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 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 368 336
Rank change year-on-year +11 -32 +182
Contract jobs citing LDAP 236 150 259
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.63% 0.48% 0.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.85% 2.16% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 83 157
10th Percentile £372 £380 £361
25th Percentile £463 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £583 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.95% +1.39% +1.05%
75th Percentile £681 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £756 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £575 £540
% change year-on-year -15.76% +6.48% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 6
10th Percentile £46.58 - £53.13
25th Percentile £52.00 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.50 £72.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +30.16% -23.70%
75th Percentile £86.88 £73.75 £72.60
90th Percentile £92.50 - £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £55.70
% change year-on-year -10.34% +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 8,287 6,960 9,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.23% 22.25% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,513 4,420 6,600
10th Percentile £356 £356 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 90 180
10th Percentile £33.00 £22.00 £27.66
25th Percentile £46.00 £35.44 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +14.09% -15.72%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.56 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.22 £77.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.75 £65.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -3.46% +18.66% -15.72%

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 20 January 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 20 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Top 15 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 20 January 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 +15 216 £540 -7.10% 130
UK excluding London +5 130 £484 -15.76% 137
Work from Home +35 95 £620 +3.33% 133
London -5 86 £700 +16.67% 51
North of England -19 37 £470 +16.41% 25
Midlands -28 36 £539 -11.18% 10
West Midlands -20 35 £540 -10.93% 4
South East -16 26 £481 -12.66% 37
Yorkshire -25 26 £525 -12.50% 9
East of England -21 15 £478 -16.87% 21
South West -7 13 £488 +2.63% 23
North West -14 11 £448 +115.90% 16
Wales - 2 - - 10
Scotland +8 1 - - 19
East Midlands - 1 £525 - 6

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 16 (6.78%) Confluence
2 12 (5.08%) nginx
2 12 (5.08%) WebSphere
3 11 (4.66%) Apache
3 11 (4.66%) WebSphere Application Server
4 10 (4.24%) IIS
4 10 (4.24%) iPlanet
4 10 (4.24%) JBoss
5 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.27%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.85%) CICS
7 2 (0.85%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (3.81%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 7 (2.97%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.85%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 128 (54.24%) Azure
2 109 (46.19%) AWS
3 79 (33.47%) GCP
4 42 (17.80%) Entra ID
5 18 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (6.36%) OpenShift
7 11 (4.66%) Amazon S3
7 11 (4.66%) SaaS
8 10 (4.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 10 (4.24%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (4.24%) Amazon ECS
8 10 (4.24%) Route 53
9 9 (3.81%) Amazon ELB
9 9 (3.81%) AWS KMS
9 9 (3.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (2.54%) Nutanix
11 3 (1.27%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.27%) ShareGate
12 2 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 53 (22.46%) DNS
2 51 (21.61%) Kerberos
3 32 (13.56%) Firewall
4 30 (12.71%) HTTP
5 23 (9.75%) SSH
5 23 (9.75%) SSL
6 21 (8.90%) SMTP
7 18 (7.63%) DHCP
8 15 (6.36%) FTP
9 14 (5.93%) VPN
10 11 (4.66%) Network Security
11 10 (4.24%) LAN
11 10 (4.24%) WAN
12 9 (3.81%) Cisco ASA
12 9 (3.81%) IMAP
12 9 (3.81%) OpenLDAP
13 7 (2.97%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (2.97%) HTTPS
13 7 (2.97%) Wireless
14 6 (2.54%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.24%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (4.24%) Oracle Database
3 9 (3.81%) Amazon Aurora
3 9 (3.81%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.54%) MySQL
5 4 (1.69%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.27%) Metadata
6 3 (1.27%) Power BI
7 2 (0.85%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 49 (20.76%) Jenkins
2 39 (16.53%) JIRA
3 35 (14.83%) Git
4 26 (11.02%) GitLab
5 12 (5.08%) Selenium
6 10 (4.24%) Bitbucket Server
6 10 (4.24%) CA Release Automation
6 10 (4.24%) Cucumber
6 10 (4.24%) Postman
6 10 (4.24%) REST Assured
7 9 (3.81%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (3.81%) Vagrant
8 5 (2.12%) TestRail
9 4 (1.69%) Gatling
9 4 (1.69%) JMeter
9 4 (1.69%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.69%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.85%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 108 (45.76%) Social Skills
2 41 (17.37%) Documentation Skills
3 23 (9.75%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.32%) Finance
5 21 (8.90%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.36%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.39%) Banking
8 5 (2.12%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.69%) Aviation
9 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.85%) Electronics
11 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.85%) Marketing
12 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 54 (22.88%) Architect
2 39 (16.53%) CyberArk Architect
3 28 (11.86%) Consultant
4 13 (5.51%) DevOps Engineer
5 12 (5.08%) Platform Engineer
