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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 396 368
Rank change year-on-year +19 -28 +128
Contract jobs citing LDAP 264 138 224
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.47% 0.51%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.80% 2.07% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 77 139
10th Percentile £413 £413 £300
25th Percentile £481 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +3.07% +3.64%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £648
90th Percentile £750 £715 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £581 £610
% change year-on-year -9.68% -4.71% +12.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 1
10th Percentile £54.53 - -
25th Percentile £57.75 £80.34 £51.25
Median hourly rate £81.25 £81.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.12% +54.95% -28.08%
75th Percentile £91.25 £82.10 £53.75
90th Percentile £92.50 £83.24 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.00 £81.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -18.87% +54.95% -28.08%

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 9,428 6,651 8,939
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.49% 22.66% 20.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,290 4,556 6,230
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -0.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 101 193
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.50 £20.48
25th Percentile £52.50 £43.00 £36.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £84.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -26.11%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -4 241 £555 -7.50% 31
UK excluding London -26 128 £525 -9.68% 19
Work from Home +39 117 £610 +1.67% 15
London -14 107 £700 +16.67% 15
North of England -41 46 £573 -4.58% 2
South East -33 35 £513 +7.89% 11
Yorkshire -33 30 £513 -14.58% 1
Midlands -64 19 £340 -45.60%
West Midlands -51 18 £340 -45.60%
North West -26 15 £635 +26.90% 1
East of England -31 15 £478 -18.64% 3
South West -27 10 £540 -18.49% 3
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 (4.55%) nginx
2 11 (4.17%) Confluence
3 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.38%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 158 (59.85%) Azure
2 106 (40.15%) AWS
3 87 (32.95%) GCP
4 74 (28.03%) Entra ID
5 18 (6.82%) OpenShift
6 10 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
6 10 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (3.79%) Serverless
7 9 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
7 9 (3.41%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.41%) Route 53
7 9 (3.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 8 (3.03%) SaaS
9 4 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.76%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.38%) GitHub
11 1 (0.38%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.38%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 69 (26.14%) DNS
2 61 (23.11%) Kerberos
3 39 (14.77%) Firewall
4 33 (12.50%) DHCP
5 27 (10.23%) VPN
6 25 (9.47%) SSL
7 20 (7.58%) TCP/IP
8 14 (5.30%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (5.30%) HTTP
8 14 (5.30%) WAN
9 13 (4.92%) LAN
9 13 (4.92%) Network Security
10 11 (4.17%) HTTPS
11 9 (3.41%) OpenVPN
11 9 (3.41%) SMTP
12 8 (3.03%) BIG-IP
12 8 (3.03%) Ethereal
12 8 (3.03%) IPsec
12 8 (3.03%) Wireless
12 8 (3.03%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.30%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (3.79%) MySQL
4 4 (1.52%) Metadata
4 4 (1.52%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.76%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.76%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.38%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.38%) Redis
6 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (15.91%) Jenkins
2 31 (11.74%) GitLab
3 30 (11.36%) JIRA
4 14 (5.30%) Selenium
5 13 (4.92%) REST Assured
6 12 (4.55%) Cucumber
7 11 (4.17%) Git
7 11 (4.17%) Postman
8 9 (3.41%) Bitbucket
9 8 (3.03%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.89%) TestRail
11 4 (1.52%) Gatling
11 4 (1.52%) JMeter
11 4 (1.52%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.52%) NeoLoad
12 2 (0.76%) WebDriver
13 1 (0.38%) JUnit
13 1 (0.38%) Maven
13 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 110 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 57 (21.59%) Documentation Skills
3 39 (14.77%) Finance
4 24 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.79%) Banking
8 7 (2.65%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.14%) Retail
11 2 (0.76%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.38%) Legal
12 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.38%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 82 (31.06%) Architect
2 48 (18.18%) CyberArk Architect
3 24 (9.09%) Consultant
4 10 (3.79%) Administrator
4 10 (3.79%) Lead
4 10 (3.79%) Network Engineer
4 10 (3.79%) Security Engineer
5 9 (3.41%) Developer
5 9 (3.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (3.41%) Linux Administrator
5 9 (3.41%) Security Consultant
5 9 (3.41%) Test Automation Engineer
5 9 (3.41%) Test Engineer
6 7 (2.65%) Analyst
6 7 (2.65%) Senior
7 6 (2.27%) Technical Architect
7 6 (2.27%) Test Architect
7 6 (2.27%) Test Automation Architect
8 5 (1.89%) Active Directory Consultant
