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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 397 315
Rank change year-on-year +21 -82 +228
Contract jobs citing LDAP 213 158 301
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.47% 0.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.56% 2.14% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 86 175
10th Percentile £372 £274 £363
25th Percentile £460 £463 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.65% - +1.05%
75th Percentile £670 £656 £675
90th Percentile £750 £768 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £551 £540
% change year-on-year -12.66% +2.04% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 6
10th Percentile £45.00 - £53.13
25th Percentile £50.25 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +30.16% -23.70%
75th Percentile £83.75 £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 8,330 7,400 9,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.40% 21.93% 21.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,506 4,697 6,776
10th Percentile £353 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% -1.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 91 174
10th Percentile £31.25 £21.25 £31.48
25th Percentile £44.75 £34.13 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.50 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -2.31% +25.26% -20.17%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -10 195 £531 -7.65% 50
UK excluding London +1 125 £481 -12.66% 44
London -3 73 £690 +15.00% 9
Work from Home +23 72 £628 +13.88% 19
Midlands -29 38 £537 -7.61% 4
West Midlands -18 35 £545 -6.24% 4
North of England -26 34 £470 +31.01% 15
South East -14 23 £481 -12.58% 7
Yorkshire - 19 £500 - 13
East of England -20 17 £680 +15.74% 15
North West -14 15 £453 +26.27% 2
South West -10 10 £475 - 2
East Midlands - 3 £415 -
Wales - 2 - - 4
Scotland +4 1 - -

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 30 (14.08%) Confluence
2 13 (6.10%) nginx
3 12 (5.63%) WebSphere
4 11 (5.16%) Apache
4 11 (5.16%) WebSphere Application Server
5 10 (4.69%) IIS
5 10 (4.69%) iPlanet
5 10 (4.69%) JBoss
6 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.41%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.94%) CICS
8 2 (0.94%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.47%) HCL Domino
9 1 (0.47%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (4.69%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.47%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 9 (4.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.47%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 99 (46.48%) AWS
1 99 (46.48%) Azure
2 61 (28.64%) GCP
3 27 (12.68%) Entra ID
4 19 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (8.45%) Amazon S3
6 17 (7.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 17 (7.98%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (5.16%) Amazon ECS
7 11 (5.16%) Route 53
7 11 (5.16%) SaaS
8 10 (4.69%) Amazon ELB
8 10 (4.69%) AWS KMS
8 10 (4.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 9 (4.23%) OpenShift
10 8 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (3.76%) Serverless
11 7 (3.29%) GitHub
12 6 (2.82%) Nutanix
13 5 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 53 (24.88%) DNS
2 39 (18.31%) Kerberos
2 39 (18.31%) SSL
3 37 (17.37%) HTTP
4 34 (15.96%) Firewall
5 31 (14.55%) SMTP
6 25 (11.74%) FTP
7 24 (11.27%) SSH
8 18 (8.45%) Network Security
9 15 (7.04%) OpenLDAP
10 10 (4.69%) IMAP
11 9 (4.23%) TCP/IP
12 8 (3.76%) VPN
13 7 (3.29%) DHCP
13 7 (3.29%) LAN
13 7 (3.29%) WAN
14 4 (1.88%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.88%) DKIM
14 4 (1.88%) HTTPS
14 4 (1.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.10%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.16%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (4.69%) Amazon Aurora
3 10 (4.69%) Oracle Database
4 8 (3.76%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.82%) MySQL
6 4 (1.88%) Metadata
7 3 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.41%) Power BI
8 2 (0.94%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.94%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (21.60%) JIRA
2 35 (16.43%) Git
3 33 (15.49%) Jenkins
4 16 (7.51%) GitLab
5 10 (4.69%) Bitbucket Server
5 10 (4.69%) CA Release Automation
5 10 (4.69%) Vagrant
6 9 (4.23%) Selenium
6 9 (4.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (3.29%) Cucumber
7 7 (3.29%) REST Assured
8 6 (2.82%) Postman
9 5 (2.35%) TestRail
10 2 (0.94%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.47%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.47%) JUnit
11 1 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.47%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.47%) Subversion
11 1 (0.47%) Zephyr
General
1 100 (46.95%) Social Skills
2 31 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (13.62%) Documentation Skills
4 23 (10.80%) Public Sector
5 20 (9.39%) Finance
6 16 (7.51%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.23%) Banking
8 4 (1.88%) Aviation
9 3 (1.41%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.94%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.94%) Electronics
10 2 (0.94%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.94%) Marketing
11 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Law
11 1 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 40 (18.78%) Architect
2 27 (12.68%) Consultant
3 25 (11.74%) CyberArk Architect
4 21 (9.86%) Analyst
5 17 (7.98%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (7.51%) Senior
7 15 (7.04%) SOC Analyst
