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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 372 379
Rank change year-on-year +19 +7 +102
Contract jobs citing LDAP 268 158 224
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.51% 0.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.96% 2.27% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 87 123
10th Percentile £413 £400 £319
25th Percentile £475 £466 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% -1.35%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £575 £533
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.98% -1.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 6
10th Percentile £51.40 - £53.13
25th Percentile £55.00 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £73.00 £72.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +30.16% -23.70%
75th Percentile £88.75 £73.75 £72.60
90th Percentile £92.50 - £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.50 £72.50 £55.70
% change year-on-year -9.66% +30.16% -23.70%

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 9,042 6,947 9,237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.08% 22.60% 20.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,046 4,514 6,479
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.69% -7.13%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 85 206
10th Percentile £35.00 £25.65 £24.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £38.50 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +19.05% -19.23%
75th Percentile £73.66 £65.75 £67.38
90th Percentile £81.05 £77.96 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £52.20
% change year-on-year - +24.53% -19.70%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 21 February 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 +6 247 £550 -4.35% 30
UK excluding London -22 146 £500 -13.04% 22
Work from Home +44 108 £643 +8.71% 13
London 0 98 £700 +16.67% 12
North of England -28 44 £550 - 1
South East -9 39 £492 -10.71% 9
Midlands -48 30 £545 -10.10% 2
West Midlands -49 29 £550 -9.28% 2
Yorkshire -43 26 £525 -12.50%
North West -18 18 £614 +73.43% 1
South West -21 16 £513 -2.38% 2
East of England -27 14 £478 -16.87% 8
Wales - 3 £345 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £525 -

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 14 (5.22%) nginx
2 12 (4.48%) Confluence
3 9 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.61%) Apache
5 6 (2.24%) IIS
5 6 (2.24%) iPlanet
5 6 (2.24%) JBoss
5 6 (2.24%) WebSphere
5 6 (2.24%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (1.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.61%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.49%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 152 (56.72%) Azure
2 111 (41.42%) AWS
3 81 (30.22%) GCP
4 64 (23.88%) Entra ID
5 22 (8.21%) OpenShift
6 12 (4.48%) Amazon S3
6 12 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (4.48%) Route 53
7 11 (4.10%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (4.10%) SaaS
7 11 (4.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 9 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (3.36%) Serverless
9 8 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.24%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.87%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.49%) Amazon ELB
12 4 (1.49%) AWS KMS
12 4 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 71 (26.49%) DNS
2 69 (25.75%) Kerberos
3 43 (16.04%) Firewall
4 32 (11.94%) DHCP
5 24 (8.96%) VPN
6 23 (8.58%) HTTP
7 21 (7.84%) SSL
8 16 (5.97%) TCP/IP
9 15 (5.60%) SSH
10 14 (5.22%) Network Security
10 14 (5.22%) SMTP
11 12 (4.48%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (3.73%) LAN
12 10 (3.73%) WAN
13 9 (3.36%) FTP
14 8 (2.99%) HTTPS
15 7 (2.61%) OpenVPN
16 6 (2.24%) Cisco IOS
16 6 (2.24%) Cisco Nexus
16 6 (2.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (3.36%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.24%) MySQL
3 6 (2.24%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.49%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.49%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.12%) Metadata
6 3 (1.12%) Power BI
7 2 (0.75%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.37%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.37%) Redis
8 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 51 (19.03%) Jenkins
2 36 (13.43%) JIRA
3 29 (10.82%) GitLab
4 26 (9.70%) Git
5 14 (5.22%) Selenium
6 13 (4.85%) REST Assured
7 12 (4.48%) Cucumber
8 11 (4.10%) Postman
9 8 (2.99%) Bitbucket
10 7 (2.61%) SonarQube
11 6 (2.24%) Bitbucket Server
11 6 (2.24%) CA Release Automation
12 5 (1.87%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (1.87%) TestRail
13 4 (1.49%) Gatling
13 4 (1.49%) JMeter
13 4 (1.49%) LoadRunner
13 4 (1.49%) NeoLoad
13 4 (1.49%) Vagrant
14 2 (0.75%) WebDriver
General
1 119 (44.40%) Social Skills
2 58 (21.64%) Documentation Skills
3 37 (13.81%) Finance
4 24 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.72%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.99%) Banking
9 5 (1.87%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.49%) Aviation
11 2 (0.75%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.75%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.37%) Electronics
12 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 75 (27.99%) Architect
2 48 (17.91%) CyberArk Architect
3 26 (9.70%) Consultant
4 10 (3.73%) Analyst
4 10 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (3.73%) Lead
4 10 (3.73%) Security Engineer
4 10 (3.73%) Senior
5 9 (3.36%) Administrator
5 9 (3.36%) Security Consultant
