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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 492 381 403
Rank change year-on-year -111 +22 +19
Contract jobs citing LDAP 179 165 157
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.50% 0.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.77% 2.23% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 104 102
10th Percentile £348 £363 £250
25th Percentile £444 £408 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £555
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -3.15% -0.45%
75th Percentile £600 £639 £643
90th Percentile £680 £680 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £492 £598
% change year-on-year +3.15% -17.66% +11.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £45.00 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £77.46 £80.68 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.99% - -
75th Percentile £86.62 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £87.24 £84.70 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £77.46 £80.68 -
% change year-on-year -3.99% - -

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 10,110 7,404 8,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.94% 22.46% 22.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,592 4,974 5,801
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £631 £663
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 173 241
10th Percentile £28.04 £29.40 £22.50
25th Percentile £41.28 £40.75 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.01 £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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -101 155 £550 +4.76% 113
UK excluding London -76 116 £508 +3.15% 47
Work from Home -46 58 £555 +0.27% 36
South East -16 54 £568 -21.72% 14
London -80 49 £525 -13.65% 65
North of England -69 26 £620 +24.00% 11
Yorkshire -34 17 £565 +13.00% 5
Scotland 0 12 £450 -25.00% 2
South West -34 12 £550 -4.35% 13
North West -53 8 £643 +67.45% 6
East of England -31 6 £483 -26.05% 2
Midlands -83 6 £375 -14.68% 5
West Midlands -60 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 (4.47%) Confluence
2 3 (1.68%) nginx
2 3 (1.68%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (1.68%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.12%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) IIS
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.56%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.79%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 110 (61.45%) Azure
2 76 (42.46%) AWS
3 75 (41.90%) Entra ID
4 45 (25.14%) GCP
5 19 (10.61%) SaaS
6 5 (2.79%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.23%) IaaS
7 4 (2.23%) OpenShift
7 4 (2.23%) PaaS
8 3 (1.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.68%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.68%) Route 53
9 2 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.12%) GitHub
9 2 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 28 (15.64%) DNS
2 25 (13.97%) Kerberos
3 20 (11.17%) Firewall
4 14 (7.82%) SSL
5 13 (7.26%) TCP/IP
6 10 (5.59%) DHCP
7 9 (5.03%) VPN
8 8 (4.47%) NAS
8 8 (4.47%) SAN
9 6 (3.35%) HTTPS
9 6 (3.35%) WAN
10 5 (2.79%) IPsec
10 5 (2.79%) LAN
11 4 (2.23%) BIG-IP
11 4 (2.23%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (2.23%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (2.23%) HTTP
12 3 (1.68%) OpenLDAP
12 3 (1.68%) SSH
12 3 (1.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.79%) MySQL
3 4 (2.23%) Db2
3 4 (2.23%) Metadata
4 2 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.12%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (6.70%) Jenkins
1 12 (6.70%) JIRA
2 9 (5.03%) GitLab
3 7 (3.91%) Git
4 4 (2.23%) Postman
5 3 (1.68%) Zephyr
6 2 (1.12%) Gatling
6 2 (1.12%) JMeter
6 2 (1.12%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.56%) Maven
7 1 (0.56%) Selenium
7 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 56 (31.28%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.76%) Documentation Skills
3 23 (12.85%) Finance
4 19 (10.61%) Public Sector
5 18 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.91%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.79%) Banking
8 4 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.23%) Military
9 3 (1.68%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.68%) Retail
10 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.56%) Legal
11 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Publishing
11 1 (0.56%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 29 (16.20%) Architect
2 16 (8.94%) Consultant
3 15 (8.38%) IAM Specialist
4 14 (7.82%) Developer
5 12 (6.70%) Lead
5 12 (6.70%) Support Engineer
6 10 (5.59%) Senior
7 9 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (4.47%) SailPoint Engineer
9 6 (3.35%) Analyst
9 6 (3.35%) CyberArk Architect
10 5 (2.79%) Administrator
10 5 (2.79%) CyberArk Consultant
10 5 (2.79%) Senior Developer
10 5 (2.79%) Technical Architect
10 5 (2.79%) Technical Engineer
11 4 (2.23%) Active Directory Engineer
11 4 (2.23%) C Developer
11 4 (2.23%) Linux Developer
11 4 (2.23%) Senior C Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (39.11%) SAML
2 66 (36.87%) OpenID
