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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 386 417
Rank change year-on-year -67 +31 -31
Contract jobs citing LDAP 224 174 157
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.53% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.90% 2.05% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 113 94
10th Percentile £355 £351 £250
25th Percentile £450 £405 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £606
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -17.53% +10.23%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £684
90th Percentile £670 £671 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £453 £584
% change year-on-year +15.89% -22.40% +11.19%
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 11,764 8,473 9,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.68% 25.72% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,728 5,672 6,318
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £435 £413 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £634 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.37% -5.00% -2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 182 187
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £25.60
25th Percentile £47.90 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £66.66 £53.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +25.18% -13.56% -2.99%
75th Percentile £76.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.45 £74.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.75 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.18% -15.38% +4.00%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -98 197 £525 +5.00% 144
UK excluding London -47 157 £525 +15.89% 73
Work from Home -11 92 £525 +1.20% 44
South East -14 57 £575 -8.00% 29
London -97 54 £525 -13.65% 78
South West -14 38 £525 +13.51% 8
East of England -12 22 £506 -25.55% 22
North of England -84 19 £570 +25.83% 6
Yorkshire -33 18 £570 +11.22% 3
Scotland -11 16 £461 -23.21% 5
Midlands -85 5 £450 - 8
West Midlands -75 4 £450 -18.18% 6
North West -64 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 11 (4.91%) Confluence
2 8 (3.57%) IIS
3 3 (1.34%) Apache
3 3 (1.34%) nginx
3 3 (1.34%) 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 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.45%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 2 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 109 (48.66%) Azure
2 83 (37.05%) AWS
3 81 (36.16%) Entra ID
4 49 (21.88%) GCP
5 20 (8.93%) SaaS
6 7 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (2.23%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.23%) GitHub
8 5 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.79%) IaaS
9 4 (1.79%) PaaS
10 3 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.34%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.34%) Route 53
10 3 (1.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (13.39%) Kerberos
2 29 (12.95%) DNS
3 17 (7.59%) DHCP
4 14 (6.25%) Firewall
4 14 (6.25%) HTTP
5 13 (5.80%) SSL
6 9 (4.02%) TCP/IP
7 7 (3.13%) VPN
8 6 (2.68%) NAS
8 6 (2.68%) SAN
9 5 (2.23%) HTTPS
9 5 (2.23%) Network Security
9 5 (2.23%) OpenLDAP
9 5 (2.23%) WAN
10 4 (1.79%) FTP
10 4 (1.79%) IPsec
10 4 (1.79%) LAN
10 4 (1.79%) SMTP
10 4 (1.79%) SSH
11 3 (1.34%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.79%) Db2
2 4 (1.79%) Metadata
2 4 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.34%) MySQL
4 2 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.89%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
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 (7.59%) JIRA
2 15 (6.70%) Jenkins
3 14 (6.25%) Git
4 12 (5.36%) GitLab
5 4 (1.79%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.34%) JMeter
6 3 (1.34%) Postman
7 2 (0.89%) Gatling
7 2 (0.89%) 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 84 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.84%) Documentation Skills
3 20 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (8.93%) Public Sector
4 17 (7.59%) Finance
5 13 (5.80%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.68%) Back Office
7 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.79%) Military
8 3 (1.34%) Banking
8 3 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.34%) Retail
9 2 (0.89%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.45%) Law
10 1 (0.45%) Local Government
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 55 (24.55%) Architect
2 22 (9.82%) Consultant
3 16 (7.14%) Developer
4 14 (6.25%) IAM Specialist
5 12 (5.36%) Lead
5 12 (5.36%) Support Engineer
6 9 (4.02%) Analyst
6 9 (4.02%) CyberArk Consultant
6 9 (4.02%) SailPoint Engineer
6 9 (4.02%) Senior
7 7 (3.13%) CyberArk Architect
7 7 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 7 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (3.13%) Security Engineer
7 7 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.68%) C Developer
8 6 (2.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (2.68%) Linux Developer
8 6 (2.68%) SailPoint Architect
8 6 (2.68%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (30.80%) SAML
