET
9 6 (2.45%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.63%) J2EE
10 4 (1.63%) Playwright
11 3 (1.22%) RESTful
11 3 (1.22%) Web Services
12 2 (0.82%) AngularJS
12 2 (0.82%) HTML
12 2 (0.82%) XML
13 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET Web API
13 1 (0.41%) LAMP
13 1 (0.41%) libvirt
13 1 (0.41%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 42 (17.14%) Security Posture
2 36 (14.69%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (13.88%) Replication
4 31 (12.65%) Onboarding
5 21 (8.57%) Cloud Native
6 15 (6.12%) Management Information System
7 10 (4.08%) PKI
8 7 (2.86%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.45%) SCADA
10 5 (2.04%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (2.04%) CSOC
10 5 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (2.04%) Cyberattack
10 5 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.22%) CMDB
13 2 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
13 2 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
14 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 46 (18.78%) Linux
2 43 (17.55%) Windows
3 25 (10.20%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.31%) Ubuntu
4 13 (5.31%) Unix
5 12 (4.90%) CentOS
5 12 (4.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.63%) AIX
6 4 (1.63%) CatOS
6 4 (1.63%) Solaris
7 3 (1.22%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (1.22%) VMS
8 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (33.47%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (32.65%) SIEM
3 73 (29.80%) DevOps
4 67 (27.35%) CI/CD
5 64 (26.12%) Privileged Access Management
6 61 (24.90%) Cybersecurity
7 54 (22.04%) Task Automation
8 53 (21.63%) Identity Access Management
9 52 (21.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 50 (20.41%) ITSM
11 40 (16.33%) Technical Leadership
12 36 (14.69%) RBAC
13 35 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
14 34 (13.88%) Presales
15 31 (12.65%) Migration
16 27 (11.02%) Roadmaps
17 26 (10.61%) Agile
18 24 (9.80%) DevSecOps
19 22 (8.98%) High Availability
20 21 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 119 (48.57%) PowerShell
2 97 (39.59%) Python
3 24 (9.80%) Java
4 23 (9.39%) SQL
5 13 (5.31%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.90%) Groovy
6 12 (4.90%) Shell Script
7 9 (3.67%) PHP
8 8 (3.27%) Bash
9 7 (2.86%) MATLAB
10 4 (1.63%) Cypher
10 4 (1.63%) Scala
10 4 (1.63%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.82%) C#
11 2 (0.82%) C++
11 2 (0.82%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.41%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.41%) Korn
12 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 140 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 135 (55.10%) SC Cleared
3 35 (14.29%) CISSP
4 27 (11.02%) CISM
5 12 (4.90%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.67%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.45%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.04%) GIAC
9 5 (2.04%) MCSA
9 5 (2.04%) MCSE
10 4 (1.63%) APMG
10 4 (1.63%) Degree
10 4 (1.63%) GSEC
10 4 (1.63%) SSCP
11 3 (1.22%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (24.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (22.04%) GDPR
3 53 (21.63%) NIST
4 20 (8.16%) NCSC
5 18 (7.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (3.27%) QA
7 7 (2.86%) SLA
8 5 (2.04%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.22%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.41%) GRC
10 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 163 (66.53%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.90%) Docker
4 10 (4.08%) Squid
5 7 (2.86%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 7 (2.86%) Postfix
5 7 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.45%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.04%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 3 (1.22%) DFS Replication
8 3 (1.22%) Dovecot
9 2 (0.82%) NFS
9 2 (0.82%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.82%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.82%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.41%) Firmware
10 1 (0.41%) Lustre
10 1 (0.41%) Samba
10 1 (0.41%) XenApp
10 1 (0.41%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (20.82%) Single Sign-On
2 35 (14.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 22 (8.98%) Kubernetes
4 17 (6.94%) Terraform
5 13 (5.31%) Ansible
6 11 (4.49%) Grafana
7 10 (4.08%) Prometheus
8 8 (3.27%) Nessus
9 7 (2.86%) Check_MK
9 7 (2.86%) FortiGate
9 7 (2.86%) Podman
9 7 (2.86%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (2.45%) Consul
10 6 (2.45%) PingFederate
10 6 (2.45%) Progress Chef
10 6 (2.45%) vCenter Server
11 5 (2.04%) CA Single Sign-On
11 5 (2.04%) CA Wily
11 5 (2.04%) CASB
11 5 (2.04%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 95 (38.78%) CyberArk
2 74 (30.20%) Microsoft
3 63 (25.71%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (13.88%) Centrify
5 25 (10.20%) ServiceNow
6 23 (9.39%) Splunk
7 21 (8.57%) VMware
8 17 (6.94%) Okta
9 14 (5.71%) Cisco
9 14 (5.71%) Red Hat
10 9 (3.67%) Google
11 8 (3.27%) Oracle
12 7 (2.86%) Dynatrace
12 7 (2.86%) F5
12 7 (2.86%) Ping Identity
13 6 (2.45%) Atlassian
13 6 (2.45%) CheckPoint
13 6 (2.45%) Palo Alto
13 6 (2.45%) SAP
14 5 (2.04%) IBM
27 LDAP jobs in England