LDAP Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring LDAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LDAP 15 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 11.36% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 71.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 15 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 - -
75th Percentile £495 - -
90th Percentile £500 - -
Scotland median daily rate £468 £600 £700
% change year-on-year -21.96% -14.29% +35.92%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 15.91% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 21 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £405 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £481 - -
90th Percentile £500 - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% -4.62%

LDAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LDAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.

LDAP job vacancy trend in the Highlands

LDAP
Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing LDAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing LDAP

LDAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the Highlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LDAP in the Highlands over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LDAP in the Highlands

LDAP
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LDAP within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Inverness - 15 £462 - 3
LDAP
Scotland

LDAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (60.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
1 1 (6.67%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (80.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Support Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) IAM Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (80.00%) .NET
1 12 (80.00%) XML
2 9 (60.00%) .NET Framework
3 3 (20.00%) REST
3 3 (20.00%) SailPoint
3 3 (20.00%) Web Services
4 1 (6.67%) OAuth
4 1 (6.67%) OpenID
4 1 (6.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) PKI
2 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (6.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
2 7 (46.67%) Identity Management
3 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
3 4 (26.67%) Privileged Access Management
3 4 (26.67%) RBAC
3 4 (26.67%) Runbook
4 3 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (20.00%) Service Design
4 3 (20.00%) Service Management
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
4 3 (20.00%) Technical Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Business Continuity
5 1 (6.67%) High Availability
5 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.67%) Security Hardening
5 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (6.67%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) PowerShell
2 12 (80.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) CISSP
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) CISA
4 1 (6.67%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (93.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (60.00%) BeyondTrust
2 9 (60.00%) Okta
3 3 (20.00%) CyberArk
4 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (6.67%) Zscaler