8 13 (6.10%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.69%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (4.69%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.69%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.69%) Developer
10 8 (3.76%) AWS DevOps
10 8 (3.76%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.76%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 8 (3.76%) Lead
10 8 (3.76%) Security Consultant
11 6 (2.82%) Senior Architect
11 6 (2.82%) Test Automation Engineer
11 6 (2.82%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (30.99%) SAML
2 49 (23.00%) OAuth
2 49 (23.00%) REST
3 46 (21.60%) OpenID
4 34 (15.96%) SOAP
5 18 (8.45%) SailPoint
6 12 (5.63%) AngularJS
6 12 (5.63%) HTML
6 12 (5.63%) Web Services
7 10 (4.69%) HTML5
8 9 (4.23%) Apache Camel
8 9 (4.23%) JDBC
8 9 (4.23%) jQuery
8 9 (4.23%) JSON
8 9 (4.23%) ODBC
8 9 (4.23%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (3.29%) .NET
9 7 (3.29%) boto
9 7 (3.29%) pytest
10 6 (2.82%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.55%) Security Posture
2 26 (12.21%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (8.92%) Onboarding
4 18 (8.45%) Replication
5 15 (7.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (7.04%) Cyberattack
5 15 (7.04%) Management Information System
6 14 (6.57%) Security Operations Centre
7 13 (6.10%) CSOC
7 13 (6.10%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (2.82%) PKI
8 6 (2.82%) SCADA
9 5 (2.35%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.88%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.41%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.94%) Clustering
12 2 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 58 (27.23%) Windows
2 52 (24.41%) Linux
3 19 (8.92%) Windows Server
4 15 (7.04%) Unix
5 14 (6.57%) Ubuntu
6 11 (5.16%) VMS
7 10 (4.69%) Amazon Linux
8 9 (4.23%) Solaris
9 8 (3.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (3.29%) AIX
11 5 (2.35%) CentOS
12 2 (0.94%) CatOS
12 2 (0.94%) zOS
13 1 (0.47%) MVS
13 1 (0.47%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (30.52%) DevOps
1 65 (30.52%) SIEM
2 63 (29.58%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (28.17%) CI/CD
4 56 (26.29%) Privileged Access Management
5 50 (23.47%) Cybersecurity
6 43 (20.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 36 (16.90%) Identity Access Management
8 35 (16.43%) Agile
8 35 (16.43%) ITSM
8 35 (16.43%) Task Automation
9 32 (15.02%) Integration Patterns
10 28 (13.15%) Technical Leadership
11 27 (12.68%) RBAC
12 26 (12.21%) Identity Management
13 24 (11.27%) Presales
14 23 (10.80%) Incident Response
15 21 (9.86%) DevSecOps
16 20 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (9.39%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 96 (45.07%) Python
2 92 (43.19%) PowerShell
3 32 (15.02%) SQL
4 24 (11.27%) Groovy
5 20 (9.39%) Java
6 19 (8.92%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.69%) Bash
8 8 (3.76%) Shell Script
9 7 (3.29%) Go
10 5 (2.35%) PHP
11 3 (1.41%) C++
12 2 (0.94%) BeanShell
12 2 (0.94%) C#
12 2 (0.94%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.47%) Formula Language
13 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.47%) LotusScript
13 1 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 104 (48.83%) Security Cleared
2 99 (46.48%) SC Cleared
3 31 (14.55%) CISSP
4 22 (10.33%) CISM
5 17 (7.98%) AWS Certification
6 12 (5.63%) DV Cleared
7 11 (5.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.69%) Azure Certification
8 10 (4.69%) Degree
9 9 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (2.35%) MCSA
11 5 (2.35%) MCSE
12 1 (0.47%) CCA
12 1 (0.47%) CISA
12 1 (0.47%) Citrix Certification
12 1 (0.47%) GIAC
12 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (19.72%) GDPR
2 40 (18.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (14.55%) NIST
4 11 (5.16%) QA
5 9 (4.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.82%) NCSC
6 6 (2.82%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.35%) HIPAA
7 5 (2.35%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 135 (63.38%) Active Directory
2 23 (10.80%) Docker
3 14 (6.57%) Postfix
4 13 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (4.69%) DFS Replication
5 10 (4.69%) Dovecot
5 10 (4.69%) Squid
6 8 (3.76%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 3 (1.41%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 3 (1.41%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.41%) KVM
7 3 (1.41%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.94%) NFS
8 2 (0.94%) OpenAM
8 2 (0.94%) OpenDJ
8 2 (0.94%) OpenIDM
8 2 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.47%) Firmware
9 1 (0.47%) Samba
9 1 (0.47%) Xen
Systems Management
1 49 (23.00%) Single Sign-On
2 20 (9.39%) Terraform
3 18 (8.45%) Nessus
4 13 (6.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 13 (6.10%) Ansible
5 12 (5.63%) Kubernetes
6 10 (4.69%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (4.69%) CA Wily
6 10 (4.69%) Grafana
6 10 (4.69%) Prometheus
6 10 (4.69%) Proxmox
7 9 (4.23%) Progress Chef
8 8 (3.76%) Tivoli
9 6 (2.82%) PingFederate
10 5 (2.35%) CASB
10 5 (2.35%) WSUS
11 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (1.41%) SCCM
13 2 (0.94%) SELinux
13 2 (0.94%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 72 (33.80%) CyberArk
2 53 (24.88%) Microsoft
3 52 (24.41%) BeyondTrust
4 40 (18.78%) ServiceNow
5 23 (10.80%) Centrify
6 20 (9.39%) Splunk
7 17 (7.98%) VMware
8 16 (7.51%) Oracle
9 14 (6.57%) Remedy
10 13 (6.10%) IBM
11 10 (4.69%) AppDynamics
11 10 (4.69%) Broadcom
11 10 (4.69%) HP
11 10 (4.69%) Jaspersoft
12 9 (4.23%) BMC
12 9 (4.23%) Ivanti
12 9 (4.23%) Ping Identity
13 8 (3.76%) Cisco
13 8 (3.76%) Tenable
14 7 (3.29%) Okta