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

 6 months to
23 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 400 413
Rank change year-on-year -62 +13 +51
Contract jobs citing LDAP 199 163 171
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.50% 0.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.94% 2.21% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 103 107
10th Percentile £359 £367 £250
25th Percentile £450 £419 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +0.69%
75th Percentile £612 £641 £638
90th Percentile £700 £680 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £593
% change year-on-year +5.00% -15.61% +12.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £45.00 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £79.91 £80.68 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -
75th Percentile £87.16 £82.10 -
90th Percentile £87.32 £84.80 -
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 10,235 7,379 8,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.41% 22.59% 21.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,677 4,985 6,032
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £543
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -1.36%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £664
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £472 £500
% change year-on-year +5.87% -5.54% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 155 260
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.10 £23.70
25th Percentile £46.39 £38.52 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £74.82 £67.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.61 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +8.00% +7.20% -0.87%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -89 175 £550 +4.76% 37
UK excluding London -54 128 £525 +5.00% 23
Work from Home -52 59 £560 +6.67% 14
South East -13 58 £525 -27.59% 12
London -67 56 £546 -10.16% 18
North of England -61 33 £620 +20.62% 2
Yorkshire -42 17 £515 -6.36% 1
South West -27 15 £550 -11.11% 4
North West -43 15 £635 +23.44% 1
Scotland 0 10 £455 -24.17% 3
Midlands -81 7 £375 -13.74% 1
West Midlands -68 6 £375 -30.23% 1
East of England -39 5 £483 -26.05% 1
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 9 (4.52%) Confluence
2 4 (2.01%) nginx
3 3 (1.51%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.51%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.50%) Apache
5 1 (0.50%) IIS
5 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.50%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.50%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.51%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 124 (62.31%) Azure
2 88 (44.22%) Entra ID
3 78 (39.20%) AWS
4 43 (21.61%) GCP
5 17 (8.54%) SaaS
6 8 (4.02%) OpenShift
7 6 (3.02%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (3.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (2.51%) Amazon EKS
8 5 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (2.51%) Serverless
9 4 (2.01%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.01%) IaaS
9 4 (2.01%) PaaS
9 4 (2.01%) Route 53
10 3 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (1.01%) GitHub
11 2 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 41 (20.60%) Kerberos
2 37 (18.59%) DNS
3 30 (15.08%) Firewall
4 18 (9.05%) DHCP
5 16 (8.04%) TCP/IP
6 14 (7.04%) VPN
7 13 (6.53%) SSL
8 10 (5.03%) NAS
9 9 (4.52%) SAN
10 7 (3.52%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (3.02%) HTTPS
11 6 (3.02%) WAN
12 5 (2.51%) IPsec
12 5 (2.51%) LAN
12 5 (2.51%) Network Security
13 4 (2.01%) BGP
13 4 (2.01%) BIG-IP
13 4 (2.01%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (2.01%) HTTP
13 4 (2.01%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.05%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.51%) MySQL
3 4 (2.01%) Db2
3 4 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (2.01%) Metadata
4 2 (1.01%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.01%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.50%) Power BI
5 1 (0.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (8.54%) Jenkins
2 13 (6.53%) JIRA
3 10 (5.03%) GitLab
4 7 (3.52%) Git
5 3 (1.51%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.51%) Postman
5 3 (1.51%) REST Assured
5 3 (1.51%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.01%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.01%) Gatling
6 2 (1.01%) JMeter
6 2 (1.01%) NeoLoad
6 2 (1.01%) Selenium
6 2 (1.01%) Zephyr
General
1 59 (29.65%) Social Skills
2 34 (17.09%) Documentation Skills
3 32 (16.08%) Finance
4 23 (11.56%) Public Sector
5 21 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.52%) Aerospace
6 7 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.02%) Banking
8 3 (1.51%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.51%) Military
8 3 (1.51%) Retail
9 2 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.50%) Legal
10 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 37 (18.59%) Architect
2 14 (7.04%) Developer
3 13 (6.53%) Consultant
3 13 (6.53%) IAM Specialist
4 11 (5.53%) Lead
4 11 (5.53%) Senior
5 10 (5.03%) Support Engineer
6 8 (4.02%) SailPoint Engineer
6 8 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (3.52%) CyberArk Architect
8 6 (3.02%) Administrator
8 6 (3.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (3.02%) Technical Architect
9 5 (2.51%) Network Engineer