5 9 (3.36%) Test Automation Engineer
5 9 (3.36%) Test Engineer
6 8 (2.99%) DevOps Engineer
6 8 (2.99%) Network Engineer
7 7 (2.61%) Developer
7 7 (2.61%) Linux Administrator
8 6 (2.24%) Technical Architect
8 6 (2.24%) Test Architect
8 6 (2.24%) Test Automation Architect
9 5 (1.87%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (27.61%) SAML
2 69 (25.75%) OpenID
3 56 (20.90%) REST
4 50 (18.66%) OAuth
5 37 (13.81%) SOAP
6 26 (9.70%) SailPoint
7 9 (3.36%) .NET
8 8 (2.99%) Middleware
9 6 (2.24%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.49%) J2EE
10 4 (1.49%) Playwright
11 3 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (1.12%) RESTful
11 3 (1.12%) Web Services
12 2 (0.75%) AngularJS
12 2 (0.75%) HTML
12 2 (0.75%) XML
13 1 (0.37%) LAMP
13 1 (0.37%) WCF
13 1 (0.37%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 42 (15.67%) Security Posture
2 36 (13.43%) Enterprise Software
2 36 (13.43%) Replication
3 32 (11.94%) Onboarding
4 22 (8.21%) Cloud Native
5 17 (6.34%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.48%) PKI
7 9 (3.36%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.24%) SCADA
8 6 (2.24%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.87%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.87%) CSOC
9 5 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.87%) Cyberattack
10 4 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.12%) CMDB
12 2 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 60 (22.39%) Windows
2 55 (20.52%) Linux
3 32 (11.94%) Windows Server
4 17 (6.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (5.22%) Ubuntu
6 13 (4.85%) Unix
7 12 (4.48%) CentOS
8 4 (1.49%) AIX
8 4 (1.49%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (1.49%) CatOS
8 4 (1.49%) Solaris
8 4 (1.49%) VMS
9 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (34.33%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (31.72%) SIEM
3 78 (29.10%) DevOps
4 72 (26.87%) CI/CD
5 65 (24.25%) Privileged Access Management
6 64 (23.88%) Cybersecurity
7 57 (21.27%) Identity Access Management
8 54 (20.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 54 (20.15%) Task Automation
9 51 (19.03%) ITSM
10 42 (15.67%) Technical Leadership
11 40 (14.93%) RBAC
12 35 (13.06%) Agile
12 35 (13.06%) Integration Patterns
12 35 (13.06%) Presales
13 33 (12.31%) Migration
14 31 (11.57%) High Availability
15 27 (10.07%) Roadmaps
16 25 (9.33%) DevSecOps
17 24 (8.96%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 124 (46.27%) PowerShell
2 100 (37.31%) Python
3 33 (12.31%) SQL
4 27 (10.07%) Java
5 14 (5.22%) Groovy
5 14 (5.22%) Shell Script
6 13 (4.85%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.36%) Bash
7 9 (3.36%) PHP
8 7 (2.61%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.49%) C++
9 4 (1.49%) Cypher
9 4 (1.49%) Scala
9 4 (1.49%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.75%) C#
10 2 (0.75%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.37%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.37%) Korn
11 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 150 (55.97%) Security Cleared
2 143 (53.36%) SC Cleared
3 35 (13.06%) CISSP
4 27 (10.07%) CISM
5 12 (4.48%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (4.10%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.99%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.61%) Degree
9 5 (1.87%) GIAC
9 5 (1.87%) MCSA
9 5 (1.87%) MCSE
10 4 (1.49%) APMG
10 4 (1.49%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.49%) GSEC
10 4 (1.49%) SSCP
11 3 (1.12%) OCP
11 3 (1.12%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.75%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (22.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (20.52%) GDPR
3 53 (19.78%) NIST
4 20 (7.46%) NCSC
5 19 (7.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (2.99%) QA
8 7 (2.61%) SLA
9 5 (1.87%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.12%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.37%) GRC
11 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 180 (67.16%) Active Directory
2 21 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.60%) Docker
4 11 (4.10%) Squid
5 9 (3.36%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.99%) Postfix
7 7 (2.61%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 6 (2.24%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.87%) Tivoli Directory Server
10 4 (1.49%) DFS Replication
10 4 (1.49%) Dovecot
11 2 (0.75%) NFS
11 2 (0.75%) OpenAM
11 2 (0.75%) OpenDJ
11 2 (0.75%) OpenIDM
12 1 (0.37%) Firmware
12 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.37%) Samba
12 1 (0.37%) XenApp
12 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (23.13%) Single Sign-On
2 36 (13.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 26 (9.70%) Kubernetes
4 20 (7.46%) Ansible
4 20 (7.46%) Terraform
5 13 (4.85%) Grafana
6 12 (4.48%) Prometheus
7 11 (4.10%) Nessus
8 9 (3.36%) Check_MK
9 8 (2.99%) vCenter Server
10 7 (2.61%) FortiGate
10 7 (2.61%) Podman
10 7 (2.61%) Red Hat Satellite
11 6 (2.24%) CA Single Sign-On
11 6 (2.24%) CA Wily
11 6 (2.24%) Consul
11 6 (2.24%) PingFederate
11 6 (2.24%) Progress Chef
12 5 (1.87%) CASB
12 5 (1.87%) WSUS
Vendors
1 96 (35.82%) CyberArk
2 77 (28.73%) Microsoft
3 64 (23.88%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (12.69%) Centrify
5 33 (12.31%) ServiceNow
6 32 (11.94%) VMware
7 26 (9.70%) Splunk
8 19 (7.09%) Red Hat
9 18 (6.72%) Okta
10 16 (5.97%) Cisco
11 11 (4.10%) Oracle
12 10 (3.73%) Google
13 8 (2.99%) Palo Alto
14 7 (2.61%) Dynatrace
14 7 (2.61%) F5
14 7 (2.61%) Ping Identity
14 7 (2.61%) Tenable
15 6 (2.24%) Atlassian
15 6 (2.24%) Broadcom
15 6 (2.24%) SAP