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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 406 430 349
Rank change year-on-year +24 -81 +169
Contract jobs citing LDAP 193 136 288
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.37% 0.63%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.34% 1.71% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 72 176
10th Percentile £362 £223 £366
25th Percentile £422 £400 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £575 £571
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +0.70% -4.83%
75th Percentile £620 £700 £674
90th Percentile £670 £774 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -13.18% +1.85% -8.86%
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 8,234 7,964 10,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.81% 21.76% 22.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,461 5,008 7,214
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £720 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 122 186
10th Percentile £30.80 £22.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £37.13 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.66% -12.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £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 28 November 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 28 November 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 28 November 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 +20 175 £500 -11.19% 30
UK excluding London +19 119 £478 -13.18% 26
London +4 59 £604 -4.13% 10
Work from Home +13 48 £500 -9.26% 12
Midlands +2 44 £500 -11.19% 6
West Midlands -21 34 £545 -3.20% 6
North of England -18 27 £453 +24.97% 1
South East -1 22 £481 -12.66% 15
North West -5 18 £450 +24.14%
East of England -17 12 £680 +20.89% 5
South West -1 11 £475 -
East Midlands - 10 £415 -
Yorkshire - 9 £513 -
Scotland -2 2 £600 -14.29%
Wales - 1 - - 2

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 40 (20.73%) Confluence
2 15 (7.77%) WebSphere
3 14 (7.25%) WebSphere Application Server
4 13 (6.74%) nginx
5 11 (5.70%) Apache
6 10 (5.18%) IIS
6 10 (5.18%) iPlanet
6 10 (5.18%) JBoss
7 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
9 2 (1.04%) CICS
9 2 (1.04%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.52%) HCL Domino
10 1 (0.52%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (6.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.04%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.52%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 13 (6.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.52%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 79 (40.93%) AWS
2 65 (33.68%) Azure
3 35 (18.13%) GCP
4 24 (12.44%) Entra ID
5 20 (10.36%) Amazon S3
6 19 (9.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 19 (9.84%) Amazon EC2
6 19 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (6.74%) Amazon ECS
7 13 (6.74%) Route 53
8 12 (6.22%) Amazon ELB
8 12 (6.22%) AWS KMS
8 12 (6.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 11 (5.70%) GitHub
9 11 (5.70%) OpenShift
10 9 (4.66%) Serverless
11 8 (4.15%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (3.11%) Nutanix
13 5 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (2.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (20.73%) DNS
2 38 (19.69%) SSL
3 32 (16.58%) HTTP
3 32 (16.58%) Kerberos
4 31 (16.06%) Firewall
4 31 (16.06%) SMTP
5 27 (13.99%) SSH
6 20 (10.36%) FTP
7 17 (8.81%) OpenLDAP
8 14 (7.25%) Network Security
9 12 (6.22%) IMAP
9 12 (6.22%) TCP/IP
10 4 (2.07%) DHCP
10 4 (2.07%) DKIM
10 4 (2.07%) DMARC
10 4 (2.07%) Internet
10 4 (2.07%) VPN
11 3 (1.55%) LAN
11 3 (1.55%) WAN
12 2 (1.04%) X.500
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.29%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.74%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (6.22%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (5.18%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.07%) Metadata
6 3 (1.55%) Power BI
6 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.04%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.52%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.52%) MySQL
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.52%) Redis
8 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (24.35%) JIRA
2 37 (19.17%) Git
3 30 (15.54%) Jenkins
4 12 (6.22%) Vagrant
5 10 (5.18%) Bitbucket Server
5 10 (5.18%) CA Release Automation
6 9 (4.66%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (4.15%) GitLab
8 3 (1.55%) Log4j
9 1 (0.52%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.52%) Selenium
9 1 (0.52%) Subversion
9 1 (0.52%) WebDriver
General
1 87 (45.08%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.21%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (13.99%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (11.40%) Public Sector
5 17 (8.81%) Finance
6 16 (8.29%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.63%) Banking
8 4 (2.07%) Aviation
9 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.04%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.04%) Electronics
10 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.04%) Marketing
10 2 (1.04%) Retail
11 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.52%) Law
11 1 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 25 (12.95%) Consultant
2 22 (11.40%) Architect
3 19 (9.84%) DevOps Engineer
4 18 (9.33%) Analyst
4 18 (9.33%) Senior
5 15 (7.77%) Platform Engineer
6 12 (6.22%) AWS Engineer
6 12 (6.22%) AWS Platform Engineer
6 12 (6.22%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 12 (6.22%) Developer
7 10 (5.18%) AWS DevOps
7 10 (5.18%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 10 (5.18%) DevOps Platform Engineer
