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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 386 378
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +116
Contract jobs citing LDAP 275 140 200
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.49% 0.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.89% 2.15% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 85 125
10th Percentile £400 £385 £290
25th Percentile £488 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% -1.79% +2.28%
75th Percentile £709 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £681 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £599
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.14% +8.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £80.34 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £80.59 -
Median hourly rate £79.91 £81.35 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% - -
75th Percentile £87.96 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £92.50 £83.05 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.50 £81.35 -
% change year-on-year -19.48% - -

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 9,510 6,500 8,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.59% 22.73% 20.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,248 4,454 6,211
10th Percentile £363 £361 £345
25th Percentile £420 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 105 250
10th Percentile £30.77 £27.44 £21.68
25th Percentile £51.25 £37.80 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £73.00 £68.75 £65.95
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.22 £74.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.43
% change year-on-year - +34.21% -25.49%

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 May 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 26 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Top 14 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 May 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 +2 255 £575 +4.55% 33
UK excluding London -54 136 £525 -4.55% 21
London +4 114 £700 +27.27% 11
Work from Home +11 109 £700 +27.04% 12
South East -26 43 £525 -27.59% 15
North of England -46 43 £575 -4.17% 1
Yorkshire -39 27 £525 -12.50%
East of England -37 17 £480 -18.26% 3
South West -21 16 £545 -17.74% 2
North West -27 15 £635 +9.16% 1
Midlands -72 15 £340 -35.24% 1
West Midlands -62 14 £340 -45.60% 1
Wales - 2 £345 -
North East - 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 11 (4.00%) Confluence
1 11 (4.00%) nginx
2 6 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.09%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.09%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.36%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.27%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 176 (64.00%) Azure
2 119 (43.27%) AWS
3 91 (33.09%) Entra ID
4 86 (31.27%) GCP
5 19 (6.91%) OpenShift
6 13 (4.73%) SaaS
7 11 (4.00%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (4.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (3.64%) Amazon EKS
8 10 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (3.64%) Serverless
9 9 (3.27%) Amazon S3
9 9 (3.27%) Route 53
10 4 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.73%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 1 (0.36%) GitHub
13 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.36%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 70 (25.45%) DNS
2 56 (20.36%) Kerberos
3 39 (14.18%) Firewall
4 33 (12.00%) DHCP
5 29 (10.55%) VPN
6 24 (8.73%) SSL
7 20 (7.27%) TCP/IP
8 16 (5.82%) Cisco ASA
9 15 (5.45%) HTTP
10 14 (5.09%) WAN
11 13 (4.73%) HTTPS
11 13 (4.73%) LAN
11 13 (4.73%) Network Security
12 11 (4.00%) IPsec
13 10 (3.64%) BIG-IP
13 10 (3.64%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (3.27%) OpenVPN
14 9 (3.27%) Wireless
14 9 (3.27%) Wireshark
15 8 (2.91%) Ethereal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.00%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (3.64%) MySQL
4 4 (1.45%) Metadata
4 4 (1.45%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.73%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 47 (17.09%) Jenkins
2 32 (11.64%) GitLab
3 29 (10.55%) JIRA
4 14 (5.09%) Git
4 14 (5.09%) Selenium
5 13 (4.73%) REST Assured
6 12 (4.36%) Cucumber
7 11 (4.00%) Postman
8 9 (3.27%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.91%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.82%) TestRail
11 4 (1.45%) Gatling
11 4 (1.45%) JMeter
11 4 (1.45%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.45%) NeoLoad
12 2 (0.73%) WebDriver
13 1 (0.36%) JUnit
13 1 (0.36%) Maven
13 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 109 (39.64%) Social Skills
2 54 (19.64%) Documentation Skills
3 40 (14.55%) Finance
4 25 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.55%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.09%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.36%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.27%) Banking
9 3 (1.09%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.09%) Retail
10 2 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Legal
11 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.36%) Military
11 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 91 (33.09%) Architect
2 50 (18.18%) CyberArk Architect
3 17 (6.18%) Consultant
4 12 (4.36%) Administrator
4 12 (4.36%) Lead
5 11 (4.00%) Developer
