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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 490 386 417
Rank change year-on-year -104 +31 -2
Contract jobs citing LDAP 183 167 157
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.51% 0.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.80% 2.26% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 105 103
10th Percentile £336 £363 £250
25th Percentile £437 £408 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -6.25% +0.45%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £645
90th Percentile £681 £680 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £598
% change year-on-year +1.63% -17.66% +11.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 0
10th Percentile £53.38 £45.00 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £77.46 £80.68 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.99% - -
75th Percentile £87.16 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £87.88 £84.70 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £79.91 £80.68 -
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -

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 10,177 7,379 8,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.97% 22.39% 22.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,619 4,943 5,786
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £412 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £663
90th Percentile £738 £741 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 176 242
10th Percentile £28.15 £29.63 £22.86
25th Percentile £41.35 £41.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.44 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% +3.69% -12.50%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.92 £81.18 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +18.18% -6.63% +0.54%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -114 158 £550 +5.01% 108
UK excluding London -77 119 £500 +1.63% 45
Work from Home -50 61 £555 +0.91% 35
South East -18 54 £568 -18.93% 14
London -82 49 £525 -13.65% 63
North of England -65 24 £588 +17.55% 11
Yorkshire -33 18 £540 +8.00% 5
South West -38 16 £550 -9.80% 9
Scotland -9 12 £450 -25.00% 3
East of England -31 7 £483 -26.05% 3
Midlands -80 6 £375 -14.68% 5
North West -60 5 £657 +70.96% 6
West Midlands -61 5 £375 -28.57% 5
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 8 (4.37%) Confluence
2 3 (1.64%) nginx
2 3 (1.64%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (1.64%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.09%) Apache
4 1 (0.55%) IIS
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.55%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.73%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 110 (60.11%) Azure
2 76 (41.53%) AWS
2 76 (41.53%) Entra ID
3 45 (24.59%) GCP
4 19 (10.38%) SaaS
5 5 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (2.19%) IaaS
6 4 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.19%) OpenShift
6 4 (2.19%) PaaS
7 3 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (1.64%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.64%) Route 53
8 2 (1.09%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.09%) GitHub
8 2 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.09%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 28 (15.30%) DNS
1 28 (15.30%) Kerberos
2 17 (9.29%) Firewall
3 13 (7.10%) DHCP
4 11 (6.01%) SSL
5 10 (5.46%) TCP/IP
6 9 (4.92%) VPN
7 8 (4.37%) NAS
7 8 (4.37%) SAN
8 6 (3.28%) HTTPS
8 6 (3.28%) WAN
9 5 (2.73%) IPsec
9 5 (2.73%) LAN
10 4 (2.19%) BIG-IP
10 4 (2.19%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (2.19%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (2.19%) HTTP
11 3 (1.64%) OpenLDAP
11 3 (1.64%) SSH
11 3 (1.64%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.02%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.73%) MySQL
3 4 (2.19%) Db2
3 4 (2.19%) Metadata
4 2 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.09%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (6.56%) Jenkins
1 12 (6.56%) JIRA
2 9 (4.92%) GitLab
3 7 (3.83%) Git
4 4 (2.19%) Postman
5 3 (1.64%) Zephyr
6 2 (1.09%) Gatling
6 2 (1.09%) JMeter
6 2 (1.09%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.55%) Maven
7 1 (0.55%) Selenium
7 1 (0.55%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (33.88%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.58%) Documentation Skills
3 20 (10.93%) Finance
4 19 (10.38%) Public Sector
5 18 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.46%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.73%) Banking
8 4 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.19%) Military
9 3 (1.64%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.64%) Retail
10 2 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.55%) Legal
11 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.55%) Publishing
11 1 (0.55%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 34 (18.58%) Architect
2 17 (9.29%) Consultant
3 15 (8.20%) IAM Specialist
4 14 (7.65%) Developer
5 12 (6.56%) Lead
5 12 (6.56%) Support Engineer
6 10 (5.46%) Senior
7 9 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (4.37%) SailPoint Engineer
9 7 (3.83%) Analyst
9 7 (3.83%) CyberArk Architect
10 5 (2.73%) Administrator
10 5 (2.73%) CyberArk Consultant
10 5 (2.73%) Senior Developer
10 5 (2.73%) Technical Architect
10 5 (2.73%) Technical Engineer
11 4 (2.19%) CyberArk Specialist
11 4 (2.19%) Linux Administrator