8 5 (1.89%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (27.65%) SAML
2 68 (25.76%) OpenID
3 65 (24.62%) REST
4 48 (18.18%) OAuth
5 39 (14.77%) SOAP
6 33 (12.50%) SailPoint
7 11 (4.17%) .NET
8 10 (3.79%) OAuth2
9 9 (3.41%) Middleware
10 8 (3.03%) J2EE
11 4 (1.52%) Playwright
12 3 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
12 3 (1.14%) JDBC
12 3 (1.14%) XML
13 2 (0.76%) EDI
13 2 (0.76%) JSON
13 2 (0.76%) Web Services
14 1 (0.38%) libvirt
14 1 (0.38%) React
14 1 (0.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.29%) Security Posture
2 40 (15.15%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (12.88%) Replication
4 29 (10.98%) Onboarding
5 20 (7.58%) Cloud Native
5 20 (7.58%) Management Information System
6 16 (6.06%) PKI
7 11 (4.17%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.89%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.89%) CSOC
9 5 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.89%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.89%) PACS
10 4 (1.52%) Clustering
11 3 (1.14%) CMDB
11 3 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.14%) SCADA
12 2 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 49 (18.56%) Linux
2 48 (18.18%) Windows
3 25 (9.47%) Windows Server
4 20 (7.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (4.92%) CentOS
6 11 (4.17%) Ubuntu
7 8 (3.03%) Unix
8 4 (1.52%) CatOS
9 2 (0.76%) AIX
9 2 (0.76%) Solaris
9 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.38%) VMS
10 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (34.85%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (32.95%) SIEM
3 74 (28.03%) DevOps
4 71 (26.89%) Cybersecurity
5 62 (23.48%) Privileged Access Management
6 59 (22.35%) CI/CD
7 54 (20.45%) Identity Access Management
7 54 (20.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 51 (19.32%) ITSM
9 49 (18.56%) Task Automation
10 47 (17.80%) RBAC
11 41 (15.53%) Technical Leadership
12 39 (14.77%) Integration Patterns
13 35 (13.26%) Presales
14 31 (11.74%) High Availability
15 29 (10.98%) Migration
16 28 (10.61%) Roadmaps
17 25 (9.47%) Agile
18 22 (8.33%) ITIL
19 21 (7.95%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 119 (45.08%) PowerShell
2 98 (37.12%) Python
3 40 (15.15%) Java
4 29 (10.98%) SQL
5 13 (4.92%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.92%) Shell Script
6 12 (4.55%) Bash
7 9 (3.41%) MATLAB
7 9 (3.41%) PHP
8 5 (1.89%) C++
9 4 (1.52%) Cypher
9 4 (1.52%) Groovy
9 4 (1.52%) Scala
9 4 (1.52%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.38%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.38%) C#
10 1 (0.38%) Korn
10 1 (0.38%) Perl
10 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 143 (54.17%) Security Cleared
2 135 (51.14%) SC Cleared
3 32 (12.12%) CISSP
4 27 (10.23%) CISM
5 14 (5.30%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (4.92%) DV Cleared
7 10 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.03%) Degree
9 5 (1.89%) MCSA
9 5 (1.89%) MCSE
10 4 (1.52%) APMG
10 4 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.52%) GIAC
10 4 (1.52%) GSEC
10 4 (1.52%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.52%) OCP
10 4 (1.52%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.52%) SSCP
11 3 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.76%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (20.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (18.18%) GDPR
3 46 (17.42%) NIST
4 24 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (7.58%) NCSC
6 9 (3.41%) QA
6 9 (3.41%) SLA
7 6 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.27%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.14%) DICOM
10 2 (0.76%) HL7
11 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.38%) GMP
11 1 (0.38%) GRC
11 1 (0.38%) GxP
11 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 178 (67.42%) Active Directory
2 20 (7.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.41%) Squid
3 9 (3.41%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (3.03%) VMware NSX
5 7 (2.65%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 5 (1.89%) Docker
7 4 (1.52%) Postfix
8 3 (1.14%) NFS
9 2 (0.76%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.76%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.76%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.76%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.38%) Ceph
10 1 (0.38%) iptables
10 1 (0.38%) KVM
10 1 (0.38%) Lustre
10 1 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 57 (21.59%) Single Sign-On
2 41 (15.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 29 (10.98%) Kubernetes
4 17 (6.44%) Terraform
5 15 (5.68%) Ansible
6 12 (4.55%) Grafana
7 11 (4.17%) Check_MK
7 11 (4.17%) Prometheus
8 9 (3.41%) FortiGate
8 9 (3.41%) Podman
8 9 (3.41%) Red Hat Satellite
8 9 (3.41%) vCenter Server
9 7 (2.65%) Consul
9 7 (2.65%) Nessus
10 5 (1.89%) CASB
10 5 (1.89%) WSUS
11 4 (1.52%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.52%) PingFederate
12 3 (1.14%) SCOM
13 2 (0.76%) Argo
Vendors
1 93 (35.23%) CyberArk
2 68 (25.76%) Microsoft
3 59 (22.35%) BeyondTrust
4 36 (13.64%) Centrify
5 32 (12.12%) ServiceNow
5 32 (12.12%) VMware
6 23 (8.71%) Red Hat
7 20 (7.58%) Splunk
8 18 (6.82%) Okta
9 17 (6.44%) Cisco
10 11 (4.17%) Google
10 11 (4.17%) Palo Alto
11 10 (3.79%) Oracle
12 9 (3.41%) CheckPoint
12 9 (3.41%) Dynatrace
12 9 (3.41%) F5
13 7 (2.65%) Atlassian
13 7 (2.65%) Tenable
13 7 (2.65%) Veritas
14 5 (1.89%) Remedy