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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 388 402
Rank change year-on-year -77 +14 -26
Contract jobs citing LDAP 223 171 161
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.52% 0.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.89% 2.01% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 113 96
10th Percentile £383 £351 £250
25th Percentile £450 £405 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £596
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.14% +8.41%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £675
90th Percentile £670 £671 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £453 £575
% change year-on-year +15.89% -21.22% +10.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 1
10th Percentile - £44.75 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £45.00 £71.25
Median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -10.34% +9.02%
75th Percentile £88.74 £81.35 £73.75
90th Percentile £92.11 £85.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year +30.77% -10.34% +9.02%

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 11,775 8,520 9,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.64% 25.86% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,736 5,696 6,345
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £438 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £734 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +6.26% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 187 189
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £25.60
25th Percentile £49.75 £41.42 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.83 £54.70 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +20.35% -11.20% -1.44%
75th Percentile £76.25 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.20 £74.57
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.39% -11.54% +8.33%

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 18 September 2026.

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 18 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Top 13 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 18 September 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
England -60 197 £525 +5.00% 120
UK excluding London -54 157 £525 +15.89% 60
Work from Home -18 91 £525 +1.20% 47
South East -8 58 £575 +15.00% 27
London -81 54 £525 -13.65% 65
South West -3 38 £525 +13.51% 5
East of England -19 22 £506 -25.55% 20
North of England -69 19 £570 +25.83% 3
Yorkshire -25 18 £570 +11.22%
Scotland -11 16 £461 -23.21% 4
West Midlands -68 4 £450 -18.18% 5
Midlands -90 4 £450 - 6
North West -66 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 11 (4.93%) Confluence
2 8 (3.59%) IIS
3 3 (1.35%) Apache
3 3 (1.35%) nginx
3 3 (1.35%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.45%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 108 (48.43%) Azure
2 83 (37.22%) AWS
3 80 (35.87%) Entra ID
4 49 (21.97%) GCP
5 20 (8.97%) SaaS
6 7 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (2.24%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.24%) GitHub
8 5 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.79%) IaaS
9 4 (1.79%) PaaS
10 3 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.35%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.35%) Route 53
10 3 (1.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (13.45%) Kerberos
2 29 (13.00%) DNS
3 17 (7.62%) DHCP
4 14 (6.28%) Firewall
4 14 (6.28%) HTTP
5 13 (5.83%) SSL
6 9 (4.04%) TCP/IP
7 7 (3.14%) VPN
8 5 (2.24%) NAS
8 5 (2.24%) Network Security
8 5 (2.24%) OpenLDAP
8 5 (2.24%) SAN
9 4 (1.79%) FTP
9 4 (1.79%) HTTPS
9 4 (1.79%) IPsec
9 4 (1.79%) SMTP
9 4 (1.79%) SSH
9 4 (1.79%) WAN
10 3 (1.35%) BIG-IP
10 3 (1.35%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.42%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.79%) Db2
2 4 (1.79%) Metadata
2 4 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.35%) MySQL
4 2 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.90%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.45%) Power BI
5 1 (0.45%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 17 (7.62%) JIRA
2 15 (6.73%) Jenkins
3 14 (6.28%) Git
4 12 (5.38%) GitLab
5 4 (1.79%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.35%) JMeter
6 3 (1.35%) Postman
7 2 (0.90%) Gatling
7 2 (0.90%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.45%) Gerrit
8 1 (0.45%) Locust
8 1 (0.45%) Maven
8 1 (0.45%) Newman
8 1 (0.45%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.45%) Selenium
8 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.45%) TestCafe
8 1 (0.45%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.45%) Vagrant
General
1 84 (37.67%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.90%) Documentation Skills
3 20 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (8.97%) Public Sector
4 17 (7.62%) Finance
5 13 (5.83%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.69%) Back Office
7 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.79%) Military
8 3 (1.35%) Banking
8 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.35%) Retail
9 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.45%) Law
10 1 (0.45%) Local Government
10 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Publishing
10 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (24.66%) Architect
2 21 (9.42%) Consultant
3 17 (7.62%) Developer
4 14 (6.28%) IAM Specialist
5 12 (5.38%) Lead
5 12 (5.38%) Support Engineer
6 9 (4.04%) Analyst
6 9 (4.04%) CyberArk Consultant
7 8 (3.59%) SailPoint Engineer
7 8 (3.59%) Senior
8 7 (3.14%) C Developer
8 7 (3.14%) CyberArk Architect
