LDAP Contracts

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring LDAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LDAP over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 392 499
Rank change year-on-year +8 +107 +44
Contract jobs citing LDAP 135 211 215
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.48% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.04% 2.35% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 129 147
10th Percentile £414 £300 £400
25th Percentile £500 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £644 £625 £644
90th Percentile £695 £703 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £594 £593 £550
% change year-on-year +0.21% +7.73% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £80.34 - -
25th Percentile £80.59 £51.25 £71.50
Median hourly rate £81.35 £52.50 £73.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.95% -28.08% -
75th Percentile £81.91 £53.75 £74.88
90th Percentile £83.05 - £75.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.35 £52.50 £73.00
% change year-on-year +54.95% -28.08% -

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 6,629 8,962 13,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.67% 20.56% 23.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,551 6,219 10,140
10th Percentile £363 £338 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £780 £769 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 231 153
10th Percentile £27.14 £21.25 £31.60
25th Percentile £48.25 £40.00 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.87 £75.00 £80.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +30.61%

LDAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LDAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LDAP.

Daily rate trend for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LDAP over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LDAP.

Hourly rate trend for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Top 13 Contract 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 30 April 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 +12 118 £600 +9.09% 68
UK excluding London +59 65 £594 +0.21% 28
London -27 50 £600 +9.09% 43
Work from Home +23 49 £600 -2.04% 39
East of England +47 20 £588 +102.59% 9
North of England +33 17 £600 - 3
West Midlands +22 11 £625 +35.14% 1
Midlands +13 11 £625 +4.17% 2
Yorkshire +16 10 £600 +6.67% 3
South East +42 8 £588 +4.68% 12
South West +51 7 £663 +35.90% 2
North West +16 7 £500 -19.35%
Scotland +3 5 £563 - 4

LDAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (11.11%) Confluence
2 6 (4.44%) Apache
3 5 (3.70%) CMS
3 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.70%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.22%) JBoss
4 3 (2.22%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.48%) Camunda
5 2 (1.48%) IIS
6 1 (0.74%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (4.44%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 37 (27.41%) Azure
2 22 (16.30%) Entra ID
3 20 (14.81%) AWS
4 9 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.19%) GCP
6 5 (3.70%) WhatsApp
7 4 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (2.96%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (2.96%) Nutanix
7 4 (2.96%) OpenShift
7 4 (2.96%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.96%) SaaS
7 4 (2.96%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (2.22%) GitHub
9 2 (1.48%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.48%) IaaS
9 2 (1.48%) PaaS
9 2 (1.48%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.48%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 31 (22.96%) DNS
1 31 (22.96%) HTTP
1 31 (22.96%) SMTP
2 29 (21.48%) SSL
3 21 (15.56%) FTP
4 18 (13.33%) Network Security
5 13 (9.63%) Firewall
6 12 (8.89%) NAS
7 11 (8.15%) DHCP
7 11 (8.15%) Kerberos
7 11 (8.15%) SAN
8 10 (7.41%) POP3
9 7 (5.19%) OpenLDAP
9 7 (5.19%) TCP/IP
10 6 (4.44%) HTTPS
10 6 (4.44%) LAN
11 4 (2.96%) tcpdump
11 4 (2.96%) Telnet
11 4 (2.96%) WAN
12 3 (2.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.63%) Relational Database
2 6 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.70%) Oracle Database
3 5 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.96%) Power BI
5 3 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (2.22%) MySQL
5 3 (2.22%) Neo4j
6 2 (1.48%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.48%) Sybase ASE
7 1 (0.74%) Metadata
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 19 (14.07%) JIRA
2 10 (7.41%) Git
3 6 (4.44%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.96%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.22%) Eclipse
5 3 (2.22%) JUnit
5 3 (2.22%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (2.22%) Selenium
5 3 (2.22%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.22%) Subversion
6 2 (1.48%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.48%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.48%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (1.48%) Maven
6 2 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.74%) GitLab
7 1 (0.74%) Serena SBM
General
1 41 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.48%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (13.33%) Finance
4 12 (8.89%) Banking
5 7 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (5.19%) Retail
6 6 (4.44%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.96%) Law
8 3 (2.22%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.48%) German Language
9 2 (1.48%) International Banking
9 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.74%) Aviation
10 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Legal
10 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (16.30%) Architect
2 20 (14.81%) Senior
3 18 (13.33%) Administrator
3 18 (13.33%) Developer
4 17 (12.59%) Analyst
5 14 (10.37%) SOC Analyst
6 9 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
6 9 (6.67%) Lead
6 9 (6.67%) Linux Engineer
6 9 (6.67%) ServiceNow Developer
7 7 (5.19%) Systems Administrator
8 6 (4.44%) Linux Administrator
8 6 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.70%) IT Security Officer
9 5 (3.70%) Kubernetes Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Security Officer
9 5 (3.70%) Senior DevOps
9 5 (3.70%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 4 (2.96%) CyberArk Architect
10 4 (2.96%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (27.41%) SAML
2 27 (20.00%) OAuth
2 27 (20.00%) REST
3 20 (14.81%) Web Services
4 19 (14.07%) AngularJS
5 16 (11.85%) SOAP
6 14 (10.37%) CSS
7 13 (9.63%) HTML
7 13 (9.63%) OpenID
8 12 (8.89%) Bootstrap
9 11 (8.15%) JSON
10 10 (7.41%) CSS3
11 7 (5.19%) JWT
11 7 (5.19%) SailPoint
11 7 (5.19%) XML
12 6 (4.44%) Ajax
12 6 (4.44%) Keycloak
12 6 (4.44%) Middleware
12 6 (4.44%) OAuth2
13 5 (3.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.37%) Cyberattack
1 14 (10.37%) Product Ownership
2 13 (9.63%) Onboarding
3 12 (8.89%) Security Operations Centre
4 11 (8.15%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (7.41%) Management Information System
6 8 (5.93%) Clustering
6 8 (5.93%) CSOC
6 8 (5.93%) Security Posture
7 5 (3.70%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.70%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.96%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.96%) PKI
8 4 (2.96%) Replication
9 3 (2.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.48%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 39 (28.89%) Linux
2 27 (20.00%) Windows
3 15 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 11 (8.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (6.67%) Unix
6 6 (4.44%) Ubuntu
7 5 (3.70%) Solaris
8 3 (2.22%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.48%) CentOS
9 2 (1.48%) Debian
9 2 (1.48%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (1.48%) VMS
10 1 (0.74%) AIX
10 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (27.41%) Agile
2 34 (25.19%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (22.96%) DevOps
4 29 (21.48%) Identity Access Management
5 22 (16.30%) RBAC
6 21 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (13.33%) Information Security
7 18 (13.33%) ITIL
8 16 (11.85%) Roadmaps
9 15 (11.11%) Analytics
9 15 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (10.37%) Threat Detection
11 13 (9.63%) Scrum
12 12 (8.89%) Incident Response
12 12 (8.89%) Information Management
12 12 (8.89%) Migration
13 11 (8.15%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 11 (8.15%) Network Packet Capture
13 11 (8.15%) Privileged Access Management
13 11 (8.15%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 34 (25.19%) PowerShell
2 28 (20.74%) Python
3 19 (14.07%) JavaScript
4 18 (13.33%) Java
5 10 (7.41%) SQL
6 7 (5.19%) Bash
7 6 (4.44%) Shell Script
8 5 (3.70%) C#
8 5 (3.70%) Groovy
9 4 (2.96%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.22%) C++
10 3 (2.22%) Perl
11 2 (1.48%) Ruby
11 2 (1.48%) VBScript
12 1 (0.74%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.74%) VB
12 1 (0.74%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 33 (24.44%) Security Cleared
2 26 (19.26%) SC Cleared
3 15 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 9 (6.67%) Degree
5 6 (4.44%) CISSP
6 4 (2.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.22%) CISM
7 3 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.48%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.48%) CCIE
8 2 (1.48%) CCIE Security
8 2 (1.48%) CCNA
8 2 (1.48%) CCNP
8 2 (1.48%) CEH
8 2 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.74%) CCDE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (8.89%) NIST
2 10 (7.41%) GDPR
3 7 (5.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (4.44%) HIPAA
4 6 (4.44%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.48%) NCSC
7 2 (1.48%) PMO
8 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
System Software
1 68 (50.37%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.93%) Docker
3 7 (5.19%) NFS
4 5 (3.70%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 5 (3.70%) OpenAM
4 5 (3.70%) OpenDJ
4 5 (3.70%) OpenIDM
4 5 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.96%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.96%) Samba
6 3 (2.22%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.48%) Veritas File System
7 2 (1.48%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.74%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 48 (35.56%) Single Sign-On
2 20 (14.81%) Ansible
3 17 (12.59%) Kubernetes
4 9 (6.67%) Terraform
5 7 (5.19%) Grafana
6 6 (4.44%) Puppet
7 5 (3.70%) Prometheus
7 5 (3.70%) SELinux
8 4 (2.96%) Tivoli
8 4 (2.96%) yum
9 3 (2.22%) Control-M
9 3 (2.22%) Netcool
9 3 (2.22%) QRadar
9 3 (2.22%) ZABBIX
10 2 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (1.48%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (1.48%) Nessus
10 2 (1.48%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.48%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.48%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 26 (19.26%) ServiceNow
2 24 (17.78%) Microsoft
3 16 (11.85%) Splunk
4 15 (11.11%) CyberArk
4 15 (11.11%) Oracle
5 14 (10.37%) Red Hat
6 12 (8.89%) VMware
7 10 (7.41%) ForgeRock
8 6 (4.44%) SAP
9 5 (3.70%) Confluent
9 5 (3.70%) IBM
10 4 (2.96%) HP
10 4 (2.96%) NetApp
10 4 (2.96%) Okta
10 4 (2.96%) OpenText
10 4 (2.96%) Qualtrics
10 4 (2.96%) Qualys
10 4 (2.96%) Sybase
11 3 (2.22%) Google
11 3 (2.22%) IronPort