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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 383 373
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 +128
Contract jobs citing LDAP 274 127 199
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.43% 0.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.91% 1.92% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 73 127
10th Percentile £400 £409 £290
25th Percentile £481 £470 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +1.77% +4.15%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £688 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £588 £599
% change year-on-year -10.64% -1.88% +8.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £80.34 -
25th Percentile £54.06 £80.59 -
Median hourly rate £73.00 £81.35 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% - -
75th Percentile £88.75 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £92.50 £83.05 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £81.35 -
% change year-on-year -20.10% - -

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 9,425 6,613 8,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.62% 22.64% 20.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,218 4,532 6,201
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £417 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £624 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 109 246
10th Percentile £32.50 £29.21 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.13 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.87 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.10 £82.27 £74.47
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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +23 252 £565 -1.70% 35
UK excluding London -38 133 £525 -10.64% 26
London +14 115 £700 +21.74% 9
Work from Home +19 111 £694 +22.31% 15
North of England -37 46 £573 -4.58%
South East -29 39 £525 -27.59% 18
Yorkshire -32 30 £513 -14.58%
East of England -30 17 £480 -18.26% 3
North West -30 15 £635 +9.16%
Midlands -61 15 £340 -36.74% 2
West Midlands -52 14 £340 -45.60% 1
South West -19 13 £539 -18.68% 4
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 (4.38%) nginx
2 11 (4.01%) 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 (3.28%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 170 (62.04%) Azure
2 117 (42.70%) AWS
3 87 (31.75%) Entra ID
3 87 (31.75%) GCP
4 19 (6.93%) OpenShift
5 11 (4.01%) Amazon EC2
5 11 (4.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 10 (3.65%) Amazon EKS
6 10 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (3.65%) SaaS
6 10 (3.65%) Serverless
7 9 (3.28%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.28%) Route 53
8 5 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.73%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.36%) GitHub
11 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.36%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 72 (26.28%) DNS
2 59 (21.53%) Kerberos
3 42 (15.33%) Firewall
4 34 (12.41%) DHCP
5 30 (10.95%) VPN
6 25 (9.12%) SSL
7 22 (8.03%) TCP/IP
8 16 (5.84%) Cisco ASA
8 16 (5.84%) WAN
9 15 (5.47%) HTTP
9 15 (5.47%) LAN
10 14 (5.11%) Network Security
11 13 (4.74%) HTTPS
12 11 (4.01%) IPsec
13 10 (3.65%) BIG-IP
13 10 (3.65%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (3.28%) OpenVPN
14 9 (3.28%) Wireless
14 9 (3.28%) Wireshark
15 8 (2.92%) Ethereal
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.47%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.38%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (4.01%) MySQL
4 4 (1.46%) Metadata
4 4 (1.46%) 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 (16.79%) Jenkins
2 33 (12.04%) GitLab
3 30 (10.95%) JIRA
4 14 (5.11%) Git
4 14 (5.11%) Selenium
5 13 (4.74%) REST Assured
6 12 (4.38%) Cucumber
7 11 (4.01%) Postman
8 9 (3.28%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.92%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.82%) TestRail
11 4 (1.46%) Gatling
11 4 (1.46%) JMeter
11 4 (1.46%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.46%) 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
1 111 (40.51%) Social Skills
2 55 (20.07%) Documentation Skills
3 40 (14.60%) Finance
4 25 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.47%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (3.65%) Banking
8 9 (3.28%) Aerospace
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 87 (31.75%) Architect
2 49 (17.88%) CyberArk Architect
3 17 (6.20%) Consultant
4 12 (4.38%) Administrator
4 12 (4.38%) Developer
4 12 (4.38%) Lead
5 11 (4.01%) Linux Administrator
5 11 (4.01%) Network Engineer
6 10 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (3.65%) Security Engineer
7 9 (3.28%) Test Automation Engineer
7 9 (3.28%) Test Engineer
8 8 (2.92%) Analyst
8 8 (2.92%) Senior
8 8 (2.92%) Technical Architect
9 7 (2.55%) IAM Specialist
9 7 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (2.19%) Security Consultant
10 6 (2.19%) Test Architect
10 6 (2.19%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (31.02%) SAML
