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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 380 411
Rank change year-on-year -29 +31 +77
Contract jobs citing LDAP 246 147 178
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.49% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.49% 2.15% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 92 110
10th Percentile £391 £368 £281
25th Percentile £488 £414 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% -5.68% -
75th Percentile £687 £625 £622
90th Percentile £775 £671 £699
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £598
% change year-on-year +7.50% -16.32% +8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £80.34 -
25th Percentile £73.74 £80.59 -
Median hourly rate £87.16 £81.35 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
75th Percentile £91.37 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £92.50 £83.05 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £79.91 £81.35 -
% change year-on-year -1.77% - -

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 9,895 6,827 9,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.54% 22.86% 21.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,500 4,658 6,376
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 126 277
10th Percentile £30.10 £29.16 £22.30
25th Percentile £51.88 £39.84 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% +10.29% -21.54%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.18 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £55.63
% change year-on-year +4.00% +12.36% -14.42%

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 June 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 June 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 20 June 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 -9 229 £575 +10.84% 39
UK excluding London -62 128 £538 +7.50% 33
London -21 98 £625 +13.64% 7
Work from Home -6 94 £600 +14.29% 13
South East -13 53 £525 -27.59% 18
North of England -61 35 £620 +24.00% 6
Yorkshire -51 19 £565 -5.83% 3
South West -18 18 £550 -11.11% 3
North West -38 15 £635 +65.23% 3
East of England -38 12 £480 -19.96% 5
Midlands -79 9 £320 -28.89% 3
West Midlands -66 8 £320 -41.82% 3
Wales - 1 £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 (4.88%) Confluence
2 9 (3.66%) nginx
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.22%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.22%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (2.44%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 2 (0.81%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 157 (63.82%) Azure
2 102 (41.46%) AWS
3 94 (38.21%) Entra ID
4 65 (26.42%) GCP
5 18 (7.32%) OpenShift
6 11 (4.47%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (4.47%) SaaS
6 11 (4.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 10 (4.07%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (4.07%) Serverless
8 9 (3.66%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.66%) Route 53
9 4 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.81%) GitHub
11 2 (0.81%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.81%) Sentry
12 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 57 (23.17%) DNS
2 52 (21.14%) Kerberos
3 34 (13.82%) Firewall
4 30 (12.20%) DHCP
5 25 (10.16%) VPN
6 20 (8.13%) TCP/IP
7 16 (6.50%) SSL
8 13 (5.28%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (4.07%) HTTPS
9 10 (4.07%) WAN
10 9 (3.66%) LAN
10 9 (3.66%) OpenVPN
11 8 (3.25%) IPsec
11 8 (3.25%) NAS
11 8 (3.25%) Network Security
11 8 (3.25%) SAN
12 7 (2.85%) BGP
12 7 (2.85%) BIG-IP
12 7 (2.85%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (2.85%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.03%) MySQL
4 4 (1.63%) Metadata
4 4 (1.63%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.41%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.41%) Power BI
6 1 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (15.45%) Jenkins
2 24 (9.76%) GitLab
3 22 (8.94%) JIRA
4 14 (5.69%) Git
5 9 (3.66%) Bitbucket
6 8 (3.25%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.44%) REST Assured
8 5 (2.03%) Cucumber
8 5 (2.03%) Postman
8 5 (2.03%) Selenium
9 4 (1.63%) Gatling
9 4 (1.63%) JMeter
9 4 (1.63%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.63%) NeoLoad
General
1 87 (35.37%) Social Skills
2 55 (22.36%) Documentation Skills
3 40 (16.26%) Finance
4 22 (8.94%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.88%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.44%) Banking
9 3 (1.22%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.22%) Retail
10 2 (0.81%) Military
10 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.41%) Legal
11 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 75 (30.49%) Architect
2 33 (13.41%) CyberArk Architect
3 13 (5.28%) Consultant
3 13 (5.28%) Developer
4 12 (4.88%) Administrator
5 11 (4.47%) Linux Administrator
5 11 (4.47%) Technical Architect
6 10 (4.07%) IAM Specialist
6 10 (4.07%) Security Engineer
7 9 (3.66%) Lead
8 8 (3.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (3.25%) Network Engineer
8 8 (3.25%) SailPoint Engineer
8 8 (3.25%) Senior