2 63 (28.13%) OpenID
3 61 (27.23%) OAuth
4 45 (20.09%) SailPoint
5 42 (18.75%) REST
6 31 (13.84%) OAuth2
7 22 (9.82%) Web Services
8 21 (9.38%) .NET
9 18 (8.04%) Terraform
10 17 (7.59%) JSON
11 15 (6.70%) XML
12 11 (4.91%) SOAP
13 10 (4.46%) JDBC
14 9 (4.02%) .NET Framework
15 8 (3.57%) Middleware
16 7 (3.13%) Regular Expression
17 6 (2.68%) Jakarta EE
17 6 (2.68%) OpenTofu
17 6 (2.68%) pytest
18 3 (1.34%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 42 (18.75%) Onboarding
2 28 (12.50%) PKI
3 21 (9.38%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (6.70%) Management Information System
4 15 (6.70%) Replication
5 10 (4.46%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (4.02%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.57%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.68%) Clustering
8 6 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.23%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (2.23%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.79%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.79%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.34%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.34%) YARA
12 2 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 43 (19.20%) Linux
2 42 (18.75%) Windows
3 14 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.57%) Unix
6 7 (3.13%) CentOS
7 6 (2.68%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.89%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.89%) Rocky
9 2 (0.89%) VMS
10 1 (0.45%) CatOS
10 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.45%) SUSE
10 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (28.57%) SIEM
2 63 (28.13%) Identity Access Management
3 60 (26.79%) RBAC
4 52 (23.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (22.77%) Runbook
6 44 (19.64%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (19.64%) Privileged Access Management
7 43 (19.20%) DevOps
8 41 (18.30%) Technical Leadership
9 40 (17.86%) ITSM
10 39 (17.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (15.18%) Migration
13 33 (14.73%) DevSecOps
13 33 (14.73%) Security Architecture
14 32 (14.29%) CI/CD
15 31 (13.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 30 (13.39%) Mentoring
16 30 (13.39%) Secrets Management
17 28 (12.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 79 (35.27%) PowerShell
2 55 (24.55%) Python
3 33 (14.73%) Java
4 16 (7.14%) C#
5 15 (6.70%) SQL
6 12 (5.36%) BeanShell
7 11 (4.91%) Bash
8 7 (3.13%) JavaScript
9 6 (2.68%) C
9 6 (2.68%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.23%) Groovy
10 5 (2.23%) MATLAB
10 5 (2.23%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.79%) Go
12 2 (0.89%) Cypher
12 2 (0.89%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.45%) C++
13 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 90 (40.18%) Security Cleared
2 57 (25.45%) SC Cleared
3 38 (16.96%) DV Cleared
4 28 (12.50%) CISSP
5 27 (12.05%) Degree
6 18 (8.04%) CISM
7 11 (4.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.68%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.23%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.23%) CSPO
10 5 (2.23%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.34%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.89%) RHCE
13 2 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.45%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (21.88%) NIST
3 27 (12.05%) GDPR
4 14 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (3.57%) HIPAA
5 8 (3.57%) NCSC
5 8 (3.57%) SLA
6 7 (3.13%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.23%) GRC
8 3 (1.34%) QA
9 2 (0.89%) ITGC
9 2 (0.89%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.45%) DICOM
10 1 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 179 (79.91%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.25%) NFS
3 13 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.91%) Docker
5 10 (4.46%) Hyper-V
6 7 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.34%) OpenAM
7 3 (1.34%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.89%) 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 (16.07%) Single Sign-On
2 22 (9.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 16 (7.14%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.91%) Ansible
5 8 (3.57%) CA Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.13%) Grafana
7 5 (2.23%) 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 (1.34%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.89%) Puppet
11 1 (0.45%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.45%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.45%) Nessus
11 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 79 (35.27%) Microsoft
2 73 (32.59%) CyberArk
3 34 (15.18%) ServiceNow
4 23 (10.27%) Okta
5 19 (8.48%) VMware
6 14 (6.25%) BeyondTrust
7 13 (5.80%) ForgeRock
8 11 (4.91%) Ping Identity
8 11 (4.91%) SAP
9 8 (3.57%) Google
9 8 (3.57%) Red Hat
10 7 (3.13%) Workday
11 6 (2.68%) Splunk
12 5 (2.23%) Oracle
12 5 (2.23%) Palo Alto
12 5 (2.23%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.79%) CheckPoint
13 4 (1.79%) F5
13 4 (1.79%) Greenplum
13 4 (1.79%) Sybase