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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 370 333
Rank change year-on-year +1 -37 +193
Contract jobs citing LDAP 229 150 274
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.63% 0.47% 0.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.81% 2.15% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 83 155
10th Percentile £393 £306 £363
25th Percentile £463 £439 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £583
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -1.37% +2.46%
75th Percentile £686 £653 £675
90th Percentile £750 £761 £739
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £551 £559
% change year-on-year -12.66% -1.34% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 6
10th Percentile £45.00 - £53.13
25th Percentile £50.81 £71.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.50 £72.50 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +30.16% -23.70%
75th Percentile £85.63 £73.75 £72.60
90th Percentile £92.50 - £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £55.70
% change year-on-year -10.34% +30.16% -23.70%

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 8,140 6,989 9,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.37% 21.99% 21.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,391 4,444 6,566
10th Percentile £356 £353 £360
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £774 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £499 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.25% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 82 168
10th Percentile £33.00 £21.33 £28.28
25th Percentile £45.00 £33.69 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £52.20
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +19.74% -19.70%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.20
% change year-on-year - +19.74% -19.70%

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 11 January 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 11 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for LDAP in the UK

LDAP
Top 15 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 11 January 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 +19 208 £550 -4.35% 131
UK excluding London -6 121 £481 -12.66% 138
London +14 88 £700 +16.67% 51
Work from Home +25 87 £700 +27.04% 135
Midlands -25 35 £540 -7.10% 7
West Midlands -17 33 £550 -5.38% 1
North of England -8 32 £468 +125.54% 30
South East -5 24 £481 -12.58% 36
Yorkshire - 21 £525 - 17
East of England -18 17 £492 -14.43% 22
North West -15 11 £448 +115.90% 12
South West -19 10 £475 - 21
Wales - 2 - - 10
East Midlands - 2 £455 - 6
Scotland +2 1 - - 20

