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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 396 387
Rank change year-on-year +28 -9 +108
Contract jobs citing LDAP 277 134 204
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.46% 0.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.93% 2.01% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 77 128
10th Percentile £401 £411 £300
25th Percentile £481 £500 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £583 £568
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +2.73% +3.18%
75th Percentile £687 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £678 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £581 £593
% change year-on-year -9.68% -1.90% +7.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 0
10th Percentile £51.25 £80.34 -
25th Percentile £54.06 £80.59 -
Median hourly rate £73.00 £81.35 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% - -
75th Percentile £88.75 £81.91 -
90th Percentile £92.50 £83.05 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £81.35 -
% change year-on-year -20.10% - -

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 9,457 6,668 8,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.95% 22.77% 20.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,263 4,570 6,199
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 113 235
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £40.00
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 £79.60 £82.79 £74.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.00%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +15 255 £563 -4.86% 37
UK excluding London -26 138 £525 -9.68% 21
Work from Home +31 113 £665 +10.83% 16
London -1 112 £700 +16.67% 18
North of England -33 45 £573 -4.58% 2
South East -21 44 £525 -10.64% 12
Yorkshire -31 29 £513 -14.58% 1
Midlands -64 19 £395 -32.77%
West Midlands -52 18 £395 -36.80%
North West -29 15 £635 +26.90% 1
East of England -41 15 £478 -18.64% 5
South West -20 12 £539 -18.68% 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 (4.33%) nginx
2 11 (3.97%) Confluence
3 7 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.08%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.36%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.25%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 169 (61.01%) Azure
2 117 (42.24%) AWS
3 90 (32.49%) GCP
4 85 (30.69%) Entra ID
5 18 (6.50%) OpenShift
6 11 (3.97%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (3.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 10 (3.61%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (3.61%) SaaS
7 10 (3.61%) Serverless
8 9 (3.25%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.25%) Route 53
9 4 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.72%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.36%) GitHub
11 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.36%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.36%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 71 (25.63%) DNS
2 57 (20.58%) Kerberos
3 41 (14.80%) Firewall
4 34 (12.27%) DHCP
5 29 (10.47%) VPN
6 24 (8.66%) SSL
7 21 (7.58%) TCP/IP
8 16 (5.78%) Cisco ASA
8 16 (5.78%) WAN
9 15 (5.42%) HTTP
9 15 (5.42%) LAN
10 13 (4.69%) HTTPS
10 13 (4.69%) Network Security
11 11 (3.97%) IPsec
12 10 (3.61%) BIG-IP
12 10 (3.61%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (3.25%) OpenVPN
13 9 (3.25%) SMTP
13 9 (3.25%) Wireless
13 9 (3.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.05%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.33%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (3.61%) MySQL
4 4 (1.44%) Metadata
4 4 (1.44%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.72%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.72%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 44 (15.88%) Jenkins
2 31 (11.19%) GitLab
3 30 (10.83%) JIRA
4 14 (5.05%) Selenium
5 13 (4.69%) REST Assured
6 12 (4.33%) Cucumber
7 11 (3.97%) Git
7 11 (3.97%) Postman
8 9 (3.25%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.89%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.81%) TestRail
11 4 (1.44%) Gatling
11 4 (1.44%) JMeter
11 4 (1.44%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.44%) NeoLoad
12 2 (0.72%) WebDriver
13 1 (0.36%) JUnit
13 1 (0.36%) Maven
13 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 115 (41.52%) Social Skills
2 61 (22.02%) Documentation Skills
3 39 (14.08%) Finance
4 24 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.78%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.05%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (3.61%) Banking
8 8 (2.89%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.08%) Retail
10 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Legal
11 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.36%) Military
11 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 85 (30.69%) Architect
2 48 (17.33%) CyberArk Architect
3 19 (6.86%) Consultant
4 11 (3.97%) Network Engineer
5 10 (3.61%) Administrator
5 10 (3.61%) Developer
5 10 (3.61%) Lead
5 10 (3.61%) Security Engineer
6 9 (3.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (3.25%) Linux Administrator
6 9 (3.25%) Security Consultant
6 9 (3.25%) Test Automation Engineer
6 9 (3.25%) Test Engineer
7 8 (2.89%) Analyst
7 8 (2.89%) Senior
