LDAP Contract Job Trends

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring LDAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 402 339
Rank change year-on-year +5 -63 +192
Contract jobs citing LDAP 187 142 296
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.40% 0.65%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.30% 1.82% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 76 180
10th Percentile £356 £235 £369
25th Percentile £419 £400 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £625 £700 £675
90th Percentile £671 £768 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -12.84% +1.85% -6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 6
10th Percentile - - £53.13
25th Percentile £45.00 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £72.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% +30.16% -23.70%
75th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £72.60
90th Percentile £85.00 - £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £55.70
% change year-on-year -10.34% +30.16% -23.70%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,136 7,791 10,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.43% 21.82% 22.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,391 4,931 7,135
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £719 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 110 182
10th Percentile £30.08 £21.93 £32.30
25th Percentile £42.88 £37.13 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +14.09% -15.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.04 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -1.92% +23.81% -19.23%

LDAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

LDAP job vacancy trend in the UK

LDAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

LDAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LDAP over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LDAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LDAP

LDAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LDAP over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LDAP within the UK over the 6 months to 9 December 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
England -6 168 £500 -9.26% 76
UK excluding London +13 116 £479 -12.84% 107
London -17 56 £604 -1.79% 13
Work from Home -6 48 £500 -9.26% 95
Midlands -9 42 £500 -11.19% 9
West Midlands -9 36 £540 -4.09% 9
North of England -18 26 £453 +24.97% 26
South East -15 22 £481 -12.66% 13
North West -1 18 £450 +24.14% 8
East of England -13 12 £680 +20.89% 14
South West -14 11 £475 - 4
Yorkshire - 8 £525 - 18
East Midlands - 6 £415 -
Scotland +6 2 £600 -14.29% 33
Wales - 1 - - 11

LDAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 39 (20.86%) Confluence
2 12 (6.42%) nginx
2 12 (6.42%) WebSphere
3 11 (5.88%) Apache
3 11 (5.88%) WebSphere Application Server
4 10 (5.35%) IIS
4 10 (5.35%) iPlanet
4 10 (5.35%) JBoss
5 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.60%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.07%) CICS
7 2 (1.07%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.53%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.53%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (5.88%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.14%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.07%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.53%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 13 (6.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.53%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 72 (38.50%) AWS
2 63 (33.69%) Azure
3 30 (16.04%) GCP
4 24 (12.83%) Entra ID
5 19 (10.16%) Amazon S3
6 18 (9.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 18 (9.63%) Amazon EC2
6 18 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (6.42%) Amazon ECS
7 12 (6.42%) Route 53
8 11 (5.88%) Amazon ELB
8 11 (5.88%) AWS KMS
8 11 (5.88%) GitHub
8 11 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (4.28%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (4.28%) OpenShift
9 8 (4.28%) Serverless
10 6 (3.21%) Nutanix
11 5 (2.67%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (22.99%) DNS
2 38 (20.32%) SSL
3 35 (18.72%) HTTP
4 32 (17.11%) Firewall
4 32 (17.11%) Kerberos
5 30 (16.04%) SMTP
6 27 (14.44%) SSH
7 20 (10.70%) FTP
8 16 (8.56%) OpenLDAP
9 14 (7.49%) Network Security
10 12 (6.42%) TCP/IP
11 11 (5.88%) IMAP
12 7 (3.74%) VPN
13 6 (3.21%) LAN
13 6 (3.21%) WAN
14 4 (2.14%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (2.14%) DHCP
14 4 (2.14%) HTTPS
14 4 (2.14%) Internet
14 4 (2.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.49%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.42%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (5.88%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (5.35%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.14%) Metadata
6 3 (1.60%) Power BI
6 3 (1.60%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.07%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.53%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.53%) MySQL
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (24.60%) JIRA
2 36 (19.25%) Git
3 25 (13.37%) Jenkins
4 11 (5.88%) Vagrant
5 10 (5.35%) Bitbucket Server
5 10 (5.35%) CA Release Automation
6 9 (4.81%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (3.74%) GitLab
8 1 (0.53%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.53%) Selenium
8 1 (0.53%) Subversion
8 1 (0.53%) WebDriver
General
1 81 (43.32%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (14.44%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 17 (9.09%) Finance
6 16 (8.56%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.21%) Banking
8 4 (2.14%) Aviation
9 3 (1.60%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.07%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.07%) Electronics
10 2 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.07%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.07%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.07%) Marketing
10 2 (1.07%) Retail
11 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.53%) Law
11 1 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 25 (13.37%) Consultant
2 21 (11.23%) Architect
3 19 (10.16%) Senior
4 18 (9.63%) DevOps Engineer
5 17 (9.09%) Analyst
6 13 (6.95%) Platform Engineer
7 11 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
7 11 (5.88%) AWS Platform Engineer
7 11 (5.88%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 11 (5.88%) Developer
8 10 (5.35%) ServiceNow Architect
8 10 (5.35%) SOC Analyst
9 9 (4.81%) AWS DevOps
9 9 (4.81%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 9 (4.81%) DevOps Platform Engineer
9 9 (4.81%) Senior Architect
10 6 (3.21%) Management Consultant
10 6 (3.21%) Security Consultant
11 5 (2.67%) Python Engineer
11 5 (2.67%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (37.43%) SAML
2 49 (26.20%) OAuth
3 40 (21.39%) OpenID
4 28 (14.97%) REST
5 19 (10.16%) AngularJS
5 19 (10.16%) HTML
5 19 (10.16%) Web Services
6 18 (9.63%) SOAP
7 14 (7.49%) HTML5
8 13 (6.95%) Apache Camel
8 13 (6.95%) JDBC
8 13 (6.95%) jQuery
8 13 (6.95%) JSON
8 13 (6.95%) ODBC
8 13 (6.95%) RabbitMQ
8 13 (6.95%) SailPoint
9 9 (4.81%) OAuth2
10 7 (3.74%) boto
10 7 (3.74%) pytest
11 6 (3.21%) Flake8
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.56%) Onboarding
2 15 (8.02%) Replication
3 14 (7.49%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (5.35%) Cyberattack
5 8 (4.28%) CSOC
5 8 (4.28%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.28%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (3.74%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.21%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (3.21%) Product Ownership
7 6 (3.21%) SCADA
8 5 (2.67%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.14%) PKI
10 3 (1.60%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.60%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.07%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.07%) Clustering
11 2 (1.07%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 54 (28.88%) Windows
2 50 (26.74%) Linux
3 16 (8.56%) Windows Server
4 15 (8.02%) Unix
5 14 (7.49%) Ubuntu
6 12 (6.42%) VMS
7 11 (5.88%) Amazon Linux
8 9 (4.81%) Solaris
9 7 (3.74%) AIX
9 7 (3.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.67%) CentOS
11 2 (1.07%) CatOS
11 2 (1.07%) zOS
12 1 (0.53%) MVS
12 1 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (35.29%) DevOps
2 55 (29.41%) CI/CD
3 44 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (21.93%) Agile
5 36 (19.25%) Identity Access Management
6 33 (17.65%) Privileged Access Management
7 32 (17.11%) SIEM
8 30 (16.04%) Identity Management
9 29 (15.51%) RBAC
10 23 (12.30%) Scrum
11 22 (11.76%) DevSecOps
12 21 (11.23%) Roadmaps
13 20 (10.70%) Microservices
13 20 (10.70%) Migration
14 18 (9.63%) Cloud Security
14 18 (9.63%) Configuration Management
14 18 (9.63%) ITSM
15 17 (9.09%) Change Management
15 17 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 63 (33.69%) Python
2 60 (32.09%) PowerShell
3 25 (13.37%) Groovy
4 24 (12.83%) SQL
5 21 (11.23%) JavaScript
6 18 (9.63%) Java
7 9 (4.81%) Bash
8 8 (4.28%) Shell Script
9 7 (3.74%) Go
10 3 (1.60%) C++
11 2 (1.07%) BeanShell
11 2 (1.07%) C#
11 2 (1.07%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.53%) Formula Language
12 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.53%) LotusScript
12 1 (0.53%) Perl
12 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 72 (38.50%) Security Cleared
2 69 (36.90%) SC Cleared
3 30 (16.04%) CISSP
4 21 (11.23%) CISM
5 17 (9.09%) AWS Certification
6 13 (6.95%) Degree
7 10 (5.35%) Azure Certification
7 10 (5.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (4.81%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (3.21%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.67%) MCSA
11 5 (2.67%) MCSE
12 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.53%) CBAP
13 1 (0.53%) GIAC
13 1 (0.53%) GSEC
13 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (25.13%) GDPR
2 38 (20.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (16.04%) NIST
4 13 (6.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (6.42%) HIPAA
6 6 (3.21%) QA
7 5 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.67%) SOC 2
8 4 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (2.14%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 106 (56.68%) Active Directory
2 24 (12.83%) Docker
3 15 (8.02%) Postfix
4 12 (6.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (5.88%) Dovecot
5 11 (5.88%) Squid
6 10 (5.35%) DFS Replication
7 8 (4.28%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 3 (1.60%) KVM
8 3 (1.60%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.07%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 2 (1.07%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.07%) NFS
9 2 (1.07%) OpenAM
9 2 (1.07%) OpenDJ
9 2 (1.07%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.53%) Firmware
10 1 (0.53%) Lustre
10 1 (0.53%) Samba
10 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 59 (31.55%) Single Sign-On
2 21 (11.23%) Terraform
3 18 (9.63%) Nessus
4 13 (6.95%) Ansible
4 13 (6.95%) Kubernetes
5 11 (5.88%) Grafana
5 11 (5.88%) Prometheus
6 10 (5.35%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (5.35%) CA Wily
6 10 (5.35%) Proxmox
7 9 (4.81%) Progress Chef
8 8 (4.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (4.28%) Tivoli
9 6 (3.21%) PingFederate
10 5 (2.67%) CASB
10 5 (2.67%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (1.60%) SCCM
13 2 (1.07%) HAProxy
13 2 (1.07%) WSUS
Vendors
1 51 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 49 (26.20%) CyberArk
3 40 (21.39%) ServiceNow
4 28 (14.97%) BeyondTrust
5 18 (9.63%) Remedy
5 18 (9.63%) Splunk
6 16 (8.56%) IBM
6 16 (8.56%) Oracle
7 15 (8.02%) VMware
8 14 (7.49%) HP
9 13 (6.95%) BMC
9 13 (6.95%) Ivanti
10 12 (6.42%) Ping Identity
11 11 (5.88%) Jaspersoft
12 10 (5.35%) AppDynamics
12 10 (5.35%) Broadcom
12 10 (5.35%) Okta
13 9 (4.81%) ForgeRock
14 7 (3.74%) SAP
14 7 (3.74%) Tenable