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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 382 375
Rank change year-on-year +16 -7 +118
Contract jobs citing LDAP 263 138 213
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.47% 0.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.80% 2.06% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 76 130
10th Percentile £424 £413 £300
25th Percentile £484 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +2.68% +3.87%
75th Percentile £688 £641 £634
90th Percentile £750 £694 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £575 £599
% change year-on-year -8.70% -3.97% +8.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 1
10th Percentile £54.53 £80.34 -
25th Percentile £57.75 £80.59 £51.25
Median hourly rate £81.25 £81.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.12% +54.95% -28.08%
75th Percentile £91.25 £81.91 £53.75
90th Percentile £92.50 £83.05 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.00 £81.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -18.87% +54.95% -28.08%

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 9,405 6,685 8,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.32% 22.70% 20.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,253 4,581 6,172
10th Percentile £358 £363 £334
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 104 204
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.22 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.80 £37.49
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £83.69 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -25.78%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -1 240 £560 -6.28% 31
UK excluding London -40 126 £525 -8.70% 16
Work from Home +36 116 £615 +2.50% 17
London -6 109 £700 +16.67% 19
North of England -33 46 £573 -4.58% 2
South East -31 35 £513 +17.14% 9
Yorkshire -44 30 £513 -14.58% 1
Midlands -60 17 £340 -45.60%
West Midlands -56 16 £340 -45.60%
East of England -36 15 £478 -18.64% 3
North West -39 15 £635 +26.90% 1
South West -26 10 £540 -18.49% 2
Wales - 3 £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 (4.56%) nginx
2 11 (4.18%) Confluence
3 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.38%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.42%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 160 (60.84%) Azure
2 108 (41.06%) AWS
3 87 (33.08%) GCP
4 76 (28.90%) Entra ID
5 18 (6.84%) OpenShift
6 10 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
6 10 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (3.80%) Serverless
7 9 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
7 9 (3.42%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.42%) Route 53
7 9 (3.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 8 (3.04%) SaaS
9 4 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.76%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.38%) GitHub
11 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.38%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 69 (26.24%) DNS
2 59 (22.43%) Kerberos
3 39 (14.83%) Firewall
4 33 (12.55%) DHCP
5 27 (10.27%) VPN
6 24 (9.13%) SSL
7 20 (7.60%) TCP/IP
8 14 (5.32%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (5.32%) HTTP
8 14 (5.32%) WAN
9 13 (4.94%) LAN
9 13 (4.94%) Network Security
10 11 (4.18%) HTTPS
11 9 (3.42%) OpenVPN
11 9 (3.42%) SMTP
12 8 (3.04%) BIG-IP
12 8 (3.04%) Ethereal
12 8 (3.04%) IPsec
12 8 (3.04%) Wireless
12 8 (3.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.32%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.56%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (3.80%) MySQL
4 4 (1.52%) Metadata
4 4 (1.52%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.76%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.76%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.38%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.38%) Redis
6 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (15.97%) Jenkins
2 31 (11.79%) GitLab
3 30 (11.41%) JIRA
4 14 (5.32%) Selenium
5 13 (4.94%) REST Assured
6 12 (4.56%) Cucumber
7 11 (4.18%) Git
7 11 (4.18%) Postman
8 9 (3.42%) Bitbucket
9 8 (3.04%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.90%) TestRail
11 4 (1.52%) Gatling
11 4 (1.52%) JMeter
11 4 (1.52%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.52%) NeoLoad
12 2 (0.76%) WebDriver
13 1 (0.38%) JUnit
13 1 (0.38%) Maven
13 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 111 (42.21%) Social Skills
2 57 (21.67%) Documentation Skills
3 39 (14.83%) Finance
4 23 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (4.18%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.80%) Banking
8 7 (2.66%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.14%) Retail
10 2 (0.76%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.38%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 84 (31.94%) Architect
2 48 (18.25%) CyberArk Architect
3 21 (7.98%) Consultant
4 10 (3.80%) Administrator
4 10 (3.80%) Lead
4 10 (3.80%) Network Engineer
4 10 (3.80%) Security Engineer
5 9 (3.42%) Developer
5 9 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (3.42%) Linux Administrator
5 9 (3.42%) Security Consultant
5 9 (3.42%) Test Automation Engineer
5 9 (3.42%) Test Engineer
6 7 (2.66%) Analyst
6 7 (2.66%) Senior
7 6 (2.28%) Technical Architect
7 6 (2.28%) Test Architect
7 6 (2.28%) Test Automation Architect
8 5 (1.90%) Active Directory Consultant
