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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 370 382
Rank change year-on-year +30 +12 +96
Contract jobs citing LDAP 260 108 160
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.45% 0.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.33% 2.01% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 65 107
10th Percentile £422 £409 £290
25th Percentile £488 £470 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £705 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £695 £723
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 0
10th Percentile £50.85 £80.34 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £80.59 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £81.35 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.10% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £78.50 £83.05 -
UK median hourly rate £73.00 £81.35 -
% change year-on-year -10.26% - -

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 7,812 5,375 7,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.23% 22.29% 20.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,180 3,720 5,298
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.78% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 99 226
10th Percentile £32.06 £33.25 £22.12
25th Percentile £52.38 £51.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.02
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +15 115 £700 +24.44% 12
North of England -37 45 £573 -4.58%
South East -20 44 £525 -27.59% 15
Yorkshire -35 29 £513 -14.58%
Midlands -53 19 £395 -24.76%
West Midlands -46 18 £395 -36.80%
East of England -36 17 £480 -18.26% 5
North West -27 15 £635 +9.16%
South West -26 13 £539 -18.68%
North East - 1 - -
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 (4.23%) Confluence
2 10 (3.85%) nginx
3 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.15%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.77%) Apache
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.38%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.46%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 163 (62.69%) Azure
2 113 (43.46%) AWS
3 87 (33.46%) GCP
4 82 (31.54%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.15%) OpenShift
6 11 (4.23%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (4.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 10 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (3.85%) SaaS
7 10 (3.85%) Serverless
8 9 (3.46%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.46%) Route 53
9 4 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.77%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.38%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.38%) GitHub
12 1 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.38%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 69 (26.54%) DNS
2 57 (21.92%) Kerberos
3 39 (15.00%) Firewall
4 33 (12.69%) DHCP
5 29 (11.15%) VPN
6 25 (9.62%) SSL
7 22 (8.46%) TCP/IP
8 16 (6.15%) Cisco ASA
9 15 (5.77%) HTTP
10 14 (5.38%) Network Security
11 13 (5.00%) WAN
12 12 (4.62%) LAN
13 11 (4.23%) IPsec
14 10 (3.85%) BIG-IP
14 10 (3.85%) Cisco Nexus
14 10 (3.85%) HTTPS
15 9 (3.46%) OpenVPN
15 9 (3.46%) SMTP
15 9 (3.46%) Wireless
15 9 (3.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.38%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (3.85%) MySQL
3 4 (1.54%) Metadata
3 4 (1.54%) Neo4j
4 3 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.77%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.38%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 44 (16.92%) Jenkins
2 29 (11.15%) GitLab
3 27 (10.38%) JIRA
4 14 (5.38%) Git
5 13 (5.00%) Selenium
6 12 (4.62%) REST Assured
7 11 (4.23%) Cucumber
7 11 (4.23%) Postman
8 9 (3.46%) Bitbucket
9 8 (3.08%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.92%) TestRail
11 4 (1.54%) Gatling
11 4 (1.54%) JMeter
11 4 (1.54%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.54%) NeoLoad
12 2 (0.77%) WebDriver
13 1 (0.38%) JUnit
13 1 (0.38%) Maven
13 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 112 (43.08%) Social Skills
2 58 (22.31%) Documentation Skills
3 39 (15.00%) Finance
4 26 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.77%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (3.85%) Banking
8 9 (3.46%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.15%) Retail
10 2 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Military
11 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (31.54%) Architect
2 48 (18.46%) CyberArk Architect
3 14 (5.38%) Consultant
4 11 (4.23%) Administrator
4 11 (4.23%) Linux Administrator
4 11 (4.23%) Network Engineer
5 10 (3.85%) Lead
6 9 (3.46%) Test Automation Engineer
6 9 (3.46%) Test Engineer
7 8 (3.08%) Analyst
7 8 (3.08%) Developer
7 8 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (3.08%) Technical Architect
8 7 (2.69%) Security Engineer
9 6 (2.31%) IAM Specialist
9 6 (2.31%) Security Consultant
9 6 (2.31%) Senior
9 6 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.92%) Automation Test Lead
