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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 389 414
Rank change year-on-year -64 +25 -18
Contract jobs citing LDAP 223 170 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.52% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.89% 2.02% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 109 96
10th Percentile £353 £355 £250
25th Percentile £450 £405 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £592 £638 £678
90th Percentile £674 £671 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £453 £593
% change year-on-year +15.89% -23.54% +13.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 0
10th Percentile - £44.75 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% - -
75th Percentile £88.74 £81.35 -
90th Percentile £92.11 £85.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +30.77% - -

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 11,772 8,431 9,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.65% 25.61% 24.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,730 5,662 6,398
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £435 £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 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +6.74% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 181 187
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £25.60
25th Percentile £48.45 £40.75 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.83 £52.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +25.39% -14.77% -1.83%
75th Percentile £76.25 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.00 £74.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.75 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.18% -15.38% +6.12%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -68 195 £525 +5.00% 113
UK excluding London -43 156 £525 +15.89% 84
Work from Home -26 90 £525 +3.70% 100
South East -7 58 £581 -7.00% 22
London -97 53 £525 -10.64% 42
South West -13 35 £525 +13.51% 11
East of England -12 21 £500 -26.47% 26
North of England -74 21 £588 +30.18% 8
Yorkshire -27 18 £570 +11.22% 5
Scotland -13 16 £461 -23.21% 9
Midlands -85 5 £450 - 10
West Midlands -70 4 £450 -18.18% 4
North West -73 3 £679 +51.45% 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%) Oracle Workflow
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
1 111 (49.78%) Azure
2 84 (37.67%) AWS
3 81 (36.32%) Entra ID
4 51 (22.87%) GCP
5 19 (8.52%) SaaS
6 7 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
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%) Microsoft 365
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 32 (14.35%) Kerberos
2 28 (12.56%) DNS
3 17 (7.62%) DHCP
4 14 (6.28%) HTTP
5 13 (5.83%) Firewall
5 13 (5.83%) SSL
6 8 (3.59%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.69%) NAS
7 6 (2.69%) SAN
7 6 (2.69%) VPN
8 5 (2.24%) HTTPS
8 5 (2.24%) OpenLDAP
8 5 (2.24%) WAN
9 4 (1.79%) FTP
9 4 (1.79%) IPsec
9 4 (1.79%) LAN
9 4 (1.79%) Network Security
9 4 (1.79%) SMTP
9 4 (1.79%) SSH
10 3 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
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%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
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 13 (5.83%) 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 83 (37.22%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.35%) Documentation Skills
3 19 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.52%) Public Sector
4 17 (7.62%) Finance
5 13 (5.83%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.69%) Back Office
7 4 (1.79%) Banking
7 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.79%) Military
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%) 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 54 (24.22%) Architect
2 21 (9.42%) Consultant
3 16 (7.17%) 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
6 9 (4.04%) Senior
7 8 (3.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 8 (3.59%) SailPoint Engineer
7 8 (3.59%) Security Engineer
8 7 (3.14%) CyberArk Architect
8 7 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.69%) C Developer
9 6 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (2.69%) Linux Developer
9 6 (2.69%) SailPoint Architect
9 6 (2.69%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (31.39%) SAML
2 63 (28.25%) OpenID
3 62 (27.80%) OAuth
4 44 (19.73%) SailPoint
5 41 (18.39%) REST
6 31 (13.90%) OAuth2
7 21 (9.42%) .NET
7 21 (9.42%) Web Services
8 18 (8.07%) Terraform
9 16 (7.17%) JSON
10 14 (6.28%) XML
11 11 (4.93%) SOAP
12 10 (4.48%) JDBC
13 9 (4.04%) .NET Framework
14 8 (3.59%) Middleware
15 7 (3.14%) Regular Expression
16 6 (2.69%) Jakarta EE
16 6 (2.69%) OpenTofu
16 6 (2.69%) pytest
17 3 (1.35%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.39%) 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 43 (19.28%) Linux
2 41 (18.39%) Windows
3 14 (6.28%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.59%) Unix
6 7 (3.14%) CentOS
7 6 (2.69%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.90%) Rocky
9 2 (0.90%) VMS
10 1 (0.45%) CatOS
10 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.45%) SUSE
10 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (28.25%) SIEM
2 62 (27.80%) Identity Access Management
3 59 (26.46%) RBAC
4 49 (21.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (21.08%) Runbook
6 45 (20.18%) DevOps
7 44 (19.73%) Cybersecurity
8 43 (19.28%) Privileged Access Management
9 38 (17.04%) Technical Leadership
10 37 (16.59%) ITSM
11 36 (16.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (15.25%) CI/CD
13 32 (14.35%) DevSecOps
13 32 (14.35%) Migration
14 30 (13.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 29 (13.00%) Security Architecture
16 28 (12.56%) Roadmaps
17 27 (12.11%) Mentoring
17 27 (12.11%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 79 (35.43%) PowerShell
2 57 (25.56%) Python
3 32 (14.35%) 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%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.69%) C
8 6 (2.69%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.24%) Groovy
9 5 (2.24%) MATLAB
9 5 (2.24%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.79%) Go
11 2 (0.90%) Cypher
11 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.45%) C++
12 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 88 (39.46%) Security Cleared
2 58 (26.01%) SC Cleared
3 35 (15.70%) DV Cleared
4 30 (13.45%) CISSP
5 26 (11.66%) Degree
6 20 (8.97%) CISM
7 11 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.69%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.24%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.24%) CSPO
10 5 (2.24%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
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%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (24.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (21.52%) NIST
3 29 (13.00%) 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%) DICOM
10 1 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 177 (79.37%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.28%) NFS
3 13 (5.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.93%) Docker
5 10 (4.48%) 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 24 (10.76%) 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%) Puppet
11 1 (0.45%) CASB
11 1 (0.45%) FreeIPA
11 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.45%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.45%) Salt
11 1 (0.45%) systemd
11 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 78 (34.98%) Microsoft
2 71 (31.84%) CyberArk
3 33 (14.80%) ServiceNow
4 23 (10.31%) Okta
5 19 (8.52%) VMware
6 16 (7.17%) BeyondTrust
7 13 (5.83%) ForgeRock
8 11 (4.93%) Ping Identity
8 11 (4.93%) SAP
9 8 (3.59%) Google
9 8 (3.59%) Red Hat
10 7 (3.14%) Workday
11 6 (2.69%) Splunk
12 5 (2.24%) Oracle
12 5 (2.24%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.79%) CheckPoint
13 4 (1.79%) Greenplum
13 4 (1.79%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.79%) Sybase
14 3 (1.35%) Cisco