8 7 (2.53%) IAM Specialist
8 7 (2.53%) Technical Architect
9 6 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.17%) Test Architect
9 6 (2.17%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (29.96%) SAML
2 77 (27.80%) OpenID
3 69 (24.91%) REST
4 55 (19.86%) OAuth
5 42 (15.16%) SOAP
6 38 (13.72%) SailPoint
7 17 (6.14%) OAuth2
8 11 (3.97%) .NET
8 11 (3.97%) J2EE
9 9 (3.25%) Middleware
9 9 (3.25%) Web Services
10 6 (2.17%) JDBC
11 5 (1.81%) JSON
12 4 (1.44%) Playwright
13 3 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
13 3 (1.08%) XML
14 2 (0.72%) EDI
15 1 (0.36%) Apache NiFi
15 1 (0.36%) LAMP
15 1 (0.36%) LAPP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.52%) Security Posture
2 41 (14.80%) Enterprise Software
3 35 (12.64%) Replication
4 32 (11.55%) Onboarding
5 22 (7.94%) Management Information System
6 20 (7.22%) Cloud Native
7 14 (5.05%) PKI
8 11 (3.97%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.81%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.81%) CSOC
10 5 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.81%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.81%) PACS
11 4 (1.44%) Clustering
12 3 (1.08%) CMDB
12 3 (1.08%) SCADA
13 2 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (18.05%) Linux
2 43 (15.52%) Windows
3 23 (8.30%) Windows Server
4 20 (7.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (4.69%) CentOS
6 11 (3.97%) Ubuntu
7 10 (3.61%) Unix
8 5 (1.81%) CatOS
9 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.36%) VMS
10 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (35.38%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (31.77%) SIEM
3 79 (28.52%) DevOps
4 73 (26.35%) Cybersecurity
5 62 (22.38%) CI/CD
6 60 (21.66%) Identity Access Management
7 58 (20.94%) Privileged Access Management
8 56 (20.22%) ITSM
9 55 (19.86%) RBAC
10 54 (19.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 50 (18.05%) Task Automation
12 43 (15.52%) Technical Leadership
13 39 (14.08%) Integration Patterns
14 36 (13.00%) Presales
15 33 (11.91%) High Availability
16 28 (10.11%) Migration
17 27 (9.75%) Roadmaps
18 23 (8.30%) Agile
19 22 (7.94%) DevSecOps
19 22 (7.94%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 129 (46.57%) PowerShell
2 110 (39.71%) Python
3 44 (15.88%) Java
4 29 (10.47%) SQL
5 16 (5.78%) JavaScript
6 13 (4.69%) Bash
6 13 (4.69%) Shell Script
7 9 (3.25%) MATLAB
7 9 (3.25%) PHP
8 6 (2.17%) Groovy
9 5 (1.81%) C++
10 4 (1.44%) Cypher
10 4 (1.44%) Scala
10 4 (1.44%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.36%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.36%) C#
11 1 (0.36%) Korn
11 1 (0.36%) Perl
11 1 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 150 (54.15%) Security Cleared
2 140 (50.54%) SC Cleared
3 36 (13.00%) CISSP
4 31 (11.19%) CISM
5 14 (5.05%) CompTIA Security+
5 14 (5.05%) Degree
6 13 (4.69%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.81%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.81%) MCSA
8 5 (1.81%) MCSE
9 4 (1.44%) APMG
9 4 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.44%) GIAC
9 4 (1.44%) GSEC
9 4 (1.44%) OCP
9 4 (1.44%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (1.44%) SSCP
10 2 (0.72%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (22.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (19.49%) NIST
3 51 (18.41%) GDPR
4 26 (9.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 20 (7.22%) NCSC
6 9 (3.25%) HIPAA
6 9 (3.25%) QA
6 9 (3.25%) SLA
7 6 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.08%) DICOM
10 2 (0.72%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.72%) HL7
11 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.36%) GMP
11 1 (0.36%) GRC
11 1 (0.36%) GxP
11 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 185 (66.79%) Active Directory
2 20 (7.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.61%) VMware NSX
4 9 (3.25%) Squid
4 9 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.53%) Docker
6 5 (1.81%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 4 (1.44%) Postfix
8 3 (1.08%) NFS
9 2 (0.72%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.72%) OpenAM
9 2 (0.72%) OpenDJ
9 2 (0.72%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.36%) Ceph
10 1 (0.36%) iptables
10 1 (0.36%) KVM
10 1 (0.36%) Lustre
10 1 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.36%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 65 (23.47%) Single Sign-On
2 39 (14.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 31 (11.19%) Kubernetes
4 19 (6.86%) Terraform
5 15 (5.42%) Ansible
6 12 (4.33%) Grafana
7 11 (3.97%) Check_MK
7 11 (3.97%) Prometheus
8 9 (3.25%) FortiGate
8 9 (3.25%) Podman
8 9 (3.25%) Red Hat Satellite
8 9 (3.25%) vCenter Server
9 7 (2.53%) Consul
9 7 (2.53%) Nessus
10 6 (2.17%) CASB
11 5 (1.81%) WSUS
12 4 (1.44%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.44%) PingFederate
13 3 (1.08%) SCOM
14 2 (0.72%) Argo
Vendors
1 91 (32.85%) CyberArk
2 75 (27.08%) Microsoft
3 58 (20.94%) BeyondTrust
4 36 (13.00%) Centrify
4 36 (13.00%) ServiceNow
5 34 (12.27%) VMware
6 23 (8.30%) Red Hat
7 20 (7.22%) Splunk
8 19 (6.86%) Cisco
9 18 (6.50%) Okta
10 13 (4.69%) Palo Alto
11 11 (3.97%) CheckPoint
11 11 (3.97%) F5
11 11 (3.97%) Google
12 9 (3.25%) Dynatrace
12 9 (3.25%) Oracle
13 8 (2.89%) SAP
14 7 (2.53%) Atlassian
14 7 (2.53%) Tenable
14 7 (2.53%) Veritas