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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 395 418
Rank change year-on-year -84 +23 +8
Contract jobs citing LDAP 189 165 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.50% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.61% 1.99% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 105 102
10th Percentile £341 £363 £250
25th Percentile £441 £408 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -6.25% +0.22%
75th Percentile £592 £638 £645
90th Percentile £681 £680 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £598
% change year-on-year +5.26% -20.50% +12.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 0
10th Percentile £53.38 £45.00 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £77.46 £80.68 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.99% - -
75th Percentile £87.16 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £87.88 £84.70 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £79.91 £80.68 -
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -

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 11,743 8,312 9,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.92% 25.36% 24.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,724 5,611 6,463
10th Percentile £375 £355 £356
25th Percentile £431 £413 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
75th Percentile £634 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 184 227
10th Percentile £29.54 £30.08 £22.50
25th Percentile £47.60 £41.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -4.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £66.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £81.01 £74.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.67% -10.71% +4.35%

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 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 21 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 21 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 -106 162 £540 +3.10% 33
UK excluding London -69 123 £500 +5.26% 24
Work from Home -53 66 £555 +0.27% 15
South East -14 55 £568 -18.93% 7
London -94 51 £525 -13.65% 9
North of England -74 23 £575 +27.78% 4
Yorkshire -27 19 £565 +13.00% 2
South West -34 18 £550 -9.80% 7
Scotland -9 14 £455 -24.17%
East of England -25 7 £483 -29.04% 6
Midlands -83 6 £375 -14.68% 1
West Midlands -67 5 £375 -28.57%
North West -55 3 £679 +62.71% 2
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 (4.23%) Confluence
2 3 (1.59%) nginx
2 3 (1.59%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (1.59%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.06%) Apache
4 1 (0.53%) IIS
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.53%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.53%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.65%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 112 (59.26%) Azure
2 80 (42.33%) Entra ID
3 78 (41.27%) AWS
4 49 (25.93%) GCP
5 19 (10.05%) SaaS
6 5 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.12%) IaaS
7 4 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.12%) OpenShift
7 4 (2.12%) PaaS
8 3 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.59%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.59%) Route 53
9 2 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.06%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 31 (16.40%) Kerberos
2 28 (14.81%) DNS
3 15 (7.94%) Firewall
4 14 (7.41%) DHCP
5 10 (5.29%) SSL
6 9 (4.76%) VPN
7 8 (4.23%) NAS
7 8 (4.23%) SAN
7 8 (4.23%) TCP/IP
8 6 (3.17%) HTTPS
8 6 (3.17%) WAN
9 5 (2.65%) IPsec
9 5 (2.65%) LAN
10 4 (2.12%) BIG-IP
10 4 (2.12%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (2.12%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (2.12%) HTTP
11 3 (1.59%) OpenLDAP
11 3 (1.59%) SSH
11 3 (1.59%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (12.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.65%) MySQL
3 4 (2.12%) Db2
3 4 (2.12%) Metadata
4 2 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.06%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.53%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (6.88%) JIRA
2 12 (6.35%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.76%) GitLab
4 7 (3.70%) Git
5 4 (2.12%) Zephyr
6 3 (1.59%) Postman
7 2 (1.06%) Gatling
7 2 (1.06%) JMeter
7 2 (1.06%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.53%) Maven
8 1 (0.53%) Selenium
8 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (33.86%) Social Skills
2 34 (17.99%) Documentation Skills
3 19 (10.05%) Public Sector
4 18 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.52%) Finance
5 11 (5.82%) Aerospace
6 5 (2.65%) Banking
7 4 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.12%) Military
8 3 (1.59%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.59%) Retail
9 2 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Legal
10 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Publishing
10 1 (0.53%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 37 (19.58%) Architect
2 18 (9.52%) Consultant
3 15 (7.94%) IAM Specialist
4 13 (6.88%) Developer
4 13 (6.88%) Lead
5 12 (6.35%) Support Engineer
6 9 (4.76%) Senior
6 9 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (4.23%) SailPoint Engineer
8 7 (3.70%) Analyst
8 7 (3.70%) CyberArk Architect
9 6 (3.17%) CyberArk Consultant
10 5 (2.65%) Active Directory Engineer
10 5 (2.65%) Administrator
10 5 (2.65%) Technical Architect
10 5 (2.65%) Technical Engineer
11 4 (2.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (2.12%) SailPoint Architect