6 11 (4.66%) Analyst
6 11 (4.66%) Developer
7 10 (4.24%) Lead
7 10 (4.24%) Senior
8 9 (3.81%) AWS Engineer
8 9 (3.81%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 9 (3.81%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 9 (3.81%) Security Consultant
8 9 (3.81%) Test Automation Engineer
8 9 (3.81%) Test Engineer
9 8 (3.39%) Administrator
10 7 (2.97%) AWS DevOps
10 7 (2.97%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 7 (2.97%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 7 (2.97%) Linux Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (30.51%) SAML
2 56 (23.73%) OAuth
2 56 (23.73%) REST
3 55 (23.31%) OpenID
4 39 (16.53%) SOAP
5 24 (10.17%) SailPoint
6 10 (4.24%) Middleware
7 7 (2.97%) .NET
8 6 (2.54%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.54%) HTML
8 6 (2.54%) OAuth2
8 6 (2.54%) Web Services
9 4 (1.69%) HTML5
9 4 (1.69%) J2EE
9 4 (1.69%) Playwright
10 3 (1.27%) JDBC
10 3 (1.27%) jQuery
10 3 (1.27%) JSON
10 3 (1.27%) ODBC
10 3 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.10%) Security Posture
2 36 (15.25%) Enterprise Software
3 28 (11.86%) Replication
4 21 (8.90%) Onboarding
5 17 (7.20%) Management Information System
6 11 (4.66%) Data Centre
7 10 (4.24%) Cloud Native
8 9 (3.81%) PKI
9 8 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.97%) Security Operations Centre
11 6 (2.54%) CSOC
11 6 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (2.54%) Cyberattack
11 6 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (2.54%) SCADA
12 2 (0.85%) Clustering
12 2 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.85%) Mainframe
13 1 (0.42%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 65 (27.54%) Windows
2 60 (25.42%) Linux
3 31 (13.14%) Windows Server
4 18 (7.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (6.78%) Ubuntu
6 12 (5.08%) CentOS
7 11 (4.66%) Unix
8 10 (4.24%) VMS
9 9 (3.81%) Amazon Linux
9 9 (3.81%) Solaris
10 7 (2.97%) AIX
11 4 (1.69%) CatOS
12 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.85%) zOS
13 1 (0.42%) MVS
13 1 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (31.78%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (30.93%) SIEM
3 70 (29.66%) Privileged Access Management
4 66 (27.97%) CI/CD
4 66 (27.97%) DevOps
5 55 (23.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 54 (22.88%) Identity Access Management
7 51 (21.61%) Cybersecurity
7 51 (21.61%) Task Automation
8 43 (18.22%) ITSM
9 42 (17.80%) RBAC
10 40 (16.95%) Technical Leadership
11 37 (15.68%) Integration Patterns
12 35 (14.83%) Presales
13 31 (13.14%) Agile
14 27 (11.44%) High Availability
15 23 (9.75%) DevSecOps
16 22 (9.32%) Identity Management
17 20 (8.47%) Migration
18 18 (7.63%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 107 (45.34%) PowerShell
2 100 (42.37%) Python
3 34 (14.41%) SQL
4 26 (11.02%) Java
5 23 (9.75%) Groovy
6 15 (6.36%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.36%) Shell Script
7 10 (4.24%) Bash
8 7 (2.97%) MATLAB
9 6 (2.54%) PHP
10 4 (1.69%) Cypher
10 4 (1.69%) Scala
10 4 (1.69%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.27%) C++
12 2 (0.85%) BeanShell
12 2 (0.85%) C#
12 2 (0.85%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.42%) Go
13 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 126 (53.39%) Security Cleared
2 121 (51.27%) SC Cleared
3 29 (12.29%) CISSP
4 24 (10.17%) CISM
5 16 (6.78%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.81%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.81%) Degree
6 9 (3.81%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.54%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.27%) OCP
10 3 (1.27%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.85%) GIAC
11 2 (0.85%) GSEC
11 2 (0.85%) RHCE
11 2 (0.85%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.42%) APMG
12 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (21.61%) GDPR
2 48 (20.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (16.53%) NIST
4 18 (7.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (4.24%) NCSC
6 8 (3.39%) QA
7 7 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.97%) SLA
8 6 (2.54%) SOC 2
9 5 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (2.12%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.85%) HIPAA
System Software
1 162 (68.64%) Active Directory
2 21 (8.90%) Docker
3 19 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (5.51%) Postfix
5 9 (3.81%) DFS Replication
5 9 (3.81%) Dovecot
5 9 (3.81%) Squid
6 8 (3.39%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 7 (2.97%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 6 (2.54%) VMware NSX
9 5 (2.12%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (1.27%) Hyper-V
10 3 (1.27%) KVM
11 2 (0.85%) NFS
11 2 (0.85%) OpenAM
11 2 (0.85%) OpenDJ
11 2 (0.85%) OpenIDM
12 1 (0.42%) Firmware
12 1 (0.42%) Samba
12 1 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 58 (24.58%) Single Sign-On
2 24 (10.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 20 (8.47%) Ansible
4 19 (8.05%) Terraform
5 13 (5.51%) Nessus
6 11 (4.66%) Kubernetes
7 10 (4.24%) CA Single Sign-On
7 10 (4.24%) CA Wily
7 10 (4.24%) Grafana
7 10 (4.24%) Prometheus
8 9 (3.81%) Check_MK
8 9 (3.81%) Progress Chef
8 9 (3.81%) Proxmox
9 8 (3.39%) Tivoli
10 7 (2.97%) Podman
10 7 (2.97%) Red Hat Satellite
11 6 (2.54%) PingFederate
12 5 (2.12%) vCenter Server
12 5 (2.12%) WSUS
13 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 84 (35.59%) CyberArk
2 66 (27.97%) Microsoft
3 65 (27.54%) BeyondTrust
4 39 (16.53%) ServiceNow
5 34 (14.41%) Centrify
6 30 (12.71%) VMware
7 19 (8.05%) Splunk
8 16 (6.78%) Okta
9 15 (6.36%) Oracle
10 14 (5.93%) Cisco
11 13 (5.51%) Red Hat
12 11 (4.66%) IBM
13 10 (4.24%) AppDynamics
13 10 (4.24%) Broadcom
14 9 (3.81%) F5
14 9 (3.81%) Google
14 9 (3.81%) Jaspersoft
15 8 (3.39%) Palo Alto
16 7 (2.97%) Ping Identity
17 6 (2.54%) SAP