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 27 (11.79%) Confluence
2 12 (5.24%) nginx
2 12 (5.24%) WebSphere
3 11 (4.80%) Apache
3 11 (4.80%) WebSphere Application Server
4 10 (4.37%) IIS
4 10 (4.37%) iPlanet
4 10 (4.37%) JBoss
5 9 (3.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.31%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.87%) CICS
7 2 (0.87%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.44%) HCL Domino
8 1 (0.44%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (3.93%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.44%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 8 (3.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.87%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 1 (0.44%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 113 (49.34%) Azure
2 109 (47.60%) AWS
3 73 (31.88%) GCP
4 29 (12.66%) Entra ID
5 18 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (7.42%) Amazon S3
7 16 (6.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 16 (6.99%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (5.68%) OpenShift
9 11 (4.80%) SaaS
10 10 (4.37%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (4.37%) Route 53
11 9 (3.93%) Amazon ELB
11 9 (3.93%) AWS KMS
11 9 (3.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (3.49%) Serverless
13 7 (3.06%) GitHub
14 6 (2.62%) Nutanix
15 5 (2.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 46 (20.09%) DNS
2 42 (18.34%) Kerberos
3 31 (13.54%) HTTP
4 30 (13.10%) Firewall
4 30 (13.10%) SSL
5 25 (10.92%) SMTP
6 23 (10.04%) SSH
7 19 (8.30%) FTP
8 14 (6.11%) OpenLDAP
9 12 (5.24%) Network Security
10 9 (3.93%) DHCP
10 9 (3.93%) IMAP
11 8 (3.49%) VPN
12 7 (3.06%) LAN
12 7 (3.06%) WAN
13 6 (2.62%) TCP/IP
14 4 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.75%) DKIM
14 4 (1.75%) HTTPS
14 4 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.24%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.37%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (4.37%) Oracle Database
2 10 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.93%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (2.62%) MySQL
5 4 (1.75%) Metadata
6 3 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.31%) Power BI
7 2 (0.87%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.87%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (19.65%) JIRA
2 41 (17.90%) Jenkins
3 39 (17.03%) Git
4 24 (10.48%) GitLab
5 11 (4.80%) Selenium
6 10 (4.37%) Bitbucket Server
6 10 (4.37%) CA Release Automation
7 9 (3.93%) Cucumber
7 9 (3.93%) REST Assured
7 9 (3.93%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (3.93%) Vagrant
8 6 (2.62%) Postman
9 5 (2.18%) TestRail
10 2 (0.87%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.44%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.44%) JUnit
11 1 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.44%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.44%) Subversion
11 1 (0.44%) Zephyr
General
1 108 (47.16%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.28%) Documentation Skills
3 28 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.61%) Public Sector
5 20 (8.73%) Finance
6 15 (6.55%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.93%) Banking
8 5 (2.18%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.75%) Aviation
10 3 (1.31%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.87%) Electronics
11 2 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.87%) Marketing
12 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 54 (23.58%) Architect
2 37 (16.16%) CyberArk Architect
3 28 (12.23%) Consultant
4 16 (6.99%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (6.55%) Analyst
6 14 (6.11%) Senior
7 12 (5.24%) Developer
7 12 (5.24%) Platform Engineer
8 10 (4.37%) SOC Analyst
9 9 (3.93%) AWS Engineer
9 9 (3.93%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 9 (3.93%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 9 (3.93%) Security Consultant
10 8 (3.49%) Lead
11 7 (3.06%) AWS DevOps
11 7 (3.06%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.06%) DevOps Platform Engineer
11 7 (3.06%) Test Automation Engineer
11 7 (3.06%) Test Engineer
12 6 (2.62%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (28.38%) SAML
2 61 (26.64%) REST
3 49 (21.40%) OpenID
4 48 (20.96%) OAuth
5 44 (19.21%) SOAP
6 19 (8.30%) SailPoint
7 11 (4.80%) AngularJS
7 11 (4.80%) HTML
7 11 (4.80%) Web Services
8 9 (3.93%) HTML5
8 9 (3.93%) Middleware
9 8 (3.49%) Apache Camel
9 8 (3.49%) JDBC
9 8 (3.49%) jQuery
9 8 (3.49%) JSON
9 8 (3.49%) ODBC
9 8 (3.49%) RabbitMQ
10 7 (3.06%) .NET
10 7 (3.06%) boto
10 7 (3.06%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.03%) Security Posture
2 36 (15.72%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (9.17%) Onboarding
4 19 (8.30%) Replication
5 17 (7.42%) Management Information System
6 12 (5.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (4.80%) Security Operations Centre
8 10 (4.37%) CSOC
8 10 (4.37%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (4.37%) Cyberattack
9 9 (3.93%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.62%) PKI
10 6 (2.62%) SCADA
11 5 (2.18%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.87%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.87%) Clustering
12 2 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.87%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 57 (24.89%) Windows
2 56 (24.45%) Linux
3 22 (9.61%) Windows Server
4 16 (6.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (5.68%) Ubuntu
6 12 (5.24%) Unix
7 10 (4.37%) CentOS
7 10 (4.37%) VMS
8 9 (3.93%) Amazon Linux
8 9 (3.93%) Solaris
9 7 (3.06%) AIX
10 2 (0.87%) CatOS
10 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.87%) zOS
11 1 (0.44%) MVS
11 1 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (32.75%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (31.88%) SIEM
3 68 (29.69%) Privileged Access Management
4 67 (29.26%) DevOps
5 62 (27.07%) CI/CD
6 54 (23.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 47 (20.52%) Task Automation
8 46 (20.09%) Cybersecurity
8 46 (20.09%) ITSM
9 42 (18.34%) Integration Patterns
10 41 (17.90%) Identity Access Management
11 39 (17.03%) Technical Leadership
12 35 (15.28%) Presales
13 34 (14.85%) Agile
14 30 (13.10%) RBAC
15 23 (10.04%) Identity Management
15 23 (10.04%) Migration
16 21 (9.17%) DevSecOps
17 20 (8.73%) Incident Response
18 18 (7.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 103 (44.98%) Python
2 101 (44.10%) PowerShell
3 33 (14.41%) SQL
4 23 (10.04%) Groovy
5 22 (9.61%) Java
6 20 (8.73%) JavaScript
7 13 (5.68%) Shell Script
8 10 (4.37%) Bash
9 7 (3.06%) Go
10 5 (2.18%) MATLAB
10 5 (2.18%) PHP
11 3 (1.31%) C++
12 2 (0.87%) BeanShell
12 2 (0.87%) C#
12 2 (0.87%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.44%) Formula Language
13 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.44%) LotusScript
13 1 (0.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 120 (52.40%) Security Cleared
2 115 (50.22%) SC Cleared
3 28 (12.23%) CISSP
4 22 (9.61%) CISM
5 16 (6.99%) AWS Certification
6 10 (4.37%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.93%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.93%) Degree
8 8 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.62%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.31%) OCP
10 3 (1.31%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.87%) MCSA
11 2 (0.87%) MCSE
11 2 (0.87%) RHCE
11 2 (0.87%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.44%) CCA
12 1 (0.44%) Citrix Certification
12 1 (0.44%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (17.90%) GDPR
1 41 (17.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (13.97%) NIST
3 11 (4.80%) QA
4 9 (3.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (3.49%) NCSC
6 6 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.62%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.18%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.18%) SLA
8 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 153 (66.81%) Active Directory
2 21 (9.17%) Docker
3 13 (5.68%) Postfix
3 13 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.93%) DFS Replication
4 9 (3.93%) Dovecot
4 9 (3.93%) Squid
5 8 (3.49%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 3 (1.31%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 3 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.31%) KVM
6 3 (1.31%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.87%) NFS
7 2 (0.87%) OpenAM
7 2 (0.87%) OpenDJ
7 2 (0.87%) OpenIDM
7 2 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.44%) XenApp
8 1 (0.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (22.27%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (8.30%) Terraform
3 18 (7.86%) Ansible
4 15 (6.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (6.55%) Kubernetes
5 14 (6.11%) Nessus
6 10 (4.37%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (4.37%) CA Wily
6 10 (4.37%) Grafana
6 10 (4.37%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.93%) Progress Chef
7 9 (3.93%) Proxmox
8 8 (3.49%) Tivoli
9 7 (3.06%) Check_MK
10 6 (2.62%) PingFederate
11 5 (2.18%) Podman
11 5 (2.18%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (2.18%) WSUS
12 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (1.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 81 (35.37%) CyberArk
2 63 (27.51%) BeyondTrust
3 55 (24.02%) Microsoft
4 39 (17.03%) ServiceNow
5 34 (14.85%) Centrify
6 22 (9.61%) VMware
7 18 (7.86%) Splunk
8 16 (6.99%) Oracle
9 12 (5.24%) IBM
10 11 (4.80%) Red Hat
11 10 (4.37%) AppDynamics
11 10 (4.37%) Broadcom
11 10 (4.37%) Remedy
12 9 (3.93%) HP
12 9 (3.93%) Jaspersoft
13 8 (3.49%) BMC
13 8 (3.49%) Cisco
13 8 (3.49%) Ivanti
13 8 (3.49%) Ping Identity
14 7 (3.06%) Okta