3 60 (33.52%) OAuth
4 41 (22.91%) SailPoint
5 32 (17.88%) OAuth2
6 28 (15.64%) REST
7 21 (11.73%) .NET
8 19 (10.61%) Web Services
9 11 (6.15%) XML
10 9 (5.03%) .NET Framework
10 9 (5.03%) JSON
11 8 (4.47%) Middleware
11 8 (4.47%) SOAP
12 7 (3.91%) Jakarta EE
12 7 (3.91%) JDBC
13 3 (1.68%) pytest
14 2 (1.12%) FIDO
14 2 (1.12%) Keycloak
14 2 (1.12%) Playwright
14 2 (1.12%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 36 (20.11%) Onboarding
2 26 (14.53%) PKI
3 15 (8.38%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (6.70%) Management Information System
5 9 (5.03%) Security Posture
6 8 (4.47%) Data Centre
6 8 (4.47%) Replication
7 6 (3.35%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.35%) Clustering
7 6 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.79%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.79%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.23%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (2.23%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.68%) PACS
11 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.12%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 40 (22.35%) Linux
2 33 (18.44%) Windows
3 13 (7.26%) Unix
4 11 (6.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.91%) Windows Server
6 6 (3.35%) CentOS
7 4 (2.23%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.56%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.56%) CatOS
8 1 (0.56%) Rocky
8 1 (0.56%) SUSE
8 1 (0.56%) VMS
8 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (30.17%) RBAC
2 53 (29.61%) Identity Access Management
3 41 (22.91%) DevOps
4 40 (22.35%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (16.20%) Privileged Access Management
6 29 (16.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 27 (15.08%) CI/CD
8 25 (13.97%) SIEM
8 25 (13.97%) Zero Trust
9 23 (12.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (12.29%) Migration
11 21 (11.73%) Runbook
12 20 (11.17%) API Integration
13 19 (10.61%) Analytics
13 19 (10.61%) Roadmaps
14 18 (10.06%) ITIL
15 17 (9.50%) Computer Science
15 17 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (9.50%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (34.64%) PowerShell
2 45 (25.14%) Python
3 33 (18.44%) Java
4 15 (8.38%) SQL
5 13 (7.26%) C#
6 12 (6.70%) Bash
7 8 (4.47%) BeanShell
7 8 (4.47%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.91%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.79%) Groovy
9 5 (2.79%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.23%) C
10 4 (2.23%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.68%) C++
12 2 (1.12%) Cypher
12 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.56%) R
13 1 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 56 (31.28%) Security Cleared
2 49 (27.37%) SC Cleared
3 34 (18.99%) CISSP
4 28 (15.64%) Degree
5 19 (10.61%) CISM
6 15 (8.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (5.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (3.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.35%) DV Cleared
8 6 (3.35%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.79%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.79%) CSPO
9 5 (2.79%) MCSA
9 5 (2.79%) MCSE
10 4 (2.23%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.56%) CEH
12 1 (0.56%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (20.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (15.64%) GDPR
2 28 (15.64%) NIST
3 13 (7.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (5.03%) HIPAA
5 8 (4.47%) SLA
6 7 (3.91%) Data Quality
6 7 (3.91%) NCSC
7 3 (1.68%) DICOM
8 2 (1.12%) GRC
8 2 (1.12%) HL7
8 2 (1.12%) ITGC
8 2 (1.12%) QA
8 2 (1.12%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.56%) GMP
9 1 (0.56%) GxP
9 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 139 (77.65%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.03%) Docker
3 7 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.35%) NFS
5 4 (2.23%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.68%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.68%) OpenAM
7 2 (1.12%) Squid
8 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.56%) KVM
8 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (21.79%) Single Sign-On
2 21 (11.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 19 (10.61%) Terraform
4 14 (7.82%) Kubernetes
5 12 (6.70%) Ansible
6 8 (4.47%) CA Single Sign-On
7 7 (3.91%) Grafana
8 6 (3.35%) CASB
9 5 (2.79%) Nessus
9 5 (2.79%) Prometheus
10 4 (2.23%) Check_MK
10 4 (2.23%) PingFederate
10 4 (2.23%) Podman
10 4 (2.23%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (1.68%) Kustomize
12 2 (1.12%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.56%) Argo
13 1 (0.56%) Consul
13 1 (0.56%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 68 (37.99%) Microsoft
2 49 (27.37%) CyberArk
3 27 (15.08%) ServiceNow
4 17 (9.50%) Okta
5 13 (7.26%) BeyondTrust
5 13 (7.26%) VMware
6 11 (6.15%) ForgeRock
6 11 (6.15%) Ping Identity
7 9 (5.03%) Oracle
7 9 (5.03%) SAP
7 9 (5.03%) Splunk
8 8 (4.47%) Red Hat
9 7 (3.91%) Google
9 7 (3.91%) Sybase
9 7 (3.91%) Workday
10 5 (2.79%) CheckPoint
10 5 (2.79%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.79%) Remedy
10 5 (2.79%) Tenable
11 4 (2.23%) Cisco