10 5 (1.92%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (29.62%) SAML
2 71 (27.31%) OpenID
3 65 (25.00%) REST
4 50 (19.23%) OAuth
5 42 (16.15%) SOAP
6 36 (13.85%) SailPoint
7 13 (5.00%) OAuth2
8 12 (4.62%) Web Services
9 11 (4.23%) J2EE
9 11 (4.23%) Middleware
10 9 (3.46%) .NET
11 6 (2.31%) JDBC
11 6 (2.31%) JSON
12 4 (1.54%) Playwright
12 4 (1.54%) XML
13 2 (0.77%) EDI
13 2 (0.77%) Elastic Stack
14 1 (0.38%) LAMP
14 1 (0.38%) libvirt
14 1 (0.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.54%) Security Posture
2 40 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (13.08%) Replication
4 31 (11.92%) Onboarding
5 20 (7.69%) Management Information System
6 19 (7.31%) Cloud Native
7 11 (4.23%) Data Centre
7 11 (4.23%) PKI
8 6 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.92%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.92%) CSOC
9 5 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.92%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.54%) Clustering
11 3 (1.15%) SCADA
12 2 (0.77%) CMDB
12 2 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.77%) PACS
12 2 (0.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 48 (18.46%) Linux
2 36 (13.85%) Windows
3 18 (6.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 18 (6.92%) Windows Server
4 16 (6.15%) CentOS
5 12 (4.62%) Ubuntu
6 11 (4.23%) Unix
7 5 (1.92%) CatOS
8 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.38%) Rocky
9 1 (0.38%) SUSE
9 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (37.31%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (31.54%) SIEM
3 75 (28.85%) DevOps
4 62 (23.85%) Cybersecurity
5 56 (21.54%) CI/CD
5 56 (21.54%) Identity Access Management
5 56 (21.54%) ITSM
6 55 (21.15%) Privileged Access Management
7 53 (20.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 50 (19.23%) Task Automation
9 47 (18.08%) RBAC
10 42 (16.15%) Technical Leadership
11 39 (15.00%) Integration Patterns
12 35 (13.46%) Presales
13 30 (11.54%) High Availability
14 27 (10.38%) Migration
15 25 (9.62%) Roadmaps
16 24 (9.23%) Agile
17 22 (8.46%) Zero Trust
18 20 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 123 (47.31%) PowerShell
2 105 (40.38%) Python
3 38 (14.62%) Java
4 21 (8.08%) SQL
5 15 (5.77%) Bash
6 14 (5.38%) JavaScript
7 12 (4.62%) Shell Script
8 11 (4.23%) MATLAB
9 9 (3.46%) PHP
10 6 (2.31%) Groovy
11 4 (1.54%) Cypher
11 4 (1.54%) Scala
11 4 (1.54%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.77%) C++
13 1 (0.38%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.38%) C#
13 1 (0.38%) Korn
13 1 (0.38%) Perl
13 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 145 (55.77%) Security Cleared
2 136 (52.31%) SC Cleared
3 30 (11.54%) CISSP
4 25 (9.62%) CISM
5 13 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.62%) CompTIA Security+
7 11 (4.23%) Degree
7 11 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.92%) MCSA
9 5 (1.92%) MCSE
10 4 (1.54%) APMG
10 4 (1.54%) GIAC
10 4 (1.54%) GSEC
10 4 (1.54%) SSCP
11 2 (0.77%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (20.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (19.23%) NIST
3 47 (18.08%) GDPR
4 24 (9.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 21 (8.08%) NCSC
6 11 (4.23%) SLA
7 9 (3.46%) HIPAA
8 8 (3.08%) QA
9 4 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.77%) DICOM
10 2 (0.77%) HL7
11 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.38%) GRC
11 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 174 (66.92%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.85%) VMware NSX
4 9 (3.46%) Squid
5 7 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.31%) Docker
7 5 (1.92%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 4 (1.54%) NFS
8 4 (1.54%) Postfix
9 2 (0.77%) KVM
9 2 (0.77%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.77%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.77%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.38%) Ceph
10 1 (0.38%) iptables
10 1 (0.38%) Lustre
10 1 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.38%) XenApp
10 1 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 57 (21.92%) Single Sign-On
2 39 (15.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 28 (10.77%) Kubernetes
4 18 (6.92%) Terraform
5 17 (6.54%) Ansible
6 12 (4.62%) Grafana
7 11 (4.23%) Check_MK
7 11 (4.23%) Podman
7 11 (4.23%) Prometheus
7 11 (4.23%) Red Hat Satellite
8 9 (3.46%) FortiGate
9 7 (2.69%) Consul
9 7 (2.69%) vCenter Server
10 6 (2.31%) CASB
11 5 (1.92%) Nessus
12 4 (1.54%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.54%) PingFederate
13 3 (1.15%) SCOM
14 2 (0.77%) Kustomize
15 1 (0.38%) Argo
Vendors
1 87 (33.46%) CyberArk
2 70 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 54 (20.77%) BeyondTrust
4 38 (14.62%) ServiceNow
5 36 (13.85%) Centrify
6 31 (11.92%) VMware
7 20 (7.69%) Red Hat
7 20 (7.69%) Splunk
8 17 (6.54%) Cisco
9 16 (6.15%) Okta
10 11 (4.23%) CheckPoint
10 11 (4.23%) F5
10 11 (4.23%) Google
10 11 (4.23%) Palo Alto
11 9 (3.46%) Dynatrace
12 8 (3.08%) SAP
13 7 (2.69%) Atlassian
14 6 (2.31%) Oracle
14 6 (2.31%) Workday
15 5 (1.92%) Remedy