2 79 (28.83%) OpenID
3 71 (25.91%) REST
4 57 (20.80%) OAuth
5 43 (15.69%) SOAP
6 40 (14.60%) SailPoint
7 17 (6.20%) OAuth2
8 12 (4.38%) .NET
8 12 (4.38%) Web Services
9 11 (4.01%) J2EE
9 11 (4.01%) Middleware
10 6 (2.19%) JDBC
10 6 (2.19%) JSON
11 4 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.46%) Playwright
11 4 (1.46%) XML
12 2 (0.73%) EDI
13 1 (0.36%) LAMP
13 1 (0.36%) libvirt
13 1 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.69%) Security Posture
2 41 (14.96%) Enterprise Software
3 35 (12.77%) Replication
4 33 (12.04%) Onboarding
5 23 (8.39%) Management Information System
6 20 (7.30%) Cloud Native
7 14 (5.11%) PKI
8 13 (4.74%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.19%) 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 (1.46%) Clustering
12 2 (0.73%) CMDB
12 2 (0.73%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.73%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.98%) Linux
2 45 (16.42%) Windows
3 23 (8.39%) Windows Server
4 19 (6.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.38%) CentOS
6 11 (4.01%) Unix
7 8 (2.92%) 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 95 (34.67%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (29.20%) SIEM
3 77 (28.10%) DevOps
4 65 (23.72%) Cybersecurity
5 61 (22.26%) Identity Access Management
6 57 (20.80%) CI/CD
6 57 (20.80%) ITSM
7 56 (20.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 55 (20.07%) Privileged Access Management
9 53 (19.34%) RBAC
10 50 (18.25%) Task Automation
11 44 (16.06%) Technical Leadership
12 40 (14.60%) Integration Patterns
13 36 (13.14%) Presales
14 30 (10.95%) High Availability
15 29 (10.58%) Migration
16 26 (9.49%) Agile
16 26 (9.49%) Roadmaps
17 23 (8.39%) Zero Trust
18 22 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 124 (45.26%) PowerShell
2 99 (36.13%) Python
3 45 (16.42%) Java
4 29 (10.58%) SQL
5 17 (6.20%) JavaScript
6 15 (5.47%) Shell Script
7 12 (4.38%) Bash
8 11 (4.01%) MATLAB
9 9 (3.28%) PHP
10 6 (2.19%) Groovy
11 5 (1.82%) C++
12 4 (1.46%) Cypher
12 4 (1.46%) Scala
12 4 (1.46%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.36%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.36%) C#
13 1 (0.36%) Korn
13 1 (0.36%) Perl
13 1 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 149 (54.38%) Security Cleared
2 138 (50.36%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.22%) CISSP
4 23 (8.39%) CISM
5 15 (5.47%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.11%) Degree
7 12 (4.38%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.82%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.82%) MCSA
9 5 (1.82%) MCSE
10 4 (1.46%) APMG
10 4 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.46%) GIAC
10 4 (1.46%) GSEC
10 4 (1.46%) OCP
10 4 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.46%) SSCP
11 2 (0.73%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (19.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (17.15%) NIST
3 45 (16.42%) GDPR
4 26 (9.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 21 (7.66%) NCSC
6 11 (4.01%) SLA
7 9 (3.28%) HIPAA
7 9 (3.28%) QA
8 6 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.09%) DICOM
11 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.73%) HL7
12 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.36%) GMP
12 1 (0.36%) GRC
12 1 (0.36%) GxP
12 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 186 (67.88%) Active Directory
2 21 (7.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.65%) VMware NSX
4 9 (3.28%) Squid
4 9 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (2.92%) Docker
6 5 (1.82%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 4 (1.46%) NFS
8 3 (1.09%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.73%) KVM
9 2 (0.73%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.73%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.73%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.36%) Ceph
10 1 (0.36%) iptables
10 1 (0.36%) Lustre
10 1 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.36%) XenApp
10 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 66 (24.09%) Single Sign-On
2 41 (14.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 32 (11.68%) Kubernetes
4 20 (7.30%) Terraform
5 18 (6.57%) Ansible
6 13 (4.74%) Check_MK
6 13 (4.74%) Grafana
7 12 (4.38%) Prometheus
8 11 (4.01%) Podman
8 11 (4.01%) Red Hat Satellite
9 9 (3.28%) FortiGate
9 9 (3.28%) vCenter Server
10 7 (2.55%) Consul
10 7 (2.55%) Nessus
11 6 (2.19%) CASB
12 5 (1.82%) WSUS
13 4 (1.46%) CA Single Sign-On
13 4 (1.46%) PingFederate
14 3 (1.09%) SCOM
15 2 (0.73%) Argo
Vendors
1 86 (31.39%) CyberArk
2 76 (27.74%) Microsoft
3 51 (18.61%) BeyondTrust
4 39 (14.23%) ServiceNow
5 37 (13.50%) VMware
6 36 (13.14%) Centrify
7 25 (9.12%) Red Hat
8 22 (8.03%) Splunk
9 19 (6.93%) Cisco
10 18 (6.57%) Okta
11 13 (4.74%) Palo Alto
12 12 (4.38%) Google
13 11 (4.01%) CheckPoint
13 11 (4.01%) F5
14 10 (3.65%) Oracle
15 9 (3.28%) Dynatrace
16 8 (2.92%) SAP
17 7 (2.55%) Atlassian
17 7 (2.55%) Tenable
17 7 (2.55%) Veritas