11 4 (2.12%) Senior Software Developer
11 4 (2.12%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (39.15%) SAML
2 67 (35.45%) OpenID
3 64 (33.86%) OAuth
4 43 (22.75%) SailPoint
5 32 (16.93%) OAuth2
5 32 (16.93%) REST
6 22 (11.64%) .NET
7 20 (10.58%) Web Services
8 18 (9.52%) Terraform
9 12 (6.35%) XML
10 9 (4.76%) .NET Framework
10 9 (4.76%) JSON
10 9 (4.76%) SOAP
11 8 (4.23%) JDBC
11 8 (4.23%) Middleware
12 7 (3.70%) Jakarta EE
13 5 (2.65%) OpenTofu
14 4 (2.12%) pytest
15 2 (1.06%) EDI
15 2 (1.06%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 39 (20.63%) Onboarding
2 28 (14.81%) PKI
3 18 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (6.88%) Replication
5 12 (6.35%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.23%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.23%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.17%) Clustering
7 6 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.65%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.65%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.12%) Mainframe
9 4 (2.12%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.59%) PACS
11 2 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.06%) IoT
11 2 (1.06%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 37 (19.58%) Linux
2 33 (17.46%) Windows
3 11 (5.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (5.29%) Windows Server
5 8 (4.23%) Unix
6 6 (3.17%) CentOS
7 4 (2.12%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.53%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.53%) CatOS
9 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.53%) Rocky
9 1 (0.53%) SUSE
9 1 (0.53%) VMS
9 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (30.69%) Identity Access Management
1 58 (30.69%) RBAC
2 41 (21.69%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (21.69%) DevOps
3 38 (20.11%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (19.58%) Privileged Access Management
5 33 (17.46%) SIEM
6 32 (16.93%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (15.34%) Runbook
8 28 (14.81%) CI/CD
8 28 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (13.23%) Zero Trust
10 24 (12.70%) Migration
11 21 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (11.11%) Roadmaps
12 20 (10.58%) Analytics
12 20 (10.58%) API Integration
13 19 (10.05%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (10.05%) Technical Leadership
14 18 (9.52%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 69 (36.51%) PowerShell
2 46 (24.34%) Python
3 33 (17.46%) Java
4 15 (7.94%) SQL
5 14 (7.41%) C#
6 12 (6.35%) Bash
7 9 (4.76%) BeanShell
8 7 (3.70%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.70%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.65%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.12%) C
10 4 (2.12%) Groovy
10 4 (2.12%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.59%) C++
12 2 (1.06%) Cypher
12 2 (1.06%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.53%) R
13 1 (0.53%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 64 (33.86%) Security Cleared
2 50 (26.46%) SC Cleared
3 32 (16.93%) CISSP
4 28 (14.81%) Degree
5 22 (11.64%) CISM
6 13 (6.88%) DV Cleared
7 11 (5.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.17%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.65%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.65%) CSPO
11 4 (2.12%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.12%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.53%) CESG Certified Professional
14 1 (0.53%) CRISC
14 1 (0.53%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (20.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (16.40%) NIST
3 29 (15.34%) GDPR
4 14 (7.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (4.76%) HIPAA
6 8 (4.23%) NCSC
6 8 (4.23%) SLA
7 7 (3.70%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.59%) DICOM
8 3 (1.59%) GRC
9 2 (1.06%) HL7
9 2 (1.06%) ITGC
9 2 (1.06%) QA
9 2 (1.06%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.53%) GMP
10 1 (0.53%) GxP
10 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 147 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.76%) Docker
3 7 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.17%) NFS
5 4 (2.12%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.59%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.59%) OpenAM
7 2 (1.06%) Squid
8 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.53%) KVM
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (21.16%) Single Sign-On
2 25 (13.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 14 (7.41%) Kubernetes
4 11 (5.82%) Ansible
5 8 (4.23%) CA Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.70%) Grafana
7 5 (2.65%) Prometheus
8 4 (2.12%) Check_MK
8 4 (2.12%) PingFederate
8 4 (2.12%) Podman
8 4 (2.12%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (1.59%) Kustomize
10 2 (1.06%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.53%) Argo
11 1 (0.53%) CASB
11 1 (0.53%) Consul
11 1 (0.53%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.53%) FreeIPA
11 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.53%) systemd
Vendors
1 76 (40.21%) Microsoft
2 51 (26.98%) CyberArk
3 28 (14.81%) ServiceNow
4 20 (10.58%) Okta
5 15 (7.94%) BeyondTrust
6 13 (6.88%) VMware
7 11 (5.82%) ForgeRock
7 11 (5.82%) Ping Identity
8 10 (5.29%) Oracle
8 10 (5.29%) SAP
9 9 (4.76%) Google
10 8 (4.23%) Red Hat
11 7 (3.70%) Sybase
11 7 (3.70%) Workday
12 5 (2.65%) CheckPoint
12 5 (2.65%) Palo Alto
12 5 (2.65%) Splunk
13 4 (2.12%) Cisco
13 4 (2.12%) F5
13 4 (2.12%) Greenplum