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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 381 436
Rank change year-on-year -92 +55 -63
Contract jobs citing LDAP 222 174 134
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.53% 0.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.88% 2.06% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 117 73
10th Percentile £375 £318 £221
25th Percentile £450 £404 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £675
90th Percentile £690 £673 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £453 £530
% change year-on-year +15.89% -14.53% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 1
10th Percentile - £44.88 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £45.00 £71.25
Median hourly rate £85.00 £64.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.81% -11.72% +28.55%
75th Percentile £88.74 £79.76 £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% +28.55%

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 11,826 8,466 9,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.65% 25.97% 24.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,778 5,636 6,115
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 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 187 187
10th Percentile £28.64 £31.25 £25.60
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.70 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.83% -12.48% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.80 £74.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £58.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.84% -9.62% +10.53%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -93 194 £525 +5.00% 88
UK excluding London -44 159 £525 +15.89% 47
Work from Home -17 89 £525 +1.20% 46
South East -14 58 £575 +15.00% 21
London -99 50 £575 -5.43% 38
South West -7 39 £525 +13.51% 10
East of England -17 22 £506 -25.55% 10
North of England -78 19 £570 +25.83% 4
Yorkshire -27 18 £570 +8.57% 2
Scotland -14 17 £461 -23.21% 2
West Midlands -68 4 £450 -18.18% 3
Midlands -86 4 £450 - 5
North West -67 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 9 (4.05%) IIS
2 8 (3.60%) Confluence
3 3 (1.35%) Apache
3 3 (1.35%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.90%) nginx
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.80%) 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
1 104 (46.85%) Azure
2 80 (36.04%) AWS
3 78 (35.14%) Entra ID
4 48 (21.62%) GCP
5 22 (9.91%) SaaS
6 7 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (2.25%) GitHub
8 5 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.80%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.80%) IaaS
9 4 (1.80%) PaaS
9 4 (1.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.35%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.90%) Amazon ELB
11 2 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 32 (14.41%) Kerberos
2 27 (12.16%) DNS
3 17 (7.66%) DHCP
4 14 (6.31%) HTTP
5 12 (5.41%) Firewall
6 10 (4.50%) SSL
7 7 (3.15%) SSH
7 7 (3.15%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.70%) Network Security
9 5 (2.25%) NAS
9 5 (2.25%) OpenLDAP
9 5 (2.25%) SAN
9 5 (2.25%) VPN
10 4 (1.80%) FTP
10 4 (1.80%) HTTPS
10 4 (1.80%) IPsec
10 4 (1.80%) SMTP
10 4 (1.80%) WAN
11 3 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (1.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.01%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.80%) Db2
3 3 (1.35%) Metadata
3 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.90%) MySQL
4 2 (0.90%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.45%) Power BI
5 1 (0.45%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (6.76%) Jenkins
2 14 (6.31%) Git
2 14 (6.31%) JIRA
3 12 (5.41%) GitLab
4 4 (1.80%) Zephyr
5 3 (1.35%) JMeter
5 3 (1.35%) Postman
6 2 (0.90%) Gatling
6 2 (0.90%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.45%) Gerrit
7 1 (0.45%) Locust
7 1 (0.45%) Maven
7 1 (0.45%) Newman
7 1 (0.45%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.45%) Selenium
7 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.45%) TestCafe
7 1 (0.45%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.45%) Vagrant
General
1 86 (38.74%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.41%) Documentation Skills
3 20 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.01%) Public Sector
4 16 (7.21%) Finance
5 14 (6.31%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.70%) Back Office
7 5 (2.25%) Banking
8 4 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.80%) Military
9 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.90%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.90%) Retail
10 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.45%) Law
11 1 (0.45%) Legal
11 1 (0.45%) Local Government
11 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 55 (24.77%) Architect
2 20 (9.01%) Consultant
3 17 (7.66%) Developer
4 14 (6.31%) IAM Specialist
5 12 (5.41%) Lead
5 12 (5.41%) Support Engineer
6 9 (4.05%) Analyst
6 9 (4.05%) CyberArk Consultant
7 8 (3.60%) CyberArk Architect
7 8 (3.60%) SailPoint Engineer
7 8 (3.60%) Senior
8 7 (3.15%) C Developer
8 7 (3.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 7 (3.15%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (3.15%) Linux Developer
8 7 (3.15%) Security Engineer
