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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 393 375
Rank change year-on-year +30 -18 +134
Contract jobs citing LDAP 275 131 200
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.45% 0.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.91% 2.01% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 79 126
10th Percentile £398 £395 £290
25th Percentile £486 £456 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% +3.69%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £688 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £599
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.14% +8.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £80.34 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £80.59 -
Median hourly rate £79.96 £81.35 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% - -
75th Percentile £87.85 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £92.50 £83.05 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.00 £81.35 -
% change year-on-year -18.87% - -

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 9,460 6,532 8,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.58% 22.67% 20.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,225 4,475 6,189
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year - -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £623 £645 £650
90th Percentile £729 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 107 248
10th Percentile £31.33 £29.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £72.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.80 £82.44 £74.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +10 253 £575 +4.55% 32
UK excluding London -43 135 £525 -4.55% 22
London +14 114 £700 +27.27% 10
Work from Home +31 111 £700 +27.16% 14
North of England -41 45 £573 -4.58% 1
South East -21 42 £525 -27.59% 14
Yorkshire -33 29 £513 -14.58%
East of England -29 17 £480 -18.26% 2
North West -34 15 £635 +9.16% 1
Midlands -71 15 £340 -35.24% 1
West Midlands -53 14 £340 -42.13% 1
South West -21 13 £539 -18.68% 5
Wales - 3 £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 12 (4.36%) nginx
2 11 (4.00%) Confluence
3 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.09%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.09%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.73%) Apache
6 1 (0.36%) IIS
6 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.36%) WebLogic
6 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
1 174 (63.27%) Azure
2 119 (43.27%) AWS
3 90 (32.73%) Entra ID
4 86 (31.27%) GCP
5 19 (6.91%) OpenShift
6 11 (4.00%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (4.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 10 (3.64%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (3.64%) SaaS
7 10 (3.64%) Serverless
8 9 (3.27%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.27%) Route 53
9 5 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.73%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.36%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.36%) GitHub
12 1 (0.36%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.36%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 71 (25.82%) DNS
2 59 (21.45%) Kerberos
3 41 (14.91%) Firewall
4 34 (12.36%) DHCP
5 29 (10.55%) VPN
6 24 (8.73%) SSL
7 21 (7.64%) TCP/IP
8 16 (5.82%) Cisco ASA
8 16 (5.82%) WAN
9 15 (5.45%) HTTP
9 15 (5.45%) LAN
10 13 (4.73%) HTTPS
10 13 (4.73%) Network Security
11 11 (4.00%) IPsec
12 10 (3.64%) BIG-IP
12 10 (3.64%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (3.27%) OpenVPN
13 9 (3.27%) Wireless
13 9 (3.27%) Wireshark
14 8 (2.91%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.36%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (4.00%) MySQL
4 4 (1.45%) Metadata
4 4 (1.45%) Neo4j
5 3 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.73%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.73%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 46 (16.73%) Jenkins
2 33 (12.00%) GitLab
3 30 (10.91%) 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
1 110 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 54 (19.64%) Documentation Skills
3 40 (14.55%) Finance
4 25 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.82%) 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 90 (32.73%) Architect
2 50 (18.18%) CyberArk Architect
3 17 (6.18%) Consultant
4 13 (4.73%) Lead
5 12 (4.36%) Administrator
6 11 (4.00%) Developer
6 11 (4.00%) Linux Administrator
6 11 (4.00%) Network Engineer
7 10 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (3.64%) Security Engineer
8 9 (3.27%) Test Automation Engineer
8 9 (3.27%) Test Engineer
9 8 (2.91%) Analyst
9 8 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (2.91%) Technical Architect
