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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 392 407
Rank change year-on-year -89 +15 -5
Contract jobs citing LDAP 190 162 159
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.49% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.62% 1.95% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 103 103
10th Percentile £336 £363 £250
25th Percentile £438 £408 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -6.70% +1.13%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £645
90th Percentile £681 £680 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £598
% change year-on-year +11.11% -24.69% +13.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 0
10th Percentile £53.38 - -
25th Percentile £72.50 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £77.46 £72.84 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.34% - -
75th Percentile £87.16 £82.01 -
90th Percentile £87.88 £84.90 -
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 11,704 8,306 9,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.82% 25.37% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,703 5,615 6,430
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £431 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £630 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 183 208
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.35 £23.80
25th Percentile £45.31 £41.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -12.34% -2.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.88 £79.74 £74.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% +4.17%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -94 164 £550 +7.00% 83
UK excluding London -60 124 £500 +11.11% 36
Work from Home -47 66 £555 +0.91% 26
South East -15 55 £568 -18.93% 13
London -84 52 £525 -13.65% 48
North of England -63 23 £575 +36.90% 5
Yorkshire -24 19 £565 +13.00% 3
South West -27 18 £550 -1.26% 9
Scotland -3 14 £455 -24.17% 1
East of England -28 8 £483 -29.04% 4
Midlands -97 6 £375 -14.68% 4
West Midlands -62 5 £375 -28.57% 2
North West -51 3 £679 +68.78% 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 (4.21%) Confluence
2 3 (1.58%) nginx
2 3 (1.58%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (1.58%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.05%) 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 (2.63%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 113 (59.47%) Azure
2 80 (42.11%) Entra ID
3 79 (41.58%) AWS
4 50 (26.32%) GCP
5 19 (10.00%) SaaS
6 5 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (2.11%) IaaS
7 4 (2.11%) OpenShift
7 4 (2.11%) PaaS
8 3 (1.58%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.58%) Route 53
9 2 (1.05%) Amazon ELB
9 2 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.05%) GitHub
9 2 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 31 (16.32%) Kerberos
2 28 (14.74%) DNS
3 15 (7.89%) Firewall
4 14 (7.37%) DHCP
5 10 (5.26%) SSL
6 8 (4.21%) NAS
6 8 (4.21%) SAN
6 8 (4.21%) VPN
7 7 (3.68%) TCP/IP
8 6 (3.16%) HTTPS
8 6 (3.16%) WAN
9 5 (2.63%) HTTP
9 5 (2.63%) IPsec
9 5 (2.63%) LAN
10 4 (2.11%) BIG-IP
10 4 (2.11%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (2.11%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (2.11%) OpenLDAP
10 4 (2.11%) SSH
11 3 (1.58%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (12.11%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.63%) MySQL
3 4 (2.11%) Db2
3 4 (2.11%) Metadata
4 3 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.05%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.53%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (6.84%) Jenkins
1 13 (6.84%) JIRA
2 9 (4.74%) GitLab
3 8 (4.21%) Git
4 4 (2.11%) Zephyr
5 3 (1.58%) Postman
6 2 (1.05%) Gatling
6 2 (1.05%) JMeter
6 2 (1.05%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.53%) Maven
7 1 (0.53%) Selenium
7 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.53%) Vagrant
General
1 64 (33.68%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.37%) Documentation Skills
3 19 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 18 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.47%) Finance
5 11 (5.79%) Aerospace
6 5 (2.63%) Banking
7 4 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.11%) Military
8 3 (1.58%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.58%) Retail
9 1 (0.53%) Legal
9 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.53%) Publishing
9 1 (0.53%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 37 (19.47%) Architect
2 19 (10.00%) Consultant
3 15 (7.89%) IAM Specialist
4 13 (6.84%) Developer
5 12 (6.32%) Lead
5 12 (6.32%) Support Engineer
6 9 (4.74%) Senior
7 8 (4.21%) SailPoint Engineer
7 8 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (3.68%) Analyst
8 7 (3.68%) CyberArk Architect
9 6 (3.16%) CyberArk Consultant
10 5 (2.63%) Active Directory Engineer
10 5 (2.63%) Administrator
10 5 (2.63%) SailPoint Architect
10 5 (2.63%) Technical Architect
10 5 (2.63%) Technical Engineer
11 4 (2.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (2.11%) Senior Software Developer
11 4 (2.11%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (38.95%) SAML
2 66 (34.74%) OpenID
3 64 (33.68%) OAuth
4 43 (22.63%) SailPoint
5 33 (17.37%) REST
6 32 (16.84%) OAuth2