5 11 (4.00%) Linux Administrator
5 11 (4.00%) Network Engineer
6 10 (3.64%) Security Engineer
7 9 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (3.27%) Test Automation Engineer
7 9 (3.27%) Test Engineer
8 8 (2.91%) Analyst
8 8 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (2.91%) Technical Architect
9 7 (2.55%) IAM Specialist
9 7 (2.55%) SailPoint Engineer
9 7 (2.55%) Senior
10 6 (2.18%) Test Architect
10 6 (2.18%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (31.64%) SAML
2 81 (29.45%) OpenID
3 72 (26.18%) REST
4 59 (21.45%) OAuth
5 45 (16.36%) SailPoint
6 43 (15.64%) SOAP
7 21 (7.64%) OAuth2
8 13 (4.73%) .NET
9 12 (4.36%) Web Services
10 11 (4.00%) Middleware
11 9 (3.27%) J2EE
12 6 (2.18%) JDBC
12 6 (2.18%) JSON
13 4 (1.45%) Playwright
13 4 (1.45%) XML
14 3 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
15 2 (0.73%) EDI
16 1 (0.36%) Apache NiFi
16 1 (0.36%) React
16 1 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 45 (16.36%) Enterprise Software
2 43 (15.64%) Security Posture
3 37 (13.45%) Onboarding
4 36 (13.09%) Replication
5 23 (8.36%) Management Information System
6 20 (7.27%) Cloud Native
7 13 (4.73%) PKI
8 12 (4.36%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.18%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.82%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.82%) CSOC
10 5 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.82%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.82%) PACS
11 4 (1.45%) Clustering
11 4 (1.45%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.73%) CMDB
12 2 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 49 (17.82%) Linux
2 43 (15.64%) Windows
3 23 (8.36%) Windows Server
4 18 (6.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.36%) CentOS
6 10 (3.64%) Unix
7 8 (2.91%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.82%) CatOS
9 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.36%) Rocky
10 1 (0.36%) SUSE
10 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (33.09%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (28.00%) SIEM
3 75 (27.27%) DevOps
4 67 (24.36%) Cybersecurity
5 63 (22.91%) Identity Access Management
6 59 (21.45%) CI/CD
7 57 (20.73%) ITSM
7 57 (20.73%) RBAC
7 57 (20.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 56 (20.36%) Privileged Access Management
9 50 (18.18%) Task Automation
10 44 (16.00%) Technical Leadership
11 40 (14.55%) Integration Patterns
12 39 (14.18%) Presales
13 31 (11.27%) Agile
14 30 (10.91%) High Availability
15 28 (10.18%) Roadmaps
16 27 (9.82%) Migration
17 24 (8.73%) Zero Trust
18 23 (8.36%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 125 (45.45%) PowerShell
2 97 (35.27%) Python
3 47 (17.09%) Java
4 27 (9.82%) SQL
5 17 (6.18%) JavaScript
6 15 (5.45%) Shell Script
7 11 (4.00%) Bash
7 11 (4.00%) MATLAB
8 9 (3.27%) PHP
9 5 (1.82%) C++
9 5 (1.82%) Groovy
10 4 (1.45%) BeanShell
10 4 (1.45%) Cypher
10 4 (1.45%) Scala
10 4 (1.45%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.36%) C#
11 1 (0.36%) Korn
11 1 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 156 (56.73%) Security Cleared
2 146 (53.09%) SC Cleared
3 33 (12.00%) CISSP
4 23 (8.36%) CISM
5 16 (5.82%) Degree
6 15 (5.45%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.82%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.82%) MCSA
10 5 (1.82%) MCSE
11 4 (1.45%) APMG
11 4 (1.45%) GIAC
11 4 (1.45%) GSEC
11 4 (1.45%) OCP
11 4 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (1.45%) SSCP
12 3 (1.09%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (18.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (16.73%) GDPR
3 45 (16.36%) NIST
4 26 (9.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 23 (8.36%) NCSC
6 11 (4.00%) SLA
7 9 (3.27%) HIPAA
7 9 (3.27%) QA
8 5 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.09%) DICOM
11 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.73%) HL7
12 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.36%) GMP
12 1 (0.36%) GRC
12 1 (0.36%) GxP
12 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 187 (68.00%) Active Directory
2 20 (7.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.64%) VMware NSX
4 9 (3.27%) Squid
5 8 (2.91%) Docker
5 8 (2.91%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.82%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 3 (1.09%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.09%) NFS
8 1 (0.36%) KVM
8 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 66 (24.00%) Single Sign-On
2 42 (15.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 33 (12.00%) Kubernetes
4 19 (6.91%) Terraform
5 17 (6.18%) Ansible
6 13 (4.73%) Grafana
7 12 (4.36%) Check_MK
7 12 (4.36%) Prometheus
8 11 (4.00%) Podman
8 11 (4.00%) Red Hat Satellite
9 9 (3.27%) FortiGate
10 8 (2.91%) vCenter Server
11 7 (2.55%) Consul
12 6 (2.18%) CASB
12 6 (2.18%) Nessus
13 4 (1.45%) CA Single Sign-On
13 4 (1.45%) PingFederate
14 3 (1.09%) Kustomize
14 3 (1.09%) SCOM
14 3 (1.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 89 (32.36%) CyberArk
2 80 (29.09%) Microsoft
3 49 (17.82%) BeyondTrust
4 39 (14.18%) ServiceNow
5 36 (13.09%) Centrify
6 35 (12.73%) VMware
7 24 (8.73%) Red Hat
8 21 (7.64%) Okta
8 21 (7.64%) Splunk
9 18 (6.55%) Cisco
10 12 (4.36%) Google
10 12 (4.36%) Palo Alto
11 11 (4.00%) CheckPoint
12 10 (3.64%) F5
12 10 (3.64%) Oracle
13 9 (3.27%) Dynatrace
14 8 (2.91%) SAP
15 7 (2.55%) Atlassian
15 7 (2.55%) ForgeRock
15 7 (2.55%) Veritas