8 7 (3.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 7 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (3.14%) Linux Developer
8 7 (3.14%) Security Engineer
8 7 (3.14%) Software Developer
8 7 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (2.69%) SailPoint Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (30.94%) SAML
2 63 (28.25%) OpenID
3 61 (27.35%) OAuth
4 44 (19.73%) SailPoint
5 41 (18.39%) REST
6 31 (13.90%) OAuth2
7 22 (9.87%) Web Services
8 20 (8.97%) .NET
9 19 (8.52%) Terraform
10 17 (7.62%) JSON
11 15 (6.73%) XML
12 11 (4.93%) SOAP
13 10 (4.48%) JDBC
14 9 (4.04%) .NET Framework
15 8 (3.59%) Middleware
16 7 (3.14%) OpenTofu
16 7 (3.14%) Regular Expression
17 6 (2.69%) Jakarta EE
17 6 (2.69%) pytest
18 3 (1.35%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 42 (18.83%) Onboarding
2 28 (12.56%) PKI
3 20 (8.97%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (6.73%) Replication
5 14 (6.28%) Management Information System
6 10 (4.48%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (4.04%) Cloud Native
8 8 (3.59%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.69%) Clustering
9 6 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (2.24%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.79%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.79%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.35%) Cyberattack
12 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.35%) YARA
13 2 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 44 (19.73%) Linux
2 41 (18.39%) Windows
3 13 (5.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 13 (5.83%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.59%) Unix
5 7 (3.14%) CentOS
6 6 (2.69%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.90%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.90%) Rocky
8 2 (0.90%) VMS
9 1 (0.45%) CatOS
9 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.45%) SUSE
9 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (28.70%) SIEM
2 62 (27.80%) Identity Access Management
3 59 (26.46%) RBAC
4 52 (23.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (22.87%) Runbook
6 44 (19.73%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (19.73%) Privileged Access Management
7 43 (19.28%) DevOps
8 41 (18.39%) Technical Leadership
9 40 (17.94%) ITSM
10 39 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (14.80%) DevSecOps
13 32 (14.35%) CI/CD
13 32 (14.35%) Migration
13 32 (14.35%) Security Architecture
14 31 (13.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 30 (13.45%) Mentoring
15 30 (13.45%) Secrets Management
16 28 (12.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 78 (34.98%) PowerShell
2 55 (24.66%) Python
3 31 (13.90%) Java
4 16 (7.17%) C#
5 14 (6.28%) SQL
6 11 (4.93%) Bash
6 11 (4.93%) BeanShell
7 7 (3.14%) C
7 7 (3.14%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.24%) Groovy
8 5 (2.24%) MATLAB
8 5 (2.24%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.24%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.79%) Go
10 2 (0.90%) Cypher
10 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 90 (40.36%) Security Cleared
2 57 (25.56%) SC Cleared
3 38 (17.04%) DV Cleared
4 28 (12.56%) CISSP
5 26 (11.66%) Degree
6 18 (8.07%) CISM
7 11 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.69%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.24%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.24%) CSPO
11 4 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.79%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.35%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.90%) RHCE
13 2 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.45%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (25.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (21.97%) NIST
3 27 (12.11%) GDPR
4 14 (6.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (3.59%) HIPAA
5 8 (3.59%) NCSC
5 8 (3.59%) SLA
6 7 (3.14%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.24%) GRC
8 3 (1.35%) QA
9 2 (0.90%) ITGC
9 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 178 (79.82%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.28%) NFS
3 12 (5.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.93%) Docker
5 9 (4.04%) Hyper-V
6 7 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.35%) OpenAM
7 3 (1.35%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.90%) Squid
9 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.45%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.45%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.45%) KVM
9 1 (0.45%) Postfix
9 1 (0.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 36 (16.14%) Single Sign-On
2 22 (9.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 16 (7.17%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.93%) Ansible
5 8 (3.59%) CA Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.14%) Grafana
7 5 (2.24%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.79%) Check_MK
8 4 (1.79%) PingFederate
8 4 (1.79%) Podman
8 4 (1.79%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (1.35%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.90%) Puppet
11 1 (0.45%) CASB
11 1 (0.45%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.45%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.45%) Salt
Vendors
1 78 (34.98%) Microsoft
2 73 (32.74%) CyberArk
3 33 (14.80%) ServiceNow
4 23 (10.31%) Okta
5 18 (8.07%) VMware
6 14 (6.28%) BeyondTrust
7 13 (5.83%) ForgeRock
8 11 (4.93%) Ping Identity
9 10 (4.48%) SAP
10 8 (3.59%) Google
10 8 (3.59%) Red Hat
11 6 (2.69%) Splunk
11 6 (2.69%) Workday
12 5 (2.24%) Palo Alto
12 5 (2.24%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.79%) CheckPoint
13 4 (1.79%) F5
13 4 (1.79%) Greenplum
13 4 (1.79%) Oracle
13 4 (1.79%) Sybase