9 7 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (2.44%) Test Architect
10 6 (2.44%) Test Automation Architect
11 5 (2.03%) AWS Architect
12 4 (1.63%) CyberArk Specialist
12 4 (1.63%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (36.99%) SAML
2 85 (34.55%) OpenID
3 65 (26.42%) OAuth
4 50 (20.33%) REST
5 42 (17.07%) SailPoint
6 28 (11.38%) SOAP
7 27 (10.98%) OAuth2
8 17 (6.91%) Web Services
9 11 (4.47%) Middleware
10 10 (4.07%) .NET
11 9 (3.66%) J2EE
12 8 (3.25%) JSON
13 6 (2.44%) JDBC
14 4 (1.63%) Playwright
14 4 (1.63%) XML
15 2 (0.81%) EDI
15 2 (0.81%) FIDO
15 2 (0.81%) Keycloak
15 2 (0.81%) WebAuthn
16 1 (0.41%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 34 (13.82%) Replication
3 31 (12.60%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (10.57%) Security Posture
5 22 (8.94%) Cloud Native
6 21 (8.54%) Management Information System
7 16 (6.50%) PKI
8 11 (4.47%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.44%) Product Ownership
10 5 (2.03%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (2.03%) Clustering
10 5 (2.03%) PACS
11 3 (1.22%) CMDB
11 3 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (0.81%) IoT
12 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 1 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 52 (21.14%) Linux
2 41 (16.67%) Windows
3 22 (8.94%) Windows Server
4 18 (7.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (5.28%) CentOS
6 11 (4.47%) Unix
7 9 (3.66%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.22%) CatOS
9 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.41%) Rocky
10 1 (0.41%) SUSE
10 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (29.67%) DevOps
1 73 (29.67%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (25.20%) RBAC
3 58 (23.58%) Identity Access Management
4 57 (23.17%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (21.14%) CI/CD
6 51 (20.73%) SIEM
7 43 (17.48%) ITSM
8 41 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 39 (15.85%) Privileged Access Management
10 34 (13.82%) Task Automation
11 29 (11.79%) Roadmaps
11 29 (11.79%) Technical Leadership
12 28 (11.38%) Agile
13 27 (10.98%) High Availability
13 27 (10.98%) Integration Patterns
13 27 (10.98%) Migration
14 26 (10.57%) Zero Trust
15 25 (10.16%) Infrastructure as Code
16 24 (9.76%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 103 (41.87%) PowerShell
2 72 (29.27%) Python
3 42 (17.07%) Java
4 17 (6.91%) SQL
5 15 (6.10%) Shell Script
6 12 (4.88%) JavaScript
7 11 (4.47%) MATLAB
8 10 (4.07%) Bash
9 6 (2.44%) BeanShell
10 5 (2.03%) C++
10 5 (2.03%) Groovy
11 4 (1.63%) Cypher
11 4 (1.63%) PHP
11 4 (1.63%) Scala
11 4 (1.63%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.81%) C
13 1 (0.41%) C#
13 1 (0.41%) Korn
13 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 133 (54.07%) Security Cleared
2 125 (50.81%) SC Cleared
3 37 (15.04%) CISSP
4 23 (9.35%) CISM
4 23 (9.35%) Degree
5 13 (5.28%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.66%) DV Cleared
8 8 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.44%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.44%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.03%) CSPO
10 5 (2.03%) GIAC
10 5 (2.03%) MCSA
10 5 (2.03%) MCSE
10 5 (2.03%) SSCP
11 4 (1.63%) APMG
11 4 (1.63%) OCP
11 4 (1.63%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (21.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (18.70%) NIST
3 43 (17.48%) GDPR
4 23 (9.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 22 (8.94%) NCSC
6 11 (4.47%) SLA
7 9 (3.66%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.63%) QA
9 3 (1.22%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.22%) DICOM
10 2 (0.81%) HL7
10 2 (0.81%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.41%) GMP
11 1 (0.41%) GRC
11 1 (0.41%) GxP
11 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 169 (68.70%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.66%) Squid
4 8 (3.25%) Docker
5 7 (2.85%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.85%) VMware NSX
6 5 (2.03%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 3 (1.22%) NFS
8 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.41%) KVM
9 1 (0.41%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 61 (24.80%) Single Sign-On
2 44 (17.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 35 (14.23%) Kubernetes
4 24 (9.76%) Terraform
5 18 (7.32%) Ansible
6 13 (5.28%) Grafana
7 12 (4.88%) Prometheus
8 11 (4.47%) Check_MK
8 11 (4.47%) Podman
8 11 (4.47%) Red Hat Satellite
9 9 (3.66%) FortiGate
10 7 (2.85%) Consul
10 7 (2.85%) vCenter Server
11 6 (2.44%) CASB
12 5 (2.03%) Nessus
13 4 (1.63%) CA Single Sign-On
13 4 (1.63%) PingFederate
14 3 (1.22%) Kustomize
14 3 (1.22%) SCOM
15 2 (0.81%) Argo
Vendors
1 80 (32.52%) Microsoft
2 73 (29.67%) CyberArk
3 32 (13.01%) BeyondTrust
3 32 (13.01%) ServiceNow
4 30 (12.20%) VMware
5 24 (9.76%) Okta
6 23 (9.35%) Red Hat
7 21 (8.54%) Centrify
7 21 (8.54%) Splunk
8 14 (5.69%) Cisco
9 11 (4.47%) Ping Identity
10 10 (4.07%) ForgeRock
10 10 (4.07%) Google
10 10 (4.07%) Oracle
11 9 (3.66%) Dynatrace
12 8 (3.25%) CheckPoint
12 8 (3.25%) Palo Alto
12 8 (3.25%) SAP
13 7 (2.85%) Atlassian
13 7 (2.85%) Veritas