10 7 (2.55%) IAM Specialist
10 7 (2.55%) Senior
11 6 (2.18%) Security Consultant
11 6 (2.18%) Test Architect
11 6 (2.18%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (32.00%) SAML
2 82 (29.82%) OpenID
3 72 (26.18%) REST
4 60 (21.82%) OAuth
5 43 (15.64%) SOAP
6 42 (15.27%) SailPoint
7 20 (7.27%) 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%) Elastic Stack
13 4 (1.45%) Playwright
13 4 (1.45%) XML
14 2 (0.73%) EDI
15 1 (0.36%) Apache NiFi
15 1 (0.36%) LAMP
15 1 (0.36%) LAPP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.64%) Security Posture
2 42 (15.27%) Enterprise Software
3 35 (12.73%) Replication
4 34 (12.36%) Onboarding
5 23 (8.36%) Management Information System
6 20 (7.27%) Cloud Native
7 14 (5.09%) PKI
8 13 (4.73%) 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%) PACS
11 4 (1.45%) Clustering
11 4 (1.45%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.73%) CMDB
12 2 (0.73%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.91%) Linux
2 45 (16.36%) Windows
3 23 (8.36%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.36%) CentOS
6 11 (4.00%) 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
10 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (33.09%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (28.73%) SIEM
3 74 (26.91%) DevOps
4 67 (24.36%) Cybersecurity
5 62 (22.55%) Identity Access Management
6 58 (21.09%) CI/CD
7 57 (20.73%) ITSM
7 57 (20.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 54 (19.64%) Privileged Access Management
9 53 (19.27%) RBAC
10 50 (18.18%) Task Automation
11 44 (16.00%) Technical Leadership
12 40 (14.55%) Integration Patterns
13 38 (13.82%) Presales
14 30 (10.91%) Agile
15 29 (10.55%) High Availability
15 29 (10.55%) Migration
15 29 (10.55%) Roadmaps
16 23 (8.36%) Stakeholder Management
16 23 (8.36%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 123 (44.73%) PowerShell
2 97 (35.27%) Python
3 44 (16.00%) Java
4 29 (10.55%) SQL
5 17 (6.18%) JavaScript
6 15 (5.45%) Shell Script
7 12 (4.36%) Bash
8 11 (4.00%) MATLAB
9 9 (3.27%) PHP
10 5 (1.82%) C++
11 4 (1.45%) Cypher
11 4 (1.45%) Groovy
11 4 (1.45%) Scala
11 4 (1.45%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.36%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.36%) C#
12 1 (0.36%) Korn
12 1 (0.36%) Perl
12 1 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 152 (55.27%) Security Cleared
2 141 (51.27%) SC Cleared
3 31 (11.27%) CISSP
4 23 (8.36%) CISM
5 16 (5.82%) Degree
6 15 (5.45%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (4.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.82%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.82%) MCSA
9 5 (1.82%) MCSE
10 4 (1.45%) APMG
10 4 (1.45%) GIAC
10 4 (1.45%) GSEC
10 4 (1.45%) OCP
10 4 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.45%) SSCP
11 3 (1.09%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (18.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (16.36%) GDPR
2 45 (16.36%) NIST
3 26 (9.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 22 (8.00%) NCSC
5 11 (4.00%) SLA
6 9 (3.27%) HIPAA
6 9 (3.27%) QA
7 6 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.09%) DICOM
10 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.73%) HL7
11 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.36%) GMP
11 1 (0.36%) GRC
11 1 (0.36%) GxP
11 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 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
4 9 (3.27%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (2.91%) Docker
6 5 (1.82%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 4 (1.45%) NFS
8 3 (1.09%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.73%) KVM
10 1 (0.36%) Ceph
10 1 (0.36%) iptables
10 1 (0.36%) Lustre
10 1 (0.36%) Samba
10 1 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 66 (24.00%) Single Sign-On
2 43 (15.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 33 (12.00%) Kubernetes
4 20 (7.27%) Terraform
5 18 (6.55%) Ansible
6 13 (4.73%) Check_MK
6 13 (4.73%) Grafana
7 12 (4.36%) Prometheus
8 11 (4.00%) Podman
8 11 (4.00%) Red Hat Satellite
9 9 (3.27%) FortiGate
9 9 (3.27%) vCenter Server
10 7 (2.55%) Consul
10 7 (2.55%) Nessus
11 6 (2.18%) CASB
12 5 (1.82%) WSUS
13 4 (1.45%) CA Single Sign-On
13 4 (1.45%) PingFederate
14 3 (1.09%) SCOM
15 2 (0.73%) Argo
Vendors
1 86 (31.27%) CyberArk
2 78 (28.36%) Microsoft
3 49 (17.82%) BeyondTrust
4 39 (14.18%) ServiceNow
5 36 (13.09%) Centrify
5 36 (13.09%) VMware
6 25 (9.09%) Red Hat
7 22 (8.00%) Splunk
8 21 (7.64%) Okta
9 19 (6.91%) Cisco
10 13 (4.73%) Palo Alto
11 12 (4.36%) Google
12 11 (4.00%) CheckPoint
13 10 (3.64%) F5
13 10 (3.64%) Oracle
14 9 (3.27%) Dynatrace
15 8 (2.91%) SAP
16 7 (2.55%) Atlassian
16 7 (2.55%) ForgeRock
16 7 (2.55%) Veritas