7 22 (11.58%) .NET
8 20 (10.53%) Web Services
9 18 (9.47%) Terraform
10 12 (6.32%) XML
11 10 (5.26%) SOAP
12 9 (4.74%) .NET Framework
12 9 (4.74%) JDBC
12 9 (4.74%) JSON
13 8 (4.21%) Middleware
14 7 (3.68%) Jakarta EE
15 5 (2.63%) OpenTofu
16 4 (2.11%) pytest
17 2 (1.05%) EDI
17 2 (1.05%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 40 (21.05%) Onboarding
2 29 (15.26%) PKI
3 19 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (7.37%) Replication
5 12 (6.32%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.21%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.21%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.16%) Clustering
7 6 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.63%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.63%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.11%) Mainframe
9 4 (2.11%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.58%) PACS
11 2 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.05%) IoT
11 2 (1.05%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 39 (20.53%) Linux
2 35 (18.42%) Windows
3 11 (5.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (5.79%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.21%) Unix
5 6 (3.16%) CentOS
6 5 (2.63%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.05%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (1.05%) VMS
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%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (30.53%) Identity Access Management
1 58 (30.53%) RBAC
2 40 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (21.05%) DevOps
3 38 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (19.47%) Privileged Access Management
5 33 (17.37%) SIEM
6 31 (16.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (15.26%) CI/CD
7 29 (15.26%) Runbook
7 29 (15.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (13.16%) Zero Trust
9 24 (12.63%) Migration
10 21 (11.05%) Roadmaps
11 20 (10.53%) Analytics
11 20 (10.53%) API Integration
11 20 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
12 19 (10.00%) ITSM
12 19 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 71 (37.37%) PowerShell
2 47 (24.74%) Python
3 34 (17.89%) Java
4 16 (8.42%) SQL
5 14 (7.37%) C#
6 12 (6.32%) Bash
7 10 (5.26%) BeanShell
8 7 (3.68%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.68%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.63%) Groovy
9 5 (2.63%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.11%) C
10 4 (2.11%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.58%) C++
12 2 (1.05%) Cypher
12 2 (1.05%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.53%) R
13 1 (0.53%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 64 (33.68%) Security Cleared
2 50 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 31 (16.32%) CISSP
4 29 (15.26%) Degree
5 21 (11.05%) CISM
6 13 (6.84%) DV Cleared
7 11 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (3.16%) AWS Certification
9 6 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.16%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.63%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.63%) CSPO
11 4 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.53%) CESG Certified Professional
14 1 (0.53%) OCP
14 1 (0.53%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (20.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (16.84%) NIST
3 29 (15.26%) GDPR
4 14 (7.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (4.74%) HIPAA
6 8 (4.21%) NCSC
6 8 (4.21%) SLA
7 7 (3.68%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.58%) DICOM
8 3 (1.58%) GRC
9 2 (1.05%) HL7
9 2 (1.05%) ITGC
9 2 (1.05%) QA
9 2 (1.05%) 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
1 149 (78.42%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.26%) Docker
3 7 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.16%) NFS
5 4 (2.11%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.58%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.58%) OpenAM
7 2 (1.05%) Squid
8 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.53%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.53%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.53%) KVM
8 1 (0.53%) Postfix
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
2 25 (13.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 13 (6.84%) Kubernetes
4 11 (5.79%) Ansible
5 8 (4.21%) CA Single Sign-On
6 7 (3.68%) Grafana
7 5 (2.63%) Prometheus
8 4 (2.11%) Check_MK
8 4 (2.11%) PingFederate
8 4 (2.11%) Podman
8 4 (2.11%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (1.58%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.53%) Argo
10 1 (0.53%) CASB
10 1 (0.53%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.53%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.53%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.53%) systemd
Vendors
1 77 (40.53%) Microsoft
2 51 (26.84%) CyberArk
3 30 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 20 (10.53%) Okta
5 15 (7.89%) BeyondTrust
6 13 (6.84%) VMware
7 12 (6.32%) ForgeRock
8 11 (5.79%) Ping Identity
8 11 (5.79%) SAP
9 10 (5.26%) Oracle
10 9 (4.74%) Google
11 7 (3.68%) Red Hat
11 7 (3.68%) Sybase
11 7 (3.68%) Workday
12 5 (2.63%) CheckPoint
12 5 (2.63%) Palo Alto
12 5 (2.63%) Splunk
13 4 (2.11%) F5
13 4 (2.11%) Greenplum
13 4 (2.11%) Salesforce