8 7 (3.15%) Software Developer
8 7 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (2.70%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (30.18%) SAML
2 58 (26.13%) OAuth
3 57 (25.68%) OpenID
4 46 (20.72%) SailPoint
5 42 (18.92%) REST
6 29 (13.06%) OAuth2
7 22 (9.91%) Web Services
8 20 (9.01%) .NET
9 19 (8.56%) Terraform
10 15 (6.76%) JSON
10 15 (6.76%) XML
11 9 (4.05%) .NET Framework
11 9 (4.05%) SOAP
12 8 (3.60%) JDBC
12 8 (3.60%) Middleware
13 7 (3.15%) OpenTofu
13 7 (3.15%) Regular Expression
14 6 (2.70%) pytest
15 4 (1.80%) Jakarta EE
16 3 (1.35%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 44 (19.82%) Onboarding
2 28 (12.61%) PKI
3 21 (9.46%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (7.21%) Replication
5 13 (5.86%) Management Information System
6 11 (4.95%) Cloud Native
7 10 (4.50%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (3.60%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.25%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (2.25%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.80%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.80%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.35%) Clustering
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 46 (20.72%) Linux
2 44 (19.82%) Windows
3 15 (6.76%) Windows Server
4 14 (6.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (4.05%) Unix
6 7 (3.15%) CentOS
7 5 (2.25%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.25%) 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 66 (29.73%) SIEM
2 63 (28.38%) Identity Access Management
3 61 (27.48%) RBAC
4 53 (23.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (22.97%) Runbook
6 49 (22.07%) Privileged Access Management
7 43 (19.37%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (19.37%) Technical Leadership
8 41 (18.47%) ITSM
9 39 (17.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (17.57%) DevOps
10 35 (15.77%) Security Architecture
11 34 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (14.86%) CI/CD
12 33 (14.86%) DevSecOps
13 31 (13.96%) Migration
13 31 (13.96%) Secrets Management
14 29 (13.06%) Mentoring
14 29 (13.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (12.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 79 (35.59%) PowerShell
2 56 (25.23%) Python
3 26 (11.71%) Java
4 16 (7.21%) C#
5 13 (5.86%) Bash
6 12 (5.41%) SQL
7 11 (4.95%) BeanShell
8 7 (3.15%) C
8 7 (3.15%) JavaScript
9 5 (2.25%) Groovy
9 5 (2.25%) MATLAB
9 5 (2.25%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.25%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.80%) Go
11 2 (0.90%) Cypher
11 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 92 (41.44%) Security Cleared
2 57 (25.68%) SC Cleared
3 40 (18.02%) DV Cleared
4 26 (11.71%) Degree
5 24 (10.81%) CISSP
6 14 (6.31%) CISM
7 11 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.70%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.70%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.25%) CSPO
11 4 (1.80%) 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%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.90%) RHCE
13 2 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.45%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (24.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (22.07%) NIST
3 21 (9.46%) GDPR
4 13 (5.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (4.05%) NCSC
6 8 (3.60%) SLA
7 7 (3.15%) Data Quality
8 6 (2.70%) HIPAA
9 5 (2.25%) GRC
10 3 (1.35%) QA
11 2 (0.90%) ITGC
11 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 179 (80.63%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.86%) NFS
3 12 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.95%) Docker
5 9 (4.05%) Hyper-V
6 7 (3.15%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.35%) OpenAM
7 3 (1.35%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.45%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.45%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.45%) KVM
8 1 (0.45%) Postfix
8 1 (0.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.45%) Squid
Systems Management
1 31 (13.96%) Single Sign-On
2 21 (9.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 15 (6.76%) Kubernetes
4 12 (5.41%) Ansible
5 6 (2.70%) Grafana
6 5 (2.25%) CA Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.80%) Check_MK
7 4 (1.80%) Podman
7 4 (1.80%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.80%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (1.35%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.90%) Puppet
10 1 (0.45%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.45%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.45%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.45%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.45%) Salt
10 1 (0.45%) systemd
Vendors
1 83 (37.39%) Microsoft
2 78 (35.14%) CyberArk
3 29 (13.06%) ServiceNow
4 24 (10.81%) Okta
5 18 (8.11%) VMware
6 15 (6.76%) BeyondTrust
7 13 (5.86%) ForgeRock
8 8 (3.60%) Google
8 8 (3.60%) Ping Identity
8 8 (3.60%) SAP
9 7 (3.15%) Red Hat
9 7 (3.15%) Splunk
10 5 (2.25%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.80%) F5
11 4 (1.80%) Greenplum
11 4 (1.80%) Oracle
11 4 (1.80%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.80%) Sybase
11 4 (1.80%) Workday
12 3 (1.35%) CrowdStrike