11 4 (2.19%) Linux Developer
11 4 (2.19%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (39.89%) SAML
2 66 (36.07%) OpenID
3 63 (34.43%) OAuth
4 41 (22.40%) SailPoint
5 32 (17.49%) OAuth2
6 28 (15.30%) REST
7 21 (11.48%) .NET
8 19 (10.38%) Web Services
9 11 (6.01%) XML
10 9 (4.92%) .NET Framework
10 9 (4.92%) JSON
11 8 (4.37%) Middleware
11 8 (4.37%) SOAP
12 7 (3.83%) Jakarta EE
12 7 (3.83%) JDBC
13 3 (1.64%) pytest
14 2 (1.09%) EDI
14 2 (1.09%) Keycloak
14 2 (1.09%) Playwright
14 2 (1.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (20.22%) Onboarding
2 27 (14.75%) PKI
3 16 (8.74%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (6.56%) Management Information System
5 11 (6.01%) Replication
6 8 (4.37%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.28%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.28%) Clustering
7 6 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.28%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.73%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.19%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (2.19%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.64%) PACS
11 2 (1.09%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.09%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 38 (20.77%) Linux
2 33 (18.03%) Windows
3 11 (6.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (5.46%) Unix
5 9 (4.92%) Windows Server
6 6 (3.28%) CentOS
7 4 (2.19%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.55%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.55%) CatOS
9 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.55%) Rocky
9 1 (0.55%) SUSE
9 1 (0.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (30.05%) Identity Access Management
2 54 (29.51%) RBAC
3 41 (22.40%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (22.40%) DevOps
4 38 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (18.03%) Privileged Access Management
6 30 (16.39%) SIEM
6 30 (16.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 28 (15.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 27 (14.75%) CI/CD
9 26 (14.21%) Runbook
10 25 (13.66%) Zero Trust
11 22 (12.02%) Migration
12 20 (10.93%) API Integration
13 19 (10.38%) Analytics
13 19 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (10.38%) Roadmaps
14 17 (9.29%) Computer Science
14 17 (9.29%) Root Cause Analysis
15 16 (8.74%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 65 (35.52%) PowerShell
2 45 (24.59%) Python
3 33 (18.03%) Java
4 15 (8.20%) SQL
5 13 (7.10%) C#
6 12 (6.56%) Bash
7 8 (4.37%) BeanShell
7 8 (4.37%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.83%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.73%) Groovy
9 5 (2.73%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.19%) C
10 4 (2.19%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.64%) C++
12 2 (1.09%) Cypher
12 2 (1.09%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.55%) R
13 1 (0.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 62 (33.88%) Security Cleared
2 50 (27.32%) SC Cleared
3 34 (18.58%) CISSP
4 28 (15.30%) Degree
5 22 (12.02%) CISM
6 13 (7.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (6.01%) DV Cleared
8 6 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.28%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.73%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.73%) CSPO
10 4 (2.19%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.09%) MCSA
12 2 (1.09%) MCSE
12 2 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.55%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (20.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (15.85%) NIST
3 28 (15.30%) GDPR
4 13 (7.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (4.92%) HIPAA
6 8 (4.37%) NCSC
6 8 (4.37%) SLA
7 7 (3.83%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.64%) DICOM
9 2 (1.09%) GRC
9 2 (1.09%) HL7
9 2 (1.09%) ITGC
9 2 (1.09%) QA
9 2 (1.09%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.55%) GMP
10 1 (0.55%) GxP
10 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 143 (78.14%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.92%) Docker
3 7 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.28%) NFS
5 4 (2.19%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.64%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.64%) OpenAM
7 2 (1.09%) Squid
8 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.55%) KVM
8 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (21.31%) Single Sign-On
2 24 (13.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 19 (10.38%) Terraform
4 14 (7.65%) Kubernetes
5 12 (6.56%) Ansible
6 8 (4.37%) CA Single Sign-On
7 7 (3.83%) Grafana
8 5 (2.73%) Prometheus
9 4 (2.19%) Check_MK
9 4 (2.19%) PingFederate
9 4 (2.19%) Podman
9 4 (2.19%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (1.64%) CASB
10 3 (1.64%) Kustomize
11 2 (1.09%) FortiGate
11 2 (1.09%) Nessus
12 1 (0.55%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.55%) yum
12 1 (0.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 72 (39.34%) Microsoft
2 48 (26.23%) CyberArk
3 27 (14.75%) ServiceNow
4 17 (9.29%) Okta
5 13 (7.10%) BeyondTrust
5 13 (7.10%) VMware
6 11 (6.01%) ForgeRock
6 11 (6.01%) Ping Identity
7 9 (4.92%) Oracle
7 9 (4.92%) SAP
8 8 (4.37%) Red Hat
9 7 (3.83%) Google
9 7 (3.83%) Sybase
9 7 (3.83%) Workday
10 6 (3.28%) Splunk
11 5 (2.73%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.73%) Palo Alto
12 4 (2.19%) Cisco
12 4 (2.19%) F5
12 4 (2.19%) Greenplum