7 10 (5.18%) ServiceNow Architect
7 10 (5.18%) SOC Analyst
8 8 (4.15%) Senior Architect
9 6 (3.11%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
9 6 (3.11%) Identity Management Engineer
9 6 (3.11%) Management Consultant
10 5 (2.59%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (38.86%) SAML
2 57 (29.53%) OAuth
3 45 (23.32%) OpenID
4 29 (15.03%) REST
5 19 (9.84%) AngularJS
5 19 (9.84%) HTML
5 19 (9.84%) Web Services
6 17 (8.81%) SOAP
7 16 (8.29%) JDBC
8 14 (7.25%) HTML5
8 14 (7.25%) SailPoint
9 13 (6.74%) Apache Camel
9 13 (6.74%) jQuery
9 13 (6.74%) JSON
9 13 (6.74%) ODBC
9 13 (6.74%) RabbitMQ
10 11 (5.70%) OAuth2
11 8 (4.15%) Hibernate
11 8 (4.15%) Spring
12 7 (3.63%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.29%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.77%) Replication
3 14 (7.25%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.18%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (5.18%) Cyberattack
5 8 (4.15%) CSOC
5 8 (4.15%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.15%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.63%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.11%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (3.11%) Product Ownership
7 6 (3.11%) SCADA
8 5 (2.59%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.59%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.59%) PKI
9 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.55%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.04%) Clustering
10 2 (1.04%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 54 (27.98%) Linux
1 54 (27.98%) Windows
2 16 (8.29%) Windows Server
3 15 (7.77%) Unix
4 14 (7.25%) Ubuntu
5 13 (6.74%) VMS
6 12 (6.22%) Amazon Linux
7 9 (4.66%) Solaris
8 7 (3.63%) AIX
8 7 (3.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.59%) CentOS
10 2 (1.04%) zOS
11 1 (0.52%) MVS
11 1 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (35.75%) DevOps
2 64 (33.16%) CI/CD
3 50 (25.91%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (22.80%) Agile
5 42 (21.76%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (21.24%) Identity Access Management
7 36 (18.65%) RBAC
8 31 (16.06%) Identity Management
8 31 (16.06%) Privileged Access Management
8 31 (16.06%) SIEM
9 26 (13.47%) Scrum
10 25 (12.95%) DevSecOps
11 23 (11.92%) Migration
12 22 (11.40%) Roadmaps
13 21 (10.88%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (10.36%) Cloud Security
14 20 (10.36%) Microservices
15 19 (9.84%) Configuration Management
16 18 (9.33%) Change Management
16 18 (9.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 65 (33.68%) Python
2 61 (31.61%) PowerShell
3 26 (13.47%) Groovy
3 26 (13.47%) SQL
4 22 (11.40%) JavaScript
5 21 (10.88%) Java
6 11 (5.70%) Bash
7 8 (4.15%) Shell Script
8 7 (3.63%) Go
9 3 (1.55%) C++
10 2 (1.04%) BeanShell
10 2 (1.04%) C#
10 2 (1.04%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.52%) Formula Language
11 1 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.52%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.52%) Perl
11 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 72 (37.31%) Security Cleared
2 69 (35.75%) SC Cleared
3 30 (15.54%) CISSP
4 21 (10.88%) CISM
5 17 (8.81%) AWS Certification
6 13 (6.74%) Degree
7 10 (5.18%) Azure Certification
7 10 (5.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (4.66%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (3.63%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.59%) MCSA
10 5 (2.59%) MCSE
11 3 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.04%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.52%) CCA
13 1 (0.52%) CISA
13 1 (0.52%) Citrix Certification
13 1 (0.52%) GIAC
13 1 (0.52%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (25.91%) GDPR
2 39 (20.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (16.06%) NIST
4 15 (7.77%) HIPAA
5 13 (6.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (3.63%) QA
7 6 (3.11%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (2.07%) PCI DSS
10 2 (1.04%) NCSC
System Software
1 104 (53.89%) Active Directory
2 32 (16.58%) Docker
3 16 (8.29%) Postfix
4 12 (6.22%) Dovecot
4 12 (6.22%) Squid
5 10 (5.18%) DFS Replication
6 9 (4.66%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (4.15%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 3 (1.55%) KVM
9 2 (1.04%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 2 (1.04%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.04%) NFS
9 2 (1.04%) OpenAM
9 2 (1.04%) OpenDJ
9 2 (1.04%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.52%) Ceph
10 1 (0.52%) iptables
10 1 (0.52%) Lustre
10 1 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 62 (32.12%) Single Sign-On
2 23 (11.92%) Terraform
3 20 (10.36%) Kubernetes
4 19 (9.84%) Nessus
5 15 (7.77%) Prometheus
6 13 (6.74%) Ansible
7 12 (6.22%) Grafana
8 10 (5.18%) CA Single Sign-On
8 10 (5.18%) CA Wily
8 10 (5.18%) Proxmox
9 9 (4.66%) Progress Chef
10 8 (4.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (4.15%) Tivoli
10 8 (4.15%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 6 (3.11%) PingFederate
12 5 (2.59%) CASB
13 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
14 3 (1.55%) SCCM
15 2 (1.04%) HAProxy
15 2 (1.04%) Puppet
Vendors
1 51 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 49 (25.39%) CyberArk
3 41 (21.24%) ServiceNow
4 27 (13.99%) BeyondTrust
5 22 (11.40%) IBM
6 21 (10.88%) Splunk
7 18 (9.33%) Remedy
8 16 (8.29%) Oracle
9 14 (7.25%) HP
9 14 (7.25%) Ping Identity
10 13 (6.74%) BMC
10 13 (6.74%) Ivanti
11 12 (6.22%) Jaspersoft
11 12 (6.22%) VMware
12 11 (5.70%) Okta
13 10 (5.18%) AppDynamics
13 10 (5.18%) Broadcom
13 10 (5.18%) ForgeRock
14 7 (3.63%) SAP
14 7 (3.63%) Tenable