9 5 (2.51%) Security Engineer
9 5 (2.51%) Senior Developer
9 5 (2.51%) Technical Engineer
10 4 (2.01%) Analyst
10 4 (2.01%) Software Developer
10 4 (2.01%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (35.68%) SAML
2 70 (35.18%) OpenID
3 58 (29.15%) OAuth
4 40 (20.10%) SailPoint
5 30 (15.08%) OAuth2
6 29 (14.57%) REST
7 19 (9.55%) .NET
7 19 (9.55%) Web Services
8 9 (4.52%) XML
9 8 (4.02%) JSON
9 8 (4.02%) Middleware
9 8 (4.02%) SOAP
10 7 (3.52%) .NET Framework
10 7 (3.52%) Jakarta EE
11 6 (3.02%) JDBC
12 2 (1.01%) EDI
12 2 (1.01%) FIDO
12 2 (1.01%) Keycloak
12 2 (1.01%) Playwright
12 2 (1.01%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 38 (19.10%) Onboarding
2 26 (13.07%) PKI
3 17 (8.54%) Replication
4 14 (7.04%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (6.03%) Management Information System
6 10 (5.03%) Cloud Native
7 9 (4.52%) Security Posture
8 8 (4.02%) Data Centre
9 6 (3.02%) Clustering
9 6 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.51%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (2.51%) Product Ownership
11 4 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (2.01%) Mainframe
11 4 (2.01%) PACS
12 3 (1.51%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (1.01%) IoT
13 2 (1.01%) Operational Technology
13 2 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 44 (22.11%) Linux
2 33 (16.58%) Windows
3 15 (7.54%) Unix
4 10 (5.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.52%) Windows Server
6 6 (3.02%) CentOS
6 6 (3.02%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.50%) CatOS
7 1 (0.50%) Rocky
7 1 (0.50%) SUSE
7 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (27.14%) Identity Access Management
2 50 (25.13%) DevOps
2 50 (25.13%) RBAC
3 49 (24.62%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (24.12%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (17.59%) CI/CD
6 27 (13.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (13.07%) Migration
7 26 (13.07%) SIEM
8 25 (12.56%) ITIL
8 25 (12.56%) Zero Trust
9 24 (12.06%) Privileged Access Management
10 23 (11.56%) Roadmaps
11 22 (11.06%) Agile
11 22 (11.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (10.05%) API Integration
12 20 (10.05%) Runbook
13 18 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (8.54%) Cloud Security
14 17 (8.54%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 77 (38.69%) PowerShell
2 52 (26.13%) Python
3 34 (17.09%) Java
4 16 (8.04%) SQL
5 12 (6.03%) Bash
6 11 (5.53%) C#
7 9 (4.52%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.52%) BeanShell
8 7 (3.52%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.51%) Groovy
10 4 (2.01%) C
10 4 (2.01%) C++
10 4 (2.01%) MATLAB
10 4 (2.01%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.51%) PHP
12 2 (1.01%) Cypher
12 2 (1.01%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.50%) Korn
13 1 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 73 (36.68%) Security Cleared
2 64 (32.16%) SC Cleared
3 37 (18.59%) CISSP
4 29 (14.57%) Degree
5 22 (11.06%) CISM
6 14 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (6.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (4.52%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.52%) Master's Degree
10 6 (3.02%) AWS Certification
10 6 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (2.51%) CSPO
11 5 (2.51%) MCSA
11 5 (2.51%) MCSE
12 4 (2.01%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.01%) GIAC
12 4 (2.01%) SSCP
13 3 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.51%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (21.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (17.09%) NIST
3 30 (15.08%) GDPR
4 12 (6.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (5.03%) NCSC
6 9 (4.52%) HIPAA
7 8 (4.02%) SLA
8 6 (3.02%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.51%) DICOM
10 2 (1.01%) GRC
10 2 (1.01%) HL7
10 2 (1.01%) ITGC
10 2 (1.01%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.50%) GMP
11 1 (0.50%) GxP
11 1 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.50%) QA
System Software
1 146 (73.37%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.52%) Docker
4 7 (3.52%) NFS
5 4 (2.01%) Squid
5 4 (2.01%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.51%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.51%) OpenAM
6 3 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.50%) KVM
7 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (20.60%) Single Sign-On
2 29 (14.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 21 (10.55%) Terraform
4 19 (9.55%) Kubernetes
5 13 (6.53%) Ansible
6 8 (4.02%) CA Single Sign-On
6 8 (4.02%) Grafana
7 6 (3.02%) CASB
7 6 (3.02%) Prometheus
8 5 (2.51%) Nessus
9 4 (2.01%) Check_MK
9 4 (2.01%) FortiGate
9 4 (2.01%) PingFederate
9 4 (2.01%) Podman
9 4 (2.01%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (2.01%) vCenter Server
10 3 (1.51%) Kustomize
11 2 (1.01%) Consul
11 2 (1.01%) SCOM
12 1 (0.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 72 (36.18%) Microsoft
2 49 (24.62%) CyberArk
3 30 (15.08%) ServiceNow
4 17 (8.54%) VMware
5 16 (8.04%) BeyondTrust
5 16 (8.04%) Okta
6 12 (6.03%) Splunk
7 11 (5.53%) Ping Identity
8 10 (5.03%) ForgeRock
8 10 (5.03%) Oracle
9 9 (4.52%) Red Hat
9 9 (4.52%) SAP
10 8 (4.02%) Google
11 7 (3.52%) Cisco
11 7 (3.52%) Sybase
11 7 (3.52%) Workday
12 5 (2.51%) CheckPoint
12 5 (2.51%) Palo Alto
12 5 (2.51%) Remedy
12 5 (2.51%) Tenable
44 LDAP jobs Nationwide