8 5 (1.90%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (27.76%) SAML
2 70 (26.62%) OpenID
3 67 (25.48%) REST
4 48 (18.25%) OAuth
5 41 (15.59%) SOAP
6 33 (12.55%) SailPoint
7 11 (4.18%) .NET
8 10 (3.80%) J2EE
8 10 (3.80%) OAuth2
9 9 (3.42%) Middleware
10 5 (1.90%) JDBC
11 4 (1.52%) JSON
11 4 (1.52%) Playwright
12 3 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
12 3 (1.14%) XML
13 2 (0.76%) EDI
13 2 (0.76%) Web Services
14 1 (0.38%) LAMP
14 1 (0.38%) RESTful
14 1 (0.38%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.35%) Security Posture
2 41 (15.59%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (12.93%) Replication
4 30 (11.41%) Onboarding
5 21 (7.98%) Management Information System
6 20 (7.60%) Cloud Native
7 16 (6.08%) PKI
8 11 (4.18%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.28%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.90%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.90%) CSOC
10 5 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.90%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.90%) PACS
11 4 (1.52%) Clustering
12 3 (1.14%) CMDB
12 3 (1.14%) SCADA
13 2 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 47 (17.87%) Linux
2 45 (17.11%) Windows
3 24 (9.13%) Windows Server
4 20 (7.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (4.94%) CentOS
6 11 (4.18%) Ubuntu
7 8 (3.04%) Unix
8 4 (1.52%) CatOS
9 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.38%) VMS
10 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (35.74%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (33.08%) SIEM
3 74 (28.14%) DevOps
4 71 (27.00%) Cybersecurity
5 60 (22.81%) Privileged Access Management
6 59 (22.43%) CI/CD
7 56 (21.29%) Identity Access Management
8 54 (20.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 51 (19.39%) ITSM
10 49 (18.63%) Task Automation
11 47 (17.87%) RBAC
12 41 (15.59%) Technical Leadership
13 39 (14.83%) Integration Patterns
14 35 (13.31%) Presales
15 31 (11.79%) High Availability
16 29 (11.03%) Migration
17 26 (9.89%) Roadmaps
18 24 (9.13%) Agile
19 22 (8.37%) ITIL
20 21 (7.98%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 121 (46.01%) PowerShell
2 100 (38.02%) Python
3 42 (15.97%) Java
4 30 (11.41%) SQL
5 13 (4.94%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.94%) Shell Script
6 12 (4.56%) Bash
7 9 (3.42%) MATLAB
7 9 (3.42%) PHP
8 5 (1.90%) C++
9 4 (1.52%) Cypher
9 4 (1.52%) Groovy
9 4 (1.52%) Scala
9 4 (1.52%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.38%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.38%) C#
10 1 (0.38%) Korn
10 1 (0.38%) Perl
10 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 143 (54.37%) Security Cleared
2 134 (50.95%) SC Cleared
3 34 (12.93%) CISSP
4 29 (11.03%) CISM
5 14 (5.32%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (4.94%) DV Cleared
7 10 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.04%) Degree
9 5 (1.90%) MCSA
9 5 (1.90%) MCSE
10 4 (1.52%) APMG
10 4 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.52%) GIAC
10 4 (1.52%) GSEC
10 4 (1.52%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.52%) OCP
10 4 (1.52%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.52%) SSCP
11 3 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.76%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (20.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (19.01%) GDPR
3 46 (17.49%) NIST
4 26 (9.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (7.60%) NCSC
6 9 (3.42%) QA
6 9 (3.42%) SLA
7 8 (3.04%) HIPAA
8 6 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.14%) DICOM
11 2 (0.76%) HL7
12 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.38%) GMP
12 1 (0.38%) GRC
12 1 (0.38%) GxP
12 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 177 (67.30%) Active Directory
2 20 (7.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.42%) Squid
3 9 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (3.04%) VMware NSX
5 7 (2.66%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 5 (1.90%) Docker
7 4 (1.52%) Postfix
8 3 (1.14%) NFS
9 2 (0.76%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.76%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.76%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.76%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.38%) Ceph
10 1 (0.38%) iptables
10 1 (0.38%) Lustre
10 1 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.38%) XenApp
10 1 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 57 (21.67%) Single Sign-On
2 41 (15.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 29 (11.03%) Kubernetes
4 17 (6.46%) Terraform
5 15 (5.70%) Ansible
6 12 (4.56%) Grafana
7 11 (4.18%) Check_MK
7 11 (4.18%) Prometheus
8 9 (3.42%) FortiGate
8 9 (3.42%) Podman
8 9 (3.42%) Red Hat Satellite
8 9 (3.42%) vCenter Server
9 7 (2.66%) Consul
9 7 (2.66%) Nessus
10 5 (1.90%) CASB
10 5 (1.90%) WSUS
11 4 (1.52%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.52%) PingFederate
12 3 (1.14%) SCOM
13 2 (0.76%) Argo
Vendors
1 91 (34.60%) CyberArk
2 69 (26.24%) Microsoft
3 57 (21.67%) BeyondTrust
4 36 (13.69%) Centrify
5 34 (12.93%) ServiceNow
6 32 (12.17%) VMware
7 23 (8.75%) Red Hat
8 20 (7.60%) Splunk
9 18 (6.84%) Okta
10 17 (6.46%) Cisco
11 11 (4.18%) Google
11 11 (4.18%) Palo Alto
12 10 (3.80%) Oracle
13 9 (3.42%) CheckPoint
13 9 (3.42%) Dynatrace
13 9 (3.42%) F5
14 7 (2.66%) Atlassian
14 7 (2.66%) SAP
14 7 (2.66%) Tenable
14 7 (2.66%) Veritas